From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty - Chapter 150

Chapter 150: Chapter 144 Intimidation (Vote for monthly tickets!)

The Arwen family’s territory was also located within the four towns. Originally, they were vassals to the viscount-level Spirit Deer clan, but now that the Spirit Deer clan had been annihilated by the Sea God Cult, even the territories under their command had been seized and divided between the Roarer clan and the Lion clan.

In the days that followed, anyone who saw the territory of the Arwen family saw it as a huge piece of fat meat.

They had to choose a new strong entity to rely on, and ultimately decided to affiliate themselves with the nearby Roarer clan. However, Viscount Garcia had also given the Arwen family an important task.

That was to take over the task originally performed by the Kesse family, which was to suppress the fishermen of Nasir Town.

After losing a bet on horse racing, Baron Adrian returned to his family’s territory with an unsightly expression.

In the grand hall of the manor estate, he looked around at the numerous main and collateral relatives of the Arwen family. Dozens of family members gathered to hold a new family meeting.

The family meeting officially began, and he nodded seriously, saying, “Regarding the establishment of the factory, does anyone still have objections?”

Everyone remained silent. An elder of the family sighed and said, “No, we’ve all thought it through. Only by establishing a factory can we keep up with the new era.”

Adrian shook his head and said, “However, if we were to establish a factory now, it would already be a bit late, because much of the pharmaceutical market share has already been occupied by the Fischer family.”

After the family meeting ended, Adrian’s uncle and his two brothers, who were all extraordinary exponents that had reached the Transmutation Level within the Arwen family, remained.

If it weren’t for the fact that they lacked a strong transcendent at the high-level Transmutation rank, the Arwen family would have long been able to sit on an equal footing with those six viscount families. Unfortunately, reaching the high-level Transmutation was not an easy task.

Until recently, Adrian had been the first in the family to break through to the mid-level Transmutation in decades.

He gazed at his uncle and asked sternly, “Uncle, have you completed the task you were given?”

Adrian’s uncle nodded and said solemnly, “Yes, that matter has been taken care of, and I’ve also passed the message to friends within the Church. I believe the Fischer family will soon be investigated by the Church and will be in big trouble.”

“That’s good. It also means we’ve completed Viscount Garcia’s task,” Adrian nodded and then sighed deeply.

“Ah,” he exhaled.

If it weren’t for Viscount Garcia’s instruction, he really wouldn’t have wanted to offend the Fischer family of Nasir Town.

The Fischer family was a heroic family on the East Coast, and also a family with a terrifying reputation in the shadows.

Over the years, the families that had offended them had mysteriously encountered trouble one after another. At the very least, the family head himself died, and in the worst cases, entire families were decimated.

Although the Church had certified that these incidents were the work of despicable heretics, Adrian intuitively felt something was very wrong.

How could there be so many coincidences?

Even Viscount Garcia had mentioned that it was very likely the work of the Fischer family, who fabricated scenes and framed the heretics.

Adrian recalled the sharp look in Viscount Garcia’s eyes and frowned slightly, muttering to himself,

“Killing and then planting evidence to blame heretics; maybe Viscount Garcia himself has done similar things.”

He still remembered that during the period when the Sea God Cult invaded, several baronial families on the East Coast inexplicably vanished, with the blame all directed at the Sea God Cult.

“Perhaps one day, that guy Byrne might actually be assassinated by Garcia.”

Adrian was well aware that compared to Viscount Zavier of the Eagle clan, known for his unpredictable power as the “Black Hawk,” Viscount Garcia was an even more belligerent and ruthless thug.

“Fischer family, that plot should stop your factories from producing, right?”

Of course, he wasn’t aware of the real situation of the Fischer family and didn’t think such a setup would cause them much trouble.

The Arwen family had placed illicit goods in the factories belonging to the Fischer family. If the Church could find the forbidden items used by heretics in the factories of Nasir Town, they would definitely suspend the factories’ operations immediately and take away all the workers for a lengthy investigation.

By the time the investigation ended, the Fischer family’s industries would surely face a massive blow.

“It’s bad, the Church’s people have arrived!”

Just as he was contemplating the Fischer family’s situation, he suddenly learned from his subordinates that the Church’s people had arrived!

Adrian was stunned for a moment, and then, once he learned that the illicit goods had been discovered among his own merchandise, he was extremely shocked!

“Impossible, how could this be!”

Sweat streamed down his back, and he quickly realized that the Fischer family must have detected his methods.

Teams from the Tempest Church and the Salvation Church had arrived within the Arwen family’s territory and, with stony faces, began to search. Soon after, they actually found illicit goods in their workshops and were set to take everyone away for an investigation.

“Byrne!”

Adrian clenched his fists, glared, and couldn’t help but roar loudly, so furious he nearly passed out.

Ten days later, thanks to the guarantee of friends within the Church and the fact that no other evidence could be found, the members of the Arwen family returned to their territory, albeit now under the watchful eye of the Church.

Unbeknownst to them, a young man with silver hair had been standing outside the Arwen family’s manor, staying put for a long time. He had been observing for several days now.

In Fein City, once Yeager noticed a problem, he replaced the illicit goods with those of the Arwen family, while the forbidden items on this end were quietly placed by Chris.

“…”

Chris stared at the other family’s territory, deep in thought, recalling the words Byrne had said to him.

With an expressionless face, he tore up the fake-spirit card and then his figure underwent a sudden change.

Chris turned into a frequently seen elderly kitchen maid to enter the grounds of the Arwen family estate, then kept changing his appearance. Now, his acting skills were so superb that even those close to him could hardly distinguish him from the real person in a short period of time.

Dressed as a servant, Chris infiltrated the great hall of the Arwen family estate and soon saw the members of the Arwen family, who were discussing countermeasures angrily.

“Damn that Byrne! We were played by those fishermen!”

“Otherwise, should we just assassinate some members of the Fischer family? Even if we can’t kill that crafty Byrne, the rest are definitely doable!”

“Don’t do it. Once we start a full-scale war, we will also suffer heavy casualties!”

“How about we kill Byrne’s cousin Chris instead? That would be a powerful counterattack!”

Chris silently listened, then blended into the team of Arwen family servants, carrying out endless tasks just like a real servant.

When he got to the kitchen, he stared at the food, knowing it wasn’t time to poison it yet.

After spending a certain amount of time, Chris observed the patterns of the people’s lives, figuring out which areas of the estate certain individuals would be in at certain times.

So when the butler of the Arwen family left, he found a secluded corner to use the fake-spirit card to transform again, becoming the Arwen family butler and calmly walked into every room.

Once transformed into the butler, his every move was extremely graceful and fitting, he treated the servants very seriously, yet was full of respect for the members of the Arwen family.

No one could see any flaws.

Chris left notes in room after room, knowing that the nobles’ servants would clean in the morning and were bound to discover at least one of them and then all of them.

If the plan went well, they would probably find the notes that evening.

“Mr. Butler, have you seen my dog?”

In the corridor of the second floor of the estate, a freckled little girl came over with a ball, smiling at Chris.

She was Evangeline, Baron Adrian’s youngest daughter, who inherited the power of the high-level magic beast “Lightning Spirit Steed,” and could even qualify to become the patriarch of the Arwen family in the future.

Smiling, Chris felt lucky to have found an important target so quickly.

He knelt on one knee, affectionately took the little girl’s hand, and said,

“Oh, Miss Evangeline, I have seen your cute little dog, he’s frolicking outside. Please come with me!”

“Okay!”

Evangeline nodded repeatedly, trusting Mr. Butler completely.

Chris then led the little girl out of the Arwen family estate with great aplomb, covered her nose with a handkerchief laced with sleeping drugs, and took her away after she fell unconscious.

Some time later, everyone in the Arwen family was on the verge of exploding!

Miss Evangeline was gone!

Everyone was filled with shock and bewilderment, and many had seen the butler taking Miss Evangeline away, but the butler himself was completely puzzled.

“No, that’s not right, I wasn’t even in the estate at that time!”

They searched all night without finding her. Baron Adrian was so anxious that his eyes turned bloodshot, almost crying, until he suddenly learned the next morning that his little daughter Evangeline had come back!

“What on earth happened?!”

Baron Adrian asked the butler excitedly, barely restraining himself from grabbing the butler by the collar, soon hearing the butler say with a very strange expression,

“It was the Fischer family who sent her back…”

“They say Miss Evangeline accidentally made her way to Nasir Town, then, His Excellency Bain from the Fischer family personally played with her for a while. Miss Evangeline is still sleeping now; we have checked her, and she has not suffered any harm.”

Byrne, huh?

Cold sweat streamed down Adrian’s face, he took a deep breath trying to calm his fear, but still couldn’t control it, then he learned another piece of shocking news!

Sometime unknown, someone had placed many notes in various rooms of the family, and on each note was written the name of a member of the Arwen family, not sparing even those working secretly for their family.

Adrian was about to collapse, knowing internally that the Arwen family had come to a delicate position.

Betraying Viscount Garcia was undeniably suicidal, but now they were about to go to war with the Fischer family. Even though the family’s paper strength was stronger, Adrian realized that winning was impossible!

And what if they really won? They would still be serving as a tool for Viscount Garcia.

In the end, it would be their family who died, it would be Arwen blood that was spilled, yet the majority of the benefits would still be taken by the Roarer clan; it was simply the worst possible outcome.

After pondering for a long time, Adrian finally made a decision.

“Lock down the information. Absolutely do not tell Viscount Garcia about the incidents that happened today. Whoever dares to leak the news, prepare your whole family to meet God!”

Then he lowered his head, squinting his eyes and muttered to himself,

“I need to meet with His Excellency Bain. Their actions weren’t too excessive, suggesting they might be interested in negotiating.”

That evening, he took valuable gifts and secretly went to meet with the Fischer family in Nasir Town.