Chapter 1016: The effective way -5

Chapter 1016: The effective way -5



"No, no, no..."

Kiri muttered absentmindedly as she darted like an arrow, praying that her mother's home had somehow survived. But...

"No!!"

Swoosh!

The house was a bit farther from the center of the conflict, so it hadn't been crushed under the

warlords' feet. However, the flying debris from shattered homes and the collapsing ceiling had fallen on it, leaving half of it destroyed.

"Mother... Mother!!"

Kiri rushed inside, frantically breaking apart rocks and wooden beams that made up the house's roof. Finally, she saw what she was looking for.

"Mother!!"

"Pfft..." There lay an old woman with pale silver fur and empty white eyes. Her usual chair was shattered, and she herself was pinned beneath a massive wooden beam, barely clinging to life.

"Please, hold on!" Kiri kicked the beam away and held her mother in her arms, tears streaming from her eyes.

"I'm sorry... it's my fault... it's my fault..."

BOOM BOOM

Behind her, the battle raged on, the ceiling growing unnaturally hot and beginning to melt, dripping molten rock onto the demi-cats below.

"My daughter... it is not... your fault..."

Queen Tao spoke with difficulty, trying to lift her hand to touch her daughter's cheek.

Kiri guided her mother's hand to her face and continued, sobbing. "It is my fault. I don't know how they found this place, but they must have followed me. It's my fault... everything I planned was wasted. I should've handled things outside on my own..."

"Sniff... Sniff..."

"My daughter... it is not... too late..." Queen Tao's voice was soft and fragile, as if clinging to the edge of life.

"Do you have any advice, Mother?!" Kiri's eyes lit up with hope.

"My daughter... go out and surrender... perhaps they will... perhaps they will spare some of us..."

Queen Tao then began coughing blood. Cough Cough.

She struggled to continue. "If this battle continues.... we will perish... everyone will perish..." "But..." Kiri looked at the battlefield with despair and a heavy heart. At that moment, most of her race were desperately trying to ignore the heat that had begun to scorch their fur, throwing themselves at the warlords and the still-pouring army of the True Beginning from the four portals.

coming to a stop.

"Hey, this is ruining my pretty face. Could you grow up a bit?"

Elizabeth's head spoke with a little anger. Her body took two steps, picked up the severed head, and casually tossed it in the air like a leather ball. "Perhaps it's time to think rationally?

Killing this body will get you nothing."

"How... How?!"

Terror and fear gripped Kiri's heart and feet.

Elizabeth's head chuckled. "Hehe, it's a simple trick when you have complete mastery over the fourth stage of the Plant Path. Didn't you know there are plants of all colors and shapes? Some plants produce blood-like liquid; others have skin-like textures. Crafting this body required just a bit of basic knowledge about different types of plants. Then came the first stage of the Life Law and the first stage of the Soul Law to create a connection with it. What can I say? I enjoy studying various laws to expand my horizons. Hehe." Finally, her body grabbed the head and placed it back on her neck with a grin.

"A replica? All this time..."

Kiri's eyes widened before she shouted angrily. "Didn't you say you'd trust me? You're all the

same! Traitors, all of you!!"

"Hahaha, look who's talking!" Elizabeth laughed softly.

"I accompanied you with my real body at first. But when I noticed your repeated glances

behind you and your unjustified pauses along the way, I swapped bodies without you noticing. True, I'm neither the strongest among His Excellency's generals nor the best army leader. But I wasn't born yesterday to let a child like you and a muscle bitch like her assassinate me. When I was running intelligence systems and wreaking havoc in the other three empires, your mother hadn't even ascended the throne yet!"

Creaaak!

Next to Kiri, several roots and leaves emerged from the ground. They oozed liquids and began forming into more Elizabeths. One by one, duplicates of Elizabeth appeared.

The nearest one grabbed Kiri by her short hair.

"Ahhh!!" Then it dragged her toward the battlefield and lifted her head high.

"Do you think the outside world is full of roses and peace? Do you think you have known suffering yet? You Have seen nothing! I accompanied you with my real body, genuinely intending to negotiate a deal that would grant your people a decent life. And what did you do? Look at what you've done to your people! Look at the consequences of your actions!!" "Mercy... Order them to stop... please..." Kiri spoke weakly, her body void of any will to fight. What good would it do to cut through these plant replicas? How would that help save her

mother or stop the massacre of her people?

It would only provoke this human further. Elizabeth's gaze turned cold as she stared directly into Kiri's eyes.

"...I saw and heard everything that happened to that replica. I tried to speak through it to plead for mercy. Did you show me mercy? Can you imagine watching yourself get killed, only

to hear two harlots discussing your corpse like it's a dead dog?! But no matter..."

A faint smile appeared on her face.

"When His Excellency gave us permission for total annihilation, I didn't understand at the

time why he would grant such an order. But after dealing with you all, I understand now. I understand perfectly."