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The other party is right there, within arm's reach.
On his chest, an ice-blue gemstone suddenly burst forth with dazzling light!
The cross-shaped longsword fell like a meteor, pinning a crystal-clear ice sculpture to the ground, its sharp blade piercing through the heart in the chest.
"You think you can break the Ice Heart with just the Shadow Fiend's methods?" Lena stared at the ice sculpture, but what she saw was the shadow cast by the ice sculpture under the moonlight.
The shadow quickly took shape, and Kletina gently wiped the frost from her fingertips, smiling languidly: "We have to try it first, don't we?"
Lena didn't reply. She turned her head, looked in the direction of the Demon King's castle, and said coldly:
"How many more great demons are there? Come out, all of you!"
From the moment Kletina appeared, Lena understood that the demons had accurately predicted her movements. Therefore, this manipulative Rose Shadow Demon had naturally made preparations to deal with Iceheart long ago, and the previous exchange was merely a test.
To defeat oneself in a short time, the only option is to gather several demons and launch a powerful attack together, just like when dealing with Mino!
She had made preparations for this long ago.
Unexpectedly, Kletina shook her head, a smile playing on her pink eyes: "Tonight, only I, the demon, will appear... just like you, who attacked alone, didn't you, Your Holiness?"
"The guiding star of your kingdom is not so easy to deal with."
Lena's eyes flickered slightly.
Unexpectedly, Kleinna pointed out that name with such precision. She knew this was no coincidence... Although there weren't many strong individuals in the human camp, they weren't exactly scarce either. But the other party specifically pointed out that chief of the Round Tower. Unless the other party had reached the point of being extremely wary of him—which was clearly illogical given that Chief Lak hadn't made a move for a long time.
Lena released her left hand, which was clenched in front of her chest, and a crushed fragment of a magic crystal slowly fell to the ground.
This is a communication stone personally handed to me by Chief Lark of the Mage Tower...
On the day Mino was captured, the kingdom went into a state of high alert. Both the Magician's Tower and the Holy Church sent their strongest supporters to the front lines to fight against the demons. After the hero's defeat was confirmed, after some discussion, Lena decided that she would stay on the front lines to deter the demons, while Chief Lak returned to the capital to take charge of the hero's awakening ceremony.
It was at that time that Lak, having learned of his desire for revenge, left behind this communication stone.
Even the cold and composed Lena couldn't help but admire Lak's foresight and wisdom: the other party had anticipated this situation and instructed her not to rush to escape once she fell into the demon's trap... crush this communication stone!
At that time, he will come to assist me at a speed I can't even imagine!
Upon seeing Klettina, Lena crushed the communication stone without hesitation.
She believed that the unfathomable holy archmage was now lurking somewhere... waiting to deliver a fatal blow to the demons!
……
The moment the tentative words left her lips, Kleidina knew that her guess was correct.
After uttering that name, she keenly caught a flicker of emotion in Saint Lena's eyes... Sure enough, how could the kingdom's guiding star allow the noble Ice Saintess to fall into a trap?
If he were to actually gather the great demons, whose injuries have not yet fully healed, to besiege Lena, they would become the real bait and be wiped out by the human camp!
I'm afraid the chief of the Round Tower is already lurking somewhere, waiting to deliver a fatal blow, hehe...
……
King's capital.
The dark, round tower stood tall amidst the gloomy clouds.
Inside the enclosed room at the top of the tower, wisps of a subtle and malevolent aura seeped out from under the door.
The black-robed mage, whose hairline had receded, lay slumped over the table, his eyes dark and swollen with thick black circles. He stared blankly at the table, writing something.
In a prominent position within the room hangs a banner personally awarded by the Kingdom of Kur, arguably the highest honor a human could receive. It bears magnificent lettering in flowing gold embroidery:
"Rak, the Friend of Heroes! — A great guide who forged two legendary heroes."
Because it was personally awarded by the great King Kur II, the banner was hung in the most conspicuous place in the study, with the nose held back.
Lux, who had been holed up in his room for a very long time, raised his head after inscribing another rune and let out a desolate and evil laugh:
"Heh, heh heh... Hero, Mino... just you wait..."
"Once I finish inscribing the new blessing runes, it will be the day your sister, the hero, dies... If she survives this time... I will make her a complete puppet!"
Suddenly, Lak turned his head sharply and sensed something.
Inside the bookcase, a communication stone shattered into powder.
Lak looked slightly confused, but then he seemed to remember something, and his eyes soon lit up.
He turned his head, strode to the window, and gazed in the direction of the border. He clenched his fist excitedly and murmured to himself:
"Fight! Fight!"
……
Chapter 63 But he confessed.
"Since you're not going to send out your full force, then you won't be able to keep me here tonight."
Lena stared intently at Kletina for a long time, and after confirming that what she said was true, she slowly sheathed her longsword, feeling a little regretful.
If you think about it carefully, these cunning and troublesome demons would have been wiped out long ago when Mino was rising to power if they were really that reckless.
However, being able to escape unscathed from the demons' sight tonight is a pretty good result.
“I have no intention of giving up... Your Majesty.”
At this moment, Kleinna's tone turned somewhat dangerous: "To conquer the Holy Church, such a powerful relic, we don't necessarily need the entire demon race to mobilize... That Mino hero pointed out a rather simple method for us, didn't he?"
"You mean, Mino?" Lena paused slightly.
“That’s right.” As if anticipating Lena’s reaction, Kletina stretched slightly and said in a slightly seductive tone, “The secret of the Ice Heart, the secret of the relic, and even… your secret, do you really think we know nothing about them?”
That calm and flippant tone hinted at something—the demons had gotten something from Mino…
Lena gazed intently at Kletina's face, and then, in a moment, she burst into laughter.
That smile was like an ice-colored rose, pure and aloof, yet breathtakingly beautiful under the moonlight, sacred and inviolable.
"As expected of the Rose Shadow Demon, who excels at bewitching people, I only realized tonight's direct confrontation with you that even with the ability to see through lies, it's difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood under your trap-filled words... However, you made one mistake!"
The next moment, Lena's expression turned icy cold:
"That's underestimating me! This person, who is closest to the hero, knows him so well!"
"That was the strongest hero in human history, a great pioneer who vowed from childhood to expel the demons and restore Kur! Wielding the holy sword of light, Artotai, the brightest star among the shining stars of humanity—Mino Lake!"
"Even if he is defeated by you, his glorious feat of fighting against the nine great demons single-handedly will be forever etched in human history, becoming the most brilliant chapter! The spirit of Mino will still stand tall and proud on the land of the kingdom!!"
"Even if you apply the most cruel poison to every inch of his skin..."
Even if you insult his character by serving him the most unpalatable food...
"Even if you try to coerce his mind with his hidden secrets... he would never betray humanity."
Lena's words were completely flat, as if she were stating the simplest common sense.
"Everything about him... I remember it all clearly..."
A gentler look than ever before appeared in Lena's eyes: "So, you can't lie to me—Minho can't possibly be white..."
"But he confessed."
Kleidina said bluntly.
She raised her face, revealing to the Ice Saintess a mixture of helplessness, sincerity, and an expression she herself was unwilling to admit.
The words, spoken clearly and precisely, were so unambiguous that Lena could easily discern their truthfulness from falsehood, reaching the other party's ears.
The whole world fell silent...
Lena's voice seemed to freeze in mid-air; her moving lips abruptly stopped, and her delicate hands, gripping the cross-shaped longsword, stiffened—
For a moment, she even thought that her intuition, which had never been wrong, had failed her.
Countless absurd and ridiculous speculations flashed through her mind as she tried to find the linguistic trap in the demon's mere five words to avoid confirming the truth... For a moment, she even made the absurd assumption that the Holy Archmage Chief Lak was an evil minion.
However, her unwavering intuition told her that Kleinna... was not lying.
How can this be? !
For the first time ever, Lena's pupils trembled violently—
It's now!
Kleiner, who was prepared, finally smiled. An unprecedentedly rich fragrance of roses suddenly filled the room. Kleiner chuckled and then dropped another trump card:
"Please accept this, Your Holiness... a 'gift' from your former closest companion~"
In an instant——
Countless roses bloomed in every corner of the space.
When she fought Lena before, Kletina deliberately restrained the power of "Rose" and only used the power of "Shadow Fiend" to fight against her.
And now, at this moment when Lena's mind is most shaken, she reveals the true power of the Rose Shadow Demon without reservation!
Countless fresh, ordinary red roses appeared in the room.
Everywhere you look, from the ice crystals floating in the air, to the solid ice on the ground, from the dust carried by the gentle breeze, to even the sapphire on Saint Lena's chest... bright red roses are blooming freely.
The scene is beautiful.
So beautiful...it's chilling.
Each rose carried the freshest scent, but in return, Kletina swayed slightly and her face paled considerably.
The next moment, she vanished into a black shadow... and almost simultaneously, by the flowerbed of the Demon King's castle, Kleidina's figure suddenly materialized—from beginning to end, to avoid a counter-encirclement by the pillars of humanity, she had actually been fighting on the border of the Demon King's castle, stretching her shadow to a thousand miles away!
The demon strategist Swell, who had been waiting for a long time, helped up the exhausted Kleidina.
"Your power once again fills me with awe, Lady Kleinna."
To guard against that holy archmage, after using her last resort, Kletina immediately returned to the outskirts of the Demon King's castle without hesitation.
After confirming that no further disturbances were pursuing him, Swell breathed a slight sigh of relief. Then, he focused his mind and gazed towards the direction of the battlefield: "I wonder if the plan went smoothly..."
“The plan was executed perfectly.” Kleinna smiled slightly on her pale face. “Even if the chief of the Round Tower were present, he couldn’t have stopped it all… At least, Saintess Lena has been completely under our psychological attack.”
"Next, we'll see how much impact our message has on her..."
……
Demon border.