Chapter 644: Chapter 51 “Counselor” Little Fernando Chapter 644: Chapter 51 “Counselor” Little Fernando Within the Hall of Silver and Tin, there might be many knights controlled by the Flame Demon.
But these unintelligent derivatives of the Flame Demon, without being directly controlled by the Flame Demon itself, are actually not much different from non-intelligent copycat monsters.
Once they were lured together, a single shot from the Defiant Flame Butterfly would be enough to bury them all.
As for the Flame Demon’s essence, it had already fallen into a brief sleep under the control of another Transcendent of the Path of Dusk.
Even with such a commotion, it still did not awaken.
And after a long time…
when the old man clad in a black robe approached slowly, this place was already deserted.
He had not arrived late by accident and missed the invader.
——The old man had done it on purpose.
Fernando Brizvik was not from some grand noble lineage.
Though he was indeed of noble birth, his father, the elder Fernando, was just a fallen Viscount who had sold his ancestral lands.
The reason he had come this far, apart from his talent in the Path of Dusk, was mainly due to his usual caution and prudence.
If he’d run into the enemy head-on, they would have had to fight.
If he let them go directly, it would have been his responsibility; but if he fought them…
Now, Fernando had already become a Transcendent of the Fifth Power Level!
As the dean of the Spirit Tower’s First College, the newly appointed Count Brizvik, a colonel of honor, the Deputy Minister of the Railway Department, he was only one step away from becoming the next Black Chancellor!
Such a prominent figure, playing with life and death?
He’d fulfill his duties…
coming over to take a look, so he wouldn’t be at a loss for words when Queen Louise later inquired about what had happened outside.
He cautiously controlled spirits, spreading them far and wide, scouring the area——these spirits were intercepted in an emergency when the knights were being transformed into Flame Demon Knights, made into his own spectral servants.
Only after confirming that the enemy had left did the old man carefully approach and attentively sense the residual powers of the Path around him.
The old man couldn’t help but feel alarmed internally.
——Because he not only sensed the intense remnants of the Path of Devotion but even vaguely sensed divinity!
No, it doesn’t seem like it,” Fernando murmured to himself.
So, was it a powerful Phantom Demon of the Path of Devotion?
The old man quickly identified the other’s identity.
It must be a Phantom Demon from the Path of Devotion passing by, who sensed the birth of the Flame Demon and came to have a look…
Hopefully, that’s the case.
Or rather, it could only be the case.
Because if it were otherwise, he could do nothing.
Fernando was present here, more as a limiter for the Flame Demon.
Many of his powers were used to seal the Flame Demon, and part of his strength was for protecting the Queen Consort and the Prince.
He didn’t have much combat power left for himself.
If there were too many enemies, or they were too difficult to handle, he might have no choice but to unleash the Flame Demon and flee.
If that were to happen, the Flame Demon rampaging on Glass Island might utterly destroy the city…
His teacher would definitely not be pleased.
His teacher was the current Black Chancellor, and he had potential to become the next one.
Now he only had one rival left.
This trip to Avalon was to amass credentials under his teacher’s arrangement.
For his teacher, who had lived almost three hundred years, was planning to imitate the original Black Chancellor and transform himself into an undead before retiring.
Meanwhile, he had to compete with another lady.
Though he was over seventy years old, for a Transcendent of the Path of Dusk, this could at best be considered middle age.
A Transcendent of the Fifth Power Level from the Path of Dusk could live to at least one hundred fifty years…
and if he used Magic Potion to extend life, he could easily live to two or three hundred years old.
As for the physical decay and deterioration, that in itself facilitated the perception of the Path of Dusk.
Without knowing the pain of aging, one couldn’t appreciate the weight of life and the mystery of death.
Fernando was not yet a hundred years old.
If he could take up the position of the Black Chancellor, he could at least remain there for thirty or forty years.
…Perhaps, it’s better not to get involved.
Looking at the land and the palace, completely devastated by tremendous power, forming a long tunnel, the old man very sensibly decided to turn a blind eye.
After all, this had nothing to do with him; it was a problem with the plan laid out by the current King Majesty.
General Karl’s death and transformation into a Flame Demon led directly to the Knights of the Round Table, as well as the counterfeit princess, perishing in the inferno.
Although a new “puppet” could be made at any time, they hadn’t brought spare materials this time——it would be bad if that was discovered.
Now, the golem masters in the rear army were urgently making new puppets, but it was already too late.
——This led directly to the collapse of the original plan.
Because without “Princess Isabel” to bear the pressure and surrender, the Royal Palace engulfed by flames, and the Knights of the Round Table assimilated by the Flame Demon…
instead incited the Avalonians to switch from fear to anger.
Even though the Star Antimony armies easily breached the frail Avalonian army from the front, even though the war colossi had already entered Glass Island, even though these rebels didn’t have a true top commander…
they were still fighting tooth and nail in bloody street battles.
——Three days of bloody combat, not a hint of willingness to surrender.
Even civilians were affected, shifting from initial fear and resistance to increasing anger.
The descendants of those who once fought the Giants were now having their courage reawakened…
That overwhelming rage was something Fernando wanted no part of.