Chapter 228: Chapter 228: The Source of Danger
Chapter 228: The Source of Danger
This time, the Witch Sect sent two ageless witches, one in the open and one in the shadows. Combined with the power of the Ruen royal family, there was no need to fear anything in Backlund.
As for divine descent, the gods' attention was currently focused on the southern continent. Unless something outrageous happened, there would be no divine descent in Backlund.
However, the Aurora Order, known for their boldness, had retreated without a formal reason, even though they needed to absorb the negative emotions from the dock area to bring their lord's offspring into the world.
Now, even Ince Zangwill, the archbishop who defected from the Church of the Night, was thinking of fleeing Backlund.
There must be reasons they did not understand.
"I have a premonition that staying in Backlund will be dangerous," Ince Zangwill honestly stated his reason for leaving Backlund.
"Where does the danger come from?"
"Unknown. The unknown danger is the most frightening."
"Where is the source?"
"A person I cannot see through, Baron hastur Campbell."
Ince Zangwill's eyes flickered as he revealed his findings.
Since the other party did not want him to leave Backlund now, he would let them handle the matter concerning Baron hastur Campbell.
"Stay and leave only after the matter is resolved, unless you want to be a traitor again," Katerina gave Ince Zangwill no chance to refuse and continued, "The closer we get to the final chapter, the more we must guard against factors that might disrupt our plans."
"Yes," Panatiya nodded respectfully. She was the one responsible for cooperating with Ince Zangwill and others this time.
As for the Lady of White, she had other matters to handle in Backlund.
"Have you found the followers of the Stars?"
"Not yet. Recently, all forces have been very quiet. The last fake Stars incident made many people more cautious."
"Make haste."
Katerina asked a few more questions about the girl and then disappeared, leaving her destination unknown.
"You Witch Sect actually sent an ageless witch this time. It's really unexpected," Ince Zangwill said indignantly. They had agreed to just cooperate, but now they were using force to prevent him from leaving Backlund.
"There are many things you can't imagine," Panatiya said cheerfully, urging Ince Zangwill to go back and write the script to avoid any unforeseen incidents.
...
hastur, whose good mood had been repeatedly disturbed, grew increasingly dissatisfied with Ince Zangwill hiding behind the scenes and arranging a series of coincidences using 008.
He had just learned that a few days ago, when Prince Edessak was coming to see him by carriage, he accidentally bumped into a countess.
And when Edsac's subordinate, Talim, came to find him, he happened to be out, missing another opportunity.
These successive coincidences made hastur suspect that Ince Zangwill was already watching him from the shadows.
Since that was the case, he decided to help Leonard and Klein catch Ince Zangwill, at least to keep him busy.
What hastur couldn't understand was why Ince Zangwill suddenly targeted him. He had been either staying at home or busy arranging matters for his factory and law firm, not doing anything extra.
He hadn't even paid attention to the recent uproar over the Kapin case.
"Ince Zangwill, you really are going too far," hastur sighed, checked the time, and after taking a bath, lay on his bed and entered the hall of stars.
He planned to use his ability to spy on fate to track down Ince Zangwill.
Since Ince Zangwill had used 008 to arrange things for him, there must be a corresponding fate connection. He didn't believe he couldn't catch this hidden rat.
In the dark world, images of Ince Zangwill and traces of 008 quickly appeared.
Although they had means to shield divination, within the related fate, Ince Zangwill and 008 were exposed.
In the hall of stars, he could even spy on the old gods.
Soon, hastur opened his eyes and materialized a piece of paper, drawing Ince Zangwill's current location and the surrounding prominent buildings and environment.
To prevent 008 from detecting his targeting of Ince Zangwill, hastur used the power of the hall of stars to enhance his concealment and cast corresponding good luck on himself.
After doing all this, hastur attempted to spy on Ince Zangwill's final fate.
He had never tried to directly spy on someone's final fate before, so he decided to practice with Ince Zangwill.
In the dark, lightless world, fragments of Ince Zangwill's fate flashed by like meteors until the last fragment.
Under the crimson moonlight, in a dense forest beside a castle-like building, Ince Zangwill knelt, looking up at the crimson moon in the sky.
This was the final scene. Whether it was Ince Zangwill's last moment of life, hastur couldn't tell.
The only thing he knew was that Ince Zangwill's fate had changed. According to the original trajectory, he should have died under Klein's Death Knell, but Klein did not appear in the scene just now.
"Indeed, Klein's fate has changed, so it's normal for Ince Zangwill's fate to change as well."
hastur opened his eyes and began to think about how to reveal Ince Zangwill's location to Klein and Leonard.
As for how Klein and Leonard would deal with Ince Zangwill, that was their business.
After dealing with Ince Zangwill, hastur's gaze swept across the stars in the hall of stars and landed on the star representing the True Creator.
Did the True Creator know about the oracle he gave to Mr. A last time?
After observing for a while and seeing no abnormalities, hastur saw Urolius, with long hair reaching his waist, standing on a mountaintop, gazing at the distant sea.
If undisturbed, he seemed capable of watching forever.
hastur withdrew his gaze and observed the two new stars.
The star resembling the Primordial Hunger's big mouth remained disguised, with the Ring of Fate continuously cycling through unknown destinies, showing no abnormal reaction to the hall of stars's surveillance.
Calm and confident.
This would be a very troublesome outer god.
...
Morning, in a royal estate.
On the bed, a girl nestled in Prince Edessak's arms, complaining about recent events.
"I also think it's too coincidental. How could we suddenly bump into Countess Kesman that day? According to the coachman's recollection, he didn't notice anyone ahead until he hit someone and saw Countess Kesman lying on the road."
Prince Edessak also vividly remembered the events of that day.
"I promised Mrs. Germani that I would definitely invite Baron hastur Campbell. You don't want me to break my promise to my friend, do you?"
The girl's sorrowful yet coquettish tone melted Prince Edessak's heart.
"Alright, I'll go see Baron hastur Campbell again today and see if anything unexpected happens."
Prince Edessak promised, but in the afternoon, the king suddenly summoned him, forcing him to abandon his plan to meet hastur again.
Upon hearing this, the girl became more convinced that Baron hastur Campbell had the ability to change her situation. Otherwise, such coincidences wouldn't keep happening.
She summoned Prince Edessak's loyal subordinate, Talim, instructing him to visit Baron hastur Campbell's house the next day and wait there if necessary to meet him.
The next day, news of Talim's death reached them.
Panatiya came to see the girl, pinching her chin and coldly saying, "Stay here and don't do anything foolish unless you want to cause more deaths."
"So, you did kill Talim!"
"A subordinate infatuated with your charm, dead is dead. No one will mourn his death, not even Prince Edessak."
The girl was silent for a moment, then mocked, "If you're so omnipotent, why don't you dare let me meet Baron hastur Campbell? What are you afraid of?"
Panatiya frowned. This was the second time she had heard this name, the first being from Ince Zangwill.
"This is not your concern."
Panatiya released the girl's chin and left the room.
She felt it necessary to meet Baron hastur Campbell to prevent him from ruining their plans.
"Should I report this to the higher-ups first?"
After thinking for a while, Panatiya decided it wasn't necessary.
He was just a baron, and so young. Observing from a distance wouldn't cause any major issues.
Late at night, Panatiya left the estate, heading to Baron hastur Campbell's house.
To avoid attracting attention, she chose not to traverse the spirit world but took a carriage instead.
In the same queen's district, it was about a twenty-minute ride.
The carriage rolled on, exceeding twenty minutes without stopping.
After more than half an hour, the carriage finally halted.
Lifting the curtain, Panatiya was about to disembark when she suddenly realized she was in front of the Holy Wind Cathedral!
She had arrived at the Church of the Lord of Storms 's base in Backlund, right at the cathedral's main entrance!
(End of this chapter)
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