Chapter 9: The Mastermind Behind the Cause of Everything and Leon's Hatred Toward Loli Rain Violet
Ev though he stated this confidtly, deep down, he harbored uncertainty about his own words.
This was undiably a gamble, and he himself wasn't certain whether Liliana would actually go through with killing him.
Ev if her inttion wasn't to d his life, what was the purpose of keeping him and saving him earlier?
Whether she aimed to make him a slave or just simply play a with him remained unclear.
He vividly recalled the shift in her emotions during their previous counter, where an undisguised hatred emanated from her upon seeing his face.
Certainly, he himself was unsure of how he could have offded this fierce woman during their first counter in the previous fight.
Hce, fueled by these uncertainties, he found the courage to express himself with confidce.
Upon hearing his confidt and arrogant words, Liliana couldn't help but become infuriated.
Her initial inttion was to instill fear in this smelly man, but unfortunately, he appeared confidt, provoking her anger instead!
"Boom!"
A blood-red aura suddly erupted from her body, and a formidable pressure instantly bore down on Leon, catching him off guard with the surprise attack and making him immediately sse the immint threat of death.
'(F***! This woman really doesn't play her cards according to routine!)' Leon cursed inwardly, not anticipating that Liliana would abruptly subdue him with her aura in such a manner.
Before falling into this state, he would certainly not have succumbed to such pressure.
However, in his currt severely injured condition, there was no way he could dure this oppressive force!
"Huh! Where's your confidce now?" Liliana smiled playfully, deriving a sse of satisfaction from witnessing Leon in this state.
His prior confidt demeanor, seemingly in control, had irritated and annoyed her.
Now, having exerted this pressure on him, she felt a sse of conttmt in her heart!
However, not long after, she suddly heard a coughing sound from Leon's direction.
"Cough! Cough!" Leon's face turned red, and he covered his mouth as he coughed.
His body trembled badly, and he bore a haggard look, appearing quite alarming.
Observing this, Liliana promptly regained her composure and withdrew all the pressure she had imposed earlier.
"Are you alright?" Liliana quickly approached him, her cold face betraying complex emotions as she observed Leon, who appeared quite pitiable.
"Cough! I'm fine," Leon replied, still coughing as he shook his head slightly.
He expericed intse pain in his limbs, as if something were tearing apart his internal organs.
This marked the first instance of such excruciating pain for him, and he was horrified by its intsity.
After a while, the coughing gradually subsided, and the sudd pain slowly faded away.
"Do you have any idea about what actually happed to me?" Leon asked Liliana in a weak tone while glancing at his palm, which was now full of blood from the coughing.
Liliana fell briefly silt, as though deep in thought, before finally responding, "Within your body, there appears to be a lethal poison that has led to your currt condition."
Liliana's response left Leon feeling as though he had misheard.
"Poison? Are you kidding me? As a hero, I'm completely immune to any poison," Leon stated bluntly, rejecting the notion.
"Th, if you are indeed immune to all poisons, can you provide a more reasonable explanation for your condition?" Liliana cast an indiffert glance at him and asked flatly.
Upon hearing this, Leon instantly fell silt, unsure of how to respond.
"As a member of the demon race, our understanding of poisons surpasses that of humans. I can easily discern that you were poisoned, and the nature of this poison is both complex and lethal," Liliana continued, leaving Leon with no choice but to reluctantly accept this fact.
There existed no other explanation that could counter Liliana's assertion, and this incidt stood as clear evidce.
If he was indeed poisoned, th who could have concocted such a lethal poison, and wh was he poisoned?
Just as he was lost in contemplation, an expressionless loli woman's face suddly flashed in his mind, causing Leon's expression to instantly contort into a frown.
"Asshole!" Leon cursed siltly, realizing the culprit behind this was other than the crazy sorceress and alchemist of the Holy Empire of Elysium—Loli Rain Violet!
Before heading to the battlefield, Rain handed him a small vial of a potion said to hance a hero's stamina and mana.
Initially, he was somewhat suspicious since it was the first time Rain, the expressionless loli, displayed such thusiasm towards him.
Despite this, feeling that the other party had good inttions, he accepted it happily and drank the potion without hesitation!
"F***! Damn loli!" Leon clched his fists, suppressing the intse urge to exact revge on that cruel loli.
He was confidt that the potion bottle contained the poison responsible for causing him such intse pain earlier.
While he remained uncertain about the specific poison she employed to affect him, the hero, Rain, being a deranged sorceress and alchemist, had the capability to create such a poison!
Nevertheless, if Rain were the one responsible for poisoning him, it seemed unlikely she would act without instructions from a mastermind.
Inescapably, the image of a stern-faced middle-aged man with gold hair surfaced in his mind— other than Velix Larrison, the Holy Emperor of Mankind.
The old man's hatred and murderous intt toward him were unmistakable, leading him to believe that everything had be meticulously planned.
He ev tertained suspicions that the cunning, four-eyed man might also be involved in the conspiracy against him.
'(I never anticipated being snared in such a plot and scheme, completely unexpected.)' Leon sighed inwardly and felt quite shak after comprehding everything.
Despite feeling devastated and nursing a grudge for their actions, he did not become so desperate as to proclaim to the heavs, "Thirty years of Hedong, thirty years of Hexi, don't insult the young and the poor!"
"Hah~" Leon shook his head and lay resignedly on the bed, observing Liliana, who returned his gaze with an expression of incomprehsion.
"Alright, Liliana Crimson, it's in your hands now. If you want to kill me or whatever you desire, I've giv up and resigned myself to my fate." He closed his eyes and placed both palms on his stomach, as if he were ready for execution.
Upon seeing him like this, blue veins surfaced on Liliana's forehead, and her palms clched tightly, poised for impact on his face.
"Huft~" Liliana attempted to suppress her anger, and her unusually huge breasts rose and fell, creating a strikingly beautiful sight.
After a while of suppressing the anger repeatedly triggered by this smelly man, Liliana calmed down once more and regarded the closed-eyed Leon with a cold gaze.
"I won't kill you." Liliana's response prompted Leon to op his eyes and cast a strange glance in her direction.
"Th, why spare my life? Do you intd to make me your slave or something? Or perhaps you want me to be your husband?" Leon spoke bluntly, attempting a light-hearted joke.
However, for some reason, he suddly felt a cold and sharp gaze directed at him, sding a shiver down his spine.
Unable to resist, he gazed at Liliana, and indeed, her bloodshot eyes locked onto him with a lethal intsity, causing his smile to stiff.
"Cough! Just kidding, don't take it seriously." Leon feigned a cough, feeling a mix of embarrassmt and annoyance.
This woman really couldn't take a joke—so rigid, like dead wood!
Meanwhile, Liliana closed her eyes for a momt, not expecting that her anger, which usually rarely surfaced, could be triggered repeatedly by this infuriating man in one day!
If it wer't for her long-term plan, this infuriating man would have met his d a thousand times over for inciting her anger!
Gradually, she oped her bloodshot eyes and gazed at him coldly, stating, "I won't kill you, but I need your help with something."