Chapter 114 - Chapter 114: Chapter 110: Slaughter (1/2)
Chapter 114: Chapter 110: Slaughter
“Ah!”
The power of the Blackstone Iron Dragon’s bloodline not only brought immense defensive power but also a terrifying life force.
Even with his heart destroyed, Arsh hadn’t died completely. Instead, he swung a slightly weakened punch furiously toward the “Baron Kesse” in front of him.
The heavy fist possessed a dreadful force capable of crushing a human body, yet the “Baron Kesse” easily dodged it with a sidestep.
“I’ll kill you, you bastard!”
Arsh still believed his attacker to be his nephew, Baron Kesse, and roared as he took a deep breath. The next moment, he spewed out a significant amount of black flames from his mouth.
The black flames had a strong corrosive nature; mere contact with human skin could make life a living hell in an instant.
However, like a bird taking flight, Chris suddenly leaped up, lightly bounding to the rear without any intention of further entanglement.
He disappeared from Arsh’s sight at an extremely fast speed, without a trace.
“Damn it!”
Anger filled Arsh’s eyes, but he still didn’t give pursuit.
Frantically, he pulled out an expensive life-saving medicine from his chest pocket and took it, only to discover with horror and trembling that his shattered flesh showed no signs of healing at all.
“Why?”
Fearful, yet unwilling to give up, Arsh collapsed on the ground and slowly began to lose signs of life.
Although the life force of the “Blackstone Iron Dragon” bloodline was potent, ultimately, he could not keep going forever.
After a while, “Viscount Garcia,” “the servant,” and “Baron Kesse” converged and swiftly dealt with the body.
After leaving the horse racing course, they arrived at a carriage parked in a deserted area and quickly departed Black Mountain Town.
Theo was the driver, and the three impostors in the carriage were the disguised Byrne, Chris, and Vanessa.
Byrne breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, “Good, it went very well.”
“However, it won’t be long before Arsh Kesse’s disappearance is noticed. We must act before the Kesse family can prepare their defenses. Tomorrow night is the best opportunity!”
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The Kesse family’s manor, set in their family’s territorial village, looked strikingly grand and respectable, utterly unlike the village houses crammed and rudimentary.
The village was exceedingly poor, almost suffocating those who lived there.
Constant severe taxation by the state and the relentless exploitation by the Kesse family left the villagers with no room to breathe—a disaster often resulted in starvation.
The Kesse family had always ruled ordinary people with an iron fist, annually scraping all they could from beginning to end, squeezing out every last drop of blood.
In recent years, many villagers had fled to the cities and towns of the East Coast Province, becoming factory workers, thus reducing the Kesse family’s exploitable resources.
With large sums due annually to the Garcia family, on top of maintaining their lavish family lifestyle and various developments, the Kesse family urgently needed a new source of income.
Fortunately, the Fischer family had provided an opportunity.
As night fell, a cool breeze swept through the manor, rustling the leaves softly.
The Kesse family guards patrolled as usual, while the family members rested in the estate house, only Arsh Kesse had not returned from outside.
With the Red Moon and the Silver Moon hanging high, in the cool, quiet and dark night, seven Extraordinary Exponents robed in black gathered in the alley outside the Kesse family manor.
They were core members of the Fischer family, sent to “solve the problem”: Byrne, Irene, Chris, Theo, Vanessa, Archibald, Erik.
Byrne took a deep breath and commanded gravely, “We mustn’t let a single person escape. Remember, we have to place the forged Sea God Cult insignia throughout the Kesse family manor.”
Through his Extraordinary trait “Artisan” on the Path of Forging, Erik had gained technical abilities akin to those of a decades-old master craftsman.
Using the templates in Byrne’s memory, he could almost perfectly replicate many of the Sea God Cult’s statues, sculptures, and emblems.
Although many would suspect the Fischer family of orchestrating the fall of the Kesse family, it was still essential to pin the blame on the Sea God Cult.
If everything went south later, this ploy would serve as an important insurance.
Irene cast a surreptitious glance at Vanessa then pinched Chris, who was beside her.
Chris nodded with understanding.
He didn’t want Vanessa, filled with a sense of justice, to see the Kesse family’s children. It was critical for him to take care of those targets first.
She might try to protect those innocent children, or she might not, but either way, she would be tormented by the ordeal for a long time.
He didn’t want Vanessa to be caught in a moral quandary, so he had to do it quickly.
Cradling the sacred object in her arms, Irene took a deep breath, her eyes revealing a fierce devotion.
She touched her dyed black hair and spoke solemnly,
“The time has come to annihilate our enemies. Tonight is the Kesse family’s fated moment of doom. Have no fear, the great Lord of the Lost will protect us!”
“Praise the great Lord of the Lost!”
Each member of the Fischer family offered a prayer, then uniformly pulled out the fake-spirit cards distributed by Chris from their robes.
Byrne waved his hand slowly, and each card burst into flames in the night air.