Chapter: Chapter 139
When the Songstress left with Lin Qingyu and Xi Mengyao, Leticia and Bai Ling, who were still playing, immediately stopped.
They looked at each other, seeing the same thought in each other’s eyes.
Follow them and see what’s going on.
So, they quietly followed behind the three, avoiding the Captain who was darting around the house, and followed them all the way to outside Lin Qingyu’s room.
As soon as they arrived outside the door, they heard a crisp snap of fingers.
This made both of them frown.
Bai Ling simply pressed her temples, feeling a slight headache, while Leticia had no reaction at all.
“Mental attack.” The Demon King’s daughter snorted coldly. This level of mental attack couldn’t even make her have a headache, and the attacker’s strength could only be considered not up to par.
And in the room now, there was only one person who could launch a mental attack, and that was the former hero, the Songstress.
Her superpower was related to the mind, while the other two girls had no special abilities at all.
The culprit was obvious.
“It’s the Songstress, Bai, smash the door open.” Leticia said to Bai Ling without hesitation.
On serious matters, both Bai Ling and Leticia chose to trust each other unconditionally.
Bai Ling immediately drew her sword and slashed at the tightly closed door.
The door burst into a colorful brilliance, which momentarily obstructed Bai Ling’s sword, but how could Bai Ling’s sword be easily blocked?
It was only blocked for a moment before the brilliance was shattered by Bai Ling’s Star Sword, and so was the door.
After this, it was what had just happened.
“Your reaction speed surprised me a bit.” The Songstress immediately held Lin Qingyu in her arms, “Don’t come over.”
“Tsk, don’t go over.” Leticia stopped Bai Ling, who was eager to move.
It wasn’t that she doubted Bai Ling’s strength. In this world, anyone could doubt Bai Ling’s strength except her.
After all, she had fought with Bai Ling, and only she had witnessed Bai Ling’s full power and survived.
Leticia had no doubt that if Bai Ling was willing, she could separate the Songstress’s head from her body before she could react.
But now, it couldn’t be done.
“You saw it? That’s right, you’re a demon, you should see it.” The Songstress smiled, “We won this round.”
“Are you the one who attacked me in black?” Leticia asked.
“No, the one who attacked you was a divine envoy. I was just an errand runner.” The Songstress was in a good mood, so she was happy to answer Leticia’s questions. “I told her many times not to attack you, but she just wouldn’t listen.”
“You’re doing quite well on this point.” Leticia nudged Bai Ling with her elbow. “You go to Xi Mengyao’s side first.”
Xi Mengyao was currently the least resistant person here. The Songstress’s snap just now had put her under control, but the Songstress didn’t have the extra energy to control Xi Mengyao now.
“Okay.” Bai Ling didn’t question Leticia’s decision, knowing that at this moment, she should fully trust Leticia’s judgment.
In the field of magic, the Demon King was the expert.
“If it were me, I would never let you wander around the manor as you pleased.” Leticia said to the Songstress, “It’s just that I still don’t understand how you set up this formation.”
Spatial teleportation magic arrays, even among demons, required a large number of mages to continuously draw for a week to create.
But the Songstress, she had wandered around the manor for a few hours, and no one had noticed anything unusual.
This was truly incredible.
“Miss Su, you should think about this question yourself.” The Songstress laughed heartily. “It’s too late for you to stop me!”
“If it weren’t for the fear of magical turbulence caused by the breakdown of the magic array, do you think you would still have the chance to boast here?” Leticia couldn’t understand why this guy could be so confident.
Why didn’t she let Bai Ling attack?
It was because this magic array was too fragile, so fragile that it couldn’t withstand any attack.
If Bai Ling were to make a move, Leticia was sure that before Bai Ling could take down the Songstress, this teleportation array would directly collapse.
Getting caught in spatial turbulence would be dangerous.
“And don’t get too pleased with yourself too early.” Leticia took out her magic sword and planted it on the ground. “As long as we two are here, your teleportation will never be precise.”
There was a teleportation limit for this kind of range-based teleportation. Once the limit was exceeded, strange things might happen during the teleportation.
For example, the teleportation location might change.
A silver magical glow lit up Leticia’s body. She was casting a spell to resist spatial turbulence, and also adding some spice to this spell.
This was a good opportunity for her.
In various parts of the manor, the small stones that the Songstress had casually dropped lit up with silver runes, attracting the attention of the guards.
But by the time they noticed, it was too late.
The magic power contained in the stones erupted, surging towards a small room along a predetermined trajectory. An invisible magic array enclosed the small room. After a few breaths, a dazzling silver light flashed, and everything in that room seemed to be swallowed by something and disappeared from its original position.
The Captain, who was training on the first floor, felt something and took off her eye mask, looking in one direction.
“Xiaxia! What happened?” Lu Siyu quickly appeared beside the Captain.
“Siyu, get ready, we’re going on a business trip.” The Captain didn’t explain much. “Don’t worry, Xiaobai is also there, nothing will happen.”
Compared to the calm and composed Captain, the Heavenly Kings crouching outside the manor were not so calm. They saw the magic array and wanted to stop it from activating, but it was too late.
The magic array disappeared in less than ten seconds from its appearance, which was not even enough time for them to rush to the scene.
“You two, take people with me.” Just as the two Heavenly Kings were anxious, Xue’er appeared before them. “Why are you panicking? This is His Majesty’s plan.”
If Leticia had not wanted to be teleported away, she would not have been teleported away. This level of teleportation magic array could not forcibly teleport her away against her will.
She disappeared because she intended to find out who the mastermind behind the scenes was.
Also, to take this opportunity to snatch Lin Qingyu from Bai Ling.
Before being teleported away, she had cast a tracking spell on herself, which allowed Xue’er to know her Majesty’s location the moment Leticia disappeared.
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“Ow, my old back.” A fair and white small hand suddenly stretched out from a pile of withered leaves, as if a zombie from a horror movie crawling out of a grave.
But this time, what crawled out was not a hideous monster, but a cute and adorable little girl.
After brushing off the leaves on her body, the girl looked around and found that she seemed to be in a small town.
The architectural style of the town could be described as eclectic. There was an Eastern pavilion here and a Western church there. She didn’t know what those who built these buildings were thinking.
Weren’t they worried about the conflict of styles?
“Oh, a young girl I’ve never seen before.” Leticia, who had popped out of the pile of withered leaves, naturally attracted the attention of many pedestrians. Some of the bolder ones slowly approached, curiously sizing up Leticia.
“My goodness, she’s so beautiful, I can’t believe my eyes.”
“I think I should kick your butt hard with my boots. How many times have I told you not to speak in that tone?”
“Oh, my old pal… Hey, don’t actually kick, it was just a joke, a joke.”
“Pfft.” Leticia chuckled, finding the two men too funny.
“Little sister, where are you from?” At this moment, a beautiful young lady standing around Leticia asked.
Her eyes were as blue as the sky, very beautiful. If one looked carefully at her face, one could still faintly discern some Western features.
Is this girl a mixed-race?
“Central City, I’m from Central City.” Leticia replied.
The people surrounding Leticia began to whisper, as if this term was rarely mentioned here.
“Central City? I remember that seems to be a very big city?”
“Yes, the priest said that many people live there.”
“But the priest also said that the people there are not happy at all.”
…
These discussions made Leticia confused. These people seemed to know about Central City, but their understanding of Central City seemed to be limited to the priest’s isolated remarks.
In this case, was the key person the priest?
“Excuse me, does anyone know how to get back to Central City?” Leticia raised her hand and asked.
Her obedient appearance made several young ladies in the crowd’s eyes sparkle with love. Such a cute little girl was truly lovable.
Unfortunately, they also didn’t know how to get to Central City.
Outside the town was an endless wilderness, with fierce beasts roaming in the wilderness. Ordinary people going out were just delivering food to the beasts.
Even those with special abilities would not dare to venture out of the town without being fully prepared.
“The priest must know!” Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the crowd began to discuss heatedly again.
“Yes, the priest knows so much, he must know.”
“Yes, yes.”
When these people reached a consensus and were about to tell Leticia, they were surprised to find that the little girl had disappeared.
Did she slip away while they were discussing?
Yes, that was indeed the case.
These people were too noisy, and Leticia couldn’t stand it, so she secretly slipped away while they were talking enthusiastically.
Moreover, she sensed something was wrong. These people’s behavior was very strange.
A strange girl suddenly appeared in this town, which could be said to be basically isolated from the world, and these residents had no suspicion at all?
They didn’t suspect themselves of lying at all, and even when they asked questions, they didn’t have any other emotions.
These people seemed… too kind.
This was very strange.
Even if these people thought she wouldn’t lie because she looked cute, they should at least have basic vigilance, right?
If she were a bad person, wouldn’t she be able to mix in here and cause destruction without any obstacles?
“The priest?” Leticia whispered the word. The town residents seemed to trust the priest very much, and the priest seemed to be the only connection between the outside world and the town.
Then, she would go find him and ask, Leticia thought.
Just as she was about to ask a passerby how to find the priest, a middle-aged man in black clerical clothes appeared in front of Leticia.
“Welcome, esteemed guest from afar, to Eden.” The man bowed humbly to Leticia. “I am the priest here.”
He came looking for her?
Leticia narrowed her eyes. This person gave her a bad feeling. “I remember Eden seems to be paradise in human mythology, right?”
“Yes, don’t you think this place is very much like the Garden of Eden?” The priest turned around, spread his arms, and asked proudly. He didn’t care about exposing his back to Leticia at all.
“I’m a demon, and I don’t know much about human mythology.” Leticia replied, “Can you tell me how to get back to Central City?”
“If you only want to go back, then you naturally can, but you have other purposes, don’t you?” The priest smiled. “So, please stay here for a while. When the dust settles, I will naturally let you leave.”
Does this mean this priest intends to keep her here?
Moreover, he said he knew what she was here for, and even though he knew, he still wanted to stop her. So, was he on the Songstress’s side?
“Then I’d like to see if you have the ability to keep me here.” Leticia tilted her head and said to the priest, “I can see that you are just an ordinary person, and I am a demon.”
“Whether I’m ordinary or not doesn’t mean anything.” The priest clasped the cross on his chest, and a pale white halo diffused from the cross.
Leticia’s pupils contracted. Almost instinctively, she summoned the parasol that Flora had given her.
She had many ways to protect herself, but at this moment, the first thing she thought of was the gift given to her by God.
As the halo touched the surface of the umbrella, a light purple barrier protected Leticia. At the same time, Leticia found that her mental power was being depleted.
The priest also widened his eyes in surprise. He stared at Leticia holding the parasol in her hand and said in disbelief, “Are you also recognized by God?”
“Also?” Leticia accurately grasped the word. “Are you related to God?”
“It seems that the intelligence work of those people still had some errors, and they overlooked the most important thing.” The priest sighed. “However, with just this, you still can’t leave.”
The priest’s confidence made Leticia feel a bit curious. She really couldn’t understand why this cryptic man was so confident.
He himself didn’t seem to have any strength, right?
Did the god behind him give him power? But the prophecy said that when God was sealed in the divine artifact, he could only exert a very weak influence on the outside world.
Unless this man had a way to pull Leticia into the space of the divine artifact to let God deal with Leticia, Leticia couldn’t think of any reason for her failure.
“Since you are so confident, let me see how powerful you are.” Leticia put the umbrella in her other hand, then took out her magic sword.
Although it was a bit strange like this, she still needed the sense of security this umbrella provided.
She didn’t know what the effect of that white light was, but it definitely wouldn’t be a good effect. The parasol given to her by Flora could protect her from such means, and based on this alone, she was reluctant to put the umbrella away.
The priest also raised his eyebrows. Most of his abilities were mental attacks, but the parasol in front of him gave him a lot of headaches.
That umbrella was also a creation of God. It seemed that his God and this girl’s God were evenly matched, which resulted in him seeming to have no way to deal with this girl.
After waiting for a while, Leticia frowned. This guy talked so big, but he didn’t move at all, like a turtle.
What was he doing? Trying to wear out her patience?
“Attack, if you don’t attack, I’m leaving.” Leticia took a step forward to test the priest’s reaction.
Her action caused the priest to react defensively and take a step back.
It seemed that this priest was more flustered than her?
Leticia immediately stopped worrying. She realized that this cryptic guy was just a paper tiger, completely harmless.
So, she took another step forward.
The priest retreated another step. This time, he clutched the cross pendant around his neck. “Don’t come any closer, I don’t want to make a move.”
Still making threats at this time? Did he really think she would be scared?
Leticia thought this priest’s brain was probably seriously flawed. Judging by his flustered appearance, which was even more flustered than hers, did this threat have any credibility?
Not at all.
“Attack, I’ll stand here and let you hit me.” Leticia gave a smile that looked like a demon in the priest’s eyes. She raised her magic sword and pointed it at the priest’s forehead. “Otherwise, I’ll smash your head with this sword.”
This stick is a damn sword? The priest almost couldn’t resist his urge to complain.
He thought this thing was just a wooden stick, but now he was told it was a sword, which left him speechless.
Why did a sword look so shabby?
“Hey! Did you hear me!” Seeing the priest zoning out, Leticia was no longer polite. She quickly walked up to the priest with her magic sword and knocked it down.
This strike was just a test, so she didn’t use much magic power.
Unfortunately, she had little magic power at the moment, so it was better to save some.
But the priest’s reaction was truly pathetic. He didn’t even try to dodge, and was hit hard by Leticia’s sword on the head.
With a dull thud, the priest fell to the ground.
Leticia was stunned. She had prepared herself for a fierce battle, but this was it? Was this guy too weak?
Just a light tap, and he fainted?
“Pretending to be dead is useless, get up quickly. If you don’t get up, I’ll cut you.” Leticia kept poking the priest on the ground with her sword, trying to get him up.
But this person seemed to be really unconscious. No matter how Leticia poked him, he didn’t react at all.
Was his mental fortitude really that good? Leticia didn’t quite believe it.
If this guy had such good mental fortitude, why would he have been scared into taking two steps back just now?
After eliminating all impossible possibilities, the only remaining possibility, no matter how unbelievable, was the truth.
“He was really instantly defeated. This is too bad.” Leticia kicked the priest hard, thinking this guy was so powerful, but he turned out to be so weak.
How could the gap between ideal and reality be so large?
Using low-level earth magic to fix the priest on the wall, Leticia summoned a water ball and slapped it onto the priest’s face.
The icy water ball instantly woke the priest up. He shook his head vigorously and looked at the Leticia standing in front of him with fear.
This girl was so terrifying and defeated him with one blow while he was fully focused. It was truly terrifying.
Although his strength couldn’t be called strong, he shouldn’t be so weak that he would be instantly killed by an ordinary strong person. Yet, this girl killed him instantly, which showed what?
It showed that this girl’s strength was terrifying.
“You should know your current situation, right?” Leticia placed her magic sword on the priest’s shoulder and asked with a smile, “I ask, you answer, understand?”
“I will absolutely not betray Lord God!”
*Slap!* Leticia unceremoniously tapped the priest’s face. “I haven’t asked yet.”
Why did this guy know she was going to ask about God when she hadn’t even asked yet?
Given his extremely weak strength, Leticia really didn’t believe that he could have any deep connection with God. He was probably just someone who had obtained a shred of divine power.
“You’re from that organization, aren’t you? Tell me, what’s your name and what’s your purpose.”
The priest fell into contemplation regarding this question. It seemed like it wasn’t impossible to answer.
Anyway, they always shouted their identity and purpose every time they caused trouble. Telling this girl now seemed fine.
“Our name is ‘Divine Throne’, and our purpose is to use the power of gods to build a world we idealize, so we have been collecting divine artifacts from all over the world and looking for qualified divine envoys.” The priest began to reveal what he knew. “I belong to the lowest level of divine envoys in ‘Divine Throne’, possessing only fragmented divine power.”
“But look, even with just this little power, I was still able to create Eden. God’s power is so great, why can’t we use this power?”
“This is very dangerous.” Leticia frowned and said to the priest.
Gods are uncontrollably powerful beings. Has this Divine Throne truly prepared itself to use them?
Probably not yet.
