CHAPTER 466: A SCHEME BEHIND A SCHEME (1/2)

I angrily stomped on the Assassin leader’s veiled face, causing her to fall over right away like a punching bag. Yet that wasn’t enough to satisfy the anger I felt towards this woman who had threatened my life just moments ago. All that talk about not letting me go until everyone was dead -I hadn’t forgotten about that.

Oh, how the tables have turned. Go on, let’s see if I care about you letting me go now. Go on! Hmph, and you even dared to bully our resident timid girl, don’t you know how timid she is?!

Even though I desperately wanted to execute this darned wretch, I knew better than to do that now. Instead, I turned around to face the Dryders who were still worshipping me and exclaimed, “I want those Minotaurs dead!”

“Ssshhhhhh.”

The Dryders immediately charged into battle upon receiving the order, their hisses echoing behind them in a cloud of dust.

It had to be said at this point that these weren’t your run-of-the-mill Dryders. Amongst those present, there were at least ten Eight-stars and three at the peak of Eight-star.

With their aid, the battle quickly turned in our favor. Unlike the Murlocs, these were bonafide elite monsters that wouldn’t lose to a Minotaur at the same Star level. Furthermore, their methods were varied and their speeds blinding. With their unpredictability, it would be hard for an ordinary Minotaur to win against them in a fair fight. Especially not when the Dryders who came this time were all exceptionally powerful. Even the weakest amongst them was a Six-star; definitely more than a match for the Minotaurs. The Harpies, on the other hand, were still a little troublesome…

“Your holiness, with your leave, I will head over to the battlefield right now. Ending this battle is of utmost priority.” Zurnalin hastily told me before rushing off herself. Even though the speed at which the situation changed was a little dizzying for her. She quickly recovered and upon making sure that I was safe, left to fight.

“Mhm. You may go, and be careful.” As I said that, Zurnalin turned around to give me a passionate gaze but I wasn’t paying attention to her right now. My focus was entirely directed to the dejected Assassin leader on the ground. I unhappily kicked her a couple of times before asking, “So, who are you? Which clan do you come from?”

“The Ghostface…Clan… I’m the… daughter… of the Matriarch…Lersina…” She took a good long while to stammer out a reply amidst her coughing.

“Lersina, huh?” I nodded before asking, “So what’s up with those Harpies?”

“The Harpies?” She stared blankly for a moment as if processing the name in her head. She then looked up at the circling Harpies before lifelessly answering, “We captured their leader not too long ago… and had her secretly executed… We lied to them… telling them to cooperate if they wanted her back…”

I turned my attention to the Minotaur army on the verge of collapse. “And the Minotaurs? What are your motives for invading the territory of the Shadowhunter Clan?”

Now that the interrogation was in full swing, Lersina herself was already accustomed to answering my questions. “Our territories have always been plagued by Minotaurs. In order to gain a greater share of the resources, we have been fighting with them for ages. Not too long ago, my mother and the head of the Minotaurs came to an agreement: the Minotaurs would help us attack the Shadowhunter Clan and we promised to give them more territory once the fight was over…”

Give them land after the war is over? Are those Minotaurs stupid? You can’t trust anything coming out of the mouth of a Dark Elf.

“A lie?”

“No.” Lersina shook head. “We meant it.”

You guys meant it? I guess even you guys are self-aware of the duplicity of the Dark Elves… but for their promise to actually be true… Holy fudgecakes, are pigs going to fly now? I guess it might be possible, but these nutjobs aren’t even the kind to keep a promise made to my godmother! There’s no way they would just hand over a territory after this whole farce is over!

“Where’s the territory in question?”

“Here…” She looked at her feet at that point.