Chapter 164 - Chapter 164: Chapter 157: Putting Oneself in the Situation (1/2)

Chapter 164: Chapter 157: Putting Oneself in the Situation

The tranquil forest path was dappled with patches of sunlight that filtered through the leaves, casting mottled shadows upon the path that embellished the fallen leaves covering the ground.

The black carriage of the Fischer family slowly traversed the forest path; the curtain was drawn back, and Byrne gazed at the woods outside the window, his expression growing increasingly somber.

The one driving the carriage was none other than Theo, who had already reached the 2nd Rank of “Butler”.

The enhancement of a “Butler’s” physical capabilities is 12, and the enhancement of Spiritual Power is 13. Although Theo was gradually aging, his body was now stronger than when he was younger.

“Your Excellency Byrne, you must be careful.”

Theo voiced a silent reminder, while in his mind, he pondered that this time His Excellency Byrne was using himself as bait in an arrangement, intending to lure Viscount Garcia into attacking; the danger was undoubtedly immense.

But he believed in the courage and judgment of Byrne Fischer, the patriarch of the Fischer family.

With the wisdom this man possessed now, he would not likely stumble here at the hands of Viscount Garcia; he could still lead the Fischer family forward!

Byrne sat calmly in the carriage, his mind active and alert to any potentially dangerous changes in his surroundings.

In fact, the alliance through marriage between the Fischer family and the Iron Blood Oder family was true.

It was because everything seemed so authentic that Viscount Garcia would not have any doubts after learning of it; he would certainly seize the long-awaited opportunity to kill himself!

Byrne was clearly aware that he himself was the best and most attractive bait!

Indeed, Irene had already used her ability “Listening for Malice” to identify the spies the Garcia family had sent to infiltrate.

However, they did not immediately eliminate the spy but instead used the spy to pass on various pieces of information, particularly those that seemed useful but did not actually compromise the core of the Fischer family.

Thus, over the course of several months, Viscount Garcia had come to thoroughly believe in the authenticity of the intelligence he had gathered.

And so, it was time for the fisherman to finally draw in his net!

He spoke slowly, instructing Theo to stop.

“Theo, this is it, stop here. This is the place I mentioned before we set out, the most suitable for an ambush. With Inna’s Bravery Verse and Hymn Verse not yet worn off, I’m actually a little hopeful they’ll come and attack right away.”

“Chris and Irene have already been waiting here in advance.”

Prior to this, Byrne had already given a Treasure class protective rare artifact to Theo.

He himself would not have any problems if ambushed, but if Theo were affected, it would be quite dangerous; Byrne did not want Theo, whom he had watched grow up, to come to any harm.

But to make the ruse convincing, Theo often accompanied him on his travels, and he could not be absent this time; they could not give Garcia any reason to be suspicious.

The carriage stopped.

“They’re coming. If they don’t come soon, we’ll just have to prepare another ambush at a different location.”

Byrne thought quietly to himself, taking a deep breath as his mind constantly revisited all his memories of the Garcia family.

Viscount Garcia possessed the power of Bloodline of the “Gale Wings Falcon,” which was not the strongest bloodline of the Garcia family but merely that of a common magic beast.

Among “Roarer” Garcia’s family, in addition to Viscount Garcia, there were three other extraordinary exponents at the Transmutation Level: Garcia’s brother, cousin, and son.

The power ranks and Bloodline of the three were mid-level Transmutation of the high-level magic beast “Roaring Evil Beast,” middle-rank Transmutation of the common magic beast “Gale Wings Falcon,” and low-level Transmutation of the high-level magic beast “Fire-swallowing Earth Dragon.”

“But we cannot dismiss the possibility that they have sought outside help, or that they have obtained some kind of powerful Forbidden rare artifact…”

Byrne was very clear about one thing: there is no such thing as perfect preparation in this world.

Even if his calculations were well-made, there could still be accidents, since the battlefield is ever-changing, and the numerous different abilities and rare artifacts could lead to situations unforeseen by the participants.

Hundreds of meters away, hidden inside the thicket of the forest.

Viscount Garcia closed his eyes, holding the Forbidden rare artifact “Countdown Timer” in his hands, silently sensing the constant movement of the wind direction.

“They’re here!”

Viscount Garcia watched coldly from a distance, then ordered his cousin, who also possessed the Bloodline power of the “Gale Wings Falcon,” to coordinate with his actions.

“Together with me, Gus!”

The Gale Wings Falcon is a small magic beast capable of manipulating wind and using Wind Blades for slashing attacks.

They resembled birds but lacked wings; instead, they rode on the wind to move about, their true size no larger than a human thumb.

The two of them leveraged the power of the wind to hasten their advance, rushing towards the location of the Fischer family’s carriage in an instant, then halting at a distance of about a hundred meters and manipulating the wind drifting around them together.

In the blink of an eye, they transformed into countless Wind Blades, assailing every direction like a storm!

The many trees lining the forest path were instantly felled by the invisible Wind Blades, scattering haphazardly on the ground, creating a cacophony of noise.

“They’re here!”

The watchful Theo snapped his fingers sharply!

In the next moment, the sturdy black carriage was destroyed, and Theo was involuntarily triggered by the rare artifact on his person, raising a protective shield-like defense.

He quickly swapped places with far-off objects, evading most of the Wind Blade attacks, and the few that hit him were mostly deflected by the defensive Treasure class rare artifact, sparing him major injury.

Despite this, Theo’s body still displayed several gashes and bled profusely as he collapsed powerlessly to the ground.

“Without that Treasure class mysterious rare artifact, every Wind Blade would have had the power to kill me instantly…”

Then, some sort of healing green energy quickly took effect on his body and, gradually recovering, Theo rolled and crawled away from the battlefield, aware that the ensuing events were not something he could intervene in!