In that forest park, Catherine had just recovered from her previous shock.
She truly didn't know what exactly had happened now, but she keenly sensed that—the enemy forces had already been shaken to the extreme.
After seeing the blood moon in the sky transform into a real moon, this group of [Human Hunt] enemies was now obviously both shocked and terrified!
Perhaps... she could use this opportunity to escape...
And Themis was actually no better than her subordinates right now...
Unimaginable, how exactly had Catherine destroyed the Blood Moon Generator...
Due to excessive emotional agitation, the long blade in her hand directly dropped to the ground with a "clang."
That gaze she always directed at Catherine—extremely calm and confident—was now mixed with very obvious fear and panic.
She still remembered—when she trained Catherine, she had taught her "if it's real, make it seem fake; if it's fake, make it seem real"...
The meaning was—if something is true, you should pretend it's false; if something is false, you should pretend it's true.
But who could have thought... the current Catherine had turned her teachings into "if it's real, keep it real; if it's fake, keep it fake"...
She understood, she understood it all!
Actually, Northern Fire had already mastered the ability to destroy the [Safe], and Catherine, knowing that she understood her, deliberately released news that she would attack the Blood Moon Generator!
The purpose was to guide her, who believed the [Safe] couldn't be destroyed, into thinking—she was actually conducting a feint attack!
And she had truly fallen for Catherine's scheme because she was too confident in her understanding of Catherine!
She released news of attacking the Blood Moon Generator, and this was originally her real purpose!
Themis stared at Catherine before her in disbelief...
She and herself had only been apart for a few years, yet she had already grown to such an extent...
What exactly had made her precious disciple change so dramatically in these few years...
Some thoughts that had never appeared under the blood moon's shroud suddenly flashed through Themis's mind...
Since Catherine had grown so rapidly these past few years, she must have suffered greatly during this time...
Was there her own responsibility in this...
However, the moment this thought flashed through her mind, an unprecedented headache suddenly struck her!
"Ahhh!!!"
Covering her head, Themis screamed in agony, and her ice-blue long hair immediately scattered like a waterfall.
A voice rang in her mind.
That voice kept repeating...
Don't worry about all that! Hurry up and kill Catherine first!
Don't worry about all that! Hurry up and kill Catherine first!
Don't worry about all that! Hurry up and kill Catherine first!
...
"Master..."
Seeing Themis suddenly show such a painful expression for some unknown reason, Catherine also inexplicably felt a pang of heartache...
Although she didn't know why that master who used to always teach her "your blade is a tool of justice, if the Holy Empress is a tyrant you can completely choose to betray her" would work for the Holy Court, she knew—the current Themis was her enemy.
But seeing her master, who had treated her like a daughter in the past, in such pain, she also felt intense, heartfelt suffering...
Looking at Themis, she reached out her hand, wanting to say something.
However, Themis suddenly raised her head and looked at her with both eyes...
That gaze made Catherine, who had emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, tremble...
Master's originally ice-blue eyes... had actually turned red!
Catherine knew something terrible was happening.
Although her past master had made her feel somewhat unfamiliar, she hadn't made her feel so terrifying.
But now... master gave her a feeling that wasn't even like a person!
That gaze full of murderous desire... was almost no different from a wild beast!
"All [Human Hunt] members attention!"
Themis's voice, almost like a roar, exploded like thunder in the jungle!
"Execute the fire bandit Catherine!"
After issuing the command, she even added with crazed madness:
"After killing her, I want to cut off her head..."
"Dig out her heart..."
"Cut that face of hers into minced meat..."
The already crazed Themis even made her subordinate [Human Hunt] security team members feel unprecedented fear...
They all stood frozen in place due to terror, unable to make a single sound...
The air suddenly became silent...
Not long after, a voice tinged with sobbing suddenly broke the silence.
"Master..."
Even the strong Catherine, hearing her master—who held a position in her heart second only to Holy Princess—say such things about her, finally couldn't suppress the grievance and sadness in her heart...
Master... why had she become like this...
She even... wanted to treat herself that way...
Clearly she had been as gentle as treating a daughter in the past...
However, Catherine's tears couldn't move even the slightest bit of compassion in Themis.
With red eyes, she screamed at the surrounding [Human Hunt] security team members.
"Attack!"
Being roared at by Themis like this, the team members had no choice but to quickly move into action.
Seeing the enemies rushing toward her, Catherine gently closed her eyes blurred by tears.
She knew—her life was about to end here.
Earlier, master had already used [Mark] on her; no matter where she fled, she would be found, and master's movement speed was countless times faster than her own...
What a pity...
She still hadn't figured out why the blood moon had mysteriously disappeared...
Hadn't thanked Elashia for that great gift...
Hadn't seen the day when the Holy Kingdom would be liberated...
Hadn't figured out why master had become like this...
Opening her tearful eyes, the master who was crazedly commanding her subordinates to attack her appeared blurrily before her...
She hadn't even... heard master call her "disciple" one last time...
...
However... a terrified voice suddenly made Themis's subordinates halt their movements again!
"Wait... we're surrounded!"
"What?! Who is it!"
Red-eyed Themis looked toward those black shadows appearing around the jungle...
Those people held iron rods in their hands, all with towering physiques...
"Oh my, Catherine, whom you cherish like a daughter, is crying before you, and you don't feel heartache treating her this way~"
Elashia, wearing a nun's veil, appeared before Themis with a playful smile.
She had actually already surrounded Themis and her [Human Hunt] forces with her knights.
The reason she had just been watching without coming out... was simply because Elashia had suddenly developed the same malicious sense of humor as her mother Alexandra~
Knowing the plot well, she was very clear—Themis was under "suggestion" by Evelyn, who possessed Blood Clan treasures.
She was currently in a controlled state, and in this state, any thoughts unfavorable to the Blood Clan's rule in the Holy Kingdom would make Themis more extreme and crazed.
The reason Elashia had just watched Catherine's emotional breakdown under Themis's extremely hurtful words... was actually to see the scene she wanted to see in the plot...
Seeing the always strongly disguised Miss Catherine cry like a little girl in front of her master whom she regarded as a mother, and seeing Themis's reaction after regaining reason, remembering what she had done to Catherine, whom she regarded as a daughter, while under suggestion... it would definitely be very interesting~