Chapter 229: Betrayal
Byrne's eyes were colder than ever as he stared at the crazy old man in the white mist.
He slowly backed away, maintaining a distance that allowed him to both attack and defend.
The man with gray hair on his temples was very alert and vigilant at all times, observing the surrounding environment with almost no blind spots.
Viscount Best's bloodline power is the "Bronze Lion", and he is much better at close combat than himself, so he must keep a sufficient distance.
The deputy leader of the Star Embracing Society's followers also kept their distance, with a puzzled tone coming out of his mouth.
"Eh? Internal strife?"
The three people were in a triangle posture in the extremely low visibility and dense white fog.
Any reckless action by either party will lead to huge changes in the situation on the field.
Viscount Best laughed loudly, his face cold, he looked towards Byrne and said slowly:
"You betrayed me, Byrne. I knew you would betray me!"
His facial muscles twisted and he roared angrily:
"You're such a damn idiot! I trusted you for so long! Byrne! Aren't you a man of loyalty and righteousness? How dare you stab me in the back?"
Byrne's stand-in was still not far from Viscount Best, but Viscount Best ignored its existence, having long known that the thing was not a big threat.
And because it was within his sight, it made him feel more at ease.
The stand-in, who looked exactly like Byrne, had cold eyes and spoke very calmly, but what he said was extremely huge.
"You were the one who opened the barrier and helped the Meyer family invade Nasir Town!"
As soon as the stand-in said these words, the madness in Viscount Best's eyes disappeared completely, and his expression immediately became extremely calm.
"Ah, it seems that you are really stupid, Byrne, to think so... I have already said that it was Xavier who stole the spell and helped the Meyer family. Didn't you also find his diary?"
Viscount Best paused, smiled, and then said in a gentle tone: "Byrne, could it be that Black Hawk Xavier left something behind and made you misunderstand?"
He slowly reached out his hand towards Byrne's body and said thoughtfully, "It's okay. I can forgive your stupidity. Byrne, come and help me."
However, Byrne did not move closer, but continued talking.
"The diary left by Black Hawk Xavier was also forged by you in advance, right, Best? In order to mislead me, you specifically gave me the task of finding Xavier's so-called backup plan."
"If you told me directly that Xavier did everything, I would definitely be suspicious. But if I found the diary myself, it would be completely different, because everyone would believe the 'truth' they found with their own hands."
Viscount Best's eyes gradually turned cold.
In fact, Byrne had been deceived, and even really believed that the person who stole the spell, briefly opened the great barrier, colluded with the Meyer family, and allowed them to invade the town of Nasir was Black Hawk Xavier.
But one day, he cautiously wanted to test whether the letter was a forgery, so he analyzed "Xavier's Diary" through a "deconstruction perspective".
Through the power of deconstructive perspective, Byrne discovered a strange thing, that is, the ink on the diary was actually the type commonly used by the local nobles in Fein, rather than the specialty ink produced in Port Phipps.
But that’s not a big deal, maybe Xavier just happened to use this ink.
But to be on the safe side, he then compared the handwriting in the diary, but soon found more errors.
Although the handwriting has been disguised very well and is 90% similar to Xavier's own handwriting, it is still not right. Only Byrne, who has a "deep memory", can detect the 10% difference.
Best's tone became extremely cold, without any emotion, like a demon disguised as a human.
"You really are an elusive dog, Byrne."
Byrne took a deep breath, shook his head slowly and said, "I have been hesitating all this time, until... you sent someone to infiltrate the Fisher family."
Viscount Best laughed grimly and said:
"Yes, that's Renzo's opinion. Can't I be wary of you heretics?"
Byrne remained silent and did not answer immediately. His thinking was correct. Although the man did not know everything, he had guessed the most important secret of the Fisher family by piecing together the clues.
So I can't let him go!
"Heretics, I never thought that you, the Fisher family, may seem to be the people of stupid false gods, but in fact you believe in a hypocritical existence..."
On the other side, the deputy leader of the Star Embracing Society murmured to himself, he did not expect that the Fisher family actually believed in some hypocritical existence.
However, he knew very well that anyone who did not believe in the Chaos Star was undoubtedly a foolish person who had not yet understood the truth of the world.
There was a chilling determination in Best's eyes. Renzo once said that no matter how good his relationship with Byrne was, their descendants might not be the same.
So he followed Renzo's advice and used his most common method, placing trained subordinates disguised as orphans, businessmen, and servants to find a way to infiltrate the Fischer family.
Soon, Viscount Best gradually discovered some strange clues, which were enough to serve as a handle to destroy them.
He was very smart and had long discovered that something was very wrong with the Fisher family. For example, the fate of every member of their family would actually change.
Combining all the things that happened in the past, Viscount Best gradually had a guess in his heart that was getting closer and closer to the truth.
Then, the subordinates he sent died one after another.
Viscount Best once wondered whether Byrne had discovered that he was testing them and whether he would decide to turn against him.
So he directed and acted in a play not long ago, pretending that the devil was biting back, and he was in great pain and defenseless.
In fact, as long as Viscount Best's demons were fed the corpses of extraordinary people immediately, they would not riot or retaliate.
At that time, he deliberately pretended to be weak and put on a show. However, Byrne was always dedicated and had no intention of murdering him, which made Best put his mind at ease again.
In addition, Byrne later took the initiative to say that he had discovered the forged Xavier diary and completely believed his guidance, so he trusted this man again.
"I didn't expect you to be smarter and better at disguising yourself than before, Byrne!"
He laughed and continued:
"Renzo is right. Loyalty is not eternal. Even if you can be loyal to me temporarily, your descendants and your family may not be loyal to the Lion Family!"
“And you yourself are a traitor! Byrne, you actually colluded with the people of the Star Embrace Society, humph, so in order to kill me, you don’t care about Zain’s life, right?”
Byrne remained silent and did not answer.
It wasn't him at all who attracted the Star Bearers.
He took another deep breath. Ever since he discovered that Xavier's diary was a forgery, he had been in great anxiety and confusion.
In fact, considering that the diary was induced by Viscount Best to find him, Byrne had already realized that the person who colluded with the Meyer family was most likely the old man.
But he didn't want to believe it, so he asked Chris to investigate the truth of the whole matter carefully.
In fact, the investigation is not very difficult because the scope is very small. The only people who mastered the spell of the national barrier were Earl Hoven and Viscount Best.
Now that Count Hoven is dead, the only remaining line of investigation is...
As a result, Chris brought the truth back.
It is true that several decades ago, a caravan of the Meyer family had secretly arrived in the city of Fein, but Viscount Bester had no news for a whole month and no one knew where he had gone.
Now that I think about it, he probably went to Rhea and then made some kind of deal with the Meyer family.
So it became obvious that Viscount Bester later kept his oath and helped Meyer invade the town of Nasir.
"I've been in a lot of pain recently because you colluded with the Meyer family and indirectly led to my father's death, but later the Fisher family did rise because of your help."
There is the most sincere emotion in Byrne's eyes, which is complex, tangled and difficult to explain easily.
"I cannot abandon either kindness or hatred... But your recent behavior has finally made me make up my mind, Best Rhine. Now that you have touched upon the core secret of the Fischer family, I cannot hesitate any longer!"
Best's eyes were calm, but there seemed to be a wave of anger in the calm, which shocked countless people.
"Whether it was you, Jin, or someone else, you all betrayed me one after another."
"But I'm not afraid of betrayal at all, because I've been alone from beginning to end."
He swung the giant sword in his hand, his words were filled with the most terrifying malice, and although his tone was very calm, it still made sweat appear on Byrne's forehead.
"Don't worry, Byrne. After you die, I will successfully reach the level of a monarch, and I will end all the grievances between us."
The Star Bearers who had been hiding and keeping silent suddenly turned into black smoke and approached to launch a sneak attack at an astonishing speed, and the originally crazy Viscount Best instantly became extremely calm.
He swung his sword suddenly with full preparation, and the next moment a terrifying sword energy burst out, with astonishing power and precision, directly cutting off the black smoke.
"ah!"
The Star Embrace believer screamed in terror, half of his body fell to the ground, and after struggling for a while, he died completely.
In just a moment, Best easily killed the powerful enemy who had transformed into a higher level!
Byrne stared at the scene quietly, his eyes cold and maintaining the highest vigilance.
The old lion suddenly turned his head and looked coldly at Byrne who summoned a large number of flaming birds. His eyes were sharp, crazy and cold, as if to say, you are next!
(End of this chapter)
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