Volume 2, Chapter 68 – The Imprisoned Fairy Lady

Damn it! What’s going on?! Why is no one responding?! Where is the military?! Where is Lord Moande?! Shit!!

At this moment, knowing he could no longer confront the two Vassal Tier monsters, Coburn-Anloxi gripped his scepter and, enhanced by spiritual energy, frantically fled into the distance.

While retreating, Coburn anxiously sent out calls for help.

Unfortunately, all his distress signals sank like stones in the sea.

This made the House Anloxi patriarch increasingly uneasy, and what made him even more anxious was that despite his all-out escape… a certain blue figure was still right behind him.

I’m using spiritual energy propulsion! How can she keep up with me just by walking?! You’ve got to be kidding!

Although only Lianna was pursuing him, Coburn had no intention of confronting her directly.

Indeed, Lianna’s strength might not even reach level three now… but that girl had the Sacred Stone’s enhancement!

It was because of that Sacred Stone… that Lianna could command the two Vassal Tier creatures dispatched by Gaia Lobir; it was because of that Sacred Stone… that she could easily kill Taival and so many guards.

—”I never thought she could still control the Sacred Stone in this state?! A miscalculation…”—

Coburn muttered reluctantly.

Damn it, how can this girl pursue so relentlessly?

Glancing at the blue figure that followed like a specter impossible to shake off, a venomous gleam flashed in Coburn’s eyes.

Heh, persistent, aren’t you?

In that case…

—”Come on then!”—

With this harsh declaration in his heart, realizing he couldn’t escape the pursuit, Coburn immediately changed course, rushing directly toward an isolated palace on the western side of the Anloxi estate. After activating the barrier, Coburn wasted no words and plunged into the tunnel leading underground.

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While passing through the tunnel, Coburn issued orders to the family death guards stationed there.

“Stop that mad woman behind me!”

Upon receiving the patriarch’s command, the death guards unhesitatingly released all their spiritual energy, rushing with murderous intent toward the blue figure who had just entered the underground passage.

Unfortunately, though their momentum was strong, the effect was minimal.

After a flash of sword light, these dozens of death guards fell to the ground, never to rise again.

Under the influence of a strange power, they were instantly drained of energy, reduced to withered corpses.

Blood reddened the stairs, and the narrow space suddenly filled with the thick smell of blood.

“Hmm… worn out, whatever…”

Looking at the sword in her hand—previously seized from Taival, now broken in half—the Malevolence lady playfully raised an eyebrow, then tossed the broken sword into a nearby pool of blood and directed her gaze toward the depths of the passage.

A trace of confusion spilled from the girl’s cold eyes at this moment.

Hmm?

He stopped?

He’s not running anymore? Out of energy?

Hmph, boring.

Pouting, a look of disappointment spread across Bai Lianyue’s beautiful face.

Slightly annoyed, the girl continued down the tunnel, and after casually dismantling several defensive fortifications, Bai Lianyue arrived at a spacious hall.

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Dark, gloomy, and extremely damp.

Vaguely, one could even feel a penetrating chill.

Coburn stood in the center of this eerie room, the silver scepter in his hand flashing with cold light.

His gaze fixed firmly on Bai Lianyue, eyes full of madness and resolve.

“Old man, what are you plotting now?”

While slowly walking toward Coburn, Bai Lianyue asked coldly.

“Stopping your steps? Want to die with some dignity?”

“Hehe, Lianna, don’t be too smug.”

Faced with Bai Lianyue’s words, Coburn replied breathlessly.

His voice was hoarse and deep, carrying a hint of mockery.

His fingers tightened slightly as he raised his scepter, slowly turning toward something behind him covered with black cloth.

“Look at what we have here~”

With a contemptuous smile, Coburn used his scepter to remove the black cloth.

The next moment, as the cloth fell to the ground, Bai Lianyue’s pupils contracted slightly.

“What is this?”

At this moment, reflected in the Malevolence lady’s eyes, a woman hung suspended by chains, her body swaying slightly as if she might fall at any moment.

The woman’s eyes were tightly closed, her face pale and haggard, yet still unable to conceal her beauty. Emerald hair cascaded like a waterfall, the tips lightly brushing the ground, carrying a tragic beauty.

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The woman’s body appeared even more pitiful.

Her limbs were long gone, replaced by numerous tubes of varying thickness inserted throughout her body. The other ends of the tubes connected to various complex instruments emitting low hums, as if maintaining her life. Her body was tightly bound by chains, her skin covered with various scars, clearly having endured countless tortures.

“Surrender now, Lianna, or don’t blame me for being ruthless to your mother.”

Coburn’s voice carried a hint of smugness, as if showing off his “masterpiece.”

As he spoke, to demonstrate his threat, Coburn directly revealed the blade hidden in his scepter, pressing it against the woman’s neck.

“Mo… mother.”

Silently repeating this word, a flash of astonishment crossed the blue-haired girl’s eyes.

“Yes, you’ve finally met the mother you’ve always wanted to see. Happy, aren’t you? Heh, hehe, hehehe~”

Seeing Bai Lianyue stop as he had predicted, Coburn laughed more arrogantly.

“Hey, Funisa, your only surviving daughter is here. No reaction? It’s your precious Lianna~”

As he spoke, Coburn’s finger waved slightly. Under the spiritual energy’s vibration, the chains emitted a grating sound.

Whether because of the painful stimulation from the chains, or because the name “Lianna” reached her ears, Funisa, who had been like a corpse, finally responded, tremblingly raising her head.

“Li-Lianna, my… my daughter…”

And as Funisa raised her head, the green leaf mark hidden on her brow was revealed to the blue-haired girl.

Upon seeing the green leaf mark, confusion flashed in Bai Lianyue’s eyes.

She, she is…

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Just as Bai Lianyue’s attention was completely drawn to her ‘mother,’ Coburn’s eyes suddenly narrowed, his mouth curling up into a maniacal smile.

Indeed, after seeing her mother in such a state, what child wouldn’t be moved?

And once moved~ a vulnerability would be exposed~

Heh, now!

The next instant, Coburn, who had long prepared, suddenly released all the spiritual energy within his body. Using the spiritual energy as propulsive force, his body transformed into a swift lightning bolt striking toward Bai Lianyue.

Staring fixedly at the ruby-embedded collar around the blue-haired girl’s neck, which continually emitted a red glow, Coburn reached out his right hand to snatch the collar.

That’s right, the Anloxi patriarch had only one goal—to take away the ‘Sacred Stone’ that was the source of Lianna’s power! Once the Sacred Stone was taken, Lianna would lose her power, and then she would be at his mercy.

Things indeed seemed to unfold as Coburn had anticipated; the blue-haired girl’s attention was entirely drawn by her mother, completely unaware of his action.

Thus, Coburn’s fingers precisely hooked onto the ornament around Bai Lianyue’s neck and violently pulled.

“Crack…”

With a crisp breaking sound, Coburn seized the “Sacred Stone” collar with a sinister laugh.

At this moment, Coburn’s long-tense heart completely relaxed, his aged face suddenly displaying a brilliant yet cruel smile.

Turning around, raising his scepter to point directly at the blue-haired girl’s back, Coburn switched to the offensive, saying haughtily:

“Lianna, now let’s see what right you have to be so arrogant!”