Chapter 169 Yvesette's Weakness

At the same time, in the study.

Hearing Yvesette's question, Hillina's hand holding the cup paused slightly, then she gently blew away the hot steam on the cup and took a sip.

"The Tomb of Heremus? The ancient ruins that the Empire discovered in the ancient city of Cramond not long ago?" Silina's voice seemed a little flat. "Why are you asking this?"

The slight joy I had just felt from the night talk between the sisters disappeared in an instant.

Yvesette said nothing, just stared at her in silence.

Seeing this, Xilina said softly: "I don't know much about this mausoleum. I only know that the people buried inside are very old."

"Judging from the style of the reliefs on the mausoleum, its age can even be traced back to the early Second Age."

The Second Age is the Age of War of Gods.

At that time, the gods had not yet established their kingdom, but were walking on the earth in their complete forms, exercising their respective powers.

It is hard to imagine the identity of the tomb owner, as he could have such a magnificent mausoleum in that era.

But this is not what Ivester wants to worry about.

She didn't care about the origin of the mausoleum, she just wanted to fulfill her long-cherished wish.

After taking a look at Hilina's enchantingly beautiful face, Yvesette suppressed the irritability and jealousy in her heart.

If you think about it carefully, being able to sit face to face and chat with this woman like this is already a very wonderful thing.

In the past, even if she just saw that face, Ivester would not be able to help but tear it apart.

Of course, it was hatred and jealousy that twisted her into an unrecognizable monster.

Fortunately, now she has Lin En, who has gradually transformed her into what she is now.

One is the most hateful being in the world, and the other is the favorite of God who is so beautiful that it transcends concept. The two should be incompatible.

But in the eyes of the puppy, he became the most beautiful woman in the world, while Hilina was often humiliated by him.

Therefore, jealousy or something like that doesn’t matter anymore.

Even if there is, it only applies to the woman one hundred thousand years later.

Thinking of this, Yvesette sneered: "You don't know much? Although you just came back from the border, this excuse can't fool me, Hilina."

"As far as I know, the gravedigger team is currently under your control, and you are also in charge of the excavation of the mausoleum this time."

The atmosphere became silent for a moment.

Hillina lowered her eyes and stared at the light brown tea in the cup in silence, her full and swollen chest rising and falling gently.

After an unknown amount of time, she gently put down the teacup in her hand.

Under Yvestre's gaze, Silina looked at her seriously and said, "According to the information I have, the Tomb of Helemus is a trap."

"As of last week, several teams of gravediggers under my command had entered the cave for the eighteenth time, with a total of thirty-six casualties. The remaining seventy people showed varying degrees of physical deformation after returning to the ground, and even developed a phenomenon called 'empty shell syndrome'."

"It was as if the spirit and consciousness were stripped away from the body, leaving only a corpse-like shell."

Hilina said solemnly.

In particular, the word "stripping" was emphasized.

Hearing this, Ivisette's eyes lit up slightly.

This is exactly the same as Saint Laurent VI's description.

"I need to know what is hidden inside the mausoleum."

She spoke without hesitation.

Seeing this, Hillina sighed softly.

Although Yvesette seemed like a different person after returning from the border, with some changes for the better, she would still become reckless once talking about things related to the curse on her face.

"Little Evie," Silina said, tucking her long hair around her ears. "During this trip to Orne City, didn't you feel that your father and the parliament's attitude towards you seemed to have changed in some way?"

Although it was not nice to talk about your father behind his back, Hilina still decided to remind Yvesette.

Yvesette frowned.

change?

From beginning to end, all she felt was malice from the people around her.

Whether it is Saint Laurent VI, the great nobles in the parliament, or the entire Grosstin.

Since it's all malicious, how can there be change?

Seeing this, Sildena explained softly, "To father and the others, you were just a tool used to deal with the seal."

"Although I am somewhat afraid, I am more greedy for the mysterious power in your body."

"But too many things happened during this border trip. If it weren't for the various coincidences and Lin En's selfless dedication, I'm afraid you would have fallen into a deep sleep by now, or even suffered a more serious backlash."

"Do you know why?"

Hearing this, Yvesette frowned slightly but said nothing.

Hillina followed up with the previous sentence and said slowly: "Because they are afraid of you."

"Before, there was surveillance by various churches, and the empire also had several demigods and even saints. Even though they had very powerful forces, they were still within the controllable range."

"But as this power of unknown origin grew stronger day by day, they discovered that you were gradually slipping out of control."

"As for those Sealed Objects that cannot be controlled, I'm sure you are also very clear about how they have been handled."

In an instant, the atmosphere around them suddenly became a little cold.

But Hilina still withstood such pressure and calmly explained the truth: "The Wishing Jar incident was an attempt they made on you."

“Try to weaken your power, or even send you to a research institute to find out the source and principle of this power, and then use it for their own benefit.”

As Hillina's voice slowly fell, the atmosphere in the room fell silent again.

As someone who is involved in the game and has always been in the imperial capital, she is very familiar with the inside story.

In other words, even without understanding, given the nature of those idiots, it is easy to guess what they are thinking.

Fearing, criticizing, forming a group, mocking, and being greedy.

The corners of Yvesette's mouth curved slightly.

Although she was furious, this was something Lin En had already analyzed with her.

"Hilina, I never took what you said seriously." Yvesette crossed her legs, looking noble and indifferent. "Besides, you seem to have gone off topic."

Hearing this, a hint of anxiety flashed in Hillina's eyes.

Although she knew Yvesette very well and knew that she would not change her mind once she made a decision, as the eldest sister, she was unwilling to watch her go down the wrong path.

"Perhaps judging from the results, they failed in the Orne City incident, but as long as you are in the game called the 'Saint Laurent Empire', you will always be at the mercy of others, and similar incidents will definitely not be the last."

"Also, I don't know why my father told you about the Tomb of Heremus, but Ivester, I don't want to see you in danger."

"Especially when you know it's a trap."

"Shut up."

Hearing Hillina's concerned words, Ivester felt nauseous.

She stared at him coldly: "Hilina, stop pretending to be an elder sister. I am no longer a three-year-old child."

"We are not a sisterhood where we can have a good conversation. It was never possible before and it will never happen in the future."

The atmosphere destroyer Ivester immediately blocked Hilina's long and bitter persuasion.

Seeing this, Hillina suddenly felt a headache.

It was obvious that her troublesome sister was still holding a grudge against her because of a misunderstanding more than 20 years ago.

Although she had explained it countless times, Yvesette would only believe what was happening before her eyes.

"Moreover, don't forget that I am a sixth-rank demigod. In terms of strength alone, even if you and the other eight people were tied together, you still wouldn't be able to defeat me."

Yvesette said calmly.

If the royal selection ceremony was conducted as an indiscriminate fight to the death, she would have ascended the throne long ago.

It’s a pity that in this invisible struggle, strength is only one link, and even an unimportant one.

What's more, there is no longer any father-daughter relationship between Yvesette and Saint Laurent VI.

You can only believe half of what he says.

Therefore, her level of vigilance towards Heremus was much higher than Hillina had imagined.

Yvesette knew very well that the curse on her face was very terrible and could not be removed easily.

Otherwise, she would not have been helpless for so many years and finally placed her hope on this mausoleum.

"Can you tell me why you are so persistent?"

Finally, Hilina was at her wit's end and could only look at her with a little confusion.

reason?

Yvesette subconsciously recalled the battle with the Witch of the End behind the Bloody Gate last night.

During the battle, the two exchanged a few words.

Although it was Yvestre who asked questions most of the time, the Witch of the End responded coldly.

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The only time her emotions fluctuate is when the puppy is mentioned.

Even so, Ivester got the information she wanted.

According to the original destiny, the tomb of Hermes was discovered more than a year after she fell asleep.

Therefore, this matter actually had nothing to do with her.

But since fate was disturbed by Lynn, everything has become different.

The original Witch of the End relied on her own powerful strength in the future to remove the curse on her face.

But that was after she was promoted to the level of a god.

Right now, Iviste is still too far away from becoming a god, but she cannot wait even a moment longer.

In addition, if the curse is removed in this way, it will create the illusion that you are under the influence of that bitch.

This feeling made her very uncomfortable.

Obviously, you are the one who decides the future.

In that case, why should she gradually transform into the appearance of that bitch, instead of changing her into the appearance she expected? Therefore, she was determined to obtain the Tomb of Heremus.

This is the fundamental reason why Ivester made all these choices.

However, it was impossible for him to tell Hillina such an absurd reason as jealousy of him.

"No comment."

Seeing this, Hillina sighed softly.

After a long silence, she finally told the truth about the Tomb of Hermes.

"As you guessed, there seems to be some kind of 'authority' in the mausoleum, which has the ability to 'peel off' things that are conceptually combined. The 'empty shell syndrome' that appeared in the gravedigger team was caused by the unconscious contamination of the mausoleum's rules."

"As for whether this authority is complete and whether it can be effective against a sixth-level demigod, we don't know yet."

"But according to my guess, the owner of this mausoleum must have been a seventh-order saint or above during his lifetime. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to still have such a terrible impact on reality after tens of thousands of years."

really!

Hearing what Hillina said, a hint of heat flashed in Ivester's eyes.

She seemed to see the scene where her well-behaved and cute puppy lay in her arms prpr after her appearance was restored.

The power was fully utilized in an instant.

Seeing Yvesette's high spirits, Hillina was still a little worried.

"It remains to be seen whether the things in the mausoleum can remove the curse on your face." After thinking it over again and again, Hilina couldn't help but say one more thing, "Also, aren't you afraid that those people induced you to contact the Mausoleum of Heremus in order to use this 'authority' to deprive you of certain powers?"

Hearing this, Yvesette smiled softly.

As the saying goes, high risk means high reward.

If you are not willing to take even the slightest risk and hold such cowardly thoughts, how can you defeat that bitch from a hundred thousand years later?

What's more, "As you said, now they are afraid of me."

"Since they are wary, it means they have no means to force me to obey, so I just need to do whatever I want."

Yvesette said calmly.

Seeing her sister so calm and composed, Hillina hesitated to speak.

The sixth-rank demigod was indeed extremely powerful, and even in the empire they were extremely rare, there was no doubt about that.

But that's only relative to humans.

You know, the crises in this world do not only come from humans, but more from those terrible rules and seals, and even some indescribable existences.

Besides, as she said before.

As long as you are in the game called "Saint Laurent Empire", you will never be able to control your own behavior.

The time in Orne City, it was because he didn't want to be kicked out of the king's selection.

And the result was a happy one for everyone.

But what about next time?

Even if no one could use force to make her voluntarily strip away the authority and power in her body.

But what if... because of someone's existence, she had to make such a choice? After returning from Orne City, Ivester has changed a lot, which is good.

Being changeable means that there are people who care about it.

For those guys in the imperial capital, a sixth-rank demigod is not scary.

What is terrifying is a sixth-order demigod who has no worries and no desires.

Once people have concerns in their hearts, they will also have weaknesses.

Hillina really hopes that Yvesette will remember these words.

However, seeing her like this, I couldn't say it.

I hope I'm just overthinking it.

Hilina sighed softly.

At this moment, the tea is getting cold.

Just as Hillina was about to end the evening talk, there was a knock on the study door.

"Come in."

The next second, the butler in the mansion opened the door with a panicked look on her face.

Seeing that the two princes were present, she calmed down a little and said hurriedly, "Your Highness, we found a male corpse in the corridor on the third floor. Judging from his attire, he seems to be a guest at the dinner."

Hearing this, Xilina instantly realized the seriousness of the matter and said solemnly: "Has the identity of the deceased been confirmed?"

"Not yet, but there is a crow mask on his face. We are investigating it now."

The deaconess wanted to say something but was interrupted by a sudden voice.

"What did you say?"

Iviste raised her head at some point and looked at the master and servant who were talking, her tone trembling slightly.

Hilina stood there in a daze.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

She saw unprecedented fear and despair in her sister's eyes.

It was as if the world collapsed.

Is this your weakness?

Hillina thought silently in her heart.

(ps: I am a bit stuck in the transition plot. The next climax is coming soon. I am thinking about how to pull it up better.) I recommend this good brother's book. It is so good! (End of this chapter)