From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

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"Who was the Cyart noble that died?"

Byrne felt a huge shock in his heart, which soon calmed down as he took a deep breath.

"Another thing, how did the Stars Embrace followers manage to get here?"

White Bones Canyon was a place left by Heavenly Enlightenment powerful experts, and outsiders couldn't possibly reach the true entrance here without following the steps in the fixed routine.

Yet, those Stars Embrace followers had indeed made it inside.

Question after question surfaced in Byrne's mind, then a word emerged from deep within.

A traitor?

Among the six of them, someone had leaked information, no, to be precise, among the five people other than Viscount Bast, there was someone who had divulged how to enter White Bones Canyon.

"It's not me, so who among the remaining four could it be?"

Byrne sank into deep thought, carefully considering, and felt that the least likely was the "Dragon Taming Lord" Aldrich.

That man was the heir to the Romann family, and his strength was very formidable within the low-level Monarchs; he alone had enough power to kill all the others.

So it wouldn't be Aldrich; he didn't need the Stars Embrace followers to do anything for him.

He felt it was also unlikely to be the arrogant and cold Marzo, but it wasn't impossible since he knew very little about the mysterious emerald elf.

Marzo could even be a fake name.

"Zayne Frosac, Renzo Leone, they could also betray us, but Renzo is from the Lion clan after all, which makes it a lot less probable. Could it really be Zayne?"

Byrne took a deep breath; could it really be the Acting Bishop Zayne Frosac?

But upon further thought, it didn't seem likely; the idea of an Acting Bishop conspiring with heretics was terrifying just to consider.

He suddenly pondered thoughtfully and finally realized who the informant was.

"So that's how it is."

Byrne watched the three Extraordinary Exponents and quietly pondered.

"Among those three Stars Embrace followers, there's only one low-level Transmutation, while the other two are just high-level Beginning, killing them would be a breeze."

He slowly reached out his hand, intending to launch a lethal attack, but then he thought of something else.

"But it might also be worth observing them a little longer; they could become useful pawns."

Then Byrne disappeared into the thick Fog, planning to search for other allies, with special attention to the conditions of Marzo and Viscount Bast.

Aside from them, the person he cared about the most was Zayne Frosac, the man he'd known for decades, who, despite his innate pride, had always been very good to the Fischer family.

However, in the pervasive white Fog, it was nearly impossible for Byrne to find anyone, and he vaguely sensed the terrain changing around him.

"If the surrounding terrain is changing, then my memory of the canyon isn't very useful."

After walking for a long time, Byrne remained alert, constantly sending his Body Double ahead to scout, not maintaining "Full Concealment" due to its high consumption of the warfare Spell.

He remained cautious yet didn't encounter anyone for tens of minutes.

Eventually, in the thick white Fog, Byrne discovered a cold body on the ground.

Upon closer inspection through his Body Double, Byrne's brows quickly knitted together.

What happened?

That was Marzo's corpse!

The emerald elf, Marzo, lay on the ground with wide-open eyes as if she had encountered something terribly frightening, her graceful body utterly devoid of life.

Byrne's heart was disturbed; he hadn't expected Marzo to die here. So what exactly had happened?

All along, even though he didn't know much about Marzo, he knew that she was a very vigilant, smart, and experienced elf.

This individual had managed to traverse the continent alone and wander through the Eastern Four Kingdoms; she wouldn't have easily made a mistake in a place like this.

"Could she have encountered a powerful enemy at the Monarch Level?"

The terrifying possibility took Byrne's breath away. If there were indeed Monarch Level beings among them, he could only hope to encounter the "Dragon Taming Lord" soon.

He cautiously checked Marzo's body using his Body Double.

Then Byrne could confirm that the body was a genuine elf corpse without any traces of disguise; it was Marzo, and there were no curses or traps set upon it.

"..."

Byrne silently for a long time, could only give up on arranging the body for now and moved on.

He had to find the others as soon as possible, and they needed to be alive.

Time passed quickly, and Byrne, not having found anyone in a few more hours, remained on alert. In the silence, faint voices drifted, like whispers of Specters, bringing an indescribable sense of distraction.

Suddenly, he heard a very familiar voice nearby.

"Hahahaha! You disgusting creatures, dare to come here and mess with my affairs!"

Full Concealment!

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He cast the war spell on his Body Double again, and the next moment, the invisible Body Double began to move forward.

Soon, Byrne discovered a ground strewn with bodies clad in black robes, all of whom were followers of the Stars Embrace Order, and each had met a particularly gruesome death.

Many had even been reduced to pulp, and a number of them had died in confusion.

As the Body Double drew closer to the source of the noise, it saw an old man a few meters away, Viscount Bast!

"Hahahaha! Just one more left, why don't you come out, you coward!"

Viscount Bast's condition was strange; his flesh undulated under his tattered clothes, his body moving oddly, making him seem very unstable.

He had forcibly interrupted his breakthrough process, yet hadn't died during the attempt and had somehow come around, still trying to reach the throne within the palace, his body trembling continuously.

"Could it really be such a situation?"

Byrne quickly realized what was happening—Viscount Bast must have been on the verge of a successful breakthrough, having pushed open the door and only one step away from sitting on the throne!

Because the pressure from the "door" had dissipated, he hadn't died.

But because he hadn't sat on the "throne" to control the power of the domain, it had resulted in his current bizarre state.

Theoretically, as long as he returned to a state of silence, he could go back to that "palace" and successfully ascend to the Monarch Level!

"You turtle, why don't you come out? Why do you keep hiding around there?"

The aberrant Viscount Bast let out a cold laugh and cursed.

Byrne was stunned for a moment and even thought Viscount Bast was cursing at him, but he quickly realized there was actually another person nearby!

According to what Viscount Bast had just said, that person should also be a follower of the Stars Embrace Order.

"So many of your Stars Embrace Order have died, don't you, as the deputy leader of this team, want revenge? Or do you intend to keep hiding like this forever, hahahaha!"

"If you keep on being a coward, you will never be able to return to the embrace of that disgusting thing!"

Bast's mockery was very malicious, particularly targeting the enemy's faith.

The deputy leader?

Byrne frowned slightly, quickly realizing that there was a more powerful enemy in the valley—the leader of this team.

In his exceptional state, Viscount Bast almost seemed deranged, his entire body shaking uncontrollably, with his pupils turning white and black intermittently, as if he was about to mutate.

"I'll soon be sitting on the throne, and then all who betray me will die! All of you! You know nothing, hahaha!"

His emotions became wildly unstable, but he remained vigilant of his surroundings.

Suddenly, the deputy leader of the Stars Embrace Order made his move amidst the pervasive white fog.

He was a high-level Transmutation Extraordinary Exponent!

Byrne realized that the deputy leader was a high-level Transmutation expert, and a sense of dread filled him because this meant there might well be a Monarch Level leader among those from the Stars Embrace Order who had come.

The follower of the Stars Embrace Order in the black robe silently released a kind of black smoke that quickly wafted over, mingling with the white mist.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Viscount Bast laughed wildly, showing no fear of the approaching black smoke!
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"Lord Bast!"

Byrne's Body Double suddenly revealed its true state beside Viscount Bast, crying out and then seriously preparing to face the enemy.

"Byrne!"

Viscount Bast roared with excitement upon seeing Byrne's Body Double.

The black smoke that was about to strike contained some kind of power capable of devouring everything, filled with despair.

It was likely neither Bloodline power nor a Spell, nor any Forbidden rare artifact, but rather heretical power temporarily borrowed from an otherworldly god by evil cultists through sacrifice.

Unlike the Dawn Church, however, the powers that the heretics held were one-time or temporary.

After that, the heretics had to provide a steady stream of sacrifices to maintain their power.

Byrne's true form finally revealed itself, summoning a meteorite without hesitation through the power of runes!

In the next moment, a huge, heavy meteorite engulfed in flames fell from the sky, hurtling towards Viscount Bast!

"It's you!"

Viscount Bast sneered with a malicious laugh, roaring.

In his aged hand appeared a giant sword; he swung it rapidly, emitting fierce cyan Sword Qi that instantly swept away the black smoke and also completely shattered the massive meteorite.

A shower of stone fragments rained down from the sky, striking upon the sturdy body of Viscount Bast.

He glared at Byrne, a look of intense disappointment on his face. His recent uncontrollable laughter subsided as he said coldly:

"Such an idiot indeed, did you think I wouldn't discover you? I can see the trajectory of fate, so invisibility and doubles are meaningless against me."

"Byrne! You betrayed me!"

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