Super Righteous Player
Chapter 79 - 78 Alvin’s Ceremony_1

Chapter 79: Chapter 78 Alvin’s Ceremony_1

Annan’s carriage was stopped by the Viscount’s men a distance away from the estate.

Only he himself was invited to enter the Viscount’s mansion. The other three players on the carriage had to wait outside.

Yet, Annan and the players all calmly accepted this request.

It wasn’t that Viscount Barber wanted to trouble Annan with such a petty issue, forcing Annan to walk over to humiliate him.

This was Viscount Barber’s caution.

He was now over eighty years old, and neither his mind nor body were as sharp as those of the younger people. Even sitting on a chair for a prolonged time left him feeling extremely tired.

He could only act based on experience—the experience of living through three dynasties, four wars, and countless past power struggles.

Yes, Viscount Barber believed he had already won, and he had won big.

Tan Juan Geraint was originally supposed to go to "Roth Fort," the most prosperous city in Beihai territory, to take up the position of lord. This was a tradition of the Kingdom of Noah—lords of various territories usually resided in the economically most prosperous areas.

Because in such areas, prosperity ensured that at least one Silver Baron bishop was present to guard against nightmares and the interference of wild Transcendents in the lord’s normal life.

But Beihai territory was an exception.

The original core city of Beihai territory was Frostwater Harbor. As the lord of Roth Fort, Viscount Barber was merely a vassal to Earl Geraint.

However, with the incident that happened forty-five years ago, Frostwater Harbor was gradually sealed off, and the economy of the entire Beihai territory declined. The bishop too was recalled by the archdiocese. Thus, Earl Geraint no longer sent his direct descendants to the distant Beihai territory.

After all, Earl Geraint was the King’s trusted head of intelligence, not easily able to leave the Royal Capital. His family was also granted several hunting grounds and estates by the King close to the Royal Capital, and it was quite clear that the Crow family was not wanted back in Frostwater Harbor.

Although there is a sea separating Frostwater Harbor and the Duchy of Winter, after all, it is geographically adjacent to the Duchy of Winter.

While the King trusted the old Crow personally, he still had to be prepared for the possibility that the old Crow might betray him. The smartest way to do this was to simply not give him a chance to betray.

Preventing the Geraint family, who knew too many secrets, from returning to Frostwater Harbor would effectively avoid the chance of spies from the Duchy of Winter trying to contact them.

After all, one of Earl Geraint’s wives came from the Duchy of Winter. This kind of precaution was very reasonable.

And the entire Beihai territory was just an earldom. After removing Frostwater Harbor, the revenue shrank a lot. The territory was simply entrusted to Viscount Alvin Barber, Earl Geraint’s most loyal follower, for proxy governance.

In exchange, the young King also compensated the Geraint family with two positions in the royal guards.

Some more years passed since then, and the old Earl passed away.

The newly appointed Earl, being so far away, couldn’t suppress Alvin Barber’s actions with just letters.

After all, Viscount Barber hadn’t done anything bad.

Under the premise that Frostwater Harbor was sealed, he made Roth Fort the new economic center of Beihai territory, reconsolidated the territory’s resources, and focused on developing domestic construction; at the same time, he intentionally offered high wages to lure the young people away from Frostwater Harbor, weakening the population and continuously diminishing the economy of Frostwater Harbor.

Finally... Thirty-eight years ago, the acting bishop of the Beihai diocese was recalled, and the first district bishop was sent from the Royal Capital.

——This meant that the desolate and remote Beihai territory had completely regained its complete trade functionality. Therefore, it was re-certified as a diocese by the Silver Baron.

But this time, the bishop did not go to Frostwater Harbor.

Instead, he went to Roth Fort.

This meant the entire Beihai territory’s transport, culture, military, and politics would have to be re-planned with Roth Fort as the center. However, the title of the most important city in Beihai territory was something the Viscount cleverly never touched.

Although he didn’t obtain the name, in reality, he had already seized Beihai territory that belonged to the Geraint family.

Even the citizens of Roth Fort didn’t think they had no lord. They always regarded Viscount Barber as their lord—they were unaware of the distinctions between Viscounts and Earls.

However, Viscount Barber ultimately had one weakness.

That was, Beihai territory still belonged to the Geraint family.

That is why, before Tan Juan Geraint could arrive at Frostwater Harbor, he started plotting nuisances for him.

——If he could be killed, that would naturally be the best; even if he couldn’t be killed, he had to be made to submit. At the very least, they had to shut that youngster up, never allowing him to head to Roth Fort to follow official procedures and relocate his lord’s mansion there.

Because Annan could indeed do so.

It was completely in accordance with the process and rules!

Even if Annan’s lord’s mansion had not yet been built and the Geraint family was gone... it also meant that Annan would give the citizens of Roth Fort a wake-up call, reminding them of something:

The power of Viscount Barber was stolen.

Only, he stole it too early. He stole it forty years ago when he was regarded as a savior, so naturally he wouldn’t be criticized... Now, that fact had long been forgotten by people.

Once the people of Roth Fort began to doubt the authority of Viscount Barber, his plans would fall apart.

The reason why Alvin Barber was already victorious was that the only person who could influence his plan, "Tan Juan Geraint," had been successfully suppressed by him, not daring to oppose him;

The evidence that he had purchased Blackfire had been completely eradicated—there were no human or physical proofs left, and it wasn’t even the viscount’s men who had done it, but Annan himself who had erased it;

After Salvatore had killed Gerald, he would also likely have to return to the Black Tower, and he wouldn’t be back for a short while.

His grandson was already nearly six years old.

After another year...

The ritual would be complete.

This was an extremely long and complicated, momentous, and unnatural evil ritual to extend one’s life:

First, have his son inherit his power for seven years, then murder him; then let the offspring of this son inherit the same power for seven years, and murder them too; and then he himself would inherit the same power for another seven years, murdering all of this grandson’s offspring—all of whom should be around seven years old by then.

The first stage of the ritual would add seven years to his life,

The second stage would grant him fourteen more years,

But the third stage of the ritual would result in his own death.

Afterward, he could be reborn into one of the seven-year-old children from the third stage—specifically, into one of his great-grandchildren whom he had murdered. Carrying the resentment and curses of his descendants, he would become a natural Transcendent, starting at bronze level, gloriously living another life.

The only price was that he would become "castrated."

This ritual came from the False God "Rot Husband," an Evil God who was long wanted by the old grandmothers and bone-burying grannies.

It was said he was once a eunuch, hence his rituals often related to his own or others’ offspring, and the price was usually "to become like him." However, a significant number of these life-extending rituals came from him.

To deceive others, the old viscount specifically had his first son bear offspring with his wife. This way, nominally, his grandson could be disguised as his second son.

However, Viscount Barber never imagined that the hardest part was already over...

And now, the part about "the same power" had begun to destabilize.

He had to worry that Annan might hide Blackfire inside the carriage; or ambush with assassins and thieves, sneaking in while they conversed, searching for incriminating evidence against him.

Although Viscount Barber didn’t know Justin’s Curse Binding;

Justin also didn’t know the old viscount’s purpose.

He just wanted to spend another year and a month in peace—

Yet even that purpose could not be achieved.

"Good evening, The Lord Viscount."

Annan walked into the hall, looking towards Viscount Barber who was staring at him in shock, his lips slowly curling up:

"...It seems, you recognize Tan Juan Geraint. Do you also recognize who I am? That’s right, after all, you have lived long enough..."

If that’s the case, it couldn’t be better——