Chapter 469 260: It Must Be for Mr. Frederick

"Red Dragon Reverse Scale?" This time, Jack looked confused. "I didn't take the Red Dragon Reverse Scale."

'If Jack didn't take the Reverse Scale, then who did?' Baron was also a bit stunned.

Then he heard a soft female voice rise from behind him. "I took it."

Baron turned around and saw Kasha, the S Level Specialist from Westminster, standing at the doorway. She was wrapped in black veils, looking like an Arabian woman.

Kasha pulled the priceless Red Dragon Reverse Scale from within her robes and tossed it to Baron.

"This was my primary mission for attending this auction. The main goal was to assist SS Level Specialist [L] in acquiring the Red Dragon Reverse Scale."

Kasha blinked her emerald eyes from under the veil. "Governor Hoover gave me this secret mission directly. He told me to give this Reverse Scale to you."

"Many years ago, he had dealings with the Dragon Family, a Dragon Knight Clan. He learned from them that a Dragon Scale is immensely helpful for a Dragon Knight's training."

'It's true. The Red Dragon Aura on the Red Dragon Scale really did allow my power to take another step forward.' As for Governor Hoover... Baron had heard of the famous governor of Westminster Bank. Rumors claimed he was a Silver Tier Law Enforcer.

'And according to the gossip from Jack, the reason my application for SS Level Specialist was approved was because this very governor had vouched for me at the board meeting.'

'But every gift comes with a price, especially when it's from the governor of Westminster.' Looking at the Red Dragon Reverse Scale in his hand, Baron felt he now owed the man a favor.

'First, there was the SS Level Specialist certification, and now this Red Dragon Reverse Scale.'

Baron put the Red Dragon Reverse Scale away safely, and Kasha said to him, "The commotion downstairs has been quelled. Some of the Knights were lured away by that member of the Blood Race... I heard about your situation from Jack a little while ago. If what he said is true, the Lion Eye Knight Order at Traitor's Cliff has likely been held up by those Cultists by now."

"My Demon Eye can see that the sky is covered in an Alchemy Matrix. A small, enclosed Barrier has already formed over Berthelili. If I'm not mistaken, the properties of this Barrier should be 'Shielding' and 'Isolation'," Kasha said.

'Demon Eye...' Baron subconsciously glanced at Kasha's emerald eyes, concealed beneath her black veil. He had always found her eyes beautiful but never imagined they were a Demon Eye.

'The Alchemy Scriptures mentioned that the so-called Demon Eye is a power that can only be possessed by members of the Old Race who have been tainted by [Mystery]. Different Demon Eyes possess different [Authorities] and are said to be a once-in-a-century phenomenon.'

'Although such people can't become Law Enforcers due to being tainted by Mystery, their Demon Eye means they have no fear of facing an ordinary Law Enforcer.'

'No wonder Kasha is an S Level Specialist. Her Demon Eye alone is enough to qualify... No, wait. To put it another way, she's *only* S Level despite having a Demon Eye, whereas I'm an SS Level just for being a Dragon Knight... That seems a bit unreasonable, doesn't it?'

Baron couldn't shake the feeling that something big was waiting for him at Westminster, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was.

'I just need to get through this current crisis first.'

He asked, "Do 'Shielding' and 'Isolation' mean Berthelili will be hard to find for a while?"

Kasha replied, "For at least the next three days, yes. The Barrier also has a minor cognitive interference effect, which temporarily lowers a person's perception... But these are just side effects. The interference is primarily focused on one person."

"Who?" asked Baron and Jack in unison. Jack had been rummaging through the room for good wine.

Kasha answered coolly, "Silver Lion Wilder."

"My Demon Eye can see countless threads stretching down from the sky onto him. The rest are scattered messily over the other Law Enforcers."

Kasha said, "The main purpose of these threads is to reduce Silver Lion Wilder's Perception Power. As it stands, the greatest threats to the Dragon Eater Association in Berthelili are the Lion Eye Knight Order at Traitor's Cliff, and Silver Lion Wilder himself. He's the only other one who poses a real threat."

Kasha said, "I suspect their goal isn't just to help the Mad Dragon break its seal. They may have another objective: to use the Mad Dragon's revival as an opportunity to sacrifice the Old Race and Law Enforcers from the auction, offering them to the Mad Dragon to help it regain its strength."

"What are you doing?" Baron asked, seeing Jack suddenly start packing his things.

"What else? I'm getting out of here, of course! I'm only in my thirties, I'm still young! It would be such a waste to be caught and eaten as a snack by the Mad Dragon, wouldn't it?"

Jack said to Baron, "Look, man, let me give it to you straight. Forget about revenge for now. You'll have other chances later. We should just run for it together. I'm worried that you won't get your revenge and you'll just end up with another sin on your conscience."

"What sin?"

Jack pointed at himself. "Getting me killed."

Baron was left speechless. But then Kasha said, "As I just mentioned, Berthelili is now inside a small Barrier. We can't get out."

Jack's face fell, making him look like a kicked golden retriever. "I really don't want to die."

Kasha shook her head, apparently at a loss for words with Jack. She then turned to Baron, her expression turning serious.

"Our opportunity may be to take advantage of the weakened defenses around the auction and head to the west side of Traitor's Cliff to rendezvous with the Lion Eye Knight Order. Wizards from the London Tower are stationed there, and they have a secret teleportation matrix that leads directly back to London City."

"You even know the London Tower has a secret teleportation matrix there?" Jack looked at her with admiration. "No wonder you're an S Level Containment Specialist."

Kasha said, "If you were an S Level Specialist, you would have received a copy of the 'S Level Specialist's Containment Strategy Guide' that the vice-governor issues to all S Level Specialists. This book tells you about the Taboo Item collection rooms and related secret passages for every Law Enforcement Organization and Old Blood Clan in Europe."