76. The Sad Beings (Vote Please~)

The figure of the third sister, suddenly appearing under the high moonlight, startled Lin Ke, causing her to stumble back and nearly fall to the ground! The unsettling feeling in her heart was undeniable; any normal person could sense the danger in front of them! At this point, Lin Ke had no time to ponder: why, in the master’s territory, in the master’s castle, could there be uninvited guests who had coincidentally found her at this hour!?

“Who… who are you!?”

In the next moment, Lin Ke hurriedly aimed the glowing magic stone in her hand at them, but unfortunately, this action was futile. The light emitted from the “imported” magic stone failed to illuminate the faces of the three figures before her; instead, bathed in the cold moonlight, they appeared even more blurred and menacing.

“Assassins” drawn by the conflict between “families”? But in the Meri Kingdom, there were no assassins lurking in the shadows; the days of high-profile assassins striking from above were long gone. Using a firearm to shoot from the dark and then making a quick escape was clearly a more successful approach!

Could they be bounty hunters? That didn’t seem right either, because… would the current Jack family and Mary family really have the guts to send bounty hunters like the Pig family!?

In the next moment, the three figures descended and stood amidst the surrounding ruins, not far from Lin Ke. The proximity, combined with the moonlight, allowed Lin Ke to her astonishment to recognize one of the figures!

“It’s you… the bounty hunter from before!”

“Mm~mm! That’s right, it’s me, but tonight’s events have little to do with me, so don’t get too tangled up in my presence.”

So this bounty hunter brought the other two here!? The so-called insider!?

Then, Lin Ke keenly noticed a common characteristic among the three figures: whether long or short, they all had white hair! And… those long ears could only belong to elves. The uninvited guests brought by Ilushir were, like her, white-haired elves!

There was no time for surprise. As Ilushir stepped aside to indicate “I’m not involved,” one of the elves calmly spoke up, answering Lin Ke’s earlier confusion!

“We are merely the ‘Blades’ sent to uphold the will of the great goddess and maintain order; you need not be aware of our existence.”

This completely shattered Lin Ke’s hopes.

“What… does that mean!? I don’t believe in any gods!”

“You know nothing, and thus bear no fault, but… simply by existing, you are already trampling upon order.”

The white-haired elf, now clearly visible to Lin Ke, was dressed like a nun. Although she spoke strange words, the sword dragging on the ground in her hand clearly reminded Lin Ke: the elf before her was fundamentally different from the charlatans in the capital!

At the very least, she was definitely not saying those words just to “fleece money”!

“Because the blood flowing in your veins is already tainted with sin. No matter how much time passes, you will ultimately face the judgment of order. Poor child, please do not resist; I will swiftly and peacefully free you from this sinful bloodline.”

“!”

Bloodline?

Lin Ke was momentarily taken aback, then a bitter smile crept into her heart. Although the danger before her was so sudden, and although she only had a vague understanding of what this charlatan meant by “bloodline,” Lin Ke seemed to grasp why, from the moment she could remember, she had been inundated with notions of “princess” and “royalty.”

Was it really necessary for someone as inconspicuous as her, a mere temporary commander, to have such a grand “background”? However, perhaps it was just to respond to the family head’s expectations all this time. As for the elf in front of her, who was clearly wielding a sword while babbling about “sympathy,” Lin Ke had already prepared her answer.

“Innocent? I never claimed to be innocent, elf. If the ‘bloodline’ you speak of refers to my birth, then I don’t need your sympathy, because I am here to reclaim my ‘bloodline.'”

Otherwise, Lin Ke felt she had no reason to be rescued by her family at that time. The family head valued her “birth,” and if she were to abandon that out of fear of death, she believed she would no longer have the right to appear before the family head.

“So, have you finished your charlatan’s speech? If you’re here to seek revenge for my birth, then come and try.”

Lin Ke was already prepared to draw her gun, even though she felt it might be pointless; still, putting on a show was somewhat necessary.

After all, the elf before her, especially the nun who had just been rambling, looked so astonished.

“!”

Then, she let out a light laugh.

“Ha ha ha… bloodline, the cursed bloodline that has lost its faith…”

Shaking her head.

“Indeed, no matter how much time passes, you are filthy and in need of immediate judgment!”

For a moment, the air seemed to freeze!

When her mind caught up with the scene before her, Lin Ke felt as if her heart was about to be pierced by the elf in front of her, and her hand… she couldn’t even manage to draw her gun in time!

Am I… going to die!?

Though this was somewhat expected, to not even be able to put up a fight beforehand and just watch her body get pierced was too pathetic!

However, Lin Ke soon realized that her breath had not been “frozen.” Her mind couldn’t keep up with the speed of what she was seeing; all she knew was… a shadow appeared before her, gripping the elf’s slender sword while simultaneously “throwing” the nun far away!

At the same time, another elf swung an enormous… gigantic, exceptionally large sword at her! But that weapon was also ensnared by chains, which then pulled it away into the distance!

Then, a familiar figure appeared, and not only that, even the bounty hunter who had seemed like a “guide” just moments ago stood on “her side.”

Lin Ke certainly knew who had just pulled her back from the clutches of death.

“Mr. Oujilide, haha—what a coincidence!”

If possible, I really didn’t want to meet him in such a “girlish” way; after all, my performance felt like a burden.

“Let’s avoid such coincidences in the future, Lin Ke. Don’t let your guard down now. By the way… Iluxir, your acting today was perfect, as if you really wanted to betray us.”

“Haha—was it? That’s why I told you not to trust me too much; it wouldn’t be surprising if I decided to turn on you at any moment!”

Lin Ke was a bit dazed, but she quickly grasped a lot.

Something dangerous was definitely going to happen tonight, and… Mr. Oujilide had been preparing for a long time.

In the end…

This danger seemed to be aimed at me.

Aimed at the “bloodline,” perhaps…

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