Chapter 580 - 313: Violet Eye
At this moment, Raine heard Leonore’s voice in his mind: "Raine, although I shouldn’t interfere with your decisions, the opponent is quite valuable, and my suggestion is to imprison her first. She might provide us with quite a bit of secret intelligence."
"Alright, Your Highness."
"Below the castle, in the basement where I previously healed my wounds, I’ve set up a shielding array; it should be a suitable place for detention."
"By the way, regardless of whether the opponent truly wishes to become your follower, I happen to have an artifact here that can help forge a psychic bond with someone. You might try it then; if she refuses to open her mind, it could be a false surrender."
Upon hearing this, Raine raised an eyebrow, feeling a joy in his heart.
Actually, he had already considered that Lilith might provide valuable intelligence.
However, the concern or rather a worry he had was whether the opponent’s surrender was false, conducting some other conspiracies in secret behind the scenes.
Moreover, the opponent is a Transcendent Caster, and some methods may not be effective.
How much valuable information can be asked is still to be determined.
However, Leonore’s words just now made this matter possible.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Raine also communicated mentally.
After finishing communicating with Raine through the psychic bond, Leonore stepped forward and said to Lilith:
"I know you, Lilith, affiliated with the Talin Association, formerly Siegfried’s subordinate."
While speaking, Leonore handed Lilith a pair of dark silver manacles.
"These are Forbidden Magic Manacles. If you truly wish to surrender, put them on yourself."
"No problem, Your Highness." Hearing Leonore’s words, Lilith didn’t show the slightest hint of feeling insulted but instead displayed a smile that seemed to come from the heart.
While speaking, she clicked them onto herself.
The whole process took less than a second!
Seeing Lilith agree so straightforwardly and act so swiftly, Leonore found herself at a loss for words she originally intended to say.
"Very well." Leonore nodded, then she grabbed Lilith’s left arm, and in a flash, her figure disappeared from the scene.
However, soon, Leonore reappeared again.
Raine knew she had sent Lilith to the underground secret chamber for temporary detention.
"Elder Grenum, I’ll have someone take you to rest for a while."
"This is not the place to talk, Raine. Let’s head to the meeting room."
"Alright!"
...
A few minutes later.
Raine and Leonore, along with another, sat down in the castle’s meeting room.
"Raine, this ring you have, if we’re not mistaken, should be the ring of a Violet Castle Violet Council member."
"Council?"
"Yes, the council is named the Violet Eye," Leonore nodded.
"But the nine members of the Violet Eye are Legendary Powerhouses, and it’s been decades since they changed. This ring...." Harold, who had been frowning, interjected at this moment.
"Indeed. If the ring is real, then it signifies that a council member has been killed, and someone impersonated them afterward." Leonore revealed a shocking conjecture.
"By the way, Raine, how did you come to possess this ring?" Leonore couldn’t help but ask.
Raine glanced at Harold and Chandler, contemplating silently.
"Rest assured, Raine, Harold and Chandler share the same mentor as me."
Given the circumstances, after a brief consideration, Raine began introducing without much reservation: "This should be an heirloom left by my parents, I...."
"Hold on, a cradle, I see, Mr. Raine’s father, could he be the genius Mage and youngest Violet Eye council member Mr. Douglas?"
"But why could someone evade the detection array of the Floating City?"
The detection arrays of the Floating City are of high Level, and they’re varied in form; logically speaking, the opponent couldn’t impersonate a council member perfectly.
"Not clear, but what’s difficult for us doesn’t mean it’s impossible for others."
"Don’t forget, a council member is a Legendary Powerhouse in itself; if someone could achieve this...." Leonore looked at Raine and didn’t continue.
Harold and Chandler nodded, their faces heavy.
"Leonore, Chandler and I will return to the Floating City right away to report this matter up," Harold said after pondering for a moment.
With their abilities, it’s impossible to directly confront the opponent; they must leverage the power of the Violet Castle.
However, hearing Harold’s words, Leonore shook her head immediately, rejecting the idea:
"No, if the opponent could replace a Violet Eye council member over a decade ago, how powerful do you think they are?"
Hearing Leonore’s words, Harold and Chandler shuddered, a trace of dread flickering in their eyes.
Indeed!
If the opponent isn’t just one or two people, nor a small interest group, but a massive external force?
Then after over a decade of development, how deeply have they infiltrated the Floating City?
Thinking of this, Harold and Chandler realized they had oversimplified the matter.
"It’s best to wait for the mentor; or, do you have any means to contact the mentor?" Leonore suggested after some consideration.
"Perhaps... Chandler and I could try to find them?"
"Alright." After some thought, Leonore nodded.
"Alright then, Chandler and I will set off now."
....
Watching Harold and Chandler leave, Raine and Leonore also left the meeting hall, heading to the basement to interrogate Lilith.
"Raine!" At this moment, several familiar figures appeared in the castle’s central square.
"Chris, Grande, Fabian...." Seeing the three whom he hadn’t seen for a while, Raine laughed and walked over, lightly punching them on the chest consecutively.
"We just saw everything!"
"Raine, it seems I won’t catch up to your power in this lifetime. Though, there’s someone who might have a chance." Fabian pointed smilingly to the shy, slightly nervous girl behind him.
"Grace, you’ve reached Level 2 Classes?" Raine sensed briefly in surprise.
The girl was Robin’s blind sister, Grace.
It’s worth noting that four months ago, Grace had merely embarked on the path of a Priest.
And now, she’s achieved Level 2 Classes.
"Yes, Brother Raine." Hearing Raine’s familiar words, Grace’s tension eased significantly, she replied quickly.
Earlier, upon witnessing this usually ’kind and gentle’ Brother Raine slaying opponents like a Barbarian war god, Grace found it challenging to reconcile the wildly different images of Raine.
Thus, she had been quite tense.
At this time, Reya approached.
"Thank you, Raine."
Her gaze paused at the bodies of the ’Plague Bringer’ White Mann and the ’Unclean One’ Hagen before she formally saluted Raine.
Among the attendees, excluding the Dwarf Elder Grenum and the newcomers Harold and Chandler, everyone else understood the reason.
Reya was expressing gratitude to Raine for capturing the murderers of her father, Viscount Olsen.
"I only did what I should have done."
"Later, let’s visit Viscount Olsen together."
"Alright."
"Oh, by the way, neither Laisa nor Elise are here. They’ve gone on a mission with Sulfur Vine and the Giant Blade Squad." Reya adjusted her mood and said to Raine.
"But the good news is Elise has successfully advanced to Level 3 Classes."
...
A few minutes later.
In the underground secret chamber.
It was still a somewhat familiar room.
Raine met the nervous Lilith once more.
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