Chapter 168: Ripping off the veil (1/2)
Chapter 168: Ripping off the veil
As Han Shuo and Emily brought Belinda to the Dark Mantle stronghold, they noticed that the flying bugs that had been circling the hotel were trailing them from a short distance.
The Demonslayer Edge suddenly flashed as its sharp point sank into one of the flying bugs and brought it to Han Shuo’s palm. He took a closer look and discovered that this bug was the same material as the golem that Belinda had released. They were all made of metal armor, with just one of them being extremely big and the other being very small.
Magical yuan circulating in his palm, Han Shuo pinched his thumb and forefinger together tightly and a sharp crack rang out as he pulverized the bug. Han Shuo’s eyes narrowed into slits as he noticed an exceedingly small magical formation within the stomach of the crushed bug, with traces of magical elements flickering within it.
“This Calamity Church is indeed formidable to set up a formation within such a small flying golem!” Han Shuo couldn’t help but sigh with amazement as he put the flying golem away.
Emily nodded,in full agreement with Han Shuo’s words, and spoke with a tinge of fear in her voice, “The Calamity Church is the most evil of all churches, with all sorts of evil magics and secret arts. Take the golem in the shape of the three eyed demon god for example. If the force and strength it displayed could be mass produced, then the knights of our Empire will have no way to contend against the attacks of these golems.”
She was definitely part of Dark Mantle; Emily’s first thought was for the country’s security and not how much personal gain these golems could bring her.
“I’m going to dispose of those flying bug golems to prevent them from following us to Dark Mantle. It won’t do for someone to discover our traces.” Han Shuo brought out the Demonslayer Edge and willed it to charge into the crowd of flying bugs, destroying all of them in short order.
When all the flying bugs had been destroyed, Han Shuo and Emily didn’t linger as they made use of the night to sneak back to the Dark Mantle stronghold.
Han Shuo placed Belinda on a chair in the secret room he’d stayed in two days ago and had Emily take out ropes to secure Belinda to the chair.
Completely unconscious, Belinda had no feeling that she was being tied to the chair. After Emily tied her down, she looked at Belinda’s veiled face curiously and said, “Why is this girl veiled? Is there something that she can’t show the world?”
Shrugging, Han Shuo smiled, “There are only three possibilities for a face veil. She’s either too beautiful and afraid that her features will bring danger to herself, she has a need to wear it out of certain cultural considerations, or that she doesn’t want people to see the flaws of her face.”
“I’m quite curious myself which of these possibilities she falls under. But since she’s our prisoner now, I think you can just directly take off her face veil.”
Emily glared at him involuntarily when Han Shuo waxed eloquent, and an odd tone colored her voice, “Hmm. I didn’t know that you knew so much about facial veils!”
Han Shuo smiled awkwardly and hastened to explain, “This has nothing to do with me. I only know about all this because I’ve gotten Clarendon’s memories.”
Snorting softly, Emily didn’t say anything else as she reached out a hand to slowly pull off the light veil on her face.
The features of the senseless Belinda were slowly uncovered. Thin, arched brows appeared below a smooth, gleaming forehead. A pair of tightly shut, long lashes then came into view as Belinda’s charming nose was slowly revealed. Her skin was white and translucent, she was a wondrous beauty no wonder how one looked at her.
However, when her veil was fully pulled off, Han Shuo and Emily suddenly saw a black birthmark come into view on Belinda’s left cheek. This birthmark made her originally beautiful face appear a bit frightening.
“You guessed right, she has a natural defect. If it wasn’t for this black birthmark, she’d definitely be an unabashed beauty. What a pity!” Emily looked carefully at Belinda’s exposed face and spoke with some regret.
An oval shaped face, pert nose, juicy red lips, sapphire blue eyes, and translucent pale skin all combined with a lovely figure to form the body that a beauty should have. It was a pity that the birthmark on the left side of her face was simply too eye catching. It caught the attention of anyone looking at her and formed a severe contrast, thoroughly casting her looks in the shade.
“Alright, I’ll wake her now.” Han Shuo’s expression was the same as usual as he didn’t particularly care about this girl’s appearance. He walked to the back of the chair and placed a hand on the back of her neck, lightly pinched the meridians on the back of her neck and then patted her right cheek gently. “It’s time to wake up.”