Chapter 107: Necronomicon [5] - Familiarity
Originally, the earlier battle and the severe injury should have long exhausted Baron Bloodshield’s Life Force.
Yet, the moment his hands touched the stone statue, a newfound strength surged within him.
Life Force flowed out of the statue and entered his body before it began coursing through him, boiling like scorched magma.
The Baron’s dark eyes shone with a crimson light, as a fanatical expression crept up onto his face, carrying a yearning for destruction as well as hope for freedom.
With no hesitation, he lunged at Liora and urged his Life Force, not to launch an attack but to detonate it. His muscles tensed, and his body began elongating, making him look like a balloon that was about to burst.
His aura fluctuated, and the world around him froze, as if it were bracing itself for the upcoming impact.
Just then, though, the sound of something sharp piercing through the air echoed.
Liora—who had remained silent and motionless for a long time—finally moved.
The demonic flames around the Spear of the Blighted Sun surged, betraying her inner emotions, as she thrust the spear forward once again.
Though the Baron’s outburst was sudden and inexplicable, she had long expected something like this to happen.
Thus, before the Baron’s body could completely explode, the spear had already arrived between his eyebrows.
Then, with a gentle push, it perated straight through his forehead.
A tiny hole instantly formed as the crimson light in Baron Bloodshield’s eyes gradually vanished. Still, the manic expression remained engraved on his face.
Until he took his final breath, that expression was still there, as if it had been etched onto his visage.
Watching the Baron die, Liora’s eyes didn’t show the slightest ripple.
Though she had originally planned to keep him alive for some time, she wouldn’t feel too disappointed if it didn’t happen.
After all, plans were just that—plans.
Still, Liora didn’t allow the demonic flames to devour the Baron’s remains.
After she suppressed them, she casually waved her hand and wrapped the corpse with her demonic energy, placing it on the side.
Then, her expression became solemn.
Lowering her head, she stared at the last object in the entire field—the stone statue that had been the source of the Baron’s changes.
She didn’t rush forward to pick it up, but instead examined it carefully from a distance.
Soon, she discovered a somewhat familiar aura emanating from it, causing her eyes to narrow slightly.
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Since the very first moment that Liora left the Black Tulip Earldom, her actions had been carefully considered.
The raid on the slave caravan was not a random act of hers, but a way to lure the Baron out of his base.
In her opinion, facing the caravan’s sudden disappearance, Baron Bloodshield would most likely be forced to come out and personally investigate the cause behind it.
After all, if the fact that innocent citizens were captured and brought to his fiefdom spread, his reputation would take a nosedive.
It would be fine if this only resulted in him facing the people’s scorn.
But if the kidnapping of a large number of people was further investigated and traced back to him, it would surely alarm the royal family, placing him in danger.
Of course, it was impossible for Liora to be one hundred percent certain that her plan would work.
If it didn’t, she could only choose the second-best option—to personally visit the Baron’s mansion and sneakily assassinate him.
"Fortunately, although there were some complications and unexpected events in the middle, everything worked out just fine.
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