Chapter 255 - Chapter 255: Chapter 245: Realization (2/2)

Lilian was holding a white wooden box, accompanied by a dozen members of the Fischer family.

She nodded slightly and said, “Of course we can give it to the Lion clan, but the Fischer family also needs certain compensation.”

“After all, we put a lot of effort into getting this! It can’t just be given away for nothing.”

Colonel Abel slowly shook his head and responded, “But I had my eye on it a long time ago, you just happened to make the first move.”

Lilian found it hard to understand why Abel was picking a fight, and slowly said, “You just suddenly showed up after we had taken action, and besides, we are closer to Fischer territory.”

“…”

Colonel Abel fell silent for a while before suddenly saying with a cold voice, “I don’t care about that; in any case, it should belong to our Lion clan!”

Just then, more people arrived at the scene, and the subordinates from the Fischer family immediately bowed respectfully.

“Patriarch.”

Darren arrived at the scene of the dispute and immediately saluted Colonel Abel, his tone unusually respectful.

“Colonel! Long time no see!”

“It’s you, Darren…”

Colonel Abel, seeing Darren who had once been his adjutant, grew misty-eyed as he recalled the many things they had experienced together on the battlefield.

But his body started to tremble slightly as if the memories of the war had touched a deep, sensitive scar within his heart.

“What’s this?”

Darren walked over to look at the object in his sister Lilian’s hands and asked, to which Lilian promptly replied.

“A Mysterious rare artifact, Treasure class, but its effect is very good, quite valuable.”

“What effect?” Darren continued to inquire.

Lilian went on to explain, “It allows one to continually absorb moonlight to steadily recover life force, a healing type of Mysterious rare artifact. In just a few hours, it can completely heal grievous wounds.”

Although its effect was nowhere near that of the “Spirit-returning Tree,” its existence was still precious since she couldn’t always be beside every member of the family.

A top Treasure class rare artifact, huh?

No wonder.

Darren nodded slightly and smiled as he acknowledged the silent Colonel Abel, continuing to question his sister.

“Why are you having a dispute? Where exactly did this Mysterious rare artifact come from?”

Lilian took a deep breath and said with a furrowed brow, “Based on intelligence, we intercepted a group of evil cultists disguised as farmers, and then we obtained this Mysterious rare artifact. But suddenly, Colonel Abel came saying we should hand it over to him without any compensation.”

Darren was taken aback, not expecting Colonel Abel to behave so indecorously. The families had such a good relationship; there was no need for such ‘robbery.’

Still, after pondering, he nodded slightly.

“It’s fine, just give it to him, Lilian.”

Lilian still felt uncomfortable deep inside, but she nodded regardless.

However, Colonel Abel, with reddened eyes, took the object but continued to complain unrelentingly.

“Darren, Lilian, I know what you’re thinking. The Fischer family believes that with Bast and Renzo gone, the Lion clan is no longer above you.”

“Am I right?”

Lilian remained silent while Darren smiled calmly and shook his head, saying, “Don’t say that, Colonel Abel, you are my superior, and you always will be.”

After Darren finished speaking, he tried to embrace Colonel Abel, but he was snubbed with a cold snort.

After Colonel Abel left, Lilian could no longer contain her frustration and said, “What’s wrong with him, he seems off.”

“Abel’s condition does seem very strange.”

Darren also felt that the man was different from the strict Colonel he remembered, and as the acting head of the Lion clan, it didn’t make sense for him to be so odd.

“But actually, in one matter, Abel was right, that is, the influence of the Lion clan is waning, and they themselves are worried about it.”

“If it had been Bast standing there, you probably wouldn’t dare to quarrel, even if it were you, right?”

Lilian slowly nodded, admitting to herself that even though Colonel Abel was a high-level Transmutation Extraordinary Exponent, she didn’t feel threatened, not as feared as Viscount Bast.

She didn’t really believe that offending Abel would lead to any serious conflict with the Fischer family. And even if things did come to a head, Lilian wasn’t afraid of the Lion clan as it was now.

“Has the intense anxiety and unease overwhelmed him? Or is there another reason?”

Darren fell into deep thought, realizing there might be a significant reason behind Abel’s change that shouldn’t be ignored.

——

A week later, Colonel Abel, having returned to Fein City, suddenly awoke in the middle of the night.

“Ah, ah, ahhh…”

The man kept taking deep breaths in the room as sweat trickled down, his head shaking as he looked around.

Something felt very wrong.

In the room, it seemed as if something was watching him!

“Who is it!”

“Who the hell is it?”

Colonel Abel started to roar, yelling:

“Come out already, is it Fischer’s people? Who are you? Why are you tormenting me!”

In a dark corner of the room, a shadow quietly watched Abel.