At that moment, two cloaked figures stood two hundred meters away from Kate's house and looked in that direction solemnly.
Suddenly, a cold yet pleasant female voice came from one of those black hoods,
"Rizz, do you know that mage?"
"No, Your Highness. I also don't understand why he is helping my wife and daughter." This time, a male voice came from another hooded figure.
"Should I contact him? I think he can help us to get that 'Death cane' from the Dark dungeon. That's the only way to break the bloodline spell shackles." That female named Edith said with an excited tone.
"No, your highness! We can't expose our identity here. Everyone thinks that we are already dead, and we even fooled that darned Bishop. Haa! If my wife and daughter didn't appear here, I wouldn't have come out openly like this, and our mission would have been much easier." That black hooded guy called Rizz said with a grim tone. Meanwhile, Edith nodded her hooded head in approval and started speaking with puzzlement.
"I'm also surprised by Umi's growth. She had already entered the Royal rank and seemed to have encountered some miraculous fortune. And, your wife also became a Noble rank Beastkin. But the question is: how did both achieve that feat without Emperor's approval?"
"I also don't have any idea, your highness. But both had already attracted the attention of Light Church and Keris Kingdom's Royal family." Rizz said with a bitter tone, and soon both fell into silence.
Suddenly, Edith looked upward while revealing her amber eyes and spoke with a smile.
"Although I don't know how they did it, I can already see the horror look on Beast Emperor's face now. Hehe, now we have a total of six Royal bloodlines in the Beast Empire. If we successfully used that 'Death Cane' to break our shackles, I wonder how he will react?"
"I think he will die from the shock this time, your highness." Rizz also followed her gaze and said while nodding his head. His oceanic eyes and round face showed a hint of happiness.
"So, now we have another extra job to do. I hope that human is powerful enough to protect Fennelis and Umi. Otherwise, your family will be in deep trouble." Edith said while lowering her gaze toward Kate's house once again.
''Your highness, will the Light Bishop act against my daughter when both of them walk out of this city?'' Rizz asked curiously.
''Of course. But Bishop Piers will only act once Fennelis and Umi walk out of this mage's territory. Well, your wife seemed to have already planned on joining this expedition. So, it will be easy for us to act when they are in trouble." Edith said as if everything was under her control. After that, both figures suddenly turned into mist and disappeared, leaving no trace behind.
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2nd September, Hawk Town, Peral Kingdom.
It was around 6.30 P.M.
A low-key Baron governed this Hawk town. It was a normal town with a population of around seven thousand, but enough to stand foot on their own against normal monsters. But this started to go south when a sudden influx of high-rank monsters appeared near the town, causing restlessness among his citizens.
Due to the sudden increase of monsters in the nearby woods, Baron planned to rebuild the wooden fence with his people's help, and the whole town was full of life.
As usual, it was another normal day with a stiff atmosphere. The whole town guards remained vigilant and patrolled seriously as the sky darkened.
When the town guards were about to close the gate, they suddenly saw a luxurious carriage with a winged sun symbol coming from the nearby woods.
"Halt!" One of the guards stepped forward and stopped the carriage.
But soon, everyone's face turned solemn as they saw twenty cavalries appear behind the carriage and seem to be chasing after it.
Just as the guards were puzzling, the coachman looked out a noble seal and shouted.
"This is Baron Abium's carriage. Please lower your guard."
At that moment, the cavalry soldiers also saw the town ahead and began slowing down their horses.
Meanwhile, the golden curtained luxurious carriage arrived before the entrance gate and entered the town.
The carriage quietly moved on the main street and soon stopped in front of a three-storied Inn called Traveler's Inn.
After that, a blonde-haired girl who wore an emerald belted shirtwaist dress walked out of the carriage and looked around. Following her was another black-haired girl who wore simple black linen clothes.
"Shall we go?" Helena asked.
"Yes, Miss Helena," Aliza responded with a nod.
Both then discussed with the coachman for a while and silently walked into the Traveler's Inn.
After that, Helena booked two separate rooms for them, went to the nearby empty table, and waited in the reception hall.
Within a minute, another group of cavalry soldiers entered the Inn while startling the other customers.
They didn't hide their identity and openly showed their hostility towards Helena, making everyone guard up. Some customers even walked out of the Inn once they identified who these soldiers were, while the others remained seated in anxiousness.
Meanwhile, Helena frowned a little and casually threw a thumb-sized red mushroom at the knight leader.
The leader of that group became startled by her action and caught the mushroom instinctively.
On the other hand, Helena curled her lips upward and spat out two words coldly.
"Medusa's Charm."
The next moment, that leader saw the mushroom burst into powder while sending spores everywhere. Following that, everyone saw him fall directly to the ground with a loud thud.
Without waiting for other soldiers to act, Helena muttered once again.
"Wind Song."
A second later, multiple dark vines sprouted from the concrete floor and began to slither toward all those soldiers.
At the same time, Aliza watched the remaining soldiers coldly and snapped her fingers.
Panic appeared on everyone's faces, followed by terrified screams!
At that moment, everyone in the reception hall saw a ghost-like creepy old lady appear in the center, sending out a chilling aura to the surroundings.
That Ghost lady was none other than Aliza's newly contracted pet Ghoul Queen, Mira!
Helena didn't mind their screams and strolled towards the leader while holding a black dagger.
Once she arrived in front of him, she bent her waist forward and thrust her dagger directly into his heart.
That leader's face twisted in pain, and soon, his body stopped moving.
Meanwhile, Ghoul Queen Mira cast the 'Blessing of Death' on the remaining soldiers and attacked their minds.
Helena glanced at those panicking soldiers and moved like a cheetah. Whenever she moved close to a soldier, those dark vines began to restrict his movement and allowed Helena to kill.
Within two minutes, all those twenty soldiers lay on the ground motionlessly.
"Let's go. We have to go to Bloodbath City quickly." Helena said calmly.
"What about Count Tibal? Aren't we going to kill him?" Aliza asked in puzzlement.
"It's not an easy thing, Aliza. First, we'll cripple him. He is a follower of Duke Adhemar, so that we will ask Duke's permission first. After that, we'll go there personally and kill him while hiding our identities." If it were before, she would've acted rashly. But after staying with Baron Auguinare for a while, she learned a lot of things about the Nobles.
"You still don't understand why I'm doing this roundtable way, do you? Well, killing a Noble will cause quite a commotion. Although I'm an Official Druid now, the nobles are already at odds with the Mages. We shouldn't make this assassination more obvious." Saying so, she turned around and walked out of the Inn quietly.
Meanwhile, Orson sat on the driver's seat and appeared to be waiting for them with an anxious look.
Once he saw them safely walking out of the Inn, he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled warmly.
"Orson, let's go," Helena said with a smile and entered the carriage. Aliza also followed her quietly and sat on the opposite.
After that, Orson started driving the carriage and soon moved towards the town's exit. Although guards had long closed the gate, Helena presented Abium's noble seal and asked those guards to open it.
Without any other choice, the town guards opened the gate and let them out.
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