"You’ve had a long march, and a feast is prepared for you inside."

The butler stepped aside, raising his hand and slightly bowing, gesturing invitingly.

"Please come inside for your meal."

Luo De glanced at the butler, stood up, and walked toward the manor door, with the Frost Iron Guard following closely.

"Don’t go in!"

A roar suddenly erupted, and Fa Fuke dashed out from the street corner! 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Luo De! It’s a trap!"

Just as the words fell, a sudden change occurred!

The smile on the butler’s face twisted instantly, lunging at Luo De fiercely!

"For the Lord of Dawn!"

The butler’s hands reached for Luo De’s neck, eyes flashing with a mad light!

"Squelch!"

A raw sound of flesh being pierced echoed, and before reaching Luo De, the butler was impaled by a sword from the Frost Iron Guard!

The silver blade protruded from his chest, with blood dripping along the sword!

Yet the butler showed no sign of pain, slowly closing his eyes, and a bizarre sanctity appeared on his face!

Then six figures rushed out from the servants behind him!

"For the Lord of Dawn!"

The six shouted as they charged at Luo De, but they couldn’t escape the same fate as the butler, all slain by the Frost Iron Guard!

Their bodies fell to the ground, blood gushing from wounds, swiftly dyeing the ground dark red!

But soon the dark red blood vanished, as if absorbed by the earth!

Then, a bizarre scene unfolded!

Countless fine threads of blood emerged from the ground, like living creatures squirming!

The Frost Iron Guard immediately became alert, nervously protecting Luo De in the center!

Yet Luo De lowered his head, expressionless as he watched it all.

In the next moment, the blood threads spread rapidly, centering around the seven corpses, expanding and spreading in all directions!

The surrounding walls, streets were quickly covered by blood threads!

"Something’s wrong!"

Fa Fuke hurriedly raised his hand, a gust of wind flashed, forming a cyan semi-circular shield, shielding Luo De!

"Ah!"

The crowd watching from afar suddenly let out painful screams, their bodies collapsing uncontrollably one after another!

The blood threads on the ground shot out, quickly crawling onto them, burrowing into their bodies like maggots!

The screams stopped abruptly!

The fallen bodies deflated rapidly, as if drained dry!

The soldiers maintaining order stepped back in horror, but the blood threads ignored them entirely, only seeking out the watching civilians!

While Fa Fuke and his entourage remained unaffected!

"Whoosh!"

Columns of blood-red light shot skyward from the shriveled corpses, obscuring the sky above the Lord Manor!

The entire process happened in an instant, leaving no time to react, enveloping the Lord Manor and surrounding spaces with a blood-red transparent shield!

And the blood threads continued spreading, converging into the shield above!

The edge of the shield kept flashing with eerie red light!

Each flash thickened the shield!

Each flash brought more civilians’ screams!

Fa Fuke looked incredulously at everything before him, eyes filled with rage!

The Dawn Society was sacrificially using the lives of Giant Stone City civilians to form a barrier!

Fa Fuke was still shocked when a servant at the manor entrance suddenly raised his hand,

"Luo De, today you will surely die here!"

As the words fell, a golden fireball larger than a pumpkin appeared above Luo De’s head!

"Holy Light Punishment!"

No one could react as the golden fireball plummeted straight toward Luo De’s head!

"Crack!"

The cyan shattered instantly, transforming into light points disappearing in the air!

The golden fireball halved in size, but its descent remained undeterred, heading straight for Luo De’s head!

"No!"

Fa Fuke roared, a surge of cyan energy gushing from his hand, directly striking the golden flame!

"Woo!"

Under the fierce energy shock, the golden fireball exploded above Luo De’s head!

The enormous impact instantly blew away the Frost Iron Guard, and Luo De’s body also flew backward!

"Fa Fuke, you traitor!"

The spell-casting servant roared loudly, ripples appearing on his face like water!

In the next moment, the servant’s true face emerged!

It was Bishop Salido!

"You were never my ally, how could it be betrayal!"

Fa Fuke’s hand gleamed, "The wise man was right; we must always remember who the real enemy of the Dawn Society is!"

Upon receiving the wise man’s letter, Fa Fuke completely changed his mind.

In the letter, the wise man spoke of Luo De’s new discovery on Morian.

The wise man shared Luo De’s view that the Church will always be the enemy of the Dawn Society.

And Luo De, as a Spellcaster, will always stand by the Dawn Society.

Fa Fuke realized even if the Church doesn’t involve itself in Broken Rock Empire affairs, can the Dawn Society remain confined within Broken Rock Empire without development?

If the Church gains control of the Western Alliance, will they turn back to erase Broken Rock Empire?

Fa Fuke understood only by developing the Dawn Society, only by continuously expanding knowledge, and ensuring sufficient Extraordinary materials, can he tread further on the Extraordinary path.

All this, Luo De as a Spellcaster can empathize with.

The support from Duke of Flowers, Luo De can provide.

The status given by Duke of Flowers, Luo De can also offer.

But the future of Spellcasters, Duke of Flowers cannot give, only Luo De can!

"Salido, I know you sacrificed so many lives just to isolate Luo De’s dragon!"

"But today I stand here!"

Fa Fuke kept his gaze locked on Salido and others, "I will not allow you to harm him!"

"Luo De!"

Fa Fuke glanced at the fallen Luo De from the corner of his eye,