It was only then that a thought flashed through Regnar's head like an electric shock. He finally understood what was wrong.
It's too cold, yes, it's too cold. Although this Lati looked very lively and enthusiastic, her eyes were wrong. Her eyes were too calm and not at all as excited and excited as she showed. From the very beginning, Regnar had a vague feeling that there was something uncoordinated about Letty, but it wasn't until now that he finally understood it.
The reason why Lati was chatting with her so suddenly was just to disturb her in case he stopped her from taking action. After all, Regner is among the top four in this competition, and he is so close to Lati. If one was unlucky, Regnar would probably have blocked Lati's surprise attack.
And now it seems that Latty's plan succeeded. Regnar obviously had time to react to this sudden change. At this time, Letty's dagger was only a dozen centimeters away from Ralphin's throat.
But the leader of the Hawke Empire showed amazing determination at this time. He just looked at the assassin who suddenly approached coldly, without showing any fear or panic.
"I succeeded! I completed my mission! Brother, you don't have to take risks anymore!" A smile appeared on Lati's lips. When she came here, she had no intention of going back alive. But she didn't want to die so meaninglessly. She had to complete her mission before she died and assassinate King Larvin of the Hawke Empire.
But the next second, her smile froze, because a strong hand clasped her wrist tightly, preventing her dagger from advancing even a millimeter.
It was the thin man next to Larvin. Because he is so ordinary and ordinary, most people ignore his existence. But now, he blocked Lati's thunderous strike before anyone had time to react.
Lettie's wrists were pinched tightly. After a brief strength contest, she understood that she could not possibly defeat this thin man in terms of strength. So she was ready to burst out her fighting spirit. At such a close distance, her fighting spirit could also cause fatal damage to Larvin, who had no strength.
But her second plan also failed because the Slender Man discerned her intentions. Before she could activate her fighting spirit, the thin man took the lead in pouring his own fighting spirit into Lati's wrists. They blocked Lati's body veins, making it impossible for her to smoothly activate her own fighting spirit.
Immediately afterwards, Joffrey also reacted. He threw a human body-holding technique at the skinny girl without hesitation. Then the guards suddenly came out and pinned her to the ground.
"I just said, how could Harden not take this opportunity to try and kill me." Even though his life was hanging by a thread just now, Emperor Larvin's voice still sounded calm and composed. Obviously, the king of the Hawke Empire did not take such a small scene seriously.
"Your identity." Joffrey stood up and lowered his head and asked.
"Since you have already guessed it, why bother asking more questions?" Letty said coldly. Although she tried her best to hide it, there was still a bit of fear in her eyes. She is a dead warrior trained by the Stoke Empire and is a disposable consumable. So this is actually her first and last mission. Despite countless trainings, she will still be afraid when death really comes.
"Who else is in the Hawke Empire besides you?" Joffrey then asked.
"I don't know." Lati replied. She was just a dead soldier, how could she know so many things
"No, you will know." After Joffrey said this, he began to cast spells and chant. After a while, a dissociation spell was formed in his palm.
"I believe that even if you are an assassin, you should have heard of the famous dissociation technique, right? Please rest assured that I will not kill you directly. You will watch your limbs being decomposed into green crystals, and then It turned into debris flying everywhere. Oh, you can't even imagine how beautiful that scene was."
"You... kill me! I really don't know anything!" Lati's voice was trembling.
"I have to give it a try," Joffrey said. In fact, he knew that the assassin was telling the truth, but he just wanted to enjoy the pleasure that the enemy's screams brought to him. Moreover, controlling the dissociation technique to partially decompose limbs requires strong magic control capabilities. Although others do not understand its difficulty, Annelotte will not understand it. He was determined to show off in front of Annelotte.
Joffrey glanced at Letty's frightened little face, and then slowly stretched out his right hand.
The light of the dissociation technique shot at Lati's left arm under Joffrey's control. Under the illumination of that beam of light, this poor girl's body quickly began to transform from flesh and blood into a green crystal.
Lati felt as if every cell in her left arm was being pricked by a hot needle, and she let out a heart-rending scream. The principle of dissociation is to use magic to change the basic properties of matter. The pain is unimaginable.
"How about it? Next, do you want your left leg or your right leg to be disassembled first?" Joffrey said with an elegant smile.
"Kill me! Kill me! I really don't know anything!" Letty's original clear voice has now become hoarse, and she almost said to Joffrey in a pleading tone.
"If you don't ask anything, I won't let you die easily. Come on, let's continue." Joffrey said and raised his hand again.
"Damn it!" Regnar couldn't stand it anymore, even though he had also tortured and killed Horadric's disciple Nebill in a state of madness. But it was more out of venting his rage. But now Joffrey has no hatred at all against Lati. He is completely enjoying the perverted pleasure of killing others, which makes Regnar feel very sick.
"It's useless." Kordak was obviously a little dissatisfied with Joffrey's actions, but he still took action to stop Regnar who was about to step forward. He said: "This is the Hawke Empire and the Royal Palace. Whatever Joffrey wants to do, few people can stop him."
"..." Regnar looked at Kordak speechlessly. He knew that Kordak was telling the truth, but he was unwilling to do so.
Even though it was just an act, Regnar still felt a little fond of Lati's enthusiastic and lively performance at that time. And now she just wanted to die, but Joffrey couldn't even satisfy such a humble or even despicable wish of hers. She will not die easily. She will watch her body being crystallized bit by bit and reduced to debris bit by bit before she dies.
Seeing such a petite and weak girl suffering inhuman torture here, Regnar also accumulated a lot of anger in his heart. But even though he was furious, he was still powerless.
Can he get angry here? This is a royal palace, not a country town or a downtown tavern. If he dares to do something here, he will probably be subdued within a minute. Therefore, he was very unwilling. It wasn't until this moment that he understood the importance of power and strength.
Larvin is just a fat man without any power, but because he is the highest authority in the northern continent, he can control the wind and rain and decide a person's life or death with just one sentence.
And strength is even more important! If he could have the same strength as Clayton, he could stand here and say openly that he wanted to keep this girl. Even Emperor Larvin would probably not dare to refute his face.
Gradually, Regnar's mood changed slightly. If before he would pursue power and power because of Annelotte's words, now Regnar almost instinctively begins to desire it.
If there was power, Irene would not suffer so much; if there was power, Silenos, Minnie and Gerhart would not die; if there was power, they would not be forced to flee to the continent of Kino; if there was power, With power, he can prevent all these unwanted things from happening before his eyes.
Power, strength. If you have them, you can have everything! However, the current Regnar is still weak, too weak!
At this time, Joffrey had detached Leti's left leg, and the originally fair skin turned into crystals under the influence of magic, then shattered and turned into dust. The joints between the broken limbs were smooth and smooth, and blood was flowing out, dyeing the originally red carpet deep red.
"I'm sorry, I'm too weak to help you now..." Regnar couldn't help but say silently in his heart as he listened to Letty's screams. He couldn't imagine how he would feel if someone around him suffered this kind of experience, but no matter what, he didn't want to see that scene. Therefore, if he wants to become stronger, he must become stronger!
Extreme coldness spread in the room. It was a sudden cold, reaching more than 30 degrees below zero. Everyone shivered because of the sudden drop in temperature. But just when no one could figure out what happened, the temperature returned to its original state within a few seconds, as if the low temperature just now had never happened.
The only proof of its existence was the thin layer of ice on Larvin's teacup.
"What happened just now?" Everyone was startled by this weird scene.
"Who did it?!" Joffrey was immediately furious. Perhaps because of the hypothermia just now, Letty died before he was tortured enough. He pointed at Regnar who was not far from Lati and asked, "Did you do it?"
"It wasn't me. I didn't move just now. They can prove it." Regnar said coldly. Joffrey had such a bad impression on him that he didn't bother to add any honorifics. After finishing speaking, Regnar glanced at Annelotte seemingly inadvertently, and then noticed that the frost girl's face was pale at this time, as if she had suddenly consumed a lot of strength.