Chapter: Chapter 95
“You mean that beating we took last week was arranged by the senior members of the association, with the purpose of making us realize our own strength?!” Leticia’s words made the leader’s head emit wisps of smoke. What was all this about!
So, after all that, they couldn’t escape that beating?
“Besides, I didn’t know it was the leader you were beating at the time. Ignorance is bliss,” Leticia defended herself righteously. “If you want to blame someone, blame that person surnamed Bai. She dragged me into beating you.”
“Bai is that person in black? Where is Bai now?” the leader asked instinctively.
Leticia spread her hands. She also wanted to know where Bai Ling had gone, but the fog wasn’t that kind.
As powerful as she was, her perception was limited to what she could see. She couldn’t perceive anything behind the dense fog at all.
“She got separated from us, just like you got separated from that blonde-haired person,” Leticia said. “I’m not worried about her safety, but being trapped here forever isn’t a solution. The only way is to get to the core as soon as possible and shut this thing down.”
“Why should we trust you, a demon?” At this moment, Lu Siyu, who had been on standby, spoke for the first time.
Demons were enemies of humans, mortal enemies at that.
In the years of war, the hatred between humans and demons had become deeply ingrained. It was already a rare feat that they didn’t start fighting upon meeting.
But now, this demon, who had beaten them up just last week, was inviting them to cooperate?
Was her brain malfunctioning, or was the other party’s brain malfunctioning?
“No, you don’t need to trust me. In fact, I never expected you to trust me,” Leticia said, gently stroking her sister’s hand and smiling. “I’m just lending you a hand out of respect for the leader.”
If they were strangers, Leticia wouldn’t have bothered explaining so much. Simply saying, “Follow me if you don’t want to die,” would have been an act of great kindness.
“By the way, today’s transaction is actually known to your superiors, after all, that person surnamed Bai isn’t in a low position.”
After saying this, Leticia felt her sister’s hand holding hers tighten slightly. She turned her head and saw her sister smiling kindly.
“So, that’s what sister was planning,” Kira’s face was full of smiles, but her voice was as cold as the wind from the far north.
Leticia shivered. How could she have blurted that out?
“Let me think, did you plan to extract what you wanted from me and then have these heroes come and disrupt our transaction?” Kira’s smile grew brighter and brighter, and her grip on Leticia’s hand tightened. “Elder sister, shouldn’t you give your sad little sister some compensation?”
“Ah…”
“Come back to the demon realm with me.”
“No, I’d rather die!”
“If you don’t go back, I’ll cut your internet cable while you’re playing games.” Kira’s smile was like that of a devil.
“Wow! Don’t!”
The leader and Lu Siyu, who were acting as background props, exchanged glances. Suddenly, they felt that what Leticia had just said had inexplicably become more credible.
A girl who acted so… shamelessly, there was no way anything she said could be false.
Moreover, the leader still believed in her heart that Leticia wouldn’t deceive her; this was the trust she had built from years of interacting with Qianqian.
“Qianqian, can I still call you Qianqian?” the leader asked.
“Of course, Su Qianqian is me, and I am Su Qianqian,” Leticia, sweating profusely while appeasing her sister, answered the leader’s question.
Su Qianqian was her alias. Without a doubt, Leticia and Su Qianqian were the same person.
Leticia wasn’t like people in some TV shows or movies who changed like a different person just by changing their name.
“Pfft, Qianqian, you should wipe your sweat first,” the leader handed Leticia her handkerchief.
Taking the handkerchief that still carried the leader’s scent, Leticia also showed a smile. This action undoubtedly represented that the leader still acknowledged their friendship.
Wiping the sweat from her forehead with the small gray handkerchief, Leticia coughed twice and composed her expression. “I will control the fire giant to advance towards the bell tower later. You must stay by my side so that I can protect you.”
“Mhm, mhm,” the leader nodded obediently.
“Do you really trust her?” But Lu Siyu was still somewhat resistant. Cooperating with a demon, being protected by a demon, this was too crazy!
The leader didn’t explain. She just looked at Leticia and said softly, “I believe I haven’t misjudged her. Qianqian is not a bad person.”
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“Those two little heroes have met up with the girl in white, and they are heading towards the bell tower?” Hearing the news from his subordinates, the hunched old man’s expression was a bit strange.
He was just wondering how to lure them over, and now, they were going over on their own. This was truly considerate.
“How is the progress in the other area? How much longer until we get the box?”
“This…”
“How much longer?” Because the progress on one side was quite smooth, the old man was in a good mood.
“Our monsters can’t even get close to that river of stars, and that woman is still wandering the streets,” his subordinate replied, trembling.
“Are you telling me that after such a long time, with so many mist beasts, they still can’t even get close?” The old man looked at his subordinate incredulously. “Didn’t you guarantee that even the strongest S-class hero would be bogged down and die here?”
“Or are you going to tell me that this white-haired person is even stronger than the strongest S-class hero? Who is she? The Sword Saint?”
“It’s not impossible,” the subordinate muttered.
Such a beautiful, yet terrifying river of stars, and that unparalleled oppressive aura. Even through the dense fog, it made their limbs go cold. Such a powerful person, saying she was the Sword Saint didn’t seem entirely baseless.
“The Sword Saint is a man, not a beautiful white-haired girl!” Elder Ying retorted. All the information indicated that the Sword Saint was a male. This young girl absolutely couldn’t be the Sword Saint.
“Hoo, this is the most important place…”
“Um, Elder Ying, we’ve already captured the male among the three heroes.” The subordinate quickly reported the only achievement of the past few minutes. “Can we exchange him for something?”
In fact, there was no need to be so stubborn about the book. The old man just wanted his share of the money, and it didn’t matter who gave him the money.
Kidnapping heroes from the Hero Association and making them pay a ransom was also a way, right?
“Let’s go to the entrance of the bell tower and bring that man along.”
