...
Faced with linda's sudden interrogation,
Matthew's expression didn't change much, and his tone was quite natural:
"Why do you suddenly ask?"
linda stared intently at his face:
"Because Master Guda ntioned that the female devil who sneaked into the Earth Core Dream managed to evade the Sky-reaching Matrix's surveillance."
"To my knowledge, there are not many special Abilities within the entire Multiverse that can achieve this."
"And that includes the pure Blood of Barthor."
Matthew's heart skipped a beat.
He mused:
"So you suspect it was Sif who did such a ludicrous thing?"
"Don't you think that's ridiculous?"
linda pondered:
"It really is far-fetched, but that girl has true Blood of Barthor in her veins. It wouldn't be strange if she suddenly awakened into a fearso female devil."
"She's different from Rheager."
"She's destined to beco a real powerhouse..."
Matthew responded indifferently:
"The case of Konda is right there for all to see."
"It shows that even what Master Guda tells us may not be the truth. I even suspect that the attack on Sky Heart Land might have been a drama he staged himself, just to draw us into his trap..."
linda shook her head:
"Even if Master Guda is powerful, he couldn't control the Captains who are loyal to the royal family and the General Faction separately."
"The attack on Sky Heart Land should be real..."
Imdiately,
she placed her eager gaze back on Matthew, as if trying to read more from his expression.
However, Matthew was an old hand.
He skillfully changed the subject:
"So, where exactly does Sif's Blood of Barthor co from?"
This ti it was linda who fell silent.
Matthew stared into her eyes.
She slightly turned her head away, not daring to et Matthew's gaze.
"If it's inconvenient to say, you can also choose not to."
Matthew feigned understanding.
linda sighed:
"I stole it."
Matthew looked incredulous—
To him, linda was at most a sowhat clever woman.
The Blood of Barthor, a treasure of that level, must have been carefully preserved by the high-level devils of purgatory. How easy could it be to steal?
Furthermore, according to Rheager,
linda was pregnant at that ti, and her power was barely at Tier 3, how could she possibly have stolen sothing so precious?
Seeming to perceive Matthew's thoughts,
a hint of a bitter smile appeared on her face:
"Indeed, I stole it."
"But during the theft of the Blood of Barthor, a very powerful presence provided assistance, and due to a previous promise, I cannot reveal his na—I even doubt the na he gave is real."
"Regardless, I must keep my word."
Matthew raised his eyebrows.
This woman knows how to keep a promise?
Considering her nature and the background of the Blood of Barthor,
Matthew marked the strength of the mysterious person who helped linda steal the Blood of Barthor as above a Superior Legend!
"That person, would it be convenient to reveal which faction he is from?"
Matthew continued to probe.
This ti, however, it was linda who changed the subject:
"Speaking of Sif, I know she's very fond of you."
"Almost every letter she's written to has ntioned you."
"What I want to know is—how do you plan to treat her?"
With that,
her gaze intensively fixed on Matthew.
Matthew countered:
"In what capacity are you asking this question?"
linda softly said:
"As Sif's mother, of course."
"I care about her as well."
Matthew scoffed inwardly,
but outwardly, he simply replied:
"Is that so?"
"If that's the case, the current situation isn't suitable for discussing such a serious matter."
Saying so,
Matthew deliberately quickened the pace of exploration, distancing himself a few steps from linda, and they fell into silence once again.
The underground caverns seed endless in this region.
They walked briskly for about half an hour before they finally seed to be making their way to the bottom of the cavern.
Here, there erged stone platforms grown out of the Abyss.
On the edges of these platforms were so blood sacs.
The deeper they went,
the more nurous the blood sacs beca, and the malevolent aura from purgatory grew thicker.
Soon,
Matthew and his companion arrived at the central platform.
There,
he saw hundreds of bodies wrapped in the form of blood sacs, hanging down from the ceiling of the cave.
The ground of the platform was engraved with arcane and complicated phrases of Blasphemy.
The platform's surface was filled with crimson like a carpet, made up of clusters of wriggling red fungi.
On the "red carpet,"
there lay human-like limbs, thighs, intestines, hearts, and various other organs scattered everywhere.
These organs were deep black in color,
as if their blood had been congealed for years, even decades!
On the opposite edge of the platform,
Matthew caught sight of Consonia, the black goat they had encountered before.
She was bowed, feasting on a heap of intestines piled up like a small mountain.
The goat was gobbling down her al without pause, eating voraciously.
She seed utterly indifferent to the approach of Matthew and his companion.
Matthew observed calmly.
He saw that at the center of the platform, a small pool of blood had been artificially excavated.
In the pool of blood,
a terrifying shadow was rapidly darkening.
Then a crisp, low laugh echoed.
Matthew turned his head, only to find a sturdy iron cage had appeared behind him, in which, squatting, was none other than the Devil of Hunger whom he had previously encountered on Hu Three—
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