Girl Doesn’t Die in Fairytale Town: Chapter 43 – “Envy” Descends
“Idiot…”
Hearing Hua Qiling’s insult, Grifres’s brow twitched.
He had been impulsive for a moment, and Hua Qiling had seized the opportunity to mock him, and he couldn’t even refute her.
More importantly, he didn’t have time to argue with her about such trivial matters.
After venting his anger, Grifres calmed down slightly, took a deep breath, and looked up at the sky.
Luo Yan also regained her senses. When the stone eye’s seal was completely broken, her mind had become disoriented.
It wasn’t until Mrs. Natalie cast the magic circle to block Grifres’s attack that she recovered slightly.
She also heard Hua Qiling’s words and looked up at the blood-red eye floating in mid-air.
The pupil at the center of the eye continued to twitch restlessly. Anyone who looked at it felt as if it was staring directly at them.
“Outsider, are you referring to my Lord when you speak of the ‘Witch of Envy’?”
Mrs. Natalie seemed curious, shifting her gaze to Hua Qiling.
Hua Qiling instantly felt an immense pressure. After all, she was facing a powerful Devil’s Apostle, whose mere attention was suffocating.
Even the weakest Devil’s Apostle wasn’t something a “Ruin” level ability user could handle alone, let alone Mrs. Natalie, who was considerably stronger…
Hua Qiling discreetly moved behind Luo Yan.
Luo Yan continued to stare at the blood-red eye, unblinking.
“Does she not even know about the Witch of Envy…? How did she become a Devil’s Apostle?”
Grifres twitched his lips. Even he, who didn’t care much about history, had heard of the ten infamous Primordial Demons, at least their names.
“…Actually, the names of the Primordial Demons were given by humans, including the term ‘Primordial Demon,’ you idiot,” Hua Qiling whispered back.
Grifres: “…”
She had been silently keeping track of his sarcastic remarks, and now, in her area of expertise, she finally had a chance to retaliate.
“Interesting. Outsider, is that what you call my Lord?”
Mrs. Natalie said softly, “You are curious why I follow my Lord. It’s simple. He fulfilled my wish in my time of despair, even if it wasn’t perfect…”
She glanced at Luo Yan, a charming smile playing on her lips.
“But, He brought Miss Luo Yan, allowing ‘eternal happiness’ to be maintained.”
Instantly, all eyes fell upon Luo Yan.
Luo Yan was silent for a moment, then said,
“I don’t remember.”
“I don’t remember either,” Mrs. Natalie chuckled. “But it doesn’t matter. Soon, we will all return to ‘eternal happiness’.”
“Everyone here will continue to live carefree lives in the town. Little Tini will return, Luo Yan will return, and everything will go back to how it was.”
“—As long as you awaken.”
Mrs. Natalie’s gaze shifted to Hua Qiling and Grifres, her blue eyes taking on a strange hue.
At the same time, the blood mist from the magic circle spread, and the monsters, once townspeople, began to move.
However, they weren’t attacking Luo Yan and the others. Instead, they dispersed, seemingly aimlessly.
Wherever the monsters went, the blood mist followed, quickly enveloping a large area, including Luo Yan and the others.
The approaching blood mist made Hua Qiling and Grifres tense. They held their breath and retreated, trying to avoid it.
But the mist spread faster than they anticipated, engulfing them before they could escape.
But strangely… the blood mist had no effect, none at all.
“Because… I’m still missing.”
Luo Yan finally looked away, her gaze fixed on Mrs. Natalie.
Hua Qiling and Grifres couldn’t understand the monsters’ movements, but she could.
Uncle Andre was walking towards the butcher shop on the edge of town, Dr. Messier was returning to the hospital in the town center… They were all heading towards their respective places in the town.
The spreading blood mist was reshaping Ghost Town, just as it had done countless times before.
However, to return Ghost Town to its “eternal happiness,” the most crucial element was still missing – Luo Yan.
Grifres had completely underestimated the spiritual domain that formed Ghost Town because Luo Yan’s soul was weak.
This was a spiritual domain capable of containing over a hundred “Ruin” level ability users and at least three “Peril” level or above, while also possessing the demonic characteristics of the “Witch of Envy.”
Although it was still a mystery how Luo Yan’s weak soul could sustain such a powerful spiritual domain, she was undoubtedly an irreplaceable part of Ghost Town.
Mrs. Natalie’s attempt to restart Ghost Town with the “Atonement Day” ritual had failed, so now she could only resort to her original method, just like when she had received the “Lord’s” revelation in her despair…
“Let the ‘Lord’s’ will… descend once more…”
Mrs. Natalie whispered, her soft voice carrying an inexplicable power.
The crimson magic circle beneath her feet activated again, and the blood-red eye in the sky suddenly stabilized, slowly descending, approaching the magic circle, approaching Mrs. Natalie’s body.
“Not good, she’s trying to summon the ‘Witch of Envy’!”
Hua Qiling cried out anxiously. Grifres’s heart sank.
“Wait, she can summon a Primordial Demon? Damn… Primordial Demons are Cataclysm level! Even the strongest human alive is no match for them, we’re screwed!”
“You—”
“Big idiot!” Before Hua Qiling could finish, Grifres interrupted himself and shouted, “Just spit it out!”
“Hmph!” Hua Qiling, cut off mid-sentence, snorted coldly, but knowing the urgency of the situation, she didn’t continue arguing.
“It’s just summoning a remnant of the will residing within the ‘Eye of Fear, Envy, and Defilement,’ but its power is still far beyond ‘Peril’ level. The usual method of dealing with this is to have a ‘Destruction’ level expert lead the charge, or to use high-level or multiple ‘Ice Coffin Weapons’.”
The power of the “Ice Coffin Weapon” went without saying. It was the trump card of every mega-city in the New Era. And “Destruction” level experts weren’t easy to find.
So now…
“If we can’t stop her, then all we can do is wait for news of my death to reach the old man… and for the Director-General of the Yan City Anomaly Management Bureau to order the use of the ‘Ice Coffin Weapon’.”
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