Chapter 1268: One of His Targets
The avatar smiled reassuringly.
"It is already my responsibility as the Great Emperor of this universe to help all the beings within it. The invaders came when I was not in a position to help your ancestors, so this is the very least I should do."
"Please be patient a little longer."
Mei Zhilan nodded as she wiped away her tears, still hiding her face from the avatar.
"Come, take a seat. It is not good to keep standing. I still want to ask you something," the avatar said as he stood up and touched Mei Zhilan’s shoulder.
Mei Zhilan was astonished that the Great Emperor had touched her and was even guiding her to the seat across from him. Her sadness quickly turned into embarrassment. She wanted to speak, but no words came out.
Although the man beside her was only the Great Emperor’s avatar, he was still a part of the Great Emperor. Even she could not feel any difference between the avatar beside her and the real body of a human.
She could not sense any anomaly that would normally appear in a clone or anything created through a similar technique.
What she sensed was a real human being, a completely separate organism.
After she took the seat across from him, the avatar returned to his own chair. He then smiled at her, causing her to lower her head shyly.
This made her scold herself inwardly. If any of the succubi who knew her saw her acting like a young maiden facing her crush, they would be shocked. She was known as a woman full of confidence.
A woman full of initiative.
Someone who could make any man obey whatever she wanted with nothing more than her charm and elegance.
Yet at this moment, she looked no different from a maiden in the middle of a date with her crush.
After a few moments of silence, the avatar spoke.
"Are you more comfortable with a human body or a succubus body?"
Mei Zhilan composed herself and calmed her heart before trying to look serious again.
"I am more comfortable with my real body, Your Majesty. My succubus body."
The avatar nodded.
"Then change to your real body. You do not have to keep maintaining your human form in front of me."
Mei Zhilan nodded. A tail suddenly emerged from the base of her spine. Then a pair of small wings appeared behind her lower back. Her ears also changed into ones resembling those of elves. Her skin retained its fair complexion, while her aura became noticeably more sensual.
Simply looking at her could stir a person’s libido and charm them into submission.
The avatar kept his gaze on her as if assessing her figure, which caused Mei Zhilan to lower her head shyly once again. She truly could not withstand the Great Emperor’s gaze. His handsome appearance and beautiful blue eyes captivated her, and her innate attraction toward the Great Emperor only made it harder for her to control herself in front of him.
"Beautiful," the avatar said.
Mei Zhilan blushed even more. Her heartbeat quickened, and she wanted nothing more than to scream in happiness after receiving the Great Emperor’s praise.
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty," she replied in a shy tone.
The avatar continued smiling. He found this succubus rather adorable. She did not act like a succubus at all. Instead, she seemed like a maiden in love.
"So all of you received slave seals while you were still children, huh? How are you able to do your part as a resistance group with slave seals on you? Do the slave seals not react to anything?" the avatar asked.
Once again, Mei Zhilan tried to suppress her shyness and calm herself before attempting to look serious again.
"The slave seal branded onto us is not a sophisticated seal that would cause us pain at the slightest rebellious thought. The slave seal only activates when we unleash killing intent, harbor thoughts of killing, or act against the Rimevas family. Though, our slave seals can also be activated at will by members of the Rimevas family."
"Our job in the resistance group is mostly information gathering. With the nature of our work in this city, we can easily obtain useful information from many important people. We only need to use a beauty trap, and we can learn almost anything we want."
"And that is the loophole of the slave seal. As long as we control our intent, which we have trained ourselves to do since childhood, we will not trigger the slave seal. We can convey information to other members of the resistance group. We simply treat it as sharing ordinary information."
The avatar nodded in understanding. From Mei Zhilan’s description, the slave seal of the Rimevas family was not as complex or as cruel as the Everlasting Demonic Follower slave seal.
With the Everlasting Demonic Follower, even the smallest thought of harming the master would trigger the seal. It was truly a seal that demanded absolute obedience from both body and soul. A seal capable of breaking a person’s character and turning them into a loyal slave even after being released from it.
A terrifying slave seal capable of crushing a person’s willpower and altering their mindset until obedience became second nature.
"I see, so that is how it is," the avatar said.
"Anyway, will nobody become suspicious of us with you accompanying me like this? I can already imagine that many people have begun wondering about my identity after your actions earlier. Now that you have personally come to visit me, there may be even more people growing suspicious."
Mei Zhilan showed a self-blaming expression and lowered her head.
"My apologies, Your Majesty, for putting you at the center of attention earlier. I simply could not help wanting to present my greatest performance as a greeting to you. I truly forgot about everything else and could only think about my performance."
"As for my visit this time, no one outside the resistance group knows about it, and I made sure of that. Once again, please forgive me for my mistake, Your Majesty. If that truly becomes a hindrance to your plans, I would gladly do everything I can to remedy the situation, even if it costs me my life."
The avatar smiled and shook his head.
"No, that is not necessary, and you do not need to worry about it interfering with my plans. It is true that I have become known to many people, but not to the extent that it would affect my plans. They will never learn my identity even if they investigate it. They will only be chasing ghosts. I can simply change my appearance, you know?"
Understanding appeared on Mei Zhilan’s face before she lowered her head once more.
"Thank you for your magnanimity, Your Majesty."
The avatar nodded before taking another drink from his glass. Mei Zhilan was impressed that the avatar did not seem drunk despite having already consumed three glasses of Ten Thousand Years of Glory.
Ten Thousand Years of Glory was specially created for Immortal Overlord cultivators so they could enjoy becoming drunk. Even some Immortal Saint cultivators enjoyed drinking it.
Just two glasses were enough to intoxicate an Immortal Overlord cultivator regardless of their tolerance for liquor.
For Immortal Overlord cultivators, they could not dispel the drunkenness on their own. The liquor affected not only the mind but also the entire internal body including their energy, relaxing it while inducing intoxication.
Because of this, they could not simply clear its effects themselves.
They needed external assistance, such as pills or special drinks, to regain sobriety.
However, the avatar was someone at Immortal Overlord stage. Mei Zhilan could sense that much. Yet he appeared completely unaffected by the liquor. She could not detect even the slightest sign that he was drunk.
"By the way, who is Your Majesty’s target for visiting our establishment?" Mei Zhilan asked, pushing aside her admiration for the moment.
After putting down his glass, the avatar replied,
"The fourth young master of the Remivas family, Valdis Remivas. I heard that he likes to spend his time in this place almost every night and even likes meeting with you."
Mei Zhilan’s eyes widened before they began to glisten.
"Will Your Majesty kill him tonight?" she asked.
"That is my plan, but I do not know if something later will force me to change it. That is why I want to gather more information about him here," the avatar said.
Mei Zhilan nodded and gritted her teeth, openly displaying her hostility toward Valdis Remivas.
"That man is truly a bastard who deserves the worst death, Your Majesty. He is a sadist who has already killed many of my sisters here. Even I might have already lost my life if not for my value as the greatest asset of the Immortal’s Roses."
Mei Zhilan then spoke about Valdis’ usual behavior in this establishment and the kind of man he was. She also shared every other detail she knew about him.
After hearing everything, the avatar felt that perhaps he should kill this man first. However, he did not want to act solely on emotion. He would make his decision later after inspecting the other places his remaining targets usually visited today.
He might even leave Valdis for last instead.
After hearing all the information, the avatar spoke.
"Thank you. I assure you that he will be dead no later than the day after tomorrow. And his death will be a miserable one."