Chapter 187: Fallout, And Panic

Chapter 187: Fallout, And Panic

[Linlin’s POV]

“Sis…” Qiqi muttered. “You know he’s going to be very angry, right? He told us not to mess with anyone.”

“It’s fine…” Linlin sighed, scratching her cheek. “I’m sure he’ll understand.”

Currently, they were strolling through the streets of Elarin.

The streets were as lively as one would expect, but Linlin knew their true nature.

When this city doesn’t try too hard, you can see the corruption through the cracks… Linlin thought as she suddenly halted, picking up a bit of activity in a nearby alleyway.

There were several priests there, smoking cigarettes and talking with some thug.

They never change… not even after so many years have passed.

“Qiqi, do you still remember their robes?” Linlin asked, pointing toward the priests with her chin.

“Um.” Qiqi nodded. “The priests in white are believers of the God of Light. Those in dark blue believe in the God of the Moon, and…”

She trailed off, her expression turning grim.

“Dark crimson robes… are they believers of the God of Blood?” Qiqi muttered, her fists shaking in anger.

“They are,” Linlin affirmed, patting her sister’s head. “Now what do you think we should do with them?”

Qiqi hesitated, but not for long. Her emerald eyes lit up with resolve as she looked up at Linlin. “We need to kill them.”

“That’s right…” Linlin replied with an affectionate smile and slowly approached the alleyway.

There were many cases in the past where the priests of the good alignment gods mingled with those that were evil. So she wasn’t exactly surprised to be seeing this sight.

Instead, she was a little disappointed. It had been 15 years since she last saw such a sight.

I don’t hate her… Aunt… no, Mom, did everything she could. She took me and little Qiqi in after we escaped… Linlin trailed off. But still… I wish my real mother could’ve seen this city rot the way I see it now. Maybe then she wouldn’t have died thinking it was worth saving.

Qiqi was still too young back then, so she didn’t remember most of the things that happened. Honestly, Linlin felt relieved that was the case.

Otherwise, she’d have turned out just like me… Linlin trailed off as she summoned her threads and sent them high into the sky, perching on nearby balconies and waiting to strike her enemies down.

At the same time, she finally arrived in front of the priests, who didn’t even seem fazed by her presence.

“Excuse me, could you point me to the nearest restaurant? My sister and I want to have a nice feast before the summit begins,” Linlin asked with a polite smile.

“Hmm…?” The thug tilted his head. “You went the wrong way then, woman. There’s a nice restaurant just across the street from where you just came from. Don’t linger in these alleyways for too long.”

“Nah, let her,” the blood priest said with a scoff. “I saw her staring at us earlier. She probably came here with some hidden intentions.”

Linlin sighed and raised her hands in the air.

“You got me… I actually came here to kill the four of you.”

The moment her words fell, Linlin activated one of her newest skills from her class, Thread Goddess.

[MP -50M 705M/755M (x1 Thread Massacre)]

It was a straightforward skill, as the only thing it did was make her threads go through armor and all sorts of other defensive measures.

Soon, the threads she had hidden up on the balconies descended, crashing down onto the priests and killing two of them in an instant.

“Derick, Larry!” the priest of the Moon God shouted before turning to Linlin, glaring at her with hatred. “You will pay for this…”

As he finished his words, a faint white light appeared on the priest’s forehead. It began expanding rapidly, almost like some sort of railgun cannon.

And of course, just as that cannon was about to be unleashed, Qiqi stepped in.

She held a bow in her hands. To no one’s surprise, an arrow had already begun flying toward the priest’s forehead.

He tried to dodge, but it was too late as the arrow pierced his brain and continued straight into the thug behind him.

Neither were spared, and with that, all the people in the alleyway were dead.

“Nice shot,” Linlin praised. “Though you know I didn’t need your help, right?”

“I didn’t help you. I just didn’t want you to take all the glory,” Qiqi replied with a teasing smile. “So? Which villain are we killing next? The other priests? The holy knights? King Arthur—”

“You’re done,” Linlin announced, causing Qiqi’s eyes to widen.

Yet just as she was about to retaliate, Linlin continued. “I let you do these things because I wanted you to gain experience. You’ve achieved what I set out for you to achieve. And now, you’re going to leave the rest to me.”

“…But why?” Qiqi asked, puzzled. “You say you don’t want me to be like you, but every time we’re out together, you make me copy whatever you do.”

Linlin’s brows twitched. “I want you copying my techniques, not my intentions.”

“But how can I not? We’re sisters. We experienced the same things—”

“No we didn’t,” Linlin cut her off with a frown. “You didn’t see even a fraction of the things I’ve seen, and you were still a baby when our birth mother was killed. I watched it happen. As for you? You were still sucking on her milk. So whenever you say we’re the same, we’re not. Understand?”

Qiqi’s eyes widened, but she remained silent. Soon, her gaze drifted down, her expression contorting by the moment as she clenched her fists out of frustration.

“You’re mean…” Qiqi muttered, sniffling as tears began to stream down her cheeks. “I-I just wanted to get closer to you. You always kept your distance from me… and I thought it was because you were worried about me.”

She looked up, glaring straight into Linlin’s eyes. “But it turns out you just hate me! You don’t care how I feel!”

The moment her words fell, Linlin froze, opening her mouth to tell her that wasn’t the case. But nothing came out. She was too shocked by her sister even thinking of such things in the first place.

But Qiqi took her silence as acceptance. She wiped away her tears, and without wasting another moment, dashed away to the other end of the alleyway.

But it seemed like she didn’t leave without doing something drastic.

“You idiot…” Linlin muttered. Yet she couldn’t tell whether those words were meant for herself or for Qiqi.

They were both idiots in their own right.

Nonetheless, Linlin took a deep breath and finally decided to chase after Qiqi.

Yet as she ran to the other end of the alleyway and looked around, Qiqi was nowhere to be seen.

Huh…? Linlin tilted her head, her heartbeat rapidly increasing. M-My threads… I had one placed on her… It was severed?

As an emergency plan, she always kept a single invisible thread tied between those she cared about. Qiqi had the strongest thread, and yet, it was now gone.

She shouldn’t have known about this thread… no… wait… maybe she was kidnapped? Linlin thought, panic starting to set in.

She had no one to turn to. Frankly, she didn’t even understand what was going on. It was so sudden.

Linlin swiftly opened up her friend list and noticed Qiqi was still alive. Thankfully, her HP was still full.

But I can’t track her… if only she didn’t leave the organization…

By now, Linlin was lost, and she had no one to turn to. Her sister disappeared, and no matter where she sent her threads, she couldn’t find her. Not in any alleyway. Not on the streets. Not even inside a single building.

Vanished.

No matter how many messages she sent, no reply ever came. Not after 5 seconds, or 5 minutes. It was complete silence.

That was until she heard a ding. It wasn’t from Qiqi, but…

She stared at the message for a few moments as certain memories flashed in her mind.

Rael was someone she couldn’t understand. Not only was his power growth rate exponential, but he also always managed to find a solution to every problem he was involved with.

Linlin clenched her trembling fists as she began running toward his manor, nearly stumbling with each step.

But if it’s Rael, then…

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