Chapter 102 - Chapter 102: Chapter 98 Pre-War (1/2)
Chapter 102: Chapter 98 Pre-War
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A few days ago, Irene had already discerned through Listening for Malice that a merchant frequently visited the port was problematic.
When he respectfully greeted Lady Irene as he passed by her, his inner voice had already exposed the fact that he had been bought.
Such incidents were not uncommon; Nasir Town had always been probed by various family clans, and their most common tactic was to bribe some Nasir citizens to gather intelligence, create chaos, and spread rumors.
Naturally, the Fischer family had their countermeasures.
Dealing with the former town chief was an important test, and from then on, Chris and Archibald were responsible for eliminating those who needed to disappear.
And this merchant who frequented the port was their next target.
Under the pitch-black night, Chris and Archibald dragged the desperate man out after binding him, bringing him to the water’s edge at the port.
Chris swiftly slit his throat with a knife blade, and then Archibald forcefully threw the merchant into the sea.
“Phew, it’s done, hahaha! Good riddance! To think he was a Nasir citizen, and yet was bought by outsiders!”
Archibald was elated; he had a quick temper, and naturally applauded the death of an enemy.
Every time they killed someone, Archibald would get very emotional, maybe being prone to emotion was a common trait of those apt for the ‘Path of Calamity.’
Chris, on the other hand, remained completely silent, simply feeling as if he had done something very ordinary.
“Let’s go.”
He shook his head and turned to leave, Archibald nodded and followed.
“I don’t know how long we’ll rest this time, but actually I quite like these missions. Normally, there’s always pent-up anger in my heart that I can’t release.”
“Only at times like this do I feel truly excited!”
Archibald’s face turned slightly red as he continued speaking, not minding that Chris didn’t respond at all.
“We must not let off anyone who intends to harm us!”
Suddenly, Chris felt a sense of vigilance, a strong sense of crisis emerging deep within his heart.
He realized in a flash what it was!
It was a reminder from the Lord of the Lost!
“Be careful!”
Chris immediately warned Archibald, and the normally chatty young man paused, then nodded repeatedly.
“Yeah, I understand.”
Having followed Chris for several years, he knew very well what a change in his tone represented.
Now, the two of them were in some kind of extreme danger!
“Back home.”
Chris made a quick judgment, the most correct decision now was to go back to Fischer Manor first.
There were many guards in the Fischer family, and there were several Extraordinary Exponents who commanded the Powers of Consecution. Even if the enemy was a Transmutation-level powerful expert, they could find a way to fight back.
But they had no clue where the enemy was or who it was, and from the port area to their home was a long distance to cover.
Chris was very aware that if the two of them had already been targeted by the enemy, this road would be fraught with danger.
[On the ship.]
Suddenly, the voice of the Lord of the Lost emerged very rarely deep within Chris’s heart.
He turned his gaze sharply towards the large ships not far away, where in the pitch-black night, it seemed as if each ship had a pair of eyes staring at him.
They were indeed being watched!
Chris and Archibald began to run, desperately heading towards the location of Fischer Manor, without hearing the sound of the enemy giving chase behind them.
Standing on the ship was an elderly man in a black robe, silently watching the two figures disappearing into the distance.
He was a follower of the Sea God Cult, come to Nasir Town to avenge the Isaac family, who were also followers of the Sea God.
This was just the beginning!
“The East Coast will sooner or later be in the palm of the Sea God Cult!”
The false god, who proclaimed himself the Tempest Overlord, was gone without a trace, and the Tempest Church had fallen into complete chaos. On the other hand, the Sea God had granted even more powerful strength to His devoted cult!
Although the East Coast Province was the smallest and most remote province of Cyart, much smaller than the provinces of Elphinia, Glenborough, Ahornblatt, and Emerald Lake,
it was of extreme importance to the Sea God Cult.
To occupy the East Coast was the longstanding wish of hundreds of thousands in the Sea God Cult, generation after generation. Countless individuals dreamt of returning to this land, no longer to dwell upon the vast seas.
“Fischer family, you will not be the first of our avenged, nor the last.”
In fact, there were many extraordinary operatives from the Sea God Cult involved in the large-scale disruption of the East Coast this time, and the old man was just one of those participating in this destructive mission.