Chapter 666
In a forest on the outskirts of the imperial capital, Cristina stood facing Anna and Louis Ankton as they slowly regained consciousness.
She chose her words carefully, revealing only part of the truth.
She told them that Sabioleen Tana had attacked the underground lab, forcing her to flee with them, which led to the lab’s destruction. However, she withheld certain details—like the strategic withdrawal of the Immortals and how they had been redeployed to eliminate the Demon King. She believed those details would only complicate matters for Anna and Louis.
The news that the Immortals had not even been able to stop a single being, Sabioleen Tana, left Anna and Louis in disbelief.
The Empire had ensured the Immortals could never again be revived, but it was the predicament in Diane that weighed heaviest on Cristina’s mind.
Cristina had witnessed the entire battle as it unfolded. The Immortals had focused on killing the Demon King, but he had deftly avoided them, using monsters as his shield. Harriet and Riana also remained unharmed, thanks to Cliffman, who had unexpectedly transformed into a formidable monster himself.
The whole ordeal had been nerve-wracking. The Immortals were being decimated, their losses beyond recovery. It seemed as if the Demon King had foreseen this, and had used the Immortals as a means to escape.
Then, Cristina saw it—a colossal, unfamiliar monster, radiating an overwhelming and unfathomable power. But before she could fully process the terror of its potential for destruction, she saw Ellen Artorius decapitate it, causing it to vanish.
At that moment, Cristina instinctively understood that the Gate Incident had come to an end, yet she had noticed something even more startling before that. Though she remained silent, her wide eyes and the way she bit her lip until it bled spoke volumes.
Louis Ankton, noticing her distress, cautiously asked, “Cristina... what’s wrong?”
“Scarlett...” she whispered.
At that name, both Louis’s and Anna’s expressions turned grim.