Chapter 238 - Chapter 238: Chapter 228 Byrne! You betrayed me! (1/2)
Chapter 238: Chapter 228 Byrne! You betrayed me!
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“Who was the Cyart noble that died?”
Byrne felt a huge shock in his heart, which soon calmed down as he took a deep breath.
“Another thing, how did the Stars Embrace followers manage to get here?”
White Bones Canyon was a place left by Heavenly Enlightenment powerful experts, and outsiders couldn’t possibly reach the true entrance here without following the steps in the fixed routine.
Yet, those Stars Embrace followers had indeed made it inside.
Question after question surfaced in Byrne’s mind, then a word emerged from deep within.
A traitor?
Among the six of them, someone had leaked information, no, to be precise, among the five people other than Viscount Bast, there was someone who had divulged how to enter White Bones Canyon.
“It’s not me, so who among the remaining four could it be?”
Byrne sank into deep thought, carefully considering, and felt that the least likely was the “Dragon Taming Lord” Aldrich.
That man was the heir to the Romann family, and his strength was very formidable within the low-level Monarchs; he alone had enough power to kill all the others.
So it wouldn’t be Aldrich; he didn’t need the Stars Embrace followers to do anything for him.
He felt it was also unlikely to be the arrogant and cold Marzo, but it wasn’t impossible since he knew very little about the mysterious emerald elf.
Marzo could even be a fake name.
“Zayne Frosac, Renzo Leone, they could also betray us, but Renzo is from the Lion clan after all, which makes it a lot less probable. Could it really be Zayne?”
Byrne took a deep breath; could it really be the Acting Bishop Zayne Frosac?
But upon further thought, it didn’t seem likely; the idea of an Acting Bishop conspiring with heretics was terrifying just to consider.
He suddenly pondered thoughtfully and finally realized who the informant was.
“So that’s how it is.”
Byrne watched the three Extraordinary Exponents and quietly pondered.
“Among those three Stars Embrace followers, there’s only one low-level Transmutation, while the other two are just high-level Beginning, killing them would be a breeze.”
He slowly reached out his hand, intending to launch a lethal attack, but then he thought of something else.
“But it might also be worth observing them a little longer; they could become useful pawns.”
Then Byrne disappeared into the thick Fog, planning to search for other allies, with special attention to the conditions of Marzo and Viscount Bast.
Aside from them, the person he cared about the most was Zayne Frosac, the man he’d known for decades, who, despite his innate pride, had always been very good to the Fischer family.
However, in the pervasive white Fog, it was nearly impossible for Byrne to find anyone, and he vaguely sensed the terrain changing around him.
“If the surrounding terrain is changing, then my memory of the canyon isn’t very useful.”
After walking for a long time, Byrne remained alert, constantly sending his Body Double ahead to scout, not maintaining “Full Concealment” due to its high consumption of the warfare Spell.
He remained cautious yet didn’t encounter anyone for tens of minutes.
Eventually, in the thick white Fog, Byrne discovered a cold body on the ground.
Upon closer inspection through his Body Double, Byrne’s brows quickly knitted together.
What happened?
That was Marzo’s corpse!
The emerald elf, Marzo, lay on the ground with wide-open eyes as if she had encountered something terribly frightening, her graceful body utterly devoid of life.
Byrne’s heart was disturbed; he hadn’t expected Marzo to die here. So what exactly had happened?
All along, even though he didn’t know much about Marzo, he knew that she was a very vigilant, smart, and experienced elf.
This individual had managed to traverse the continent alone and wander through the Eastern Four Kingdoms; she wouldn’t have easily made a mistake in a place like this.
“Could she have encountered a powerful enemy at the Monarch Level?”
The terrifying possibility took Byrne’s breath away. If there were indeed Monarch Level beings among them, he could only hope to encounter the “Dragon Taming Lord” soon.
He cautiously checked Marzo’s body using his Body Double.
Then Byrne could confirm that the body was a genuine elf corpse without any traces of disguise; it was Marzo, and there were no curses or traps set upon it.
“…”
Byrne silently for a long time, could only give up on arranging the body for now and moved on.
He had to find the others as soon as possible, and they needed to be alive.
Time passed quickly, and Byrne, not having found anyone in a few more hours, remained on alert. In the silence, faint voices drifted, like whispers of Specters, bringing an indescribable sense of distraction.
Suddenly, he heard a very familiar voice nearby.
“Hahahaha! You disgusting creatures, dare to come here and mess with my affairs!”
Full Concealment!