The Defeated Saintess Is On A Journey To Tame The Evil God Book 01 Chapter 06.18 - Whale Song

The Undying had been dealt with. At this time, a sharp whistle rose abruptly.

A large number of overseers, draped in broad robes, wielding cleavers, swarmed in and surrounded Xing Mo and the workers beside her.

"Drop the wand!" An overseer shouted at Xing Mo, "You are illegally trespassing! You..."

He tried to push through the crowd, to seize Xing Mo's wand, but then was shoved back.

It took him a moment to realize that it was a worker who had pushed him.

The workers, who usually moved like walking corpses, shuffling weakly about, now were full of life, the eyes of their dust-covered faces seemingly ablaze.

"Do you want to die? Want to be fed the fish in the sea?" The overseer roared.

He was furious, yet there was an instinctive fear in his tone, like a sheepdog realizing its fangs were not so effective against a rebelling flock.

At this moment, golden light erupted—

Bang—

Sir Derek Larson, dressed in a respectable attire, fell to the ground. He strained to get up and run toward the overseers, but then was struck down once again by golden light.

The overseers turned their gazes to the source of the golden light—a middle-aged man in a black trench coat, brandishing a wand, his eyes flashing with golden light.

"I'll ask you one last time!" Professor Lucius bellowed, "Who! Killed! Miriam!"

"I don't know... I really..."

Sir Derek crawled toward the overseers, but then another golden flash exploded behind him.

Boom—

He fell to the ground again, and before he could get up, Lucius was upon him, grabbing him by the hair.

"Every time you say 'I don't know,' your pretty face will kiss the ground." Lucius spoke rapidly, "Go on, say it! Say you don't know!"

"I... I... I really... don't..."

Before Sir Derek could finish speaking, Lucius slammed his head into the ground, and a blood-curdling scream mingled with the sound of cracking bones rose.

"Ahhhh!"

"Say it! Say it! Say you don't know!"

"I really don't... Ahhhh!"

…

The brutal scene caused the overseers to step back in fear. Despite the middle-aged man, who was currently battering their boss, looking not particularly strong, despite his face retaining some remnants of scholarly refinement, they didn't dare to approach.

Because that middle-aged man looked like a rabid old dog, an old dog who had lost everything but its fangs.

…

Seeing the maddened instructor, Xing Mo silently observed Sir Derek being battered for a while before stepping forward through the crowd, "Instructor, if you keep hitting him, he will die."

Lucius suddenly looked up, his eyes—radiating golden light—meeting Xing Mo's calm green eyes.

In an instant, the golden light faded, and his eyes returned to the same lake-blue color.

"Sorry, I lost my bearing a bit, ha-ha-ha..." Lucius rose from the semi-conscious Sir Derek, then took a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the blood from his hands, and righted his hat.

He glanced subtly at the overseers, and these roughnecks recoiled, not daring to step forward.

"That Undying, did you finish him off?" Lucius asked.

"Should be barely alive." Xing Mo pointed to the hand under the narwhal, "He probably knows more about Miriam's death."

Lucius nodded silently and followed Xing Mo through the crowd to the narwhal.

At this time, the colossal whale was gasping in pain, its horn occasionally sparking blue electric arcs.

"Hold on a bit longer, my friend." Lucius stroked the narwhal's scaled skin, "It will be over soon."

Subsequently, Lucius and Xing Mo waved their wands at the same time, and a wind lifted the narwhal.

The Undying, now on the brink of death—the lower half of his body a bloody mess, the upper half of his body trembling—looked like he could draw his last breath any moment now.

Lucius waved his wand, lifting the Undying from under the narwhal and then placing him on flat ground.

The dying Jackal raised his head and showed a bloodied grin: "... Gold... inextinguishable..."

"Who stole the prototype from my workshop and killed my daughter?" Lucius asked coldly.

"I won't say a thing..." The Undying muttered.

Xing Mo never expected him to talk, so she stepped forward, preparing to use the power of the Tree of Life to forcibly read his memories.

At this moment, a voice came from behind her; "Lady Saintess, there's no need to trouble God. Let me handle it."

Xing Mo turned and saw Aria walk over and squat in front of the Undying.

She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, they were pure black.

Simultaneously, her body began to change: her ears became pointed, complex black patterns spread across her face, and a sinister and dark aura emanated from her.

This... This is... Xing Mo was flabbergasted.

The Undying suddenly let out a terrified scream: "You're a... Dark Elf...!"

Aria just stared at the Undying with her pitch-black eyes and spoke in a solemn voice, spitting out a string of obscure and incomprehensible words.

Upon hearing these words, Xing Mo felt her head grow heavy, and her body trembled slightly.

As for the Undying, he convulsed as if possessed, seemingly exerting all his strength to hasten his death, yet uncontrollably spitting out a string of words.

"... Prince Austin gave the House of the Undying a mission... steal the prototype from Lucius Phillips' workshop..."

"... it was a military prototype that Lucius prepared for the Citadel's authorities, intended as the core of ironclad warships. It posed a threat to the empire's coastal defenses..."

"... we knocked Miriam Phillips down and released the alchemical steam from the prototype..."

"... mission completed..."

As the Undying spoke, scenes flashed before Xing Mo's eyes.

She saw Jackal knock Miriam down, saw him steal the blueprints.

She saw the alchemical steam gush out and flood the room like a tide.

She saw Miriam struggling to get up and instinctively trying to escape, but then stopping in her tracks.

She saw Miriam gripping her wand firmly, and golden light bursting forth, enveloping the entire workshop to seal the steam.

Then, she saw Miriam coughing, saw Miriam collapsing, saw Miriam desperately clutching her wand—

Boom—

There was a flash of golden light, and Xing Mo snapped back to reality and found that the Undying had exploded.

Instructor Lucius stood with his wand raised, golden light fading from his eyes, leaving them as deep as whirlpools.

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