Chapter 137: “What” is Loseweisse?
The starry sky outside the window was as calm as ever.
Two moons hung in the night sky, everything seemed the same as usual, but Qin Chu had a feeling that a power from the Void was seeping into this world.
Who was praying to the Void?
…
The next day.
The news about Karsus had been completely exposed. With the Holy See’s deliberate promotion, everyone in the Imperial City was talking about it. A member of the former Hero Squad had been tainted by the filthy power of darkness, losing control and slaughtering 3200 Holy Knights guarding the border against the Demon Beasts.
This incident caused a huge uproar.
The members of the Hero Squad had always followed the Hero, making great contributions in the war against the Demon Beasts. Under normal circumstances, it was hard to imagine such a thing happening to such outstanding individuals.
But since it happened to Karsus, the Death Knight, it seemed to make sense.
After all, everyone knew that this Death Knight had been tainted by the power of darkness, and because of the influence of this dark power, he had even killed his own parents and siblings… He could even kill his own flesh and blood, so it wasn’t strange at all for him to kill some unrelated Holy Knights.
It seemed that the First Hero’s judgment of character wasn’t that good…
Now, the Holy See and the Empire had formed a joint investigation team, investigating whether Karsus had committed any other crimes. It was said that they had already found some, such as Karsus stealing women’s stockings.
After the investigation was over, everyone would be invited to witness the public trial.
Compared to Karsus slaughtering the Holy Knights, people seemed to be more interested in his public trial.
After all, Karsus had a high status; he was also a Titled Knight with formidable strength. It wasn’t easy to see someone like him on the execution platform.
It would definitely be exciting.
Angelica walked down the street with Karen. The voices around them made Angelica frown and shake her head slightly.
She didn’t pity Karsus. After all, this Death Knight had attacked her master twice. In Angelica’s eyes, he deserved to die.
But the reactions of the people around her still made her sigh. No matter what, Karsus had made great contributions in the war against the Demon Beasts. He was extremely ferocious in battle. It was said that he had a special ability that allowed him to absorb the energy released by dying Demon Beasts, constantly replenishing his own consumption and maintaining prolonged combat.
The number of Demon Beasts Karsus had killed might not be as high as Athena, the Grand Mage, but it definitely far exceeded that of other members.
How many? Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands?
Who knew?
But now, no one remembered the contributions Karsus had made. They were only excited to witness the public execution of a powerful and high-status individual.
Miss Violet had said that this world was rotten.
At that time, Angelica felt that she was being too harsh, but now it seemed that this world was truly rotten to the core.
But this had nothing to do with her. The current Angelica was just a little maid affectionately called Ange by her master. She only needed to serve her master well. Everything else had nothing to do with her, and she didn’t care at all.
There was a time when Angelica hoped to regain her identity as a Saintess.
But now, the title of Saintess no longer held any appeal for her.
If she became a Saintess, she would have to stay in the temple all day long, unable to stay by her master’s side, unable to help him bathe and make his bed.
She would have to pay attention to the etiquette of a Saintess at all times, unable to curl up in her master’s arms like a kitten during her free time. For Angelica, that was completely unacceptable.
Although she felt a little lonely when her master was away, this feeling of waiting for his return wasn’t necessarily unhappy.
“Sister Ange, what are you smiling about?” Karen noticed Angelica’s smile and asked.
Karen hadn’t slept well last night, and there were dark circles under her eyes.
Although Ange had prepared a spacious room for her with a soft mattress and quilt, it was all too luxurious for Karen.
She lay stiffly on the bed, not daring to move, afraid of accidentally tearing the soft and comfortable fabric. She didn’t even dare to close her eyes, afraid that once she fell asleep and woke up, she would be back on the cold stone slabs on the street.
But Karen wasn’t tired at all. She seemed very energetic, and everything she saw was a beauty she had never seen before.
She was wearing a small dress that Sister Angelica had just bought for her, and a pair of very comfortable boots. This set of clothes alone cost hundreds of Mana, a huge sum that Karen couldn’t comprehend.
In the morning, she even tasted milk and bread.
Hearing Karen’s timid voice, Angelica smiled gently and stroked her head, “It’s nothing. Come on, let’s go get your hair done.”
As she spoke, Angelica took Karen’s small hand and walked forward. But before they could take two steps, Angelica frowned.
She saw two figures in front of them… They were nuns from the Holy See, Mandy and Philippa, both subordinates of Loseweisse.
When Angelica was still a maid by Loseweisse’s side, she was often bullied and tortured by these two nuns. Angelica still remembered the worst time, when Mandy and Philippa tied her to a tree with ropes, cut open her abdomen with a knife, and laughed as they watched the blood stain her clothes.
Even now, there was still a long, ugly scar on Angelica’s abdomen. Every time she saw it, Angelica felt a pang of regret. She couldn’t give her most beautiful body to her master, which was her biggest regret.
Seeing these two again, Angelica felt a faint pain in her abdomen.
Of course, Angelica, who had already had her seal undone, was no longer afraid of these two. But she didn’t have any thoughts of revenge either. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to, but that she didn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble for her master because of her own reasons.
But unfortunately, those two didn’t intend to let Angelica off so easily.
After all, Angelica was once a Saintess candidate! Such a noble status. For them, two lowly nuns, being able to torture a Saintess candidate at will brought an irreplaceable sense of satisfaction.
Angelica took a deep breath and pulled Karen’s small hand, preparing to avoid them.
But the two figures stood directly in front of Angelica and Karen, smiles on their faces, but those smiles made Karen’s hair stand on end.
Angelica’s expression gradually darkened, but she still held back her anger, “Mandy, Philippa, could you please move aside?”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk… It’s only been a few days, and your temper has grown quite a bit,” Mandy mocked with a smile, “Angelica, have you forgotten what it felt like to kneel before us and beg for mercy? Don’t forget, it was me who stitched up the wound on your stomach. If it weren’t for me, you would have been dead.”
“Mandy, don’t say that. She’s now with the Hero, her status is naturally different,” Philippa’s face also held a malicious smile. These two were actually quite beautiful nuns, but their expressions were twisted and ugly at this moment, “After all, Angelica’s face and figure are still passable. How does it feel to use your body to seduce the Hero?”
Mandy and Philippa’s words seemed to trigger Angelica’s memories. One of her hands subconsciously clenched into a fist, her body trembling with anger.
Yes, it was Mandy who stitched up the wound on her stomach.
But it was also this woman who cut her stomach open.
Angelica would never forget how these two women looked so gleeful as they watched her struggle in pain, covered in blood.
Angelica would never forget the excruciating pain when Mandy used a needle meant for sewing quilts to pierce her skin and stitch up her wound with a rough thread.
The thread rubbing against her skin, every second was hellish torture for Angelica.
Karen sensed Angelica’s abnormality and looked at the gentle older sister with concern. She saw that Angelica’s hair had started to flutter behind her, and a deep anger was seeping into her soft, golden eyes.
“Using your body to seduce a man, you shameless thing, you’ve disgraced all women…”
Mandy and Philippa didn’t notice Angelica’s growing anger. Of course, even if they did, they probably wouldn’t care. They just kept provoking Angelica with words, forcing her to recall more and more terrible memories.
They put sharp nails in her shoes.
They put tiny steel needles in her food.
They hid razor blades in her clothes.
They held her head underwater to test how long a person could hold their breath…
Memories flashed through Angelica’s mind. Her fingers were clenched so tightly that her knuckles turned white, her neatly trimmed nails almost digging into her palms.
At this moment, Mandy and Philippa turned their attention to Karen, “Eh, isn’t this the little kitten the Hero picked up from outside?”
“Tsk, tsk, what a dirty little kitten.”
“Seriously, the Hero is such a pervert, even this kind of girl…”
Slap…
Before she could finish her sentence, Mandy received a hard slap on the face. Half of her face instantly turned red, and five bright red finger marks appeared.
It was such a forceful slap that Mandy’s delicate face cracked, and beads of blood seeped out.
The surroundings instantly fell silent.
Mandy and Philippa’s eyes widened, staring at Angelica in disbelief. They couldn’t believe that this woman, who had always been bullied by them, dared to fight back.
They had bullied Angelica for many years, and she had never fought back. They had long been used to it.
The sudden slap was completely beyond their expectations.
After a few seconds, Mandy seemed to finally come to her senses. She covered her face with one hand and screamed, “Angelica, you… you dare to hit me?”
“That’s right, I hit you!”
Angelica’s emerald hair fluttered behind her. She was truly angry. Angelica could ignore how these two insulted her, she could endure it for the sake of not causing trouble for her master, but she absolutely couldn’t tolerate these two insulting her master.
Angelica’s aura continued to rise, and surging Mana churned around her body like waves.
The overwhelming pressure made Mandy and Philippa’s hearts skip a beat. It felt as if a heavy boulder was pressing down on their chests, making it difficult to breathe.
They were surprised to find that Angelica’s strength had recovered at some point, and the necklace that sealed her Mana was gone.
When Augustus dismissed everyone and unsealed Angelica’s necklace to prevent the matter from escalating, few people saw it, and those who did mostly kept their mouths shut.
Mandy and Philippa were afraid. Angelica was once a Saintess candidate who could rival Loseweisse. Both her talent and strength were no less than Loseweisse’s back then.
Even though she had been sealed for several years, Angelica’s strength was still not something they could contend with.
The powerful pressure made the two nuns tremble uncontrollably. Their legs could barely support their bodies, and they might kneel on the ground at any moment. But they didn’t want to lose face in front of Angelica, the woman they had once humiliated.
Suppressing the fear in their hearts, Mandy screamed, “Angelica, what do you want to do? We… We are Saintess Loseweisse’s people! If you dare to hurt us, Saintess Loseweisse will not let you go…”
Angelica smiled, but her eyes were cold.
That smile made Mandy and Philippa’s hearts turn cold.
Her indifferent gaze swept over the two of them, and she said in a flat voice:
“What is Loseweisse?”
“Even if Loseweisse was here, she couldn’t save you for insulting my master!”
She was a Saintess candidate!
She just didn’t want to bother with these two idiots, but they mistook it for weakness.
They didn’t know that her gentleness only appeared in front of her master.
Since these two were so eager for it, then let them experience what it felt like when she became strong.
Whoosh…
Another slap.
Philippa screamed in pain, her ears buzzing, her mind dizzy.
Angelica wasn’t as cruel as these two nuns. She just kept slapping them one after another. Under the absolute suppression of her Mana, the two nuns couldn’t move at all, only enduring the resounding slaps again and again.
At some point, the two of them were already kneeling on the ground, their cheeks swollen and bloody.
At some point, their ears had completely lost their hearing… The corners of their eyes were cracked.
At some point, a slap even knocked out a white tooth…
She wanted them to understand the consequences of insulting her master.
…
On the other side, Qin Chu had arrived at the Conrad Demon Beast Nest.
It was a complex network of underground tunnels, intertwining and forming a large web. It was easy to get lost inside.
Although Qin Chu had Ekaterina and Violet by his side, Saint Monique, Augustus, and Wadsworth were still worried and arranged for a large number of experts to follow him.
Jason, a Vice-Captain of the Holy Knights, his name was similar to Jie Luo’s… He wasn’t Candice’s father, but another one. The Holy Knights had a total of seven Vice-Captains, plus nearly a hundred elite Holy Knights.
Saint Monique arranged for an Archbishop, Christia, and three Bishops. Although the number was small, their combat power was definitely formidable.
Wadsworth directly sent Morton, the Captain of the Royal Knights, over.
The strength of these people was undoubtedly formidable. The Vice-Captain’s combat power was no less than Ekaterina’s, and the Captain of the Royal Knights was even stronger.
As for the Archbishop from the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess, her strength wasn’t much weaker than Natia’s.
With so many experts protecting him, he felt very safe.
But this kind of safety wasn’t necessarily a good thing for Qin Chu. The Devourer’s ability was too evil and couldn’t be revealed in front of these people. Qin Chu had to find a way to separate from them.
“Hero, this is the Conrad Demon Beast Nest,” Morton, the Captain of the Royal Knights, said to Qin Chu respectfully, without the arrogance of a super expert, “His Majesty ordered me to protect your safety no matter what. Please follow behind us.”
“The underground tunnels are complex. If you’re not careful, you’ll get lost and trapped inside.”
“We will eliminate a large number of Demon Beasts and leave one or two for you to practice with,” Morton explained his plan.
Qin Chu was speechless. What did this guy take him for?
“Although I think I can fight some Demon Beasts… I promised His Majesty, the Pope, and the Holy Maiden that I would follow your arrangements,” Qin Chu spread his hands and replied sincerely.
The big shots were relieved that the Hero was so cooperative. They were really worried that the Hero would be arrogant and rush in recklessly. Although there were basically only low-level Demon Beasts in Conrad, no one could guarantee that there weren’t any terrifying existences deeper inside.
Morton and Christia led their people at the front, Jason led a group of elite Holy Knights at the rear, and Qin Chu stayed in the middle with Ekaterina and Violet.
“Violet, it’s time…”
Violet nodded silently. The Seed of Storms gathered an astonishing amount of Mana, focusing it on her feet. She raised her right foot slightly, and just as she was about to stomp on the ground…
Rumble…
The entire Demon Beast nest… exploded!
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