Accompanied by the crisp sound of metal collision, the handleless blood-stained blade was casually discarded by Lily.
Minister Griffith, who was bound by the gray spider web, lowered his head and completely lost consciousness.
"I really like causing trouble for others..."
Lily whispered in disgust.
Under Lily's interrogation, he had become a bloody mess.
Lily also received very detailed information.
Minister Griffith also has the power of the third level in the authoritarian path. Before becoming a minister, he was a lawyer who graduated from the Royal University of Law. He was able to reach the third level when he was less than thirty years old.
Level, this is already quite an outstanding talent.
At the same time, Lily could also sense that he had the first level of adaptability to the path of love.
But that's all it is.
After getting used to playing high-end games, Lily didn't even leave him any chance to resist when he used a sneak attack to deal with a true third-level transcendent.
During the entire process, Shadow Demon didn't even have a chance to take action. Lily alone defeated Griffith.
Relying on the cobweb made of lies and the control of the [Medicine Applicator in the Shadow], he was completely controlled by Lily before Minister Griffith could effectively counterattack.
After that, Lily alternately used the eagle feather dagger to conduct violent interrogations, and then used the "love elixir" attached to "The Applicator in the Shadow" as a control, and quickly squeezed out the intelligence of Minister Griffith.
Part of the reason for this is that Griffith has lost his vigilance for too long; and part of the reason is that Lily's equipment is really good.
But in fact, the most critical reason is his own laziness.
He has been in Star Antimony for a full ten years, but the authoritarian path has always stayed at the level of ten years ago. Although it has more adaptability to the path of love, the level is too low. It does not play a synergistic role between the two paths.
, that excess "desire" actually drags down the progress of the main path.
As a higher-level "witch" on the same path, Lily used the "love elixir" left in the previous bone carving relics, which can affect the third level as a control method, and she happened to be able to control Griffith. And the witch
The magic potion is extremely suppressive to Griffith, who is on the same path and is in a lower position, and is almost impossible to save.
If the paths are different, there may still be opportunities to attack the shortcomings with long attacks; but the suppression from the top of the same path is almost impossible to resolve.
Just like the giant prince of Noble Red - his [Three Deadly Sins] curse has no solution to the suppression of lower-ranking demonologists on the same path. Aiwass was able to escape entirely through intelligence suppression.
The reason why Lily was so cruel was because she knew Aiwass well enough.
Her master Aiwass is a very protective person. To a certain extent, he can be said to be a person who helps his relatives but not others. In Aiwass's current "Intimacy Ranking", he has been with Aiwass.
Miss Yulia, who grew up with Wentz and depended on each other, is undoubtedly the number one at the moment.
——Aiwass didn’t even dare to let her know what he usually did.
When he did something bad or dangerous, he would tell Lily many times not to tell Yulia about these things.
When Miss Yulia first wanted to become a transcendent, she had balance, wisdom, dedication, and the ability to transcend the four paths.
But among several options, Aiwass directly ruled out the latter two - he hoped that Yulia could become an alchemist or a mage, because these are the two relatively safest professions. She does not need to go out at all.
, there is no need to come into contact with other people, and there is no need to face danger directly. The threat of extraordinary knowledge is not so great. After it is formed, it can have a certain degree of self-protection ability, and it will not be too weak during the promotion ceremony.
Although Aiwass did not force Yulia to choose these two professions, Yulia was so smart - she easily sensed Aiwass' expectations for her and became an alchemist.
...Of course, in Lily's view, Yulia is not the kind of girl who is "too weak" or "needs protection" in any way.
A girl who has been suffering from a high fever for several years, but can endure the pain and remain quiet and rational, focusing on reading and studying, without losing her temper or crying, what a strong mind she has is unimaginable to ordinary people.
of.
Although to Aiwass, she always seemed very weak... But in fact, when Aiwass was not at home, Yulia, who was three years younger than Aiwass, was the one who took charge of the family.
All the servants respect her, including Lily.
Moreover, Yulia has a strange, completely unexplainable power. Although her body is weak and lacks physical strength, she occasionally cheers up and bursts out with strength stronger than that of an adult man.
This is a secret that only exists among servants. The old master James also knows it, but neither Edward nor Aiwass knows it.
Although she rarely showed it in front of others, especially in front of Aiwass, she would not deliberately exert her strength... But on the night when Aiwass encountered the Shadow Demon and fell into a coma, Yulia hugged him directly.
stand up.
Aiwass thought that Lily was the one who helped him bathe and Oswald was the one who carried him - but in fact this was only half right. Because when Aiwass entered the house, Yulia took him away for cleaning.
Lily helped, and after washing, it was Yulia who took Aiwass away.
At that time, she was walking like flying and looked extremely healthy...but after that, she seemed to be "back-bitten", and the phantom eggs in her body broke out again.
But now, Lily finally knew the reason for all this.
"...Heracross."
Lily murmured softly.
According to the key information provided by Minister Griffith, Yulia has the blood of the Heracross family.
——That was the royal family during the Herasl Empire.
White hair, red eyes, and great strength are the characteristics of the Heracross family.
But this is unlikely...
Because this family had already died out before the Earth Splitting War.
If there were no heirs, the inducement of the Earth-Splitting War would not exist at all - because the reason that led to the split of the Herasl Empire into the four countries of Star Antimony, Iris, Narcissus, and Black Eagle was because the royal family was completely wiped out and no one in the country was legal.
Successor. Therefore, each country claims to be the true successor of the old empire, while the other three countries are rebels.
Even if a Heracross was still alive at that time, the Earth-Splitting War should not have happened.
unless……
"...Swampman?"
Lily murmured, vaguely realizing something.
She also followed Aiwass through the entire Eagle Point Village.
Although she usually says nothing, it doesn't mean that she doesn't have ears and doesn't listen to anything.
Rather, it's quite the opposite.
She was always listening to other people's conversations and collecting information.
If Yulia is a swampman created with the "blood of Heracross", then it can explain why her biological parents have never been found.
It is said that when the old head of the family, James, was about to take Yulia away from the orphanage, she burst out with extremely powerful strength - even several grown men could not take her away.
When Lily heard this story for the first time, she thought it was because "they were afraid of hurting Yulia, so they didn't dare to use force" to highlight Yulia's determination not to leave.
But now that I think about it...
That may be realistic, literally "can't be torn away".
Minister Griffith himself did not even know the purpose of his "quasi-master", but Lily, who had more information, understood the whole story.
——Xing Antimony got the information about Yulia from somewhere.
They asked Minister Griffith to find a way on his own, but in any case, they had to get Yulia's blood.
The solution that Minister Griffith came up with was to claim that Yulia was the egg of a phantom demon and ask for a test - they did not really know that Yulia was the egg of a phantom demon. This was a complete slander. The purpose was to get Yulia.
Ya's blood.
Although Yulia was indeed a phantom egg, and secretly harboring a phantom egg is indeed a felony... But Aiwass has a special secret instrument that can safely remove the phantom egg from the body. Now Yulia has already
There would be no phantom eggs, and of course they wouldn't be afraid to test them.
Thus, Minister Griffith can obtain Yulia's blood.
But when Griffith proposed this idea, the Beholder put forward a new requirement. He was required to attack Aiwass - at least he must clearly show his stance of being hostile to Aiwass and not stand with him.
.
Minister Griffith didn't know why, so he was confused.
But Lily knew.
In fact, Griffith is just a fish bait.
He is used for fishing.
If he is hostile to Aiwass, and if he expresses his hostility towards Yulia... then according to Aiwass's style, he will most likely send someone to kill him directly.
But the Star Antimony people don't know the existence of "Lily".
In their expectation, the person who takes action should be "Aleister". Therefore, there is a high probability that the Beholder will jump away and leave immediately after seeing traces of the Shadow Demon's existence through "Future Sight" or "True Sight".
Because it has already been prepared to run away at any time.
If everything goes well, then "Miss Aleister" can learn information about Yulia's bloodline from Griffith.
But……
……And after that?
Lily frowned slightly.
After all, she was still not as smart as Aiwass. She could only analyze so far, and her thoughts seemed to hit a transparent wall.
If it were Aiwass or Sherlock, he would definitely be able to guess what the Star Antimony Man wanted to do.
But there was one thing she clearly realized.
——In this case, "Miss Aleister" cannot be allowed to appear here.
Others didn't know it, but Lily knew it. There was no such thing as "Aleister Crowley", it was simply another identity of her young master.
And Aiwass was not far away now, treating reporters to dinner.
His purpose is to use this method to put pressure on the Knights of the Round Table Hall - meaning to tell them, "I'm watching you." And he may use violent means outside the meeting to achieve his goal at any time, and he does have some weapons in his hands.
You cannot counteract such power.
Because nominally, Aiwass and Miss Aleister had fallen out. Even if Aleister assassinated the minister at this time, it cannot be said to be Aiwass's fault. It could even be said that Aleister deliberately caused the consequences.
Aiwass was looking for trouble. Then of course Isabel could not "condemn Aiwass for the fault of a foreign spy or killer who wanted to cause trouble for Aiwass."
...But, the situation is different now.
This matter may involve Miss Yulia. And there seems to be a bigger conspiracy behind it.
Aiwass had taught Lily some handling methods in advance.
Lily didn't understand many things, but she clearly wrote down and understood one sentence——
"If you can know what your enemy wants you to do... then you'd better not do it. From this perspective, the essence of the game lies in discerning the other party's true intentions through heavy cover-ups and misdirections.
"
Aiwass said: "You are not my tool, you also have to have your own thoughts, Lily."
Lily thought quickly.
This is the first time she has encountered a situation where "if she follows Aiwass' plan, Aiwass will fall into a trap." She must think of the best solution independently in a short period of time.
And Shadow Demon has been very silent recently, not saying a word.
In the past, she could have consulted Shadow Demon's opinion. But now she had to think on her own.
——Since the fish the Star Antimony people want to catch is Aleister, they cannot let "Aleister" bite the hook.
Fortunately, Lily prepared a second method...
Fortunately, she has not used any power belonging to the shadow demon so far, so there is no shadow trace contaminated with the aura of transcending the path. The shadow she uses comes entirely from herself, from Aiwass's
Grant, that is the path of love and the breath of adaptation to the path.
She pushed up her glasses and gently rotated the wristband of the glove on her left hand.
The "love elixir" attached to the gloves and used during torture was switched to "moon mist" that can quickly melt a person's internal organs in a few seconds.
Then, Lily stretched out her left hand wearing a black silk glove, and slowly but firmly pinched Minister Griffith's neck.
Pink tree-like lines spread rapidly downward from his neck. Black blood slowly overflowed from between his mouth and nose.
This young talent, who could not have been more than forty years old this year, lost his breath in the blink of an eye.
Miss Chloe, I have to trouble you to take the blame again...
Lily sighed silently and slowly took off her gloves.
So far, Miss Chloe has taken a lot of blame.
And this one right now may be the biggest one.
Lily's body gradually mutated, turning into a standing gray werewolf with scarlet pupils.
She did not hesitate to tear up the body of Minister Griffith, destroying the traces of her interrogation - but in fact, she only destroyed part of it. If she investigates carefully, she can also find that Ling Chi used "Eagle Feather" while alive.
Traces of flesh and blood.
But this is just right.
The things you find out by yourself will be more convincing.