"You are not Charlotte! You are a Blood Demon!"
Upon seeing Charlotte, who was shrouded in the Dark Element, Count Gaston’s expression changed drastically.
Charlotte did not respond.
She slowly stepped forward, blocking the other’s escape route.
Count Gaston’s expression darkened.
He knew that he had to take action personally now.
He saw Count Gaston toss aside his sword hilt and the glow in his hands shimmered.
He reached out and gently pulled in midair, slowly drawing a new longsword.
The sword was etched with complex inscriptions, glinting with a misty brilliance, and exuding a sharp aura—it was indeed a powerful Transcendent weapon.
Every ancient noble family had their own inherited Transcendent Equipment.
Count Gaston was no exception.
And the Transcendent Sword he had summoned was the very weapon he relied on during his battles in his younger years!
He grabbed the longsword and, with a furious shout, charged at Charlotte.
Dazzling radiance burst around Count Gaston, radiating a heart-pounding pressure.
That was the Source Power emitted by a Transcendent Knight.
As a seasoned Silver Moon, a Silver Moon who had experienced countless battles and duels, Count Gaston was also a formidable Transcendent.
Though the years had washed away his peak strength, he was still a solid Second Tier force.
His aura was even stronger than those lurking Silver Moon Second Tier Transcendents!
The fierce Sword Qi erupted as Gaston clashed with Charlotte.
However, after just one exchange, Count Gaston’s face drastically changed.
In his perception, he didn’t feel as if he was fighting a powerful Transcendent.
As their swords crossed, he felt as though he was facing a towering mountain, an abyssal sea...
A terrifying force came through, and Count Gaston felt like a locust charging at a war chariot.
His own Source Power was easily torn apart by the opponent’s unfathomable Magic Power, and he nearly flew backwards, unable to help spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood before collapsing to the ground.
Audis’s expression changed.
He hurriedly helped the old count up and then picked up the dropped longsword, placing himself in front:
"Father, I’ll hold her off. You go and gather the troops!"
Audis’s expression was resolute, but he was quickly pulled back by the old count, who cursed at him:
"Cough cough cough... Fool! She’s not an ordinary Blood Demon! Come back!"
As he spoke, Count Gaston immediately took out a silver Magic Scroll from his bosom, about to tear it open.
But before he could activate the scroll, a bolt wrapped in Dark Element magic pierced through the scroll in his hand, and the burst of Elemental Power utterly destroyed it.
"Lord Count, for a Teleportation Scroll to work, it must be unexpected."
Charlotte slowly lowered her hand crossbow, smiling as she spoke.
Count Gaston’s expression turned even uglier.
He struggled to rise and pulled Audis up again, planning to turn and retreat in another direction.
But when he turned around, he saw Sebastian, dressed in a black tailcoat, elegantly cleaning his white gloves as he blocked their retreat.
"Lord Gaston, I am sorry, but this way is blocked as well."
Sebastian also said with a smile.
Count Gaston’s expression immediately sank.
He knew that the Transcendents he had assembled were probably completely routed...
It wasn’t Silver Moon!
Such great strength was definitely not something a Silver Moon should possess!
Damn it! Since when did the leader of the Rose Association’s thugs become so powerful?!
Could it be... his strength has actually recovered to the Blazing Sun level?!
How is that possible?
Count Gaston’s expression grew uglier.
As a seasoned Silver Moon Second Tier, he could clearly sense the oppressive aura of transcendence coming from Charlotte and Sebastian.
Among them, the pressure from Sebastian was infinitely close to the Blazing Suns he had encountered.
As for Charlotte... he only felt as if she was a bottomless quiet pool, unable to clearly sense her strength, yet when facing her, there was a chill and fear as if his entire body was in an ice cellar.
Count Gaston did not know where this fear came from.
But one thing he was sure of, the girl in front of him... was absolutely not some noble young lady who had awakened her transcendent power just a year ago!
Even less likely was she the young Countess de Castel recognized by the Holy Light of the Holy Royal Court!
If she wasn’t Charlotte, then what was the deal with Sebastian?
Could he also be an imposter from the Blood Demon Church?
Looking at Charlotte and Sebastian, Count Gaston’s expression became even more solemn, and he even felt his scalp tingling.
He vaguely felt... that he might have really stumbled into the Blood Demon Church’s conspiracy unintentionally.
"Your Excellency... I do not intend to be an enemy of the Blood Demon Church, I think we might be able to have a talk."
Count Gaston looked at Charlotte with a grave expression and said solemnly.
Upon hearing his words, Charlotte was slightly startled, her expression suddenly somewhat inexplicable, while Sebastian said with a smile:
"Master, he really thinks you are from the Blood Demon Church."
Hearing this title, Count Gaston was also stunned.
It was no secret in Bold Duchy that Sebastian, the President of the Rose Association, served Charlotte de Castel as his master, and as an old noble of Bold, Gaston was not unfamiliar with Sebastian, the renowned Flame Elf.
Some things, perhaps, could be impersonated.
But by this point, many disguises had already lost their meaning.
Count Gaston’s gaze drifted between Sebastian and Charlotte.
Looking at the Flame Elf, whose behavior matched completely with memory, looking at the girl whose sweet smile was identical to the ones seen at the Duke Mansion’s banquet, his expression gradually became more intriguing:
"No... you... are you really Charlotte?"
"How could that be?!"
Looking at Charlotte with her changed hair and eye color, her aura deep and mysterious, Count Gaston’s expression was filled with disbelief.
He couldn’t imagine that the girl who received Divine Grace from the Holy Royal Court at her coming-of-age ceremony, the girl who began expelling Blood Demons from her territory as soon as she arrived, was herself an unfathomably powerful Blood Demon!
How could that be possible?
Could the Holy Light of the Holy Royal Court also be mistaken?!
Count Gaston could not understand.
Because all of this truly exceeded his comprehension.
Until sometime, as if a flash of lightning raced through his mind, he naturally thought of the various rumors he had heard at the Duke Mansion’s banquet in Bold City a year before...
And after the Blood Demon Sect’s incident, all the investigations conducted by the investigative team sent by the Holy Royal Court to Bold Duchy.
His gaze suddenly fell on Charlotte, his pupils dilated in shock, and his voice began to tremble:
"You... you are the evil... that descended in the Duchy!"
Count Gaston did not finish his sentence.
Just as the second half of his sentence was about to slip out, Sebastian had already flashed in front of him, covering his mouth and restraining him completely.
Along with this, he also tightly bound Audis, who was by his side and whose strength was only at the Starry First Tier.