579.Chapter 579
“You think you deserve my face? Dream on!” Eliza’s voice was icy, her blade gleaming coldly in her hand.
The knife in Eliza’s hand slashed across Louisa’s face again.
Louisa’s screams and curses reverberated through the secret chamber, sharp and piercing.
The sight of her face, smeared with blood and grease, was disgusting to the core.
At first glance, Louisa’s face might have seemed stunning–rosy cheeks and smooth skin.
But once the truth was known that the rosy hue came from the blood of countless women and the smooth texture from the oil of their corpses, who could stomach looking at it?
This wasn’t a face of beauty. It was a grotesque mask built on the lives and bodies of countless women!
Louisa, a so–called beauty? No, she was nothing but a cruel, bloodthirsty demon!
“You’re nothing but a prisoner now, yet you still think you can threaten me? Or does the Malone family have some hidden cards left to play?” Eliza sneered, her tone dripping with disdain.
Louisa raised her head, only for the blood and grease on her face to drip into her mouth. Disgusted, she spat it out immediately. “Ugh! Filthy!”
She wanted to spit at Eliza, but the knife in Eliza’s hand hovered dangerously close to her face.
If she dared to act, Eliza would undoubtedly reward her with another slash.
‘Holy Lady? Kind and gentle? Those fools outside must be blind!‘ Louisa thought bitterly. Eliza hadn’t even flinched when she struck twice earlier. Holy Lady? No, she was nothing short of a wicked woman!
She must have killed before. There was no doubt about it. Absolutely!
“Why can’t I threaten you? Do you w
father will surely…”
think a mere Holy Lady like you can do anything to me? Don’t forget this is Wotería! My
“Your father is dead.” Eliza cut her off abruptly.
Louisa froze for a moment, then sneered dismissively. “What a joke! You think you can fool me with that nonsense? My father is the governor of this province. Even if he committed a crime, he’d be sent back to Hasen City for the Emperor to decide. There’s no way you could kill him!”
Louisa’s confidence came from her certainty that her father was untouchable.
Once he was sent back to Hasen City, there
Would be people to clear his name.
If her father was safe, the Malone family would remain intact, and she would be untouchable as well.
So…
“He wasn’t killed by us.” Eliza’s voice broke through the tension, calm and steady.
Meeting Louisa’s suspicious gaze, she added casually, “You might not believe me, but he truly wasn’t killed by us. He was, um, eaten alive by a swarm of strange bugs.”
As she said the last few words, Eliza paused, her expression shifting as if she had witnessed the scene herself. Her brows furrowed, and a flicker of fear and uncertainty crossed her face, like she was recalling something horrifying.
Louisa yanked at her chains, making them clatter loudly.
She roared, “Impossible! Rayden would never kill my father! Are you trying to frame him? Dream on! I will never believe your
lies!
“Eliza, you’re supposed to be virtuous. Aren’t you forbidden from lying? You’re lying! You’re lying!”
Eliza pressed her palms together, her expression calm and unwavering.
‘Religious people don’t lie, but am I really lying?‘ Eliza thought to herself.
After all, in the adjacent chamber, Jefferson was indeed surrounded by her poisonous bugs. They were biting into him, piece by piece, as if feasting on a meal. He was being eaten alive, and he was dying.
Death? It was bound to happen sooner or later.
Eliza’s prolonged silence made Louisa grow visibly anxious
“Speak! Say something! Where’s my father? Wh he Louis
Successfully unlocked!
ed her voice trembling with rage and desperation.
“You want to see him? Fine. I’ll grant you one last look at his corpse before you die.” Eliza’s tone was calm, her expression unchanging.
Louisa’s glare was venomous, as if she wanted to rip Eliza apart.
579.Chapter 579
Or maybe she wanted to claw Eliza’s face off.
But Eliza wasn’t about to give her that chance.
Eliza turned to her. “Whether you get to see him or not depends entirely on you, Louisa.”
Louisa thrashed against the restraints, her movements frantic but futile. In the end, she could only grit her teeth and suppress her rage. “What do you want me to do?”
“Tell me about the person in Hasen City. Who is it?” Eliza’s gaze locked onto hers, unyielding.
Louisa froze for a moment before letting out a cold snort. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. Hasen Cay? I’ve never even been there, let alone know anyone from there.”
“Stop pretending,” Eliza sneered. “The things you kept in this underground chamber were immortality Pills, weren’t the And the ones circulating in Hasen City came from you too, right?”
Her voice turned colder. “Don’t even try to deny it. We’ve suspected that person in Hasen City for a while. If they hadn’t slipped up, do you think we’d have uncovered your family’s collusion with foreign tribes? All those horrific deeds you’ve committed? Do you think we’d have sent people into the city to investigate?”
The moment those words left her lips, it wasn’t just Louisa in the chamber who was shaken. In the adjacent chamber, Jefferson’s pupils contracted as realization dawned upon him.
‘Ah, now it all makes sense!
‘No wonder Nolan suddenly started making moves–arresting people, probing everywhere–even though we hadn’t slipped up yet!‘
‘So it all started in Hasen City, huh?‘
Jefferson’s eyes turned bloodshot, his chest heaving with barely suppressed rage.
He had been wondering why Nolan would personally lead a relief effort. Fine, disaster relief was one thing, but bringing sorcerers along? That was a dead giveaway!
It was obvious the whole thing was aimed right at them!
At that moment, both Jefferson and Louisa had been misled by Eliza’s words. The strange coincidences lined up too perfectly, leaving them no choice but to believe her, even if they didn’t fully trust her.
Everything had happened so suddenly, catching them completely off guard,
Jefferson had thought Nolan was still clueless and had prepared his plans to deal with him. But before he could even make a move, the Black Flag stationed themselves outside the city gates for less than a day and then launched a direct assault! The sudden attack caught Jefferson off guard, ruining all his plans.
Jefferson had been baffled, unable to understand why things had escalated so abruptly.
Now, he finally understood. ‘Damn it! That bastard Fletcher sold us out!‘
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