The Banshee Court's Mistress

As he spoke, he led the retreat, but before leaving, he gave Maria a long, lingering look, as if trying to memorize Maria face...

But they left soon after.

After they left, Skullshatterer could no longer hold on and collapsed to his knees.

He couldn't even grip the grenade launcher properly.

Maria's attack just now really... made his whole body go weak...

That blow felt like a blow that shattered the soul... Skullshatterer could clearly feel his brain thinking, but the commands could never be transmitted to his body.

He would rather be pierced by Maria again than endure that whip kick.

Seeing that Maria didn't chase after the others, he lay on the ground with a wry smile.

"The Crownslayer shouldn't know my location..."

He had a rough idea of what was going on... The fact that Maria was still in front of him meant that the most capable assassin in the Reunion Movement, the Crownslayer, had failed.

It was probably she who leaked the news that I was still in Lungmen.

However, Maria didn't offer any explanation; she simply walked away quietly.

The Skullshatterer is much more obedient than the Crownslayer.

Although he still had a little strength to resist, he obediently let Maria lift him by the neck, carrying him like an animal.

Facing his own end, Skullshatterer felt no fear; he simply asked a question with equanimity.

"How is Misha...?"

"... I have no idea."

"... I thought you would protect my sister."

"I didn't have any particularly deep friendship with that child; I was just doing what she asked me to do."

"A commission?"

"..."

Maria didn't speak, but simply turned her gray eyes away.

A moment later, she reached out and decisively tore off Alex's blood-stained mask, throwing it to the ground.

"I promised her I would bring her brother Alex to her side..."

Maria stared at the bewildered and awkward face before her, then continued walking.

After a long silence, Skullshatterer finally spoke.

"So... you're not planning to kill me? You just plan to take me back?"

"Your sister is very protective of you; she has never revealed to anyone who Broken Skullshatterer is... This means you still have a chance."

As Maria spoke, she glanced at the boy slightly.

But Alex said nothing.

Although he was seriously injured, his body was damaged, not his brain.

He knew that nothing he said at this point would make a difference; Maria seemed completely resolute in her decision.

He simply found it somewhat laughable.

It's laughable that her twin sister would hold such a naive idea.

It's obvious that she hadn't considered how the two of them would survive as Infected people in this completely unfamiliar country... She just wanted her family to be reunited.

Skullshatterer had no intention of commenting on this, nor did he resist Maria taking him away... because he knew he had no power to resist.

So he was thinking about how he would persuade his sister to join the Reunion Movement when they met.

Although the Reunion Movement's actions are indeed too cruel, even so, Skullshatterer believes this is the inevitable path.

In this land filled with discrimination against the Infected, if they want to live as human beings, they must rely on the weapons in their hands!

He still firmly believes this.

Even though he felt reluctant, he could only restrain his team from engaging in meaningless killing.

But before he could figure out how best to say it, Maria quietly stopped.

A moment later, to Alex's puzzled look, Maria tossed it to the ground, lowered her hat brim, and looked around.

"The temperature... is starting to drop..."

Chapter 159 The Queen of the Banshee Court

Chill?

Upon hearing Maria's words, Skullshatterer was stunned for a moment.

However, these striking keywords soon made him realize some problems.

I turned my head to look.

Sure enough, the mask that Maria had just removed and thrown to the ground was already covered in a thin layer of blood.

This sudden environmental anomaly instantly reminded him of the few elite units within the Reunion Movement.

Yeti Squad!

Thinking of this, Skullshatterer's expression changed slightly.

Something's not right.

Something's not right.

Logically speaking, I had already reported the situation to Talulah, so it was enough to leave the internal affairs of Lungmen to him... Talulah shouldn't be sending any more people.

Not to mention the Yeti Squad, a top-tier force... Within the Reunion Movement, the only ones who can rival this team are the Snowfield Guerrillas led by Wendigo and the Sarkaz mercenaries of that crazy woman.

Talulah couldn't possibly have included such an important team without informing him beforehand...

Unless...

This team is coming towards us!

Having figured this out, Skullshatterer roughly understood what was going on.

It's important to know that during the second encounter with Maria, Mephisto had already decided that he was a traitor... Although Skullshatterer admitted that he did act against his sanity to protect his sister, he could also say with his own dignity that he absolutely did not betray the Reunion Movement!

He originally thought that by covering Mephisto and his men's retreat, he had already proven his stance.

But unexpectedly... Mephisto still chose to consider him a traitor?

Skullshatterer gritted his teeth, a bitter look on his face.

She had previously said that her older sister Misha, was naive.

In the end, it seems I was the one who was naive.

The Reunion Movement itself was already gradually splitting... I knew this myself, but in the end, I still believed Mephisto Talulah.

But the final result... led to the purge of the Yeti Squad...

Let alone the way I look now.

Even at their peak, with their full strength, Skullshatterer had no confidence in defeating this small team.

Thinking of this, Skullshatterer pursed his lips and suddenly spoke.

"Maria... is that so?"

"..."

"Please tell my sister to thank her for taking care of me all this time."

Skullshatterer struggled to its feet and looked around.

As Maria realized something was wrong, the chill seemed to abandon all concealment, and a distinct white mist appeared around them. In the distance, she could faintly hear the ancient ballad.

"Run away quickly... Their target is only me. If I die, they won't bother you."

Skullshatterer took a deep breath.

To be honest, he didn't feel any hatred towards Maria, who had repeatedly ruined his plans and indirectly pushed Maria to this point. He just pursed his lips and silently watched the gradually whitening environment before him.

A thin layer of frost formed on the surrounding ironwork.

The Yeti Squad has been dispatched, which means I probably won't be able to get out of here today.

Skullshatterer had considered how he would die more than once.

Perhaps one day I couldn't suppress the Originium within me anymore... or perhaps I was caught in the crossfire during a battle, or maybe I failed in a mission.

But what he least expected was that one day he would be purged by his own fellow Reunion Movement members.

I had foolishly thought I could follow them into a world for the Infected.

But in the end... was I still too naive?

Skullshatterer gritted his teeth, his eyes scanning his surroundings.

Although the opposing group's Originium Arts were quite effective, this was not the Ursus snowfield after all. Forcibly creating snow fog could not completely conceal their bodies, and he could still vaguely discern the locations of some of the Infected.

Although today's purge was inevitable, he was not the kind of person who would sit idly by and wait for his doom.

He glared at the surrounding snow and mist, letting out a roaring sound.

"Are you trying to kill me?!"

"Do you also think I've betrayed the Reunion Movement?!"

He roared, as if venting his resentment.

But from within the icy mist, only a cold female voice slowly emerged.

"We've never cared about these things... we're just following orders."

"... FrostNova."

Gritting his teeth, Skullshatterer stared at the white rabbit leading a large group of white figures as it gradually emerged from the icy mist, his expression growing increasingly grim.

If the appearance of the Yeti Squad had left him with even a sliver of hope, FrostNova's arrival undoubtedly extinguished that last bit of illusion.

FrostNova... an atypical Cautus girl, a powerful Originium mage whose abilities can even influence her surroundings. Her severe Oripathy infection has even caused mutations in her body.

I 'Skullshatterer personally witnessed someone suffer severe frostbite on their entire arm just from touching it.

The appearance of such a person was, without a doubt, a death sentence pronounced upon him by Talulah.

But to his despair, the matter was far from over.

Behind the white rabbit named FrostNova, a tall monster wearing a strange and terrifying mechanical mask slowly emerged from behind the rabbit.

Eyes gleamed with a terrifying, surging red light, their desperate crimson glow flickering in the darkness.

His armor was already broken, and his sharp spear was rusted, but even such a person, from the moment he appeared, made Skullshatterer's heart instantly freeze!

His steps were slow, but each step sounded like the low tolling of a great bell.

A heavy body moves with great care.

Even so, it made Skullshatterer tremble all over.

He stared in despair at the towering monster, at the monster that had vanished from this world long ago, his body involuntarily retreating.

Even his lips began to tremble...

"Patriot..."

In a low voice, Skullshatterer uttered the other person's name...

The legendary leader of the Reunion Movement, the monstrous force of the most powerful Snowfield Guerrillas, the terrifying executioner even the Ursus Empire struggled to deal with, the last pure-blooded Wendigo on Terra... Patriot!

How did he end up here!?

But none of that mattered anymore. Skullshatterer remained silent, repeatedly mustering his courage to launch one last act of resistance before his death.

But time and again, reason pulled him back from his actions.

He knew that from the moment FrostNova appeared, everything he had done was in vain, and from that moment on, his fate was already sealed.

The appearance of the Patriot was unexpected, but it could not change his fate.