Chapter 802: Chapter 535, Shadow Elf_2
Li Rong stopped the approaching guards.
With a look of surprise, she asked, “Were you sent by someone else too?”
“Yes, yes, I dare not offend Sister Li, but I have no choice,” Cao Zhengzhi said with a mournful face.
Li Rong continued to question, “Who? Spit it out.”
“Not talking? Fine, go down and join your subordinates then.”
“No, no, it was Xu Haide. He instructed me to target you,” Cao Zhengzhi said hastily.
Li Rong’s brows furrowed instantly, “Saint, Xu Haide?”
Xu Haide’s name was known to every transmigrator in Silver Wing City.
He was also the most successful transmigrator in Silver Wing City.
Backed by the Church, he had resources and people at his disposal, practically the protagonist of this world.
Not everyone may have seen him, but everyone knew the name.
“Yes, he said you were in close contact with his enemies and told me to cause you trouble,” Cao Zhengzhi, having said it, didn’t feel much of a burden anymore.
He began to take the initiative to divulge some information, lest after he had spoken, Li Rong would kill him anyway.
Hearing Cao Zhengzhi’s words, Li Rong was dumbfounded.
She never expected the investigation would eventually lead to Xu Haide.
She dared to kill Wang Zuo and Cao Zhengzhi, but Xu Haide was a different matter. If she were to kill Xu Haide, she would have to consider how to face the Church’s retaliation.
Saints were among the candidates for the next Archbishop and Bishop within the Church.
Even if they engaged in many despicable and shady methods among themselves, if an outsider touched a Saint,
They would unquestionably be wiped out by the Church.
Especially since her city was right next to Silver Wing City.
Either she had to kill Xu Haide quietly, ensuring the Church couldn’t trace his death back to her, or she had to swallow her pride and pretend as if nothing had happened.
At this point, Li Rong truly did not know what to do.
“Seize their Book of City Lord and lock them up,” Li Rong said softly.
The soldiers came and took away both Cao Zhengzhi’s and Wang Zuo’s Book of City Lord.
“Sister Li, you see, my… why are you taking mine too?” Wang Zuo said anxiously.
Li Rong glared at him, and he immediately shut up.
There was no dungeon in this city, and leaving them in an outside cage could easily freeze them to death.
So a room was found, and the two were locked inside.
Strict orders were given for them to be closely guarded.
After the two were taken away, Li Rong opened the Book of City Lord and contacted Fang Hao.
Her words were direct, “Xu Haide arranged an ambush to kill me, how should I handle it?”
Fang Hao stood on the first floor of the Viscera Museum, chatting with Amanda beside him.
Heart-wrenching screams could occasionally be heard coming from the second floor.
It was enough to make one’s heart tremble.
Following Amanda’s advice, Fang Hao had delivered the captured Shadow Stabber – Morse to the Viscera Museum.
After explaining the situation to Nelson,
He received Nelson’s reply that it was possible to attempt, but the cost of materials was significant, and there was risk involved.
If it failed, Morse’s soul would be severely traumatized—unable to speak of death, he would become dull and intellectually impaired.
After consulting with Amanda and others, Fang Hao still decided to hand Morse over to Nelson.
“It doesn’t look like it’s going to be a success,” Fang Hao glanced at the second floor.
These heart-wrenching screams did not seem to foretell success.
Amanda held her scepter and spoke calmly, “This is her only chance to survive and a test. Whether she can make it through depends largely on her own will.”
Indeed, only after breaking the original contract would Fang Hao and his party accept her and sign a new contract with her.
Otherwise, the only option would be to kill her and make her body into a skeleton.
“Right, I hope she can make it,” Fang Hao said.
Just then, a private chat notification came from the Book of Lords.
Upon opening it, he saw the message about Li Rong being ambushed by Xu Haide.
He immediately replied, “How is it? Are you alright?”
“I’m fine. I’ve captured two of the people who ambushed me, and from their lips, I learned that Xu Haide is the mastermind. Now I’m not sure whether I should kill Xu Haide, or what I should do?” Li Rong’s message came through.
From her words, one could sense her hesitation.
Being ambushed indicated that hostilities had already begun, but now she was unable to retaliate.
Xu Haide could attack her, but she could not strike back.
This left Li Rong feeling frustrated, uncertain whether to engage in a do-or-die struggle.
Fang Hao was equally shocked.
Shocked that Xu Haide would move against Li Rong, and shocked that Li Rong managed to capture Cao Zhengzhi.
Cao Zhengzhi was in the channel investigating the Undead north of Pruell City, and he had instructed Fu Lei to make contact with him,
To try to draw out his identity.
There hadn’t been much progress on Fu Lei’s part, and now he had been directly caught by Li Rong.
Analyzing the situation, Fang Hao realized that Xu Haide’s likely target was himself, and Li Rong was inadvertently involved.
After some thought, Fang Hao said, “This is a matter for you to weigh the pros and cons. If you want Xu Haide dead, arrange for someone to kill him, then I will teleport you away, and you can choose a new city to develop in. But that means giving up Silver Wing City, and ‘Fairy Dream Tower’s’ market in human cities will also be affected.
If you’re not in a hurry to kill him, you can use the people you’ve captured as double agents, informing us of Xu Haide’s plans. Since they’ve already named Xu Haide, it shouldn’t be too hard to persuade them to be insiders.”
On the other end, there was silence.