Book 4: Chapter 170: Exposing

Book 4: Chapter 170: Exposing

“What do you mean by that, our queen?”

Titan 12138 stopped burning the tree bark and looked at Lesiah in shock, seemingly taken aback by the startling question.

“Done anything? To whom?”

“Are you still playing dumb?” Lesiah frowned, then looked around.

The deep valley was shrouded by fog all year round. From a higher spot, the people gathered in the valley below appeared to be pea-sized. Even if someone was passing by, no one would know what was going on down there. Hence, no one would be bothered about what was going to happen in this creepy graveyard.

“Isn’t this the perfect place to do it? You’re really going to miss your chance if you wait any longer.” Lesiah stared straight at the old titan. Her gaze was cold and sharp, like that of a lioness cornering its prey.

“I really don’t know what you are talking about, queen.” Titan 12138’s face was pale and she could not stop trembling. She quickly prostrated herself before Lesiah and repeatedly touched her forehead to the ground, like a defendant eager to clear her name in the courtroom.

“I am loyal to the king and queen! How could I possibly bring myself to do anything disrespectful to both of you?! Even if someone gave me ten guts, I won’t have the guts to do it!”

“No? But I think otherwise!” A wave of anger washed over Lesiah. She was about to expose Titan 12138 when Lilith lightly tugged on her sleeve. There was confusion on her lovely face.

“What are you talking about, Lesiah? What do you mean by that?” As a dragon, Lilith always thought she would be extremely sensitive to a person’s emotions. In fact, after hanging around a person for a long time, she would more or less sense the emotions that that person was feeling currently.

That was why she knew if Lesiah really hated it or just half-heartedly resisted her that night before they... hehehe... ahem. Back to the topic.

Lilith definitely did not sense any hostility in Titan 12138. In fact, she sensed the respect that the old titan had toward them far exceeded the others in the clan.

When she first met Titan 12138, Lilith had promised her to help the titans. Apart from the sympathy she had for this small and weak clan, it was the Titan 12138’s fervent admiration that made Lilith lower her guard.

It was fair to say that the others only had built this level of “faith” toward Lilith after being rescued twice, whereas Titan 12138 always maintained that level of “faith” toward her since the beginning.

Perhaps this was because Titan 12138 had met the previous king from a thousand years ago and had already built a huge amount of “faith”. Now, she was merely transferring all those “faith” to Lilith.

This was why Lilith found it hard to believe that Titan 12138 would “do something” to hurt her.

“Your... senses are usually so keen, but why are you so defenseless when it comes to your subjects?” Lesiah pinched and pulled Lilith’s cheeks hard in both directions.

“Did you forget how the battle started with black devils?”

The silver blade tried cutting through the gray smoke, but was met with resistance. Sparks flew everywhere, as though metal was clashing against metal. The force of the impact was powerful enough to split a rock. Lesiah lost her grip and the silver sword in her hands was deflected.

She clutched her right arm that was almost completely numb, but smirked at Titan 12138.

Realizing that she had been deceived, Lilith flew into a rage and pointed Titan 12138 at her nose. “OLD HAG, YOU DARE DENY YOU AREN’T TRAINED IN MARTIAL ARTS?!!” she yelled.

Despite the situation, Titan 12138 was surprisingly calm. She took a few more steps back to pull away, then casually dusted her silk cloth. For the first time, she straightened her hunched over body in front of Lilith.

“As expected of the queen. I guess I can’t hide it from you,” she said emotionlessly.

“Rather than praising me, you should recognize that you have horrible acting skills. The outstanding qualities of a good actor are not limited to her looks, movements and behavior. No matter how innocent you look or how humble your actions are, you will still blow your cover if you do something out of character.”

Lesiah slowly clenched her right fist. Titan 12138’s counterattack earlier did not seem to have any special power in it. Lesiah’s arm merely went numb for a moment, but she was not afflicted by any weird status.

This puzzled her a little. If Titan 12138 was exposed, shouldn’t she incapacitate one of them first to avoid getting attacked from both sides? Yet she did not do that. Could it be.... She had something that made her fearless?

While these thoughts flashed through Lesiah’s mind, Lilith had rolled up her sleeves and was ready to fight.

“Why are you wasting your breath on her? I hate it the most when people fool me. I can’t tolerate it and I won’t tolerate it! If I don’t personally bury this old hag here, I’ll have my name written backwards and upside down!”

“It is not my intention to fool you, your majesty.”

“You have the audacity to call me that? Are you not disgusted by yourself?” Lilith spat on the ground next to Titan 12138’s foot, then put a foot behind and got into a fighting stance.

“I truly have no intention of hurting you, my king.” Titan 12138 sighed.

“Hmph, carry on acting and convince yourself...” Halfway through her sentence, Lilith’s face suddenly contorted.

Every ounce of strength in her body was suddenly drained. She could barely stand, let alone fight. Lilith’s legs eventually gave way and she nearly fell to her knees.

“What is this...?” Lilith’s eyes widened in panic.

This feeling was... almost familiar. Titan 12138 did not answer. She merely turned her head to look at Lesiah who was already down on her knees with an similarly unpleasant look on her face.

“How about it, queen? Now, the table has turned.”

The old titan took a white pill out of her sleeve, and waved it in front of Lesiah’s face. “You’re still too naive if you think you could be immune to all poisons just by taking an antidote beforehand.”