Chapter 620 - 618: Mornis’s Anger, Elina Disappears

Mornis returned to the City Lord’s Mansion with a grim expression.

Everyone came up to him.

"Lord City Lord, how is it?"

"Did they catch that Shadow Mage?"

"Is that Shadow Mage a Dark Elf?"

"..."

Mornis did not answer the many questions, maintaining a solemn face with an unpredictable expression.

A moment later, he asked, "How is Miss Hilia’s condition?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

Finally, the most trusted Holy Priest stepped forward.

"Not good, Lord Mornis." He looked at Hilia, who was placed on the bed and still frozen in ice, and said, "The Shadow Mage is very powerful, and after succeeding, he injected the power of death into Hilia through a weapon."

Mornis’s expression kept changing, and no one knew what he was thinking.

A moment later, he said, "Let’s do our best to heal her. Miss Hilia is a benefactor of Watch City; we can’t sit idly by while she is assassinated."

"We’ll do our best."

The ice not only isolated healing but also probing; except for Hilia herself, everyone outside was unaware of her physical condition.

Hilia froze herself to isolate the outside and protect herself, using a Magic Puppet’s life magic to heal herself.

Because she wanted to tackle [Withered Wood], Hilia preferred not to be disturbed.

The ice layer was so thick that, unless violently cracked, these Holy Priests, who were not skilled at combat, could hardly deal with Hilia’s ice seal.

Non-Holy Priests also dared not make a move, fearing accidentally causing the seriously injured Hilia to die.

When Mornis left the room, he paused and then said to the inside, "Butler, come out for a moment."

The butler was puzzled and walked out.

Mornis did not speak, just kept walking until he reached a secret room.

"What do you think of this matter?" Mornis asked.

The butler thought for a moment and said, "That person looked like someone from the Dark Elves, but not exactly. It seemed like someone else wanted to frame the Dark Elves."

Saying this, the butler hesitated for a moment and shook his head: ’I’m not sure if I should say.’

"Withered Wood, right?"

The butler nodded.

Bang!

Mornis slammed the table in the room into pieces with a punch.

"What exactly do they want to do?! Doing this in Watch City, are they trying to drive Hilia away?"

The butler hesitated for a moment and said, "It’s not impossible. What Miss Hilia did in the Elf Race’s territory has greatly diminished their prestige. In the past two days, they’ve found a way to deal with it, and before it’s promoted, Hilia... may just be an unstable factor for them."

Mornis looked at the butler and asked, "What stance should Watch City take, in your opinion?"

The butler, who had been with Mornis since childhood and was Mornis’s right-hand man, was often consulted by Mornis for advice, which Mornis would then use as a reference for his decisions.

The butler sighed, "We don’t know how ’they’ will handle it, but since they haven’t informed us, it means they don’t want us to intervene. As I see it, maybe we should just treat it as a Dark Elf matter. We’re not insiders anyway."

Mornis’s expression was variable, and only after a long time did he leave with his hands behind his back.

As the ruler of a major city second only to the Royal City, Mornis naturally knew about the Elf Royal Court’s secret weapon, [Withered Wood], and even knew the location of Withered Wood’s base in Watch City. However, since it was a secret organization directly under the Elf King, he chose not to intervene, merely assigning someone to monitor it secretly.

However, this suddenly appearing Tier Five assassin was not from the base, and he hadn’t received any news about it, indicating that even within the Royal Court, only a few people knew.

There could be just a few people who knew, besides the Shadow Mage as the assassin; others might not have any information.

Under these circumstances, he naturally had no way to react immediately.

Unless the assassination was aimed at him, or he received wind of it in advance and was on guard, only then might he have been able to prevent it.

But Shadow Mages are assassins precisely because they are unstoppable, with extremely strong abilities in assassination and escape. If they set their minds on fleeing, unless possessing special countermeasures or magic against Shadow Mages, even being a tier higher makes it hard to stop them.

Of course, Mornis was not unable to stop the opponent.

But upon realizing the identity of the opponent, he hesitated for a moment, which allowed the opponent to successfully escape.

Soon after, scouts outside Withered Wood’s base reported that a suspected Dark Elf member of Withered Wood had entered the base.

Mornis confirmed that the entrant was indeed that Tier Five Mage.

Initially, there was some uncertainty; now, it was all confirmed.

"It seems we’ll have to kill some Dark Elves to quell the public anger."

Mornis shook his head helplessly.

In this situation, it is likely that Hilia will leave directly, and by then, those people who haven’t had the chance to enjoy Hilia’s purification will probably riot.

The anti-Dark Elf wave may rise to the highest level.

Even if the Elf Royal Court doesn’t plan to eradicate the Dark Elves, the local nobles and city lords like them will stand up and set an example.

At least remove some of the Dark Elf bases within the region.

Besides setting an example, Mornis still had to do one thing.

He needed to do everything to heal Hilia.

As an invisible opposition to the actions of the Elf Royal Family.

"Speaking of which, when Elina and Hilia came here, did she know anything about this?"

Mornis frowned.

Recalling carefully, it seemed like she disappeared after the very beginning.

But given her status, it is impossible for her to be a medium for guiding the assassin; that would be somewhat wasteful.

So, where did Elina go?

Mornis pondered as he walked.

Just as he was preparing to find someone to investigate Elina’s whereabouts, Candia approached him.

"Lord Mornis, have you seen Elina?" Candia asked.

Mornis raised his head, looking quizzically at the elder responsible for protecting Elina, "Elder Candia wasn’t always with her? Why..."

Candia said in frustration, "After the chaos broke out, she rushed over to check on Miss Hilia’s injuries. When I went in to find her, she was already gone, and the mark I added to her has disappeared."

Mornis’s curiosity grew.

But he shook his head: "I’m sorry, I don’t know where Miss Elina went either."

"Please, Lord Mornis, help find her. Elina’s safety is paramount."

Thinking about the Elf Royal Court, which disregarded his dignity and didn’t inform him, openly assassinating Hilia under everyone’s noses, plunging Watch City into chaos, Mornis snorted inwardly.

This Elf Royal Court had become rotten, perhaps this Miss Elina could...

Mornis’s eyes flashed, and he made some calculations in his heart.

"Alright, I’ll help you find her."