Chapter 639: Study And Practice (1/2)
”A suitable place for the Teleportation Array, huh?” Lilith muttered with a pondering look as she considers several things according to Leon's preference.
”How about right here, inside the central palace? It's private enough and not open to the public. I was just about to inspect the condition inside.”
Lilith suggested.
”Alright.”
Leon nodded.
He was quick to agree after giving the central palace a short glance at its exterior.
The central palace was one of the few buildings that remained undamaged despite being crushed by the weight of the rat carcasses due to its sturdy building materials.
After following Lilith inside the palace, the two of them were quick to frown at the pungent stench.
”This smell is horrible! What the hell is this smell?! More importantly, what the hell happened in here?”
Lilith quickly complained with a big frown while observing the maids sweeping the floor and cleaning the bloodstains in the hallway.
”Those aren't the blood of rats...”
”Welcome back, Your Highness.”
Hints of life and excitement flickered in the dull eyes of the maids as Lilith acknowledged their greetings with a nod.
”I didn't see any of you during the evacuation. Don't tell me that none of you had left the palace when the place was collapsing?”
Lilith suddenly noticed the detail while she was questioning the maids.
The maids quickly gave each other a glance before they admitted, ”We have never left the palace, Your Highness.”
”You are all very lucky.”
Lilith stated.
Shortly after, Lilith led Leon and Darlene to the back courtyard at the end of the hallway before she was suddenly drawn to the source of the pungent stench.
”The concentration of foul smell is originating from here... Just what is this smell? It smells like...”
Lilith and Leon arrived at the door to her parent's bedchamber before she commented.
Leon could not be more familiar with the smell and shook his head with a sigh, ”You don't want to know the smell is.”
”I don't think you should see what is inside either,” he added.
With a sweep of Leon's divine sense, the situation inside the bedchamber was clear to him.
”Don't treat me like some little girl. Right now, I am acting leader of my clan. I will have to face everything eventually.”
Lilith pushed open the doors to the bedchamber decisively before she was assaulted by the pungent smell of body fluids and blood.
In addition to the scene she saw inside the bedchamber, Lilith's stoic face quickly paled with a tinge of green before she barfed.
”Bleurgh!”
”I warned you,” Leon stated wryly while soothing Lilith with a back rub.
At the same time, he channeled some Wood Energy, which significantly reduced Lilith's unsettled feeling.
Meanwhile, Darlene, who had been following behind Leon silently, only wrinkled her brow slightly.
”Bastard!”
Lilith spat angrily with a clenched fist after recovering some color to her face.
”Lord Bahlzacs was a complete bastard! What does he treat women as?!”
”A tool of pleasure, it seems. Sometimes, you can understand what kind of a person the master is just by how their subordinates behave. It seems this Desolate Netherbird Second Prince is no good person.”
As Leon commented, he made his way over to the master bed and gave the naked women a quick diagnosis.
”These pitiful ladies can still be saved,” Leon determined before quickly administering treatment.
He fed them Tier-2 All-Purpose Healing Pills before fixing some dislocated bones and rubbing some Golden Ointment on their bruised flesh.
Several coats were draped over their bodies after Leon was done before he returned to Lilith's side with a frown.
”How are they, Leon?” Lilith inquired.
”The flesh can be healed, but their minds are broken. It'll be hard for them to recover from this mental trauma.”
Lilith felt sad for the fate that befell her female clansmen after falling into the clutches of Lord Bahlzacs.
”If I want to destroy the Desolate Netherbird Tribe and save my parents, will you continue to help me?” Lilith asked.
”We can discuss this after we are done here. These ladies are pitiful, but so long as they are alive, there is still a chance for recovery.”
”Un.” Lilith nodded and said, ”You're right, Leon.”
Shortly after, Lilith called in the maids and servants of the palace to take the female clansmen to the bathhouse for cleansing.
”Right, the Teleportation Array needs to be settled as well.”
Lilith suddenly recalled the objective for Leon visiting the palace before she said, ”Let me take you to the basement.”
”Alright.”
Leon nodded.
He wanted to crack a joke about taking him to her r*pe dungeon, but he felt it was inappropriate considering what they had just discovered back in the bedchamber.
A few minutes later, they arrived in the underground cellar where the wine was stored and kept for special occasions in the palace.