Chapter 276 The End of the Claire Family

In the capital, the celebrations for Caitlin's accession to the throne continued late into the night.

On the balcony of the attic bedroom, Caitlin, dressed in gorgeous clothes, gazed at the scattered lights of the city. Beside her, Luo Fan sat leisurely on Xianxian's shoulders, whispering secrets to her.

"Luo Fan, do you think those two countries will launch an attack on their own initiative?"

"I don't know, probably not for now. But if the empire continues to be the way it was before, then it's hard to say, since even the emperor is preparing to surrender."

"Once the news of the Holy Archmage's death spreads, those people will definitely think twice. But now it's become very troublesome to take back Holy Flame City; a surprise attack is definitely out of the question."

"Yes, there have been too many major changes lately. If they gain control of human inscriptions, do we really have any way to deal with it?"

"If that were the case, the empire would have been gone long ago, and we wouldn't have had a chance to tinker with it. I reckon they've only scratched the surface and still need to develop equipment to achieve their goals. The real crisis lies with the Demon Sealing Tower."

If Lilith can figure out and absorb that inscription, their side will have the advantage. However, that despicable Demon Sealing Tower, aside from publicly denying the rumors and condemning the Empire's cruel act of killing the Holy Magister, has made no other statement so far.

What are they worried about? With their strength, they should be able to easily suppress all the empires. Why would they need to do such petty and underhanded things?

Lilith previously said that my soul was pure. Could it be that they only absorbed divine thoughts in the simplest way without purifying them? If that's the case, then the extent to which they can use them should be very limited.

If I could absorb their soul essence, I could definitely make a fortune.

"The Demon Sealing Tower... Will they get involved?" Caitlin shook her head; the level was too high, leaving her with a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Yes, she will." If Lilith were to fuse with that rune, her strength would definitely be a level above that of a current Saint Magister. At that time, the Demon Sealing Tower would definitely hunt her down, and the Empire would likely be affected.

But where will she hide? It would be quite interesting if she actually went to see that Carlisle!

"Then what should we do?"

"When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. Anyway, we've mobilized almost all the available forces, so it's time to clean up the remaining cancers in the country."

"That's all we can do for now!"

Sacred Heart City, the Ice Water Underground City.

Looking at the magic array that had been stagnant for so long, Lissandra felt like killing someone. She had spent a huge amount of resources to create this place.

Who on earth took away the Cold Marrow I had painstakingly cultivated?!

Two days later, Melissa appeared by her side, and Lissandra also found out the reason, feeling somewhat down.

It turns out it was all the work of that slime and that snow woman. If it weren't for waiting for Melissa to come so they could plot against that old geezer who had been spying, she would have already run off to the capital.

No wonder that snow woman's aura was so stable; it wasn't just because of the inscriptions, but also because she had absorbed her own treasures.

At this moment, Lissandra looked at the inscription fragment in her hand and suddenly felt it wasn't so appealing anymore.

After Melissa arrived, that old geezer disappeared again, hiding somewhere.

"You're going to deal with that slime?" Melissa looked at her teasingly after learning the reason. "You might not be able to beat it!"

"Huh? You're actually saying I can't beat a slime? Are you kidding me? Isn't he only level 68?"

“He has the means to extract the soul from the dead! He is also skilled in spatial magic, and I am quite certain that the legendary Void Thief is him in disguise.”

"No way, is that still a slime? Or are you blind?" Lissandra stared wide-eyed, completely unable to believe it.

"Heh, do you think I would mistake something that happened right in front of me? I'm not even absolutely certain I can kill him right now, let alone the fact that he has many clones."

"What can we do? He stole my treasure first." Lissandra was still very unwilling.

"He knows a method for forging divine consciousness that can help purify absorbed divine thoughts. He has promised to teach it to us free of charge as long as we master the inscription."

"Really? You can become stronger than those old things?"

"Of course, that's on the premise that there are inscriptions inside the body. Now you know why I came to discuss this with you. If we study it together, we can probably be faster than Lilith."

Where is she now? Why isn't she with us?

"I don't know either. Anyway, she's in Sacred Heart City. She used to stay here for a long time."

"Alright, for your sake, let's put this on hold for now."

Rather than using the Frost Marrow to enhance his pet Ice Spirit's strength, improving himself is more important at the moment.

Where did you conduct your research before?

"Follow me on the icy plains!"

On Lilith's side.

Returning to this familiar place, she felt nothing. The little tricks she had used before had been completely eradicated; it was likely that a Grand Magister had been involved.

Fortunately, the laboratory hidden 100 meters underground is still there, otherwise finding a new location would be too troublesome.

Hey, that bastard is still alive, interesting!

With that thought in mind, she appeared in front of the manor gate and slowly walked inside.

They even spent money to renovate it, so it seems they weren't living too badly! That old man's secret room was opened? No wonder, those books he left behind can probably fetch a good price.

"Who are you, daring to trespass into the Marquis's mansion! Guards, seize her at once!"

Lilith couldn't be bothered with these people. Since her good daughter had told her to come back and handle it herself, she might as well resolve it all at once. Keeping this family around would only affect her mood.

With that, she waved her hand, and all the people who ran over were swallowed by darkness and disappeared, leaving only a series of cries for help.

"You are Lilith! How is this possible? How did you come back? How could you come back!" A middle-aged man ran over upon hearing the voice, then collapsed to the ground in shock.

"What, not welcome? Come to think of it, I think I've already been expelled!" Lilith said as she walked over.

"No, don't come any closer!" the middle-aged man shouted as he backed away.

Lilith shook her head. "Still so useless! I heard his son is in charge here now, and you've even colluded with the Temple of Gods and Demons?"

"No, no, I don't know!"

After taking the life of her opponent, Lilith didn't linger and appeared directly in the room where Claire was.

The once handsome Claire now lay on a bed, her hands and feet bound, her body emaciated, covered in wounds, and her face ashen. She appeared mentally unstable, likely having ingested some kind of psychotropic drug.

Moreover, the other party clearly did not intend to kill him. His magic power was imprisoned, and he felt like he was living a life worse than death. Could it be that they wanted to use him to threaten that silly girl, Ellie?

Upon seeing Lilith's appearance, Claire was visibly stunned, as if she were witnessing a nightmare. Her body trembled, and she began to shout incoherently.

"Ah~, ah!"

"So you've had such a miserable life. Being betrayed by your family multiple times must be a terrible feeling!"

"Who are you?" A young man, hearing the commotion, ran over with his men, a staff in his hand.

Upon seeing the young man who had just appeared, Lilith immediately understood something.

"You must be that woman's child, her older brother's son! Poor guy, it's not easy for you to have survived until now!"

"Ah! Run! She's the demon Lilith!"

It seemed to take a lot of effort for the man on the bed to utter these words. His consciousness was awakened, and he thought of something important.

Ellie had warned him that her mother would come to judge him, but she never expected it to happen so soon!

"After enduring so much betrayal and beatings, you still think about your family? How pathetic!"

Upon hearing his words, the people were so frightened that they fled, but were swallowed up by the darkness that followed.

"Forget it, I'm not playing anymore, it's pointless, we need to get down to business!"

Not long after Lilith finished speaking, the entire manor was completely swallowed by darkness.