Chapter 339: Mysterious Lady (2)
The woman was not exactly mocking him, it carried a more extreme amount of contempt, as if everything Xiao Lin said or did was beneath her notice.
Was she going to kill them?
Xiao Lin felt like that was not very possible. He might have felt a strong sense of danger, but he never felt any killing intent from her. He tried saying, “If my hammer disturbed your rest, then I’m terribly sorry.”
“I won’t kill you.” The woman’s tone was still cold, as if her words were a gift to him. “At least you’re a bit better than those stupid humans. You can actually exchange a few words with me.”
Xiao Lin could somewhat understand it. The woman spoke in Ancient Normese, a language that was barely understood in the world, and the village definitely had no one who could speak it. He stopped, then formed a sentence. “Have you been trapped here? Or do you not want to leave the place you had your fated encounter with the king?”
“King? Fated encounter?” The woman’s tone got more and more condescending.
Xiao Lin then understood that legends were just legends. The woman seemed to be somewhat angry, but it was not obvious. It was possible that she only spoke to Xiao Lin because it was not easy finding someone who spoke the language, but even so, her contempt was obvious.
Xiao Lin’s current level of Ancient Normese was no longer that low. Even if he stumbled occasionally, he was already capable of conveying anything he wanted to. Since the other party was willing, he took the change to ask about the legend, not forgetting to translate it to Mandarin for Lilith.
Lilith had indeed suffered. After the woman moved away, the restrictions on Lilith were naturally lifted, but her entire body was weak, unable to exert any strength. She could not even hold her scythe. In this situation, even standing was hard, let alone fighting.
From the woman’s answers, Xiao Lin heard a completely different story from the legend.
In ancient times, the woman had lived near the lake. One day, the king who had wanted to unite the world pa.s.sed by, meeting the woman. The story was similar to the legends still, but in the woman’s version, the king had tricked the woman. The fated encounter was something the king had fabricated; his goal was just the woman’s abilities.
Once the king used some method to steal the ability, he found a reason to leave for battle before ordering his royal family to kill the defenseless woman. The king did not even let the woman go after death, building the lake to forever trap her soul there.
Xiao Lin’s expression was calm when he finished listening to the story. It was a story of betrayal; he had read a lot of those stories before. This version of the story made a lot more sense. How could a king with such lofty aspirations be tied down by personal relationships? The king overdid things, not even letting the woman go in death.
However, Xiao Lin’s face looked to the the woman like he felt it was a problem. The woman narrowed her eyes, and the temperature began to drop.
Xiao Lin sneezed, and he hurriedly started cursing at the king, causing Lilith to roll her eyes at him.
The woman’s expression turned for the better, but it just changed to the original cold expression as she once again said, “I know why you’re here. Even after so long, the greed of your human’s knows no bounds. Red Beard’s treasure is with me. Are you interested?”
“You’re not a human?” Xiao Lin gaped, very curious about the woman’s origins. Her answer was actually quite obvious. In all of Planet Norma’s history, there had never been any silver-eyed, three-eyed humans.
“Are you willing to give us the treasure?” Lilith focused on something else.
“I can.”
The woman’s answer caused the two of them some surprise, but she continued, “However, whether or not you can get it will be up to yourselves. Would you like to give it a try?”
The woman’s words were filled with allure, but it caused Xiao Lin to be even more alert. He stepped in front of Lilith, saying, “I’m sorry, we don’t really need money. You should just hold on to the treasure.”
What a joke. He refused to believe that the cold woman would be so kind to them.
“You are quite a bit smarter than the other humans that have come before you, but do you really think you’re allowed to reject it?”
The woman raised her right hand, and the water in the lake was instantly split open, revealing a narrow path. The surrounding water seemed to have been stopped by an invisible force.
“Go ahead! The treasure you want is there. Go get it; help me get it back!”
The woman had an alluring voice that was hard to resist. Xiao Lin and Lilith’s eyes slowly turned devoid of color. Even though their expressions showed that they were fighting it with all their might, the voice carried an unbelievable magic, pa.s.sing through their skin and right into their brains, issuing commands to their bodies.
Xiao Lin and Lilith struggled as their legs started to move along the pa.s.sage toward the center of the lake. Silverlight Lake was not too big, and it only took over ten minutes for them to get close to the center. Xiao Lin’s limbs might have been under her control, but he was still very much conscious. He looked at the center, and among countless underwater plants, there was a long sword stuck in the ground. Half the sword had been stuck into the sand, and the half that was revealed had signs of decay.
“Go.”
The woman’s voice could be heard again, and Xiao Lin and Lilith instantly recovered control over their bodies. However, it was too late for them to turn back. The sword emitted an extremely powerful magnetic force. Before the two of them could even speak, they were enveloped by a gigantic power. Their bodies started to blur and twist as they turned to light, sucked into the sword.
Water once again filled the lake, as if nothing had happened. The woman looked at the calm lake before creasing her eyebrows, uttering, “Was I wrong? Inside that man... No, I was definitely wrong. It’s impossible. However, the two of them have peak-level gifts from G.o.d. I hope they don’t disappoint me.