The whispers of fate were like a breeze brushing past—forever impossible to hear clearly, offering only vague guidance.
Charlotte had possessed the Golden Serpent Ring for some time. He had tried to annotate every whisper, and after mathematical analysis, he had quickly deciphered most of the meanings behind Whispers of Destiny.
Well, though most of it still came down to guessing.
The Golden Serpent Ring had been quiet for a long time. Charlotte had no idea why it suddenly issued a warning, but he did not hesitate. He pushed Agility Technique ×10 to its limit and rushed straight toward Golden Goat Herolf's residence.
The black dragon and Qiudro often had matters to attend to and could not always be found, but Golden Goat Herolf hardly ever left his residence. Charlotte chose the target he was most certain to find.
The moment Charlotte saw Old Goat, Insight abruptly activated. In that instant, he instinctively shifted his posture and changed position. Something fierce and scorching swept past him. Dust exploded from the ground, leaving behind a deep crater, and only then did he hear a sharp crack. Charlotte recognized it at once: it was the effect of a Demon-Breaking Armor-Piercing Bullet. In other words, someone was shooting Demon-Breaking Armor-Piercing Bullets at him.
Insight kept sending warnings. Charlotte hurriedly threw himself down, not daring to remain in one spot for even a moment. He changed positions several times every second as sharp cracks constantly passed by him. Judging from the firing frequency, it was almost certainly Byron's ultra-long-range repeating Alchemical Rifle.
Charlotte still remembered Julian saying excitedly, "A Saint Rank can withstand one Demon-Breaking Armor-Piercing Bullet, but what about ten? Twenty? A hundred? No matter how thick a Saint Rank's turtle shell of defense is, as long as you're willing to spend Demon-Breaking