Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 144 A Flexible Stance

Hilure Charlotte was caught red-handed and was a little stunned.

As the third daughter of the third family, she had grown tired of her arrogant mother and her three foolish adoptive fathers.

Of course, the one I hate the most is always my eldest sister, who is both arrogant and foolish.

Her older sister, Lucille Charlotten, was quite powerful (a high-ranking warrior and a high-ranking priest), but her personality was that of an absolute idiot.

Especially after buying a stupid baby dragon from some channel a few days ago, it has become even more arrogant.

Within her family, many people fawned over her, which made her increasingly arrogant.

As if her already limited brain had been completely drained by the mind flea, she looked down on everyone and even began to despise the mistress.

As the third daughter who has no say, what should you do when your strong-willed older sister has a conflict with your mother?
"Sister, you are truly amazing! You even managed to tame such a proud creature as a black dragon. The continent hasn't had a dragon knight in a long time."

What should we do then? Of course, we should go along with her and flatter her.

What she said was indeed the truth. True dragons with dragon lineage normally look down on other races and are basically impossible to tame.

Even if you sign a partnership contract, only a few benevolent dragons will allow you to ride them for short distances.

Is such simple and direct flattery effective? Of course it is. If Lucille Charlotte had an accurate self-awareness, she wouldn't have become so arrogant that she's disliked by everyone.

The First Family specifically requested you to carry out this mission; do you really think it's because they value your strength? In the world of Dark Elves, being targeted by those in power can mean death, yet Lucille remains completely oblivious.

She even fell to the point where no one was willing to remind her. There used to be, but after she bullied them under the pretext of "you're jealous of me," they really stopped.

And that unfortunate girl being bullied—yes, she's none other than the third daughter, Hilour Charlotte, who's now plotting to murder her own sister.

When the eldest daughter died, she became the second daughter; when the second daughter died, she became the eldest daughter.

This is the normal relationship between dark elf sisters, which is essentially related to racial customs and history, but ultimately it is a legacy of the "Lolth" era.

Unlike other races, the Dark Elves are purely theocratic, and their priests are "high-ranking civil servants (bureaucrats)," with all power and wealth in their hands.

Their ability to gain divine favor and power is directly linked to their social status.

The result is that everyone is assigned a specific position, and it's basically meaningless to try to rise in rank or even advance further on the path of priesthood by practicing as devoutly as priests of other races.

The key is to get rid of your boss and competitive colleagues.

Even after Rose's death, this toxic "racial culture" shows no signs of disappearing; it is the foundation of their tribal social structure.

Those new dark elf deities are also Lolth's children and grandchildren. They grew up in the same system, so naturally they don't see anything wrong with it.

The goddess sisters are an anomaly, but from another perspective, perhaps it is because they were unable to compete with each other from the beginning that their sisterly bond had the potential to blossom normally.

In other families, all the sisters are competitors, the kind of life-or-death struggle, and the eldest daughter's status is not fixed.

Victoria detested this culture, so she had no choice but to leave the system and become a low-status mage in the local community. If she remained a priest and entered the system, she would have to follow and even master the rules, otherwise she would die an unexplained death sooner or later.

"Get rid of my eldest daughter, and I will help lift the Beast Order's warrant after I take power."

A promise from the Dark Elves? Not even a dog would believe it.

But the Great Horned Priest of the Beast Order, Solt, seemed to have no other choice.

He, and the Beast Order, need the allies of the Dark Elves, and at least need to know why the betrayal suddenly occurred. He did see the controlled Beast Prince, but the Dark Elves' betrayal came before that!

"Do you need us to get rid of your second sister? She should be with your eldest sister, right?"

“She’s been quite good to me.” Hilul Charlotte sighed. Her second sister was a rare “good elf.”

With Rose's departure, Dark Elves interacted more and more with other races, and thus there were more and more "good Dark Elves who did not actively harm others".

"Give her a quick death." But after her grief subsided, Hilour Charlotte said resolutely.

She's nice to me, and she doesn't harm me, but she's blocking my way.

This is the essence of the Dark Elves (a theocratic bureaucratic society).

The deal was almost finalized, and the High Priest didn't expect the dark elves before him to abide by the future contract.

They simply needed the help of a dark elf due to insufficient intelligence and logistical shortages.

They were already the most wanted criminals on the surface, and to be wanted by the underground city as well, becoming rats in the street, was one thing, but being unable to serve the "beasts" was completely unacceptable.

"Hehe, then we'll wish the eldest daughter all the best in advance."

But just as both sides reached an agreement and were about to take their respective actions, *snap*.

Another group of outsiders crossed the spider web bridge.

This was an open space covered by a spiderweb, offering no cover whatsoever, and the three sides clashed head-on.

The two groups that arrived first were dumbfounded. Wasn't this an abandoned cliffside village? Why were there outsiders here? Could it be that the other side had attracted them?
"You, you betrayed me!!" The High Priest looked up, saw the visitor's face, and roared in anger.

When the third woman, Hilul Charlotten, turned around, she also saw the mixed group of dark elves and earthlings, and was immediately stunned.

Isn't this the city lord's man? How did it get leaked like this?

"Rean Sudar!" The High Priest spotted the leading knight at a glance. It was his appearance that exposed their plan in Radiant City ahead of time!

Was I caught in a trap again?

The High Priest's body suddenly swelled up, and he began to transform, preparing to fight desperately.

Hilure's mind raced. She knew this mortal was close to the goddess sisters of the First Family, and that the group also included a noblewoman from the Second Family.
"That's right! Ha, you fools, you've fallen for it. You're all surrounded. Why don't you surrender yourselves, Lord Rean Sudar? We've successfully lured them into a trap. Please come and help us as soon as possible."

The focus of attention was on the bewildered outsiders, who were genuinely astonished by the rapid and absurd turn of events.

"This is quite a show."

To be honest, the acting was terrible. One moment you were negotiating and cooperating, and the next you turned on us as soon as we arrived? So, once we leave, will you be allies again?

However, Rean didn't need to expose him.

"Okay, okay, you go ahead and take the lead, we'll be right there to help you."

Rean simply gave him a push and said, "You guys go ahead and fight. I'll be right there. Come on, give me a buff, have some water, and eat some rations."

Behind him, however, he heard Victoria's quiet question.

"That's the third daughter of the Charlotten family (the third branch). She's probably colluding with these beast followers, possibly to kill her sister. Whatever we do with her, she'll definitely talk nonsense when she gets back."

If you try to do it yourself and fail, the consequences will be endless. Even if you fail and are sold out for hiring someone to kill, you can deny it afterward. This is common sense among dark elves, and Victoria saw through it instantly.

Victoria was still unfamiliar with Rean's style, which is why she asked that question.

Rean, smiling, responded quietly.

“Kill them all, a bunch of evil people. Why think so much?”
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While Rean unexpectedly encounters his "allies," another group is also operating in the wilderness of the underworld.

We're not far from the area where the mind flayers' mastermind is located, and the number of mind flayer patrols is increasing, with their strength growing stronger.

However, this time they encountered a formidable opponent.

"Boom!"

With a burst of magic, a white flash swept across the ground, and the unfortunate mind flayer was instantly vaporized.

However, the mental attacks it launched only resulted in nothingness.

The targets it attacked seemed to have completely lost their hearts.

Bai put down his staff and silently looked around at the slaves who had died one by one.

"Buzz!"

But as the spatial rift tore open, one high-level spirit flayer after another emerged from it.

In their attempt to hunt down the mind flayers ambushing the ground-dwelling hunters, they encountered an unexpected opponent.

"Boom!" The only response they received was a series of "little beasts" that were transforming, and "White" that was gathering magic power to bombard them.

The Beast Order, which the magical girl follows, is even more insane than their opponents! The "opportunity" they've been waiting for for so many years has been ruined by the mind flayers.

"Damn octopus head!"

"Release His Highness."

Beasts and dark elves are not mortal enemies, but now beasts and mind flayers are!
The other Beast Prince is still being corrupted and controlled by the main brain.

Without any pause, the two sides immediately engaged in fierce combat.

The same thing kept happening in this underground area. From the perspective of the people on the surface and Rean, it was natural for enemies to fight each other to the death in various areas.

(End of this chapter)