As An Antique Shop Owner, It's Only Reasonable That I Know A Bit Of Magic - Chapter 122

“Pick up the necklace. Accept me…”

Lasher’s voice was thick with enticement.

Ron clutched her forehead.

Dizziness and confusion were eroding her reason.

She felt as if she had just taken a large gulp of alcohol, her body and mind out of sync.

From her chest, the last remaining Calming Talisman emitted a wave of clear energy, once again helping Ron resist Lasher’s bewitchment.

In that instant, clarity returned to Ron’s eyes!
“He really left you quite a few good things.”

Lasher’s expression turned ugly.

“Of course… I’ve already sent a message. Su will be here soon!”

“Hahaha… I’ve already lured him far away…”

“He should be dealing with that foolish branch family girl right now.”

Lasher let out a cold laugh.

“You deliberately led Su away before making your move. You’re afraid of him, after all.”

“Afraid he’ll defeat you again!”

Ron’s words, however, ignited Lasher’s anger.

“You think I fear him?! If I were reborn, he would be no match for me!”

“Look around you, Ron. Do you have any other choice?!”

The fire grew fiercer, and the utterly deranged Carlotta was closing in step by step!
At this moment, Ron’s life truly hung by a thread!
“Pick up the necklace. Accept me! I will grant you a new life!”

“You’ve seen my power. I can extinguish flames of this level with a mere gesture. That old woman cannot threaten you in the slightest.”

“The power I possess, I share with you!”

“All you need to do is put on the necklace. Accept me!”

Ron looked at Lasher before her and shook her head firmly.

“You will get nothing from me, demon…”

Just then, Carlotta let out a shrill cry and lunged forward, a dagger in hand!

Her hunched, diminutive form, aged and bent, resembled an ugly goblin.

Under normal circumstances, Ron, with her height over 1.7 meters and young physique, could have easily evaded and overpowered her.

But the flames restricted her movements.

Hindered on all sides, the dagger slashed across Ron’s forearm!
“Do you truly wish to die here?!”

“I will not die. Su will come.”

“Is that so…”

Lasher stared at Ron.

Soot from the smoke smudged her cheeks, her hair was disheveled, and blood welled from the cut on her forearm.

Yet even so, those blue eyes held no hesitation or wavering!
“Then die here…”

Lasher’s expression suddenly turned ice-cold.

If even the threat of death couldn’t shake her resolve, then so be it…

He understood, Ron could never become the mother foretold in the prophecy, the one to birth a body for his soul…

Though troublesome, requiring him to find a new candidate and wait centuries again, it seemed there was no other choice now.

Lasher poured his power into the surrounding flames, causing the fire to erupt violently!
The crackling of burning wood filled the air, and the beams above began to groan and tilt under the strain.

In the blink of an eye, the fiery tongues engulfed Carlotta as she prepared to charge again.

She wailed, rolling on the floor, before finally falling through the collapsing floorboards.

Falling furniture buried her last glimmer of hope for survival.

Lasher slowly turned away.

But at that moment, a powerful gust of wind suddenly swept through, suppressing the flames around them.

Lasher’s eyes widened in shock, and he immediately tried to transform into a dark wind to escape.

In that same instant, the main door exploded inward, and a streak of light shot through his chest!

“Since you’re here, you might as well stay.”
The familiar voice made both individuals in the room freeze.

“Su!”

A radiant smile broke out on Ron’s face.

Lasher, however, wore a ferocious snarl, his eyes fixed venomously on the doorway as he growled.

“You!!”

“How are you here?!”

…

At the doorway, Su Fan offered no explanation.

The decoy tactic was well-executed; an ordinary person would likely have rushed to Tessa’s location.

But Su Fan knew Lasher’s secret, and his ultimate goal.

For Lasher, Ron was the most crucial piece.

Only she could give birth to a body capable of housing Lasher’s soul.

For his resurrection, he needed Ron to accept him.

This core principle would never change.

Unless Lasher was willing to start over completely.

The Witch Hunters, Tessa—they were all merely diversions.

That’s why, after leaving Kottland’s mansion, Su Fan had headed straight for the Mayfair home with clear purpose!

Su Fan gave Lasher no time to recover.

Taking advantage of him being impaled by the sword and immobilized, Su Fan immediately flung out three Five-Thunder Talismans.

After multiple failed attempts to break free, Lasher realized the sword piercing his chest was suppressing his power!
He had reached a dead end!

At this moment, he was like a trapped beast in a cage.

The instinct for survival made him erupt with astonishing force.

Even without touching the ground, solid earthen walls surged forth, breaking through the floorboards, rising to the second floor, and placing themselves between him and the three bolts of lightning!
Their sturdiness was no less than before!
Yet this time, he faced three Five-Thunder Talismans!
The first bolt of lightning nearly shattered the earthen wall, the second pierced completely through!
And the third struck Lasher’s body in its entirety!

Purple light instantly illuminated everything around them.

Behind Su Fan, several figures came rushing forward.

They were members of the Mayfair family who coveted Lasher’s power, coming to stop Su Fan, but could only watch helplessly as Lasher was swallowed by the radiance of lightning!

“No! No! No!”

Kottland could not accept the reality before his eyes. He tore at his hair, kneeling on the ground.

“You can’t die, Lasher, you can’t die… You haven’t fulfilled your promise!”

He suffered from an incurable illness, having spent countless wealth to no avail.

To cling to life, he would have done anything to help Lasher resurrect.

Who could have imagined that the being of immense power would be annihilated by some youth from who-knows-where!

Not just Kottland; Tessa and her mother arrived close behind.

Witnessing Lasher’s soul scattering to the wind, they let out cries of despair.

The ultimate mystery of the Mayfair family vanished completely from this world.

“You!”

Tessa’s gaze immediately turned to Su Fan, brimming with hatred.

Even though their contract lasted only a single afternoon, even though Lasher used her and discarded her, an unrealistic fantasy still lingered in Tessa’s heart.

She wished to possess that omnipotent power once more.

If only for a second!
But Su Fan’s actions had shattered that dream into nothingness!

Tessa’s eyes turned bloodshot, and she charged forward.

But the next moment, the tip of a sword was pressed against her throat!
A drop of blood trickled down her collarbone!

“Want to die?”

Su Fan looked down at Tessa from his height, his eyes calm and undisturbed.

In that instant, the many Mayfair family members who had wanted to surround him felt as if a bucket of icy water had been dumped over their heads, sending a shiver down their spines!