The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 1477

"What happened?"

The person who came was the assistant promoted by Lebanon after he returned, so Lebanon felt more assured with his help. Suddenly, he ran in with a panicked face, which made Lebanon's heart skip a beat.

The assistant was not surprised when he saw Tristan. Instead, he paused for a moment and glanced at Lebanon. Upon seeing that Lebanon wasn't wary of Tristan, he quickly said, "The Dark Forest in the North has exploded.”

"What? The Dark Forest?"

Lebanon was shocked after hearing this.

"What's wrong? Did anything happen?"

Upon seeing Lebanon's reaction, Tristan suddenly became nervous and somewhat uneasy.

Then, Lebanon looked at him and whispered, "The Dark Forest is an ancient forest. Ordinary people can't enter, and no one dares to go in after hearing that the wild animals inside would hunt humans. So, Laborn moved the military institute into the Dark Forest last year." "Huh? Isn't the military research institute inside the palace?"

Tristan could still remember how he got in and out of the place. Now, he was surprised with Lebanon's words.

However, Lebanon shook his head and said, "The military research institute in the palace is a place to cover up the truth. Laborn cherishes his life more than you think. How can he put such dangerous biochemistry research under his territory? He's afraid that an explosion will erupt and blow him up one day! Instead, the real institute is in the Dark Forest, which I only recently learned about. Since Laborn didn't assign his position to me, I had no idea how to get there, but I never thought it would explode. If the explosive liquid inside leaked out, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Where is Desmond?"

Tristan suddenly thought of Desmond.

It was impossible for the military institute to explode without a reason, but they still had no clue regarding the person that was targeting Desmond. Didn't they say that Jose was not here? So did Desmond do it?

Tristan felt a little uneasy when he thought about this.

After hearing this, Lebanon quickly asked his assistant to find Desmond. However, there was no trace of Desmond when Tristan and Lebanon arrived at the institute.

Corpses were lying all over in the military institute, and they all wore white coats and had numbers on their chests. They should all used to be the internal employees of the institute.

But these people were dead.

It was a disgusting scene as there were dead bodies all over the place.

Upon seeing the bloody surroundings, Tristan's eyes sank a little.

Did Desmond do it?

But why was it so brutal?

He learned from Nathaniel that Desmond had gone to an island for special training. Therefore, he could have killed them with one strike if he wanted to kill these people. Instead, he did not need to adapt such a cruel way of dismembering the limbs, unless the riot in Desmond's body was triggered. In this case, he probably had lost his mind and became a killing machine.

At this thought, Tristan became serious.

"I'll go home first, but you shouldn't go to the Dark Forest. I'll take some people with me."

Tristan looked at Lebanon with a stern expression while saying this.

"Is it dangerous?"

Lebanon was touched by his brother's concern about him for the first time, so he could not help frowning.

"What nonsense! You know whether this place is dangerous! Your identity's different now because you are the king of Angolla. People are waiting for you to put the country on the right track again. Anyway, I'll take care of this matter. Besides, Desmond is someone that Mango cares about. Thus, it's useless for you to go there. However, I am a doctor and I have more experience than you in this field, so you should listen to me."

Then, Tristan reached out and patted Lebanon's head. When the assistant beside them saw this, he quickly lowered his head and broke out in a cold sweat.

Tristan was probably the only one who dared to touch the king. Surprisingly, Lebanon did not stop him. Instead, he let out a helpless frown.

"Be careful."

Lebanon was not used to being comforted like a child, but it was strange that he did not avoid it. Even though he was already a grown adult, this was the first time that he had a relative who treated him so sweetly. Hence, he didn't want to evade all these affectionate gestures.

Anyway, no one saw it.

Lebanon saw the assistant, who was lowering his head awkwardly with a glance. His eyes sank a little, but he did not say anything.

Then, Tristan nodded and went out.

When he returned to the Acker family, he saw Teagan waiting at the door.

"The Dark Forest exploded, but the palace guards sealed off the place immediately. Our people can't get in."

"If you can't get in, then don't. Urgh! There are a lot of problems with the Acker family, so you should be more careful."

Tristan looked at Taegan, who grew up with him, and said with a smile.

"Tristan, are you going to the Dark Forest? I'll go with you."

Teagan couldn't let his only relative take the risk alone.

However, Tristan smiled and said, "You are already the head of the family, so why are you so childish? People depend on you for a livelihood, don't you know that? You can't be capricious now, and I know what I'm doing. If I face danger, I won't fight till my death. I'm not stupid, right?"

It seemed that Teagan had expected Tristan to refuse it, Then, his face turned a little pale.

"Did you do it on purpose?"

"What do you mean?"

"You purposely passed the position to me because you didn't want to be restricted by these responsibilities, right? In fact, you even wanted these responsibilities to hold me back so that I couldn't go anywhere. In the past, I was with you no matter where you went. However, it seems that you're abandoning me now. Why do you do this?"

Teagan started tearing up as he said these words.

Tristan felt a little upset after hearing this.