Chapter 710: Greenfire Swamp (1/2)

GDK 710: Greenfire Swamp

***City of Shadows. Fifth Corps.

A divine guard wearing a panic-stricken face rushed into a room where Avery was doing paperwork and immediately crouched on the ground. Anxiously panting, he said, “My… My Lord… It’s bad…”

“Oh,” Avery acknowledged. He did not move his head and kept his eyes focused on the scroll in his hand. “What’s the matter?”

“Cage and Eve, they, they…” the divine guard stammered. He couldn’t seem to complete the sentence.

Avery bunched his brows and put down the document in his hand. He lightly groaned and asked assumingly, “The two are out making a mess, aren’t they? Who did they offend this time? Is it someone from the House of Sainte?”

“No…”

Avery was obviously relieved to hear that. He softly exhaled and replied, “That’s fortunate. As long as it’s not the House of Sainte, it’s not that big of a deal. If the two good-for-nothings offended someone from the Sainte Family again, the matter is going to be a tough one to deal with.”

“No… Cage and Eve did not offend anyone. At Fort Hassell… they… they were…” the divine guard just could not garner enough courage to speak that word in front of Avery.

“They were what? Did they get beaten by someone? Hmph, Fort Hassell belongs to our House of Lavers. Quite daring they are to do so in our territory!” Avery coldly groaned.

“No… the two of them… were killed at Fort Hassell!” the divine guard clenched his teeth and finally spoke of the bloody news.

Avery was suddenly stupefied. His eyes were hollow. He seemed unable to process this grievous news momentarily. When he finally came to himself, he grabbed the divine guard by his neck, and furiously screamed, “What did you say? Say it again!”

“Spare… Spare me my Lord. News arrived from Fort Hassell that Cage and Eve were murdered while collecting Sea Fruits at Poseidon’s Tears... Spare me my Lord!” the divine guard pleaded and explained.

“NOO……” Avery roared at the sky. His voice spread throughout the entire Fifth Corps.

A streak of shadow suddenly flew out from the Fifth Corps. It was heading away from the City of Shadows. When it passed through the city gates, it did not even stop to register.

***Two days later, on the island that Cage and Eve used to stay.

Avery was dumbfounded as he stared blankly at Cage and Eve’s bodies laid out in front of him. Cage’s skull was completely shattered and he could only be identified by his build. Eve’s head was severed from her body. It was sewn back in place with thread…

Avery’s wife had passed away long ago, leaving him with their only son and daughter. He was very pampering of Cage and Eve. Although they had always made mistakes and caused him trouble, he would always forgive and tolerate them. If any of them were bullied, he would do everything he could to make retribution.

To Avery, the two were his world. The pain he felt from seeing their bodies laid lifelessly in front of him was so much that he felt suffocated.

“Did you not discover a trace of evidence?” Avery asked very calmly as he looked at the two bodies.

“Forgive us, my Lord… Forgive us…” a group of divine guards knelt in a line begged for mercy.

“Well then, there is no point for any of you to continue living,” Avery said in a calm voice. Upon hearing those words, the faces of those divine guards became as ashen as the dead. A few even immediately took into the air and tried to escape.

Multiple shadows shot out from Avery’s body and they each targeted a person. A series of eerie, miserable shrieks rang as it rained blood and severed body parts around Avery.

Not a single one of these divine guards who came to Fort Hassell with Cage and Eve escaped Avery’s brutal slaughtering. None of them landed with an intact corpse!

“Who, who could it be?” Avery mumbled to himself, completely ignoring the intense reeking of blood and body parts scattered all around him.

“Could it be him? But he is only a lowgod. Even if he staged a sneak attack, he still could not have been able to evenly match Eve and Cage, especially Cage - he couldn’t fall to the sneak attack of a lowgod. Who could it be? Who have I offended recently?”

After thinking for a while, he suddenly furrowed his brows and put on a malevolent face, and muttered, “Carmelita has been searching for that runt. If Andre knew it was me, then perhaps she learned of it as well. This foul oaf is absolutely mad and has a close friendship with that fella. Eve had previously insulted her. Could she have done this? Should be… has to be her…”

“Number Three!” Avery shouted.

“Yes!” a response sounded from Avery’s shadow that was cast under the hot sun.

“Investigate the recent activities of Carmelita and keep a close eye on her. Report back to me as soon as you discover anything!” Avery instructed.

“Understood!” a straightforward replied was heard. Soon after, a shadow separated from Avery and disappeared into the beautiful ocean.