Winston frowned when he saw a group of people surrounding Vincent and Reynard. ''He was only holding me back! Their real targets were those two!''


    "Why do you look so glum all of a sudden? Did you not anticipate thising?" Ludwig smirked derisively.


    "Do you think you can stop me from saving them?" Winston looked at Ludwig with a cold gaze. He had to admit that he had severely underestimated Ludwig and Rnd.


    Ludwig smiled tauntingly as he muttered. "Try me."


    Hearing this, Winston angrily roared as heunched a series of powerful strikes.


    At this moment, Rnd and the others had already surrounded Reynard and Vincent.


    "Rnd, it''s not toote for us to reconcile!" Reynard knew that they were no match against more than five Nascent Soul martial practitioners so he could only try to talk their way out. It was demeaning, but he would do anything to survive.


    "Spare me with your nonsense, Reynard! We both know that we could never reconcile! If you don''t want any unnecessary deaths, throw down your weapons and follow us willingly to the capital! You can try begging for His Majesty''s forgiveness."


    Reynard felt his blood run cold upon hearing those words. "What do you mean by that?"


    Rnd sneered. "There is no need to act innocent. We have already discovered your dealings with the Blue Sky Kingdom. You should know what will happen to your family once it is proven. Just give up on your resistance and surrender. It''s not toote to atone for your sins.


    Who knows? Maybe His Majesty would spare your descendants…"


    Reynard''s face darkened. They had been keeping this matter a secret, but it was actually discovered. He finally realized why the Firecrown Household was not afraid to confront them. It turned out that their confidence wasn''t just because of the city lord''s mansion. ''How did these bastards know about that?!''


    "My lord, don''t listen to him! There is still a chance for us to escape! We just need to break through their encirclement and retreat with our troops! We can seek refuge in the Blue Sky Kingdom!" Vincent immediately shouted when he saw Reynard''s contemting look.


    Vincent''s words seemed to have awakened Reynard. When he realized that he had almost fallen into Rnd''s schemes, he furiously pounced at him and brandished his weapon.


    "Now!" Seeing this, Rnd issued amand.


    "Took you long enough!" The Public Safety Chief snorted and made his move.


    The other officials also turned into a blur as they made their moves.


    Facing thebined attacks of the officials and Rnd, Reynard, and Vincent soon found themselves in a tough situation.


    Injuries appeared on their bodies as the fight progressed. If this went on, it was only a matter of time before they would be killed.


    Vincent gritted his teeth. "My lord, I will create an opening! Once I give the signal, you must quickly escape!"


    Reynard''s eyes shed for a moment. "Alright. I won''t forget your sacrifice." He nodded.


    Vincent sighed in his heart. He felt a bit hurt that Reynard didn''t even pretend to hesitate, but this was his duty as a subordinate of the ckcrow Household. He erased these thoughts from his mind and released a massive amount of Qi to execute a final struggle.


    [Fatal Point - Extinguish!]


    It was the name of the skill. This was one of the arcane-rank battle techniques of the ckcrow Household. It has five moves, with the fifth move being the most powerful. Using it would expend all his Qi in exchange for a destructive attack that could even instantly kill a Nascent Soul expert!


    Vincent''s face turned pale as he drew the form of the spell. He could feel the Qi from his body being sucked dry by the symbol he had drawn.


    Rnd and the others also felt the overwhelming pressure from the symbol. They immediately realized that this was a powerful spell that could kill them!


    "Don''t let him finish the symbol! Kill him!" Rnd shouted in rm.


    The Public Safety Chief and the others quickly attacked Vincent, but he ignored them and calmly drew the final strokes of the symbol.


    Reynard parried their attacks and was pushed back, but he managed to buy some time for Vincent topletely draw his spell form.


    "My lord! Please survive!" Vincent shouted as he released the spell.


    Multiple beams of light appeared at the tip of his ive and shot towards Rnd and the others.


    Bang! Bang! Bang!


    Seeing this, Reynard immediately turned around and fled without looking back.


    Meanwhile, Vincent let out a smile when he saw Reynard''s sessful escape. Blood leaked out from his nose and he also felt a wave of exhaustion that made him stagger. This was the consequence of overusing his Qi.


    Vincent stubbornly stabbed his ive into the ground to keep himself from standing. He then lifted his head and saw Rnd and the others looking at him with mixed feelings.


    They managed to block his final attack without receiving a lot of damage.


    "You have followed the wrong leader, Vincent." Rnd sighed while shaking his head. He felt that it was regrettable for such a loyal man to follow Reynard and the ckcrow Household.


    Vincent smiled. "Kill me!"


    Rnd sighed once more and finally nodded to the Public Safety Chief.


    Unlike the sentimental Rnd, the Public Safety Chief was apathetic. He walked toward Vincent with emotionless eyes. He then stabbed the man''s heart with a knife.


    Vincent''s vision blurred and he felt his body gradually turning cold. Thest thing he saw before closing his eyes was the apathetic gaze of the Public Safety Chief.


    "Go and find Reynard!" Rndmanded.


    The officials immediately went to pursue the fleeing Reynard as soon as he gave themand.


    Looking at Vincent''s corpse, Rnd hardened his gaze before he went to follow the officials.


    ''If Fredrinn hadn''t discovered the Snake Gang, we would have fought the ckcrow Household on our own.'' Rnd couldn''t even begin to imagine what would have been the fate of the Firecrown Household if that happened.