My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Instead of erupting violently, the water on the door quickly changed color and shape, combining to form a phrase written with water-based energy:

We share a common enemy, Rex'sol. Let's have a talk. Perhaps we can reach an agreement and become secret allies.

Rexor's mind raced with thoughts. After hesitating for a few seconds, he decided to step inside and see who the other person was.

"Click..." Rexor turned the doorknob and stepped into the pitch-black room.

"Who are you?" Rexor turned to look at the figure by the windowsill. His senses as a Witcher told him that the other party was a strange creature made of pure energy, like a high-ranking elemental servant, but without the stiffness and rigidity that elemental servants were known for.

“We’ve actually played against each other before, Rexol.”

The figure by the window lifted his hood:

"You may not know my name or code name, but you certainly know my abilities."

The two began to move, circling around the center point between them. The stranger walked half a circle and came to a place near the door, while Rexol walked the other half and stopped by the window where the stranger had been.

The frosty moonlight streamed through the window, casting Rexor's shadow on the floor and illuminating the stranger's faceless features.

Chapter 66 Faceless Man

In the moonlit room, the evening breeze stirred the curtains, and the shadows on the floor swayed from side to side, shifting between light and shadow, just like the turbulent thoughts in Rexol's heart at that moment.

"Who are you?" Rexor asked, his mind racing with a few guesses, but none of them quite certain.

“You almost tracked me down, Demon Hunter.”

The faceless man's voice emanated from the alchemical generator in his throat, ethereal and cold, like a mastermind whose power was unfathomable:

“We clashed on the atoll. You and the Holy Crests teamed up against me, but I still managed to take Hurley and Rena away right under my nose.”

The faceless man casually raised his hand, flicking the nail between his little fingernails with the tip of his thumb, completely unmoved by Rexor's grip on his blood magic longsword, ready to unleash a spell at any moment:

"You might think that I am provoking the Demon Hunter school, challenging the prestige of the Temple, and infringing on the pure-blood mage camp."

"Hehehe, you're wrong, Demon Hunter Master. Don't be deceived by appearances."

"Did you know that Hughie and Reina have returned to their mistress?"

"What?!" Rexor was stunned for a moment, then immediately activated his bloodline connection and asked Shazo directly about the whereabouts of Hurley and Reina.

Shazo's reply was simple: Yes, the two of them had returned. According to Christo, Hurley and Reina had suddenly appeared in a dense forest, and their blood connection had re-established. Christo had personally gone into the forest to bring them back. After a careful examination, Christo and Letunia confirmed that Hurley and Reina were unharmed.

After this section on blood ties ended, Xia Zuo added a further message:

Master, if you had gone with me to see Christo a few days ago, you would have learned this news on the spot. But you didn't go. Considering that Hurley and Rena's appearance would cause unnecessary trouble, I had no choice but to keep this secret. It's not too late for you to know this information now. Did Christo tell you on her own initiative? I knew she would come to her senses, and that the pureblood mage faction and the Witcher school would become good friends.

Rexor casually brushed off Shazor's words and turned his attention to the faceless man before him:

"Why did you do this? First you secretly extracted the power of Karles' bloodline, then you kidnapped a pure-blooded mage, and now you want to return Hurley and Reina? Do you think you are a cunning hunter who manipulates his prey? What gives you the right to so brazenly trample on the temple's prestige? Or do you think that if Hurley and Reina are safe and sound, you can escape the punishment you deserve?"

Faceless remained nonchalant in the face of Rexor's questioning:

"Oh~ Demon Hunter. Don't you think the Holy Emblem Department is strange? I can break through the protective array in the temple, I can ignore the guard posts and freely enter and exit important places, and I can also create temple emblems and eavesdrop on the communication channels of secret message rings."

"Not only that, I also managed to take Hurley and Reina away from the encirclement of the Holy Mark Department, the Inquisition, and the Demon Hunter School. I even went to the Ring Island myself and had a brief conversation with the Tree of Fate, Kamashiberlein, to form an alliance."

Aren't you curious about how I did all this?

"Do you want to know why the Holy Emblem Department, which hated me so much, is now ignoring me and doesn't want to hold me accountable at all?"

“I won’t concern myself with these matters.” Rexol pounded his chest. “The Witcher Master is only responsible for capturing criminals; the trial is the Inquisition’s job. Once I bring you back, it won’t be long before all your secrets are revealed by the Inquisition at the Two Houses meeting.”

"Hahaha~" The faceless man chuckled. "The day you send me to the Inquisition, the Holy Marksman will release me. You may not have understood what I meant, but I have already formed an alliance with Kamashiberlein. The Temple is also an ally of Kamashiberlein. Allies don't let each other become prisoners. Besides..."

The faceless man slowly approached Rexor. Moonlight passed over his head and shone on the floor behind him, making the faceless man, dressed in a white robe, glitter in the moonlight.

"Moreover, my relationship with the Holy Mark Department goes beyond that. You may not know this, but I am of the same kind as the Augusta family, who control the Holy Mark Department: [creatures]."

The faceless man emphasized the word "creature".

To the members of the Temple, the Augusta family were human.

The faceless figure in front of them was clearly an energy entity.

Humans and energy beings are clearly not the same kind of beings.

Therefore, Rexol immediately denied it:

"fart!"

"Hehe, don't be in such a hurry, Demon Hunter Master." The faceless man held up one finger:

"Earlier tonight, you went to the southern ocean of the Western Continent and saw the Augusta family guards closing the teleportation channel in the deep sea area, right? I saw the entire battle through the water elemental energy body lurking in the deep sea."

Rexor was deeply moved, his lips pressed tightly together, his face taut with emotion. He never expected that there was another force lurking in the shadows on the battlefield tonight.

The faceless man continued casually:

"You were able to pinpoint that teleportation portal because you were tracking the whereabouts of the Otherworldly Demons and wanted to know how they infiltrated the Western Continent."

"Now, you've found the answer."

"Not only that, you also know that the teleportation channel is the masterpiece of the August family."

"So, Master Demon Hunter, in your heart, do you equate the August family with traitors who collude with the enemy?"

"Trial is the work of the court," Rexor said in a deep voice. "After we, the Witcher School, have gathered all the evidence, we will naturally go and arrest the criminals."

"Since you're gathering evidence of the August family's treason, it means you believe they are guilty." The faceless man raised his second finger.

"Let me ask you a second question, Master. Do you think the family elder who appeared at the teleportation channel tonight knew what he was doing? Did he realize that he was helping the Otherworldly Demons destroy evidence, which constituted actual treason? Why wasn't he killed by the light element in his mind?"

Rexor was silent for a few seconds, then managed to utter a sentence, "He's probably just blinded, unaware of what he's doing..."

"Oh ho ho, master, believe in reality."

The faceless man shook his head, then put his hands behind his back and said:

You already know the truth in your heart.

"As I said in my mass spam messages, I've discovered a way to break free from the Temple's constraints. And it's true. I was a Temple member myself, and I found a way to transform Temple elements into wild elements, which allows me to move freely within the Temple without having to worry about the Temple's laws affecting me."

"Treason, assassination, and plunder—committing serious crimes without punishment is as easy for me as drinking water."

A sinister thought flashed through Rexor's mind. An extremely dangerous conjecture occupied his entire mind in a very short time. He trembled as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer. He could only take a deep breath and force himself to calm down before he could barely stand still by the window.

The faceless man's voice became even more ethereal, possessing a captivating power:

“You guessed right, Master. The Augusta family has become a monster family controlled by wild elements. They have seized the temple's resources for their own cultivation, and they have trampled on the temple's laws, yet they have gained the support of the Inquisition, the Holy Rune Department, the Demon Hunter School, and the Mystic Guild. And you, who truly abide by the temple's laws, are powerless against them.”

"You...you're...slandering me..."

Rexol's rebuttal was weak and feeble. He placed his hand on the windowsill, his breathing was very uneven, and his chest heaved violently.

If what the Faceless Man said is true, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe of faith collapse for loyal Temple members like Rexor.

"Once you accept my deal, you'll soon see the truth."

The faceless man looked at the Demon Hunter leaning against the windowsill, struggling to maintain his balance, a smug smile appearing on his lips. He slowly walked to the desk and placed two parchment scrolls down:

"The alien demons who invaded the Western Continent this time possessed a container for storing consciousness."

“Bring me that container and I will tell you about the August family’s future plans, a plan that is powerful enough to overthrow the Temple and shake its very foundations.”

"As a gesture of goodwill, I will pay you some compensation in advance and reveal part of the August family's plans."

The faceless man patted the parchment scroll on the table:

"Take a good look at the payment I gave you in advance, Master. I guarantee it will open your eyes to a whole new world."

After speaking, the faceless man's figure faded and became transparent in the moonlight, finally turning into a gentle breeze and drifting out of the open window.

Rexol, supporting himself against the windowsill and the wall, walked slowly and deliberately to the desk and sat down.

After drinking several calming potions and casting a few spells with the same effect on himself, Rexor reached out and untied the red ribbon on the parchment, unfolding it on the table.

The text and animated images on the paper were like sharp knives stabbing into Rexol's heart.

Every line of text, every sentence, left irreparable cracks in the foundation of Rexor's faith.

...

Above the sea of ​​clouds, beneath the glass dome.

After a night of meditation, the August family members went to the surface to begin their daily work.

Only a few family elders who were in charge of overall coordination and the patriarch, Bovaru August, remained on the rooftop of the cloud sea.

What happened last night in the southern ocean of the western continent was very different from what Bovaru had predicted.

Although Zixar arrived at the teleportation portal ahead of time and closed it as quickly as possible while remaining silent, his presence was still discovered by the Otherworldly Demons and the Demon Hunter.

The discrepancy between the actual outcome and the predicted result made Bovaru realize that a hidden enemy was interfering with the actual process, causing the August family to be targeted by the Witcher School.

As the head of the family, Bovaru's rivals are not limited to Shazo, nor are they the only ones capable of bringing Rexor and the Otherworldly Demons to the vicinity of the teleportation portal.

According to Bovaru, what happened last night should have been as follows:

Rexor followed the Otherworldly demons to the underwater lava cave; in other words, the Otherworldly demons deliberately lured Rexor there.

If the Otherworldly demons hadn't interfered, Rexor wouldn't have been able to find the underwater cavern so quickly, and everything would have proceeded as predicted. Zek'za could have perfectly closed the teleportation portal without being discovered by anyone or any Otherworldly demon.

In the Western Continent, who can use blood magic to modify underwater monsters and command otherworldly demons to attack underwater lava caves?

There is only one answer: Granzabage.

The clash between the Church of the Otherworldly Demons and the Temple is a process of constantly playing cards and testing each other's limits.

The August family intends to use the Otherworldly Demons to eliminate the natives of the Western Continent. The greedy Otherworldly Demon Church will not be satisfied with just obtaining life force; they crave more.

For example, the Church of the Otherworldly Demons wants to permanently control a teleportation channel of its own.

Or perhaps the Church of the Otherworld wants to exploit the August family's weakness—Zixar's appearance in the underwater cavern last night made the Otherworld realize that this teleportation channel is directly related to the August family, rather than being built by a third-party force.

Capturing Zixar, seizing this teleportation channel, and taking control of all the alchemical devices in the underwater cavern would be tantamount to holding the August family hostage. This would allow them to be embroiled in a media storm within the temple at any time, severely disrupting its operations.

Now, the Otherworldly Demons are about to achieve their goal.

Their attack on the underwater cavern last night was so loud that it attracted the attention of Rexor, who was searching for the teleportation passage in the deep sea.

The Demon Hunter helped the August family guards repel the Otherworldly demons and thwarted their evil intentions. However, the Demon Hunter also took the opportunity to thoroughly explore the underground caverns and collect a large amount of evidence while cleaning up the battlefield.

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