Volume 5, Chapter 77 – There’s a Ghost!!

The Curse Fiend—the most terrifying resentful spirit under Weider’s control.

The evil spirit’s head floated in the air, its five ferocious faces extremely vicious, black mist rolling about as if it wanted to devour everything before it. However, when the silver-haired girl’s emerald eyes swept over the Curse Fiend,

The ghost head’s originally arrogant roar immediately changed tone to trembling and terror. Its five merged faces twisted simultaneously, their gazes suddenly revealing fear that didn’t belong to an evil spirit, as if facing some natural enemy that far exceeded its existence.

The black mist rolled even more frantically, accompanied by fearful struggles as the ghost head suddenly erupted with a deafening wail. That shriek was filled with despair and lamentation, like hell’s final swan song, making the surrounding air tremble.

——”AAAAAHHHH!!! AHHHHH——”——

After a bout of heart-rending ghostly wails,

Following intense twisting and trembling, the Curse Fiend’s form gradually dissipated, black mist scattering like it was being burned by light. The five ferocious faces successively crumbled in painful distortion, and the next moment, the entire massive demon head thunderously turned to ash and vanished as if it had never existed, disappearing from the spot.

“How, how could this… be like this?”

Witnessing this scene, Weider’s mentality completely collapsed. He couldn’t understand at all—the elf girl had clearly done nothing, so why had his Curse Fiend suddenly disappeared after a bout of ghostly howling?

What had happened?

Of course, Weider knew this wasn’t the time to think about such things… because after the Curse Fiend disappeared, this elf would definitely turn her attention to him! When that time came…

Thinking of the deep, hollow, chilling gaze the elf girl had directed at him earlier, Weider’s entire body trembled as he continuously tried to struggle.

Unfortunately,

Since his spiritual power meridians had been pierced by ice swords, Weider couldn’t mobilize his spiritual power at all.

For a moment, this House Solrog capture team captain fell into deep fear and despair.

——”Damn it… I’m dead… definitely dead… hm???”——

However, just as Weider felt everything was over, he suddenly crashed headfirst to the ground without warning, falling flat on his face.

“Ah! Ptui ptui ptui!!”

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Supporting his body with both hands after getting up, Weider hurriedly spat out the dirt from his mouth.

While spitting out dirt, he suddenly froze.

Wait?

I, I can move? I can mobilize spiritual power too?

Hurriedly looking down to examine his body, Weider was surprised to discover… the ice swords that had previously pierced his meridians had already crumbled and melted, and his wounds were healing at super speed.

“Hm?”

Of course, Weider didn’t think that elf girl would voluntarily release his restraints, so he directed a confused yet wary gaze forward, toward that petite silver figure.

Then,

Weider witnessed a scene that left him completely bewildered and unable to comprehend.

The next instant, under the dumbfounded gazes of Weider and the nearby group of elves, the silver-haired elf girl who had just killed his Curse Fiend suddenly staggered… and then??

She fell backward directly, collapsing to the ground.

Her emerald eyes no longer held the cold, chilling emptiness from before, but had become dizzy spiral eyes.

White foam continuously overflowed from her small mouth.

She just convulsed on the ground like this.

While convulsing, strange moaning sounds occasionally came from her mouth.

——”So scary… wuu wuu wuu…”——

After saying this final phrase, the silver-haired girl’s head tilted to one side and she directly fainted…

Instantly,

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Countless question marks appeared above everyone’s heads.

Weider: What, what’s going on??

Dozens of minutes later, in the transport vehicle used for escorting elves.

Under the shocked gazes of Mina, her son, and several other elves,

The transport box door quietly opened, and several House Solrog guards roughly threw a petite figure into this mobile prison, then slammed the door shut and secured it with multiple heavy locks.

The figure thrown inside was none other than the silver-haired elf girl who had previously saved Mina and the others, but ultimately “lost” to Weider.

However, unlike before, the elf girl had now lost her previous formidable presence, having fallen into an unconscious state. Her hands, feet, and neck were fitted with House Solrog’s specially made spiritual power suppression shackles, and her beautiful silvery wavy hair was covered with weeds and mud, scattered messily around the girl’s body.

It had to be said that the girl now looked quite miserable, truly like a prisoner.

“Child?!”

After the door closed, Mina and the group of elves immediately stepped forward to check on the girl’s condition.

Though the experience of being saved only to fall back into captivity had also dealt these elves a heavy blow, they bore no resentment toward this fellow elf. On the contrary, the group of elves felt deep guilt toward this little sister.

After all,

If this little sister hadn’t tried to save them, she wouldn’t have been captured.

But honestly speaking, having a winning situation… suddenly get reversed was indeed quite strange.

“Child, are you alright? Child…”

While gently pushing the silver-haired girl’s shoulder with her hand, Mina asked with concern.

Unfortunately, the girl couldn’t answer her question, only continuing to sleep deeply. While sleeping, she also murmured to herself:

——”So scary… wuu wuu wuu.”——

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Seeing this, the several elves nearby looked at each other, all somewhat at a loss as they stood frozen in place.

Naturally, this scene was also captured by the cameras inside the transport vehicle.

At the same time,

In a luxury SUV driving at the front of the transport convoy, Weider, who had finally recovered his condition, was staring at his tablet computer with a grave and confused expression, watching the projected interior view of the transport vehicle.

Staring intently at the silver-haired girl’s face, Weider unconsciously clenched his fists.

——”This is the elf girl you mentioned who nearly defeated you? A Divine Departure Realm elf—to think our free-range program produced such an existence. Not bad, not bad.”——

Hearing the voice transmitted through his earpiece, Weider couldn’t help but frown and ask somewhat strangely:

“Big Brother Angerson, don’t you think there’s something odd about this?”

Facing this overall commander of the capture operation, who was also a senior among the Executioners, Weider asked respectfully.

——”Odd? What’s odd?”——

“She nearly finished me off, and my Curse Fiend inexplicably collapsed and died, but then she suddenly fainted?”

——”What’s the big deal about that?”——

The voice on the other end of the earpiece sounded quite disdainful.

——”For a wanderer elf to cultivate spiritual power to the Divine Departure Realm is already incredible. Without anyone to guide them, they couldn’t possibly focus on mental power cultivation. Your Curse Fiend’s roar was a mental attack. It’s perfectly normal that she couldn’t withstand it. Hehe, you actually accomplished something great—capturing a Divine Departure Realm elf. Lord Astral and Lady Isabelle will definitely be very pleased.”——

“You mean we should bring her back?”

——”Of course. The natural force within this kind of Divine Departure Realm elf is hundreds of times higher than ordinary elves—naturally we should bring her back to present to Lord Astral. A Divine Departure Realm elf… hehe, it seems the free-range plan from back then was correct. To think we’ve actually raised two Divine Departure Realm elves, hehe.”——

“But, but…”

——”But what?”——

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Faced with this question, after hesitating for a few seconds and thinking seriously for a moment, Weider quietly voiced his unease.

“Though no matter how we test her, she’s definitely an elf… but, enmm, something just feels off…”

——”You mean she’s not an elf, but an evil god in disguise?”——

“Yes.”

Weider nodded.

Before this operation, Lady Isabelle had specifically instructed them to strictly examine captured elves and guard against evil gods disguising themselves as elves to infiltrate.

However, after hearing Weider’s worried words, the earpiece immediately transmitted a burst of wild laughter.

——”Hahaha! Weider! Has your brain been flooded? Hahaha! This elf was obviously frightened and fainted because the mental attack triggered her fears! Your Curse Fiend is just a fusion of some resentments—an evil spirit—while evil gods are amalgamations of countless resentments, completely different levels. How could an evil god possibly be scared unconscious by your little Curse Fiend? Hahaha! Evil gods are natural resentful spirits. When the Abyssal Lord was born back then, didn’t she directly devour millions of resentful spirits in the Endless Dead Sea?”——

“Then, could she be pretending?”

——”That’s even more impossible. Didn’t Lady Isabelle say? Though the Terran Malevolence is quite good at mimicking, her brain is rather dull and she’s not skilled at putting on acts. You can see through her with a little attention. That elf girl’s fear is genuine—it can’t be an act.”——

“But…”

——”Don’t overthink it. Just bring her back. Lady Isabelle will check her beforehand anyway. You don’t need to worry about it.”——

“Alright, I understand.”

Since his superior had said this much, Weider naturally couldn’t say more and could only nod awkwardly.

After ending the call with his superior, Weider still couldn’t help but gaze strangely at the silver-haired elf girl on the screen.

Sigh,

I hope… I’m just overthinking this…