The hands around her waist exerted great force, pulling her body.
The body continues to lead the right arm.
The right arm is raised to carry the sword.
Together with the attached blade light, it pierced through the code book that served as a shield - and then continued to stab into the princess's chest - going deeper and deeper - until the hilt of the sword hit the book cover.
Chapter 133 The Second Drop of Blood
Time almost stands still at this moment.
Outside the palace, outside the ever-expanding sand pit, a group of fully armed flint knights stopped moving because the roots of the giant tree they were facing suddenly stopped moving.
On the top of the tower, the leader of the Treemen opened his eyes wide, unable to believe that the god of death in the distance would actually stop for a moment.
"what happened?"
"do not know……"
"It's not moving..."
"How to do……"
Countless people were surprised, hesitant, and looked at each other in bewilderment. But the scene that shocked them even more was still happening.
The giant tree that symbolized destruction began to tremble again, but it was not as aggressive as before. It did not grow or expand anymore, but began to disintegrate directly.
It is difficult to understand this process of disintegration.
It didn't look like it was burned to death by molten steel and flames, nor did it turn into ashes in the smoke, nor did it look like it withered and died of its own accord.
It is simply disappearing.
First some small branches caught fire, then some thick branches caught fire, and finally spread to the main trunk.
It didn't tremble or make a howl, and its body - the body that symbolized destruction and death - disappeared out of thin air - as if it had been erased by an eraser.
This was not a process that any person or creature could interfere with. No matter how the giant tree trembled and struggled, no matter how it tried to resist in its silent bondage, its body was disappearing - very steadily, and at an increasingly faster rate.
"Goddess..."
At the top of the cathedral's tower, Senar stared in the direction of the palace in amazement.
More than ten seconds ago, the Death Tree had grown to an area almost half of the White Shadow Palace.
This is just the area it occupies, and it is impossible to estimate how high it is.
But now? It has shrunk to less than one-tenth of its original size, becoming even smaller than the tree demon monster that sprang out of the town of Ernak, and is still rapidly becoming smaller than the previous second.
After a few breaths, it was gone.
All the thick roots disappeared, leaving only countless deep holes drilled in the sand pit and the lonely mechanical sun hanging high in the sky.
"This is simply a miracle... Only you can perform such a miracle!"
Senar's face flushed red. He immediately turned around, went downstairs, and rushed to the scene by car.
And the so-called scene.
"Villefort! No!"
After regaining consciousness, Xia Yibing let go of the knife handle in her hand and immediately rushed to the fat man, her pair of red eyes widening to the limit.
"Why is it you... Chief... why..."
"It can only be me, and it must be me."
Villefort looked calm.
The molten sword penetrated deeply into his body. After he fell down, the energy inside the sword went out of control and broke into pieces starting from the hilt, turning into fragments on the ground again.
"If I had heard... other news, I would definitely stay in Kevin... This is also a way to atone for my sins..."
"But... Xia Sha... When I heard that you were involved, I realized... that was not enough to atone for my sins... I had to be more radical... At least I wanted to die in front of you..."
"Villefort..." Xia Yibing showed a hint of surprise, "Could it be that..."
"Yes, I gave that order..." The fat man stared straight into her eyes.
"I don't expect you to forgive Sarah... I don't want to force you..."
"I just hope you can see... one of your enemies, die in front of you... maybe that will make you feel better..."
His injuries were too severe, and after saying these words he shook again, making it difficult for him to enunciate clearly.
“Impossible—Impossible!!!”
The woman gritted her teeth, clenched her dark claws into fists, and smashed the broken ground with all her might.
"Impossible! You're lying to me! You're lying to me!!!"
Hitzfeld was also shocked.
She suddenly realized why Xia Yibing was the only one who was special during Batti-Villefort's tenure.
Because of the tragic death of their family members and the extraordinary talents they possessed - many children joined Shadow Lions at a young age because of these factors. It can be said that the Security Bureau has never lacked such people, and almost all of them chose to fight against evil spirits because of this.
But according to some of her understanding.
It's not a deliberate understanding, but some subtle understanding... I discovered from the conversations between Xia Yibing, Ethan, Zafira and others that it seems that Villefort is particularly concerned about Xia alone.
In the days before she appeared, Xia Yibing gradually got out of her initial pain thanks to this man's care.
She also admitted that she might have regarded Villefort as a father.
Women began to take an interest in her, and she was afraid and wanted to avoid them. It was Villefort who persuaded them not to alienate each other.
This was far beyond the care that a boss should give to his subordinates. She used to be puzzled, but now she knows - it was all because of guilt.
Batty-Villefort is the executor of the hatching operation.
As the leader of the Shadow Lions, Sara VII's sharpest sword hidden in the shadows, he not only knew about the operation, but may have also been directly involved in it.
So he had to atone for his sins.
That's why he rushed from Kevin to the palace and fought the enemies one after another with a desperate attitude.
He didn't expect to survive today.
He came here for death.
"summer……"
Glancing at the princess's body, Hitzfeld spoke slowly.
The strange sword with the eyes embedded in it has disappeared.
Completely disappeared along with the Book of Howling.
Part of the princess' body was also missing. A large hole was dug out in her chest, and the edges of the cut were extremely smooth. All the organs in her chest cavity had disappeared. She was deader than dead.
And the Death Tree had indeed disappeared. All of this proved that the biggest crisis had been resolved and she had to shift her focus to other more important matters.
For example, stop this woman from continuing to fall.
"He's a liar!"
Xia Yibing ignored the dim light in the man's eyes, grabbed his collar and shook him hard.
"Don't be like this, Xia..."
"It can't be him... He's talking nonsense...!"
"Don't do this...he's dead!!!"
Hugging the woman tightly from behind, Hitzfeld felt exhausted.
She was really very tired.
From the heart to the spirit to the body, the multiple fatigues made her feel for the first time that if she wanted, she could fall asleep immediately if she lay down on the ground.
"he died."
"he died……"
"There's nothing we can do."
“I can’t do anything…”
The woman seemed to have lost her mind again and could only repeat herself.
Hitzfeld paused, moved to the front, half squatted, and held the woman's head in his arms.
"At least you still have me."
"I will not leave you."
"never."
The body that was being hugged trembled violently.
At a perspective that is difficult to detect with the naked eye, the dark skin is gradually eroded by the white color and quickly transforms back into normal human skin.
The woman tentatively hugged the girl back.
There was no resistance.
He arched again tentatively.
still none.
Her eyes finally regained their spirit, gradually trembled, and two tears quickly flowed down. She hugged the girl's body tightly and shrugged her shoulders violently.
A sound of footsteps came from behind the smoke.
Grim, Ethan, Carlo and others escorted a petite black-haired girl into the yard, and their eyes widened when they saw this scene.
Villefort's body.
The body over there is...Princess Katina?
"Hitzfeld..." Ethan stepped forward hesitantly, "What on earth is this..."
"Give me the gun." The girl suddenly spoke.
"Hitzfeld...?"
"Give me the gun—"
Knowing that he had made a big mistake due to his recklessness, Ethan shut up, took out his pistol and handed it to her.
Then he closed his eyes and waited silently for the final judgment.
"Miss Hitzfeld you are crazy—!"
Grimm screamed.
He suddenly opened his eyes again and saw that the gun was not pointed at him, but at the back - at the petite girl.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness Sheena."
He heard the girl whisper in an extremely cold tone.
"Do you think I will ignore you?"
Chapter 134 Finally meeting
This sudden change made the atmosphere in the yard tense again.
The petite girl's face changed slightly, and then she immediately put on a panicked and confused expression, looking at the other people for help.
"Aisun." Torres said with a stiff face, "I think you may have made some mistakes... This is Her Highness Xilu, Xilu-Asfen-Sala, she is the youngest princess who has been hiding in the palace for many years."
"She's not." Hitzfeld remained half-squatting on the ground, his left arm around the woman, his right hand holding the gun steady.
"If you say she is not, then she is not." Torres frowned, "Even if you have done a good deed——"
"There are two descendants of the old king in this generation." Hitzfeld interrupted him, "One is Alvin Harwin, and the other is Katina Sarah."
"As you can see, the latter is the true master of the Death Tree. She has absorbed the power of every descendant of the old kings born since the founding of Sara... She was just defeated by the three of us."
“But this is not the end.”
"I originally thought it was... but when you came in just now, I remembered that Katina can influence people's minds to a certain extent."
