Chapter 507: Chapter 507: Returning Home
 

“Cough cough cough…”

Upon the completion of the land deed signing, Han Dong began to cough.

He accidentally coughed up a lump of black phlegm, which corroded a large hole in the ground.

The deathly aura emanating from the hole, along with the death qi condition previously seen in the manor.

Lucius could naturally see that Han Dong’s Talent Tree, which had grown through Breaking the Breed, was related to death to some extent, but it felt completely different from the knights in the Terminal Knight Regiment, giving off a very strange sensation.

Since the secret mission concerning significant matters is not yet over.

As for the question of the Talent Tree, although Lucius was curious, he did not ask immediately.

The three of them quickly returned to the surface of the manor and rendezvoused with the main force.

At the same time, an indescribable beastly aura came from the cliff… obviously, Abe Rhein had completed Breaking the Breed.

The news that two of the same batch had Breaked the Breed into ‘demon’ would surely shock the city council if it spread in Holy City.

At that time, Han Dong and Abe will inevitably be summoned by the nobles and even the royal family of Holy City.

Abe, who returned to the manor like a beast, had completely suppressed his bestiality.

The overall impression he gave was completely different, as his skin patterns were very similar to dragon scales… and moreover, it seemed that Abe would need a long time to stabilize his Talent Tree that had just been Breaked the Breed.

Han Dong immediately informed Abe of the plan to ‘Sneak back to Holy City’.

The whole team first descended along the mountain path to the valley area of Alagard Mountain, then headed north for a while, before riding crows back to Stuart Manor.

Just as Han Dong had feared.

Even though the Count was executed and they were victorious… This city outing event was far from over.

Just as everyone left Alagard Manor and Han Dong temporarily incorporated ‘Scarlet Manor’ into the land deed space.

A group of knights wearing brown cloaks suddenly ascended the mountain, numbered over thirty.

Because they found no traces of anyone, they used a certain method to transmit the information of their search in the Alagard Mountain Range back to Holy City.

…

Han Dong, who went to the manor, did not relax at all, and was pondering about the potential dangers.

“Mr. Black White might have foreseen all of this, and he should also know that we have obtained important evidence. If there’s no problem, sir will certainly be waiting for us at Stuart Manor.

But if Mr. Black White does not come… it means that the chairman has detected the danger, and has temporarily diverted sir through some means, purposely preventing him from leaving the city.”

Indeed.

When he returned to Stuart Manor.

Han Dong did not see Mr. Black White’s exclusive carriage…

“Shall we use my undead carriage to return to the city?” Lenze asked.

“No… let’s be more covert. Considering unexpected circumstances, I have a common steam carriage hidden in the manor.

It needs Captain Lucius and others to pretend to be returning to the city after completing the investigation.

If we encounter any knights searching for us on the way out of the city, it would be up to you, Captain Lucius, to explain.

Claim that we are on a crucial mission and have to urgently return to the city. We do not accept the escort of any knight team… When matters are serious, just bring up your group leader’s name.

I believe the Scarlet Knights’ leader paid a lot of attention to your leaving the city this time, Captain Lucius.”

“Okay… leave it to me.”

The spare steam carriage that Han Dong kept in the manor had a hidden compartment.

Han Dong, Dumps, and Abe hid at the bottom end of the carriage compartment.

On the surface, it’s just Lucius’s team completing the investigation task and returning by carriage… As long as they can reach the interior of Holy City, and there’s an arrival of a group leader level to welcome them, someone’s plot will be exposed.

However.

As Han Dong had worried, things weren’t so simple.

When they were about in the woods from Holy City, they encountered a knight troop who was searching for them in the outskirts.

As there is a large number of members in the Thirteen Knight Orders, there isn’t much contact between the different Orders, so Lucius doesn’t recognize these knights.

Even without the reminder from Han Dong.

Lucius could sense something was off from the eyes of this group of knights.

“We are a special task force sent for external city investigation…please get off the vehicle, our detailed inspection will follow, and then we will escort you back to the city.

An outbreak of heretical resistance has surfaced in the Holy City. The high command has demanded that we thoroughly verify the returning Scout Knights; your cooperation is required.

A voice heavily laden with bureaucracy, and he presents an inspection identity complete with the council’s seals in front of Lucius’ group.

At the earliest opportunity, Lucius presented his knight’s waist-ceremonial tablet, declaring his intentions.

“We, by the direct order of Scarlet Knights – Captain Shaia, departed the city to investigate and collect the plague samples… This matter has engaged high-level privacy, I have to report back to the Captain personally.

The important blood samples on our carriage must not be touched by any other person.”

Lucius’s attitude was very domineering, invoking the name of the Captain right from the start.

Such a tactic is usually effective.

But not this time.

The Knight Squad of ten people had completely surrounded their carriage, obviously with an intention to forcibly search the carriage.

These knights’ real purpose was indeed to search for ‘key evidence’ lost in the Scarlet Manor for the sake of eradicating it.

And since Han Dong and his team are hiding under the carriage, there’s no way Lucius would let this group get on for a search.

There are still ten kilometers to the Holy City… relying only on this ordinary steam carriage to escape back to the city amidst this elite circle of knights comes with substantial risk.

Just then.

Caw caw…

A group of crowmen burst out of the forest.

The moment their attention was disrupted by the crowmen, Lucius immediately maximized the power of the steam carriage and galloped towards the Holy City.

“Stop them!”

Just as the ten knights, with strange expressions, were about to move, they found their actions hindered.

They were unaware of when skele-tal arms sprang from the ground, clutching onto their mechanized horses, even their shadows were restricted to some extent.

However, these are elite knights who were prepared for this.

If they could complete this special mission, they would receive an unimaginable reward, more than ten years of their salary in the Knights.

The mounts under them were carefully selected Advanced Steam Remodeled Horses, all to avoid any possibilities of escape.

The accelerating speed of a single horse is almost twice as fast as the carriage Lucius is driving.

“Lenze!”

“Yes!”

A strong Death Qi immediately spilled from the carriage, wherever it passed, skeleton soldiers reborn brandishing their shields.

However.

Silver light flashed.

These temporarily resurrected skeleton soldiers only need a single strike to be executed by the knights.

This resurrection spell can’t buy much time; it’s only a matter of time before they caught up.

“These knights are all elite members of their teams…I will hold them off, you guys go back to the city!”

Just as Lucius was preparing to jump out of the carriage.

A rather unique wave of a death aura emanated from the bottom of the caravan.

The Death aura released by Senior Lenze was only used for the resurrection of the undead.

But the current emanating Death Qi could cause trees to wither and flowers to wilt.

The ten knights who were in pursuit and their mounts were also seriously impacted.