Chapter 817
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Kieran had never believed in coincidences.
A natural romantic would view coincidences as the favor of fate.
Unfortunately, the environment he grew up in made Kieran develop a vigilant and suspicious character.
With such a character, any coincidences would be magnified infinitely in Kieran's heart and he would go through it repeatedly to confirm whether it was a trap or not.
When the previous "Herbert" coincidentally mentioned that Sutherlin Castle was the place where the Emperor's Legacy was buried, Kieran who already had the thought that the "Herbert" before him was the real one but he was just controlled by some means "started to doubt again.
No doubt it was tiring to be friends with a person like Kieran.
Any kind of actions would be speculated by malicious intentions.
Other than Lawless, that kind of "sick" person, it would be hard for anyone to be Kieran's friend in the truest sense.
The only fortunate thing was that Kieran's doubts weren't groundless worries.
Following the death of the first Mutant Knight, Kieran knew he was right.
Maybe the fake "Herbert" thought he did it flawlessly but in the eyes of Kieran who had [Tracking] and extraordinary Intuition, it was full of flaws.
Whether it was [Puppet's Rope] twisting the head off, the wagon that the "Herbert" rode in tried its best to cover it up but it was still tainted with a faint bloody stench or the shallow but recognizable male footprints around the crucible, all of them were exposing the "Herbert" again and again.
Then there were the Mutant Knight that was hung by his own hair.
There were no external wounds and no poison.
But he was also unconscious.
Musou level [Medical and Medicinal Knowledge] and Basic level [Potionology] allowed Kieran to easily identify what happened to the hanging Mutant Knight.
As for the hair?
It was simple.
The "Herbert"'s men weren't like the Mutant Knight, all of them had short hair.
All the "Herbert" had to do was shave off the Mutant Knight's hair and choose a hair of a similar color.
Because of that, Kieran was sure the "Herbert" had a device to contact his men.
So, he used [Pride] to deal with the "Herbert".
Kieran wanted to know what the other party wanted to do!
Why didn't he use Bloody Mary?
Because of the aura!
[Bloody Mary] could turn into anyone, but to Kieran who had already shown his royal status, her presence was a notch lower than [Pride].
Everything was as Kieran had predicted.
[Pride] had the same face and aura, perfectly deceiving Kieran.
This also allowed Kieran to deduce what the other party wanted to do.
Luring the tiger away from the mountain!
Kieran had displayed his ability to destroy Sutherlin Castle, so there was no intention of using him to deal with Sutherlin Castle.
All he wanted was for Kieran to leave Carlhart Military Camp.
Kieran believed that even if he didn't send the Mutant Knight to pursue Carderweld, Kieran would surely find an excuse to force him out of Carlhart Military Camp.
After all, he was the only one who knew where the emperor's legacy was.
Of course, after this series of events, Kieran had more or less guessed where the Emperor's Legacy was.
It was too obvious!
So, he had to hurry up.
He didn't have much time left.
Kieran strode deeper into the castle.
Contly was stunned when she heard Kieran's question.
Contly couldn't understand why Kieran would ask such a question.
She stood there with furrowed brows, thinking for a while but she couldn't figure out what to do.
Still, it wasn't like she got nothing.
At least she thought of the scenes from before. Kieran seemed to be using her to numb the fake Herbert.
Being used by someone wasn't a pleasant experience.
Even though the outcome was good, Contly still couldn't accept it.
She thought she wasn't treated with the respect she deserved.
So, the former bounty hunter grunted angrily and strode after Kieran.
Leave in a huff?
Stop joking!
Contly, as the newly promoted guardian of Isogu City, wasn't a little girl in the life of a bounty hunter.
She was much more mature.
She would express her thoughts and feelings directly instead of hiding them and feeling sorry for herself.
…
Sutherlin Castle didn't look any different from a common ancient castle, but the inside was a whole new world.
However, the inside was a completely different world. Even though most of it was still cold and damp, some places were warm and comfortable, such as the secret room where some important items were stored.
When Kieran pushed open the secret door in Carderweld's study room, he was immediately dazzled by the reflection of the pile of gold and gemstones.
The Creature of Desire even threw itself at the only source of light in the secret room.
However, it was stopped by Kieran right away.
Ignoring the dissatisfaction from the Creature of Desire, Kieran looked at the "tree" that was taller than a man, covered in white flowers and emanating a faint white glow.
The reason why he called it a "tree" was because Kieran didn't know how to describe it anymore.
The plant before Kieran's eyes had the trunk of a tree but the branches were twining vines. The vines wrapped around the trunk and bloomed with white flowers.
White flowers, Kieran wasn't a stranger.
It was the [Aimida Flower] from before.
Kieran wasn't surprised to find the [Aimida Flower] in Sutherlin Castle but what surprised Kieran was the number of [Aimida Flower].
Originally, Kieran's guess was that a plant like [Aimida Flower] that could suppress mutants from entering the exhaustion stage should be precious even if it wasn't rare.
But on the tree before Kieran's eyes, there were at least a hundred of them.
On top of that, Kieran's sharp eyes easily saw that there were small sprouts in the gaps of the vines.
Kieran was sure that if the small sprouts continued to grow, they would grow into [Aimida Flower].
However, what concerned Kieran more was the Creature of Desire's desire for it.
The Creature of Desire wasn't a picky eater, it would devour everything it ate but every time it mentioned 'food', it could only prove one thing: it was something good!
Kieran's mind was thinking about the relationship between the Eye of Chimeras and Neegor Dynasty.
Kieran checked the tree full of [Aimida Flower] and after making sure there wasn't any danger, he plucked an [Aimida Flower] and tossed it to the Creature of Desire.
A small flower was not enough for a beast with huge desires.
The moment it got close, the Creature of Desire was devoured without a trace.
The desire from the Creature of Desire in Kieran's heart grew stronger by the second.
Without further ado, Kieran plucked another one.
When Contly entered the secret room, more than a hundred [Aimida Flowers] were half eaten by Kieran to the Creature of Desire.
After eating 50 to 60 [Aimida Flowers], the Creature of Desire didn't experience any obvious changes.
Instead, his hunger was getting stronger and stronger.
It wasn't satisfied with Kieran's feeding anymore.
It wanted to devour on its own.
Even the active humans were no exception.
At the next moment, thousands of evil eyes looked at Contly.
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