My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 1145 - 539: Bewilderment of the Evil Heart_2

Chapter 1145: Chapter 539: Bewilderment of the Evil Heart_2

Because of your incompetence, Dean Rivercutter Zhan, how many sins has the Nightmare Sect committed in Rex County? You, Dean Rivercutter Zhan, must bear at least 30% of the blame! Indeed, ordinary people suffer the most, and as long as there is a powerful superior who speaks out for you, you can be spared from accountability.

However, Lord Owen Bertram is not that kind of superior, and you must bear your own responsibilities. You can make amends through great achievements, but it requires corresponding "great merits."

Lord Owen Bertram’s next plan is to use Dean Rivercutter Zhan as bait to lure out the Divine Lord, not as a means for Dean Rivercutter Zhan to make amends but as repurposing him.

Lord Owen Bertram wanted to leave without a word, but suddenly felt something was wrong about the courtyard he had just glanced at... He turned around and walked two circles in the courtyard. Dean Rivercutter Zhan, ignorant of the situation, and his subordinates followed him like a shadow. Their messy footsteps irritated Lord Owen Bertram, "Get out!"

"Yes." Dean Rivercutter Zhan rolled away quickly.

Lord Owen Bertram, alone with knitted brows and hands behind his back, walked three circles clockwise and then three circles counterclockwise in the ten-foot-square courtyard. He searched every corner of the wall and courtyard. Suddenly, he looked up and figured it out!

The courtyard was not very clean, and naturally, the Commanding Chieftain would not clean it himself or hire someone to do it. So where did the incense ashes from the altar and censer go? Lord Owen Bertram had seen that the other courtyard’s corners were sprinkled with incense ash when he descended from the sky. But there was none in this courtyard.

Given the Commanding Chieftain’s devotion to the Divine Lord, he would have cleaned the incense ashes in a timely manner. No matter how cautious he was, he couldn’t have carried the incense ashes elsewhere to throw them away. There was no need for that.

After figuring out this detail, Lord Owen Bertram could conclude: "This is not the Commanding Chieftain’s real lair." So the question arose: "What does he come here for every day?"

Owen Bertram looked around Fence Market, which had been stirred up with grievances by Dean Rivercutter Zhan. He thought for a while and walked out of the courtyard: "Confiscate this place, and all gains shall be forfeited."

Having said that, he walked ahead with his hands behind his back. Dean Rivercutter Zhan hurriedly caught up: "My lord, what about the Nightmare Sect matter..." Lord Owen Bertram sighed: "Announce that the Nightmare Sect is a forbidden religion, no one is allowed to believe in, spread, or worship it. The Imperial Court will then rectify Rex County and destroy everything related to the Nightmare Sect!"

He glanced back at Dean Rivercutter Zhan and added: "After making such a big mess in Rex County this time, Officer Zhan should think about how to end it!" With that, Lord Owen Bertram left with a wave of his sleeve.

Dean Rivercutter Zhan secretly cursed in his heart. However, since Lord Owen Bertram had reminded him before leaving, Dean Rivercutter Zhan felt that there was more than a one in ten thousand chance of hope.

He hurried back to the Commanding Chieftain’s courtyard, issued a few simple and rough orders, and left the rest to his subordinates. He rushed back to his treasure house, which had been accumulating for years, and began choosing "gifts" for Lord Owen Bertram.

His treasure house was much more advanced than the few boxes at the Commanding Chieftain’s. As he picked the items, he sighed, "Ah, this is like buying life money..."

"Also, it’s not enough just to fill the hunger of the Bertram family. We have to prepare a share for Abner Lane and give it to Lord Owen Bertram to pass on."

"Damn it! What are you pretending to be? Isn’t it just like me, leaving the final say to the money?"

...

With Lord Owen Bertram and Dean Rivercutter Zhan leaving, the remaining military officers confiscated the small courtyard, kicked down the shrine, smashed the totem, and then carried out the boxes of treasures. With the doors closed, the seal was in place.

During the journey back to the yamen with the boxes, they discussed several times whether to secretly divide the treasures among them. However, these items had been revealed in front of Lord Owen Bertram, so, despite their itching greed, they feared decapitation and barely resisted the temptation, sending everything back untouched.

After the military officers left, Fence Market finally quieted down. Everyone settled down, and the lights went out one by one, plunging the place into darkness.

Next door to the Commanding Chieftain’s courtyard, an old couple lived. Hearing no more outside noise, the old man opened the window and meowed like a cat a couple of times to make sure everyone had left. Then, the couple got up, crawled in the dark, and knelt down against a wall. On the wall, there was an old New Year’s picture, behind which was a small shrine with a wooden totem.

The old couple prayed with devotion, muttering in their mouths, asking the Divine Lord for forgiveness.

In Rex County, especially in Moon City, there were countless followers of the Nightmare Sect. Even if they were discovered by the military officers, they wouldn’t suspect a thing. Lord Owen Bertram saw the incense ashes scattered in every household’s courtyard when he looked down from mid-air, and he didn’t say anything either.

After their worship, the old couple sighed: "The Divine Servant Lord is indeed wise! By placing the True Spirit Totem here with us, it would inevitably be taken away by those hunting dogs!"

If Dean Rivercutter Zhan were here, he would definitely recognize that it was this old couple who had pointed at the Commanding Chieftain’s portrait and confidently identified the owner of the neighboring courtyard to him, saying that he came here every day, usually at night!

There must be a result for the investigation of the Commanding Chieftain, otherwise, the Horizon Bureau would not let it go. Moreover, the Divine Servant Lord came here too often. The old couple knew very well that if they didn’t say anything, their neighbors would come and take them away sooner or later. They figured it would be better to speak up first and wash off any suspicion.

The Divine Servant Lord possessed the only True Spirit Totem of the Divine Lord in the world; he was the closest person to the Divine Lord in the entire Rex County! The couple believed that following the Divine Servant Lord would be a brighter future than following the Prefectural Governor or witch.