Charlie pondered the situation and concluded that the four earls were likely individuals possessing an aura simr to his own.<fn4268> Updates are released by f?ndnovel</fn4268>


    Someone with such an aura naturally holds much greater power than a typical martial artist.


    Furthermore, their strength could potentially surpass his own.


    Charlie was also troubled by the true intentions behind the emergence of these four earls. They might be searching for Lin Wan’er (ni) and the ring she had given him, or they could be on the hunt for the ring that had been destroyed twice, once in the United States and once in Northern Europe. They could be pursuing either or both of these targets.


    Reflecting on this, Charlie felt a wave of unease wash over him.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    If just one earl from the Qing Dynasty confronted him, he would feel confident in his ability to handle the situation. However, if two earls were to appear simultaneously, he feared he wouldn’t stand a chance against them.


    Moreover, sitting in Aurous Hill, he believed he could manage a straightforward encounter with a short-sighted individual. But if an earl, who had broken away from the Qing Dynasty, were to locate the Wanlong Pce or track down the dead soldiers’ base in Cyprus, neither he nor his associate, Qiu Zhiyuan, would have any hope of victory.


    In fact, it was possible that the two could end up eliminating each other!


    Charlie was acutely aware that the cavalry guards responsible for capturing Lin Wan’er (ni) had been dispatched from the dead soldiers’ base in Cyprus. From the moment Lin Wan’er (ni) was attacked, they would trace the incident backward, seeking clues rted to her movements.


    In their backward investigation, they’d naturally look into where Lin Wan’er (ni) had gone and what she had done.


    Conversely, in their forward investigation, they would aim to uncover the origins of the cavalry guards, who they encountered along the way, and their actions.


    If they only pursued leads backward, Charlie felt no fear, as he had sessfully concealed all traces rted to him with Helena’s assistance, making it impossible for them to find him. However, if they shifted their focus to a forward search, their primary target would inevitably be the dead soldiers’ base in Cyprus!


    If they merely sent envoys like Duan Liye, Charlie wasn’t overly concerned about them detecting any oddities.


    Yet, if one of the four earls traveled to Cyprus, he might quickly realize that everyone at the base had been detoxified, which would raise immediate suspicions!


    Thus, the most pressing issue at hand was to devise a n to safeguard the lives of those knight guards and dead soldiers in Cyprus.


    If they were exposed, their fates would be sealed, and even the Wanlong Pce would be powerless to save them!


    With this in mind, Charlie began to strategize his next steps.