Chapter 120: The True Culprit Is Actually Her! A Demon Disguised as a Victim!

"After the radical Blood Clan gained power, they quickly rounded up the conservative Blood Clan. We left the Dixia Shijie and secretly took control of a human city-state in the surface world."

"With the help of the power of the Outer God, we were victorious in every battle. The territory we controlled expanded more and more, and in the end, we ruled the entire Northern Continent."

"I see." Listening to Lucy's words, Yun Mu thought to herself.

She had previously seen history regarding the Scarlet Court in the library, and at the time, she had been guessing whether the Blood Clan had a hand in it.

After all, from a weak, nameless city-state to a super Kingdom that unified the entire North Continent, the time the Scarlet Court took was too short!

This simply wasn't reasonable! Plus, the nobles of the Scarlet Court had a habit of drinking human blood, and the regions they ruled had to offer blood as tribute almost every so often—this almost confirmed the existence of the Blood Clan.

"Then what about the plague that caused the fall of the Scarlet Court?" she couldn't help but ask.

"That was not a plague at all," Lucy responded.

"That was the arrival of the Scarlet."

"We begged the gods for power, and the Scarlet responded to us."

"But when It demanded repayment from us, no one could pay the price."

"The domain of blood was encroached upon by the Scarlet, and almost all the Blood Clan turned into monsters of the Scarlet."

"A terrifying Curse broke out in the Kingdom, and in just one night, the rule of the Scarlet Court ended."

Lucy's tone was somewhat lonely as she said: "In the end, when the Curse spread to a certain scale, the world took action."

"All information and power related to the Scarlet were sealed into the Echoes at the borders, and those mixed-blood humans with Blood Clan bloodlines were not entangled by the Scarlet because their bloodlines were not manifest."

"They were thus able to be preserved. I think the royal bloodline of the current Frost Kingdom is likely one of those branches."

"Is this why Brenna's blood would attract me?" Yun Mu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Then why didn't I have this feeling before?" she asked.

"It must be that too much time has passed and the bloodline is too weak, causing you to be unable to perceive it when you were at the First Rank," Lucy explained.

"Fine, whatever." Yun Mu reluctantly accepted this explanation.

"But I still have two questions," she said.

"Are all Bloodline descendants attracted by the blood of the Blood Clan?"

"Regarding what you said about all power and information related to the Scarlet being sealed in the Echoes at the borders, then what is the deal with the Anchor?"

"Let's answer the first question first." Hearing her words, Lucy replied: "I think so, but I don't know the specific reason."

"And regarding the Anchor Point..." She paused slightly, then continued: "The world is not omnipotent; information inscribed deep in the Ether is difficult to erase."

"Any Legendary-level existence will leave behind a special mark unique to the individual in the Ether; this mark is also known as the Proof of Legend."

"Plus, that Scarlet Outer God clearly wouldn't let the results It achieved go to waste."

"So my corpse was preserved and became the only Anchor."

"It would be fine if no one had ever discovered it..." Lucy said, sounding as if she had a headache: "As for that Bishop Land, the item he was researching must be my corpse."

"It's truly ironic. I also researched many creatures while I was alive, whether they were living or dead."

"But I never imagined that I would be the one being researched after death."

Speaking of this, Lucy's tone became uncharacteristically indignant, and she said through gritted teeth: "If I have the chance, I must beat that Bishop up!"

"Haha..." Listening to Lucy's complaints in her mind, Yun Mu gave two dry laughs.

Beat him up with what? Someone who could become a Bishop of the Dark Night Church in Frostfall City must have at least Fourth Order Master strength, just like Sixin. If Lucy had her strength from when she was alive, then naturally she could handle him easily.

But now... the two of them combined weren't enough to fight him, so they should just wash up and go to sleep.

"Princess, this is the newspaper you wanted."

Just then, Elena, who had already cleared the dinner plates, walked to Brenna's side holding a newspaper and said.

"... Mm, thank you for your hard work."

Snapping out of her deep thoughts, Brenna took the newspaper and said to Elena.

Without replying, Elena stepped back slightly and stood beside Brenna with her figure standing straight.

"Ha, those guys at the Church are really fast."

With a light chuckle, Brenna handed the newspaper to Yun Mu to look at and said: "You've become famous, Miss Yun."

Taking the newspaper from her hand, Yun Mu looked at the content on the front page.

【The true culprit of the Dried Corpse Murder Case is actually her! A demon disguised as a victim!】

"What the hell."

Just seeing the title, Yun Mu couldn't keep her composure. She continued to look down, and the first thing that caught her eye was the portrait of her taken at the Guard Hall back then.

"Fine, fine, very good."

She suddenly smiled with relief, then flipped to the main text.

Setting aside some fluff, the general meaning was that the Guard Hall had tried their best before, but hadn't found a single clue about the culprit.

This was entirely because the clue Yun Mu provided was fake, and she was the true culprit of the Dried Corpse Murder Case.

If it weren't for Father Yehua of the Dark Night Church seeing through the culprit's trick, the people at the Guard Hall would probably still be wasting manpower looking for a target that didn't exist at all! The editor who wrote this report was either a fanatic fan of the Church or a hater of the Guard Hall.

The other party praised the Church almost without reservation, while at the same time very cleverly not saying anything bad about the Guard Hall on the surface.

They were just guiding the readers' emotions, making them think the Guard Hall was incompetent.

This kind of tactic could catch countless fish even on the internet-savvy Earth, let alone in a world like this? But speaking of Father Yehua... the other party was still in the captain's cabin of the Cold Crow cuddling with a damaged Steam Mecha; it was about time she let him out.

But there was still a final part of this report she hadn't finished reading; she'd wait until she finished it.

"An interview with the Guard Team Captain?" Yun Mu was a bit surprised, and the image of that middle-aged Guard Team Captain appeared in her mind almost subconsciously.

【Question: May I ask what your opinion is on being deceived by the culprit?】

【Answer: I have no opinion on this. If you think the truth of the matter is like this, then go ahead and investigate.】

【Question: Do you think the Church's direction of investigation is wrong?】

【Answer: I did not say that. Please do not smear me, Mr. Reporter.】

【Question: Alright, then may I ask, why did you so easily believe the evidence provided by the murderer back then?】

【Answer: Please do not question the professionalism of the Guard team; we naturally had full considerations when making our choices. Additionally, the recording of this interview will be kept in the Guard Hall throughout. Please do not take any actions that add fuel to the fire when publishing, otherwise the Guard Hall will have the right to pursue legal accountability against your agency.】

PS: I feel like my throat could breathe fire right now.

My whole body is also incredibly hot. (It's burning up 【not】). If nothing unexpected happens, it should be much better tomorrow.

(End of chapter)