Baron Cullen

For a moment, the square became deathly silent.

Everyone was stunned by Karen's do-or-die courage and determination.

Jocelyn and Cecilia stared at him in utter shock, their eyes filled with disbelief and worry.

Meanwhile, Leo's expression completely changed in the audience.

He quickly stood up and said righteously to the judge's bench, "Lord City Lord, Bishop, please don't be fooled by that kid!"

He was trying to cover up his lies by making such an extreme vow!

He...he must have tampered with those fragments to openly make such an unreasonable demand!

Seeing that Delano and Albert seemed to be still pondering, Leo directly invoked his status and pleaded, "In the name of the Viscount of Absolute Breath, I beg you two not to listen to that boy's nonsense!"

Moreover, that kid, as a criminal involved in the case, actually touched the evidence in the case without authorization, which is a serious crime in itself!

"With numerous crimes on their hands, I urge you, Your Excellencies, to immediately execute the Waller family by burning at the stake, in accordance with Imperial law, to set an example!"

He practically shouted the last sentence.

In an instant, all eyes were on Leo.

Especially the nobles sitting in the audience, although they knew that the Bart family and the Waller family had always had friction in business.

But listening to Leo's words, they felt that he seemed very eager for the Waller family to die.

This is somewhat unreasonable.

Meanwhile, in the dock.

Albert looked at the young man below the stage, whose eyes were resolute and who was willing to pay the most terrible price to fight for the family's survival, and his face became more solemn.

He slowly stood up, holding a scepter, his voice calm yet carrying an undeniable authority: "In that case, I will personally verify the authenticity of this item in the name of the God of Light."

If the fragment is genuine, the Waller family must atone for blasphemy and falsely accusing the sacred artifact; but if the fragment is fake, they will be spared the burning at the stake!

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone in the square was startled!

Throughout the history of the City of No Breath, there have been those who were sentenced to be burned at the stake, and some of them were of considerable status.

But no one has ever been pardoned after being sentenced to be burned at the stake.

But the person who said these words is one of the two people with the highest status in the City of No Breath, so it can't be false.

If the fragment is found to be fake, then Karen and the Waller family will become the first person and the first family in the history of Breathless City.

However, unlike everyone else's reaction.

Leo's face was deathly pale.

He stood there, stunned and bewildered, muttering involuntarily, "It's...it's all over! Those fragments can't be examined...they can't be examined!"

After saying that, he closed his eyes in despair.

On the other side, Bishop Albert walked to the silver plate and raised the scepter in his hand.

A soft and holy white light began to emanate from the top of the scepter.

The light was not dazzling, but carried a power that could purify people's hearts and dispel negative emotions, slowly gathering around the fragments of the sacred artifact.

One second, two seconds…

As time went by, the fragments remained lying there quietly, without any reaction whatsoever.

Forget about resonance, it didn't even stir up the slightest ripple, as if the holy light was merely shining on a pile of scrap metal.

Bishop Albert's face immediately darkened.

He withdrew his scepter, turned to Lord Drano beside him and shook his head slightly, then looked around and his voice clearly echoed throughout the square: "These fragments do not resonate with the divine power."

They certainly did not originate from sacred artifacts.

After the words were spoken, the square fell silent for a moment, then erupted into chaos!

"It's fake! It's really fake!"

"My God! The Waller family has been completely innocent!"

"Who switched the sacred artifact?"

A burst of discussion erupted from the crowd in the square, with some expressing shock, some questioning, and some angry.

"No...impossible!" Leo Bal trembled and asked in a shaking voice, "Your Excellency, could you...could you be mistaken? How...how could this be?"

It must be... it must be that little beast Karen who used some trick!

Yes! It must be him!

He pointed at Karen incoherently, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

Lord Delano snorted coldly, and a powerful aura suddenly rippled out, enveloping the entire square, causing Leo's voice to stop abruptly and instantly silencing the restless crowd.

"Viscount Leo..." Delano's voice was icy. "Bishop Albert is a fifth-order divine servant. He personally examined me. How dare you question him?"

The way you're acting now makes it hard for me not to suspect that you're involved in this."

These words struck Leo like a thunderbolt, and he trembled all over. He hurriedly protested, "Lord! Bishop! I have been wronged!"

It must be Karen! Yes, he must be the one who framed me!

He somehow got a fake fragment and replaced the real one! That must be it!

However, Draenor is a man of great stature. As the lord of a city, how could he be fooled by Leo's tricks?

His gaze was sharp as a knife as he stared coldly at Leo and said, "Is that so? Then please tell this city lord, Viscount Leo, that the Waller family has long been imprisoned separately by Bishop Albert and me."

Even the only superhuman in their family, Jocelyn Waller, was only a second-tier warrior.

"I would like to ask, how could the Waller family have managed to switch the artifact fragments without anyone noticing and frame your Baal family?"

"This...this..." Leo was stumped, stammering and unable to answer.

His words just now were blurted out in a moment of panic.

Upon careful examination, it is naturally riddled with flaws and beyond any point of argument.

Kneeling in the center of the stone platform, Karen observed the current situation and knew that the time was right.

He spoke again, his voice calm and carrying a sense of control over the situation: "Lord of the City, Bishop! Since the fragments of the sacred artifact are fake, it means that the real sacred artifact must still be somewhere."

The transport of the sacred artifact was a top-secret mission, yet the attackers seemed to know the route and personnel perfectly, indicating there must be an inside agent within the transport team!

Inside man!

This word once again brought everyone to their senses.

Upon hearing this, both City Lord Delano and Bishop Albert showed a hint of surprise in their eyes, as they had indeed not considered this aspect before.

Now that Karen had reminded them, the two looked at him with more appreciation and recognition.

It's important to know that although Karen has a father who is an extraordinary being, she herself is just an ordinary person.

In this situation, his ability to discover details that even extraordinary individuals like himself could not find through the slightest clues is undoubtedly admirable.

At this moment, Draenor also ordered, "Men! Immediately lock up those surviving men in the transport team and interrogate them severely!"

I need to know who the mole is within an hour!