Chapter 569 Arrest



As the Duke of the Province and August departed the Baier family for House Frost, the Transcendents, Dukes of other Leopoldine provinces, were on the outskirts, observing the situation.

They were still in Peters City to monitor the Secret Realm and the return of Lothur. But upon hearing about the shocking events of this morning, the two could not help but come to the streets to observe the damage done by that young man's faction.

Both were amazed at the destruction this morning, something hard to see happening in the empire in such a short time.

Families were destroyed occasionally, and watching powers meeting their end was not so difficult as to make the Peters City event unprecedented. But these things happened after weeks, months, and years of combat or decline.

Hundreds of experts and more than one family disappearing in a matter of minutes was not normal to happen!

With that, both Dukes were shocked by this event they had never witnessed before.

One observed the situation on that now ownerless estate and asked the other. "Don't you find that strange?"

"What? What do you mean?"

"From what we've heard, the factional allies of the Third Prince in this city were the ones who initiated the attack on Frost House. And they intended to do it by surprise... But even so, the ones who acted by surprise were Lothur's allies."

"Oh? Thinking about it that way, it is a bit strange. Did Lothur's group know that the Frost family would be attacked?" That individual understood his colleague's line of reasoning.

"Probably... But how did he do that? I thought the Third Prince's allies had Blood Contracts preventing them from saying dangerous things."

"That's a good question. Maybe he has his own means. I hear that the Koch family is very close to him."

Those two continued talking, having left from there to see the situation at the headquarters of the Vogel family, that power that had also been wiped out this morning.

Upon arriving at that place, the two saw the bodies of many elders with poisoning marks, something strange to see in poison masters.

"Uh? How is that possible?" One of them exclaimed. "Those poison masters have been poisoned to death!"

The other one paled as he realized that those were 2-star poison masters. To die from poisoning, they would have to suffer from Silver-grade substances, only produced by 3-star poison masters.

Someone of that rank could endanger even Transcendents, so immediately, the two were careful not to touch anything in that place.

The crowds near that property were also watching out for Rebecca's poison, which had killed more than a hundred people that morning.

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Sometime later, at Elisabeth's house...

At this moment, a group of imperial guards had just arrived, intent on arresting Rebecca for this morning's atrocities.

Unlike the other people who had acted against the headquarters of Lothur's enemies this morning, Rebecca had been the only one to leave any trace of her actions.

But that wasn't entirely her fault for her foolish negligence. Her poison was somewhat different from that of ordinary poison masters. Because of this, soon, the men beginning their investigations into what had happened in the Vogel family realized a potent poison that only someone with the Ancient Poison Body could produce.

Through this, they were there to take this woman!

"Rebecca, surrender now, or we will invade this place!" One of the leaders of the imperial guard in that city, level 15, shouted, threatening everyone in that house.

The imperial guard was present in every city with more than 200,000 inhabitants in the empire. However, it did not act as ruler of these areas but as protector and enforcer of the Emperor's laws.

So the Peters City group was acting this morning to try to control that city's situation, maintain order, and prevent the state from losing more of its families. In the midst of this, they would also seek to enforce justice!

Elisabeth had overlooked that her disciple's poison was indistinguishable, something she had never realized since it had never been her intention to cover her tracks in actions like today's.

So she was feeling terrible right now for having put her disciple in this situation without even realizing it.

'Damn it. I put Becca in danger because of a personal matter!' She was pale with nervousness as she heard the door of her residence being slammed.

Rebecca was standing next to Elisabeth and the two disciples of this level 15 woman, a little scared to tell the truth but not blaming her master.

She was the one most used to her Physique, so she should be the one to know her characteristics and take necessary actions to protect herself.

So she blamed her dumbness and lack of attention for this situation.

"What do we do?" The young man there asked, sensing that Rebecca had no escape. "If Lothur were here, we could do something about it... But with him in the Secret Realm, it will be difficult to deal with."

"Yes, Rebecca had better surrender herself, and we should get help from the allies at the Ritter Motor Company. There's no point in us just standing around here." Rosa, the rival of that young woman with the Ancient Poison Body, suggested.

Rebecca clenched her hands when she heard this, but she couldn't fight back at the woman's words. She then said. "I'll do it!"

"Becca, wait!" Elisabeth said nervously.

"No, mistress, I have to do it. Rosa is right. There is no point in us just standing here. That may even generate implications for you." Rebecca refused to listen to her mistress, heading toward the exit. "I know this will be risky, but I trust that you and the rest of the Ritter Motor Company will do something to help me. So I'm not worried."

"Becca..."

"That..."

While that young man and Elisabeth felt bad about it, Rebecca said aloud to the people on the other side of that house. "Imperial guards, this is me speaking, Rebecca. I will come out and surrender, so please don't attack."

"Very well, I guarantee that you will not be attacked." The commander of those men shouted as he indicated for his men to put down their weapons but maintain their guard.

Then the main door of Elisabeth's residence slowly opened, and a green-haired young woman came out, her hands raised above her head.

"Rebecca Böttger, on behalf of His Imperial Majesty, you are under arrest for the murder of 102 members of the Vogel family." He said aloud before three men dressed in strange equipment approached her.

They were carrying armaments capable of neutralizing potent poisons, something sent by the imperial family for situations like these.

The three individuals quickly placed several items on Rebecca's body, covering her mouth and hands, handcuffing her, and sealing her cultivation with a formation on her neck.

A poison master could produce poisonous substances all over their body. Still, their main production areas were their hands, mouth, and genitals.

The poison produced by other areas could be easily avoided by touching them using ordinary gloves.

Thus, they arrested her and soon put her into a carriage to take to the local detention of the imperial guard.

"Commander Voigt, what will happen to her?" Elisabeth came out of that property and questioned anxiously.

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