Chapter 1440: Chapter 1440: Fatal
“Bead, Eagle was captured by a monk and a Taoist.”
In the darkness, soone took out a phone and called Isabella Warm to report the situation.
When it cos to risky matters, Isabella naturally wouldn’t co in person.
As a Vein Holder, there was no need for her to put herself in danger.
Now it seed that her decision was a wise one. The person who gave out the pill clearly set a trap for her.
This world is simple; it’s the human heart that’s complex.
“Imdiately investigate their identities and intercept them midway to rescue Eagle!” Isabella’s cold voice ca through the phone, commanding in an indisputable tone: “Ensure Eagle’s safety.”
Though the Seven Veins had fallen apart, Pendleton seed intent on uniting them recently.
Aside from the recalcitrant Emperor Vein, which was gambling against Pendleton,
the remaining factions were mostly in decline.
The Losers, Seal, Eagle, and Night Veins had dwindling numbers.
The Night Vein, being a group of assassins, was said to have only one Vein Holder remaining, and Eagle was similarly alone.
The Losers had been dismantled by the Bead Pulse, with their Vein Holder reduced to an outlaw afraid to show their face.
The Seal Vein, due to internal conflict, had been on the verge of annihilation for centuries now.
The only sowhat active faction, Micah Will, had long declared loyalty to Pendleton.
But in truth, they were rely observing the situation.
On one hand, Micah Will maintained contact with the Bead Pulse, while on the other, they worked for Pendleton.
Those trying to please both sides often end up offending everyone.
Isabella had already been considering eliminating Micah Will, fostering loyal mbers under her control, and establishing a new Micah Will faction.
Right now, as a mber of the Seven Veins and the last inheritor and Vein Holder of the Eagle Vein, Eagle must not co to harm.
The Seven Veins each had their own secrets.
The Vein Holders’ weapons were rely keys, but the correct use of these keys was known only to the Vein Holders.
This was why Isabella had not taken “Flying Sky” from Eagle’s hand.
Back then, the Seven Veins had done this to create mutual restraint and self-preservation.
Treasure could be taken, but without the Vein Holder, the key would lose its function.
Isabella had simply not foreseen that “Flying Sky” would end up in the hands of the Young Family.
“Understood! But… Solaris Grove seems to have died.” The Bead Pulse mber on the call glanced at the square, uncertain: “The person in the Taoist robes stabbed him more than a dozen tis. It looks like the North Sea man has stopped breathing.”
“Rescue him first, I’ll handle the rest…”
BANG!
Before Isabella could finish speaking, the Bead Pulse mber on the phone collapsed and passed out instantly.
“Hello.”
When a voice she was all too familiar with ca through the line, Isabella’s body trembled.
Silent tears began falling.
You are really in Swimming City, I can feel it.
But she didn’t say this.
She let the tears silently fall to the ground.
“I trust you haven’t betrayed .” Julius Reed picked up the phone and spoke in a calm tone: “No matter who says what to , no matter what ironclad evidence they offer, I believe you. But, if you indeed betray , I will personally kill you.”
Silence.
Silence lingered on the other end of the phone.
It had been so many years since she had last heard his voice.
“Tell , you didn’t betray .”
Julius Reed’s voice was cold.
He knew soone was listening on the other end of the line.
Isabella’s eyes turned bloodshot, her hands clenching the phone tightly, her body trembling uncontrollably.
Tears blurred her vision, blurred her rationality.
“I see.” Julius Reed seed to recall sothing, suddenly speaking: “Actually, the Blue Sea Green Vine—I let you steal it on purpose. Four people, there was no way to divide it.”
With that, he crushed the phone.
On the other end.
The always cold and wise Isabella let out a wailing cry.
So people, so things, are destined to remain unforgettable.
“What happened?”
At the City Lord’s Mansion, Ian Jorden rushed in and saw Isabella sobbing on the desk. Shocked, he asked, “The Pendleton Alliance Hierarch isn’t dead?”
Isabella shook her head, her body trembling slightly.
“Then what is it? Stop crying for now; let’s solve the issue!” Ian Jorden was at a loss, pacing back and forth!
From the ti of Demarco Mount, he had known Isabella.
After his feigned death back then, Ian had always obeyed Isabella’s commands, lurking in Swimming City and waiting for the right opportunity.
“He…” Isabella raised her head, her tear-streaked face now beyond recognition.
Yet, even at a glance, her beauty was still breathtaking.
Her red, weeping eyes, and her fair cheeks tinged with a faint blush, coupled with her hoarse voice, seed to carry a sorrowful charm: “He said, if I betrayed him, he would personally kill .”
“This…” Ian Jorden shook his head with a bitter smile: “Figures.”
“No matter how painful the choices back then were, I must continue on this path and achieve my goal!” Isabella’s eyes flashed with resolve: “No one can stop !”
No one knew that man better than his closest bodyguard and maid.
To kill personally…
Perhaps it was love, or perhaps it was care to the point of obsession, that one would make such a statent.
“So what do we do now…” Ian was at a loss for words.
He was a man and didn’t understand the subtleties of a woman’s heart.
“Take Pendleton! I will turn Pendleton into an organization completely under my control! I will collect all seven keys and uncover the book hidden at Pendleton’s headquarters!” Isabella’s voice was cold as water.
“If only you had explained things clearly to Grace River back then, today’s situation wouldn’t have unfolded like this.” Ian sat back into his chair and poured himself a cup of tea: “The quarrels between won, at tis, can be far more terrifying than n’s deadly battles.”
“I want to prove to everyone! No matter in what aspect, Isabella Warm can surpass Grace River! I will make Grace River understand that even if Isabella Warm dies, she will still never win that man’s love!”
Isabella clenched her fists tightly, her strikingly beautiful face flickering with a flash of determination.
“Pfft!”
Ian Jorden spat out the tea in his mouth: “You’re crazy?”
“If my death would allow to occupy a place in his heart, I would not hesitate to make that choice.” Isabella’s face was emotionless.
“Bead! You must live! If you die, what about ? Have you thought about ? I don’t want to die dishonored! Let alone be reduced to bones and ashes by the Holy Lord after death!”
BANG!
Ian slamd his teacup back onto the table, his voice tinged with bitterness: “I haven’t even t my daughter yet!”
“I was joking.” Isabella smiled faintly, took a deep breath, and continued: “Eagle was captured. We must save him.”
At this mont, the crying girl from before seed like an entirely different person.
“Love makes won terrifying.” Ian shook his head and turned away.
He left Isabella alone in the room to ponder.
“Did I make the wrong choice…” She let out a bitter laugh, pulling out a necklace from her chest.
The pendant on the chain was a jade-carved figure.
…
“Stop right there!”
On an empty street in Swimming City, a shadowy figure suddenly appeared, blocking the path of a monk and a Taoist.
“Good dogs don’t block the road, my friend.” The Seven Star Arhat raised an eyebrow, sizing up the man in black before him.
The newcor had ill intentions.
“I’m the Prince Consort of the North Sea.” Julius Reed turned around, speaking with faint indifference. “You killed my North Sea General; how do you plead?”
“North Sea Prince Consort? Didn’t you die?” The Seven Star Arhat warily asked: “Are you a ghost?”
“Indeed! In life I belonged to the North Sea, in death I am its ghost!” Julius Reed extended his hand, pointing it at the monk and Taoist: “Care to go down and play? No charge, just your lives.”
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