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Chapter 1191 - 463: Ghost Chariot Guard_3

Chapter 1191: Chapter 463: Ghost Chariot Guard_3

Harriet bargained with him: "That’s impossible. If you control such a massive power, the royal family can hardly sleep peacefully. Honestly, I have no confidence in dealing with you like the Five Founding Dukes. So, I’d rather die than agree to this request."

"Fifty percent!"

"No way!"

"Thirty percent, this is my final bottom line. Otherwise, I’ll wash my hands of this and leave you all to fight amongst yourselves."

Harriet was extremely reluctant: "What do you want these people for?" Owen Bertram replied without hesitation: "To conquer the Red Clan barbarians!" Harriet reluctantly agreed: "Fine, as long as I don’t see them in the Eastern Land ever again."

After the two reached an agreement, the grand "hunt" finally came to an end. That night, a Tier-6 Great Demon, hidden in Capital City, escaped from the Duke of Stev’s residence, injuring many experts from the Horizon Bureau and Imperial City Department, breaking out of Capital City.

Capital City was in shock, and the Five Founding Dukes were convicted of collaborating with the Demon Clan.

Then, a mysterious person from the imperial family stepped in to mediate. As long as the Five Founding Dukes handed over the Great Oath Command of their seated strongmen, it was guaranteed that Owen Bertram would no longer pursue the matter.

The Duke of Stev never imagined that the situation would escalate so dramatically! If only he had agreed to Owen Bertram in the first place. Under extremely disadvantageous circumstances, they had no choice but to hand over the five Great Oath Commands. But even at this point, they didn’t think their families were doomed. They all possessed hidden strength, with several substitutes among their strongmen. They were ready to invest resources in cultivation to fill the gap within a few years.

What they never expected was that when the imperial family mediated, they only promised that "Owen Bertram would no longer pursue matters," but the imperial family wouldn’t let them off easily!

But Owen Bertram wasn’t planning on getting involved in what happened next. He had more important things to handle.

At first, the five seated strongmen were delighted, thinking that Owen Bertram demanded their presence to fulfill the promise made at the Jade Water Garden and set them free.

However, Owen Bertram destroyed Alex Liam’s Great Oath Command on the outskirts of Capital City and shattered his Foundation with a single sword stroke! Alex Liam’s cultivation collapse caused a strange phenomenon in mid-air that lasted for a whole Shichen (2 hours). He plummeted from the Fifth Merit of the Sixth Great Realm to a mere mortal!

"Get lost!" Owen Bertram only left him with one word.

The other four held their breath, finally realizing that Owen Bertram was not someone to be trifled with. Because of offending his sister, the Five Founding Dukes were almost destroyed.

Owen Bertram was actually kinder to the remaining four, but explained in advance: "Freedom comes at a price. I am not a kind-hearted believer. However, I am more generous than the Five Founding Dukes.

I give you two choices: First, serve the Horizon Bureau for thirty years, and then I’ll return the Great Oath Command to you.

Second, I can return the Great Oath Command to you right now, but you must go to the Red Clan Barbarian Continent. You can’t retreat a single step unless healing yourself until our Great Wu conquers the land! But all your merits there will be rewarded, and all your gains will be under your control."

The other three hesitated, having some understanding of the situation on the Red Clan Barbarian Continent. It was more dangerous than Great Wu. There were several Tier-7 believers in Boneset Country alone, which could lead to potential death.

Only Lionel Charlton calmly said: "Please grant me three days to handle matters in Capital City. Then I will head to the Red Clan Barbarian Continent."

"Alright." After Owen agreed, he handed Lionel his Great Oath Command on the spot. Lionel looked at the Command Token with a complicated look in his eyes. The fleeting memories vanished as he lightly squeezed the token, but the heavy memories in his heart could not.

He bowed to Owen Bertram, turned around and left, returning to the Duke of Stev’s residence first. He tidied up his own courtyard and took out all the collected works by famous painters over the years, filling up four Storage Brocade Pouches. He then unfolded each of his own works, selected the ten he was most satisfied with, put them away, and burned the rest.

As he turned and left the small courtyard he had been living in for hundreds of years, the entire yard suddenly underwent an indescribable change: all traces of his presence in the yard were thoroughly erased. It returned to its original state from when he first moved in.

Before leaving the Duke of Stev’s residence, he hesitated for a moment and then went to the room next door where his "wife" was. Without seeing each other, he said through the door, "You’re free now, do whatever you want in the future."

Liadan Charlton left the residence and went to a village outside the city to pay respects to his mother’s grave. Then he went to a cemetery where a stone tablet stood at the entrance, marking the Zhou family cemetery. Among the graves was a large tomb for a husband and wife pair, with the wife’s side of the tombstone engraved with "Lady Bai of Zhou". He just stared at it silently, his face showing no emotion, and after a long time, he turned and left.

His childhood sweetheart was the first to succumb to the immense pressure of the influential residence. In addition, the Duke of Stev used his mother as a threat, forcing him to surrender. Now that he had been reborn, it was a pity that the people he once cared about had turned into nothing but dust.

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Of the other three powerhouse candidates who were to sit on the panels, only one was willing to go to the Red Clan Barbarian Continent, while the other two preferred to remain in "service" to the Horizon Bureau.

Sun Official couldn’t stand these two, so he left them to Abner Lane.

However, he didn’t leave the Capital City immediately. After laying low for two days, Andrew Oamond arrived in excitement: "Sir, we’ve found it!"

Owen Bertram got up quickly: "Lead the way, let’s catch them!"

But this time, there wasn’t any big fanfare. It was just Andrew Oamond who took the Sun Official to an alley in the Capital City where poor citizens live. At the end of the alley lived an old couple with their daughter who normally made a living by selling vegetables.

The daughter was already of marriageable age and was very pretty, but she hadn’t found a family to marry into yet. It was said that the old couple wanted her to become a concubine for a wealthy aristocrat.

Common people usually wouldn’t have such an idea as a concubine has little status. The neighbors all thought that the old couple was greedy for wealth and status.

When Sun Official arrived, the old woman and the daughter were the only ones at home. The old man was still out selling vegetables. Sun Official and Andrew Oamond just waited quietly outside the courtyard.

In the middle of the afternoon, an old man carrying a load of vegetables stumbled down the alley and entered the house. Sun Official watched him go inside and then quickly followed, knocking on the door.

The old man looked at him suspiciously: "Who are you looking for, sir?"

Sun Official sighed and said, "I often wonder why ordinary people like you would willingly become spies for the Demon Clan. If you were cultivators seeking resources for your cultivation, it would be understandable. But you’re just ordinary people. So, what did you get by serving the Demon Clan as a spy for decades in the Capital City?"

The old man’s face changed drastically, and he picked up a stick nearby and swung it at Sun Official.

A ray of light shot out of Sun Official’s sleeve and tightly bound the old man. The light continued to extend rapidly, entering the house and binding the old woman and the daughter as well.

Sun Official yelled "Take them away!" and Andrew Oamond released a signal. Immediately, members of the Horizon Bureau came to support and took the family of three back to the prison for interrogation.

Ever since Master Mystic entered the Ancient Demon Great Tomb, it seemed as if an invisible force had been secretly controlling everything. When Master Mystic entered the Capital City in search of fame and fortune, how could he accurately find the Five Founding Dukes among the numerous aristocrats in the city?

While examining Master Mystic’s memories, Sun Official discovered a clue: a few times in the Capital City, Master Mystic had casual conversations with strangers who seemed to subtly influence him.

These strangers were an old man, an old woman, and a young, beautiful girl.

The invisible force behind the scenes wanted to incite conflict between the Five Founding Dukes and Sun Official. Why choose the Five Founding Dukes? Because most of the powerful figures in the Capital City already had connections with Sun Official, while the Five Founding Dukes happened to be the exception. Moreover, they had enough power, and their families all had powerhouse guardians.

As Sun Official waited while drinking tea, it didn’t take long for Andrew Oamond to arrive in a hurry: "Sir, we found out! They’re from the Nine Witches Ghost Chariot Guard!"