Chapter 73 - Chapter 73: Chapter 71: Gathering Forces (1/2)

Chapter 73: Chapter 71: Gathering Forces

The old Tempest Priest stood between the town chief and Byrne, the elderly man knew deep down that something was wrong when Lady Isaac did not appear after so long.

The final deadline he had given was about to pass.

If she refused the church’s search, it implied that all evidence provided by the Fischer family was authentic, and the Isaac family was indeed a subordinate of the Sea God Cult.

The fate of heretics was never good, and they often did not want to surrender without a fight.

Thus, a battle was almost inevitable!

Byrne stood to one side and analyzed, “The Isaac family’s guards are probably around thirty or so, but basically, they don’t have the guts to fight us hard for Lady Isaac, and in the end, there are likely only a handful who would die loyally for her.”

Indeed, both the old priest and the town chief understood that the guards were very close to the family, almost equivalent to private soldiers, but there were certainly not many who would stand against the entire church and the country for a family that had turned to evil.

“So, our main opponents are those three extraordinary Isaacs.”

“Lady Isaac of high-level Beginning is a knight, whose source of the power of Bloodline is ‘Heatwave Blood Whale,’ capable of producing high-temperature water vapor in her surroundings. Moreover, she has superb swordsmanship and probably several combat skills as part of her family inheritance.”

“Her brother is a mid-level Beginning adept in both paths, wielding the Bloodline power of ‘Heatwave Blood Whale’ as well as possessing spellcasting talent of the Elements type. At this Beginning Level, he should be able to practice only two types of Elements Spells, both of which are not very powerful.”

Byrne paused for a moment, then continued with a serious tone,

“The last one is sent by the Sea God Cult. According to the servant’s testimony, the opponent is likely a low-level Transmutation Extraordinary Exponent, with Earth-type Bloodline power, and he is also carrying a Treasure class Mysterious rare artifact, obviously the most problematic existence.”

Upon hearing this, everyone tensed up, the father and son knights of the Verne family even regretted coming, for although assisting the church would yield rewards, the risk was indeed huge.

Mayor Andes immediately scowled and said through clenched teeth,

“A low-level Transmutation Extraordinary Exponent… That’s indeed a bit too tricky. If he appears, we must attack this person with all our might.”

Although Byrne had once hunted a Moonshadow White Bear nearing low-level Transmutation with his father, the strength of that Moonshadow White Bear was arguably the worst within the Transmutation Level.

Moreover, Lucius had an extremely high battle IQ, and Byrne admitted that he simply couldn’t compare to his father in this aspect.

Additionally, Extraordinary Exponents with high intelligence typically proved to be much stronger than magic beasts when at the same level!

And not just slightly stronger but a lot stronger!

Because Extraordinary Exponents would use alchemical weapons, Mysterious rare artifacts, learn “combat skills,” “Spells,” “spellcasting technique” from their inheritance, contemplate diverse tactical strategies, and possess judgment abilities far superior to that of magic beasts.

Perhaps two Middle Rank knights at the Beginning could contend with one high-level Beginning knight. However, a knight who had reached low-level Transmutation could easily kill three high-level Beginning knights in a direct confrontation.

After all, there’s a divide between the 1st Consecution and the 2nd Consecution of the Extraordinary Exponents.

On their side, there were seven Extraordinary Exponents—the 2nd Consecution “Pharmacist” Byrne and the 2nd Consecution “Listener” Irene.

As well as the high-level Beginning old Tempest Priest, who was also an Elements Spellcaster, the mid-level Beginning Mayor Andes, the father and son knights of the Verne family at the Middle Rank Beginning level, and the low-level Beginning sheriff.

In addition to those, there were hundreds of armed commoners carrying flintlocks, outfitted with some alchemical explosives, who were undoubtedly also a vital fighting force in this battle.

In the more distant past, the nations of the Ouden Continent did not have structured armies at all, composed purely of warbands formed by Extraordinary Exponents.

Back then, commoners were only fit for logistical support labor, with a status much lower than today’s, and even earlier, commoners were no different from slaves.

With the advent of the flintlock, the development of alchemical spells, and the advancement of collective spells, true armies emerged a few hundred years ago, and knights from the knight class who could be killed by gunfire gradually had their lands taken away.

The crowd waited a while longer, the final deadline had passed, and everyone could see that the other side was not planning to respond, and definitely did not want to surrender.

The Isaac family was planning to resist until the bitter end—they were indeed spies planted by the Sea God Cult!

Under the dark night sky, numerous fires almost lit up the heavens, and everyone’s expressions were extremely serious as sweat began to emerge on their foreheads.

Mayor Andes was getting impatient. He turned his head and asked the old priest loudly,

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