However, Farah just glanced at Elgeri without saying much, as if she didn't want to respond to the provocation in Elgeri's eyes.
She lifted her skirt slightly, sat down slowly, and discussed the agreement of the Holy See with Winness.
Every word between the two was tit-for-tat, with undercurrents surging. But in the end, Farah's sigh and complaint marked the end.
"Your Excellency the Inquisitor, you have come with such a large ceremony. It doesn't seem like you are here to negotiate, but rather to announce my crimes..."
Winice smiled, but there was no warmth in her eyes.
Although she has a similar charming hair color to Farrah, the color is obviously darker and deeper, adding a sense of depth and gloom to her entire person.
"I have said before that His Holiness the Pope wants only two things: profit and loyalty. The matter of the magic mine will be left to the Holy See. As long as you follow me back to report for a few days, I believe His Holiness will not make things difficult for you, and of course he will not make things difficult for them either..."
As Winness spoke, she ordered the soldiers to bring up the children tied together one by one in an orderly manner. At the same time, the scrolls looted from the basement and the hidden items were also brought up.
The one standing in front of the children and leading the group was naturally the girl with glasses, Zhenzhen. However, she looked very haggard now, with her hair a little disheveled, and it was obvious that she had not had a good sleep.
Winice picked up the hunting knife with her fingers, pointed the tip backwards, and gently pressed it against Zhenzhen's heart. The blade trembled up and down with the throbbing blood vessels and heartbeat.
"As agreed earlier, these children will continue to stay with you to keep you company."
After saying that, there was a flash of cold light, and the ropes on Zhenzhen and the other children's wrists all fell off.
The children all looked surprised, only Zhenzhen's expression changed slightly.
She knew very well that if Winice had wanted to, the necks of all of them could have been broken.
But seeing Lady Farah so passive because of them, Zhenzhen felt bitter. It was because of them that Lady Farah had such a hard time.
Faced with Winice's threat, Farah was silent for a moment.
She looked at the children behind Winice, shivering like lambs and huddling together for warmth, and sighed.
The maid at the side brought the contract to Farah, and Farah picked up a pen and signed all the unfair terms listed by the Holy See.
Those treaties were intended to completely seize the Rose Territory and turn it into a bridgehead against the Empire.
If she dared to say no at this moment, every crack in the floor tiles of the auditorium would be soaked with blood, and the entire Rose Territory would be slaughtered by thousands of soldiers outside...
There was a hint of pride in Elgeri's eyes. She observed the confrontation between the two and thought to herself that it was extremely ironic that the always proud Farah would bow her head one day.
But now that Xing Feng and Letty are in her hands, she is not afraid of Farah falling out with her. After all, over the years, she knows Farah's character better than anyone else - she will never give up the achievements she has worked hard for many years for a little profit.
Looking at Farah's current appearance, it seemed that all her pride and self-confidence were torn apart bit by bit, and almost everything she cherished became a weakness, and what was left was just a shaky and pathetic woman.
Elgeri sneered in her heart, but after thinking about it carefully, it was nothing.
After all, Farah, the fence-sitter between the Empire and the Holy See, will be uprooted sooner or later, so why not today?
The Holy See's move of forcing a man into prostitution was to force Farah to completely side with the Holy See. Although it was a violent coercion, it was the simplest and most effective.
Naturally, her plan to kidnap Letty was secretly approved by the Pope.
Regardless of whether it was a frame-up or a trap, as long as Letty was eradicated here, it would not only eliminate the troubles of an empire, but also completely force Farah to break with the empire.
After all, if the imperial family found out that their princess had died in Rose Territory, and Farah had already signed an agreement with the Holy See, then the consequence would be that they would become the first victim of this war...
Her lover was taken away, and all her years of hard work would be wasted. Faced with such a situation, she wanted to see what Farah was going to do.
As the agreement was signed, Winice took it from the maid and looked through it carefully to see if there were any questions.
But as they browsed for longer, Winice's face became darker and darker, and the veins on her forehead even began to bulge slightly.
"Fara, the time for demolition here is deliberately not written clearly, and the specific location of the magic mine is not..." Winice's voice was low, but it was like the roar of a ferocious beast, "What tricks are you trying to play on me?"
After saying that, she crumpled the contract in her hand into a piece of waste paper. This clumsy word game was a complete humiliation to her. Did Farah think that she could get away with this little trick?
But in the face of Winice's impending anger, Farah smiled instead.
She was seen leaning back in her chair with her arms folded across her chest, her eyes no longer showing the embarrassment she had just shown, but instead becoming playful.
"I just think that there is no need to write that."
"After all, the demolition time is today, and the location of the magic mine is..."
There was an unsettling chill in Farah's voice.
Before he finished speaking, the teacup on the table shook slightly, and ripples appeared in the tea. Then, the whole auditorium began to shake violently.
Winice and Elgeri were the first to notice something was wrong. Their eyes became sharp. Just as they were about to take action, a huge explosion was heard in the center of the auditorium, like a roar from hell.
After the loud noise, a dark deep pit several dozen meters wide suddenly appeared on the ground.
Before the children and some priests could react, they screamed and fell into a huge bottomless pit.
"Is that your trick, Farah?!!!"
Winice roared angrily as she stepped back, the hunting knife in her hand leaving a blood-red trail that flew straight towards Farah's forehead.
But the next second, the hunting knife was pressed down by the falling huge crystal chandelier.
Farah's smile was also reflected through the broken crystal facets.
"boom!!!!!"
Another series of loud explosions, strong enough to pierce the eardrums, erupted from the bottom of the deep pit in the center of the auditorium. The entire foundation quickly spread outward like spider web-like cracks, tearing the ground apart.
Thousands of acres of green grassland split open in an instant, and the cracks expanded rapidly like a poisonous snake, until a huge rift valley stretching for dozens of miles was formed, like a wound in the earth.
And in the center of the huge rift, the ruins of the pure white auditorium were slowly sinking, accompanied by the surge of deep darkness, as if the entire earth seemed to be breathing, and an invisible force was accumulating in the abyss.
If you look down from the sky at this moment, you will find this extremely shocking scene - the iconic area that was originally as green and beautiful as emerald, is now like a huge black eye slowly opening from the ground, and the pure white ruins of the auditorium serve as a strange white pupil, staring straight at the blazing sun above the clouds.
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Chapter 156 Just to Prevent Future Trouble
At the same time, beside the pavilion of Eljieli's house,
The inconspicuous pocket watch that had been crushed and thrown into the grass finally stopped working, completing its final mission.
The moment the hard metal pointer stopped, it seemed to be gradually melted by the scorching sun and soon turned into drops of thick black liquid.
They fell to the ground and began to run around on the ground as if they had life.
But if you look closely, you will find that the liquid is not moving around aimlessly, but drawing a strange circular magic circle on the ground.
The interior of the magic circle is filled with complex geometric shapes and mysterious text. Different magic symbols are engraved in every corner, and in the middle is a pattern that looks like sharp teeth.
A red glow, like blood, gradually seeped out of the symbols, intersecting and finally converging at the center.
Suddenly, an intense light burst out, illuminating the area around the pavilion.
When the light dimmed slightly, three figures appeared in the center of the magic circle.
"It's... unbelievable..."
Li tried to keep a calm tone. After seeing this, she was secretly surprised at Lisa's methods.
Breaking through the restrictions set by the Saint Maiden is as easy as eating and drinking.
She tried almost every possible way in the past few days, but failed to break in and rescue.
Now that she saw Lisa's strength, she even began to worry that these two people would compete with her for the person.
"It's just the application of some basic magic."
Lisa held an umbrella and looked at the scarred woman beside her, but the scarred woman's face did not look good at the moment.
"How is it, Langxi?" Lisa asked softly.
"We can already smell blood." Lang Xi said in a low voice, "We'd better act quickly..."
So Langxi led the way in front, Li holding the ice blade was in the middle, and Lisa was at the end, and the three of them walked towards the house.
Come inside the house,
The whole house was extremely quiet.
But everything in the hall was in a mess, and there were signs of "fighting" almost everywhere.
The gorgeous vases and tea sets on the table seemed to have been swept to the ground, leaving the table empty, and no one knew what they were used for.
Most of the paintings hanging on the walls were tilted or had fallen to the ground, and the sofas and chairs were scattered all over the hall, further demonstrating the protracted and intense nature of the "battle."
Li, who is still an "elementary school girl" in love, did not realize the seriousness of the problem. She just looked around vigilantly, wondering what was going on here?
Soon everyone arrived at the stairs. Li looked at the remaining water stains on the floor and walls with a confused look on his face.
Some of these water stains are large, while others are just a few small drops. They form a winding track that extends all the way to the second floor.
Li was very puzzled. She squatted down, wet the water stains on the ground with her fingers, and twisted her fingers together, only to find that this transparent liquid could actually pull out sticky threads.
"Strange," Li muttered to himself, wondering where this thing came from.
It's not like ordinary water...it's more like...
Slime gel???
Did the slime fight with Elgerie? How is that possible?
Li frowned, and out of professional habit and curiosity, he put his finger to his nose and smelled it.
"No, slime is usually colorless and odorless. This... the smell is too strong."
She was even more certain that this thing was not left by slime, because slime is mostly a colorless and odorless gelatinous liquid, and the thing in her hand has a strong smell...
And for some reason, she suddenly felt that the smell made her feel a little hot, and her cheeks felt strangely hot.
She had clearly been trained in various toxins since she was a child, but this thing could still affect her.
She wanted to use her tongue to test it further, but her mind stopped her. After all, it might be some kind of highly toxic substance.
Lisa watched this scene without saying a word, her silver-gray eyes looking towards the closed door on the second floor.
"Master, it has been confirmed. The person is in the room on the second floor." Lang Xi said.
Upon hearing this, Li, who was standing by, rushed to the room on the second floor without any hesitation.
Her movements were quick and light. The moment she pushed open the door, a strong smell hit her in the face, making her frown.
After all, at this moment, she had no way of ignoring the indescribable feeling of heat that was gradually rising in her body.
Why are there toxins here?
Li took a deep breath of air, suppressed the strange feeling in her body, stepped inside, and walked towards the half-closed bed curtain.
A figure can be vaguely seen between the white gauze bed curtains.
Li also quickly pulled open the bed curtain, ready to rescue Xing Feng.
However, the scene before her startled her suddenly.
The beautiful body was raised up in a messy manner, with her cheek buried in the pillow and breathing weakly, as if she had not yet woken up from her coma.
This kneeling posture is like praying and kneeling before the gods. It is obviously a very pious posture but it is particularly awkward at this moment.
Because red ropes bound her hands and feet, her arms were hung firmly in the air behind her, and her long white hair, as smooth as silk, was tied to the bedposts like a horse rope.
What makes people even more jealous is that the exposed body is covered with fine pinch marks and purple bruises. Some of the wounds are still oozing blood, and strange red flowers bloom on the fair skin.
"The Son..."
No matter how dumb Li was, she realized what was happening, and her cheeks turned red with shame and anger.
So she avoided his sight, took immediate action, and was the first to untie the red rope on Xing Feng's wrist.
A clear red mark was left on the wrists from being bound for a long time, and the skin became a little red and swollen due to friction.
"Woo..."
When the restraints were released, Xing Feng couldn't help but let out a low moan, a mixture of pain and relief.
"It's okay, you're safe..." Li comforted him, but it was only out of softness towards the man.
However, just as she was about to help Xing Feng up and her fingers touched Xing Feng's body, Xing Feng suddenly trembled with fear.
"No...no more...please...please..."
Xing Feng suddenly started talking in a sleep and begged for mercy timidly. Although he was not fully awake yet, he curled up his body instinctively.
Like a badly injured animal, with a painful expression, it tried to avoid anyone's touch.
Li immediately retracted her hand, not daring to think about how much unimaginable torture Xing Feng had gone through that caused her to have an instinctive fear of being touched.
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