Chapter 395: Blood of Heracross
Clang~
With the sound of a crisp metal collision, the handleless blood-stained blade was thrown away by Lily.
Minister Griffith, bound in a gray spiderweb, lowered his head, completely unconscious.
"I really like causing trouble for others..."
Lily whispered in disgust.
Under Lily's interrogation, he had become a bloody mess.
Lily also received very detailed information.
Minister Griffith also possesses the power of the Third Level in the Path of Authority. Before becoming a minister, he was a lawyer who graduated from the Royal Law University. Reaching the Third Level before the age of thirty is a truly remarkable talent.
At the same time, Lily could also sense that he had the first level of adaptability to the path of love.
But that's the intensity.
After getting used to playing high-end games, Lily used a sneak attack to deal with a real third-level extraordinary person without even leaving him any chance to resist.
Throughout the entire process, Shadow Demon didn't even have a chance to attack. Lily alone defeated Griffith.
Relying on a web of lies and the control of the "Shadow Potion Giver," Minister Griffith was completely controlled by Lily before he could launch an effective counterattack.
Afterwards, Lily alternated between using the eagle feather dagger for violent interrogation and then using the "love potion" attached to the "Shadow Potion Giver" for control, and quickly squeezed out the information about Minister Griffith.
Part of the reason was that Griffith had lost his vigilance for too long; another part was that Lily's equipment was too good.
But in fact, the most crucial reason is his own laziness.
He had been in Xingtan for a full ten years, yet his Path of Authority remained stuck at the same level as ten years prior. While the Path of Love had added adaptability, its level was still far too low. The dual paths weren't synergizing, and his excessive "desire" was actually hindering his progress on the primary path.
Lily, a witch of a higher rank on the same path, used the "Love Potion" left behind from the bone carving relic, which could affect up to the third energy level, as a means of control, which was just right for her to control Griffith. However, the witch's potion was extremely suppressive against Griffith, who was of a lower rank on the same path, making him almost impossible to resist.
If the paths are different, there may be a chance to use the strengths to defeat the weaknesses; but the suppression from the superiors on the same path is almost impossible to resolve.
Just like the giant prince of Noble Red—his curse of the Three Sins was invincible against lower-ranking demonologists of the same path. Aiwass's escape was entirely due to intelligence suppression.
The reason why Lily acted so cruelly was because she knew Aiwass well enough.
Her master, Aiwass, was a deeply protective person. To some extent, he could even be described as someone who favored his relatives over his own. And in Aiwass's current "intimacy ranking," Miss Yulia, who had grown up with Aiwass and depended on him for survival, was undoubtedly number one.
——Evans didn't even dare let her know what he usually did.
Whenever he did something bad or dangerous, he would tell Lily many times not to tell Yulia about it.
When Miss Yulia first wanted to become a transcendent, she had talents in four areas: balance, wisdom, dedication, and transcendence.
But among the several options, Aiwass immediately ruled out the latter two. He hoped Yulia could become an alchemist or a mage, as these were the relatively safest professions. They didn't need to go out, interact with others, or face direct danger. The threat of transcendental knowledge was less significant. After reaching maturity, they would have a certain degree of self-protection ability and wouldn't be too vulnerable during the promotion ceremony.
Although Aiwass did not force Yulia to choose these two professions, Yulia was so smart that she easily sensed Aiwass's expectations of her and became an alchemist.
...Of course, in Lily's opinion, Yulia is by no means the kind of girl who is "too weak" or "needs protection".
A girl who has had a high fever for several years, but can usually endure the pain and remain calm and rational, focusing on studying, without losing her temper or crying, what kind of strong mind she has is something that ordinary people can simply not imagine.
Although she always seemed weak to Aiwass...but in fact, when Aiwass was not at home, Yulia, who was three years younger than Aiwass, was the one who called the shots in the house. All the servants in the house respected her, of course including Lily.
Moreover, Yulia possessed a strange and completely inexplicable power. Although her body was weak and lacked physical strength, she would occasionally cheer herself up and burst out with strength greater than that of an adult man.
This was a secret kept only among the servants. The old master, James, knew about it, but neither Edward nor Aiwass knew about it.
Although she rarely shows off in front of others, especially in front of Aiwass, she would not deliberately use strength... But on the night when Aiwass encountered the Shadow Demon and fell into a coma, Yulia directly picked him up.
Aiwass thought it was Lily who bathed him and Oswald who carried him—but that was only half true. As soon as Aiwass entered the house, Yulia took him away. Lily did help with the washing, but it was Yulia who took Aiwass away afterward.
She was walking briskly at that time and looked extremely healthy... But after that, she seemed to have been "bitten back", and the phantom demon egg in her body broke out again.
And now, Lily finally knows the reason behind all this.
"...Heracross."
Lily murmured softly.
According to the key information provided by Minister Griffith, Yulia has the bloodline of the Heracross family.
——That was the royal family during the Helasar Empire.
White hair, red eyes, and immense strength—these are the characteristics of the Heracross family.
But that's unlikely...
Because this family had died out long before the War of the Rift.
If there had been no extinction of the heirs, the cause of the Shattering War would have been completely elusive. The reason the Herasil Empire split into the four nations of Star Antimony, Iris, Narcissus, and Black Eagle was because the royal families had been completely wiped out, leaving the nations without a legitimate heir. Consequently, each nation claimed to be the true heir to the old empire, and the other three nations were traitors.
If even one Heracross had been alive at that time, the Rift War should never have happened.
unless……
"...Swamp People?"
Lily murmured, vaguely realizing something.
She also followed Aiwass through the entire village of Eagle Point.
Although she usually doesn't say a word, it doesn't mean that she has no ears and doesn't hear anything.
It's more like the opposite.
She was constantly listening to other people's conversations, always gathering intelligence.
If Yulia was a swamp person created from the "blood of Heracross", then it would explain why her biological parents could never be found.
It is said that when the old patriarch James was about to take Yulia away from the orphanage, she burst out with extremely powerful strength - several adult men could not pull her away at all.
When Lily heard this story for the first time, she thought that "they didn't dare to use force because they were afraid of hurting Yulia", in order to highlight Yulia's determination not to leave.
But now thinking back...
That may be the realistic and literal meaning of "cannot be pulled away".
Minister Griffith himself didn't even know the purpose of his "quasi-master", but Lily, who had more intelligence, understood the whole picture.
——Xingti got the information about Yulia from somewhere.
They asked Minister Griffith to find a solution himself, but he had to get Yulia's blood.
Minister Griffith's idea was to claim that Yulia was a Phantom Demon Egg and demanded an examination—they didn't actually know that Yulia was a Phantom Demon Egg, and this was a complete slander. Their goal was to obtain Yulia's blood.
Although Yulia was indeed once a demon egg, and harboring a demon egg was indeed a serious crime... but Aiwass had a special secret ritual that could safely remove the demon egg from her body. Now that Yulia no longer had a demon egg in her body, they certainly had no fear of testing.
Thus, Minister Griffith will be able to obtain Yulia's blood.
But when Griffith proposed this idea, the Eye Demon made a new request. He was required to attack Aiwass - or at least to clearly show his hostility towards Aiwass, and not stand with him.
Minister Griffith didn't know why this happened, so he was confused.
But Lily knew.
In reality, Griffith was just bait.
He uses it for fishing.
If he is hostile to Aiwass, and he expresses his hostility towards Yulia... then according to Aiwass's style, he will most likely send someone to get rid of him directly.
But the Star People don't know the existence of "Lily".
They expected the one who attacked should be "Aleister". So the Eye Demon would most likely jump away and leave immediately after seeing the trace of Shadow Demon's existence through "Future Vision" or "True Sight".
Because it has already prepared to run away at any time.
If everything goes well, then "Miss Aleister" will be able to learn information about Yulia's bloodline from Griffith.
But……
...What happens next?
Lily frowned slightly.
After all, she was still not as smart as Aiwass. She could only analyze so far, as if her thoughts had hit a transparent wall.
If it were Aiwass or Sherlock, they would definitely be able to guess what the Star Antimony people wanted to do.
But there was one thing she was very aware of.
——In that case, we can’t let “Miss Aleister” appear here.
Others didn't know, but Lily knew. There was no such thing as "Aleister Crowley." That was simply another identity for her young master.
At this moment, Aiwass was treating reporters to a meal not far away.
His goal is to put pressure on the Knights of the Round Table through this method—meaning to tell them, "I'm watching you." He is also likely to resort to violent means outside of the meeting to achieve his goals at any time, and he does have such power in his hands, and you are unable to counter it.
Because, nominally, Aiwass and Miss Aleister had already fallen out. Even if Aleister had assassinated the minister at this point, it couldn't be said to be Aiwass's fault; it could even be said that Aleister had deliberately caused trouble for Aiwass. So, of course, Isabel couldn't "condemn Aiwass as a foreign spy or assassin intent on causing trouble for Aiwass."
...But things are different now.
This incident might involve Miss Yulia, and there seems to be a bigger conspiracy behind it.
Aiwass had taught Lily some ways to deal with the situation in advance.
Lily didn't understand a lot of things, but she clearly remembered and understood one sentence -
"If you can know what your enemy wants you to do... then it's best not to do it. From this perspective, the essence of the game is to discern the other party's true intentions amidst layers of cover-up and misdirection."
Aiwass said: "You are not my tool. You must have your own thoughts, Lily."
Lily thought rapidly.
This was the first time she encountered a situation where following Aiwass's plan would lead Aiwass into a trap. She had to think independently and come up with the best solution in a short period of time.
Shadow Fiend has been very silent recently and hasn't said a word.
In the past, she could have consulted Shadow Demon's advice, but now she had to think for herself.
——Since the fish that the Star Antimony people want to catch is Aleister, then they cannot let "Aleister" take the hook.
Fortunately, Lily prepared a second method...
Fortunately, she hadn't used any of the Shadow Demon's power yet, so she hadn't left behind any traces of shadows tainted with the aura of the Path of Transcendence. The shadows she used came entirely from herself, from Aiwass's gift, the aura of the Path of Love and the Path of Adaptation.
She pushed up her glasses and gently rotated the glove on her left hand one notch.
The "love potion" attached to the gloves, used during torture, was replaced with "moon mist" that can quickly melt a person's internal organs in a few seconds.
Then, Lily stretched out her left hand wearing a black silk glove and slowly and firmly grasped Minister Griffith's neck.
Pink, tree-like lines rapidly spread downward from his neck, and black blood slowly flowed from his mouth and nose.
This young talent, who was no more than 40 years old this year, lost his breath in the blink of an eye.
Miss Chloe, I have to trouble you to take the blame again...
Lily sighed silently and slowly took off her gloves.
So far, Miss Chloe has taken a lot of blame.
And this one right now may be the biggest one.
Lily's body gradually mutated and turned into a gray werewolf with scarlet pupils.
She tore up Minister Griffith's body without hesitation, destroying all traces of her interrogation - but in fact, she only destroyed part of it. If she investigated carefully, she would still find traces of using "Eagle Feather" to torture his flesh and blood while he was still alive.
But this is just right.
Things that you find out yourself will be more convincing.
(End of this chapter)
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