Catastrophe Card King - Chapter 1600

Chapter 1600: Chapter 486 The True Reason Behind Lanlingster’s Demise_2 Chapter 1600: Chapter 486 The True Reason Behind Lanlingster’s Demise_2 The story concluded there.

Then came the frantic pursuit and escape until they encountered Leonard Churchill and his group.

“…”

Tea-bearded had no idea how they had been exposed, but Leonard Churchill had a vague guess–he suddenly thought of “Jessica,” a teammate from his Royal Academy counterpart.

The Holy Tribunal’s grasp on secular kingship was not as simple as it seemed.

As Tea-bearded spoke, he glanced once more at the members of the Great Sword Group and said, “I’ve said what needs to be said. You should know what this information implies.”

Now they could be considered to be on the same side. Having heard this news, the agents of the Holy Tribunal would surely silence them.

He thought they would regret having pressured him to tell the story, but to his surprise…

Everyone present, besides being surprised by the story, showed no sign of panic about the impending silencing.

Tea-bearded’s eyes twitched, growing ever more certain that these people were all heretics.

But at this point, their identities were irrelevant.

Tea-bearded just wanted to escape quickly; he proactively took out a package he had been treasuring and said, “I don’t know what this ‘gemstone’ is, but it must be incredibly valuable. It was obtained by several Mercenary Corps working together to kill a Seventh Rank Mutant Demon Beast, at great cost of life and injury. Those people from the Holy Tribunal want to silence us but seem to be after it too…”

He knew very well that after having divulged the whole story and the routes, his greatest value was gone.

Nor could he keep the treasure.

Whether to sell it was no longer important; staying alive was the best outcome.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the strong man was surprised once more.

“Hmm.”

Sophia Jones casually took the package, not even giving it a second glance, and directly threw a Storage Ring, saying, “The contents of the Storage Ring aren’t as valuable as what you have. But that’s all I can offer right now.”

Inside the Storage Ring were Demon Beast materials and some unimportant wealth that had been acquired recently.

These items were clean and traceable to nothing.

“???”

Tea-bearded caught the thrown Storage Ring and was stupefied for a moment: Was she really buying?

He glanced at the Storage Ring and saw it was filled with various Demon Beast materials. If sold, it would amount to more than one could spend in several lifetimes!

Stunned for a moment and seeing that the Great Sword Group had no intention of joking, he hurriedly said, “Enough! It’s enough!”

He was incredibly surprised that the exchange had been honored at all.

Even as a trade, it was sufficient.

He was well aware that the exchange was not only for these materials but also for the risk involved.

Whatever the object was, he was unlikely to keep it safe.

To exchange these items was already more than he could ask for.

The transaction completed, the Great Sword Group no longer surrounded the strong man, opening a path for him.

Tea-bearded, realizing he could really leave alive, felt as if he was dreaming.

He wasted no time in saying, “Gentlemen, thank you. Farewell!”

Just as he turned to leave with a nervous heart, he suddenly heard someone behind him say, “Wait a moment.”

Tea-bearded’s heart skipped a beat, fearing something unexpected.

However, as he turned his head, he heard the Information Merchant advise indifferently, “Don’t go towards the northwest. Take the route through ‘Blackstone Canyon’ to the east; it’s safer there.”

Tea-bearded, his expression fleeting with complexity, replied, “Alright!”

Grateful, he glanced at the people one last time and disappeared into the Dense Forest.

…

Once he had gone, Leonard Churchill and the members of the Great Sword Group looked at each other.

They had not expected that a simple encampment would lead to such events.

“Heh heh, how interesting. So even Gods resort to sneak attacks…”

“Yeah. So Dragon God Airel attained his position this way. The Dragon Descendants on the Southern Continent think Great Dragons are supreme. Hahaha, this is no different from the melodramatic plots of those Noble Families in the East Wilderness…”

“But speaking of which, Emperor Lanlingster is truly formidable, holding his own against the ambush of the five Great Dragons… He truly deserves to be the Legend who ended the Chaotic Era.”

“Eh, guys, why do you think Emperor Lanlingster went to the Death Domain? What’s really there…”

“There lies the ultimate secret of the world.”

“Pah, Rosin, can’t you ever speak seriously instead of making things up?”

“Don’t believe me? Ask brother Churchill; he’d probably say the same.”

“Hahaha…”

“…”

With no outsiders left, the Great Sword Group started their own conversation.

Being part of the Revolutionary Army, constantly surviving amidst sieges, they weren’t worried after hearing secrets that would cause panic to anyone on the Southern Continent; instead, they were full of curiosity.

Yet, as much as they chatted, they all sensed the crisis.

Now that the Holy Tribunal was after that man, having come into contact with him, they inevitably faced risks.

John Charlie cautioned, “Leader, we probably can’t stay here. We need to set up camp elsewhere.”

“Agreed.”

Sophia nodded, looking at the wrapped package in her hand, her expression showing contemplation.

This Divine Fragment was different from what they had obtained before; it involved some additional Cause and Effect, and even if they hid it, some techniques of the Mysterious Type could possibly trace it.

Leonard Churchill, of course, knew what she was thinking. He simply said, “Give me the item. I’ll take a walk.”

Sophia looked as if she wanted to argue that she should go, but meeting Leonard Churchill’s gaze, she replaced her many words with just two: “Be careful.”

“Understood.”

Leonard Churchill nodded.

Their understanding was such that there was no need for further explanation.

He could think more thoroughly than anyone, and with his ability to teleport through space, he was the best candidate for shaking off any pursuit.