Chapter 217 Who interfered?

Chapter 217 Who interfered?

Chapter 217 Who interfered?

cles and aunts whom she once held in high regard didn't interfere and watched from the sidelines with snickering smiles as she fell deeper and deeper into the web of lies their children had prepared.

Their smirks were like daggers, twisting deeper as each false testimony piled on.

She realized too late that they were just as involved in everything.

Her parents were people of important positions and usually didn't have the time to attend clan events.

But she felt that her strict father, even if he had been present, would not have interfered. Would he have helped? She doubted it.

He would have simply considered this a test for her to overcome and display her abilities as the potential future head of the clan.

In this time of war, there was no place for weaklings. Support would be provided when necessary, but individual ability was valued above all else.

So, things escalated, and even the elders had to get involved in the conflict.

Later, her cousins proposed a death duel, where opponents were allowed to kill each other without consequences. It was a barbaric duel that was highly frowned upon by her clan members.

Naturally, the elder opposed this as well since it was idiotic for potential powerful exorcist seedlings to battle each other to death over trivial, childish matters.

However, the elder was later pressured by her uncles and aunts and had to permit the duel to take place.

It was then that Evelyn realized how deeply rotten her family truly was.

Evelyn's trust in her cousins and other relatives hit rock-bottom after that. They really wanted to kill her to seize more power and control in the clan's future.

She had always considered them her family, but they wanted to drown her.

Each betrayal chipped away at her faith in blood ties, leaving nothing but bitterness.

She wondered if this was all there was to relationships in this world. Were all the people she was close with like this? Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Only maintaining relationships with her for their own benefit, with no mutual feelings of growth or familial love?

Was this how families in other major clans were too?

She thought of her friends—Oliver, Daniel, Amber, Alphonso...

She had promised herself to reach a level where she could stand on equal footing with her sister and Oliver. There was no way she was backing out now.

She took a deep breath and glanced at her fake siblings, then at their parents in the audience—her so-called uncles and aunts.

Their expressions were ironic, completely opposite to what they had been at the beginning—anger, panic, desperation...

Yet all they could do was watch despite all that. The duel was sacred, and the elders were witnesses. No one was allowed to interfere once it began until the winner chose to end it.

"Evelyn! Stop right now!"

One of the middle-aged women shouted in desperation as she looked at the girl and then at her son lying before her.

"Ha..." Evelyn couldn't help but let out a sarcastic laugh.

She didn't feel anger. Just... pity.

"Evelyn! What do you mean? There's no need to go so far between siblings," a man said in a loud, overbearing voice that reverberated throughout the arena.

"Siblings?" She muttered the word, finding it laughable now.

"Noisy," Evelyn mumbled. Her eyes darkened, tired of the hypocrisy surrounding her. How hypocritical of them to say this now.

Even though her tone was low, in the silent stadium filled with exorcists, everyone could hear what she said.

"You!" The man's expression changed as veins popped on his forehead.

Evelyn ignored the man and raised her hand high. Joining her index finger with her middle finger, she formed a seal.

It looked as if she was about to make the final move.

But suddenly, the winds in the arena intensified, and a rumbling sound filled the stadium. It was as if an earthquake was happening.

The sky seemed to darken, the atmosphere shifting as something ancient and powerful stirred.

Evelyn was also distracted by this unexpected event.

Then, a very old and aged voice sounded in the arena, making everyone tremble.

"Stop."

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