adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 140 Orianna's Domineering Nature!

As Louis stood at the door observing the mind mage, Orianna spoke up.

Her deep purple eyes stared at the one-armed Ignis, and she smiled and said, "Ignis, I admire your courage."

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"It is a creature as weak as a crab on the beach, yet it insists on running rampant in Blackrock City, trying to bring back the hero's remains on its own."

"Ignis, you know perfectly well that I desperately need the Hero's Tome, yet you tried to secretly divide it up. I'm so disappointed in you, so very disappointed."

As Orianna uttered each word, an intense pressure that made everyone in the room feel suffocated rose from this sophisticated and mature woman.

Colin, who had already lost his rank, was so crushed that his bones were cracking all over.

Ignis, a centenarian who had dedicated many years to the magical world, could only helplessly lower his head in the face of a junior who was more than half his age.

"I was wrong—Your Majesty Orianna."

As the bald, white-bearded magician bowed his head in apology, the pressure in the room vanished instantly.

Orianna smiled and said, "That's more like it. This is how an elder should treat an outstanding junior. Since you're quite sensible, I'll heal your injuries."

As she spoke, she raised a small, paintbrush-like staff and waved it toward Ignis's severed arm.

A simple, abstract line drawing of an arm appears in the void, connecting to the wound of the latter's severed arm.

In the blink of an eye, this simple sketch transformed into real flesh and blood.

An arm that fit perfectly to the severed arm reappeared on Ignis's body.

He raised the newly appeared arm and tried to move his fingers; the movements were incredibly flexible, just like his original hand.

This unexpected turn of events astonished Louis and the others.

People with the incredible regenerative abilities of Erisil are ultimately few and far between. Normally, even a level three professional would find it difficult to regenerate severed limbs without self-healing talents.

After all, the higher the level of a professional, the higher their life level, and conventional treatments are often ineffective for them.

In this context, Orianna's abilities become extremely precious and special.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Orianna."

Ignis straightened up and said respectfully.

"This is just an order from the Mage Association."

Orianna said calmly, "Instead of that, let's talk about the distribution of Molly's body and the secret manual."

She turned to Erihil and calmly said, "I want Molly's level two and level three secret manuals, my other level four professional friend needs the level one secret manual, and the hero's remains will belong to the Lortheran royal family. How does this arrangement sound?"

Erihill was clearly not satisfied with the assignment, and opened his mouth as if to say something.

But before she could utter a sound, a terrifying pressure descended upon her.

"I'm not discussing this with you, Princess."

Anrudo was also affected by the oppressive aura, her pretty face turned pale with fright, and she tried to tug at her sister's arm, not wanting her to talk back to Orianna.

After a moment of silence, instead of bowing her head, Erihill raised it even higher.

She gazed at Orianna and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty Orianna, I am willing to bestow upon you my remains and all the secret codes of heroes after my death."

"In exchange for this, I must receive two copies of the Heroic Codex of Molly. What do you think of this deal?"

Erisil's words were undoubtedly powerful, and Louis, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but secretly admire them.

Putting himself in her shoes, Louis thought that if he were Oriana, he would give her some face and invest in her future, since a hero with the status of a princess had spoken so frankly.

But in the face of this capricious mind mage, Erisil's resistance was ultimately futile.

Orianna: "Talk to me about a deal? Fine, I've changed my mind."

The platinum blonde-haired woman smiled calmly and said, "Everything Molly owns will belong to me and the Mage Association. Not even a single finger or drop of her blood will be given to the royal family or the hero."

These words immediately chilled the already strained atmosphere in the room.

Erisil remained silent, while Anredor and Arwen bowed their heads respectfully, occasionally casting anxious glances at their captain.

Ignis and Colin's expressions were, to put it mildly, quite unpleasant.

For Ignis, Molly was someone he admired; for Colin, Molly was a close teammate.

The fact that someone dared to interfere in the ownership of Molly's remains and belongings right in front of them was something they found utterly unacceptable.

As fellow warriors, Louis should have felt a sense of shared sorrow at the loss of his comrade.

However, he simply couldn't feel sad.

Not only could he not feel sorrow, but his teammates were also just pretending to be somber.

Although Orianna was terrifying and cruel, it was ultimately Louis who snatched Molly's body first. No matter how strong this woman was, she couldn't travel back in time and rewrite history.

Dear teacher and senior apprentice, please bear with this for now. We'll give you a big surprise later.

"I've finished speaking, so I'll take my leave now."

"When night falls, I will slay the demons in the demonic tide and bring back Molly's body."

After saying this, Orianna ignored the ugly expressions of the crowd, turned around and left, leaving behind only a fragrant breeze.

The people in the room remained silent for an unknown period of time.

Only after Orianna had gone very, very far away did Ignis, lying on his sickbed, let out a slow sigh.

"In the end, I was just too weak."

"It's because I'm not qualified enough to take the final step towards becoming a Level 4 professional in this lifetime, which is why Molly's remains were divided up by Level 4 professionals."

There was no hatred or resentment towards Orianna in Ignis's tone; only loneliness and despondency.

This world is no longer the era of this centenarian.

Colin also sighed, unable to say anything.

Seeing the two veterans sighing and complaining, and even the radiant Third Hero remaining silent, Dina couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Isn't that Lady Oriana a bit too domineering?"

"She's stronger than everyone else in this room right now, but if the hero reaches level four in the future, isn't she afraid of retaliation?"

The heroes that Dina refers to naturally include both Erisil and Louis.

However, Ignis was unaware of this, and simply shook his head with a wry smile, saying, "It's not that simple."

"Becoming a Level 4 professional is too difficult; it can't be done just by relying on secret manuals."

"In my opinion, among you, only Erisil has a more than 60% chance of becoming a Level 4 professional. The probability of everyone else becoming a Level 4 professional is less than 50%, including Meli."

"Even with Princess Erisil's talent, she may not become a level four professional within ten years."

"But Orianna is a true genius."

"She was promoted to a Level 4 Mind Mage three years ago. At that time, she was only thirty-three years old and was one of the youngest Level 4 professionals in the history of the Five Kingdoms. She even gained the attention of a demigod because of this."

"She is not a hero, not because she lacks the qualities of a hero, but because she was not born in an era that needed heroes."

"She is confident that she will continue to be strong, so naturally she will not be afraid of anyone or any threat."