Baron Cullen

At this moment, Lamont's face darkened, and he looked at Kevin coldly and said, "Commander Kevin, we have discovered a major case here!"

It is now suspected that this mansion is holding a large number of young girls who have recently gone missing in the city, and that these girls are being used for illegal activities!

We are currently rescuing the victims!

"A large number of missing young girls? Imprisonment?" Kevin feigned surprise, then his face hardened. "Deputy Commander Lamont, you should know that investigations require evidence!"

You said a missing young girl is being held captive here. Where is she?

Lamont argued forcefully: "The person is inside the house. You bring them in with us..."

Before he could finish speaking, Kevin immediately interrupted, "What a joke! You don't even have any evidence, yet you say you're going in with you?"

Don't you know that without evidence, your chapter's actions constitute trespassing on private property, which, according to Imperial law, would land you on the guillotine?

After saying that, he felt that he had grasped the key point and continued to sneer: "Moreover, even if people are really imprisoned inside, the order should be issued by the city lord's mansion in conjunction with the church, and then our knights should be investigated!"

"Your warband is abusing its power and indiscriminately killing innocent people!"

Upon hearing this, Lamont clenched his fists in anger and roared, "In that case, I swear in the name of my Kenny family that if the person I'm talking about isn't in this house, I'm willing to accept punishment under the laws of the Empire!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of both the members of the battle group and the knights wielding bows and crossbows changed.

Even Kevin was slightly taken aback at this moment.

But he quickly regained his composure and immediately changed the subject, shouting sternly, "Lamont Kenny! What do you think you're doing right now?"

Do you also want to follow in the footsteps of Baron Karen Waller behind you, using your status to pressure the city lord, the church, and even the empire?!

I'll say it again: if there really is a problem here, then we should resolve it according to the proper procedures!

Now, as the Grand Master of the Knights of the City of No Breath, I order you to lay down your weapons and surrender immediately!

This place is now under the command of our Knights!

As he spoke, he gestured for the knights behind him to step forward, making the already crowded courtyard even more congested.

For a time, the atmosphere between the two sides was tense and deadlocked.

Karen, meanwhile, watched all of this with cold indifference.

The fact that the Knights are here means there's a traitor within the chapter, but now is not the time to dwell on that.

He immediately moved closer to Lamont and said in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"Vice Commander, I hope you can lead the brothers to hold off the Knights here for a while."

I'll go in myself to gather evidence, even if I get punished by the city lord's mansion later!

Lamont continued to stare intently at Kevin, but after a moment's thought, he calmly responded:

"Go ahead! Don't worry, if anything happens, the commander and I are here for you!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Karen suddenly turned around and rushed into the mansion gate like an arrow released from a bow!

"Damn it!" Kevin, who was not far away, immediately changed his expression upon seeing this and hurriedly shouted, "Stop him right now!"

The knights immediately turned their crossbows around and aimed them at Karen's back!

"I'd like to see who dares!" Lamont roared.

He slammed his giant axe into the ground, the powerful impact causing the knights to stagger back a few steps.

At the same time, the members of the battle group also assumed fighting stances, completely blocking the gate of the mansion, looking as if they were determined to fight to the death.

"asshole!!!"

Kevin was furious when he saw that Karen had disappeared.

He never expected that kid to be so decisive and bold!

On the other side, Lamont still stood at the front, a faint smile playing on his lips.

Now, whether the imprisoned girls and the warband can coexist peacefully depends entirely on Karen.

...

Meanwhile, Karen had already entered the hall.

He had just taken a step when he suddenly remembered something and immediately raised his hand to feel around his neck.

Soon, a crystal necklace emitting a faint luster appeared in his palm.

Illusion Crystal Necklace!

This was a gift from Donald, the former president of the Mage Association. It is said that as long as extraordinary elements are injected into it, the magic within can be activated, and it can record everything that happens around it!

Isn't this the perfect tool to secure evidence?

With that thought in mind, Karen immediately infused the necklace with extraordinary elements to activate it, and then hung it around her neck.

After doing all this, he immediately rushed into the depths of the mansion, intending to find the entrance to the basement first and rescue the girl who was being held there.

But just as he was about to rush down the stairs, he suddenly heard a series of heart-wrenching screams coming from the second floor!

The shouts sounded very childish, and although they were sharp, they were not loud, so they could not be heard at all from outside the house.

The girls on the second floor are in danger!

Without the slightest hesitation, Karen immediately rushed upstairs to the second floor.

The second-floor corridor was deserted, except for a few rooms with their doors tightly shut, and the screams came from those doors.

He immediately activated the extraordinary elements within his body, arrived in front of the first door, and kicked it open with a bang!

Bang!

In the first room, a man covered in white, fat flesh raised his whip and lashed it down hard at the little girl curled up on the bed without hesitation!

Karen reacted quickly, grabbing the whip that was being swung at her and then pulling the fat man towards her.

Boom!

Immediately following was a heavy punch to the obese man's stomach, the intense pain causing him to kneel down with a thud.

"M-My lord, spare me! This...this has nothing to do with me!" The fat man's face was contorted with pain as he pleaded with tears streaming down his face, "It was all...it was all Lord Bastian Jim who invited me here! I...I don't know anything!"

I'm willing to donate money! I'll donate a lot of money to the City Lord's Mansion!

"If you can spare my life and not tell anyone my name..."

Karen ignored the obese man and turned to look at the little girl curled up by the bed, crying incessantly.

The little girl's clothes were torn in half, her body was covered with bloody whip marks, and her face was streaked with tears and filled with deep fear.

He crouched down, about to pull a thin blanket from the bed to wrap around the little girl, but then he thought that touching her wounds directly might cause further harm.

Thinking of this, he could only stop what he was doing and try to make his voice sound as gentle as possible: "Don't be afraid, it's all over now."

I'll take all these bad guys away, and they won't hurt you anymore!

The little girl stared at him blankly, then nodded timidly, her small hands clutching her tattered clothes tightly.

Seeing this, Karen didn't say anything more.

He stood up abruptly, grabbed the obese man who was still kneeling on the ground, dragged him into the corridor, and threw him down there.

Immediately afterwards, Karen kicked open the second door.

What came into view was a young man preparing to climb out of a window and escape from the place.

The man was dressed in expensive clothes and looked like a scion of a noble family.

But when he saw Karen burst through the door, he was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

He too began to beg for mercy incoherently, claiming he was willing to pay any price to keep the matter confidential.

Karen followed the same method, first calming the little girl in the room, and then throwing the nobleman's son directly off the second floor.

The same was true for the next two rooms, to which Karen remained unresponsive.

He ignored the nobles and wealthy merchants who were kneeling and begging for mercy. As soon as he entered the room, he took care of the little girl who was almost abused and humiliated, and then threw all the nobles and wealthy merchants downstairs.

After dealing with these matters, Karen left the room and headed straight for the last room.

This room was the one that puzzled him the most.

Previously, when observing through the perspective of the mysterious runes, each room on the second floor had two auras, but only this room had one aura.

Could it be that this room wasn't used by Bastian to entertain nobles and wealthy merchants, but instead contained important evidence and was guarded by special personnel?

With this question in mind, Karen went to the fourth room and kicked it open!

He saw a man with his back to the door, slowly putting on his clothes.

Hearing the sound of the door being broken down, the man turned around impatiently.

Karen was startled!

The person before them was none other than Jacob Lance, the captain of the sixth squad of the Knights!

Karen was about to say something, but when he turned his head and saw the scene on the bed, he froze!

A little girl who looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old was thrown onto the messy bed like a broken doll.

Her clothes were already torn to shreds, but the wreath made of flower petals on her wrist made Karen feel as if the blood in her body had frozen!

He recognized the girl; Lina, a girl from the working-class area in the west of the city who made a living by selling flowers!

That girl with big, sweet eyes, who said she'd go home after selling all the flowers!

Karen was about to speak, but the next moment she suddenly noticed that Lina's wide-open eyes had unfocused pupils, and her small face was frozen with extreme fear and pain.

There was a lot of blood left at the corner of his mouth, and his exposed skin was covered with purplish-blue bruises and blood-red scratches. The bed sheet beneath him was soaked with large patches of dark red blood!

Lina has stopped breathing.