Lord of Mysteries: Starting as a Reader
Chapter 431

Red Maid

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Those were... Beyonder Characteristics? This man killed all the pursuers behind me?!

As a girl born into the Soren Family, Helene naturally recognized what Abner had displayed. Her eyes widened in an instant as panic, fear, and other emotions surged through her heart again. Although there was no pressure on the spiritual level this time, she still nearly lost control of herself once more...

Fortunately, the drinks she had consumed that afternoon had already been expelled just now.

"Don't be afraid... I won't hurt you... But you know too much!"

"If you were merely an ordinary person, or a Lower Sequence Beyonder, I would still be confident in making you forget certain things... But you are already a Sequence 7 Pyromaniac. I can hardly guarantee that you won't remember anything later..."

Seeing that the intimidation had achieved its effect, Abner put away those characteristics and spoke with a smile.

But in Helene's eyes, his smile was utterly sinister. After he said, "You know too much," she nearly reacted rashly... It was only the Barrier formed by the ritual around them that made her abandon that thought.

Helene took a deep breath and told herself that if he truly wanted to kill her, he would not have said so much. Only then did she calm down slightly and take the initiative to speak:

"Sir, I apologize for trespassing into your residence and causing you trouble...

"What must I do for you to forgive me?"

Now that was the right attitude. My efforts at frightening her earlier hadn't gone to waste... Still, after wielding the stick, I ought to offer a carrot...

Thinking this, Abner glanced at Helene, who was still sitting on the floor and trying hard to conceal the marks on her trousers, then smiled and said:

"Before we discuss

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