Chapter 33: Family is the real wealth (seek investment!)
Fires lit up on the top floor of the giant villa standing in the night, and the stars of Mars fluttered along the evening breeze to the night sky.
Salomon stood in the stone-paved garden, looking up at the burning manor, behind him was a black bush with twisted and weird branches, and even the flames could not illuminate the deepest darkness.
The negative energy that maintains Barnabas and Victoria's activities has already begun to erode the land in the manor, and the temperature of Colin Manor is slightly lower than that of other places is precisely for this reason.
Living people who stay here will be slowly eroded by negative energy and become aging and sickly. Although Willy is an alcoholic, this low temperature makes his alcohol content even more and more.
Salomon saw the drunk Willy open the door and ran out of the hall in panic. After the old servant found the manor caught fire, he called the police. Salomon clearly heard the conversation with the fire brigade.
But instead of stepping out of the shadow to stop this behavior, he stood in a shadow that no one could find, and continued to stare at the top of the manor, waiting for the vampire to appear.
But such news can't be hidden from many people. Even though there are private territory around Colin Manor, the rapidly spreading flames and the fires dyed red in the sky attracted the attention of many people in the town.
Not long after Salomon waited, he saw a car rushing into the garden. Before the living people of the Corinthian family could stop, they jumped out of the car with anxiety.
After they saw the old servant Willie, they hurriedly pulled him to ask about the situation.
In fact, when Victoria, who was walking and chatting with them, suddenly turned into a bat and flew to the manor, Elizabeth felt something was wrong. She felt that what she was most worried about was still happening.
The most powerful woman in the Corinthian family immediately asked Caroline to drive back to Colin Manor, but before they could pass through the gate, they saw the sky-sky fire.
The drunk old Willy couldn't say much. No matter how Caroline patted his head or how Elizabeth asked, Willy only said that he heard a few sounds when he was dizzy. Before he could check, the smoke spread out along the corridor. When he ran out of the manor to check, he found that it was on fire.
"It's that wizard!" Caroline said angrily, a low snoring sound in her throat, she sniffed, trying to smell something.
Elizabeth's face was cold and hard, but her waist was straight, as if the smart and capable head of the Collins family was back thirty-one years ago.
After Angelique came to her home, Elizabeth had imagined whether the Collins family would encounter such a situation one day, so she made preparations within her ability.
Elizabeth handed a key to David standing beside her, and she said, "Child, follow Willy, go to the arsenal to get a few guns."
"But that thing is useless to the wizard." Caroline's face slowly grew thick hair, her toned legs became stronger, and her joints were deformed, just like the hind legs of a canine creature, and her height was much taller than before.
At the same time, her upper and lower jaw bones gradually lengthened, her teeth became sharp, her originally beautiful nose bulged, became ugly, her voice became low and hoarse, and she also had a threatening growl while speaking.
But the living people of the Collins family were not surprised by Caroline's change, but instead became accustomed to Caroline. Caroline was a werewolf - Angelico Butchard extended her hatred for Barnabas to the Collins family. Not only did she embarrass the Collins family in business, but she also wanted to pollute the bloodline of the Collins family. So Angelico ordered a werewolf to bite Caroline when she was a child.
This secret was not revealed until thirty-one years ago, when Angelica and Barnabas fought at Colin Manor.
"The wizard must be still inside," said Caroline. "Now, let's go in and kill him!"
"Wait until David brings the gun." Elizabeth did not recklessly want to rush into the villa to attack the wizard who might still be there. She said, "With the gun, at least we can help.
I believe that Barnabas and Victoria are not that easy to deal with. At least we must let the wizard know that the people of the Corinth family are not easy to mess with."
A large group of bats smashed the glass window on the top floor of the manor, and the broken glass fell on the stone floor. Elizabeth and Caroline raised their heads one after another.
They saw the bats hovering around the burning roof for a while, and then rushed to a dark corner of the garden.
"He's there!" Caroline shouted and rushed in that direction.
At this time, David and Willy also rushed back. Elizabeth took the shotgun from David and skillfully stuffed the bullets in. This was an old gun, Winchester M1917 trench gun, but old did not mean it was not easy to use. This gun was not discontinued until 1945 and was supplied to the military before. Until now, it was still used in SWAT. After loading the shotgun, Elizabeth helped David load his M1911 pistol bullets.
"You have to learn to fight." Elizabeth said to David while loading bullets, "I'm old, and you are the only normal person in the Corinth family. Caroline is a werewolf, which is why she has never gotten married.
The family still needs you to continue, be brave, David, no matter whether we can survive today, you will fight. Remember, David, remember, the family is the real wealth.”
Salomon reached out and clenched his fist, using the ring of Raggador to block the bats that were rushing towards him, and his arm felt the impact like a wave.
He stretched out his finger calmly, and a ghostly blade passed by him, cutting several bats in two pieces. But this could not stop the other bats. When the bats pounced down from the night sky again, he spread his palms again, and the deafening thunder suddenly sounded, and even Elizabeth and David, who were thirty meters away, heard it.
Lightning that appeared around him hit every bat, falling out of the air with the burnt smell and squeaking screams of burnt fur.
Immediately afterwards, Caroline rushed over while stepping on the stone slab. Salomon blocked the werewolf's sharp claws with his shield, then stepped forward and punched the werewolf hard on the abdomen, knocking the werewolf back into the garden with a whimpering sound.
In the next moment, countless sparks suddenly burst out in the shield in front of him, and a large number of small steel balls with unparalleled kinetic energy hit the ring of Raggador, overturning Salomon on the grass.
Before he could hide his body behind the shield again, another gunshot was heard, and several small steel balls passed through Salomon's calves.
The severe pain instantly blinded Salomon's brain, and he could no longer maintain the spell in his hand. The ring of Raggador flashed a few times and then extinguished. He felt his legs were extremely heavy, as if burned by flames, and blood was constantly gushing out from the broken flesh.
But this is not worth mentioning compared to the pain he suffered when he puts on the ring.
Salomon took a deep breath and forced himself to calm his emotions. He turned over, carrying countless grass clips all over his body, barely climbed up from the grass wet with blood. A white light appeared in his hand and he quietly pressed it on his calf. (Character: Master of the Heavenly Realm, Yihuan, healing the injury)
Elizabeth held up the shotgun, pulled the bolt, walked over with great strides, and pointed the muzzle at Salomon, who was kneeling on the grass.
Victoria appeared behind Elizabeth with a group of bats. She looked at Salomon with hatred and said, "You are dead, no one can save you!"
Chapter completed!