Chapter 238 - Chapter 238: Chapter 228 Byrne! You betrayed me! (2/2)
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He cast the war spell on his Body Double again, and the next moment, the invisible Body Double began to move forward.
Soon, Byrne discovered a ground strewn with bodies clad in black robes, all of whom were followers of the Stars Embrace Order, and each had met a particularly gruesome death.
Many had even been reduced to pulp, and a number of them had died in confusion.
As the Body Double drew closer to the source of the noise, it saw an old man a few meters away, Viscount Bast!
“Hahahaha! Just one more left, why don’t you come out, you coward!”
Viscount Bast’s condition was strange; his flesh undulated under his tattered clothes, his body moving oddly, making him seem very unstable.
He had forcibly interrupted his breakthrough process, yet hadn’t died during the attempt and had somehow come around, still trying to reach the throne within the palace, his body trembling continuously.
“Could it really be such a situation?”
Byrne quickly realized what was happening—Viscount Bast must have been on the verge of a successful breakthrough, having pushed open the door and only one step away from sitting on the throne!
Because the pressure from the “door” had dissipated, he hadn’t died.
But because he hadn’t sat on the “throne” to control the power of the domain, it had resulted in his current bizarre state.
Theoretically, as long as he returned to a state of silence, he could go back to that “palace” and successfully ascend to the Monarch Level!
“You turtle, why don’t you come out? Why do you keep hiding around there?”
The aberrant Viscount Bast let out a cold laugh and cursed.
Byrne was stunned for a moment and even thought Viscount Bast was cursing at him, but he quickly realized there was actually another person nearby!
According to what Viscount Bast had just said, that person should also be a follower of the Stars Embrace Order.
“So many of your Stars Embrace Order have died, don’t you, as the deputy leader of this team, want revenge? Or do you intend to keep hiding like this forever, hahahaha!”
“If you keep on being a coward, you will never be able to return to the embrace of that disgusting thing!”
Bast’s mockery was very malicious, particularly targeting the enemy’s faith.
The deputy leader?
Byrne frowned slightly, quickly realizing that there was a more powerful enemy in the valley—the leader of this team.
In his exceptional state, Viscount Bast almost seemed deranged, his entire body shaking uncontrollably, with his pupils turning white and black intermittently, as if he was about to mutate.
“I’ll soon be sitting on the throne, and then all who betray me will die! All of you! You know nothing, hahaha!”
His emotions became wildly unstable, but he remained vigilant of his surroundings.
Suddenly, the deputy leader of the Stars Embrace Order made his move amidst the pervasive white fog.
He was a high-level Transmutation Extraordinary Exponent!
Byrne realized that the deputy leader was a high-level Transmutation expert, and a sense of dread filled him because this meant there might well be a Monarch Level leader among those from the Stars Embrace Order who had come.
The follower of the Stars Embrace Order in the black robe silently released a kind of black smoke that quickly wafted over, mingling with the white mist.
“Hahahahahaha!”
Viscount Bast laughed wildly, showing no fear of the approaching black smoke!
“Lord Bast!”
Byrne’s Body Double suddenly revealed its true state beside Viscount Bast, crying out and then seriously preparing to face the enemy.
“Byrne!”
Viscount Bast roared with excitement upon seeing Byrne’s Body Double.
The black smoke that was about to strike contained some kind of power capable of devouring everything, filled with despair.
It was likely neither Bloodline power nor a Spell, nor any Forbidden rare artifact, but rather heretical power temporarily borrowed from an otherworldly god by evil cultists through sacrifice.
Unlike the Dawn Church, however, the powers that the heretics held were one-time or temporary.
After that, the heretics had to provide a steady stream of sacrifices to maintain their power.
Byrne’s true form finally revealed itself, summoning a meteorite without hesitation through the power of runes!
In the next moment, a huge, heavy meteorite engulfed in flames fell from the sky, hurtling towards Viscount Bast!
“It’s you!”
Viscount Bast sneered with a malicious laugh, roaring.
In his aged hand appeared a giant sword; he swung it rapidly, emitting fierce cyan Sword Qi that instantly swept away the black smoke and also completely shattered the massive meteorite.
A shower of stone fragments rained down from the sky, striking upon the sturdy body of Viscount Bast.
He glared at Byrne, a look of intense disappointment on his face. His recent uncontrollable laughter subsided as he said coldly:
“Such an idiot indeed, did you think I wouldn’t discover you? I can see the trajectory of fate, so invisibility and doubles are meaningless against me.”
“Byrne! You betrayed me!”