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"..."
After Leon finished speaking, Faceless's expression grew even more unpleasant.
"Please hurry, my patience is limited. If you cannot show your sincerity, even though you are a talented person, your threat is too great for me. I must get rid of you today."
Leon urged.
"There are other people here. Can you be the only one who can see this?"
The faceless man attempted to negotiate a lower price.
"Don't worry, there are only the four of us here. If you dare to try anything funny in the future, I'll have Leticia and Elena kill you."
"Leon said."
"Row……"
Faceless gritted his teeth, his expression one of hardship and pain. Finally, he let out a long sigh. Then, he finally made up his mind, and his body began to change. In no time, Elena's face was replaced by a new one.
This turned out to be a cute, youthful-looking little girl with purple hair, wearing a striped pink sundress, pigtails, and pink bow hair clips on both sides of her hair.
"what?"
Philippa, who was next to her, exclaimed in surprise, covering her mouth with both hands in a surprised "O" shape.
Leon's eyes widened in disbelief.
Leticia and Elena both showed expressions of surprise.
Chapter 45 Old Lolita
"Is this your true form?"
Leon found it somewhat unbelievable.
"correct."
The faceless woman spoke, her voice transforming into a soft, childlike tone, "Is it strange?"
"It is indeed strange. I never expected you to be like this."
In Leon's opinion, Faceless was either an older man or a middle-aged man. He couldn't possibly be associated with a young girl or a little girl.
"You're not disguised as someone else again to fool us, are you?"
Leon said warily.
"How could that be... This can't be faked. You can verify it yourself to confirm. Anyone who has seen my true form will be immune to any supernatural attacks from my transformation abilities."
Faceless explained, and as soon as she finished speaking, her figure immediately changed, instantly transforming into the tall figure of Seth.
He pressed down with his broadsword, gathering momentum in an instant, and then slashed at Leon with extreme ferocity.
Standing next to Leon, Philippa immediately became alert and tried to protect him. However, when Faceless's attack landed near Leon, it was inexplicably neutralized by an invisible rule. His seemingly powerful strike passed through Leon's body as if it were air, causing no damage whatsoever.
Then, countless white lights flashed as Faceless unleashed another sword strike towards Philippa, Leticia, and Elena.
Without exception, all these attacks were ineffective against the three of them. Faceless was now like a silly little girl being picked up by an adult with one hand, waving her arms and legs wildly. No matter how she struggled, she could only make no progress in mid-air.
"Now do you believe me?"
Faceless switched back to her true form—a purple-haired loli with twin ponytails and a pink halter top.
"Your power seems to be the authority of the goddess of wisdom."
Leon looked at the faceless man and felt a sense of déjà vu.
A moment later, he remembered that it was when his body was controlled by the divine punishment, and his subconscious saw the goddess of wisdom in human form through the eyes of the divine punishment.
He remembered that the goddess of wisdom was just like that little girl.
"Yes, although I am a citizen of Fchester, I am actually from the Duchy of Ariel. My father was from the Duchy of Ariel, and he married into the Fchester family."
"Faceless said."
What a fine son-in-law!
Leon sighed inwardly.
"So it seems you're like me, a hybrid of Ariel and Fchester."
"Leon said."
It is certain that Leon's mother was a princess of the Duchy of Ariel, but whether his father was Hoyle I or Caesar is unknown.
Because Leon could not determine when Caesar was replaced by Hoyle I.
Hoyle I was greedy and lustful by nature, and he would probably take Caesar's form and enjoy his new wife in Caesar's place.
Therefore, it is highly likely that Leon's biological father was Hoyle I, who always treated Leon and Hoyle as his own sons and showed Naiden the same kind of leniency as a "benevolent father".
Therefore, Leon and Lyon should most likely not call Naiden "uncle," but rather "brother"... their half-brother.
Poor Leon's mother, she thought that the person she shared a bed with day and night was her beloved Prince Caesar.
This was utterly absurd, so for the sake of the Hoyle family's reputation, even if Leon was Hoyle I's child, he could only acknowledge that he was Caesar's child and that Hoyle I was his grandfather.
But regardless of whether his biological father was Hoyle I or Caesar, Leon was of mixed blood, belonging to both the royal family of the Duchy of Ariel and the imperial family.
"Yes, but my bloodline is more Arielian, and the ability I awakened is an extremely rare and powerful ability of the lineage of the Goddess of Wisdom of the Duchy of Ariel."
Faceless replied, "My ability is replication. Replication allows me to transform into anyone's appearance and impersonate them convincingly. Furthermore, the more I impersonate a person, the more abilities I gain from them."
"However, I can't just play the role of anyone. I have to consume this person's blood. I don't need much, just one drop is enough."
Faceless continued.
"I see, it is indeed a very powerful ability."
Leon said, "So in order to prevent others from seeing your true self, you never show your real appearance. You've always been playing other people, and you try to play roles that are very different from your loli appearance to mislead others?"
"Is such that."
"No Face puffed out his cheeks and muttered."
Aside from the fatal weakness of not being able to see through his true form, Faceless's ability seems invincible, with extremely strong versatility, and can adapt to almost any battlefield environment.
Similar to Helena's healing, but Helena's healing is more unpredictable and difficult to defend against. Furthermore, Faceless doesn't simply possess all the abilities of the person he's imitating after transforming into their appearance; he still needs to impersonate them. In contrast, Helena can directly copy all the abilities of the person she's healing and can even read their memories during the healing process.
When it comes to power, Feng Aotian is the best.
It's unclear which god's authority Helena's power belongs to; it's somewhat similar to the god of wisdom, but not quite.
It may be a vacant divine authority, and there is no such god in the world to this day.
"Alright, that's enough for now, little faceless girl. You'll stay in the Thorn Forest for the time being."
"Leon said."
"Little sister? I'm already forty-seven years old..."
The faceless person seemed to be somewhat disrespectful.
"Alright, you 47-year-old baby-faced auntie."
Leon changed his tune.
"..."
He remained silent and expressionless, feeling that Leon was insulting him, but he couldn't provide any evidence.
"Alright, little sister, come with me."
Elena seemed to really like Faceless's loli form. She smiled with overflowing maternal love and stepped forward to take Faceless's little hand.
"..."
Faceless felt that he had no authority whatsoever.
"Little sister, let me tell you first, you've been staying in the Thorn Forest these past few days. We've been providing you with good food and drink, but it's not for free. You need to pay for it."
Leticia said, "If you want to stay in a room in Moonlight City, I'll give you a discount. You'll need to pay 600 Fechester coins for accommodation. As for food, you can order from outside. Our chefs in the city can provide food from outside, but you'll need to pay according to the menu."
"No, why are you charging me money? And 600 yuan a night for a room, isn't that robbery?!"
"He turned to look at Leon," the faceless man said angrily.
"Don't look at me. This is the Thorn Forest. What I say doesn't count."
Leon helplessly spread his hands, "Besides, Faceless, you don't lack this little bit of money, do you?"
"That being said, I don't know how long your civil war will last. I'm just spending money here endlessly!"
Faceless said with heartache, "You were born a prince, you have no idea how hard it is to earn money in this world! I worked so hard to earn all of this!"
"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about it."
"Leon said."
"If you don't pay, it's okay. In that case, your aunt will have to lock you in the dungeon and make you earn your living through labor every day."
Leticia flashed the same mischievous grin as Philippa.
"However, if you're willing to do this or that, I might consider keeping you as a sugar daddy because of your looks."
Then, Leticia revealed a wicked smile. It's common knowledge that Leticia is bisexual.
"Leticia, you don't even spare children!"
Elena condemned it.
"Mother, you..."
Philippa couldn't stand it either.
"What child? She's forty-seven. In human terms, that age means she's already halfway into old age."
Leticia was unconvinced.
"..."
Watching the three arguing, Faceless suddenly felt that maybe he should just die...
Chapter Forty-Six: Madam, Please Respect Yourself
Hetan City.
Gonzalez returned in less than three days. Before that, the commander-in-chief who had stayed behind on the banks of the Misi River was his adjutant, named Tom.
Tom had been Fitch's first mate in Gonzales before he was a pirate and before he was subdued by Naden and joined Fitch's army.
At that time, Tom was enjoying a peaceful revelry with the soldiers who had stayed behind in the municipal hall.
Tom was surprised to learn that Gonzalez had suddenly returned. He quickly stopped playing his music and rushed out to greet him. His relaxed attitude aroused Gonzalez's strong dissatisfaction, and Tom was immediately scolded by Gonzalez.
Now, aren't they planning to storm into Guberlan in one fell swoop? As one of Naiden's top combatants, why is Gangsares, who isn't on the front lines, suddenly bringing some reinforcements to his post-war area?
Tom was completely baffled. But upon learning of Leon's tactic of a surprise attack and encirclement, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Sure enough, at dusk, a large number of troops suddenly appeared in the downstream area on the opposite bank of the Mixi River. These enemy troops roamed furtively among the hills on the opposite bank of the river, as if they were ready to sneak across the river and launch an attack at any time.
Fortunately, Gangzares arrived first. He deployed a large force to firmly occupy the middle valley and secretly set up defensive artillery positions.
If Gangsales hadn't come and Tom had stayed behind, they might have been successfully ambushed and the enemy would have quickly pushed into Rivertown.
At that time, even if Tom wasn't killed by the enemy, he would have been court-martialed by Naden; he would have died either way.
"Lord Gangsales, how many enemies have come this time?"
Standing on the city wall of Rivertown, Tom asked.
"The number of vampire warriors among the 30,000 soldiers of the Duchy of Ariel is unknown, but vampires are already a small population, so the support they can provide is estimated to be no more than 10,000."
"Gonzares replied."
"They will launch an attack tonight. When the enemy begins to cross the river, we will bombard them with cannons and kill them in the river. At the same time, the Silver Blade Legion, which I have led, will wipe out all the thousands of vampire soldiers. We will make sure that these guys never return."
Then, Gonzalez added.
He said this with extreme confidence, as if he could be 100% certain that the enemy would enter the annihilation zone he had set up, just as he had predicted.
Gangsales was certainly confident, because the commander of the opposing army's Ariel soldiers was none other than the Faceless One disguised as Hawkeye, and the Faceless One would surely send all these soldiers to their deaths.
He only needs to deal with the vampire reinforcements; he doesn't know who the vampire commander will be. Gonzales has fought vampires many times, including some unparalleled angels. Aside from the unparalleled level, other vampires attacked with silver-plated weapons are as easy as cutting a soft persimmon with a cleaver; he can kill them effortlessly.