Chapter 96 - Chapter 96: Chapter 92: Pointing the Way (Vote for us with your monthly ticket!) (2/2)

The Garcia family is one of the seven viscount families on the East Coast, possessing two towns in a territory comprising four, and over a dozen villages in the vicinity, with a population counting tens of thousands and a private army of over a thousand men.

Their family head, Viscount Garcia, is a high-level Transmutant, possessing the Bloodline power “Crystal Scorpion Beast” with extremely high defensive power, capable of easily handling many low-level Transmutant Extraordinary Exponents.

Within the Garcia family and through their allied Extraordinary Exponents, there are over a hundred, and even the number of Level 2 Extraordinary Exponents within the family itself amounts to five, ranking their overall strength firmly within the top four of the many viscount families, vieing for third place.

For the current Fischer family, their existence is like an enormous behemoth, capable of crushing the Fischer family without breaking a sweat.

Since the Kesse family is dependent on such a powerful viscount family, it would be impossible for the Fischer family to stand against them!

Baron Leander chuckled and continued:

“In fact, your crisis is considerable, because it’s not just the Kesse family that wants Ourde Village, but the real trigger for the conflict is Viscount Garcia behind them, hoping to acquire Nasir Town!”

“The Garcia family doesn’t want to intervene personally, with the Kesse family acting as their agent.”

Byrne felt a little dizzy; the Kesse family might be manageable, but the immensely powerful Garcia family was absolutely beyond their ability to confront.

The total military power of Viscount Garcia’s family alone was even capable of defeating the Rhea army they faced before, not to mention that in other respects they far exceeded them.

He looked at the smirking Baron Leander, seeing him as a shrewd old fox.

So, what was this man doing here? Was it really just to communicate this information?

Having dealt with many businessmen over the years, Byrne instinctively sensed that the other party was deliberately frightening him to achieve his next persuasive goal.

After some thought, Byrne asked directly, “Baron Leander, so why are you the one here to negotiate today?”

He posed a crucial question, “I heard that the Leander and Kesse families were enemies, so why have they now become allies?”

The smile on Baron Leander’s face disappeared, replaced by quite apparent irritation:

“Allies? There’s no such thing, I’m just temporarily pretending to yield, hey, but Baron Kesse truly believes that the Leander family has become their dog.”

“I came here today because I want to join forces with you, the Fischer family, to turn the tables on the Kesse family!”

So that was it.

Byrne immediately understood the meaning behind Baron Leander’s earlier words.

It was to thoroughly frighten him, making him eager to ally with the Leander family, and ultimately using the Fischer family to inflict mutual destruction with the Kesse family.

Byrne feigned hesitation, then asked further, “Even if you join forces with us, it won’t be possible to confront Viscount Garcia behind Baron Kesse, right?”

His face feigned sincerity, as if pleading, “Baron Leander, please show the Fischer family a way to survive.”

Baron Leander’s face broke into a smile as he said loudly:

“They can have a backer, but doesn’t your Fischer family also have a supporter on the East Coast? It’s just that this person isn’t truly your backer yet, but rather a business collaborator… You need to be more proactive.”

Byrne quickly realized who the other party was referring to.

In fact, he had just thought of it himself.

Indeed, as Assistant Priest Zayne had said, the Fischer family needs to focus on connections among Extraordinary overlords.

If they wish to survive in the East Coast Province, they must have a backer with real strength.

There are only a few reliable families and individuals in the East Coast Province they can rely on.

For themselves, the easiest to form a deep bond with is the Lion clan, the first viscount family of the East Coast who possess Fein City, including their head “The Fox Leading the pride” Viscount Bast.

Although they have been conducting business for Viscount Bast all this time, at best they are business partners and are far from a deeply bound dependent relationship.

Just like Leander said, at present, the situation between their two families is not sufficient for Viscount Bast to stand up for the Fischer family.

As for the Romann family, although they provided the Fischer family with knight clan credentials, that was merely the duke’s recognition of the father’s valiant deeds.

In truth, the Romann family has never considered the Fischer family a vassal, and their influence is not on the East Coast at all.

Waiting for a powerful figure to take initiative is not possible; they are the ones who need to be more proactive.

“Thank you, Baron Leander, I understand,” Byrne said.

Baron Leander smiled, nodding as he replied, “Good, when you find a way, let’s talk again about other matters of cooperation.”

Since the Leander family is currently feigning submission to the Kesse family, Baron Leander still had to redeem the two murderers to ensure the Kesse family wouldn’t be suspicious.

Byrne accompanied Baron Leander to the center of Nasir Town.

They saw the two wretched murderers, stripped of their clothes by the townspeople, covered in wounds, and even splashed with excrement.

Their pitiful state startled the old man, and Baron Leander couldn’t help saying:

“You’re too barbaric, to actually treat these two members of the knight clan like this?”

Byrne calmly responded, “They slaughtered the people of this town.”

After listening, Baron Leander still shook his head, a hint of noticeable dissatisfaction in his gaze towards Byrne.

“They only killed an ordinary person; your Fischer family’s reaction seems a bit excessive, and I fear that if this gets out, it could negatively impact your image.”

Byrne was silent for a long time, not immediately responding.

Having possessed extraordinary power for only about a decade, he could still easily empathize with ordinary people, and if someone committed crimes in Nasir Town, they had to pay the price.

“Our Fischer family is indeed such a barbaric lot.”