Amber Sword

Chapter 1147: Act 286: Losing Their Composure, Part 2

But Brand was completely unaware that the Lion Heart Sword had already emerged and was now in Frey’s possession, otherwise he would never have come up with such an idea. The Royalists had sealed off the news so well, and few people recognized the Lion Heart Sword. Initially, when Frey drew attention at the Knight Tournament, it was her own performance that attracted attention, not the sword in her hands. All these reasons led to Brand’s misunderstanding today.

Regarding the Princess’ question, Brand did not intend to answer. He was currently impersonating a house servant of Delphire, and though the question was directed at him, he was not qualified to speak here. He cast his gaze toward Delphire, who indeed replied with a bit of difficulty, "Princess..."

Griffith smiled, "Delphire, are you worried that I might dig into your corner?"

"Of course not." The Countess thought, that’s not necessarily true. In fact, people were unaware that the Kerkova Royal Family and the Yanbao Family had always had close personal ties, one of the Royal Family’s biggest secrets. She had known Griffith from a young age, and was well aware of the Princess’ competitive nature. If Brand truly was her subordinate, she wouldn’t be comfortable with this ’older sister.’ But since she knew Brand had nothing to do with her, she could just brush off the issue.

At this moment, a tall figure parted the crowd and approached the Princess. Brand saw clearly it was a middle-aged man dressed in black formal attire, with a slightly elongated face and sharp eyes. Anyone able to enter here obviously had a high status, yet he found it strange that the man seemed somewhat familiar to him, causing him to look again; his scrutiny caught the man’s attention, and Overwell turned around, slightly startled—Brand had not recognized him, but he did recognize Brand—he was Sir Wolf Overwell, who had once praised Brand’s talent in front of Griffith, yet seeing Brand here today gave him pause.

"How could this guy be here?" This noble known for his shrewdness frowned, immediately thinking of Brand’s identity as a Highland Knight. freēwēbnovel.com

"Lord Overwell, what has happened?" The Princess noticed Overwell’s expression and couldn’t help but ask.

Sir Wolf gave Brand a deep look—a wolf will always remember its prey—Overwell’s gaze made Brand frown. He didn’t know where he had met this guy before, but the other clearly recognized him. He wanted to confirm, but Overwell had already turned away—Brand only saw him exchange a glance with the Princess.

"Something happened outside, and everyone needs to evacuate." Overwell’s voice wasn’t loud, yet it unexpectedly overshadowed the whispering in the hall, making everyone quiet down.

"What happened?" Griffith beautifully furrowed her brows; this was Holy Temple territory, if something occurred it wouldn’t be a minor issue.

"Pagans have appeared outside." Overwell answered.

Pagan?

The entire hall seemed ignited, the Flame Temple was not exclusive, allowing minor sects or mysterious cults to propagate between countries aside from the Five Great Sanctuaries that didn’t interfere with each other. However, when the Five Great Sanctuaries mentioned Pagans, it usually referred to cultists following Twilight or the Dark Dragon. Regardless of why cultists appeared in the central region of the Temple’s jurisdiction, rumors said most cultists were cruel, evil, and mad. Most nobles present certainly didn’t wish to become collateral damage, leading to some noblewomen even screaming.

Not just the ordinary nobles, even Griffith and Brand couldn’t help but be startled. Erune’s Princess was astonished that cultists had infiltrated the gathering, but Brand was shocked because such an event never occurred in history, thus making him even more surprised.

"What exactly is going on?" Griffith saw the Temple monks beginning to maintain order at the scene, and though they were at the center of the gathering, unable to see outside the manor, she knew this well and thus directly inquired.

But even the Lonely Wolf, known for his cleverness, shook his head this time.

Not just him, even Nemesia who first discovered the cultists was unclear about what actually happened. She had inferred from Frey’s information that Brand and others harbored ill intentions towards the Princess, immediately ordering her knights to prepare to protect the Royalists within the hall. But unexpectedly, as soon as she issued the command and the knights drew their swords, chaos ensued in the manor.