Chapter 48: Gunpoint on the Forehead

After leaving the Alchemy Council, Byrne felt that he had not yet satisfied. The feeling of spending a lot of money is something that almost anyone would become addicted to.

Then he thought back to the aliens who were auctioned off and expressed a little sympathy but it was impossible for him to act as a "savior".

Suddenly, the extremely beautiful elf figure in the moonlight appeared in Byrne's mind again.

Byrne shook his head and said to himself, "That should be the last time we met. I hope she won't fall into the hands of those people."

When he was young, he had unrealistic expectations of reuniting with the elves, or even meeting them again, and even had some romantic ideas.

But after getting married, Margaret was the only wife in Byrne's heart.

"I don't know who is behind the Alchemy Council's auction. I'm afraid I will come here again in the future."

Just when he was about to leave completely, he suddenly stared at the dark gold mask for a while, stopped abruptly, and quickly turned back to the deserted alley.

He put on his mask and reentered the porch to see the confused silver-faced waiters.

Byrne said in a very calm tone: "I want to buy a few more alchemical masks with the 'concealment' effect."

After the auction was over, the guests would not come back, and would leave in a hurry without wanting to stay, as if they were escaping from a dangerous cave.

However, Byrne was one of the few guests who returned repeatedly.

When he asked to buy the alchemical mask, the silver-faced waiters reacted quickly.

A very tall, silver-faced waiter walked up, bowed slightly, and responded very politely.

"We are sorry, but our masks are limited to one per invitation only and we will not sell any more."

"So that's how it is. I understand."

In fact, Byrne was not surprised by the answer, and his sudden idea was just an experiment.

Because the "concealment" effect of the alchemical mask is so practical.

The silver-faced waiter in the lead continued with a gentle voice and a hint of smile:

"Dear guest, there is one more important thing I must tell you. The 'concealment' effect of the alchemical mask can only be effective here. You'd better not use it to deal with problems outside."

Byrne fell into deep thought, and deep down he felt extremely disappointed with the alchemical mask.

He then understood the reason.

Otherwise, whenever people want to do something they don't want to see others, they will put on the mask of the Alchemy Council, and then the so-called secret organization will become almost known to everyone.

Leaving the dark alley, Byrne came to the prepared carriage, took off the dark golden mask and put it in a special box.

The coachman in charge of driving the carriage was the captain of the guard, Theo, who had worked for the Fischer family for many years and was Byrne's swordsmanship teacher.

Theo was once a boatswain and worked for the merchant John for more than ten years. Later, he refused to go to sea again because he almost died in a shipwreck.

A few years ago, his savings were getting less and less. In order to support his wife and children, he came to the Fisher family for re-employment under the introduction of John. Because of his excellent skills and rich experience, Lucius appointed him as the captain of the family guard.

After returning to the hotel, Byrne did not go to bed immediately, but thought about visiting Mr. Jin tomorrow to discuss matters related to the food processing plant.

The money has been spent, and what he has to do is to completely reject the investment invitation from the food processing plant.

It was already very late at night, and Byrne went to bed after finishing his thinking, and got up at around eight in the morning.

However, Mr. Jin is a "topsy-turvy man" who has no morning and noon, gets up in the afternoon, and is extremely active at night, so now is not the time to visit him.

He thought about what to do next:

"After traveling for such a long time from Nasir to Finn City, the guards and servants are very tired. We should take another day off tomorrow and visit the Hoffman family's father-in-law, mother-in-law and Baron Hoffman the day after tomorrow."

The long journey is indeed a troublesome thing, but unfortunately the speed of the carriage has a limit. Byrne couldn't help but think that if he had the luxury of using magic to travel much faster.

The Fisher family spent a huge amount of money at the auction, and the goods will be delivered to Nasir within half a month.

It was not until after three o'clock in the afternoon that Byrne, his guards and servants set off in a carriage and arrived at the door of Mr. Jin's villa in the city center.

"I'm Byrne Fischer, and I hope to meet with Mr. King. I have something I want to discuss in detail."

Byrne announced his name, and soon he was led by the butler to the reception room to wait.

The polite butler walked up and said to Byrne, who was already familiar with him, with a smile:

"Mr. Byrne, we meet again. Mr. Jin just said that he will see you in the study in about ten minutes. Mr. Jin will receive other guests at about five o'clock, so he will not keep you for dinner."

Byrne thought that this should be enough, leaving himself more than half an hour.

Because of the success in making money through cooperation with the Fisher family, the two sides naturally looked at each other more and more favorably.

His relationship with Mr. Jin grew stronger over the four years.

Byrne knew very well that a lot of the money that the Fisher family earned for Mr. Jin actually went to Viscount Best.

Viscount Best Leon is the head of the "Lion Family", Mr. Jin's brother-in-law, and also the lord of the city of Finn. He is just 53 years old this year and is still in his prime.

He had already reached the second level, and had even become a powerful knight who had transformed into a higher level, but it was basically impossible for him to go further and reach the level of a monarch during his lifetime.

The two extraordinary bloodlines that have been stably inherited by the Leon family are the "Bronze Lion" and the "Giant Stone Ape", both of which are bloodline powers derived from high-level magical beasts.

At the same time, the Leon family has a 17% chance of inheriting the "protection" type of spellcasting talent.

The entire Lion Family has been operating in Fein City for hundreds of years, and the core family has branched out to nearly a hundred people.

In comparison, the Eagle Family's foundation and power are much weaker. It can basically be said that its strength on paper is no match for the Leon Family.

Their biggest trump card is the support of Earl Hoven, the Governor of the East Coast.

Although Count Hoven and Viscount Best were always smiling at each other at the banquet, and on the surface they were even close friends who had known each other for many years.

However, everyone in the upper circles of the East Coast knew that the sparks of tension between Earl Hoven and Viscount Best had already spread all over the ground, and now all the industries owned by the Lion Family were being eroded step by step.

However, Viscount Best and the family behind him have not suffered any serious damage so far, because Mr. Jin has extremely strong business and wealth-making abilities and has been responsible for handling all major businesses of the Lion Family.

Ten minutes later, Byrne looked up at the navy clock on the wall. The time was a little after four o'clock.

He walked to the second floor of the villa with ease and knocked gently on the study door, but he did not hear Mr. Jin's low voice calling "Come in".

Byrne was stunned for a moment. His "deep memory" showed that Mr. Jin would always shout "Come in", but today's situation was a little different.

Then he heard a "crackling" sound of something breaking, and felt something was wrong, so he pushed the door open.

"Mr. Jin..."

Byrne was about to speak but stopped himself, his eyes gradually became gloomy and his brows slightly frowned.

broken.

The huge body weighing hundreds of pounds was lying on the ground with its back, and the bald man's eyes were fixed on the ceiling. His eyes were filled with anger and lingering fear, as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.

There was a clearly visible bullet hole on his temple, with blood plasma flowing out.

An extremely exquisite alchemical flintlock fell next to Mr. Jin's hand, and there was still a residual smell of smoke in the air.

Dead!

“Damn it!”

Byrne took a deep breath, not wanting to touch anything, and stepped back vigilantly, even suspecting that the murderer might still be nearby.

"Mr. Byrne, why are you here too?"

The sudden voice not far away made Byrne stunned for a moment, and then he turned around and saw two people.

One is the butler of Mr. Jin's family, and the other is the local sheriff of Finn City, a "metamorphosis-level" knight of the Lion Family, and Renzo, the third brother of Viscount Best.

Sheriff Renzo was wearing a black leather jacket, had a mustache, and looked very serious.

Why did they suddenly come here? After a moment of silence, Byrne said calmly, "Mr. Jin is dead, and the murderer may still be nearby."

The butler and Sheriff Renzo were completely stunned after hearing this.

"Mr. King is dead? What are you talking about!" Sheriff Renzo growled.

The two of them quickly walked into the study and watched what was happening in amazement.

Mr. Jin’s heavy body was right in front of him. Everything was too shocking!

The housekeeper burst into tears and kept shaking his head, saying, "Lord of Redemption, why did this happen? It's impossible!"

Byrne paused and reminded again: "The murderer may still be nearby. We must be careful. He may attack again."

"It'll be alright, Mr. Byrne. I'm here to stop the murderer from succeeding."

Sheriff Renzo quickly calmed down and then comforted him in a calm voice.

Just as Byrne was about to nod, he saw Sheriff Renzo decisively and quickly pull out the alchemical flintlock from his waist and put it against his head without hesitation. The cold and hard touch was creepy.

"Don't move!"

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(End of this chapter)