Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

But what Kalima saw was... the moment Balin's knife pierced the door panel, it was blocked by the woman's bare hands - she pinched it, bent the blade, and deformed it, and it was stuck in her steel-like palm, so when Balin drew his knife, he pulled it out of sight.

Kalima's heart began to tingle.

At this time, Balin showed his rich practical experience. He failed to draw his sword, so he immediately dropped it and stepped back. He pulled out two daggers from his waist, jumped up, and stabbed directly at the person behind the door, one on the left and one on the right. However, before the daggers arrived, a hand pierced through the wooden door and hit him on the head with a knife.

Balin fell to the ground unconscious without even making a sound.

At this time, the people hiding in the dark shouted: "Brothers, come on!"

A figure jumped down from the beam and rushed towards Elsa. With a wave of his hand and a slash of his knife, he flew backwards and lay motionless on the ground. The next second, two people responded to him, each holding a weapon, rushing out shouting, and then the next second they all stood there in a daze, without making a sound.

Kalima was completely numb—at this point, none of them could move.

"Is everyone here?"

Suddenly, Kalima saw Aisha talking to herself, and then, a voice suddenly came from somewhere:

"Gulu gulu..."

There was clearly no one there, but there was a sound like bubbles blowing from the bottom of the sea. Kalima immediately gasped and felt a chill down his spine.

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484. Kalima and Nerona [3K]

Both Kalima and Balin were slave traders.

Kalima was responsible for the upstream work, which meant abducting the subhumans from the deep forest and then finding an opportunity to capture them - she provided the supply.

Balin was responsible for connecting downstream buyers and sales. He also cooperated with several nobles and obtained asylum from them, which allowed him to escape legal sanctions time and time again.

The two men each have their own responsibilities. Kalima cannot do without the channels and protection provided by Bahrain, and Bahrain also needs experts like Kalima who can bring in a large number of goods every year. Their cooperation has brought countless wealth to both of them.

Of course, they all knew that the dirty money earned from capturing and selling slaves would one day bring them huge troubles, but none of them had thought that this day would come so soon and without warning.

Balin had connections in the Governor's Mansion, so he was fearless, but he didn't expect that this troublemaker would come to his door directly.

"Tell me, where did you hide those demi-humans?"

Aisha said, and what answered her was Kalima's fearful yet unwilling look.

"What demi-human? I don't know what you're talking about! Let me go!"

Kalima gritted her teeth and retorted - but apart from her, everyone else looked stunned, they were all deeply trapped in Aisha's hypnotic magic.

Including Balin. Although Balin's strength is considered to be top-notch among these people, his attainments in the field of magic are very limited, and his resistance to hypnosis magic is not outstanding at all. At least he is not as good as Kalima. After being knocked unconscious by Aisha's palm and "illuminated" by the silver wand, he immediately "surrendered".

As for Kalima, she was not completely "fallen". Although she was deprived of control of her body, her consciousness was not completely suppressed. She was still struggling to hold on, but she was already unable to hold on - she had a premonition that as long as her mind relaxed a little, she would fall completely into Aisha's control.

But what she didn't know was that she was not able to resist Elsa's mental control. The only reason she could maintain her self-control was because the power of the scepter was dispersed by too many people at once - if the power of the scepter was directed at her alone, she would immediately become a puppet who obeyed her orders.

"I heard your previous conversation. Those 'goods' are demihumans, right? There's no need to quibble, understand? Besides, you're in my hands now. If you're smart, you'll know what to do."

Aisha nodded towards Kalima.

"I'll ask you again later. Now you can shut up and think about it."

As Aisha finished speaking, the silver staff flickered slightly, and Kalima found that she really couldn't speak anymore. Her power was simply not enough to resist at all.

On the other side, Grace also finished interrogating Balin.

There was no joy on Grace's face, only an indelible solemnity.

"Anything gained?"

Grace glanced at Elsa, then looked away, shook her head, and pursed her lips.

"He had never met those demihumans. He contacted this woman in order to get the goods and kill her."

Grace said, briefly explaining the role that Baring played in the transaction.

Kalima on the side was already furious.

Damn it! Balin, you betrayed me!

She screamed in her heart and struggled unwillingly, but her body did not move at all.

"Slave traders..."

Elsa thought of some uncomfortable things - Alice, Filia, their families and villages were harmed by those slave traders. Elsa would not have any mercy on these guys.

Staring into Grace's eyes, Aisha said, "Don't worry, there's still someone here who hasn't spoken yet."

Aisha picked up Kalima. Kalima maintained a stiff posture, but his eyes were fixed on Grace.

It was this woman who caused her to become like this.

No, everything should be blamed on that little fox named Lassie! If it weren't for her...

Kalima was thrown roughly to the ground. The next moment, Bahrain and others were all released from hypnosis. Aisha controlled the staff to pour the concentrated power into Kalima's mind. Kalima snorted lightly, and his eyes lost their luster in an instant - Kalima never thought that his mind would be broken in an instant.

Grace looked at Kalima, who looked dazed, with a complicated expression and took a deep breath.

Aisha asked, "Do you need me to help you pry her mouth open?"

"No, I'll do it myself."

Grace glanced at Aisha subtly, squatted down, and looked at the dazed Kalima.

"I heard from Balin that you are a 'shipper'..."

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Becky followed Grace's instructions to look for the foxman Lacey and the merchant Ebusen - Grace had already settled Lacey there, not in the tavern, but temporarily staying with the merchant Ebusen and the silver medal adventurer Silbaz. After all, Grace had to follow Kalima, and it was impossible for her to take Lacey, a foxman, around. Ebusen's place was much more reliable and safe.

Adele was left in a small room by Aisha to guard Balin and their men.

As for Aisha and Grace, they took Kalima out of Kroros together. Their destination was the wilderness in the southwest suburbs of Kroros.

There is a cliff here.

Elsa and Grace already knew about the whole thing.

The cause was not complicated. Naturally, Kalima had set his sights on the subhuman tribe where Lacey lived in the forest, but the accident happened because of Lacey's sister.

The subhuman tribe where Lacey lives has only a few dozen subhumans, and the brave forest werewolves are the rulers there. In addition to those werewolves, there are other weak subhuman races living there, including fox people like Lacey.

To Kalima, these subhumans were a valuable commodity.

In reality, Kalima is a fox person.

In front of the tavern, Aisha smelled the fox scent on Kalima, which was not Lacey's, but Kalima's own.

When Kalima was young, she was sold to humans by slave traders. Since then, the most obvious characteristics of the fox race - ears and tail - were cut off. It was precisely because of this that she could easily sneak into the Lacey tribe as a "poor fox persecuted by humans."

This was not the first time she had done this, so she was very familiar with it.

Because there were many such demi-humans in Lacey's tribe, no one would deliberately have too many doubts about her. Gradually, the demi-humans in the tribe got used to her existence.

After that, Kalima began her plan - to instill "Helansis Butana" into the minds of the demi-humans bit by bit. She subtly and persistently beautified the rumors about the demi-human kingdom. She incorporated those beautiful stories into her own "experiences" and spread them in the tribe, naturally making the demi-humans have fantasies about "Helansis Butana".

Until someone came up with the idea of ​​"going to Helansis Butana to find the sacred place that truly belonged to the sub-humans and was completely dominated by the sub-humans" - at this time, Kalima won.

Desire and longing are contagious.

All she did was to add fuel to the fire. Those demi-humans who had not had any contact with the outside world for a long time were easily bewitched and incited by Kalima's words. Compared to Kalima, those demi-humans who had been hiding in the forest were really easy to deceive, or their fantasy of a better life had covered up the little doubt in their hearts.

All in all, Kalima once again succeeded in taking the subhumans away.

After that, the tribe set out before the cold wave arrived, because that was a period when the North's external vigilance was relatively relaxed. As long as those subhumans cooperated, Kalima had her own way to bring them from the Western Province to the North, and once in the North, it would be her home ground.

Everything was going smoothly, but when they arrived at Ngo Village, a small accident happened - a fox man in the tribe discovered her plan.

That fox man was Lacey's sister, Nerona.

Kalima couldn't figure out how Nerona knew all this, and she didn't have the energy to think about it at that time. She threatened Nerona with her sister Lacey, so that Nerona would not dare to act rashly or tell all this to other people in the tribe.

It was very simple. Kalima displayed powerful magical powers in front of Nerona, letting Nerona know that Kalima might not be able to confront the entire tribe head-on, but taking people's lives was easy.

No one in the isolated little tribe could compete with the powerful wizard Kalima.

This is a blunt threat.

Between her sister's life and the lives of other people in the tribe, Nerona chose the former. She kept the matter secret, but in exchange, Lacey had to live.

So, as a means of covering up her tracks, Lacey had an accident and got a shocking wound on her leg.

No one knew the tribe's style of doing things better than Nerona and Kalima. Those guys, led by werewolves, were too lazy to care about the life of a weak fox man. They really had no intention of moving forward with the wounded, and they naturally abandoned Lacey when they arrived in Ngo Village.

In order to survive and for the slim hope of meeting her sister, Nerona left with the rest of the tribe. After that, Kalima wanted to get rid of Nerona, the time bomb, as soon as possible, but Nerona rose up in resistance and exposed everything. In the end, Kalima had to fight with the werewolves of the tribe.

However, Kalima was even more powerful than Nerona had imagined, and the tribesmen were forced to flee.

This is where the battle took place.

This is also where the battle ended.

Because this was a cliff, the battle shattered the snow and ice, and the demihumans fell into the bottomless abyss.

When the furious Kalima returned to Ngo Village, Lacey was no longer there.

Kalima had no choice but to return to Kroros empty-handed.

Everything that happened after that was the appearance of Grace - Elsa knew the whole story here.

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485. Cliff

It was almost noon, and the cold wind and heavy snow came to the north again.

South of Kroros City is an endless desert, as undulating as a crumpled white paper. Elsa passed by here when she first came to the North. It was the first snow at that time. The ground was loess and bare rocks, and in the distance was a vast expanse of smoke and sand. But now everything has been replaced by thick snow.

This sharply contrasting climate is the result of the interaction between the local earth veins and the cold waves from the far north.

Merchants in Kroros said that this year's cold wave came early and quickly, and the suburbs of the city were very deserted. Few people were willing to continue doing business in the wind and snow. Even animals were rare in the snowy plains. Of course, there were small villages like Ngo Village scattered here and there, but most areas were deserted. At this time, at the southwestern end of this ice and snow, a few figures appeared in the endless snow and wind.

Aisha, Grace, and a beautiful woman - Kalima.

Kalima's face turned pale, her limbs were weak, and her stomach was churning. It was not a good feeling - she was carried from the air by Aisha, and it had been a while since she landed, but she still hadn't recovered. Her legs were so weak that she could hardly stand, and the wind and snow had frozen her face.

She almost froze into a popsicle.

Elsa would take care of Grace, but not her. What's more, she couldn't even use magic while being held by Elsa, and could only endure the cold. Kalima now knew how cold it was in the high altitude of the North in winter.

But she still held on, not willing to give in, and walked in front without saying a word, leading Elsa and Grace forward in the snow with difficulty. During this time, she kept using magic to drive away the cold, and finally warmed up a little.

"It's nearby."

Kalima said, and both Aisha and Grace saw the cliff and suddenly quickened their pace.

The cliff is just ahead.

But the closer they got to the cliff, the more Grace's heart sank.

The cliff in the desert is very abrupt, stretching before our eyes, like a scar left by something that had cut the ground apart. It is very deep, and you can't see the beginning or the end at a glance. It is steep and dangerous, and it doesn't look like a place where you can survive.

The wind blowing in the face added an indescribable sense of desolation to the place.

Elsa glanced down.

"Demihumans are much stronger than humans. If we're lucky, we should be able to make it."

As long as there is breath left, Elsa can save her.

Grace nodded silently and glanced at Elsa.

In fact, she still hated Elsa, but there was no reason for her to refuse Elsa's kindness - that was the truth, but when she spoke it became:

"You don't have to come and comfort me, I know what's going on."

Grace's characteristic stubbornness.

"Where did those demihumans fall off the cliff?"

Aisha asked Kalima who caught up with her breathlessly. Kalima hesitated for a moment and walked a distance along the cliff before stopping.

"It should be right here."

Kalima pursed her lips and said.