The House of Winston’s sorcerers would not get wiped out that easily, however. Although they were only a second-rate sorcerer clan compared to the Berkeleys, the Tudors, and the Normans, they still numbered in the hundreds.
However, the Winston family’s sorcerers were being killed so quickly tonight that it was a little scary.
Eight of their sorcerers had already died in a short duration of ten minutes, but they still did not know who the attacker was. When someone went to question the eyewitnesses, all of them claimed it was done by someone in a white mask who moved elusively among them. In addition to the stormy weather affecting their vision and hearing, they had also encountered a really formidable enemy this time. It was a situation that frightened the House of Winston.
There were only three sorcerers in the entire clan who were more powerful than Archmage Devonshire. If even Devonshire could be ambushed, how many other sorcerers could withstand sneak attacks of this level?
But the Winston family could not understand something. Based on what the patrolling guards and some of the residents had said, it was clear it was a pursuit between two strangers that began in Winston City. It supposedly had fucking nothing to do with the Winston family.
In the end, even though the pursuit was between two strangers in their trains, the Winston family suffered the heaviest of casualties while the perpetrators were unaffected.
Did the two of them come here on purpose to cause trouble for the Winston family?
Who the fuck could they reason with?!
“Summon our sorcerers back to the manor. Tell them not to take on the enemy by themselves anymore. Our enemies this time are unique. I now have reason to suspect the House of Tudor is the one behind this. They’re trying to stop us from joining forces with the House of Berkeley for the northern expedition!” The Winston family’s patriarch gave orders in the manor. “However, they better not think they can escape after committing such a heinous act in our House of Winston’s territory. Have the Knights of the Hymn continue intercepting them, and summon Archmages Abel and Alston over. The three of us will need to join hands tonight!”
Archmage Abel and Archmage Alston were the second and third highest-ranked sorcerers in the Winston family, outranked only by Matthews, the patriarch of the House of Winston. When the three of them teamed up, even the patriarch of the House of Tudor might not be able to get the better of them in battle.
It was at this time that the sorcerers around realized their patriarch was really furious and wanted to personally kill those two troublemakers no matter what.
At this moment, Wang Congyang was standing in the steam locomotive and looking into the distance through the window. Actually, he knew very well that Ren Xiaosu’s willpower was much stronger than his. This was something he could observe from the number of carriages alone.
Therefore, he knew it would be impossible for him to get away from that ruthless person behind him even though he was driving the steam locomotive.
If he wanted to escape, he would have to rely on external help!
What external help was there in the city that could stop Ren Xiaosu? Wang Congyang already had an answer in mind: the House of Winston.
As Winston City was the political center of the House of Winston, 80% of the archmages in the entirety of the House of Winston’s territory resided here. The rest of the cities were left to be overseen by just a few junior sorcerers.
So there should be a large number of sorcerers in the manor north of Winston City now, right? That would be the key to Wang Congyang’s escape.
The steam locomotive rumbled north. Wang Congyang knew it would be very dangerous to do so, but what else could he do? He was in great despair!
Suddenly, Wang Congyang looked behind him and saw that Old Xu had joined up with Ren Xiaosu again.
Old Xu, who was wearing the white mask, was standing on top of the steam locomotive’s railcar with its clothes flapping loudly in the wind. Its black saber was raised, ready to slash down on anything at any moment.
On the roof of the steam locomotive, Old Xu was waiting for an opportunity to strike. Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu stood calmly below inside of the train. It was an exceptionally harmonious yet terrifying scene.
Wang Congyang suddenly realized that Ren Xiaosu probably did not kill him immediately because he was planning to use him to create chaos and lead him towards the Winston Manor!
Ren Xiaosu was not familiar with Winston City and did not even know where the Knights of the Hymn were garrisoned or the location of Winston Manor.
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As such, Ren Xiaosu did not know how he should avoid the Knights of the Hymn’s assault once chaos broke out, nor did he know where he could take advantage of the situation and attack the House of Winston.
But it did not matter. Wang Congyang definitely knew all of that.
Based on Ren Xiaosu’s understanding of Wang Congyang, that man was extremely crafty. Having been in the Kingdom of Sorcerers for so long, the first thing he would do would definitely be to understand the environment here before thinking about how to deal with the situation if he got into trouble.
All Ren Xiaosu needed to do was to follow close behind Wang Congyang. At the very least, the Knights of the Hymn definitely couldn’t catch up with them. On top of that, Wang Congyang would surely choose to borrow the strength of others to get away from his pursuit. As for who he could make use of to do that, that was obvious.
Between the roles of hunter and prey, Ren Xiaosu always played the role of the hunter.
To hunt prey, he would first have to figure out what the prey was thinking. Just like how he had dealt with the expeditionary army’s barbarians, he would never lose as long as he was a step ahead of his prey.
Wang Congyang was extremely frustrated at this moment. Even though he had guessed that Ren Xiaosu was trying to make use of him, he still had to go along with it. After all, he might still have a chance of survival by barging into the Winston Manor. But if he were to turn around to face Ren Xiaosu, he would definitely die.
Seeing the two steam locomotives getting closer and closer to the Winston Manor, Wang Congyang felt even more anguished.
However, Wang Congyang was probably not the one most in anguish. That would have to be Melgor.
After Mel was left behind on his own, he slowly found his way back to the relay station. Along the way, he could hear the chaos in the city.
Without even needing to think, he knew that had to all be Ren Xiaosu’s doing.
After Ren Xiaosu took off in pursuit before his eyes, it immediately turned chaotic in Winston City. How could that be a coincidence?
It was also at this time that Comrade Mel deeply understood how ferocious the monster he had abducted was.
So it turned out Ren Xiaosu had been telling the truth all along. His claims were never him boasting.
Melgor could not help but wonder just how “high” Ren Xiaosu meant when he said he would help him reach the pinnacle of his life.
Afterwards, he saw two steam locomotives whizzing past the street he was standing on. Through the window, Melgor even saw Ren Xiaosu discreetly waving at him from the second train!
‘Why the hell are you waving to me at a time like this?!‘ Melgor quickly pulled his cloak’s hood lower over his face as he was afraid the nearby residents would remember it. It wasn’t until Mel realized there were no residents in the vicinity that he finally felt relieved.
No, he had to hurry back to the relay station. The world was way too scary!
Wait. Melgor suddenly froze. Wasn’t there a saber-wielding person standing on top of the steam locomotive that Ren Xiaosu was in? And that person seemed to be wearing a white mask too?
Melgor instinctively knew this was bad. Someone was lurking on the roof of the train and was about to attack Ren Xiaosu!
However, Melgor quickly realized the person was not fucking trying to sneak attack Ren Xiaosu. That was obviously Ren Xiaosu’s companion!
No wonder Ren Xiaosu did not panic once whenever they were being pursued previously!
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