The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess

"Hilia?" Taros frowned and pondered for a moment, "This name sounds a bit familiar."

Hilia restored her original appearance.

Taros was a Tier Five Mage, capable of seeing through Hilia’s disguise. Considering the situation, Hilia felt there was no need to hide and instead boldly revealed herself.

Even if she didn’t reveal herself, it was pointless.

Taros might not be able to recognize her immediately but could effortlessly see through Encore’s disguise.

Even without Encore, he could sense she might be lying.

Hilia didn’t have the strength to deal with a Tier Five.

But that wasn’t the main reason for her confidence; her true trump card was, of course, Rose!

She couldn’t fight, but could Lord Rose be unable to fight?

Even if Rose couldn’t win on her behalf, could they not escape?

What?

Encore?

Ah... it’s a bit difficult. She’ll just have to suffer for a while.

Encore suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

"So it is you, the champion of the Mage League, the Holy Court’s prospective Holy Daughter, Hilia."

Taros put away his casual demeanor, recalling various deeds Hilia had done, growing serious.

He didn’t care about Hilia’s strength; the gap between Tier Three and Tier Five would leave even the Gods helpless.

But Hilia’s identity and the many things she had accomplished commanded serious attention.

She had participated multiple times in counter-heretic actions, dismantled countless heretic bases, resolved the Abyss Gate summoned by the Polar Blood Alliance in Kost City, severely injuring a Tier Four Mage with one strike, and later joined the Deep Sea engagement. Her scroll played a significant role, directly transforming the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association from an almighty twelve heretics to lesser beings.

Although the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association ranked bottom in twelve heretics, excluding their formidable Array deployment capabilities, it was still a giant entity living for hundreds of years.

Whether it be the Holy Court or other empires, everyone believed the engagement against the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association would be prolonged due to the problematic chaos and pollution in Golden Apple Stone Forest.

Yet Hilia developed a scroll to isolate pollution upon arrival and publicly revealed a Purification Skill tailored specifically against heretics.

These deeds couldn’t help but earn Taros’s attention.

Despite the Holy Court claiming that Hilia inspired Shuoen to ultimately create the method, Dragon Riders had their intelligence networks, and as Erina’s disciple, Taros was naturally aware of these details.

All signs indicated Hilia as a genius Mage.

A hint of killing intent flickered through his eyes.

The Holy Court and the four great empires had long been at odds; with Hilia almost certain to become the future Holy Daughter, she was tantamount to a future formidable adversary.

At present, the enemy had yet to mature; she was fragile before him, and her life could be in his control with just one thought.

Eliminating an ingenious enemy, even at the cost of incurring the Holy Court’s wrath later, would be worthwhile.

Thus, Taros hesitated, contemplating whether to kill Hilia here.

His face changed unpredictably, then moments later, he shook his head, abandoning the thought.

Could such a formidable genius mage be without protection from the Holy Court?

Taros found it unlikely.

Perhaps there was a Tier Six Mage observing in the shadows; if he acted, he’d likely be the first to perish.

Only with a shot from a Tier Six Mage could the resolution be assured.

Even without Tier Six Mage protection, Taros believed Hilia had some backing.

Regardless of which, Taros ultimately gave up the idea of killing Hilia.

Instead, he found another matter more concerning.

"Miss Hilia, what is your intention for suddenly appearing on Dragon Island and partaking in the Dragon Island Volcano incident, releasing our clients and letting them take Dragon Island’s assets for free? Intending to incite war between Ista and the Blue Dragon Empire?"

Taros narrowed his eyes, attempting to exert pressure through grand circumstances.

Hilia blinked: "Lord Taros, you hold Hilia in too high regard. I am merely an ordinary Tier Three Mage, a magic academy student, neither employed by the Holy Court nor an Ista official, with insufficient strength to provoke a war. Why would you think such, Lord?"

"Indeed, but Miss Hilia, as the future Holy Court Saintess, you privately on Dragon Island facilitated our clients’ escape, causing substantial losses to Dragon Island. What do you propose as reparation?"

Hilia appeared unperturbed, glanced towards the Dragon Rider Captain still hacking at vines, and said: "I’ve recorded the entire process; don’t think you can shift the blame onto me. It was your people who dismantled the Array around the wall..."

Hilia paused, "Of course, from what you see, couldn’t you tell they were heretic spies? I’m helping you identify the spies; the Dragon Riders ought to thank me instead of pinning the heretic blame on me, don’t you think?"

Hilia sensed Taros’s fleeting killing intent but his subsequent inaction indicated that Dragon Island probably wouldn’t take action hereafter.

The young lady slightly relaxed.

Despite having Rose as her assurance, there’s still fear facing high-tier mages.

Encore moved beside Hilia and released the combat sequence with the Dragon Rider Captain.

Nothing was more persuasive than projection records.

Taros watched, furrowing his brow.

Hilia spread her hands, pretending helplessness: "Lord Taros, you saw it too. I originally meant to prevent conflict because within the volcano, we discovered numerous Tower of Descent bases where they planted emotional toxins aiming to ignite conflicts between mages and riders in the Dragon Island region. They intended for mages and riders to battle to the death, and I stopped this riot from occurring, yet didn’t expect your subordinates to act first."

Encore echoed: "Right, as you saw, not long into the battle, your subordinate exposed his identity as a heretic. Does Lord Taros still wish to trouble us?"

At this moment, due to Taros’s arrival, Dragon Rider Guards mustered the courage to dash over, standing behind Taros, vigilantly watching the two, awaiting Taros’s orders.

Around them, several mages who hadn’t escaped were observing the commotion, among them were Tier Four Mages stirred by the movement from below.

Through Hilia’s elucidation and other nearby mages’ explanations, they understood the precise occurrence, instantly watching Taros and Hilia with a spectator’s gaze.

"Is Dragon Rider synonymous with ingratitude now? Surely not, surely not."

"I watched the whole thing; in the end, the Dragon Rider leader didn’t focus on judging the heretic but decided to trouble a brave girl standing up. That’s outrageous!"

"No wonder that guy dared charge so much money, tsk tsk tsk."

"..."

The surrounding chatter made Taros furrow his brow.

He glanced around, silencing the crowd’s remarks gradually.

He looked at Hilia, calmly said, "Thank you, Miss Hilia, for your help. You are an esteemed guest of the Blue Dragon Empire. Please come with me; Dragon Island will not neglect esteemed guests."

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