Chapter 334 Hybrid
Chapter 334 Hybrid
"Lord Canion!" The old man watched the person in front of him fall into the deep pool, splashing huge water, and hurriedly stepped forward tremblingly to help.
The water in the pool suddenly began to boil, just like when Lilith fell into it, with large bubbles appearing. He saw two hands flapping in it for a while, and then suddenly poked their heads out.
It was Kanien who emerged from the water and made a terrifying howl as he approached the edge of the pool.
"Sir!" Fergus quickly knelt on the ground, trying to pull him out, but another hand suddenly stretched out from the water and suddenly pressed Canion's head against the wall of the pool, making a crisp thud.
He looked in horror and saw a pair of eyes shining with terrifying golden light in the dim light, looking at him coldly.
"How, how could it be——" Fergus was shocked. How could she still look like a human? His medicine had been tested and improved for many years, there was no way it could go wrong!
Kanien was still wailing, his arms flapping wildly with the rise and fall of the bubbles, but his head was nailed firmly to the pool wall by the hands behind him. The latter's nails became extremely sharp and pierced into his flesh. Blood flowed down and the pool water boiled even more.
Fergus came to his senses and opened his mouth to cast a spell on the girl in the pool, but she reacted faster. She used Master Canion as a stepping stone, stepped on him, jumped out of the water, and swung the hot charcoal basin by the pool at him!
“Ahhhhhhhh————” The basin full of burning charcoal spilled all over his face and body. He no longer cared to help Kanien. He rolled on the ground in pain, trying to put out the flames on his body. The huge barn was filled with the duet of the two men's wailing.
"What are you screaming about?" Lilith moved closer to Kanyon, whose head she was holding tightly. Her tone was grim, and with the red potions all over her head and face, she looked like a ghost in the water.
Fine white scales appeared on her face again, but she did not completely transform into a dragon as Kanien had imagined. However, the potion did stimulate the power in her body. Lilith regained some strength, twisted her body in the water, and twisted her bound hands in front of her. Although she was unable to remove the iron rings, she used brute force to split them in two and regained her mobility.
In the crimson potion, Kanien looked like a bloody man, and she imagined herself to be in the same miserable state.
"Catherine warned me again and again not to get close to the Bishop family. There are too many crazy people in your family... Is this prepared for me?" She whispered against Canion's head.
Ignoring Kanien's weak struggle, Lilith reached up and took the branding iron that Kanien had discarded by the pool. She weighed it in her hand. Although it was not as red as before, it still had a scorching heat that distorted the surrounding air.
"No, no! Lilith! Please, no!" Kanyon was crying in agony. Seeing the approaching hot iron, he struggled even more fiercely. He grabbed the cracks between the stones of the pool wall and tried to climb up. He didn't even care if his nails turned over. But now he finally felt helpless in front of such a powerful force. His struggle was like a comic performance. Lilith's arms didn't even shake.
"I used to wonder why she said that, because Duke William's family is obviously very normal. It turns out... you are the one who gets the madman spot in your family..." Lilith held down Canion with one hand and held the branding iron steadily with the other.
"It seems that being a collector must be an interesting hobby that makes you so obsessed that you are willing to commit crimes." Lilith looked at his deformed face and tilted her head.
"I want to try it too."
The red-hot iron firmly branded Kanien's cheek with a hissing sound. The light hovering on the iron seemed to be alive, and it penetrated into Kanien's flesh along the branded symbol.
"Ah ah ah ah ah------!!!"
Kanien let out a miserable scream that was not like a human voice. The sound was so loud that it went straight through the roof. The people searching outside finally had an accurate target.
"Bang!" The barn was violently dismantled by magic and smashed straight into the house, splashing a cloud of dust. The light from outside finally shone in, and Catherine came in and looked in the direction of the scream. She saw the chaotic scene in the pool and the girl's cold eyes like an executioner in the pool.
"Lilith." Catherine's voice was trembling. Even though the person in the pool looked like a half-human at the moment, dressed in bright red as if crawling out of hell, and the look in her eyes was nothing like the familiar look she usually had, she could recognize that this was her.
Lilith looked expressionlessly at Catherine and the many figures rushing behind her, and finally released her hand that was holding down Kanion, and the no longer hot branding iron slid into the water.
However, Kanyon was still wailing, and the potion in the pool continued to boil. He was like a huge effervescent tablet, stirring up more and more bubbles and splashes. The whole pool seemed to be alive, constantly surging.
"Ah-ah-"
The skin on Kanien's face began to peel off bit by bit starting from the brand, revealing the bright red flesh inside. The already bright red pool water now became even darker. Lilith frowned and stepped aside.
"Lilith!" Leila had already passed Catherine and ran towards her sister. More and more people came in, followed by Duke William and Cynthia. The old man who was half-burned to death by the charcoal brazier was also subdued and dragged aside by the black-armored knights who rushed in.
Leila lay prone on the edge of the pool, struggling to reach her sister. After finally grabbing the corner of her clothes, she dragged her to the edge of the pool, hugged her and pulled her out. The water had made Lilith's clothes very heavy. Leila bent over and had some strength left. Someone else came over, it was Catherine. She came over and grabbed Lilith's other hand, and the two of them worked together to pull her out.
"It's okay, it's okay." Leila took off her cloak and covered her head and face. When she touched the iron ring on her hand, her nose was sore and her eyes glared at the pool with murderous intent.
Catherine also crouched beside her, checking her in the cloak for any injuries, but saw that Lilith was still staring at the surging pool.
"That bastard——" Cynthia was so angry that her teeth were chattering. She pushed Duke William away and walked to the edge of the pool——"Get out!"
However, Kanyon, who had always been afraid of his mother, did not respond immediately this time. Bubbles continued to rise, blocking everyone's vision. After a long time, it slowly began to calm down.
A figure with his upper body naked suddenly emerged from the water, breathing greedily in big gulps, as if he wanted to suck all the air into his lungs. Potions mixed with blood kept rolling down his hair and cheeks. He looked at the people by the pool with his eyes wide open, trembling with fear of surviving a disaster.
"Mom, Mom!" It seemed like an instinct, and he shouted for help towards the woman on the shore, but he watched his mother look shocked and take a step back.
Seeing this, the old man who was pinned to the ground by the black-armored knight started to struggle excitedly again, his tone full of madness, "I am not wrong! There is nothing wrong with my potion! It worked! I succeeded!!!"
——What is he talking about? Kanien was drowning, and his ears seemed to be blocked and kept buzzing. He looked at Lilith hiding in the cloak. The scales on her face were fading little by little, and she was looking at him expressionlessly.
She didn't turn into a dragon.
So what exactly succeeded—?
The young man in the pool wiped the water stains off his face. He had a handsome face to begin with, and now the skin on his body had grown back, making it whiter than snow without a single flaw. His facial features had not changed much, but they seemed to be more delicate and handsome. Even though there was a dull confusion on his face at this moment, he was still stunningly beautiful.
He had grown taller, and his already superior figure had become even more slender and long. His long pointed ears emerged from his silver hair that lay close to his scalp, like two delicate leaves...
Catherine stood up and looked at her brother in shock. The man in front of her could no longer be called a human being. He was clearly...
An elf.
"Everyone, get out first."
Duke William was the first to react, and ordered the knights to retreat. Fergus was covered in burns, but he was still shouting excitedly—
"We did it, Lord Kanyon! We did it! There's nothing wrong with the potion!!"
Kanien finally recovered from the severe pain. He looked at Fergus in confusion, then looked up at the women by the pool. They all looked at him, and the upward perspective made them look high above him and full of oppression.
"Mom, it's just a joke..." The transformation failed. He looked at Lilith with an expressionless face and stammered, trying to beautify this action as a prank.
"I, I just hope Catherine will be anxious..." He said with difficulty, "Look, Lilith is fine..."
Cynthia looked at her son in the pool, and after a long while she sighed, "I see..."
Kanien breathed a sigh of relief. Was his mother willing to help him cover it up? He struggled to the edge of the pool and reached out to his mother, but she ignored him. The hem of her skirt brushed across his fingers. Cynthia turned to look at her husband.
“I see.” Cynthia looked at the confused William with a strange look in her eyes.
"——You are not a family favored by God at all." Cynthia said with a tone of realization, "Your longevity is not a blessing from God at all, but you have mixed with the blood of elves. The Bishop family... has always been a mixed-blood."
William's expression was almost shattered by shock. He walked towards the pool with unsteady steps and looked at his son who was shivering in the pool. The look in his eyes was so familiar, but no longer like his.
"How is it possible—" Duke William seemed unable to accept that the statement that had been passed down for centuries was actually a huge lie.
"This is impossible……"
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