Chapter 212

"Teacher, is something the matter?" Elvian asked, then paused, startled. "Teacher, why do you look so pale?"

"Your Majesty, I suggest we retreat immediately!" Alfred said anxiously. "I just performed a divination, and the result was auspicious, but I discovered that the ritual was disrupted by a mysterious force. That Ryan... he harbors a shocking secret. Your Majesty must not act rashly!"

"Um?"

Elvian raised an eyebrow. "Even the teacher can't figure out his situation?"

Alfred is a diviner who Faith Path. This profession is extremely rare, with only a handful even in the Verdea Kingdom.

"I can't figure it out, but I have a feeling he's in danger. Just in case, Your Majesty should withdraw your troops and reconsider your options!"

"..."

"His Your Majesty!"

"Teacher, Avril is already in Loss City, and she is very likely under Ryan's control."

"There's nothing we can do about that. You can come back first and demand that the Augustus Empire hand over the people in the name of the kingdom!" Alfred said urgently. "If we take action now, the outcome is uncertain, and you yourself may be in danger."

Elvian shook her head. "As the teacher said, the outcome is uncertain, which means there's a chance of winning. In any case, this is an opportunity for us. Since you said Ryan is special, if I can control him, it might be a chance for Wilder to turn things around, right?"

"This..."

"Alright, teacher, I'll finish this quickly and capture Ryan first."

Elvian shut down the relics, ordered the Moonlight Knight Order to wait for an opportunity, and then her figure disappeared into the night as she headed towards Loss City.

She was very fast; under the moonlight, the Night Knight's strength was even greater than usual.

Once inside Loss City, using their sense of Avril's location, they finally pinpointed the castle as their target.

"Hmph~ Ryan, if you dare to harm Avril, I will tear you to pieces!"

Ignoring the patrolling guards, Elvian entered the castle, walked all the way to the third floor, and finally stopped outside a room.

Based on my intuition, 'Avril' should be in the room.

But this should be the bedroom... wait, Ryan's room?! He wouldn't be—bang! Elvian pushed the door open and saw 'Avril' lying on the bed with a flushed face.

Beside the bed, Ryan, half-naked, looked over with a 'surprised' gaze. "Elvian, what are you doing here?!"

"Ryan! I've come to kill you!!!"

"Guards! Guards!!"

Whoosh!

Elvian waved her hand, setting up Mana Barrier, and said coldly, "Go ahead and scream, no one will come in even if you scream your lungs out!"

"Uh... Your Queen, please calm down, let's talk this out."

"What, are you scared now?" Elvian glanced at 'Avril' on the bed and was relieved to find that the latter was not in any danger, but seeing that she was completely naked, her anger rose.

Damn Ryan! You lustful demon!

"Of course I'm scared that you've come all this way in person." Ryan chuckled awkwardly. "Actually, I've been wanting to talk to you for a while now. Look, I've even prepared the contract..." As he spoke, he rummaged through his backpack and pulled out some things: Mana Potion, Magic Scrolls, Roasted Chicken, Pot of Pot of Greed ... "Oh, here it is. This contract was specially prepared for you."

Ryan handed over the contract with a smile.

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Elvian naturally refused to accept Ryan's so-called contract.

Although.

Given Ryan's strength, she didn't think he posed a threat to her.

But considering Alfred's assessment, Elvian became much more cautious.

"Um?"

Her gaze fell on the pile of things on the bed, and she saw a particularly ugly pot.

"Relics of Desire?"

"Oh, this is what I got after killing a Desire Cultists. Your Queen, do you want it?" Ryan picked up the Pot of Greed and smiled, "If you want it, here you go."

"Do you think I would want something like this?" Elvian glanced at him indifferently, not paying any attention. She had been keeping an eye on other things in the room. Since Alfred had said that, and considering her understanding of Ryan, there were no other problems in the room. How could he have gotten in so easily? It was impossible.

Upon closer reflection, she realized that she hadn't encountered any obstacles. Although it was reasonable for her to do so given her strength, Elvian felt that something was amiss.

What exactly is wrong...?

"Avril?"

"Your Majesty, I..."

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"It's good that you're alright," Elvian said softly. "Don't worry, I'm here, you don't need to worry."

"Your Queen, the way you're making it sound like I'm bullying her." Ryan pouted. "Avril and I are lovers. We were just having normal conversations between lovers."

Elvian sneered, "Normal communication? I can't see that."

"It's normal that you can't tell, isn't it? Your Queen, you've always been an old maid."

Elvian: "..."

"That's called romance, Your Queen, you wouldn't understand." Ryan sighed and shook his head. "So, you've really wronged me. Avril and I keep our personal and professional lives separate. Our in-depth conversation tonight won't affect tomorrow's negotiations. Everything was fine, so why did you suddenly show up?"

Elvian's fist hardened.

She swore she had never seen such a shameless person!

Although she didn't understand, she wasn't blind. Couldn't she tell if she was being bullied?

"Who says I don't understand?"

"Then let me ask you, when you're using your hands, which part of the body should you rub for the most comfort?"

"???"

"Don't understand? Let me tell you, first use your fingers to gently massage along the outer edge, don't rush in, wait until it comes out before..."

Elvian was taken aback, then angrily shouted, "Ryan, you're shameless!"

"You keep saying you understand, but you won't listen when I tell you." Ryan spread his hands in frustration. "This is normal communication between lovers, you really don't understand."

Call!

Elvian breathed a sigh of relief.

Calm down, this guy must be doing this on purpose!

Ryan suddenly laughed and said, "Actually, I know what you're here for tonight, Queen. It's nothing more than to kill me or capture me, and then to provoke the Holy Blood Army into making a move, right? You Wildea people have never even considered peace talks."

"You seem to know this well." Elvian's eyes narrowed slightly. "Ryan, I told you I would make you pay the price."

"What kind of cost? For example?"

"I will lock you up and torture you day and night!"

"Pfft~"

"Why are you laughing."

"It's nothing, just thinking about something happy." Ryan chuckled. "Actually, Queen, I bet you're enjoying that sense of accomplishment right now."

"What's the meaning?"

"Because you think you have my life in your hands now, which is what you've always wanted to do. You hate me because you think I tricked you, which is why Wilder is in danger everywhere. You want to personally trample me under your feet to prove that you haven't lost to me."

"..."

"As I predicted? Heh~ If it were me, I wouldn't have risked negotiating with Augustus. Instead, I would have turned around and gone to the Northern Federation. With Wildea's strength, if we could temporarily ally with the Northern Federation, Augustus would never dare to cross the border into the Kingdom of Lotte. Unfortunately, you didn't."

Elvian: "..."

"Or is it that you actually considered it?" Ryan smiled slightly. "You're just unwilling to admit defeat so easily, and you want to crush me so much that you chose to take a risk. As long as you defeat the Holy Blood Army and seal off the Kingdom of Lotte, you can rest easy? Your Queen, you're gambling."

"Ryan, stop spreading alarmist rumors!" Elvian scolded. "I hold your life in my hands now. What risks are there? Once we've dealt with the Holy Blood Army, I'll handle the Northern Federation myself. Why should we ally with them?"

"No, no, no, you're gambling. You're angry and losing your composure... This won't do, Elvian. This isn't something a proper king should do."

"I already said no!"

Elvian's gaze turned cold. She stretched out her hand, and a surge of Magic Power formed a palm that grabbed at Ryan.

But the next second, the Pot of Greed in Ryan's hand suddenly exploded, and pink mist instantly covered the entire room!

Elvian didn't panic. She knew Ryan definitely had a backup plan, so she hadn't acted rashly.

"A relic of desire's path... this is... the power of lust? To think you can influence me with this power, how laughable!"

Although the Pot of Greed was powerful, Elvian was Seventh Tier Transcendent, and this amount of power had no effect on her at all.

"Ryan, is this all you've got?!" Elvian stood proudly in the mist, declaring with the air of a victor, "If that's the case, then you've disappointed me greatly!"

There was no sound.

Elvian suddenly realized that Ryan's presence seemed to have disappeared.

Where are they?

She quickly went to the bedside and saw that 'Avril' was as red as a shrimp, completely captivated by the power of the Pot of Greed.

"Not good!"

Elvian rushed over, "Avril, wake up!"

"Your Majesty, I... feel so unwell..."

"Don't worry, I will never let anything happen to you!"

"Really? But I feel like I'm going to die... Your Majesty, can you grant me one wish?"

"How could you possibly die? The Power of Desire can't kill people... Never mind, just tell me." Elvian comforted her while channeling the Moonlit Power to help 'Avril' clear the Power of Desire from her body.

'Avril' said, 'Your Majesty, can you call yourself a mz?'

"Huh?"

Elvian was stunned. Just as she was about to get angry, she saw Elvian suddenly scream and fall onto the bed, as if she had been subjected to great torture!

"What's going on?! What on earth is that pot?!... Avril? Avril?"

It was that pot that affected Avril's mind, making her act strangely!

"Your Majesty, I am dying. My last wish... Waaah..."

"I... I understand, just hold on!" Elvian gritted her teeth, no longer caring. "I... I am MZ, I am MZ, is that alright? Just hold on a little longer, I'll take you back right now!" At this point, Elvian couldn't care less about anything else. She suspected that Ryan had probably already escaped, though she didn't know what methods he had used. But her most important thing now was to protect 'Avril's' life, and then lead the army to slaughter this city-state, forcing the Holy Blood Army to take action!

"Um?"

Suddenly, Elvian noticed that a crystal had appeared next to 'Avril'.

This is... a memory crystal?! A relic??

When?

"Pfft! Hahahaha!!!"

'Avril' suddenly burst into laughter, and as she laughed, even her voice changed, transforming from her original girlish style into the 'brat' that Elvian despised.

"Elvian, I've recorded what you just Grand Duke. I'm Grand Duke to announce to the entire Northern Continent that you're MZ, hahahaha!"

Amidst the laughter, 'Avril' transformed into Magana.

Elvian's mind went completely blank.

No.

Was she tricked?

This guy is...

"Magana!!!"

Boom!

The terrifying Magic Power exploded instantly, shattering the entire room into pieces and causing half of the castle to collapse completely!