Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 752 - 753: Surrender? part 1

"Bloody Butterfly, has she already entered the inner city?"

As Amon’s words left his mouth, all the big shots present couldn’t help but have their expressions change drastically, with a serious look undeniably spreading across their eyes.

Normally, under the ’Holy War’ plan of the Asumos Church, the Bloody Butterfly would not step into the inner city of Anvika until before the coronation ceremony of the Holy Woman. But now?

Clearly, The actions of the Bloody Butterfly exceeded everyone’s expectations. Recalling the previous actions taken by Sky City on its own, a bad feeling suddenly arose in the minds of these big shots.

In an instant,

The hall was immersed in a dead silence.

It was only broken by a cold laugh from Hakim, "Heh. If Bloody Butterfly has realized the plan of the Holy War and decides to strike first as a precaution? That would be embarrassing, since we are not fully prepared yet."

After the cold laugh, Hakim couldn’t help but cast a meaningful glance at a pink-haired woman standing dumbfounded like a piece of wood not far away,

"However, maybe Bloody Butterfly hasn’t noticed the Holy War plan? Perhaps she is just here to seek justice for her subordinates, against some short-sighted fools? What do you think, is my guess right, Mrs. Lisa?"

The mockery was undeniable in his words.

Although both were peak 8th-level powerhouses, Hakim has always looked down on Mrs. Lisa, who climbed to her position through despicable means and gained her power through underhanded tactics.

However,

With a pale face, Lisa was just staring at the ground, showing no intention of responding.

Seeing this, Hakim didn’t bother wasting more time on this woman, but instead turned his serious gaze towards Amon:

"Your Highness, Prince Amon, what’s the situation now?"

As he spoke,

A terrifying force of frost began to gather around Hakim, with a chilling light slowly emerging in his silver-gray eyes.

While most people felt fear due to the arrival of Bloody Butterfly, Hakim’s was always calm, was filled with a strong desire to fight.

No matter what, this revered figure of the Holy Tower preferred to challenge his opponents or enemies openly and fairly. The ’Holy War’ that sneaks around and plots against others was not his preferred way of fighting.

And as Hakim finished speaking, everyone’s attention once again focused on Amon.

With different thoughts, they awaited Amon’s reply.

"Your Highness, where is Bloody Butterfly now?"

However,

Under the earnest gaze of everyone, Amon provided an answer that no one expected.

He rubbed his eyes, confirmed the information in his hands again, and then hesitantly began to speak:

"Um, Bloody Butterfly, she, she, now..."

"Is she coming towards us?"

"No, no, she was caught by the law enforcement officers."

"Is that so, it seems we need to prepare for battle ahead of time... Huh? Wait? Your Highness, what did you say?"

"I, I said, Bloody Butterfly was arrested by the law enforcement officers."

Looking into Hakim’s eyes, Amon spoke with a tone not even he believed.

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell silent again,

The cold air around Hakim suddenly dissipated, his newly arisen fighting spirit crumbled instantly, and his whole person slumped, showing a completely dumbfounded expression.

What,

What did you say?

Bloody Butterfly was arrested?

By the law enforcement? By that group of enforcers who are at best at the intermediate level?

What the hell??

At this moment, the solemn atmosphere in the hall suddenly became somewhat bizarre...

"Your Highness, today is not April Fool you know?."

"I know Lord Hakim. believe me, I am serious..."

--

As for what exactly happened, we have to go back to a few dozen minutes ago.

A few dozen minutes ago, inside the Supreme Court of the inner city area of Anvik, a long and serious lawsuit finally concluded.

However,

Although this lawsuit has been noisy for a long time, the presiding judges on the bench, and almost all the audience below, were not surprised by the final verdict of the judge. As the defendant, Tonic-Fafner was declared not guilty without any doubt.

Everyone knew clearly,

No matter whether this man named Tonic committed a crime, he would not be charged with any crime.

The reason is also simple; his Fafner family is one of the leading noble families in the capital Anvik, currently the family of the prime minister and even related to the Red leaf royal family, truly a royal relative. In the capital Anvik, as long as Tonic does not provoke the royal family and the high ranks of the member, then the court will not be able to convict him.

After all. One of the chief justices is also from their Fafner family.

And clearly, Tonic also knew this. Therefore, although he acted recklessly in the capital, he did not provoke those untouchable beings. The lawsuit dispute this time was just with a few small merchants from a border town.

Therefore, from the beginning, Tonic, sitting in the defendant’s seat, was fearless. After being declared not guilty by the court, Tonic, protected by two guards, disdainfully walked up to these small merchants and said in a contemptuous tone:

"You’ve made it this far, you should be satisfied. Go back and quietly run your little shop, isn’t it just an accidental death? Is it worth this much?"

"Tonic, you bastard!!"

Hearing this, the young man dressed plainly, with short brown hair and average looks, immediately showed a gaze filled with indescribable grief and anger, staring at Tonic with clenched teeth.

"It’s you who killed my sister! What do you mean by ’accident’?!"

"Hey, hey, if you keep slandering like that, I might sue you for defamation, you know~"

Tonic warned seriously, with a stern face.

"The court has already ruled. It was your sister who went out to sell herself at night and got killed because she didn’t agree on the price with someone. I was just passing by, so you better not talk nonsense~ haha,"

"You!"

As these words entered his ears, the young man named Pleg was overwhelmed with rage. But no matter how angry he was, he couldn’t change any facts.

He had already spent all his family’s wealth in an attempt to seek justice for his sister and send this scum to jail... only to end up with this outcome.

A sense of powerlessness and sorrow continuously surged into the young man’s heart.

He was unwilling!

Watching Pleg’s pained expression, young master Tonic felt a sense of satisfaction.

He enjoyed seeing others hate him but unable to do anything about it.

Otherwise, with his family’s power, there was no need to sue this poor kid at all. They could simply end their lives directly.

"Hehe~"

After a cold laugh, Tonic still felt it wasn’t enough.

So, he slowly squatted down and whispered in the young man’s ear:

"Accept your fate, you fool. From the beginning, you never had a chance. The entire court is mine. What do you have to fight against me? How could those witnesses offend our Fafnir family for you?"

"..."

"Oh, and one last thing,"

After showing a weird smile, Tonic carefully leaned closer to Pleg’s ear and whispered softly:

"Your sister, she felt really great~"

"You Moth!@!$!@$!!!"

Hearing this, Pleg couldn’t take it anymore. Suddenly raising his head, he stared dead at Tonic’s face.

Remembering the scene of his sister’s tragic death, his mother’s suicide from depression.

At this moment, the string of rationality in his mind completely snapped.

"I’ll kill you, you fu@king devil!!"

Unleashing all the energy in his body, Pleg lunged at Tonic’s face with a fierce punch.

Unfortunately,

Tonic was prepared. The two burly guards by his side didn’t hesitate to knock Pleg down with two punches and pressed him firmly to the ground. Obviously, for Pleg, with his third-level strength, trying to take on two fourth-level guards was a fool’s dream. All he could do was to glare at Tonic with eyes full of venom.

"You bastard, I’ll make you pay for this someday!"

"Pay?"

"Ahahahahhaahah~"

As if he heard something amusing, Tonic burst into laughter. After a fit of laughter, he grabbed Pleg by the hair and yanked him up from the ground.

"Oh boya, How are you still so naïve?. I, the young master of Fafner family! I have money, I have power. And you? No money, no power! In this world, ordinary people like you can’t change anything. You want us to pay? That’s quite overestimating yourself, isn’t it? I can be released from crimes without charge. And you? Just one disrespectful word, and I can have you rot in jail. Under these circumstances, you even dared to attack me? Do you really want me to finish you off?"

Tonic sneered, propping his chin with his hand:

"Just for attempting to attack, I could have you imprisoned for life. Even without the attempt, I can easily frame you with a few charges, so you won’t even know how you died. Or, I could just have my guards take you out. You can’t resist, and no one would stop it. You see, getting rid of you is just that easy."

Listening to this,

Pleg lowered his head silently, growing more and more devoid of faith in this world.

And seeing the young boy’s downfall, Tonic’s grew even more delighted. This feeling of crushing others with his privileges, with power and money, was just too exhilarating.

However, Just when Tonic was basking in self-satisfaction as usual, a pleasing yet eerily sinister female voice suddenly intruded into his mind out of nowhere.

—"Tsk~, I wanted to see how the courts in this otherworldly realm operated. To think I’d witness such a scene, really... it’s ruining my mood..."—

"Who?! Who’s talking behind my back?!"

Hearing this, Tonic, feeling a chill down his spine, abruptly turned to look behind him.

Unfortunately, besides a crowd of familiar witnesses, there was no other anomaly.

Ah…wrong,

Except these witnesses don’t have heads anymore...