Chapter 72: Chapter 70: Midnight Ambush

With irrefutable evidence, especially the deep blue deep sea metamorphosis potion, the old Tempest Priest realized the gravity of the situation.

“A potion from the Sea God Cult, it’s been several years since I’ve seen one. I once witnessed its effects on a human…”

He somewhat confusedly asked Irene a question, why the Fischer family was suddenly able to produce so much evidence.

Irene attributed their success in obtaining the evidence to the servant.

They bribed a servant from the Isaac family, surreptitiously gathered numerous pieces of evidence, and even discovered that the time for the Isaac family to conduct the ceremony was imminent.

“Hmm…”

Although he felt that evidence from a bribable person might not be credible, the other multitude of evidence made everything far too terrifying. The Tempest Priest hesitated for a long time before finally making up his mind.

He could not wait for the higher-ups from the church to investigate!

He must use his special authority to act, unite with the town chief, mobilize the patrol teams and the power of the two knight clans, to immediately arrest or even exterminate the Isaac family!

Originally the Five Great True Gods Churches, and now the Six Great True Gods Churches, all had the power to “act specially.”

It is when a heretical cult appears within their jurisdiction, and it is deemed extremely dangerous, that they can authorize local officials and nobles to take command and arrest the targeted individuals.

The power to “act specially” had been abused hundreds of years ago. Many lords and nobles obtained authorization through various means, judging those who opposed them in the light of day.

Today, the circumstances in which one may “act specially” have been severely restricted. After the event, the higher echelons of the church will thoroughly investigate the causes and effects through various spells, and those who abuse this power will face severe punishment.

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In the calm of the night, Lady Isaac sat on a chair in her bedroom, clad in a black nightgown, with no hint of sleepiness. She made no sound, her eyes deep and thoughts chaotic, her hands gently yet tremulously gripping her wine glass.

She reminisced about past dreams, reliving the bitterness of past gains and losses, searching in contemplation for the self lost in the stream of time.

Everything was about to end.

She and her brother left the island headquarters of the cult and settled in the home her father had established in Nasir Town. As undercover agents of the cult, they took over the family’s operations with the intention of deeply embedding themselves for several years.

However, about thirty years ago, because the High Priest of the cult was killed by the Whisperer, a bishop of the Tempest Church, and the island hiding their headquarters was destroyed, the entire Sea God Cult was scattered. Since then, she had never received any instructions from the cult.

One year, two years, three years, five years, ten years… not a single cultist had contacted her again. The entire Sea God Cult had completely vanished from her life.

It was at that moment, when Lady Isaac gave birth to her own son, that she suddenly realized something as she looked upon the new life: she had moved past her old self and could embrace a new life.

“If only it was truly possible to let go,” Lady Isaac murmured to herself, her voice laced with helplessness, pain, and even a hint of mockery.

The fate within her bloodline was impossible to escape. She now finally acknowledged the truth: to destroy Nasir and then return to the embrace of the cult was the ultimate endpoint of her life.

Given a choice, she would not want to destroy the place where she had lived for thirty whole years, where every tree and every patch of soil was so familiar and dear to her.

Lady Isaac had long forgotten the smell of the sea breeze on the island of her childhood. Now, her true homeland was only the tranquil Nasir on the East Coast.

Yet she knew she had no choice.

Suddenly, Lady Isaac saw lights flickering outside the window.

The lights grew more numerous, like stars or fireflies in the night sky, forming a long dragon-like line full of light.

She slowly rose and gazed at the luminous dragon, and after a moment, she heard the exclamations of the servants, the buzz of discussions, and finally the sound of her brother and younger brother rushing toward her.

“What on earth is going on?”

“Why are there so many people outside, it looks like everyone from the patrol team is here!”

Lady Isaac’s elder brother, a tall man in a black mask and a long black robe with a very short temper, entered the room.

She had no real feelings for this man, and even deep down, she felt some resentment.

The brother she had depended on for thirty years was one of the people Lady Isaac couldn’t let go. He was a man of medium stature, dressed in purple finery, who had inherited the power of Bloodline and possessed the natural talent of a Spellcaster.

Lady Isaac believed that one day he would break through to Level 2 and have a future far greater than her own.

With nervous expression, the brother spoke, “What exactly is going on? Why have so many people suddenly arrived? They seem to have… discovered our secret?”

He had come to Nasir Town with his sister when he was young and had no feelings for the Sea God Cult; in fact, he deeply hated their so-called elder brother.

If it wasn’t for that man’s arrival, their lives would never have been disrupted!

The eldest of the three, the mysterious man Karl’s subconscious had identified.

He sneered cruelly, “That’s right, and if it was just a normal report, there probably wouldn’t have been such a big reaction. There would have to be serious accusations for higher-ups to come investigate.”

“And now they’ve even skipped that step and surrounded us completely. I’m afraid that old priest from the Tempest Church already knows about the ritual!”

The elder brother’s expression under his mask turned ferocious as he turned to look at his brother and sister with dissatisfaction and suspicion, “But the question is, how did they find out about the ritual? Only the three of us should know the specific details of the ritual. Could it be that you leaked it?”

“Answer me!”

After hearing this, the brother also sneered coldly, nearly exploding with rage, “If we had leaked the details of the ritual, you wouldn’t have the opportunity to say anything now! You’d see us outside, surrounding you with them!”

Lady Isaac suddenly said calmly, “Brother, as you know, we have no way of resisting you and the cult.”

“It’s probably some Extraordinary ability that has exposed our plans. At this point, we should think about what to do next.”

The elder brother in the black robe fell into deep thought for a quite while, then nodded, “I believe you, after all, we are all bound by the blood of the Isaac family, and fate connects us tightly. Since that’s the case, we can only flee.”

“They have brought so many people because they are completely confident, and even if you, sister, went to negotiate and make the crowd leave, it would almost certainly not succeed.”

“But we also cannot accept a search, for the traces of the altar and other cult activities cannot be cleaned up in a short time.”

The three exchanged looks, so they could only escape immediately from here, leave Nasir without hesitation, to have a slim chance of survival.

The man in the black robe regained his composure, speaking very calmly, “The ritual is aborted, we must withdraw from Nasir at once and make plans elsewhere on the East Coast.”

Outside the Isaac family estate, the sky was ablaze with fire.

The town chief and sheriff, leading hundreds of patrol members armed with flintlocks, as well as members of the Fischer family, the Verne knight clan, and Extraordinary Exponents from the Tempest Church, had completely surrounded the place.

The old Tempest Priest, mounted on a black horse, had already sent someone to knock on the door, ordering the Isaac family to open up for a thorough search.

If they were indeed innocent, then Fischer’s accusations were merely slander, and they would most likely not refuse the search; otherwise, they would behave suspiciously.

In fact, deep down, the Tempest Priest hoped that his old friend was not an evil cultist of the Sea God Cult.

But the witness and evidence provided by the Fischer family were too substantial, he had to come here to ensure that Nasir was not threatened.

Because this serene port town was his homeland, which he had watched grow up, how could he allow anyone to destroy it!

Byrne and Irene were not on horseback; they stood at the forefront of the crowd with other Extraordinary Exponents, followed by over a dozen flintlock-armed guards from their family.

Irene gazed at the Isaac family estate, took a deep breath, and gently stroked the clear bottle hidden in her bosom.

Next, they would face an enemy who had achieved Transmutation to Level 2, and if the situation truly became desperate, she was still willing to sacrifice her lifespan to invoke the great Lord of the Lost to descend and display His unstoppable ultimate power!