The crying of Aileen in her arms made Rose Vesper feel extrely irritated, and the bad premonition in her heart grew stronger and stronger.
Especially seeing that only Aileen had returned alone... As Aileen seed to be crying non-stop, Rose Vesper could no longer hold back. She forcefully grabbed Aileen’s slender shoulders and pulled Aileen away from her embrace, "Aileen, tell , what exactly happened?"
"Where is Aili?"
"Where is Asina?"
"Where is Muse?"
"Why did only you co back?"
Rose Vesper felt her own voice trembling. She feared the situation could be heading toward the worst possible outco, and although she did not want to think about it, such images uncontrollably erged in her mind.
"Dead... They’re all dead."
...Buzz...
The voice of Aileen made Rose Vesper’s scalp tingle.
Her body shook violently, almost collapsing.
Her whole brain went blank, the world spinning before her eyes. Rose Vesper could no longer hold back, staggering backward and sitting down heavily in a chair, her mouth agape but unable to emit any sound, even her breathing halting at this mont...
Only after what seed an eternity did Rose Vesper finally gasp, her chest starting to heave rapidly.
The Holy Daughter, at this very mont, felt her hands and feet go ice cold.
She did not even have the wherewithal to maintain the decorum expected of the Holy Daughter, as the news Aileen brought back shocked Rose Vesper beyond her capacity to bear.
God, the last ti, during the mission to Luo ng’s territory, the news of Ronald’s death had already dealt a huge blow to Rose Vesper.
And now they told her that Asina, Muse, and Aili... all of them were dead... Why did this happen?
There weren’t that many powerful demons at Snow Mountain, so why did so many people die?
Rose Vesper didn’t understand. All she knew was that if those three were indeed dead, then the entire forr Hero Team would be left with only herself, Aileen, Silf, and Catherine.
The hope of resurrecting Jie Luo would beco dimr and dimr.
Holy Light Goddess, why couldn’t you look upon even once.
"What happened? Tell exactly what took place?" Rose Vesper could not control the tears streaming down her face. She was not grieving for the death of her comrades in arms; she was heartbroken because with so many deaths, she was becoming increasingly unable to see a future where Jie Luo could be resurrected.
She wanted to know what exactly had happened over there.
Could it be that it was that bastard Augustus behind the scenes again?
Aileen’s teeth lightly bit her lips, seeming to control the sorrow in her chest with difficulty. While sobbing softly, she said: "It was... It was Asina..."
"Asina betrayed us."
What?
The unexpected response shocked Rose Vesper into suddenly lifting her head, her face full of astonishnt.
Asina betrayed them?
This... How could that be possible?
Why would she do such a thing?
For the mont, Rose Vesper could not fathom any reason for Asina’s betrayal.
"It’s true." Seeing that Rose Vesper seed unable to believe it, Aileen quickly emphasized: "In her desire to monopolize Brother Jie Luo, Asina attacked Muse from behind during the retrieval of Jie Luo’s brother’s Soul Fragnt, murdering her."
"Just as Aili and I arrived, we witnessed that scene."
"Poor Muse, such formidable power, attacked from behind by Asina, had no chance to react and was directly killed by Asina. She couldn’t even believe this was happening when she died."
"Because my sister and I saw this, Asina also directly attacked us."
"The crazed Asina, having stolen Brother Jie Luo’s Soul Fragnt, fought with reckless abandon. The two of us sisters combined had a hard ti taking her down, and in the end, it was my sister Aili who risked her life to finally kill Asina."
"Poor dear sister, to let live, she used her body to shield from Asina’s magic. How tragically you died, wuwuwu..."
Vividly describing the scene as it happened, and seemingly recalling the manner of her sister’s death, Aileen cried uncontrollably, sobbing so intensely that her shoulders were heaving.
Rose Vesper felt her body going numb; she had no idea what to say or do. She was like a rigid puppet.
Doubts crept into her heart.
Last ti, it was Aili and Aileen too, who had left Silf behind in Demon Territory, creating a rift between them.
This ti, it was conflict between the Twin Thieves and Asina again.
Why was it always them?
Yet Aileen’s grief didn’t seem feigned, and most critically, even Aili had died in battle, and so Rose Vesper felt it had to be true.
After all, Aileen and Aili, the two sisters, had been inseparable since childhood and had a deep affection for each other.
Her mind was a ss, with all kinds of situations tangled up like countless threads in a knot, impossible to straighten out.
Aili covered her face with her hands, continuously crying, while stealthily peeking at Rose Vesper’s expression through the gaps between her fingers.
"Rose Vesper, don’t believe her..."
Just then, a clear, yet angry voice suddenly ca from the doorway.
The next second the door was pushed open, and a tall and voluptuous figure appeared in front of the two of them.
Upon seeing that person, Rose Vesper’s eyes suddenly sparked with a glint of light, while Aili’s body shuddered, her face flashing with both shock and ferocity.
That voluptuous body, that bewitching charm — who else could it be but Asina?
Only heaven knew what Aili was feeling at that very mont, as her heart was engulfed by tumultuous waves, her little face instantly turning pale... How on earth had Asina survived?
This was impossible, Aileen’s thread had clearly severed Asina’s neck, she was definitely dead!
What exactly went wrong?
Seeing Asina alive brought joy to Rose Vesper’s heart, but rembering Aili’s previous words made her involuntarily stop in her tracks, her body pausing instinctively, her doubtful gaze sweeping back and forth between Asina and Aili.
Aili said that Asina had betrayed her, while Asina said not to trust Aili?
In that instant, Rose Vesper felt an overwhelming headache. Whose words should she believe in?
Asina’s face was cold, her somber gaze sweeping over Aileen’s petite form, eyes filled with disdain: "Aili, you must be feeling quite shocked right now?"
"I truly didn’t expect you to be so heartless and ruthless."
"We had successfully obtained Lord Jie Luo’s Soul Fragnt and were about to return to the Imperial City when you two sisters suddenly attacked. You knew that the Mad Demon Muse was the biggest threat to you both, first ambushing and killing Muse, then ganging up on ..."
"Though I’m confident in my own strength, facing two thieves of the sa level, I, a magician, was ultimately no match and you stole Lord Jie Luo’s Soul Fragnt from ."
"Luckily, I was clever enough to fake my death and deceive you... But Aili, I really didn’t expect that just to monopolize Jie Luo, you would even kill your own sister. Do you really think that by yourself, you can gather all of Lord Jie Luo’s Soul Fragnts and all the materials needed for the Resurrection Technique?"
Rose Vesper’s brows were tightly knit.
The situation Asina described was the complete opposite of what Aili had said.
Even though Rose Vesper was very clever, in such a situation, she was completely unsure of whom to trust!
Which of these two was really her teammate?
"Asina, you traitor, don’t spit blood," Aileen scread shrilly, though she didn’t understand how Asina had survived, she knew she had to react at that mont.
Asina had to be eliminated.
She was her greatest threat.
"I’m going to kill you, to avenge my sister..." A sharp dagger had already slid from the palm of her hand.
Asina, unfazed, gripped her magic wand tightly: "Bring it on; against you two sisters together I’m no match, but now that you’re alone, am I supposed to be afraid of you?"
Just as the two were about to co to blows, Rose Vesper, whose head was already aching, felt like her head was about to explode.
"Heh, I knew it. Those bitches Aileen and Aili would sooner or later turn against our forr Hero Team mbers. Just as expected, the last victim was , and now it’s Asina."
Right at that mont, another figure appeared at the doorway of the Holy Daughter’s chamber — it was Silf, dressed in a maid costu.
Her face carried a hint of mockery, and though she was dressed as a maid, no one could deny that even in such attire, the elf seed even more enchanting, her aura still one of elegance and nobility.
With arms spread wide, a long bow had already appeared in her hands, aid directly at Aili.
"Seeing only Aili returning, I guessed sothing must have gone wrong at Snow Mountain, and as expected..." Silf’s voice was rife with indifference: "Aileen and Aili... well, it seems the sister Aileen has been killed by the elder... Rose Vesper, Aili has attempted to fra mbers of the forr Hero Team not once... No, probably three tis."
"I even suspect, did Ronald fall into Luo ng’s hands on purpose by Aili’s doing?"
"Otherwise, Ronald was fine on his own in Demon Territory before, but shortly after Aili went there, he was captured by Luo ng, tortured, and killed."
"When I tead up with her, I almost ended up in the hands of a monster as well."
"When she was with Asina and Muse, Muse was outright killed, and Asina nearly died... If these are all coincidences, isn’t that a bit too frightening?"
With these words, Aili’s face turned beet red.
Although she had done so wrongdoing, she had definitely not ddled in Ronald’s incident, and Muse wasn’t killed by her, yet now everything was being pinned on her!
This filled Aili with a sense of injustice.
anwhile, Rose Vesper’s brows furrowed tightly. Although there was no direct evidence, Silf’s words made a lot of sense.
Why did everyone who tead up with Aili et with misfortune?
One ti could be a coincidence, twice might still be possible, but what about three tis?
"Rose Vesper, I’ll just say it straight, Aili is the mole in our forr Hero Team."
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