Chapter 148 Guardian of the Bethetto family
Meryl walked to the door of the carriage and knelt on the ground: "Master, the entire Bathetto family has been destroyed; only Banetto is still alive."
"He is hiding underneath the secret tunnel, which will lead to the outskirts of the city."
Meryl's words were very gentle, as if destroying the entire Bathetto family was just like turning a hand or killing an ant.
"Hahaha…" From inside the cab came a woman's laughter, although it was a bit crazy, it was also extremely seductive.
"Meryl, it's time for you to show off. Don't let me down."
"Yes." Meryl bowed her head and said: "I will definitely complete this mission perfectly."
Meryl finished speaking and left. Amleth lay in the car, she felt a bit happy as she looked out the window at Bathetto's burning castle.
"Ah! It's beautiful, the fire created by hundreds of bodies is truly beautiful. Lathel… do you like it? This is my gift."
Suddenly, two people wearing black robes appeared.
"Lady Amleth, my master wishes to see you."
"Please don't make things difficult for us. If you don't go, we will have to take tougher measures."
As soon as those two people finished speaking. A group of people wearing black robes also appeared; they were wearing white masks with a black butterfly in the middle of the mask.
Those people pulled out their weapons and aimed them at the two people. The situation was filled with tension, the atmosphere was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and it seemed like it could explode at any moment.
However, Amleth did not seem surprised. She said softly: "You guys came faster than I thought."
The carriage door opened, Amleth stood up, then left the carriage. She then looked at the two people in black robes and said: "Let's go."
Amleth's subordinates wanted to rush forward, but she immediately raised her hand, indicating that they did not need to interfere.
"You all return; wait for my next command."
The group of people wearing black butterfly masks immediately knelt on the ground, then retreated and disappeared into the darkness.
Amleth followed the two mysterious individuals to a normal house. The mysterious people then signaled for her to go inside.
Amleth smiled, pushed the door open, and went inside. The door closed, and those two mysterious people stood guard in front of the door.
It was quite dark inside. This made Amleth frown because she couldn't see anything.
Whoo!!
A howling sound of wind rang out, and immediately afterward, the entire space was engulfed in fire. There was fire everywhere, and the hot temperature made Amleth a bit startled.
She quickly took out a blue stone from her space bag and held it in her hand.
"Ack!"
However, a burning hand suddenly appeared, grabbing Amleth's neck.
Whoo!
The crackling of the fire rang out again. In front of her, a pig-like face appeared; her eyes were spitting fire, and her hair was also full of fire and flying without the wind.
"Amleth… You have troubled me."
Amleth saw the person, frowned, and said: "Cetheryne, do you want to kill me?"
"You should remember, I cannot die, and you cannot kill me. Besides… what I did was for the good of Lathel."
Even though the woman was completely covered in flames, Amleth could immediately see that it was Catheryne.
"Huh!" Catheryne said contemptuously, "I don't think you're doing the right thing. A Marquis has died, and his entire family was wiped out. Tell me... What should I do to stabilize the other nobles?"
"Very simple." Amleth said with a smile, her smile a bit crazy: "You just say that… They were killed by people from the church."
"What do you mean…"
"Hahaha… Catheryne, do you think I'm the type to act without thinking?" Amleth laughed loudly: "Before doing this, I made a lot of calculations."
"The traces I left behind point towards the church. Just say that, in Marquis Benutt's family, there were monsters, or vampires; that's why they are being dealt with by the church."
"Hahaha…" Catheryne suddenly laughed loudly: "Amleth, do you think everyone is stupid and easily fooled?"
"No! Catheryne, you are the only one worried about this." Amleth struggled to breathe as Catheryne's hand grabbed her neck tightly: "You can look outside and witness what is about to happen next."
"Outside?" Catheryne asked in confusion, then took out a glass ball.
The glass ball was displaying an image of Benutt's castle.
That castle was engulfed in flames, and suddenly, a ray of light appeared from inside the castle and then flew straight into the sky.
BOOM!
A terrible explosion rang out; the sound was so loud that almost the entire city of Karol heard it.
After that explosion sounded, countless sparks shot out around like fireworks. A magic circle that was more than a hundred meters in diameter appeared. It was so big that no matter where you were in Karol City, you would see it.
The magic circle was white; in the middle was a strange character shape that had two white wings on both sides.
Catheryne saw this scene and frowned and muttered: "That's the symbol of the church. Wait, why do you possess the flare of the church?"
The Church's Flares were a special item that could only be created and possessed by the Church.
That type of flare was only used during formal church ceremonies or when they had just destroyed the hideouts of demons and enemies of the church.
Every time an action is completed, members of the church's law enforcement team will shoot flares, indicating that what just happened was caused by the church, and they will be responsible for it.
Of course, because of their important nature and because they are also a symbol of the church, ordinary people cannot own church flares, nor are they produced or sold outside.
Catheryne knew this very well, and for that reason, when she saw the church flares, she felt extremely surprised.
That's something that cannot be bought with a mountain of gold coins.
If everyone could buy it, then the church would become completely chaotic. If it was easily accessible, then people would do bad things and blame the church.
That is also the reason that church flares will never be seen outside the church.
However, Amleth could use 'church flares', which is absolutely huge.
Amleth laughed and said: "Hahaha… is that difficult?"
Catheryne frowned, then waved her hand, throwing Amleth to the ground. The surrounding flames also gradually disappeared.
Amleth lay on the ground, coughing continuously. She tried to catch her breath, then looked towards Catheryne.
At this moment, the fire that surrounded Catheryne had disappeared, revealing her fat, pig-like body with fatty flesh vibrating with each step she took.
"It seems… I have underestimated you." Catheryne frowned and said: "Since you are able to possess 'Church flares', it seems your tentacles have already reached out to the church."
Amleth took a deep breath and said: "Who knows? However, Catheryne, are you willing to let Lathel live like this?"
"What do you mean?"
"Hahaha… You also saw it very clearly. He is too kind, people around him will take advantage of that to harm him or even... kill him."
"I'm just teaching him how harsh this world is."
"Catheryne, this cruel world does not need kindness and pity. This place only needs strength and power."
"This will be Lathel's first lesson, hahaha… As his woman, I will show him the true face of this world."
Catheryne observed Amleth. She then frowned and said: "Lathel is my son, my man. Even if he is kind, stupid, or whatever... I will still love him and protect him."
"I want him to be himself, there's no need to change. I will do everything to protect him so that he can continue to shine his light on this painful world."
"Fool!" Amleth shouted: "How long can you protect him? 10 years? 20 years? 100 years? Can you protect him for the rest of your life?
"That's right!" Catheryne also did not want to be outdone; she also shouted: "I... will protect him all my life. I will let him be a kind and cheerful boy; I will not let you taint him."
Catheryne finished speaking and retreated back, disappearing into the darkness. The main door suddenly opened, and rays of light from the street lamps poured inside, shining on Amleth's face.
Her face now showed a crazy and angry smile: "Hahaha… protect him? Catheryne, you are wrong; I will be the one to protect him."
"He doesn't have to be kind to everyone, he can only be kind to me."
"Because… he is mine!"
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Benotte tried to control the pain he was feeling because his whole family was killed as he crawled in the small and narrow tunnel.
He didn't know how long he crawled until he came to a wall. Benotte tried to push the wall away, but the light from outside shone in, causing his eyes, which were accustomed to the darkness, to squint.
In just a few seconds, his eyes got used to the light. He looked ahead and saw a woman wearing a tight-fitting outfit, holding a magic lamp, and standing at the entrance of the tunnel.
Because it was too dark, he couldn't see the woman's face clearly.
'Enemy?!' Benotte retreated inside in fear, his bloody hand clutching his sword.
"Come out!" That woman spoke up.
Benotte frowned, gritted his teeth, held the sword tightly, and considered rushing out to risk his life with the woman.
"Don't worry, your father asked me to protect you."
Hearing that sentence, Benotte was startled and felt confused. But when he tried to think again, everything seemed very reasonable.
This was his father's secret tunnel, and even he did not know that a place like this existed in his own castle.
If those people knew about this place, they would have killed him long ago instead of giving him the opportunity to hide here.
Besides... Perhaps his father knew this would happen, so he sent someone to protect him.
However, Benotte still maintained his vigilance; he retreated deep into the tunnel and said: "How can I trust you?" Who are you?"
"Like I said." The woman replied: "Your father said I should protect you. You don't need to know who I am; you just need to know that I won't harm you."
"Ah! Or... you can call me Melyne, guardian of the Bethetto family."
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