Level Up in Earth Evolution

Chapter 185: I Am Not A Bad Girl

'Haha, Lyla, you said you would never come here, even if your hubby is dead. Then how come you are here to save him?' Irene thought, laughing inwardly as she watched Lyla in disguise walking around.

Just an hour ago, Lyla threatened to talk about these messages to Inquisitor Lucius, but in the end, she came here, knowing Irene might really do as she says because she knew about her family rules and was close to her.

Lyla still doubted whether she would kill him or not, but even if she didn't, no one would escape unscathed from Irene, so she has no choice but to come here. If not, someone might end up badly because of her mistake.

Li Wei, who didn't know all of this, felt weird, but he failed to pinpoint anything, as the thought of Lyla coming to save him never crossed his mind.

"Miss Irene, when are we going to kidnap her and how?" Li Wei inquired as they were both hiding in an abandoned house, watching Lyla who was looking around with anxious eyes.

The area they were in was where the low-level houses were built at the start of the city. There were still plans to renovate them into high-level houses, but the funds needed were massive, so it remained abandoned like this.

Not to mention, in this world, people didn't lack money when it came to such miscellaneous things, so no one cared about the low-level houses and lived in higher-level ones, making this place abandoned.

This place looked like just the right one to commit crimes; however, it was the opposite here, as the guards were patrolling every hour, not to mention Lucius was also keeping his eye on every suspicious thing in the city.

So, Li Wei still doubted whether their plan to kidnap her would succeed or not.

"Li Wei! I told you we are not kidnapping someone but came here to pick up. Also, you are not allowed to say anything from now on; just follow me silently and let me handle everything," Irene stated with irritation.

Was she a bad girl who would kidnap someone for fun? Of course not, she was just here to pick up her best friend and nothing else.

'Humph, bad Li Wei. I am not a bad girl,' she complained inwardly with a snort as she observed Lyla, who was walking around as she instructed in the messages.

Li Wei was a little puzzled at why she was only observing, but he didn't say anything.

For him, raising the strength of everyone was important, and striking a deal with Irene was a lot safer than trying to find a rare class in some dangerous places.

Not to mention, he has Astral Vision, which could work similarly to Irene's Spirit Vision, so he only needed the skill of the Shadowcaster class that was now coming to his doorstep. Because of this, he agreed to the plan, even though he knew it might be troublesome.

So, he just waited silently as Irene said, while also keeping an eye on his villa with the help of his clone to make sure no nobles would come to cause trouble while he is away.

Thinking of the nobles, he shifted his gaze towards Irene with a deep look.

'This city must be under the power of the church or someone from it. If not, she wouldn't be able to do whatever she wanted, and the same goes for that old foggy Lucius who is scamming a weak person like me,' he muttered inwardly as he pondered about the social hierarchy of the kingdom.

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When suddenly his attention was attracted by Irene, who took out a small mana crystal that was engraved with runes. But before he could think what it was for, she directly crushed it.

Nothing seemed to happen when she did, but after just a few seconds, a terrifying sonic boom echoed from the centre of the city, making Li Wei shocked.

He became even more shocked when he discovered that no one in the city heard it and no explosion happened anywhere.

"Li Wei, this sonic boom can only be heard by level 100 or higher levels. That's why no one in the city heard it. Also, because this sonic boom explosion is unharmful, it is not easy to detect, and it's a great way to distract Uncle Lucius," Irene explained with a smirk, making Li Wei speechless.

"Miss Irene, you placed these explosions when you came to the city, right?" he inquired because there was no time for her to do this now, which meant she must have done it before running away.

Hearing this, Irene just smiled and didn't bother to explain because he was right. She has done this to make her escape plan more foolproof, placing these unharmful explosives in her room.

So even if Lyla and others know it might be a trap, they have to check it personally, even if they know Irene isn't there.

The same was happening now as Lucius went to check on her room with unwillingness.

While Lyla, who also heard the sound, showed a troubled expression and took out her communication tool to ask Lucius if everything was alright.

In response, Lucius just said to continue to search for Priestess Irene while he would get rid of these explosives planted in the villa.

Everything was going just as Irene planned. Even if it wasn't, the explosions would happen automatically at certain intervals once triggered, so she didn't worry too much and waited until she confirmed Lucius wasn't watching them.

"Li Wei, it's time. Just follow me silently," Irene instructed with a serious expression as she watched Lyla walking away just as she desired in her plan.

Li Wei didn't care too much and followed her to a nearby inn where Irene entered without hesitation and brought him into a private room she has booked.

Li Wei was puzzled, but he didn't say anything as Irene was busy instructing Lyla through the communication tool with a serious look.

When suddenly, she turned towards him.

"Li Wei, in a moment, Lyla will be coming, and all you have to do is just interact with her a little, while I do my work. Also, pretend you don't know me," Irene stated, and before Li Wei could say something, she directly entered the bathroom to hide, making him speechless.

'It feels like she is going to do something troublesome,' Li Wei thought with a sigh as he waited for Lyla while thinking about what to talk with her.

He didn't wait too long, and in a minute, the door of the room opened as a figure of a young woman walked inside.

It was none other than Lyla who was looking at Li Wei after shutting the door.

Only after seeing him unharmed, did she heave a sigh of relief and turn towards the bathroom.

"Priestess Irene, please stop hiding. I know you are there," Lyla stated because it was the only place to hide inside this room.

Hearing this, Irene, who was hiding in the bathroom, snorted and walked out with a cute pout.

"Lyla, I was going to give you a surprise. You can't just expose me like that," she complained with a cheeky tone.

Watching her like this, Irene became irritated.

"Priestess Irene, why are you doing this? Don't you know it's a crime to threaten people's lives?" she asked with anger.

"Ah, Lyla, why are you angry at your cute priestess? Don't tell me you have forgotten about me after getting a future husband," Irene asked, pointing at Li Wei, whose mouth was twitching after understanding her plan.

But he didn't say anything as he needed to learn the skill of Lyla so he could make Li Xin and others stronger.

As he thought of this, he looked at Irene, wondering how she was going to kidnap her, but he became dumbfounded by her next words.

"Lyla, I am bored of running away alone. Why don't you join me? It will be a lot of fun," Irene suggested as if it was something normal.

While Lyla sighed deeply after hearing her.

"Priestess Irene, do you know what you are asking? I will recommend you to go back immediately, because your father is anxious and will come here personally if you don't," she stated, making Irene's expression a little stiff, but she didn't care.

"Humph, so what? Let him come. Anyway, I am not afraid of him. Also, Lyla, don't think your location artifact will work here, so forget about those little tricks," Irene replied with a scoff as she saw Lyla pouring MP into the ring secretly.

Because Irene has spirit eyes, Lyla knew if she kept it activated from before, Irene would definitely not meet her. So, she waited for the chance, only to fail because Irene was prepared for this with her secret tool that can block any type of communication.

It's just that this tool was separated into lots of parts in her personal items with secrecy. Because of this, Lyla didn't know that she has a tool like this and thought it might work. But her plans failed.

Lyla still has other ways, but they wouldn't work in front of Irene who is high level. Not to mention, there is another man hiding somewhere who helped her run away that day, and if she did something, Li Wei would become a hostage.

So, she couldn't do anything and could only wait for Inquisitor Lucius to discover something wrong with her and come here as soon as possible.

However, it was useless as he was busy finding the explosives that Irene put in troublesome places, making him fume with anger.

"Just where did this girl get these things? Is someone helping her secretly?" Lucius muttered with irritation as Irene always found new things to make trouble for him.