Chapter 86: The Traitor in Action
“So you recognize me?” Abyss, completely unfazed by the leech transforming into a man, took two steps closer, hands behind his back, and sneered. “Since you recognize me, you should know I’m a very powerful Necromancer, right?”
“I… Yes, so what? I came to absorb the Sage’s Blood within you!”
The short man initially considered lying but ultimately chose to be direct, his arrogant expression failing to mask his inner fear.
“That’s interesting. Since you know I’m a powerful Necromancer, why didn’t you consider that I might have ways to control my own blood?” Abyss suddenly flashed a mocking smile. “Sorry, my own blood flows as I command. Trying to suck my blood without permission will only result in failure.”
“What!?” The short man was stunned by Abyss’s words.
Abyss then made his face flush and pale alternately, demonstrating his ability to control his blood. From the moment he saw the leech he had pulled out, Abyss had been prepared. After the leech slipped from his grasp, he had immediately moved all the blood away from the area closest to the leech, including the veins in his wrist.
Although the leech had latched onto his wrist and torn off a piece of flesh, that flesh contained no blood. It had sucked nothing.
“Who sent you? Tell me,” Abyss’s smile vanished, his gaze fixed on the short man’s face. “Who told you I have the Sage’s Blood?”
“Nobody sent me; I work for myself,” the leech-man answered immediately. “An old man told me you have the Sage’s Blood. If I could latch onto you and drink my fill, I’d gain limitless power! It took me days to find and approach you. I just didn’t expect you to have such a bizarre ability!”
Abyss looked at the leech-man and realized he wasn’t lying. His eyes held contempt, as if looking at some shameless villain.
The leech-man was human, likely from the northern continent based on his features. He wasn’t an elf, making his identity obvious.
“It’s clear you dislike me and covet my power. Are you from the Iron Lilies?” Abyss asked.
“Hmph, why should I tell you who I am? But I want you to know, you Necromancers are all scum, and those who cooperate with elves are scum too. And you, you’re the scum of the scum!” the leech-man suddenly cursed. “Now that I’m caught by you and your filthy undead, I have no choice. But I advise you to let me go, or our people will retaliate on a massive scale. You will regret it.”
“So it is,” Abyss looked helplessly at his two companions beside him.
“Are all you Iron Lilies filled with cow dung?” Leona immediately scoffed. “What good does killing elves do you? You bastards spreading terror everywhere should all just die.”
“Elves are a plague upon this world, a remnant of the old era. Cleansing them is carrying out heaven’s will, fulfilling the world’s needs. How could shallow people like you understand?” The leech-man looked at Leona disdainfully.
Abyss informed Rebecca, who was with the elf girl, through the mind link: “Rebecca, the leech we took from the stomach is under control now. It’s a transformed human, an Iron Lily member. He came here on an old man’s advice, specifically to suck my blood.”
“Hmm? The Iron Lilies have already infiltrated the Elven Kingdoms?”
“Yes, and I suspect they entered in animal form. The animal brain crystals created by the Lord of Bullying might have the effect of turning people into animals. The border posts of the Elven Kingdoms are probably useless now. Guards at less important locations wouldn’t pay attention to the movement of wild animals,” Abyss said.
Rebecca replied: “Okay, I understand the situation. Don’t worry about things here. I just cleaned up the blood spilled from the girl’s stomach damaged by the leech and used medicine to heal her stomach. She’s fine now and should be able to walk soon.”
After saying this, Rebecca paused, then added: “By the way, since he’s an Iron Lily member, you definitely won’t let him leave alive. Abyss, remember to collect his brain crystal. I need more crystals for research to try and figure out the mechanism of their transformation into animals.”
Rebecca showed her highly rational side at this moment. Towards such villains who made it their mission to kill innocent residents, Rebecca felt no pity and had no fear or guilt about studying the crystals in their brains.
Abyss smiled slightly upon hearing this. He indeed had no intention of letting this man leave the Elven Kingdoms alive. After questioning the leech-man, Abyss would first strip him of the power that wasn’t his, then find an elven graveyard and let the elves judge him themselves.
“The old man who gave you the information, what did he look like?” Abyss asked again.
“Do you think I would expose the benefactor who provided us with crucial intelligence?” The leech-man, though still afraid of death, didn’t lose his bravado. “But let me warn you, my brothers are endless, and they are all coming for you. You and the elves will pay the price, and we will get your blood sooner or later. I was caught today only because I was too hasty, but my other brothers won’t be.”
Abyss shook his head, looking at this pathetic and hateful person. He was fundamentally afraid of death yet unwilling to abandon the Iron Lilies’ cause. How much brainwashing had this person undergone? Long-term exposure to the extremist environment of the Iron Lilies breeds such irrational thoughts.
However, the current information was already very valuable. At the very least, Abyss knew that Prodo was now active. He must be monitoring the Druid gathering through some means. The commotion Abyss had caused by draining the magic around the Sacred Tree had been significant. It seemed his identity as the inheritor of the Sage’s Blood was now fully exposed to Prodo, the power-hungry traitor of his school.
And coincidentally, Abyss was now somewhat eager to meet this master who was once capable of fighting multiple top-tier Necromancers on the continent.
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