"It was Miss who sent me to deliver this letter to you."
The short-haired maid walked lightly to Marcy's side, and after Marcy stood up, she handed her a note in a seemingly respectful manner.
"Deliver a message?"
Marcy's face remained expressionless, but she suddenly became alert and touched a hair clip with a small white flower behind her ear.
As someone close to Emerald, Masi naturally already had access to the most advanced technology, carrying Lily of the Valley's terminal with her. Communicating with Emerald was even more convenient than using a mobile phone. Why would Emerald let a strange maid deliver a message to her?
There's definitely something wrong with this maid!
Marcy made a judgment immediately in her mind, but she did not show it. Instead, she took the note and pretended to read it carefully.
Under Amelie's tutelage, Massey's acting skills have always been excellent. She was able to completely fool Viliana back then, and now it's even easier for her to fool the short-haired maid.
Sure enough, there was something wrong with the note.
When Marcy looked over, she saw that the note was not written in common human language at all, but rather several elven magical runes. Moreover, the runes had a hypnotic effect on the mind, causing the person who saw it to lose their ability to think for a short period of time.
However, Marcy had anticipated this possibility and was prepared. She was only in a daze for less than 100 milliseconds after being attacked mentally before regaining her senses.
But she still pretended to be dazed and confused, while gathering her magic power to prepare for a counterattack.
brush!
Seeing that Marcy had been successfully hypnotized and was in a dazed state, the short-haired maid immediately kicked Marcy in the chest, and a rune dagger flashing with purple light popped out from the tip of her shoe.
This is a specially crafted Soul Blade. Although its physical properties are very poor, and it is highly likely that even a piece of hard wood could shatter the blade, this blade can also directly damage the soul. It was specially developed during the internal strife of the Elven race to target the Life Flame of the Crimson Moon Clan.
When Marcy saw the Soul Blade on the tip of the short-haired maid's shoe, she was slightly flustered at first, but then she immediately smiled.
Because the short-haired maid deliberately stabbed Marcy in the heart with the blade.
So Marcy abandoned her original plan to defend and dodge, picked up her fist and punched the short-haired maid in the face with the magic she had secretly gathered.
Legs are definitely longer than arms, and the short-haired maid made her move earlier, so there is no doubt that the rune dagger on the tip of the short-haired maid's shoe hit the target first.
but……
Click.
To the disbelief of the short-haired maid, the rune dagger on the tip of her shoe struck Marcy's heart as if it had pierced through hard armor. Apart from tearing Marcy's maid outfit, it did not cause any further damage; instead, the blade itself shattered.
Just kidding. The Moon Spring Body in front of Marcy's chest is Marcy's fusion organ and the most indestructible part of her body. It is not something that a mere rune dagger can break through.
Snapped!
Then Marcy punched the short-haired maid in the face.
Marcy has always studied medicine and has not received any formal combat training, but she still knows the basic skill of gathering magic power to beat people up. The biggest characteristic of a fusion-stage mage among fellow cultivators is that they have abundant magic power.
So Marcy's punch not only sent the short-haired maid flying, but also knocked off the lace hair tie on her head.
The lace hair tie was clearly a magical item; as it came off, the short-haired maid's appearance immediately changed.
Her originally ordinary, well-proportioned figure has become slender and sexy, her face is even more beautiful, and her ears have grown to a length that cannot be fully grasped by two hands.
Without a doubt, she was actually an elven assassin, and a high-ranking one at that, a master of disguise and disguise.
Seeing that her sneak attack had failed, the elven assassin did not retreat. Instead, her eyes flashed with a fierce light, which, combined with her blood-covered face, made her look particularly ferocious.
Strange black patterns, resembling coral, instantly covered the elven assassin's entire body, temporarily shielding her from all physical pain and greatly enhancing her attributes... She was going to fight Marcy to the death.
But Marcy wasn't afraid at all; instead, she looked at the elven assassin with a relieved expression, as if he were a stranded, dying fish.
High-level magic, Black Prison Soul-Shattering Thrust!
The elven assassin didn't care about anything else. Knowing that she only had one chance to attack at most, she unhesitatingly used her strongest single-target dark magic that she could cast quickly.
She knew that Marcy possessed the bloodline of the Crimson Moon family and the Flame of Life. Although other elemental magic was more powerful, it might not be able to truly kill Marcy. Only dark magic, which could also harm the soul, had a chance to complete the mission.
"Humph!"
Then the elven assassin heard a cold snort filled with anger behind her. Immediately, all the magic in her body went out of control, and the dark magic that was supposed to be used to attack Marcy turned around and hit her instead, severely injuring her with a single blow.
How could that be?
The elven assassin was now utterly desperate; she knew who it was without even turning around.
The mission has failed. The next step is to protect the intelligence!
Recalling his training and duties, the elven assassin did not hesitate at all and directly bit the potion hidden in his teeth.
This potion isn't actually toxic; it just causes the magic within her to go completely berserk, turning her into a humanoid magic bomb... Whether it kills the target or not is irrelevant; the key is that it can shatter her own body and soul, protecting the information in her mind.
...That's how it should be.
"Ha, a trivial skill."
The voice behind the elven assassin rang out again, this time with a lot more mockery.
Then the elven assassin was horrified to discover that the effects of the potion in her body had mysteriously disappeared, and the magic she had lost control of had completely eroded her body, leaving her unable to control her own body at all. Apart from still being able to think, she couldn't even roll her eyes.
"Are you alright, Sisi?"
The person who arrived in time was naturally Amelie. After turning the elven assassin into an undead while still alive, she quickly walked to Marcy's side and personally reached out to carefully examine the place where Marcy's clothes had been pierced by the dagger.
"I'm sorry, I've made you worry about me again, Miss."
Marcy first leaned against Emerald's chest, letting Emerald examine her, before looking at the elven assassin with some confusion:
"But...why was I assassinated? I was just a maid!"
"Who knows what suddenly went wrong with your mother?"
After confirming that Marcy was truly unharmed, Emery withdrew her hand and looked at the elven assassin who was already kneeling and waiting for orders. Her golden right eye flashed with a dark purple light once more.
"Let me see what this unlucky girl knows... If I'm not mistaken, she probably doesn't know anything."
This was the elf assassin's last consciousness. After that, her only remaining free soul was completely corrupted by Emerald, and her memories were read at will by Emerald like hacked computer data.
"...She really didn't know anything."
A moment later, with Amelie's sigh, the elven assassin's body transformed into a necromantic mark and was absorbed into Amelie's necromantic space, leaving no trace behind.
The elven assassin is an elite Moon Guardian of the elven race who has been infiltrating the human kingdom for over 30 years and possesses the strength of a great mage.
Although the Allen Federation and the Elf race are outwardly at peace and friendly, both sides have been planting agents and spies within each other's ranks.
This Moon Guardian was one such person. She was not a registered Moon Guardian at the Elf Embassy, but rather a top-notch spy disguised as a human, infiltrating Sphinx to prepare for a possible renewed war.
She had only received orders from the Moon Guard Headquarters in the Elf Capital yesterday, instructing her to infiltrate the Melson Sky Manor as soon as possible to assassinate Amelie's personal maid.
She was actually quite puzzled by the order, but she couldn't disobey it, so she chose to take action today during Bobo and Judy's engagement ceremony.
"This is really strange..."
After reading the elven assassin's memories, Emerald wasn't too surprised, but she was even more puzzled by Theresa Scarlet Moon's motives.
She couldn't fathom why Theresa Scarlet Moon would sacrifice a top spy to assassinate Marcy.
Marcy is quite low-key; even within the Melson family, few people know that she is already a Fusion-stage mage.
In terms of status, Marcy was merely Emerald's personal maid, mainly responsible for taking care of Emerald's daily life. Objectively speaking, she was far from indispensable. Killing her would only enrage Emerald and would have little strategic value.
Therefore, the reason why Marcy was assassinated should have nothing to do with her strength or her status as a maid, but rather with the bloodline of the Scarlet Moon family within her.
Those who looked down on Marcy's mixed-race identity were Marcy's aunt's faction in the family. Her mother treated her quite well; otherwise, she wouldn't have secretly raised her after giving birth to her until she could no longer hide it and then sent her to the human kingdom.
It still doesn't make sense.
Since there was a magical clone at the engagement ceremony, Emerald wasn't in a hurry to go back. Instead, she carried Marcy back to the room, carefully examining Marcy's body again while chatting about various stories about Marcy's mother.
Marcy, of course, told Emerald everything she knew, recounting everything she could think of about Theresa Scarlet Moon.
The image pieced together from these events is basically similar to Theresa Scarlet Moon, who is somewhat familiar to Emerald from the original game, but she is completely different from the current Theresa Scarlet Moon.
Especially Theresa Scarlet's more than 100 daughters, which are even more bizarre... If this information hadn't been told to Marcy by Emerald herself, Marcy would have found it hard to believe it was true.
The only thing that can be confirmed at present is that Theresa Scarlet Moon was pretty much the same as Marcy remembered her at least six months ago; all the strange changes have happened recently.
After dealing with the elf assassin, Popo and Judy's engagement ceremony proceeded smoothly without any further incidents.
Of course, this engagement ceremony was quite an eye-opener for many people. It was the first time they had ever seen a cute boy in a pretty dress and a brave woman in trousers and a cape get engaged, and they seemed quite well-matched.
Originally, Judy planned to stay in Sphinx after the engagement to spend some time with Popo and deepen their relationship. However, the situation among the elves is now strange and unpredictable, and as a very ambitious officer, Judy must be prepared for battle.
Fortunately, Bobo didn't care about this. He also wanted to help his sister, so after the engagement, he went straight into the magic workshop to try to research more advanced magic devices.
The next day, Amelie was planning to return to Locke City to check on the situation, but Ji Xinyu suddenly contacted her, saying that she had made a major discovery.
Emery, of course, rushed over.
When Amelie saw Ji Xinyu again, she noticed that her junior sister was noticeably more listless than when they parted. She had slight dark circles under her eyes, but her eyes were very excited, with a sense of exhilaration from having a good time.
Meanwhile, the fallen elven heiresses and noblewomen all had spring in their eyes, and the sense of devastation from the destruction of their families had almost completely disappeared, leaving only the emptiness and void after the pleasure.
"Junior sister, you really are... sigh."
Emery didn't know what to say about this, so she could only shake her head and get down to business:
"What about the major discovery you mentioned?"
"Senior sister, will you come with me?"
Ji Xinyu leaned softly against Ameliete's shoulder, carrying several different elven scents, and pointed towards a room.
Having no other choice, Amelie put her arm around Ji Xinyu's waist and walked into the room.
There were three elves in the room, one of whom was Silbis Emerald Star. The only surviving head of the Emerald Star family looked much better, but she still maintained the composure of a head of a large family, unlike the other elves who had a kind of self-destructive decadence.
The other two elves were both red-haired and looked about seven or eight parts similar to Marcy, seemingly indeed Marcy's sisters.
They were all dressed in gossamer-style dresses that were as thin as cicada wings, with collars around their necks, their hands and feet bound, and their eyes unfocused.
It's quite obvious that these two red-haired elves are most likely Theresa Scarlet Moon's daughters. They probably sneaked in here to do something bad, but were caught by Ji Xinyu and then abused.
"...Have they both lost their souls?"
Amelie glanced at the two red-haired girls and immediately understood their condition.
"I originally wanted to capture them alive, but there's no way, senior sister~~"
Ji Xinyu shrugged, somewhat helplessly saying:
"They both possess a very powerful flame technique. Even if I blind them, cut off their limbs, and destroy their spines, they can recover quickly... I really don't have a way to restrict their freedom without killing them. I'm not as good at sealing as you are, senior sister."
"But don't worry, senior sister."
Ji Xinyu chuckled again as she spoke:
"Although I shattered their souls directly, I also absorbed all their memories at the same time... Senior sister, you know that, right? This is very simple for the 'Netherworld Soul Technique'."
"That's alright."
Emerald didn't feel any pity for the two red elves just because they looked similar to Marcy. It was more reassuring to see the enemies dead. If she were in charge of handling the matter, she would most likely kill them after obtaining the information.
"Since their souls have been shattered, why are you still keeping their bodies?"
Emery said, then glanced at Ji Xinyu with a hint of disdain:
"Isn't it enough that Sibi and the others are here having fun with you? You're not even letting go of someone who's practically a corpse, someone who's lost their soul?"
"This kind of thing actually has its own charm, at least I think it's pretty good."
Ji Xinyu wasn't embarrassed at all; instead, she hugged Amelie's arm and acted coquettishly.
"Besides, it's impossible for Sibi and the others to come back to the Tianyun Empire with me, but these two spoils of war are fine... Senior Sister, can't you turn corpses into people who are almost indistinguishable from living people? Could you help me dispose of them?"
"...I just can't do anything with you."
Emerald's tone was even more disdainful, but she still snapped her fingers, using necromancy to transform the two red-haired elves who, though soulless, still possessed living bodies, and asked:
"Tell me, what exactly happened?"
"What else could it be? Just like you told me before you left, the elves didn't trust these surviving orphans and widows, so they sent people to assassinate them..."
Ji Xinyu briefly and quickly recounted what had happened.
Also yesterday, Ji Xinyu was holding a mother and daughter, elf nobles whose family had been wiped out, and was carefully comforting them, using joy to make them forget their pain.
Just as Ji Xinyu was comforting the manor with the greatest success, the two red-haired elves, both possessing the strength of great mages, infiltrated the manor with the clear objective of assassination.
At that time, both targets had just been comforted by Ji Xinyu and were sound asleep in their respective rooms. If they were assassinated, they would have almost no chance of survival.
The two assassinations were carried out simultaneously, so even if Ji Xinyu was very strong, she should have been able to save only one of them.
However, Ji Xinyu actually has two of them now, so both red-haired ones failed and were beaten up by Ji Xinyu, their souls were shattered, leaving only two husks that still had life.
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