Chapter 3 Horizontal Knife I

The moment the door closed, Persephone's body went limp, and it seemed that all her strength was lost from her body in an instant, and she leaned weakly against the door.

Through the thick door, Roy could be heard cursing viciously before getting into the car. He deliberately kept his scolding down and closed the door lightly, as if he was afraid of angering Persephone again. After all, if Persephone really didn't care about anything anymore, then ten Roys wouldn't be enough for her to kill at once.

After hearing her promise, Roy straightened his back, inexplicably more courage, and began to be full of delusions of desire again. But Roy finally understood that his reliance was now based on the dignity that Persephone was willing to insist on, and that if he tried to trample on her dignity, the result would not be good.

Persephone also knew that Roy himself would never dare to trouble himself like this, whether he was a dragoon general or not. The reason why he is so presumptuous must be the result of some people's support and instigation behind his back, in order to put more pressure on himself.

Because there were no lights, the room was very dark and very cold. Persephone leaned against the door and slowly sat down on the floor, suddenly grasping her long gray hair with all her might!

That's it, but it didn't stop a few hot tears from falling on the cold floor, turning into a few puddles of water stains, and quickly becoming cold.

Outside of this villa, almost every man will become her enemy, if not now, then in the not-too-distant future. If the great north, or even the entire continent, the only thing that can protect her at this moment is this house that even Roy can easily tear down. And the people she can trust are already on their way to the West at the moment.

In many cases, Persephone seems very naïve, but how can she be really naïve, who can maneuver between all kinds of big people and single-handedly build the foundation of the Arthurian family's martial arts? She just didn't want to bother with the little things that didn't matter. She knew very well that it would not be long before all the dragoons in the northern base would become her enemies, interests and threats, and Persephone knew all too well.

She wasn't afraid of enemies near and far, overt or hidden, even Bebraz. What made her lose control was that it was only now that Persephone finally began to face the reality she was most unwilling to accept, which was eternal separation.

Just as Persephone was crying silently, a cold, damp feeling suddenly hit her body, and she swam wildly.

Persephone immediately recognized that it was the ability of someone to initiate a spiritual touch on her. This is a fourth-order ability that is only possible to be developed based on the two domains of perception and occultism, which is similar to ultra-tactile sensation. The difference is that the perception of mental touch is much more vague, but the distance of action is much greater than that of ultra-touch and can penetrate inanimate objects.

If it was a normal time, this spiritual induction would not be able to get close to Persephone at all, and it would be dispersed by her. But now, when she was officially extremely vulnerable, her vigilance and defense were exhausted for a while, and she was actually attacked by a spiritual touch.

Persephone stood up, suddenly clenched her fists, and erupted into a silent scream!

The circle of invisible sound waves is like an extremely thin blade, encircling the spiritual fluctuations that are still lingering in the space, and it is immediately a heavy and merciless strangulation!

Persephone possesses a ninth-order occult ability, and with it comes an extremely strong mental ability. As long as she touches the mental fluctuations on the sound waves, she can shatter the snooping mental fluctuations she touches. This is irreparable damage, and each wave of mental fluctuations will bring permanent regression of ability to the person who wields it. And in this mental confrontation where there is no room for manoeuvre at all, Persephone is completely overwhelming!

The fluctuations of the spiritual touch screamed, and every trace of the shattering of the fluctuations would bring great pain to those who cast their abilities. He screamed with his psychic touch ability, begging for mercy while desperately trying to escape from the sonic strangulation.

"It looks like they don't even want to do superficial work!" Persephone sneered and thought, of course she knew who was casting the ability of spiritual touch, and in the entire northern base, there was only one guy who had this ability.

Persephone's face became even colder, and the power of the high-frequency howl that exceeded the limit of human hearing was even higher, and the sudden chaotic sound wave instantly strangled the invading mental fluctuations cleanly, and followed its path to counterattack until it collided with the defensive force field emanating from the base headquarters.

Persephone was still unwilling, and shouted again in the direction of the headquarters, and the sound wave was wrapped in a huge spiritual power, almost instantly destroying half of the energy of the defensive force field, and only then did she let out a breath of evil breath!

In the observation room on the top floor of the headquarters, a man in his thirties suddenly bounced out of his chair, arched his body like a shrimp in midair, and spurted blood from his mouth. Every time a mental fluctuation was destroyed, a cloud of blood sprayed out of his mouth and nose. He screamed, but the cry was interrupted by the blood pouring up.

With a loud bang, the locked door was kicked open, and General Kaplan burst into the room, holding the man with the captain's badge. Kaplan immediately felt a piercing chill hit the air, like a rapidly spinning blade! He let out a loud shout, his half-white hair almost stood on end, and he released his defensive force field with all his strength, fighting hard against the incoming chill!

In an instant, the wrinkles on Kaplan's face deepened, his eyes were bloodshot, and his hair was a little gray. Fortunately, there was only one attack.

Two wisps of dark blood flowed from Kaplan's nostrils, and he wiped them away casually, just looking at the middle-aged man who fell to the ground with concern, and asked in a deep voice, "Root, how do you feel?" ”

Root's face was sickly pale, and there were large patches of blood on his mouth and chest, and he looked at Kaplan a little sluggishly, and finally recognized the general's face, and immediately trembled and said, "That bitch...... That bitch ruined my abilities! I'm out of power! Uncle, help me kill her! Kill her! ”

A trace of paleness flashed across Kaplan's face, and there was a suppressed anger in his eyes, and he stopped Root's nervous shout in a deep voice: "If your ability is ruined, you can practice again!" As long as you're not dead! Right now...... Now is not the time for a showdown with her, wait, I'll make her regret it! ”

In fact, Kaplan knew very well in his heart that he could practice again if his ability was destroyed, but it was absolutely impossible to practice again to the original level. Root's psychic touch ability is very rare, and its role in street fighting is very significant. Seeing that Persephone returned to the northern base alone, Rout immediately proposed to use his ability to see what happened to Persephone and why she came back alone.

At the time, Kaplan just felt that something was wrong, but it didn't stop Rutt, he also needed to know Persephone's current state and not be afraid to detect the consequences of being discovered. After all, there are still more than a dozen dragoons in the northern base, and they are all Kaplan's descendants, even if there is a real war with Pasephone, Kaplan has a greater certainty that he can defeat. It may not be possible to capture her alive, but it is still possible to let her escape with her wounded.

But Kaplan never thought that Persephone would have such terrifying mental power, and even have a drastic means of counterattacking and countering! Could it be that she also has a high-level hidden ability in the occult? However, it is clearly stated that Persephone only has a number of eighth-order abilities in the combat domain, as well as some low-level abilities in the quasi-spell, perception, and psionic domains for combat cooperation.

Looking at the dying Root, Kaplan, who was pale, didn't know how many times he regretted it! It is common sense not to fully trust the registered information of the dragoons. But even Kaplan, who has always been cautious, could never have imagined that Persephone would have such a high-level occult ability! It's not a matter of talent, it's that it's almost impossible for her to have so many evolution points.

At this time, almost the entire Bloody Parliament had a little bit of power and status, and it was known that Persephone was no longer a general, and that Sue would be wanted by the Parliament. It doesn't take any political brains to guess that Bebraz, who has always been known for his thunderous methods, will never let Persephone go. The choice between a general who has lost the support of his family and the speaker of the Bloody Parliament will be known to anyone who is smarter.

Anyone who can become a general is not stupid, Kaplan considers himself a smart and cautious person, and he certainly knows what to choose. Moreover, Kaplan was sitting in the northern base, and Beblaz had an order to find a way to drag Persephone to the northern base, at least for two days. In two days, a force dedicated to dealing with Persephone will arrive at the northern base. The second thing Kaplan needs to do before that is to provoke Persephone to give Bebraz an excuse to deal with her.

Even Bebraz could not have been stripped of Persephone's rank and then dealt with her at will, who had not been involved in Henral's death at all. This will infuriate the entire Dark Dragoon.

Seeing Kaplan's hesitation and retreat, a dark cloud passed over Root's face, and he suddenly said, "Uncle, don't forget the Speaker's request!" Persephone had been fighting the Radiant Crusaders for so long, what could possibly capture her once she escaped back into the mountains? We have offended her now anyway, and we must not do anything wrong with the speaker because of hesitation! ”

"But......" Kaplan hesitated, he was always cautious and would not be willing to fight a notoriously powerful and powerful general, even if he had absolute numerical superiority. Since Persephone is able to hide her high-level occult abilities, she may have other abilities. Although even if you simply calculate the evolution point consumption, you know that this is not very likely, but anything can happen in this hellish world.

"Uncle, don't forget the promises of the Speaker! Fight this time and it is possible to get the whole north! But if you lose the opportunity, will the Speaker still let you stay at the northern base? Rout shouted.

If the odds of success are higher than 50, it's not called gambling, Kaplan comforted himself. In his opinion, the war with Persephone was seventy percent sure of winning, and this probability did not satisfy the cautious him, but as Rutter said, if Persephone was allowed to escape, there would be a 100 chance of losing one. This is a very simple multiple-choice question.

Kaplan stood up, called his own guards, and brazenly issued a mobilization order, ordering all the dragoons under his command to rush to the headquarters immediately and wait for dispatch!

After giving the order, Kaplan himself was fully armed and personally rushed to Persephone's residence with the three dragoons on duty in the headquarters to prevent her from escaping.

Blaring sirens rang out throughout the northern base, and military vehicles drove toward Persephone's residence, from under which jumped a large group of heavily armed soldiers. Barricades were erected, snipers occupied nearby vantage points, and barbed wire fences lined the streets. Only when the battle with the Holy Radiance Crusaders was at its most intense, would you occasionally see this scene in front of you.

Such a big move is just for the sake of the young female general who is almost unarmed in this weak villa. And, after six days, she was no longer the general of the Dark Dragoon.

But the reason why a general became a general, in addition to a huge amount of contributions, superior combat power is also an indispensable factor. Unlike Kaplan, a general who had to gradually rely on his mind to consolidate his position, Persephone, while lacking in wisdom, relied more on the most brutal method, war, to strengthen his position.

Not only Kaplan, but all the dragoons around the villa knew that barricades, snipers, chariots, and other means were only to appease the morale of ordinary warriors, and for Persephone, they were of no use. At the beginning of the real war, the main battle will be fought between Kaplan and Persephone, and the colonel-level officers may also play a role in diversion, and the low-level dragoons will only be meat shields and cannon fodder. Even if Persephone is caught, no more than half of the 16 dragooners will survive. So since Kaplan did not give the order for a strong attack, everyone wisely stood quietly in their positions and prepared for a defense.

Sixteen dragoons, including a general, two colonels, and four other officers, trembled and were on the edge of the abyss, just for the sake of a young woman whom they had always declared to look down upon.

"Go and arrest all of Persephone's servants here, whether they are still related to her or not, as long as they have been her servants, arrest them!" Kaplan instructed his lieutenant, but he didn't notice that he had deliberately kept his voice down when he issued the order.

It didn't take long for 12 men and 3 women to be taken to the open space in front of the villa, where they were all handcuffed and gagged. The soldiers ferociously brought them to their knees with the butts and boots of their guns, and then set up several cross-fire machine guns right behind them.

Kaplan had no intention of executing them, but figured out that Guò would let Persephone stay with the lives of these servants. There was already an excuse to go to war with her, and that was Root's serious injury. The only thing he had to do now was wait for Bebraz's special force to arrive.

Looking at the deathly silence of the villa, Kaplan suddenly felt that the air was extremely dry today, and he couldn't help but think about what this stupid woman was thinking and doing at this time. Yes, Persephone is definitely a very stupid woman, stupid enough to be an enemy of Bebraz, and she doesn't know that she should run away in the first place!

But didn't she really know about such an obvious thing? Kaplan's heart slowly floated to the bottom of Persephone's brilliant achievements since she arrived in the north, and then she felt that the palms of her hands were wet and cold, and before you knew it, they were all sweat!

He's nervous. Yes, this dragoon general, who has been in war for more than 20 years, is nervous.