Vile Evil Hides Under The Veil
chapter-1157

"Could you tell me who won Sansara Sage's Legacy?"

Hansen took a special interest in the participant who claimed Lin Lehan's Legacy. Eren didn't look at Nysa directly. She was allowed to claim the achievement.

"It's me, Sage Hansen."

Nysa said, stepping forward. Hansen flashed a mild smile before adding further.

"Excellent. Hehe. We will have a long talk together, kid. I just want to see what you got from my ancestor. That's all. Hope you don't mind."

Eren smirked while keeping his head down.

'Now this is what I call unadulterated bullshittery. It's a trap, Nysa. He will likely influence you to give him everything from Sansara Sage's test. Whatever he offers in exchange wouldn't be worth the exchange."

The butcher knew something like this would happen. This was the reason why he told Nysa to "inherit" Sage Lehan's Legacy.

'So should I say no?'

Eren chuckled before answering.

'No. Fall into his trap willingly and be ready to lose everything. Just express your desire to keep some items to make things believable. And accept whatever you can from the old rascal.

If you lose Sage Lehan's Legacy, make sure you get something out of it. A prominent designation perhaps? It will help you make the most out of the current war. And it will also prevent us from painting a target on our backs.'

Eren had given substantial stuff from Sage Lehan's Legacy to Nysa to make it more believable. Of course, he would have liked to keep the entirety of Lehan's legacy to himself. But if giving a large portion of it away means he can avoid prying eyes, he was all for it.

The butcher owned Sansara World 2.0 anyway, which could be considered the main component of Lehan's Legacy.

Furthermore, he secured a cooperative relationship with Maya. Thus, he didn't regret Hansen taking a part of Lin Lehan's legacy away. He just hoped that the Sage wouldn't identify the Sin Series Mark placed on her soul.

Nysa was smart enough to understand what Eren wanted her to do. She nodded at him in her head before speaking out loud.

"It'll be my honor, Sage Hansen."

Hansen was glad to hear Nysa's affirmation. It seemed that he was greedy for anything related to Sage Lehan. He didn't care if he had to swindle an Expert-ranked junior to get it. The Sage was about to talk to Nysa. However, the words stuck in her mouth as he felt someone's agitation.

"Aaaaaargh! Jason!"

Arthur, who was standing not too far away from the participants inside the protective domain, finally located his son's dead body. He shook the participants with his roar and his Grandmaster-ranked aura went berserk.

The dead bodies stored in the morgue appeared outside in a special spatial array. The dead bodies were levitated a meter from the ground.

It seemed that the artificial intelligence integrated into the array had prepped the bodies. As a result, the dead rankers looked like they were sleeping.

Arthur appeared near Jason's dead body with a sorrowful expression on his face. He was visibly shaken by his son's death. He remembered what Roth Riverine said to him some days back.

"This… this… how did this happen? Who killed my boy?"

Arthur mumbled to himself as he caressed Jason's face with both his hands. All this time, he told himself that he was preparing Jason to be his successor. So Jason's death shook him from within.

Arthur was always strict with Jason.

The Grandmaster ranker had burdened Jason with his dreams and aspirations since he was a young kid. It was as if Jason suffered from the fact that he was more talented than his step-siblings who were Arthur's legitimate children.

Arthur justified his tough love act by saying whatever he did was for Jason's benefit. He never offered Jason the care he should have expected from his father. These facts haunted Arthur after seeing Jason's lifeless face.

"Who KILLED MY SON? ANSWER ME!"

Arthur looked at the participants gathered at the Edinnica Arena and asked them menacingly. He quickly zeroed in on Veronica who was standing not too far away from him at the moment.

It had been a while since Veronica was kicked out of Sansara World's safety mechanism. However, she was badly injured when she was admitted to the intensive care unit.

One could say that Jason held nothing back in injuring Veronica so that he could hurt Ivor as well with his demonic Ability. The butcher's timely intervention saved her. Sansara World's first aid mechanism stabilized her condition somewhat. But the girl had lost consciousness and was about to die if no immediate medical care was provided.

The healers appointed to the intensive care unit had to focus their skills on Veronica to save her. They got rid of the foreign mana invasion inside her body first before tending to her damaged mana core. They allowed her to gain consciousness naturally.

Veronica woke up from her coma a few days ago. Afterward, she was summoned inside the arena, like other participants who had graduated but couldn't remain in Sansara World till its last date.

Veronica was taken aback by a Grandmaster ranker mentally suffocating her with his presence and stare. She had still not recovered from Jason's attempt to kill her. As a result, she could not discuss her experience inside Sansara World with anyone. And nobody bothered to ask her either as there were so many things going wrong for everyone involved in the graduation event.

So she stutters to answer Arthur's question.

"Grandmast… no… Duke Arthur… why… why… are you… I… it… it was Ivor… Ivor Osan… Ivor Osan killed this demonic…"

'Veronica's incoherent speech confused almost everyone present at the scene. However, the butcher knew she had messed up by calling Jason a demonic ranker. That too, in front of Arthur who was very protective of his son. Especially after his death.

'Idiot. One hell of an idiot. She's dead.'

Eren said to himself and sighed in his head as he understood what might happen to Veronica. In the next moment, Arthur slapped Veronica and splattered her brain all over the ground.

"I'll not spare my son's killers even if I have to spoil my hands and destroy my name to do so."

Arthur said in a grim tone. It was as if he had spoken those words as a self-confirmation speech. However, everyone present at the scene could hear his words.

The Duke had obviously killed Veronica to silence her because she knew Jason had become a demonic ranker. Even while he processed the pain of his son's death as a father, Arthur knew the potential repercussions if something like this were known to the masses. He then turned around to look at the enemies from Layos. He was obviously looking for someone to blame for his son's death. His defense mechanism worked in full force.

As the Grandmaster clenched his fists, he threatened Gregory Grant and the rest of the group.

"So it was you. That pest Ivor Osan… You supported Osan Woods' Butcher from the shadows. You sneaked him inside this event to target my boy.

I'll make you pay for this, you cowards."