402.Chapter 394 – Lily and the Eye Demon

Chapter 394: Lily and the Eye Demon

Where Lily was at the moment, she was not far from Ivars.

Or more accurately …… the new trade minister Griffith’s mansion, near the Iris restaurant “Snake’s Body and Heart”.

The situation is different from the previous assassination of Minister Drost.

Ivars no longer needs to follow Lily closely in order to remotely airdrop the Shadow Demon into the …… He followed Lily here this time, is another intention.

He had invited a reporter over, but only reserved a spot for him. Then his photographer would have to stay at the door.

And the photographer just happened to be in a position where he could see Griffith Manor.

As long as there was some kind of commotion in the manor, he would be able to finish the shooting in the first place.

Meanwhile, Ivars happened to be nearby for an interview.

It was the opposite of the previous assassination of the Minister of Trade, where he had planned to kidnap himself. If that time, it was to prevent people from thinking that “this matter might be related to Ivars”……, then this matter now, it was Ivars’ intention to make them think that this matter was related to Ivars.

Everyone knows that Ivars has a very clear alibi. At this time, Griffith Manor, which is very close to Ivars, was attacked by a shadow demon; there is only one active shadow demon in Avalon, and it belongs to Ivars’ “rumored girlfriend, Aleister”. There is obviously a connection between these events.

At least those ministers – especially the “chocolate faction” ministers can certainly think of this matter.

Otherwise, Ivars wouldn’t have had to leave the Hall of Silver and Tin at all.

He had come to put pressure on them.

As the level of Ivars’ two extraordinary techniques, “Demon Contract” and “Shepherding (Essence)”, increased, Lily, who had obtained the Shadow Demon Essence, was able to increase the limit of the distance she could carry the Shadow Demon exponentially.

Ivars himself was not sure how long the contract could stretch.

However, the most significant enhancement to the Shadow Demon was still Lily’s Shadow Affinity that had been leveled up to level four.

When Lily’s “Shadow Affinity” reached level three, she had completely mastered the power of the Shadow Demon and would no longer clash with it.

At that time, Ivars could put the Shadow Demon in the Eagle Point Village while he went to conquer the Earth Binding Spirit; even if he exceeded the limit, the Shadow Demon was not forcibly taken back, but fell into a deep sleep in Lily’s shadow.

After Lily won the last promotion ceremony and obtained the “Shadow Incarnation” path trait, her shadow affinity had already reached the fourth level. She was only one level away from being able to fully contain the power of the Shadow Demon.

With this level of shadow affinity, she had already surpassed that “Miss Assassin”. In addition to the Shadow Demon Essence that Ivars granted Lily when he used the Shadow Demon to raise her, as well as the Shadow Sneak ability that the Shadow Demon personally taught her,……, except for the fact that there was still a hard time with her ability level, Lily’s actual combat ability could be said to have already surpassed that “Miss Assassin” from the “Eagle Eyes” organization.

At this level, even if Ivars is in the Hall of Silver and Tin, Lily’s shadow radiation range can already cover the entire Red and White Queens. It can be said that as long as there is no guardian elf in the house, the “knights”, Lily’s assassination is already impossible for them to resist.

Even if it was a veteran knight of the fourth level, Lily could easily kill them with the help of her equipment and shadow demons.

If she was forced to manifest, she could also turn into a werewolf to gain the ability to fight head on and recover her life.

–It could be said that if the Paradox Flame Butterfly that was fully liberated under the benefit of the Book of Law wasn’t counted, Lily was the one with the highest strength amongst the Ivars squad nowadays.

There was no way around it, the resources Aiwas had on hand were just too much.

He knew too many, too many ways to obtain equipment, rituals, professions, and skills …… but there weren’t too many people that he could trust one hundred percent and at the same time trust him one hundred percent. And the first of those people was Lily.

Under Aiwas’s intentional and unintentional piling of resources, her development was completely over the top. Ivars had “fixed” Lily’s car according to the player’s standards, and Lily was completely loyal – she copied everything Ivars gave her, without adding her own “special understanding”.

Under Ivars’ assistance, when Lily rises to the fourth energy level, I’m afraid that even the Guardian Elves will be able to touch her.

After all, in a world where the “optional path characteristics” were all monopolized by the upper classes, the advantage that Aiwaas could provide in terms of construction was too great.

–It’s like a Yu-Gi-Oh! real card player entering the world of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime.

Not long ago, Ivars had also started taking over the management of Sherlock’s constructs. And Isabelle, as Janice’s successor, didn’t really use Ivars to manage it, at least in the early stages. But from the time of her fourth ability level’s promotion ceremony, Aiwas was going to help her with her transfer reference – it just so happened that Janice should have left Avalon at that time as well, and her teacher after that would be Aiwas.

And at that moment, Lily was lurking in the shadows in the corner of Minister Griffith’s basement.

But she was slow to make her move.

The reason was simple.

–Because she had some unexpected gains.

There was a demon in Minister Griffith’s basement.

It looked like a giant eyeball, while densely packed eye stalks floated like tentacles. At the end of each eye stalk, there was an eyeball of varying sizes.

This was the Eye Demon. Demons with powers adapted to the Dao, with abilities such as clairvoyance, perspective, detecting invisibility, and future foresight.

If it wasn’t for the power of the Shadow Demon that had suppressed it, the invisible Lily would have been easily detected by it. But even with the presence of the Shadow Demon, as long as Lily made a move, it would immediately detect Lily’s presence.

She also considered whether to directly sneak attack to kill the eye demon …… but after further consideration decided to play it safe.

It is not a question of whether or not to fight …… it is that as long as there is no one strike to kill, there is a possibility that there will be a change across the board.

Lily is, after all, an assassin, and there are griffins patrolling everywhere in the neighborhood.

As long as she was forced into a protracted battle, her identity would be exposed if she wasn’t careful. At that time, it might directly destroy Ivars’ plan.

So she quietly cowered in the corner, waiting for the Eye Demon to leave.

And soon, Minister Griffith carefully entered the basement.

He closed the door and put on a silver-white seal – a transcendent item made with the power of the Mighty Roadway, capable of forming simple boundaries.

Minister Griffith asked respectfully and carefully, “Your Excellency, I have done everything you asked me to do ……”

[Very well ……]

The eye demon trembled the air and made a somewhat disembodied sound.

“But I still want to know …… what exactly my master wants me to do?”

Griffith was clearly a bit confused, “If I don’t know my specific goals, I might not be able to accurately ensure that I’m right every step of the way ……

“For example, this attack on Minister Moriarty seems unprovoked. I even suspect that Minister Camelot and the others have guessed that something is wrong. Because Minister Moriarty and I don’t have any conflict at all, yet I’m strongly attacking him. And as he is clearly a trusted and important minister of the Queen, an attack on him at a time like this is not only pointless, but may also annoy Her Majesty.”

His request was very reasonable. However, the Eye Demon just remained silent and did not answer positively.

It sized up Griffith and had already read his inner thoughts.

[You want more].

“Yes, I want more, my lord.”

Griffith replied without hesitation, “I want to become a Moonchild! What do I have to do to make that happen-“

[But, you can’t get it anymore.

The Eye Demon gave a clear answer.

An answer that was enough to make him despair.

“…… What?”

Minister Griffiths asked shakily, “Why? Didn’t we have a deal? Wasn’t it just a matter of getting Yulia Moriarty’s blood?”

But at that moment, an anti-summoning spell suddenly surfaced beneath the Eye Demon. It turned into a dazzling purple light and dissipated into the air.

“Because he has seen the future of your death.”

Miss Assassin’s sweet voice resounded inside the enclosed basement.

Lily surfaced expressionless, her mouth closed without a word. Black smoke vaporized from her body, and shadows continued to morph into various twisted forms under her skirt.

Laughter filled with malice couldn’t stop coming from beneath Lily.

Her pupils gazed at Minister Griffith, a short, dark golden blade without a handle pressed into her fingertips.

It was the “Eagle Feather” blade.

“Sir, may I ask what was the meaning of that sentence just now?”

Lily pushed up her glasses a bit, and like a literary girl who liked to read poetry, her gentle and somewhat shy voice echoed in the basement, “Can you explain it in detail for me? Why do you need Miss Yulia’s blood? Who is the subordinate of the demon who deals with you?
“Or …… need me to show some sincerity first?
“[Please don’t worry, I won’t kill you no matter what].”

Accompanied by a fragile and thin lie, a gray spider web emerged from the void, binding Griffith, whose body couldn’t stop trembling, in midair.

Updated Meow~

(End of chapter)