Chapter 215: Lord Withered Has Betrayed?
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Updated : Oct 14th, 2025
Chapter 215: Lord Withered Has Betrayed?
"Done!"
With a pop,
Their foreheads separated. Kiri’s face was pale as a ghost, but it couldn’t hide the joy in her heart.
The second she finished,
Diliya in Kiri’s arms woke up:
"Who are you?"
She noticed she was being held by a girl and quickly broke free.
As an adult being held by a kid was kinda awkward.
"Diliya!
You’re okay!"
Becky grabbed her best friend’s hand and filled her in on everything that had just gone down.
...
"Kiri, thank you so much for saving my life."
Diliya seriously thanked the girl in front of her.
Seeing how pale she looked, she knew the price wasn’t cheap.
"I’ll do whatever it takes to pay you back."
Kiri had been waiting for those exact words:
"Diliya,
I need you to come with me somewhere."
Her voice was weak, but her emerald pupils were totally alert.
"No problem!"
Diliya agreed without hesitation.
After all, someone had saved her life—this small favor had to be done.
"Then let’s head out now!"
Kiri’s eyes lit up with joy.
She remembered the fifth Valkyrie Sacred Relic was on some abandoned altar near Rock Sand City.
To avoid any drama, they should grab it now.
"Now?"
Diliya was floored.
She’d just been rescued and hadn’t had a chance to catch her breath, and now they were hitting the road again!
Kiri said helplessly:
"Diliya,
This is totally necessary.
Because I only temporarily fixed your aftereffects.
To completely cure you,
We’ve gotta go to that place."
Yeah, Kiri was in such a rush to go mostly because of this.
Only by inheriting the fifth Valkyrie would Diliya’s soul instability problem be totally solved.
Hearing this,
Diliya could indeed feel her life force slowly leaking away:
"Kiri..."
She was touched and felt like crap—she’d actually misjudged this girl.
She was clearly asking for company to save her.
For a moment, Diliya liked Kiri even more.
"So Kiri is the strange traveler!"
Becky had an "aha!" moment—the prophecy poem was totally confirmed!
"That’s right,
I’m the strange traveler!"
Kiri suddenly got it.
She knew the Destiny Witch’s prophecy poem for her friend by heart.
She never expected to be one of the characters in the prophecy poem.
"What crazy prophetic powers."
Suddenly, she got lost in thought.
Since there was such an accurate prophecy poem, did it mean the future was set in stone?
Was everything she did just walking toward some predetermined ending?
Kiri was totally confused.
All these coincidences gave her a whole new take on destiny.
Carlos’s eyes narrowed:
"Predicting the future—
Truly an incredible ability."
Carlos knew what was in that prophecy poem they’d mentioned over and over.
Now it was playing out exactly as predicted,
Which was pretty mind-blowing.
"Too bad the Eyes of Calamity’s side effects are too brutal,
Otherwise I’d really love to know
What my future’s gonna look like."
Carlos’s mouth curved up.
His future self
Would most likely become humanity’s top dog, leading humans to wipe out the dark mist and bring back humanity’s glory!
...
The day after Carlos trashed the Black Sinners’ hidden cave,
Rock Sand City District Four, some ordinary house,
In the basement,
A mysterious little ritual was carved into the floor.
A woman with her face covered by a layer of dark mist
Was kneeling before the ritual, looking puzzled, staring at the withered tree statue at the ritual’s center.
"Why isn’t Lord Withered answering?"
Luckybe was confused. Just a few days ago when checking in, he’d requested today’s progress report.
"Did something hold him up?"
Luckybe wondered.
But what could be more important than invading the Material Realm?
This was crunch time related to whether the clan could get stronger.
Not only was there no response,
Even weirder,
Yesterday, Lord Withered’s aura on the withered tree statue suddenly completely vanished without any warning.
A bad feeling crept up in Luckybe’s heart:
"I can’t wait around anymore.
First contact other clansmen
To pass along messages!"
Without Lord Withered’s descent, the portal ritual’s safety couldn’t be guaranteed at all.
Right then,
Urgent knocking came from outside:
"Come in!"
Luckybe’s face scrunched up. Without something really important,
Her underlings would never barge in here to report.
As soon as she finished talking,
A Black Sinner burst through the door in total panic and ran in,
Hitting the ground with a thud.
"Lord Luckybe!
This is bad!"
Luckybe’s expression went dark:
"What happened?
Did the human bigshots figure out what we’re up to?"
She had a really bad feeling in her gut.
The mid-tier Black Sinner said, shaking like a leaf:
"Three... Three-Fork Mountain had a disaster!"
"What!"
Luckybe shot up:
"Spit it out!"
Her voice was loaded with menace.
"This... this morning the clansman sent to make contact
Just got back,
Reporting that the clansmen at Three-Fork Mountain were all slaughtered!
Even Lord Jeff didn’t make it!"
Luckybe’s head was spinning.
Her first thought was:
"Humans!
Humans found us out!
We need to bug out immediately!"
Her tone was frantic—she figured they’d be busted soon too!
"Sir, but it doesn’t look like humans did it."
The mid-tier Black Sinner was hesitant to speak.
"What do you mean?"
Luckybe frowned.
If not humans, could it be dark mist monsters?
"According to the news our clansman brought back,
The power that killed them seemed... seemed to be..."
The mid-tier Black Sinner stuttered, never daring to say that forbidden name.
"Spit it out—who was it?"
Luckybe impatiently pushed.
There was nobody else here now—what was there to be scared of?
"It was... it was Lord Withered’s power!"
"Bullcrap!"
Luckybe’s eyes burned with killing intent.
She figured her subordinate’s brain was fried.
Lord Withered—who was that?
That was their Black Sinner clan’s False King!
How could he kill his own people?
The mid-tier Black Sinner quickly pulled out several items:
"Sir,
Please look—
These are pieces of clansmen’s bodies left in the Three-Fork Mountain cave."
An aged severed arm, an elderly head, and a set of aged gear.
"This... this is the power of Withering Domain!"
Luckybe couldn’t believe her eyes.
She could tell at a glance
That only Lord Withered’s terrifying power could cause such a horrifying aging scene.
"This head... Jeff!"
Luckybe barely recognized
This aged head was high-tier Black Sinner Jeff!
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