Malevolent – Chapter 3 – Familiar Stranger

Lianna-Anloxi.

The Divine-Graced Maiden who could control the Sacred Stone, appearing again after one hundred and fifty-six years of human history.

As the foremost among this generation’s seven Divine-Graced Maidens,

Lianna possessed extraordinary strength, achieving humanity’s top-tier Divine Departure Realm power at seventeen, leading the Westivian Covenant’s armies to defeat a million invading Corrupted Beasts, and even single-handedly slaying one of the Abyssal Lord’s Vassals.

By twenty-one, her power had reached the peak of the Divine Departure Realm, and ordinary Malevolent Vassals wouldn’t even dare to engage her.

Not only powerful, Lianna also possessed unparalleled beauty, matched by an equally kind heart.

Though mighty, she never became arrogant, always remaining gentle and courteous with others.

In daily life, Lianna spent considerable time helping people harmed by corruption, using her pure spiritual power to purify their internal suffering.

Therefore,

Among humanity’s five remaining powers, Lianna was like a goddess, revered by countless people. Almost everyone believed that Lianna would enter the legendary Divine Graced Realm and gain the ability to destroy the three Malevolent Ones.

Like countless citizens,

Timk also adored the beautiful and powerful Lianna.

However,

…

At this moment,

On the edge of the Veiled Domain, the convoy that had been speeding along was clearly attacked, with all vehicles overturned and engulfed in raging flames.

The guards on the vehicles were either consumed by the sea of fire or struck by a powerful force, reduced to scattered flesh.

The ‘accident’ scene was a complete mess.

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And in the center of this inferno and miasma, the guard named Timk was half-kneeling on the ground, holding a spear and panting heavily.

He was now covered in wounds, his spiritual power completely exhausted. However, Timk had no energy to care about his own condition, instead widening his eyes and staring in disbelief at what was before him.

“Why, why…”

At this moment,

What entered Timk’s eyes was a beautiful blue silhouette. Her figure was tall, like a cold and resilient statue.

The woman wore a white-gold coat, both majestic and dashing.

Her water-blue hair cascaded down like a waterfall, gently floating in the breeze, dancing like blue flames in the darkness. Her perfect features were breathtakingly beautiful.

This face was one Timk knew all too well—the senior who had once led them to defeat the Abyssal Lord’s Vassal.

Lianna-Anloxi, hailed as the ‘Star of Hope.’

However, unlike the divine-graced maiden who always maintained a noble and elegant demeanor, the current Lianna looked particularly ferocious. Her white-gold coat was stained with fresh blood, and her water-blue hair and exquisite face were covered with various bloody mixtures.

That perfect face wore not a charming smile, but an extremely eerie grin, and those emerald eyes lacked the gentleness of the past… now they were full of coldness, and a spine-chilling obsession and madness.

These eyes stared vacantly ahead, staring at the silver-haired little girl and the two children in the infant basket she held.

“ Give, give them back to me… ”

Lianna murmured as she stepped forward.

As Lianna approached, Ailiya, holding the infant basket, trembled more and more.

After seeing Ailiya’s unease,

Timk, the junior who had once fought alongside Lianna, gritted his teeth and courageously rushed in front of the blue-haired woman:

“ Lady Lianna!!! Please, calm down! Miss Ailiya is, is your daughter!! You cannot… ”

He tried to stop Lianna.

Unfortunately, Timk couldn’t even finish his sentence.

“Get out of my way!”

With a roar of anger, the impatient Lianna swung the long whip in her hand! This whip, inlaid with a crimson Sage Stone, suddenly tore through the air, violently striking the junior’s body.

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“Boom!!”

With a thunderous noise, Timk, who hadn’t even reacted, was directly blasted into a pile of shattered flesh, showing no more signs of life.

“Ti-Timk??”

Seeing a familiar person robbed of life just like that, Ailiya’s face instantly turned deathly pale.

But now, she had no time to worry about others, only trembling as she raised her head to look at the familiar yet strange woman before her.

“Mo-Mother?”

…

Meanwhile, after finally managing to plunge his sword into the head of the Crystalline Wyrm, killing this huge contracted beast belonging to Lianna, Boloni, bathed in fresh blood, anxiously looked toward Ailiya’s direction.

Miss Ailiya!!

Seeing Lianna approaching the silver-haired girl step by step, Boloni bit his lip hard.

“Damn it!”

I miscalculated,

She, she actually dared to come directly to the vicinity of the Veiled Domain!

Isn’t she afraid of being detected by the Terran Malevolence?

Wait?!

Could it be!

In an instant, the enlightened Boloni stared intently at the crimson gem at Lianna’s waist.

“That’s the Stone of Deception?”

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Isn’t that the treasure of the Qingyun Kingdom? How did it end up in Lianna’s hands?

Lady Lianna, do you really need to go this far?

Boloni clenched his fists in unwillingness and disbelief.

But Boloni knew clearly,

Now was not the time to dwell on these matters.

Looking at Ailiya’s fearful expression, a resolute gaze appeared in Boloni’s eyes.

At this point, there was only one gamble left.

——”Lord Patriarch, please protect us…”——

The next moment,

With the infusion of spiritual power, the propulsion devices on Boloni’s legs once again radiated a dazzling red light…

…

On the other side,

Staring at the ferocious and unfamiliar woman who had stopped in front of her, Ailiya’s cherry-colored eyes uncontrollably overflowed with intense fear and unease, crystalline tears slowly sliding down her cheeks.

“Mother, why, why?”

Ailiya asked tremblingly.

Even now,

Ailiya still found it hard to believe.

She couldn’t believe that the once gentle and loving mother, who had lavished care on her and her sisters and always wore a sweet smile, would show killing intent toward them. Just over half a year ago, mother had happily hugged her and her sisters to celebrate their birthday, so how could she now…?

This must be some mistake!!

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Mother,

Must be controlled by bad people!

Mother would never hurt us!

“ Mother!! It’s me, I’m Ailiya! I’m your daughter!! ”

The silver-haired girl shouted desperately, seemingly trying to call back Lianna’s consciousness, to expel the demon controlling her body.

However, Lianna’s response mercilessly shattered the hope in little Ailiya’s heart.

At this moment, under Ailiya’s ‘pleading’ gaze, Lianna widened her bloodshot, ferocious, and empty eyes. Using a familiar voice, she spoke words that froze and shattered Ailiya’s heart.

“I know you’re Ailiya. That’s why… I have to kill you.”

?!!!

With these words, looking at her utterly unfamiliar mother, Ailiya felt as if her heart had been pierced by countless arrows, blood continuously dripping.

The hope in her eyes shattered, and incomparable sadness and despair, like a devastating flood, continuously poured from Ailiya’s heart. At this moment, tears began to flow uncontrollably from Ailiya’s eyes.

“Why, why? Why do you, Mother, want to…”

And facing Ailiya’s desperate gaze,

Lianna’s face became increasingly ferocious.

Surrounded by terrifying spiritual power, Lianna raised the long whip in her hand, speaking coldly and madly:

“Because, only when you die… can I take back, the power that belongs to me…”

…

“I’m sorry, Ailiya. But, for mother’s future… mother has no choice. If you must hate, hate yourselves… it was you who took away power that doesn’t belong to you… Give me back my power!! Give it back to me!!!! “