“So, I’ll leave, but I won’t slink away like a stray dog… I’ll take all the town’s wealth with me!”
The town mayor looked maniacally at the girl in front of him, as if seeking her approval.
“Only then will this be worthy of all my years of effort! Only then… will it be worthy of my identity as the town mayor!!”
Right as he finished speaking, the two Truth Sect members beside him… had already drawn the short knives from their waists…
“You… so you were in on it from the start…” Elu’s voice trembled as she stepped back step by step.
Splat! Splash—!!
The next second, a sound like liquid being splashed came from outside the door… This made the apothecary girl turn her head instinctively, but she didn’t notice that the town mayor and the two Truth Sect members also exchanged confused glances, then instinctively looked forward.
Clearly… in the script they had designed, that part wasn’t there.
“You… what are you… Huh?! Aaaahhh!!”
Squelch… But at that moment, a series of screams came from outside the door.
Then came the sound of a large amount of liquid splashing on the ground.
“The world’s really gone to chaos, all kinds of crap are coming out to wander around…”
Before anyone could snap out of it, the back door was slowly pushed open by a pale little hand with black nails.
At the doorway stood a petite figure drenched in blood.
A cool autumn wind blew, causing the girl’s snow-white hair to ripple gently like ripples in water.
Behind her… lay nearly twenty corpses in a heap. Their white robes had been stained crimson by blood.
If you looked closely, you could see that these corpses had died extremely gruesomely, as if their blood vessels had exploded from the inside, blowing their entire bodies into unrecognizable shapes.
Every corpse had its mouth wide open and eyes bulging, looking extremely agonized.
Knock, knock, knock… Clear knocking sounds came from the door, followed by the polite yet humble voice of the white-haired girl.
“I’m coming in now. If you have any last words, you don’t need to say them now. I can’t be bothered to listen.”
As the girl spoke, her red eyes slowly locked onto the still-dazed town mayor…
“You…”
Whoosh—!
The next second, her figure had appeared beside the town mayor like a ghost… Her pale little hand had grabbed the neck of the Truth Sect member next to the town mayor at some point…!
In an instant, the expression on the face of this Truth Sect member, who had no time to react, changed from bewilderment to contortion!
Countless blood vessels bulged like earthworms, constantly “writhing” under his skin.
The prelude of death seemed to turn into a tattered rag, gagging his mouth!
Splat!!
The next second, blood splattered everywhere!
This person’s blood vessels all burst open in an instant, causing his entire body to “bloom” in a rather artistic manner.
“Ha!! This move… is called [Blood Flower]. What do you think?” The white-haired girl drenched in blood slowly turned her head, revealing a very kind and innocent smile to the town mayor and the other cult member.
“Aaaaah!!” The town mayor was now so scared that his screams lost their pitch!
He didn’t know when such a monster had infiltrated the town… He was… he was about to leave…
“Uh!?” The other, and only remaining Truth Sect member who was still alive, no longer cared about what he had been planning to do!
At this moment, his only thought was to escape! Escape this terrifying room! Escape that terrifying white-haired humanoid! Quick… run!! He quickly turned around and scrambled frantically toward the back door!
But the white-haired girl didn’t even glance at him. She just kicked the “bloomed” corpse on the ground.
“Don’t just lie there. Get to work…”
Crack, crack… And the next second, the corpse’s limbs began to twitch.
Then, its entire form moved like a spider, using all four limbs as if it were a humanoid spider, chasing after the one who had just fled!
Thump, thump, thump… It’s just ahead! Just ahead… Seeing the closed back door at the corner up ahead, this Truth Sect member felt like a drowning man grabbing onto the last floating log!
It seemed that if he could just run out of here, this nightmare would end, and he would wake up in a soft bed as usual…
Thud, thud, thud, thud!!
But the heavy footsteps chasing from behind directly crushed his yet-unstarted beautiful dream in an instant!
Whoosh—!!
But in the very next instant, a heavy body pounced from behind, slamming him face-down onto the ground… A pair of hands with an incredibly strange and horrifying touch pressed directly onto his back.
“Uh…” He turned his head in terror, expecting to see the white-haired girl… but at that moment, he saw the “bloomed” face of his own comrade.
“Ah…”
Boom!! Crackle, crackle…
The next second, the corpse that had tackled him exploded instantly.
The flesh and bones of the two fused completely in that moment, splattering all over the not-so-deep corridor.
Dark green acidic blood also turned the place into a mess…
Plop… And a mud-like eyeball was flung out from the explosion of flesh and blood, sticking to the floor of the hall.
Thump!
The town mayor, who had been scared limp by the dull explosion, also at this moment… made eye contact with that mud-like eyeball on the floor.
Good thing he had just used the restroom, or else he might have really let loose right then and there…
“As the town mayor, an official of the kingdom carrying the trust of the people, is this how you contribute to the East Capital?”
Ileya’s red eyes seemed to flow with a sanguine light… After practicing over these past few days, she had gained some initial insights into using the ability “Blood Manipulation.”
At the moment of touching a target, she could make their blood flow backward and become abnormally active.
And [Blood Flower] was a combination of using blood control to destroy blood vessels and cause necrosis, adding Death Aura, and finally using a Corpse Bomb to detonate the blood vessels… achieving the effect just seen.
The reason she acted personally this time was also to test this new “skill” she had developed. And after this little “experiment,” the move was indeed quite powerful, but it had two drawbacks…
Ileya looked down at her own body, at her clothes that were completely soaked through with blood and had turned a dark red, and then she sensed a little… the condition inside her body at the moment.
Aside from the physical sense of being “very dirty,” this move also brought the negative effect of “Blood Thirst” from overusing blood magic.
Although the Lady herself couldn’t be called a severe germaphobe, she still had high standards for her own cleanliness.
Normally, if she had to wear this blood-soaked outfit, she would absolutely detest it.
But at this moment, the Lady not only felt no disgust or discomfort, but being drenched in blood actually gave her a feeling of excitement and comfort, like just after taking a bath and lying down on her familiar soft bed.
If not for Ileya’s strong self-control, she might have already stuck out her tongue to lick the blood at the corner of her mouth.
For now… she just felt a sense of physical and mental pleasure… She wondered if she would feel uncomfortable after cleaning up.
And just as Ileya was pondering such matters, footsteps sounded again from behind her.
“Sister!!” Along with the footsteps came Holly’s worried call.
“Little sister?!” Elu, whose legs had also gone weak from fright due to the Lady’s brutal methods just now, but upon seeing Holly, she pulled herself together again… “Little sister, run!!”
“Huh?” Holly, who had just rushed into the room, was momentarily stunned, but when she saw the Lady drenched in blood, she immediately understood what was going on.
“Cough, cough… Um, Sis… this is the Lady… Did you forget?”
“Huh? The Lady…” Of course Elu knew. Her little sister had left Stream Town with this person two months ago and then disappeared without a trace.
And in the apothecary girl’s memory, this Lady was noble and elegant… a far cry from this blood-soaked… humanoid creature.
“Cough, cough… Um, Sis, the Lady was just testing her ability. And these guys are scum from a cult, so killing them is fine…”
Listening to Holly’s explanation, Elu nodded slightly with a pale face.
“Mm… Thank you, Lady…” She nodded lightly, and after confirming that the Lady was not an enemy, she bowed to her solemnly in gratitude.
If two months ago she had been a spirited and naive girl, then after experiencing the betrayal of her master and senior brother, and becoming the only apothecary in Stream Town, Elu had matured a lot and had come to realize that this was a world where the strong prey on the weak…
If the Lady hadn’t killed these people just now, the one lying in a pool of blood later would have been herself.
After the Lady waved her hand to indicate no need for thanks, the two sisters naturally chatted about family matters.
Over the past month, life in Stream Town had been quite peaceful.
Their grandparents, with Elu the apothecary to take care of them, were naturally in good health.
But they had been feeling uneasy due to the recent alarming rumors and the large number of townspeople leaving.
And Holly also stated the purpose of her return this time.
Hearing that her little sister, even in such a crisis, had the ability to relocate them to the Crystal Capital, Elu was overjoyed, even crying tears of joy as she looked at her little sister who had grown a bit taller than two months ago.
Before, she had always worried that if her little sister became a maiden for a noble, she might be bullied, or not have enough to eat or warm clothes, and whether her little sister’s personality could handle it.
But now… all of that was answered in an instant. Her little sister was not only doing well but had also learned skills and become successful… The heart that Elu had been holding in the air finally settled safely on the ground.
“Sis…” Feeling her sister’s hand stroking her head and the warmth that only family could bring, Holly couldn’t help but redden her eyes.
Ileya, on the other hand, did not pay attention to such a touching reunion of sisters.
She just bent down, with her red eyes that seemed to flow with blood, looking at the Stream Town town mayor who was still collapsed on the floor.
This so-called “Truth Sect” might be a bunch of rabble, but earlier Ileya had heard the slogans, doctrines, and teachings shouted by these cultists, and they didn’t seem to be made up randomly.
Perhaps this organization was not fabricated by the town mayor but actually existed.
The reason it appeared in Stream Town was probably just that they had reached some kind of cooperation with the town mayor.
After the previous incidents, Ileya fully understood how terrifying the destructive power and influence of so-called “cults” could be.
So she still intended to investigate this matter thoroughly. That was also the reason why the Lady hadn’t killed the town mayor immediately.
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