Chapter 145 - Chapter 145: Chapter 139: The Hero’s Family! (Vote for Monthly Tickets!) (2/2)

Viscount Sunrise was disabled, but his disability could not be healed, or perhaps it was an incurable one.

Everyone was slightly startled, remembering that the Sunrise clan was clearly an ally of the Lion clan. Why would he speak ill of the Fischer family, who were also allies of the Lion clan?

Could it be that Viscount Geros and the Sunrise family behind him had decided to switch sides?

Every baron was keenly sensitive to the issue of allegiance and instantly followed Viscount Geros in vilifying the Fischer family.

“Indeed, those trash, cowards, they never should have survived on the battlefield!”

“So many brave people have died, if those parasites survive instead, the gods would grieve and rage!”

“The shame of our Cyart people is the Fischer family.”

As they railed against them, Viscount Geros from the Sunrise family fell deep into thought, then suddenly hurled an even greater accusation in public!

“This overseas battle is fraught with oddities; it could be that there’s a traitor among us, which led to our near-total annihilation. And the Lion clan was the first to flee…”

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this, and no one dared to speak.

Viscount Geros continued:

“I suspect the Lion clan is most likely the traitor, and the Fischer family has always been along the coast, making it easy for them to communicate and collaborate with the Sea God Cult.”

Just as he was about to go on, a subordinate suddenly came in to report.

“The Fischer family’s ship has arrived at the port!”

Upon hearing the news, many sneered, determined to berate the worthless wretches of the Fischer family and vent the frustration pent up in their hearts from days of fleeing.

Then another message came: the Fischer family had killed a priest of the Sea God Cult at sea.

The hall fell into a silence as profound as death; everyone was stunned for a long while.

“Impossible!”

Viscount Geros coldly said, “The priests of the Sea God Cult are extraordinary existences who have undergone Transmutation to become powerful experts. The Fischer family could never defeat any of them.”

The crowd quickly realized this could not happen—the Fischers must be fabricating lies and exaggerating facts, and deep inside they felt even more disdain.

Byrne walked into the banquet hall with a grim expression, accompanied by Irene and Chris.

“Welcome to Nasir Town, but the onslaught from the Sea God Cult might be coming soon, so we should quickly think about how to organize our defense.”

“Does anyone have contact with the governor, Viscount Bast, and Zayne, the Assistant Priest of the Tempest Church?”

“Wait a moment!”

Viscount Geros suddenly interrupted him, sneering, “Your Excellency Byrne, I heard that you killed a priest of the Sea God Cult. Is it true or false?”

Byrne frowned and looked around, quickly noticing the contempt, disdain, and ridicule on the faces of the people. A wave of nameless anger rose from the depths of his heart.

The Fischer family had indeed killed a priest of the Sea God Cult! And Erik had died because of it! Many of them had died in the war!

And after finally returning to Nasir, were the Fischer family going to be questioned by those damn fools?

The purple stone trembled slightly in anger.

He nodded expressionlessly, stared into Viscount Geros’s eyes, and said coldly, “True, and beyond that, we have intercepted their ship and important letters!”

Byrne then commanded the troops of his family to display the captured weapons, corpses, and the Sea God Cult’s insignias all before the crowd, and finally presented the letter that had been found, revealing it to everyone.

All who saw these things became more and more convinced, and the corpse that was brought out corresponded closely in appearance to Priest Azure Blue of the Sea God Cult.

“Highly important information! Stars Embrace Order! Last Blood! They have openly become the enemies of us Cyart people! And they are also a great enemy of the Tempest Church!”

He raised the letter high, his voice growing louder in front of the astonished eyes of the crowd.

“The heretics have joined forces, wanting to devour the flesh and blood of Cyart people, and to use our children as sacrifices. What are our people doing?”

“Our people are still doubting their kin! Slandering warriors! I know what you think, but your thoughts bring shame and anger to the gods! Now you know! The Fischer family is not a bunch of cowards, but heroes!”

They finally all understood one thing.

The Fischer family had indeed successfully killed Priest Azure Blue, the evidence all present, and in addition, they had brought back key intelligence about the coalition of the heretics, which would cause the great churches to take the battle on the East Coast more seriously!

They were indeed the heroes of Cyart!

Everyone was silent, many refrained from praising them because Viscount Geros was present, yet deep down they couldn’t help but admire the courage of the Fischer family.

Even Viscount Geros could only wear a troubled look, slowly nodding in the midst of the silence, grudgingly admitting:

“It seems I was mistaken. I apologize to you, the brave ones, for the Fischer family is indeed the hero that defeated the priest of the Sea God Cult and found important intelligence. They are the wartime heroes of the Cyart people!”