Chapter 95 - Chapter 95: Chapter 91: Capture (Vote for Monthly Tickets!) (1/2)
Chapter 95: Chapter 91: Capture (Vote for Monthly Tickets!)
The sky was covered with thick dark clouds, and the rumbling of thunder came from among them. The rain poured down like a deluge, as if a lake were being emptied from the heavens onto the ground.
“The patriarch of the Fischer family has arrived!”
Upon hearing that Lord Baron Byrne had come, the workers got up one after another and headed over, with the leading few workers excitedly crowding around him.
The family guards quickly blocked off the people from Byrne’s proximity, but the leaders of the workers kept talking loudly, following Byrne’s footsteps.
Vanessa and Captain Theo were by his side, with Theo holding an umbrella over Byrne.
Byrne could see the Guards Captain, with his hair graying at the temples, remaining silent, while Vanessa’s face was covered with rain, quickly recounting the situation amidst the sound of the rain.
“The deceased is an old man named Abutte. Upon counting the number of people, they discovered Old Abutte was missing, and it’s very possible that the remains of the body belong to him.”
Byrne stepped over the puddles with an expressionless face, listening to what Vanessa was saying in his ear.
The impact of a mangled corpse was far greater than that of a simple death. People at the construction factory were now panicking, hesitant to continue the construction for a while.
Some said the existence of the factory had provoked some mysterious entity, filling the whole affair with bad omens, and if it continued, more people would die.
Finally, Byrne and his party arrived at the spot where the dismembered body was found. He personally went forward to inspect the remains that had been covered and not washed away by the rain.
Activating his Extraordinary ability “Deconstructive Perspective,” Byrne’s eyes revealed faint blue circles, allowing him to easily determine that the flesh indeed belonged to a human body.
“…”
He was silent for a long moment. The matter could be the work of a serial killer in Nasir Town, or it could be retaliation by the Sea God Cult, or perhaps a warning from the Kesse family.
If the latter was the case, then in time the Kesse family would let them know who the murderer was; otherwise, the killing would be meaningless.
A warning had to be made known to the parties concerned.
“Vanessa, go call Chris.”
No matter who the murderer was, Byrne felt that the Fischer family needed to take the initiative.
If they allowed someone to kill indiscriminately on their own turf, that would spell trouble. Not only would the Fischer family be put into a passive situation, their reputation would also be severely damaged, and everyone would feel insecure.
The connections among the lower levels were still very important.
He had already thought through Zayne’s words.
Originally, it was almost impossible for ordinary people without the right bloodline and gifts to become Extraordinary Exponents. Having seen Exponents capable of destroying armies on their own, Zayne naturally adopted an indifferent attitude towards the connections among commoners.
In fact, most Extraordinary Exponents felt the same way and from their point of view, it was entirely correct.
But the situation for the Fischer family was completely different.
The Fischer family possessed the formula for the Magic Potion of the Power of Consecution. This enormous potential lay in the fact that theoretically, as long as they had enough resources, they could turn everyone into Extraordinary Exponents.
Thus, they needed to pay attention to the elite among the common people, much like Vanessa, Erik, and Archibald.
Vanessa nodded and then went to call Chris.
On their way from Fischer Manor to the site of the incident, Vanessa told Chris everything that had happened, narrating logically even amidst the torrential rain.
The silver-haired youth simply listened in silence, not saying a word from beginning to end.
“Chris.”
Suddenly, Vanessa’s tone changed a bit, not saying “young master” but calling him directly by his name.
He looked at the girl.
She stopped as well.
Chris gazed at the short-haired, beautiful girl and noticed a pure anger in her expression—an emotion seldom seen in the core members of the Fischer family for outsiders anymore.
She was angry for the innocent, sad for the weak, and pained and resolute for the stifled hopes.
“Find that damned bastard, Chris, I’m begging you, please,” the girl’s body trembled slightly as she earnestly requested in the pouring rain.
He did not speak, merely nodding.
Of course.
Chris felt a surge of joy, realizing that the deepest part of Vanessa’s heart hadn’t changed; she was still the girl from back then.
He smiled faintly.
Upon their arrival at the scene, the family guards cleared the way for them.
Byrne patted Chris on the shoulder and said calmly, “Vanessa must have told you everything. From now on, it’s up to you, Chris.”
Chris’s hair was sodden by the rain, and he calmly lowered his gaze to look at the remains, finally nodding.
He activated his Extraordinary trait “Tracking Senses,” and myriad hues of auras emerged before him.
Although they were diluted by the rain, Chris still identified the particular trail he needed to lock onto.
“Found it,” Chris said calmly.
——
“They’ll never find us.”
Inside an inn in Nasir Town, a man and a woman sat silently drinking tea.
The man was a black-haired half-orc with wolf ears and a tail, a wild look about him, dressed in civilian clothes.
The woman, with brown hair, wore a choker around her neck and bracelets on her wrists and ankles, looking like a young woman Spellcaster in her twenties.
Both were Extraordinary Exponents affiliated with the Kesse family, coming from two different knight clans, each at a high-level Beginning.
A few days ago, they had received orders from the Kesse family to cause some trouble for the Fischer family.
They had done similar things when the Kesse family and the Leander family were in conflict, so they picked out an old worker to kill, shattered his body, and then tossed it somewhere it would be easily found.
The Wolf Knight exhaled as if he was still somewhat nervous about such tasks and continued speaking:
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“We’ve already investigated in advance, and there is no Spellcaster among the Fischer family and their vassals capable of manipulating corpses, nor is there anyone from the prophecy-type.”