Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 623 - 449: The Witch’s Betrayal (1)

Chapter 623: Chapter 449: The Witch’s Betrayal (1)

The night sky.

Aileen’s screams were as mournful as a crying cuckoo shedding blood.

Those who heard it shed tears.

Mental torment is far more painful than physical torture.

For Aileen, every moment spent with Jie Luo, after his death, was her most treasured memory.

It was these memories that she relied on to soothe her longing for Jie Luo.

But, memories are just memories.

Even the most beautiful memories cannot replace reality.

After brief relief and happiness, what remained deep inside her was only emptiness, and an intensified longing for Jie Luo.

It was a vicious cycle, like a vortex of despair slowly devouring Aileen, making her desire to see Jie Luo grow stronger and crazier.

Only when Rose Vesper mentioned that Jie Luo could be resurrected did Aileen feel that her gloomy life had been lit up a little bit.

No matter how slim the possibility, it was the most precious hope for Aileen.

This hope had become the force that helped her survive, making her love for Jie Luo during her quest for his resurrection grow twisted.

Her possessiveness became stronger.

Although she hadn’t seen a glimpse of Jie Luo’s resurrection, when she saw her teammates were all women and Ronald, Aileen had already started feeling intolerable.

In the Demon Territory, she abandoned Ronald...

Although Luo Meng had sealed off the Demon Territory, she was the Thief Saint, and with Ronald, a swordsman known for his speed, could they really not escape the demon’s siege?

If Aileen really wanted to save Ronald, she could have shown herself to draw away many of the demon masters, creating an opportunity for Ronald to escape, and with Aileen’s Thief Saint abilities, escaping from the demons wouldn’t be difficult.

Could Aileen really not come up with such a simple tactic?

She cruelly left Ronald in the demon’s territory, where he was eventually captured alive by Luo Meng.

At the foot of Snow Mountain, she attacked Asina.

She even killed her own younger sister.

That was her twin sister, with whom she had grown up...

She had given up everything, sacrificed everyone, and in the end, it was all in vain with not a bit of value or meaning?

Qin Chu had already crushed one of Jie Luo’s Soul Fragments. The Residual Soul could never be complete again, and Jie Luo could never be resurrected. At this moment, the only light in her life had been extinguished.

What remained was only a dense and sticky darkness.

Aileen didn’t doubt Qin Chu’s words. Given Qin Chu’s fierce and cruel nature, crushing Jie Luo’s soul fragment was something he was definitely capable of.

Aileen’s pupils gradually became hollow.

There wasn’t a hint of life in them.

From the corners of her eyes, two crimson streaks rolled down, they were blood, but also tears.

Besides Aili’s voice of utter despair, there was no other sound around.

Tatter, a high-ranked member of the Hidden Society, shivered slightly, looking quite pale.

The situation had completely exceeded expectations.

The current situation was no longer in our favor.

The scenario had turned into eight powerful individuals from the Hidden Society and Aileen’s side versus the gravely injured Hero, Asina, Silf, Edson, Miluo, and thousands of soldiers of the Kingdom.

The scales had begun to tip, and Tatter felt something was amiss. What he found weird was, why hadn’t the Pride Witch made a move at such a critical time?

That mysterious, beautiful, and powerful being, what exactly is she waiting for?

Tatter wanted to escape, but they were completely surrounded.

Qin Chu was also curious why the Pride Witch had not appeared yet. After all, according to Asina’s information, the Pride Witch had explicitly stated she would participate in the operation against her.

However, currently, Aileen’s screams brought Qin Chu more pleasure.

The more she suffered, the more excited Qin Chu became.

What about the Hero’s honor?

Would people think it too cruel?

There was no need to care.

Once the news that Aileen and the Demon King had teamed up to assassinate the Hero spread, whatever Aileen faced was justified.

It was also a warning to King Edson and the people of the Kingdom.

Having experienced the first week, Qin Chu had understood that it wasn’t enough just to bestow favors. One must also display one’s strength and ruthlessness while bestowing them.

Combining grace and authority was the true way to reign.

Qin Chu wasn’t even eager to kill Aileen, her agonizing screams echoing in his ears were like beautiful music, and Qin Chu wanted to enjoy it a while longer.

Watching Aileen’s small body unable to withstand the brutal assault, curled up on the ground, convulsing, Qin Chu’s smile grew more and more splendid.

It was unclear how much time had passed. Aileen’s voice had gone from sharp to hoarse to weak groans, until at last, it completely disappeared.

The small body gently writhed on the ground, struggling, and somehow, she got up.

Huh?

Qin Chu’s expression was somewhat strange; her will seemed a bit stronger than he had imagined. Was there still some light in Aileen’s soul?

Had hope not been completely extinguished?

It seemed that her methods were still not cruel enough.

Qin Chu’s fingers touched her chin as she thought about other ways to torture someone... Well, she certainly had plenty of ideas.

It was at that moment Qin Chu caught a glimpse of Aileen’s eyes. They were still filled with desolation, but deep within her pupils, a crimson killing intent began to brew.

Was it despair that gave birth to hatred?

Silver threads swiftly flickered around Aileen’s left hand, slicing through the air with a hissing sound, while her right hand tightly gripped a sharp dagger.

With tearstains of blood on her face, she fixed her gaze on Qin Chu, the malice in the depths of her eyes almost materializing, sending shivers down anyone’s spine.

"Kill him!"

A chilling voice came from Aileen’s cherry lips.

The next second, Aileen’s body whooshed and disappeared from the spot, concealing her presence.

This command was for the three mysterious figures beside her, as well as for the Hidden Society’s three high-level masters.

The instant Aileen’s voice fell, the three towering figures suddenly lifted their heads, revealing the horrendous faces hidden beneath their cloaks.

Those faces, pale and devoid of light, were not the colors of normal life.

Their faces were covered with grime and filth.

Their skin was everywhere marked with stitches forming distorted scars like centipedes.

Their eyeballs, crimson and flickering, were weird and ominous.

Hiss.

Everyone who saw these three faces inhaled sharply almost at the same time, feeling an intangible terror compressing their chests and causing goosebumps all over their bodies.

In the next instant, two of the monsters moved.

Their sharp claws lunged forward for a grab, then violently pulled.

Following a hissing sound, two columns of blood sprayed out from mid-air.

In the palms of the two monsters suddenly appeared two human arms.

Aileen reappeared from her invisibility; the hands that were holding the weapons had vanished, and blood was spurting wildly from the stumps of her shoulders.

It was only two seconds later that unspeakable pain swept over Aileen’s body, her vision darkened and her legs weakened, causing her body to collapse to the ground as her screams of agony resurfaced.

What was happening?

Not only the soldiers nearby, but even Qin Chu’s face was filled with surprise, this turn of events having been completely unforeseen by him.

With Little Shaye, a supreme powerhouse, present, Qin Chu was not worried that Aileen could stir up any trouble... but this outcome, even Qin Chu could not have imagined.

Tatter’s face instantly turned deathly pale.

This is bad, very bad.

With all three high-ranking experts brought by Aileen turning traitors, the battle had completely turned around; staying here any longer meant death.

It must be said that Tatter’s mind worked very fast. The moment this thought appeared in his mind, his body swiftly retreated, with strong winds gathering around him attempting to break through the circle of soldiers around him.

Hiss.

But just at that moment, Tatter suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.

His body shook violently. As he looked down, a sharp sword had pierced through his heart from behind.

Blood rapidly stained his magic robe; spit and blood continuously spurted from his mouth.

With a bewildered twist of his head, standing right behind him was a man also clad in a black cloak, wielding a long sword.

That was none other than one of his own comrades—one of the three high-ranking experts of the Hidden Society, excluding the leader and the Pride Witch.

The physical pain could not mask the deep confusion in Tatter’s heart; he did not understand why a former comrade would attack him.

They were all God’s favorites, didn’t such betrayal fear divine retribution?

Was it really just for trying to flee, he had invited upon himself this judgment?

Just then, Tatter caught a glimpse of his comrade’s eyes; they were numb and unfeeling. Even as the sword pierced through his heart, his eyes showed no tremor.

Like round glass balls.

Puppets.

In that moment, a sudden realization flashed through Tatter’s soul.

"Pride..."

"You betrayed us..."

Hiss!

The long sword tore diagonally from the heart, exiting through the side of the head.

Tatter’s upper body was nearly split into two.

With a thud, the body fell to the ground, lifeless.

Meanwhile, Aileen’s agonizing screams continued, previously from the mental blow, and now from physical torture.

She did not understand why the three subordinates she controlled under the mysterious person’s influence had suddenly betrayed her.

And she did not understand why members of the Hidden Society would suddenly strike at their own comrade.

As if in that instant, everyone had turned into an enemy.

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