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Meanwhile, the Earl left the Workers' Guild, led by two guards. The guild was in complete chaos and it was not a good place for him to stay.

Earl Hills hadn't expected things to turn out this way; he had been thinking about how to resolve the situation on his way here this morning.

Even when he first went on stage to give his speech, he felt that things could be handled perfectly. However, things are unpredictable, and he did not expect that there would be such excited workers.

Just as Earl Hills was still reeling from the near-death experience, the guard beside him spoke up.

"Your Excellency, where shall we go next..."

However, he stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

As Earl Hills looked up at the man with a puzzled expression, suddenly, bright red blood sprayed onto his face.

He looked at the guard beside him in disbelief, only to find that his neck and above were now completely bare.

Blood was still gushing from its neck.

Earl Hills quickly pushed its body away, then retreated, leaving the side of the other guard who was still standing.

He stared intently at the guard whose face was completely obscured by his hat brim, and said coldly, "Who are you?"

Upon hearing Earl Hills' question, the guard chuckled softly and said, "Who am I? Has Your Excellency forgotten? I am your esteemed Cardinal!"

After saying that, he raised his head, revealing his mocking face.

Upon seeing this, Earl Hills' eyes widened. Why? When exactly?

No, I shouldn't be wondering why he's here.

After a brief moment of thought, Earl Hills concluded that he had been exposed.

He didn't know when he was discovered, even though he had behaved so well before.

However, now is clearly not the time to dwell on such things.

Now that I've been exposed, I have no choice but to lay everything bare.

He looked at Hughes across from him again and said calmly, "It seems you already know."

“What do I know? Shouldn’t Your Excellency explain? Why did you deceive me?” Hughes said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Earl Hills burst into laughter, as if he had heard something hilarious.

"Did I deceive you? Didn't you deceive me first? Colluding with that slut, trying to make me a puppet to be manipulated at your will?"

“The Earl is indeed wise; he was discovered from the very beginning, making me look like a clown. In that case…” Hughes hadn’t finished speaking when he suddenly launched an attack.

His palm, wreathed in flames, hurtled toward Earl Hills. There was no time for him to waste on his nonsense with the Earl; if he continued, the enforcers or the Earl's guards would arrive.

Even if I manage to retreat, the whole situation will be difficult to resolve.

He needed to kill the count here without anyone knowing, and pin all the blame on the workers, so that he could continue doing his own thing as usual.

However, just as he confidently thought his palm was about to strike Earl Hills, he saw the Earl standing there, dark elements gathering around him, keeping his fiery hand at bay.

"You don't think I'm some kind of idiot who just sits around doing nothing, do you?" the count mocked coldly.

Hughes, sensing something was wrong, quickly moved away. He had thought the count might know magic, but he hadn't expected it to be this powerful. It seemed the woman had held back when she told him.

Even so, it was just a little troublesome; he was still quite confident in his abilities.

He casually dispersed the flames in his palm, just as he was about to switch to another spell for his attack.

Centered on the Count himself, dark matter began to emerge continuously. This dark matter eventually formed humanoid puppets that rapidly attacked Hughes.

"Tch!" Hughes spat upon seeing this, his gaze fixed intently on the dark puppet that was charging toward him.

Then, he silently chanted in his mind, quickly spread his hands, and then rapidly gathered a large amount of flames around himself, which rushed out in all directions.

The dark puppet, seemingly lifeless, fearlessly charged into the sea of ​​fire without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing this, Hughes increased his magic output. Since they weren't afraid, he decided to make them all disappear!

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After a loud explosion, flames shot into the sky, scorching the surrounding vegetation black.

Not far away, Tommy watched the explosion across the street, knowing that conflict had broken out there.

Looking at the raging flames, he gritted his teeth and walked towards them.

No matter what, I've come this far, and if I give up, all my previous efforts will be in vain.

.........

On the other side, Rhine looked at the figure in front of him, and without hesitation, rushed forward.

Koby was startled when he was patted on the back. Just as he was about to run away, he heard Rhine's voice and turned around in surprise.

Only after discovering that it really was Rhine did I finally feel relieved.

“You really scared me to death,” Coby complained.

"What are you doing here? Where's Tommy? I just saw you two together." Rhine didn't explain, but looked at Koby and asked.

"We... came to investigate. We infiltrated the church and learned what happened..."

Koby told Rhine about the information he and Tommy had obtained, and Rhine couldn't help but frown after hearing the whole story.

Why is the church involved here? He had previously felt that the cardinal was unusual, and it seems he really does have some ulterior motives.

Where's Tommy?

"He went to track Earl Hills?"

"Himself?"

"Uh-huh."

Upon hearing this, Rhine felt a bad premonition spreading through his heart. He felt that things were not so simple. If all of this was planned by that cardinal, then where was he now?

“By the way, Tommy said if he finds you, you should go and check on him, just to be on the safe side,” Coby said.

"I understand. You go back first, I'll go find him." Rhine nodded and agreed.

"I will go with you."

“You’re too weak right now. Go back and find Liz.” Rein refused Koby’s request.

Koby nodded dejectedly after being rejected. He knew he was weak, but he still wanted to do his part.

In the end, Rein didn't talk to Koby any further and ran in the direction he pointed.