My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 450 - 351: There’s a Spy!_1

Chapter 450: Chapter 351: There’s a Spy!_1

Ethereal Devin wasn’t sure what Master was interested in, so he shared all the information he had gathered about Wayne Malvin. After listening for a while, Owen Bertram grew impatient until Devin finally touched upon a part that piqued his interest: "Moreover, this Malvin, an arrogant and frivolous man since his youth, once encountered Lord Liam, the North Prison Commander, on his way back to the capital. A gust of wind lifted the curtain of his carriage, revealing Lord Liam’s face. Malvin was so taken aback by her beauty that he wanted to strike up a conversation with her, but his companion held him back and told him who she was. Stunned, Malvin blurted out ’I didn’t know it was the old aunty’, which was heard by Lord Liam. She immediately rewarded him with a slap that made him cough up blood and bedridden for three months."

"It is said that Master Dominic privately sought out Lord Liam regarding this matter, but I do not know the final outcome."

Owen Bertram inwardly exclaimed, ’What a fellow! If I were Liam, I’d hold a grudge too!’

Lord Liam is not a forgiving person, most likely getting angrier as time passed, feeling that she went easy on him with that slap. But because Master Dominic intervened and her being the Commander of North Prison, she had to be mindful of her status. It wouldn’t be appropriate to assault her juniors over a single word, so she held back.

Now, Wayne Malvin, unluckily decided to participate in the Dragon and Snake List. Lord Liam was probably overjoyed when she heard this news, finally getting an opportunity.

Her claim that there were no young talents in the North Prison Town Governor’s Office capable of defeating Wayne Malvin was probably half true and half false. After all, it would be too obvious if she directly dispatched her subordinates to fight Wayne Malvin.

Within this short period, Devin had discovered this much, which satisfied Owen Bertram. He nodded and said, "Good job. Continue this task. I want all the detailed information about Howell Owen and Wayne Malvin, including their core cultivation techniques, their favourite divine skills, and magical instruments, their tactics in battles, even any covert techniques. The more detailed, the better."

"Your servant obeys."

Owen Bertram had no intention to appear weak to Colby Dominic and Howell Owen.

As for the matter of killing Grace, he did cross the boundary, but it was an emergency. His side also submitted a report explaining the situation to the General Government afterward.

Moreover, Colby Dominic had allowed a traitor among his ranks, which was already a failure on his part. He had no jurisdiction over me, yet he sent someone with an order to condemn me, that was overly arrogant.

Furthermore, Owen Bertram intended to teach Wayne Malvin a lesson in the Dragon and Snake List, which would inevitably make him an enemy.

Owen Bertram had already decided. If Howell Owen just came to inquire and stopped being aggressive once he explained the situation with Grace, then he wouldn’t press the issue about Colby Dominic’s negligence.

He would also go easy on Wayne Malvin during the Dragon and Snake List.

However, if Howell Owen thought he could act high and mighty, Master Owen would certainly not be courteous. So what if he’s a Tire-6 Power in the Fifth Great Realm? The Summit is my turf!

In the following days, Owen Bertram stopped thinking about Colby Dominic and Howell Owen, focusing instead on official duties. While urging Otis King and artificers to forge Tier-3 large-scale magical instruments, he also arranged for the installation of already forged ones on the defense line.

The loan negotiation between Nathan Lane and Topeka Hall went smoothly. They used the future income of Summit Metropolitan’s herb gatherers for a hundred years as repayment, borrowing a spirit jade amounting to a hundred million! This money, arriving in four installments over two years, was sufficient to cover most of the costs of the Copper Gorge Defense Line.

In private, Owen Bertram continually urged the Chaotic Demon to recruit more followers and to seize more territories!

Since the boss was not around, the hired hands would naturally slack off. But no matter how lazy the Chaotic Demon was, it still had to do some work under Master Owen’s constant demands. Considering that its vast territory also required maintenance, during these days, it managed to conquer two Tire-6 beasts, dozens of Tire-5 beasts, and even lower-ranked ones that it couldn’t be bothered to count, just barely maintaining its territory.

The ripple effect caused by the Chaotic Demon resulted in the powerful demons deep within the Extinction Domain finding a new place to stay, reducing their outward pressure. Thus, the Summit Metropolitan’s defense line felt significantly less pressure in the past few days.

They just didn’t know how long this good fortune would last.

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Howell Owen did not travel alone. Given his status, although not as prominent as Abner Lane, he had his own followers. On this trip, he brought three household guards.

Despite Officiants of the Horizon Bureau typically having no real power, Howell Owen was an exception—he was the most probable cultivator within the Central Prison to break through to the Sixth Great Realm. Therefore, Master Dominic placed high importance on him. He had as much practical power as Owen Bertram, if not more, especially within Central Prison.

His three household guards attended to him diligently during the journey, and they finally arrived at Waves Prefecture. However, Owen instructed, "There’s no rush to visit the Summit Metropolitan Office. I’ve heard there’s a Ghost Market nearby. Go and find out."

"Yes." The three household guards obeyed. After arranging a high-end inn for Owen to settle down in the Prefecture City, they each went out to gather information.

They knew why their master was inquiring about the Ghost Market.

Howell Owen practiced a technique known as the Myriad Calamity Tribulation Wave Skill, which progressed by devouring "myriad calamity" and experiencing "tribulation waves". Among the "myriad calamity", ghosts were the most ideal.

Because the Cultivation World was most familiar with ghosts, it had many countermeasures, making it very safe to capture and devour them.

After sending off his guards, Howell Owen sat cross-legged in the best room in the inn, quieting his mind as he planned his future cultivation journey.