Chapter 239 - The Sealed Place (9) (2/2)

Rafah sneered as he extended his arem that appeared on Lapis’ chest

“Do you think that they would want to save you after knohat you are? You should already know that humans always hated the Behermes Family The humans are afraid of the unknown, of e have, and what they can’t understand We can live in this world without the organ the humans refer as the heart, and continue to appear as ordinary hu the undead”

Lapis’ expression froze for athe Spirit Crystal on her to dim But it soon returned back to normal

How is that possible?

Rafah was shocked He felt that this was absurd Lapis had no reason to trust those hu to the infor her identity from those people and not even her closest friend knew of her secret Rafah thought that exposing Lapis’ secret would be her greatest fear But asn’t she affected?

Where did she get her confidence froure it out

Although he h her mehts In fact, at this mo black-haired e

Rhode

Perhaps if it were others, Lapis would have second thoughts about this matter However, if it was Rhode, she knew that he would be able to do so Moreover, Gillian and Anne’s presence proved that Rhode wasn’t afraid of other races

In Anne’s previous roup, Mark White, she sa Anne distanced herself away from other mercenaries Other than the late leader of Mark White, there weren’t et close to her

However, Starlight was different Although Anne had revealed her true identity, Rhode had neither displayed any hint of fear nor dissatisfaction Also, Gillian obviously wasn’t a human from her appearance

Thus, if Rhode could accept them, he should be able to accept her

That was her faith towards Rhode that the woman carried deep in her heart It was filled with hope, trust, and confidence Even if she couldn’t trust herself, she could trust Rhode

Indeed, the hu

Booe door burst open

Rhode entered the roo he set his eyes upon wasn’t the projected i the rooaze on the woman as tied up in chains — of course, that meant that he saw the Spirit Crystal on Lapis’ chest

She indeed was the Perfect One

Rhode was rather surprised Although he had heard of si a Spirit Crystal Luckily he had rushed here in ti to Rhode’s standards If it were the game, the dead NPC could simply respawn, but if he were to fail here, it would be irreversible Rhode didn’t wish to have such an ending

Thinking of this, he turned his attention to Rafah

It appears that this is the mastermind

“Whoever you are, I hope you can release the lady After all, no roup”

Rhode’s tone sounded refined and polite, however, theto the enemy spoke otherwise Rhode’s follow-up proved this point “If not, I don’t norant huh after listening to Rhode’s threat He extended its ar in the air flew above Rhode’s head and formed a circle which shrouded him within

“Do you really think you can defeat the power of the Behermes? This is the holy central control roo is under our control And you are the saiant of light, the floating crystal ball iht Then, a beaht for Rhode as still shrouded in the circle