Malevolent – Chapter 51 – This Uncle Is a Bit Frightening

“Phew~, we should be safe around here.”

As the pale blue spiritual light dissipated, Hein ended his high-speed movement state and slowly descended from mid-air to the ground. Even for a Divine Martial Realm expert, going all out at full speed for so long left Hein feeling somewhat exhausted.

While stopping to rest, Hein didn’t forget to turn around and look at Ailiya with gentle eyes, soothingly patting her little head.

“It’s okay now, don’t be afraid, that monster can’t catch up to us. Your Uncle Crowell will be here soon to pick us up. He’ll take us back to the safe zone right away.”

As he spoke, Hein used his watch to send his location coordinates to Crowell, the butler of their House Anloxi.

Meanwhile, the little Ailiya whose head was being patted began to look increasingly strange.

Recalling the scenes when the Myriadface Avian descended earlier, the girl’s small pink fists clenched involuntarily.

“Hmm?”

The little one’s odd reaction naturally caught Hein’s attention.

“What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?”

“…”

Faced with this question, little Ailiya didn’t answer immediately, but instead hung her head in deep conflict. After hesitating repeatedly, the girl looked up and asked in confusion:

“Uncle, why did you lure that monster over?”

“Hmm?”

Hearing this question, Hein was first stunned, a flicker of surprise flashing in his eyes. But soon, the blue-haired man smiled in a relieved manner.

“Hehe, as expected of little Ailiya, you’re so clever to have figured that out.”

“So why did you lure it over? With that kind of monster appearing, Aunt Xestila might…”

At this moment, little Ailiya seemed to once again feel the pressure brought by the Myriadface Avian earlier, as well as the grim killing intent released from its pupils, causing the girl to tremble uncontrollably.

At the same time, Ailiya became even more concerned about the safety of the Covenant soldiers. In the past, Teacher Boloni had told her… troops without a Celestial Augur Knight’s protection, once they encountered a Vassal Tier Corrupted Beast, the consequences were often catastrophic.

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“Hehe, my little Ailiya is so kind-hearted, it seems you’re worried about those soldiers?”

Hein put on an ‘I see now’ expression.

Afterwards,

Ailiya’s uncle slowly crouched in front of her, patted her head, and said with gentle persuasion:

“Little one, you don’t need to worry about those people. They’re all bad people, not worth grieving over.”

“Bad, bad people?”

“Yes.”

Hein nodded repeatedly with conviction.

“They’re all bad people who want to prevent our family from reuniting. Didn’t little Ailiya just see it? When I tried to take you all home, wasn’t that bad woman trying to stop us?”

“But… they seemed…”

“Ailiya, you’re still young, the adult world is very dirty, there are many things you can’t see through. Perhaps you feel that Xestila and the others seemed friendly, but do you know what they want to do to you and your sisters?”

“What do they want to do?”

Ailiya asked in confusion.

“You should know, my lovely Ailiya. Your mother is the leader of this generation of Divine-Graced Maidens, the only being who can control the Sacred Stone. As Lianna’s daughters, you not only inherited the Augury Force, but might also be able to control the Sacred Stone. And those people just now, they want to control you before you have the ability to protect yourselves. Then through various methods, turn you into emotionless puppets who only follow their orders. Simply put, those people in the Covenant government want to monopolize your power and raise you as their weapons.”

“Wea, weapons?”

“Yes. Little Ailiya, you certainly wouldn’t want to accept such a fate, would you? And you wouldn’t want your sisters to experience such a life either, right?”

As these words reached her ears, Ailiya fell silent.

After all, previously, her teacher Boloni had indeed mentioned this matter to her. With their powerful talent and potential, but currently still very weak, they had already become objects of desire for many people.

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Those who wanted to control her and her sisters were countless.

It was precisely for this reason that Teacher Boloni hadn’t thought of taking them to the Covenant government, but instead risked going directly to seek refuge with their grandfather.

Thinking of this, Ailiya shook her head.

Seeing this, Hein smiled slightly and continued:

“I don’t want you all to be used by others either. That’s why I wanted to bring you home quickly to protect you. But just now there were too many bad people, and I couldn’t possibly rescue you all… That’s why I had to resort to this strategy, luring the Celestial Blight’s vassal over. So that while those bad people were fighting the Myriadface Avian, I could take you away. Ailiya, you’re an understanding child, I believe you can comprehend your uncle’s good intentions, right?”

“…”

“Everything is for your sake.”

With that explanation, Ailiya fell completely silent, not asking anything further.

Seeing that Ailiya seemed to accept his explanation,

Hein nodded with satisfaction.

After that, a meaningful gleam flashed in the blue-haired man’s eyes, and he spoke in a concerned tone, asking the question that Hein himself cared about most.

“Little Ailiya, now there are no outsiders here. Can you tell your uncle where your mother is now? I’m really very worried about her.”

“As for mother, she…”

Just like before, when asked this question, Ailiya hesitated and looked at her sisters with extreme conflict in her sidelong glance. And the two little girls? They just blinked their watery eyes innocently, curiously looking at their sister.

Seeing this, Hein immediately realized something, then waved his hand.

With the diffusion and surging of water attribute spiritual power, a huge water bubble was summoned, enclosing the two little girls inside.

“Miya and Weiya can’t hear us now, you can speak now, right?”

“Mm.”

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Ailiya nodded. Facing her uncle, Ailiya had nothing to hide.

“Uncle Hein, actually mother… mother has… has already passed away.”

“Passed away?”

“Yes… killed by the Terran Malevolence.”

“When?”

“It was… when we were at the border of the Veiled Domain, having a conflict with mother. At that time, the Terran Malevolence suddenly appeared…”

Recalling that cruel scene, tears welled up uncontrollably in Ailiya’s eyes, with sadness spreading rapidly. While feeling sad herself, little Ailiya also looked at Hein with concern, seemingly afraid that he would be too grief-stricken upon hearing this news.

However, Ailiya seemed to overthink. After receiving this news, not only did Hein not feel sad, he couldn’t help but let out a snicker.

“Huh…”

Shaking his head, Hein looked at Ailiya helplessly:

“My lovely little Ailiya, this is not the time to joke with your uncle, is it? Killed by the Terran Malevolence on the day of the border conflict? How is that possible? Just a few hours ago, someone spotted your mother.”

“That definitely wasn’t mother!”

Ailiya said excitedly.

“It must be that monster Gaia Lobir! That monster previously disguised itself as mother to… deceive us.”

“Sigh, Ailiya, stop this nonsense.”

Hein shook his head with a smile, as if he had just heard a very funny joke.

“Gaia Lobir is in a dormant cycle right now, there’s no way she would encounter you all. Little Ailiya, even saying you encountered a vassal of the Terran Malevolence would be more believable than this.”

“Besides, what Corrupted Beasts hate most is the Augury Force. If you really encountered the Terran Malevolence.”

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“That monster would have killed you directly, how could it possibly be so bored as to disguise itself as your mother?”

Obviously, Hein didn’t believe Ailiya’s words at all.

The fact that the Terran Malevolence had a terrifying obsession with the Divine-Graced Maiden was common knowledge. That monster left the Veiled Domain each time to kill the Divine-Graced Maiden.

Beings like Ailiya and her sisters who had inherited the Divine-Graced Maiden’s power,

If they encountered the Terran Malevolence, they would have lost their lives already, wouldn’t they?

“Come on, don’t joke around anymore.”

“No!! Uncle Hein!”

Seeing her family member didn’t believe her, Ailiya became increasingly anxious,

“It’s really like this, I’m not joking! The Terran Malevolence really took on mother’s appearance, she probably wants to use mother’s form to infiltrate the Covenant and cause major destruction!”

As these words were spoken, Hein fell silent.

“…”

Staring at Ailiya with tears in her eyes and a serious face, Hein slowly closed his eyes, raised his hand to his chin in a thoughtful pose.

The surrounding temperature even began to gradually drop at this moment.

“Hmm~”

Taking a deep breath, Hein opened his eyes again.

Except at this moment, there was no longer the gentleness that Ailiya was familiar with in his eyes, but instead a life-threatening coldness, as well as strong impatience.

“Your mother, she said something to you, didn’t she? That’s why you’re unwilling to tell me her location?”