King of the Arcane
Chapter 89

Routed

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Inside Wayne Manor, the food on the dining table had already been cleared away. Although the Mistvale Family's servants were not Extraordinaries, they seemed to have been implanted with gu insects, giving them some ability to act. They concealed themselves quietly around the main entrance.

Bruce led the two large guard dogs to the backyard and chained them up.

The dogs had no idea what was about to happen, but there were a few meaty bones in the backyard, and they happily began gnawing on them.

Bruce patted their heads. They looked rather fierce, but after spending enough time with them, he had found them quite gentle. They did not even guard their food. Leaving them here was for their own safety.

Zatanna walked over to Bruce.

"Take me to the place where the Dark Bible is sealed. I'll guard it with you."

Bruce's hand paused slightly on the dog's head. "All right."

Given their friendly cooperation, Bruce could not refuse. He could only take Zatanna to the manor's basement.

"According to the records, this is where the Dark Bible was sealed. But I don't know exactly which corner it's sealed in. The information passed down was incomplete, and I don't know what signs might appear when the seal breaks."

He had brought her into the basement, and it really was the place where the Dark Bible had been sealed. Everything else, however, was something Bruce had made up on the spot. The Dark Bible was no longer here, but Zatanna might not know that.

If anything unexpected happened later, he could simply blame errors in the inherited information. It would have nothing to do with him.

I wonder what Ghost and Fawcett have prepared.

Bruce thought to himself, then made a show of examining the basement. "I rarely come

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