Miss Witch, it's time to clean up the entries

Chapter 288 "He...took my entry."

In the spacious and luxurious banquet hall of Duke Moria's Palace, several of the empire's true rulers were discussing matters around a round table.

What surprised the heads of the Creed families was that Moriah and Hall made such a big fuss but did not ask the Frank family to give up the throne, nor did they ask the Creed families to give up more interests. They simply wanted to become independent and withdraw from the Creed Alliance.

Even if Grand Duke Moria requested to expand the northern territory, the counties south of the Alans Mountains were already poor. They were just separated from the northern border and were not a loss to the empire. Moreover, the Alans Mountains were at a high altitude and could serve as a natural dividing line between the empire and the northern border.

And Earl Hall only wanted his family to escape unscathed.

From the perspective of profit distribution alone, what the two major families ask for is not much, and it is completely inconsistent with the strength they currently possess.

But they knew Seth Frank. The Frank family, which believed in the supremacy of imperial power, would never let these two giants return to the mountains, not to mention that the Hall family controlled most of the empire's wealth. If they let them leave, it would be equivalent to giving up ten gold mines.

In addition, Dorothy herself is a natural witch and has extremely high research value. Seth Frank has privately promised the Institute of Wisdom that he will make Dorothy an experimental research subject of the Institute of Wisdom.

Of course, these are not the most important reasons.

The most important thing is that they are too powerful and have so many gifts.

A man is innocent but is guilty of possessing a treasure. Neither the Frank family nor other creed families can allow these two big families to hold so many gifts and establish new forces in other places, because this will lay hidden dangers for their own future.

Even though Grand Duke Moria listed various reasons why they were bound to lose, had information about most of their family's gifts, and even displayed the domain of an eight-star war knight, it was indeed intimidating.

But Seth Frank has another card up his sleeve.

The Wisdom Institute still has a trump card.

It’s not the time when all is lost.

The four patriarchs, Remus Bock, Charles Simmons, Locke Edward, and Hughes Lane, all looked at Seth Frank at the same time.

Plop, plop, plop——

In the banquet hall, everyone's heartbeat rate was accelerating.

Seth Frank is operating the Beating Heart.

Even if Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall are already eight-star war knights, even if Li En's body is infinitely close to that of a vampire, even if Dorothy is a witch, as long as they have a heart, they will be controlled by themselves.

I can control their heart rate to accelerate continuously and eventually explode and die.

The first to fall were the personal maids who served the masters of the houses at all times, followed by the two knights of the Moria family who were guarding the gate.

The heads of the five creed families, the emperor and the queen had already prepared for this. Their hearts were cut by the Ripper and stored in an absolutely safe place, so there was no need to worry about any accidents.

At this time, Grand Duke Moria, Earl Hall, Li En and Dorothy also felt something unusual.

"What did you do?"

Dorothy asked.

Queen Emma sneered, "It seems the Eye of the Future isn't omnipotent, is it? You haven't chosen an outcome that's entirely favorable to you, because you haven't discovered our true trump card yet."

"It won't be long before you, like them, die of a burst heart."

Augustus looked at Dorothy and said,
"If you kneel down and beg me now to forgive your sins and come back to me, I will not kill you."

Emma frowned slightly, but soon she returned to normal. She knew that Dorothy would never kneel down and beg Augustus.

The proud Dorothy would never kneel to anyone even in death.

"I'm sorry, your wish will not be granted."

Dorothy said slowly, "Your cards have long been seen through."

Seth Frank was certain his hand hadn't been discovered in advance.

Because when Grand Duke Moria was counting the gifts, he didn't mention the "beating heart" at all.

If he knew about the existence of a "beating heart", he would definitely not fail to mention it.

But why are Grand Duke Moria, Earl Hall, Li En and Dorothy safe and sound?
Why were their hearts unaffected?
Unless, they don’t have a heart either!

Thinking of this, Seth Frank, who had even been to hell once, had his pupils shrank into needle points and couldn't help feeling a sense of fear.

The knuckles of his fingers holding the crystal glass were turning bluish-white, and the crystal glass shattered.

Suddenly, his Adam's apple rolled, as if he was swallowing some sharp fragments, and even the bulging blue veins on his neck froze.

All sounds were removed from the magnificent banquet hall, leaving only the sound of shattering glass vibrating deep in the eardrums.

The face that usually wore a smile now looked like a weathered stone statue, with the fine lines at the corners of the eyes clearly visible under the chandelier.

"impossible."

He finally uttered these three words, his vocal cords as stiff as rusty gears.

The heads of the four major creed families all showed expressions of disbelief.

The veins on Remus Burke's forehead first popped up, and the old man, who was used to giving orders with his chin, staggered and held on to the back of the gilded chair.

He held a two-thirds smoked cigar in his right hand, the burning ashes falling on the cuffs of his gorgeous dress, but he was unaware of the burning pain. The red gem inlaid on the scepter in his left hand was now reflected in his trembling irises and cracked inch by inch.

"Seth, you should be more serious."

He couldn't help but remind Seth Frank.

I thought it was just an operational error by Seth Frank.

Until I heard Seth Frank say, "They probably don't have a heart."

“No heart?”

Hughes Lane's emerald earrings made a sound like breaking ice. Charles Simmons and Locke Edward looked at each other with horror in their eyes.

"No heart? Are you saying Mary betrayed us?"

The first thing that came to Augustus' mind was his sister Mary's backstab.

After all, she had been waiting for this day for a long time.

If she could control the hearts of so many important figures, she could completely change the situation in the empire and force Augustus to abdicate.

Seth Frank shook his head, "No, she won't betray the family."

"Aside from the Ripper, how else can someone lose their heart and still live?"

"A gift that changes perception. Even if you think you have no heart, you can still be alive."

Hughes Lane speculated.

The big families didn't think about magic cards because they had never seen magic cards before.

Only Auguras remembered the Angel Card Lee En had created. "No, it's not a gift that changes perception, it's the Ripper. Lee En can create a magic card that can even carry the power of an angel, let alone the power of the Ripper."

Auguras suddenly woke up and looked at Li En with surprise and anger in his eyes.

"It's you, you did it, right?"

"It was indeed me."

Li En had to admit that Augustus was actually very smart and guessed it at the first moment.

When Auglas, Emma, ​​and the five creed families entered the banquet hall, Li En discovered their abnormality. They had all become [Heartless].

The so-called "Heartless" are people whose hearts have been taken away by the "Ripper".

They will not die, but will instead possess greater strength, and as long as their hearts are not damaged, they can heal any physical injuries.

Li En guessed that they probably still possessed gifts related to the heart, otherwise there would be no reason for them to turn themselves into [Heartless People], because this would mean that the fate of the four major families would be in the hands of the Frank family.

Even if they are allies, there is no need to show such great sincerity unless doing so is extraordinary and necessary.

In other words, they will use weapons or gifts specifically designed to target the [heart].

That's why their hearts can't appear here.

So, Li En used four scalpel magic cards to remove the hearts of himself, Dorothy, Earl Hall and Grand Duke Moria in advance.

The effect of the scalpel is almost the same as the gift [Ripper]. It's a pity that it can only create one [Heartless] at a time. But the advantage is that it has no side effects. As long as there are enough magic cards, you can create unlimited [Heartless].

After losing his heart, Li En became even stronger, and he basically had no weaknesses. In addition, the evil dragon recovered from the [Canvas] raised the combat effectiveness of the [Canvas] to a higher level, and he could even challenge the evil god.

It can be said that as long as the five major creed families do not betray Tiger and join the evil god, Li En can handle such a situation.

"It seems I still underestimated you, Li En Moriah. You are truly impressive. You can actually control my gift."

Seth Frank's lips curled up into a smile.

The greatest fear comes from the unknown. Now that he knows it was Li En who did it, he is not so scared anymore.

To Seth Frank, Lee En Moriah is just a young man who has just grown up.

"Even if the four of you can avoid the effects of the Beating Heart, what about the entire population of Alexburg? Can the retainers of the Moriah and Hall families, as well as your dragon, resist? I'm very curious."

Seth Frank said he decided to take the men's lives as a threat.

"I just told them to leave not the banquet hall, but the entire Alexburg."

Grand Duke Moria said slowly, "You are also a knight. Can't you sense that we are the only ones left in Alexburg?"

Alexburg was surrounded by troops, and the voices and heartbeats of those people misled Seth Frank and others.

Let them think that there are still many people in the castle.

"Old buddy, it seems you have made arrangements long ago and are ready to fight us."

Remus Bock looked at Grand Duke Moria. They were once friends who fought side by side.

But now they are about to break up like Dorothy and Emma because they belong to different camps.

"Bock, when the abyss of gold begins to devour the moonlight, and every inch of the expanding shadows is filled with unsatisfied skeletons, one must not be too greedy."

Grand Duke Moria said slowly, "Hall and I don't ask for much. If you are unwilling to satisfy us and even want to challenge our bottom line, then we will only let the flames of war ignite the entire empire. I believe that after the chaos, it will be my Moria family that will re-establish order."

"Molia, don't be impulsive."

The oldest, Charles Simmons, said slowly,

"We were all once the guardians of this empire. I still remember the glory of your father and grandfather. The Moria family was able to become a Creed family because they dedicated their blood and loyalty to the empire. Do you want to betray your ancestors? Become a traitor to the empire?"

"My ancestors can protect her, but I can also destroy her."

Grand Duke Moria stretched out his hand, and Li En handed him the document of withdrawal from the Creed Family Covenant and the document of independence of the North that he had prepared long ago.

He placed two documents in front of Augustus,

"Emperor, you were once the emperor I most favored. I admired your ambition and aspirations, and I have devotedly assisted you for many years. Now it is time for me to retire. I hope you can save some face for both of us and not force me to do anything here that will make everyone regret it."

Augulas frowned and looked at his uncle Seth Frank.

"If you intend to wait for the army outside Alexburg to arrive, or for the wise men of the Wise to bring weapons powerful enough to destroy us, then when they arrive, they will only find your corpses. I will have the Empire hold a seven-day national mourning for you, and from now on, the master of the Empire will become Hall."

Earl Hall also placed the convention in front of Augustus.

They do know all of the Creed family's cards.

"Without a heart, we won't die."

Hughes Lane said.

"Oh? Looks like someone wants to give it a try."

Li En appeared next to Hughes Lane at some point.

Then, Hughes Lane discovered that his [Heartless] entry had disappeared.

His eyes dilated and his pupils constricted, as if he wanted to swallow the whole world.

Dense beads of cold sweat oozed from his forehead, dripping onto the ground with a clear and rapid sound.

His lips trembled slightly, and a low, hoarse sound came out, like a wail.

All the muscles in his body were tense, and waves of creepy chills hit his heart, causing his body to tremble involuntarily.

Every breath seemed extremely difficult, his chest expanded and then contracted violently, and the air he inhaled seemed to carry the breath of fear.

He wanted to shout, but no sound came out. He only made a series of weak trembling sounds, like a frightened bird.

Fear made his legs and feet go weak involuntarily, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

The whole person seemed to be hanging on a dead branch on the edge of a cliff, and could fall at any time. The whole person seemed to be shrouded in fear, unable to breathe, think, or move, and fell into endless despair.

The head of the Rhine family had never felt so terrified, as if the enemy he was facing was not a human, but a god.

If the person who can easily take away someone's entry is not the God of Tiger, then who is it?

His throat made a dry and hoarse sound.

"He…took my entry."

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