The Princess And The Lord

Chapter 1289  Attack of the Bael

Lory was fast asleep during their journey to Brinwell when he woke up and realized that they were stuck in traffic just a few kilometers from the entrance of Brinwell, Lory straightened her back and then stared at the line of cars moving at a speed of a snail, "How long has the traffic been?" Lory's voice sounds hoarse after sleeping too long.

Beside her, Lydia had just woken up from her sleep, just like Lory, she was also dumbfounded by the traffic jam. Garrof glanced from the rearview mirror, "It's been more than half an hour like this, I didn't expect this many people to enter Brinwell."

"You don't know, Brinwell is one of the few cities that managed to develop at a stable pace, that's why many people are moving here," Owen, in the back seat with Daniel, answered.

Lory unscrewed the bottle lid and then drank a mouthful of water to moisten her dry throat after that she took out her cell phone to check if there was any news from Zhao Li Xin, but to her disappointment, there was no news from Zhao Li Xin, Lory turned her gaze towards the window and sighed.

Hey, maybe they do more stringent checks to get into Brinwell that's why it's taking so long?" Dan expressed his worry.

Lydia's body stiffened, but Garrof laughed then said, "Don't worry, we already prepared all the needed documents for all of us to enter Brinwell, and if anyone troubles us, we can use the Hamilton family's influence to help us" Garrof wiggled his eyebrows playfully at Lory.

Lory stared blankly at Garrof for a few seconds before soon remembering the gold brooch from Edmund Hamilton to recognize her as part of the Hamilton family.

"The name Hamilton still carries some weight in many countries including Luxemborough, if not they would not target them," Lloyd said in a sardonic tone.

"By the way, Hugo hasn't contacted us for a long time wasn't he?" Because many things happened that she only remembered about them now. It had been a long time since he heard how they were doing and if she remembered the involvement of the Augburn family with the S.A.I.N.T. organization, Luxemborough country, and also the underground Guild Lory couldn't help but feel worried for them, especially for Lilly.

Lory was about to call Hugo when the phone suddenly rang, unexpectedly Hugo called her.

"Mr. Hamilton!" Lory was stunned.

Hugo's friendly voice came from behind the phone, "Hi, Raven, how are you, sorry I haven't contacted you for a long time."

Hearing Hugo Lory's cheerful voice, she felt relieved "It's okay, I haven't contacted you for a long time too, how are you, sir?"

"I'm fine, it's just that Lily missed you a lot, actually she wanted to call you several times but she was afraid to disturb you, after all, she knew you were in the midst of a dangerous mission."

Lory chuckles as Lilly's troubled face flashes in his mind, "Please tell Lilly she can contact me anytime, is not as dangerous as she thought"

Everyone simultaneously turns their head at Lory, and Lory shrugs nonchalantly.

"Lilly would be happy to hear that" Hugo's voice softened hearing Lory's words, but he then remembered he had an important thing to inform Lory of: "Oh yes, the Azalea art gallery will be holding an exhibition for Mr. Zhao's painting, unfortunately, I can't contact Mr. Zhao this past few days, is he with you right now,?"

"Unfortunately not right now..." Lory turned her gaze to the window to cover up her sadness, but only for a moment then she returned to normal again: "Then what are your plans next, can you contact your friends?"

Hugo laughed out loud, "Yes, we will all gather at the exhibition, one of my requests to Azalea is to make the event as grand as possible, there will be all the famous people gathered there, and we will invite journalists from various famous magazines and also celebrities to enliven the atmosphere. Most of them don't know anything about art but it doesn't matter that way the enemy's attention will be diverted from our real goal, but it would be nice if you and Mr. Zhao could attend the exhibition, you don't need to do anything just be a spectator "

"Looks like we won't have time, we have a lot of things to do, and Li Xin doesn't like crowds and neither do I," Lory subtly refused Hugo's invitation.

"Oh, what a shame, even though they will serve twenty layers of Rainbow Macaroons and eighty types of desserts from twelve world-renowned pastry chefs," Hugo grinned mischievously like a sly fox.

'Oh, Dam*!'

Lory paused for a moment then said: "....I See what I can do"

there's a clear satisfaction in Hugo's voice, "Your presence will be highly appreciated"

The corner of Lory's lips twitched, "How is the situation with the Augburn family, do they still trouble you" "Oh about them, someone gave me evidence that Robert Augburn embezzled Ellecant group funds to develop his company Anchora, so I filed a civil lawsuit and succeeded in taking most of his shares in Ellecant and pushing the Anchora company to the brink of bankruptcy" Hugo was filled with enthusiasm.

"Oh, someone drops big pie on your lap for free, how nice..." Lory jest.

"Yes, we don't know who they are...yet, but I think it's from someone who hates the Augburn family or someone who wants to get rid of them."

"And you don't mind being used?" Lory was curious as to why this sly old fox didn't mind being used.

Hugo sighed in resignation, "I have to accept I have too many enemies, and the Augburn family is more dangerous than any other enemy because they are too deeply involved in my family so getting rid of them is always my priority"

Lory understands Hugo's worries, especially since the Augburn family continues to threaten the safety of the Hamilton family, so it's not strange that Hugo wants to quickly take down the Augburn family "Well, as long as you understand, aside from that, who do you think sent the evidence to you, can you guess who the perpetrator is?"

"I have a good guess though, by the way, have you heard of a new tech company called The Orsus"

"Orsus? No, never heard of it before," Lory replied.

"I figured, basically this is a new technology company founded by a woman named Amanda Haynes and she just announced that her company will collaborate with AEON to create new weapons to kill the new monsters that have appeared recently and to add the fun, the S.A.I.N.T. organization will join as advisors because at this point they are the only ones who can kill those monster" Hugo's voice hinted at a clear conspiracy taking place under their nose.

Lory's Eyes widened "Wait, I put you on speaker" After that Lory immediately put the phone on the speaker for everyone to hear, "So, because the plan to take over the Ellecant group Failed they turn to Orsus company now, why did they choose this company anyway?"

"Oh, here comes the big surprise, it turns out that Haynes is Elena Reynolds's maiden name, so Amanda Haynes is Elena Reynolds's younger sister" Hugo sneered.

"WHAT!" Garrof exclaimed.

Lloyd's breath hitched, while Owen and others who did not know who were these people felt the heavy atmosphere inside the car.

Lory massaged her temples while muttering, "So they started working together openly, huh? Looks like they stopped hiding their intentions," Lory directed her eyes outside the window.

"Yes, I really hated where this going" Hugo uttered in disdain.

For a moment everyone became quiet as they all immersed in their thought, suddenly Hugo broke the silence, "By the way, do you have information about Ethan" Hugo's voice quivered a bit.

"...Sorry, not yet ... we might know something when we talk to Elena Reynolds ... But that won't be easy, we don't know if she wants to work with us" Lory replies honestly.

"I..understand" Hugo knew it wouldn't be easy to find Ethan but he could not stop being hopeful.

The noisy sound from outside startled Lory and everyone in the car. People got out of their cars to check what was happening. Suddenly, they heard the loud sound of car horns, and several cars at the front appeared to be taking U-turns while some people ran frantically toward them leaving their cars stuck in traffic.

"What the hell?" Garrof got out of the car as people ran past their cars.

Lory frowned, even Hugo could hear the commotion that was happening.

"Raven, what's going on there, what is that noise?" Hugo worriedly asked.

"I'm not sure, I'll call you again, Mr. Hamilton." Lory then hung up the phone and got out of the car.

Owen jumped on the hood of the car to get a better look.

"You see anything, Owen?" Garrof holler.

"Don't know, I just saw smoke, a lot of smoke!" Owen made hand circles upon his eyes.

Lory then grabbed one of the women that ran passed her, "Hey tell me, what happened?"

The woman looks utterly shaken, "The - the - the Bael is attacking!"

Lory shakes her head in confusion "What's Bael?"

The woman's eyes bulge as if her eyeballs are about to jump from their socket "It's - It's the strange Beast covered with vines, it's the beast that cannot be killed" She shakes her arms from Lory's hand then continues running.

Lory put her hands on her hips and said incredulously "They called that 'thing' Is Bael now?"

"I guessed they are" Lloyd shrug.

According to ancient folklore, Bael is the name of a creature sent by the god of hell to drag every evil person, especially naughty children to hell to be punished by eternal torment.

 Basically, this is just a kid's story to scare children not to be naughty or they will be taken by Bael and dragged to hell. The creature also had different names depending on where you heard the story, some called it Balut, some called it Bayel, but most people call it Bael.

A lot of people grew up with this story as a result, this name became everyone's childhood fear, plus the fresh trauma during the Dark Age war, one can imagine the complete mayhem that will break out after this. Lory did not know if she should condemn or admire the people who came up with this idea.