Mystery: The Witch of Desire

"Heh... I hope your words and actions will be consistent. In the Southern Continent, spies only end up on the gallows."

The officer's words were unmistakably threatening, yet he still made an elegant gesture, inviting Duval and Livre to enter.

There are quite a few merchants from various countries in Gulayin City. The military does not have the resources to check them all, and can only issue verbal warnings. This is why Lieutenant General Ganmor invited merchants from various countries to his birthday banquet.

Duval responded with a calm smile and walked into the banquet hall with Livre.

Livre immediately spotted a middle-aged man surrounded by a large group of officers and guests, wearing two general's stars on his shoulder, with slightly gray hair but a vigorous spirit.

He is Lieutenant General Ganmor, the governor of the Kingdom of Rune in the city of Gulayin.

Duval gestured with his chin toward Lieutenant General Gamour, then winked at Livre.

Livre nodded in understanding and began to observe her surroundings.

As for how to carry out the assassination, Lieutenant General Zillingus of Hurricane actually gave her a very good idea.

Zillingus's plan to assassinate Duke Negan was actually quite successful, but it failed because Miss Audrey, an audience member, saw through it beforehand.

Livre couldn't believe that she would be so unlucky as to run into an audience member.

Moreover, according to Duval, no one here knew Ms. Janis, so Livre wasn't too worried.

She exchanged a few words with Dival, and then, using her instigator's eloquence, she blended into the circle of several noblewomen standing relatively close to Lieutenant General Ganmor. While complaining to the noblewomen about the hot climate and lack of entertainment in the Southern Continent, she secretly observed the situation around Lieutenant General Ganmor.

Three, no, four extraordinary bodyguards...

Including the officers who were guests, there were at least eight extraordinary individuals within ten meters of Lieutenant General Gamour...

The strongest among them was likely the tall, blond-haired, green-eyed young lieutenant colonel, probably at Sequence 6 or Sequence 5 level. However, he didn't seem to be Lieutenant General Ganmore's bodyguard, but rather an officer attending the banquet.

Neither the Church of Storms, the Church of Night, nor the military possesses any demigods in Gulayin City, so no one can exert an overwhelming advantage over Liviel. Even if several Sequence 5s join forces, Liviel is confident she can escape.

Let's get started...

Liviel looked up at the chandelier on the ceiling. The enormous, dazzling chandelier was connected to the ceiling by only one chain, and it could fall with a single blow...

Then, the entire hall will be plunged into darkness. Duval will set fire to another corner of the banquet hall to disrupt the order. Livre will use her invisibility ability to quickly approach Gamor, shoot him with 'Last Whisper', and then use Mirror Shift to leave...

I hope the plan goes smoothly...

Livre left the ladies and headed towards the second-floor corridor.

She needed to secure a good position in advance, wait for the opening dance to begin, and then, once everyone had dispersed, she would begin her actions.

However, at that moment, the young officer standing not far from Gamour turned his gaze to Livr.

Throughout the evening, many male guests cast glances at Livre, who was disguised as Janice, but the young officer's gaze was filled with obvious astonishment, as if he had seen Janice's true face before.

He walked straight toward Livre.

Liviel quickly glanced at Dival: Didn't you say that you and your brother didn't know anyone in Gulayin City?

She noticed that Duval's gaze was also somewhat surprised, as if he hadn't expected this situation to occur.

In the blink of an eye, the young officer stood before Livre, giving a polite bow.

"Ms. Janice? Is that you? Good heavens, I thought I had mistaken you for someone else!"

Livre gave an awkward smile, and after a long while, she gracefully touched her forehead:

"Sorry... I'm not feeling well today, so I might not be in the best state of mind..."

At this moment, Duval stepped forward, stood beside Livre, and said with a warm smile:

“You must be Mr. Hall. I am Janis’s brother, Duval Soren. My sister has mentioned you to me before. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Hall... shares the same surname as Miss Justice?

Livre was slightly surprised upon hearing this. Furthermore, she realized something else: this Mr. Hall only knew Janice, not her brother Duval.

Mr. Hall looked somewhat taken aback, and after a long pause, he extended his hand and said:

"Alfred Hall is currently serving in the Royal Army."

After the two men shook hands briefly, Duval made an excuse and said:

"My sister is not feeling well, so I'll take her to the guest room to rest. Goodbye."

"Please go ahead."

Alfred gestured for her to proceed, but his gaze remained fixed on 'Janes's' retreating figure, and he muttered to himself, somewhat puzzled:

"Is Ms. Janice really that tall? Her face also looks a little different..."

Upon entering the guest room area after the banquet hall, Livre immediately muttered in dissatisfaction:

"What exactly happened! Didn't you say that nobody in Gulayin City knew you?"

Duval said with a somewhat embarrassed expression:

“Alfred is an officer in Vanterrick. I met my sister when I was traveling in Intis. I didn’t know he was coming to Krain City.”

Livre found it strange that Alfred didn't seem to know Duval, but Duval seemed to know Alfred very well.

She lowered her head to feel the 'last whisper' hidden beneath her skirt, and said in a low voice:

"So what now? Are we still going to carry out the assassination plan?"

Without much thought, Duval said directly:

"Proceed as planned. Alfred is a Sequence 6 judge. During this time, he can at most be promoted to Sequence 5. Of course, I believe he won't be promoted that quickly. He won't pose much of a hindrance to the assassination plan."

Livre pondered for a moment and said:

"I understand. I'll go to the guest room to make some preparations. You just wait for my signal to act."

"no problem."

Duval agreed with a smile, looking relaxed and seemingly not taking the assassination of Lieutenant General Gamour to heart.

After entering the room, she asked Duval to wait outside the door, then wiped her face, transforming her appearance and attire into that of an ordinary noblewoman she had met in Backlund.

She took out Little White and discussed with it the possibility of cursing Lieutenant General Gammore from the shadows as an alternative assassination plan.

Livre went through the entire plan in her mind several more times, making sure that every step was flawless and that there were contingency plans to deal with unexpected situations.

She also consulted the magic mirror and confirmed that the plan had a very high probability of success, and that Gamor probably wouldn't survive the night!

"very good."

Liviel let out a soft breath, walked out of the room, and after confirming that no one was paying attention to her, quietly returned to the banquet hall.

At this moment, she noticed that Alfred was still glancing from time to time at the passageway from the guest room area to the banquet hall, as if watching to see if 'Jenis' would come out.

This Mr. Hall is such a nuisance... Luckily, I changed my appearance.

As Liviel pondered this, she quietly went up to the second floor and took up a spot with an excellent view.

She had made detailed and meticulous plans, and was just waiting for the first dance to begin...

However, at that moment, Lieutenant General Ganmore suddenly raised his head, looked at Livre standing on the second floor, and said in surprise:

"Madam, are you Mrs. Bailey? My goodness, it really is you! What brings you to the Southern Continent?"

No way, here we go again... I just randomly picked an ordinary noblewoman from Backlund, how come she happens to know Lieutenant General Gamour!

Livre felt like her head was about to explode, but she was forced to maintain a gentle smile on her face:

"That's right, Bailey and I came all the way from Backlund to celebrate your birthday. Aren't you touched?"

"Oh, I can't believe it! Come on down, let's catch up. Hey, where's Pele?"

He's preparing a surprise for you. Want to know what it is?

As Liviel spoke, she came down from the second-floor corridor and walked up to Ganmore.

"Oh, what's the surprise?"

Gamour's wrinkled skin trembled slightly with excitement, showing that he had a good relationship with the Bailey family.

"The surprise is..."

Livre deliberately raised her voice and reached for her waist.

Then, she swiftly reached under her skirt and pulled out the old musket, a magical item that could detect the weaknesses of its prey, and the final whisper!

In less than a second, Livre completed a series of actions: drawing her gun, aiming at Ganmore, and locking onto his weak point.

Amidst the astonished gazes of Lieutenant General Gamour, his bodyguards, and the assembled guests, Livr pulled the trigger.

In an instant, she felt that most of her spiritual energy had been absorbed by the musket, turning into a powerful kinetic energy that burst forth from the muzzle.

boom!

A bullet, imbued with pure spirituality, struck Lieutenant General Gamour in the left side of his chest—the weak point targeted by the final whisper.

puff!

Lieutenant General Gamour's chest cavity was completely torn open, and a large amount of blood and internal organs gushed out like a volcanic eruption.

Plans can never keep up with changes...

Livr sighed deeply, her left hand writhing with hunger, which quickly shifted.

Her pupils narrowed, radiating a golden light.

A dragon's roar emanated from Liviel, spreading outwards and intimidating the extraordinary beings who were preparing to attack. Those of lower ranks even knelt on the ground, trembling.

At that moment, a violent explosion rang out in a corner of the banquet hall, and a raging fire broke out. Taking advantage of this gap, Liviel leaped into the air and disappeared like fragments.

"Cloaking is prohibited here!"

A loud chant rang out, and Liviel's figure was jolted out of the void, falling miserably to the ground.

The extraordinary individuals immediately swarmed forward, wanting to tear the assassin to pieces.

Several bullets and swords pierced her body, but the next second, a cloud of smoke rose up, and Livre's body suddenly turned into a broken magic wand, covered with some wet, sticky slime.

"We've fallen for their trap!"

The bodyguards roared angrily and hurriedly searched for the assassin's whereabouts, only to be shocked to find that the woman had vanished.

At this moment, Liviel had already teleported to a mirror on a street corner outside the mansion using mirror teleportation. This short-distance teleportation could be completed in just one second for her now.

"It went more smoothly than I expected. Ganmore should be dead by now, right? With injuries like that, even with the Bloodthirsty Gloves, he definitely couldn't have been saved."

Liviel muttered to herself with a touch of smug satisfaction, quite pleased with the powerful effects of 'The Last Whisper'.

Of course, she didn't get too carried away. After all, this was still enemy territory. Liviel quickly composed herself, anchored herself to the mirror in the inn, and prepared to teleport away.

However, at that moment, a solemn chanting sounded behind her:

"Teleportation is prohibited here!"

In an instant, Livre felt as if a barrier had blocked her way, abruptly stopping her from completing the mirror travel.

Livre turned around with a sullen face and was immediately surprised:

Alfred? How did he manage to catch up with him?

At this moment, Alfred's eyes held a complex expression, a mixture of disbelief, shock, anger, disappointment, and other emotions.

When she fired the gun, in order to unleash her full potential, Livre automatically removed her actor's disguise, and her current appearance was that of Janice after she had manually dressed up.

"Janes...why did you do this?"

Alfred's voice trembled slightly, and a thin mist of pain clouded his green eyes.

"I thought you were a peace-loving Intis, but who would have thought you would actually..."

“It is precisely because I love peace that I want to assassinate that executioner, Gamour. As long as he lives, he will start a war sooner or later.”

As Livre spoke with feigned indignation, she paced back and forth, quietly leaving the small area where Alfred's ban was in effect, before re-anchoring the mirror.

Alfred said urgently:

"Although Lieutenant General Gamour may have been somewhat extreme in some of his colonial policies, he is not essentially a warmonger. It was his rash killing of a general from the Kingdom of Rune that ignited the war!"

"Is that so? Perhaps you are right."

Livre smiled sweetly, and while Alfred was speaking, the sapphire ring on her finger flashed, activating the ability to travel through mirrors.

"This area is off-limits..."

Alfred hurriedly tried to issue a ban, but found it was too late. His spirituality was already inferior to Livre's, and the hastily issued ban could not stop Livre at all.

In a moment of desperation, he took a quick step and rushed directly in front of Livril.