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Chapter 942: Chapter 309 Anna Sprengel

Pilotti Manor, which in the pricey Leipzig could certainly be considered a mansion.

Perhaps it was also because of his status, and his close relationship with Count Leipzig, that he was allotted even more land.

In terms of luxury, it was not a whit inferior to the estate of Count Doane.

But now… it had been completely reduced to ruins.

The power of that explosion far exceeded the limit that a Fourth Level Transcendent could withstand—its sound was enough to shake heaven and earth, and even caused the entire Leipzig City to “tremble” physically.

The explosion at the city center jolted the residents at the edges of Leipzig awake in an instant. Peeking out their windows, they could see the black and red mushroom cloud rising slowly at the city’s heart. If they had woken a bit earlier, they would also encounter the rapidly diminishing blood rain and the brightening dawn sky.

“What happened, what happened? Are the Avalonians attacking?”

“Damn, which Alchemist workshop blew up?”

People unaware of the truth had just been roused from sleep and had already lost their sleepiness. Their hearts thumped half in unease and half in fear, cursing and speculating to vent their own fears.

Yet those who knew part of the truth furrowed their brows even tighter.

Inside Leipzig City, members of the Rose Cross Society speculated: “Count Doane has just passed away, and then this scale of explosion happened. Was it to kill the Demon of Winter inside of him?”

Those who knew more were even more terrified: “That’s the direction of Pilotti Manor… How come right after Count Doane dies, something happens to the son of the Red Chancellor?!”

Based on that, those who knew even more—such as the Sons of the Moon aware of the Red Chancellor’s strong animosity towards Count Doane and the high-level Demon Scholars who knew this anomaly signified the arrival of a Night Fiend—were already restless and sweating profusely: “What’s happening, has the conflict between the Society and the Red Chancellor finally erupted?”

—Has the civil war started?

It’s no wonder they thought so.

Count Doane, harboring the Demon of Winter inside him, was an extremely deadly ticking bomb to the Sons of the Moon. Although he had always maintained a relatively peaceful attitude towards the Sons of the Moon… yet that peace was not one of weakness.

It was a kind of oppressive “equality”—maintaining peace as dictated by him, without sacrificing his own interests or changing his stance.

The Transcendents of the Path of Love are inherently emotional and extreme. Count Doane believed he had left enough face for them, but the constant pressure exacerbated by their close proximity instead became a challenge and oppression, continually provoking the sensitive nerves of the Sons of the Moon.

And recently, the Red Chancellor finally emphasized at an internal meeting of the Sons of the Moon a “non-ally neutral stance” towards Count Doane. Simply put, if someone attacked, assassinated, or framed Count Doane, then the Sons of the Moon would not get involved.

Compared to the alliance that had stabilized for decades, this shift in relationship was already enough to demonstrate a complete deterioration in the upper echelons of the Sons of the Moon towards Count Doane—after all, given their emphasis on decorum, they could not conveniently flip attitudes by 180 degrees.

One reason for that is, it would be quite indecorous… and also because some gestures of goodwill made were too late to retract. If forced, there was a risk of escalating the situation and leaking information outside the Son of the Moon circle.

And tonight, Count Doane died quietly—the Demon of Winter that could annihilate an entire city’s Sons of the Moon did not stir in the slightest.

This meant, whoever killed Count Doane must be able to quickly kill a Fifth Power Level Demon Incarnation, and then swiftly handle the Demon of Winter. To prevent it from leaking out.

Searching throughout Star Antimony… there’s only one person with both the motive and capability to do this.

—That is the Red Chancellor himself!

There’s simply no one else!

But no sooner had Count Doane died, not even one night… the Red Chancellor’s son suddenly exploded!

Everyone knows, Baroness Pilotti received her title bestowed by the Red Chancellor. She was once his favored Blood Slave. And after she became pregnant, Valentine VII granted her a title, so her future child wouldn’t be illegitimate.

For someone who ruled the roost, actually serving as Star Antimony’s highest Guardian, such a trifle didn’t even require consulting the King.

The Red Chancellor had not few children at the level of the Sons of the Moon… but not many with a direct blood connection.

Because the act of “procreation” itself belongs to the Path of Love, meaning that procreation carries away a significant amount of impulsive energy from the path, which for the Red Chancellor, always intent on advancing to the Sixth Power Level, constituted a not insignificant drain on his strength. Thus, he had been strictly controlling the number of his offspring… over centuries, he only had five children, and even fewer had inherited his surname.

Among them, the youngest and recently most favored by the Red Chancellor was his son, Alfonso von Pilotti.

As a characteristic of higher beings on the Path of Love, their emotions are all intertwined. Hence Alfonso was also considered his father’s lover.

—To kill him with an explosion of such magnitude, undoubtedly constituted some form of provocation. Because anyone capable of killing him simply didn’t need to turn the situation so conspicuous…

Merely a Fourth Level Transcendent after all. Young enough in other realms sure, but in Leipzig hardly counted for much. Not to mention, Alfonso had been converted for less than five years, and even adding his human lifespan, he was barely in his early twenties.

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