Chapter 215 Trading

That retro portable kerosene lamp emitted circles of warm yellow light.

Annie stood in the center of the halo, gazing calmly at Lin Hui. "We meet again."

Annie... Lin Hui looked at the girl in black robes in front of him, but did not feel the slightest fear.

After a brief moment of surprise, he looked at the other person, a meaningful smile appearing on his lips, "You've finally come to find me."

Lin Hui's tone was resolute, as if he were waiting for a belated old friend.

A barely perceptible hint of surprise flashed in Annie's eyes: "You knew I would come looking for you?"

"certainly."

Lin Hui smiled and said, "Actually, I knew this moment would come sooner or later, ever since I went to your apartment the day before yesterday afternoon."

He picked up the Pale Eye and said calmly, "Back then, I used it to see you. You were standing atop the clock tower across from the apartment, watching me from hundreds of meters away, weren't you?"

Anne didn't speak, she just listened quietly.

Lin Hui continued:

"Back then, I knew you were no ordinary person. And, most likely, you meant me no harm."

"Otherwise, with your abilities, my teammates and I would probably be in a lot of trouble."

"and……"

Lin Hui took out the crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and waved it in his hand:

"You told me there was something wrong with Lyon, and that the Sacred Fruit couldn't be eaten. I didn't know who among you had a problem before, but after what happened last night, I know that the problem lies with the Divine Tree, so Lyon is most likely the one with the problem."

He stared into Anne's eyes. "Since we have a common enemy to fight and we get along relatively well, then meeting is inevitable."

After listening to Lin Hui's analysis, Annie remained silent for a moment.

Then, a very faint smile slowly appeared on her delicate face.

"You are more perceptive than I thought."

"However..." Lin Hui's tone shifted, his eyes instantly sharpening, "Before discussing cooperation, there's one last thing I need to confirm."

He took a step forward, his aura suddenly erupting as he locked onto the girl in front of him.

"You are not Anne."

"Who exactly are you?"

The moment those words were spoken, the air seemed to freeze.

Anne was not alarmed by the revelation of her identity; she simply sighed softly, a sigh filled with weariness and desolation.

"Now that I'm standing before you, I have no intention of hiding anything from you."

She slowly raised her hand, her slender fingers gently brushing across her cheek.

The words fell.

A bizarre scene unfolded.

In the flickering light of the kerosene lamp, her figure began to change.

Her originally thin and frail body began to grow taller and fuller, like a willow branch sprouting.

Her youthful features seemed to have been reshaped by an invisible hand; her eyebrows and eyes gradually lengthened, shedding her immaturity and acquiring the charm of time.

In just a few seconds.

The sickly little girl has disappeared.

Instead, a mature woman in her thirties took her place.

She wore a long black dress, exuding the charm of a mature woman, yet her eyes still held a trace of girlish innocence and sorrow.

Her eyes were moist and shiny, radiating a heartbreaking charm under the light.

She raised her head, looked at Lin Hui, and slowly said:

"My name is... Evelyn."

"She is Anne and Lilith's...mother."

really……

Lin Hui's pupils contracted slightly, and his heart skipped a beat, but his face did not show much surprise.

He subconsciously turned his head and looked at the "Evelyn" tree demon that was reassembling in the mist not far away.

No wonder he was much weaker than he had imagined.

Evelyn seemed to notice Lin Hui's gaze.

She turned around and looked at the disfigured "herself" covered in tentacles and human faces, a deep pain flashing in her eyes.

"That's my...body."

Evelyn's voice was somewhat ethereal, "Lane and I were indeed corrupted back then... but because my abilities are rather unique, before I became completely demonized, I stole most of my own power and memories and sealed them in this body, which barely allowed me to escape unscathed."

"Stealing expertise?" Lin Hui's eyes flickered slightly as he recalled the thoughts that had been disturbed. Had they been stolen?

Evelyn did not continue speaking.

That past was clearly filled with pain, causing her to lose Anne and her husband, and even now, thinking back on it is enough to make her despair.

She paused, turned around, and looked at Lin Hui again.

This time, her eyes were unusually firm. "I want to make a deal with you."

"What kind of deal?" Lin Hui raised an eyebrow.

"I'll help you leave Misty Town."

Evelyn stepped forward, gently waving the kerosene lamp in her hand:

"And in return... please take Lilith... with you when you leave this place."

"And what about you?" Lin Hui asked.

Evelyn smiled sadly, then shook her head helplessly, a bitter smile appearing on her lips: "Me? I can't leave anymore."

"My soul has been dedicated to...the god I believe in."

The atmosphere became somewhat heavy for a moment.

Lin Hui remained silent for a moment.

He wasn't some saint, but in such dire circumstances, a mother's dying wish still touched him somewhat.

Moreover, this is a win-win deal.

"Okay, I promise."

Lin Hui nodded, then changed the subject, asking, "So, how can we leave Misty Town?"

Although he had some guesses in his mind, and combined with the information Lyon had given him before and his own deductions, he had a rough idea of what was going on, but he was not as clear about it as Evelyn, who had lived in this place for twenty-two years.

"Come with me."

Evelyn didn't answer directly, but simply said something under her breath.

The voice just fell.

Evelyn's icy hand was already on his shoulder.

The next second, I felt a blur before my eyes, and the surrounding space seemed to distort and fold at that moment.

When his feet touched solid ground again, the surrounding scenery had completely changed.

Lin Hui subconsciously glanced around quickly.

"Is this... the outskirts of the eastern part of the town?"

This place is at least ten kilometers away from the street where the battle just took place!

How could you carry people across more than ten kilometers in one go?

Lin Hui couldn't help but take a deep breath, look at the beautiful woman beside him carrying a kerosene lamp, and sighed sincerely.

"Lady Evelyn is truly...unfathomable."

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