Chapter 334: Monster
At this moment, none of this had happened yet. Of course, Hanson Charlotte was unaware that Leon Merlin had only read about it in a book...
Hanson Charlotte was truly terrified—a young mage from the Merlin Family had somehow uncovered the Charlotte Family’s deepest secret. For the Charlotte Family, this was nothing short of a disaster. No, he couldn’t let him leave alive. Before he could tell the Merlin Family, Hanson had to make sure he stayed silent forever...
At this point, Hanson Charlotte no longer cared about the Starstone at all...
Compared to the Charlotte Family’s greatest secret, the Starstone was insignificant.
"Leon Merlin, you forced me!" Hanson Charlotte gripped his staff tightly. He began to chant—a spell that sounded half like an incantation, half like a prayer. Hanson’s face twisted, black smoke billowed out, thick with blood and sulfur...
Within the black smoke, Hanson Charlotte let out guttural, beast-like roars. Pain mingled with twisted pleasure, and sharp, rending sounds echoed—as if something was being torn apart. Even Ross Merlin, a hundred meters away, felt the surge of evil and terror rising wildly...
Finally, the black smoke dissipated...
Ross Merlin, watching from afar, could only gasp in shock...
No, no, no—it wasn’t just Ross Merlin who felt it...
Even the Level 5 Magus who had arrived with Hanson Charlotte couldn't hide the terror on his face when he witnessed the scene...
The Level 5 Magus's staff slipped from his hand with a sharp crack, his face turning pale as a sheet. He staggered backward, mumbling incoherently as if trapped in a nightmare.
"Monster, monster, monster..."
Yes, what emerged from the black smoke was nothing short of a monster.
Its entire body was covered in dense black scales, a long tail lashed back and forth, and atop its grotesque head, two curved horns protruded. There was not a single trace of humanity left in its form...
"Useless!" With a guttural roar, the monster whipped its long tail, dragging the Level 5 Magus before it in an instant. A hand, sheathed in black scales, reached out and, with a casual twist, snapped the magus's neck with a chilling crack...
"A coward who flees the battlefield—parasites like you have no place in the Charlotte Family..." After breaking the magus's neck, the monster tossed the corpse aside. Its twisted head swiveled toward Leon Merlin, eyes blazing with bloodlust and cruelty. "Hehehe, Leon Merlin, I'll give you one last chance. Hand over the Starstone..."
"Your acting is pathetic..." Leon Merlin gave a helpless smile.
At this moment, Leon Merlin honestly wished Hanson Charlotte could see himself in a mirror. Just look at you—neither man nor ghost. To keep your secret, you didn't even spare your own people. And now you tell me to surrender the Starstone and you'll let me live? That kind of lie wouldn't fool a child...
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