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Chapter 1035 - 1007: The Unspeakable Secret

Chapter 1035: Chapter 1007: The Unspeakable Secret

"Are you Hades?"

It wasn’t until Li Chen came in that the little girl who was playing with bugs reluctantly placed the small insect on a petal and stood up.

Hades, this is the name Li Chen told them.

Although using his real name wasn’t an issue, the name Li Chen was quite a mouthful in this place.

Of course, Cherie had gotten used to it.

"That’s right." Li Chen nodded, then looked strangely at the little girl in front of him, "And you are..."

"That’s right!" The little girl proudly puffed up her chest and said loudly, "I am the Elf Queen."

A few black lines appeared on Li Chen’s expressionless forehead.

Is this a joke?!

The grand and vast Elf Race, with so many Earth-level experts, and the queen is such a little girl who looks about twelve or thirteen years old?

Moreover... even Daphne looks to be a few years older than this little girl, doesn’t she?

"I heard that you picked up Daphne and saved my clansmen?" The Elf Queen Patricia said lightly.

However, her tone seemed disproportionately mature compared to her petite frame.

Li Chen forced himself to look serious and solemnly nodded.

And indeed, the Elf Queen wasn’t wrong, it’s just that the use of the word ’picked up’ was a bit nuanced.

Seeing Li Chen nod, Patricia showed a hint of contemplation: "In view of your contributions to our Elf Race, I express my gratitude to you. Likewise, as the Queen of the Elf Race, I have the authority to help you with one thing as a friend."

"I heard from Odelia and Daphne that you’re inquiring about the barrier?"

As Patricia said this, she no longer showed any traits of a little girl. If one didn’t look at her face, no one would doubt she was a real sovereign.

Similarly, Li Chen also felt a different aura from Patricia.

This aura was not just the aura of a sovereign.

It also contained... the aura of a powerful being!

But what puzzled Li Chen was that although he could vaguely perceive this aura, he couldn’t probe the strength of the Elf Queen before him at all.

There are generally two reasons for being unable to discern the opponent’s strength.

One reason is the opponent conceals their strength, or they have no cultivation at all.

The other reason is that the opponent’s strength far exceeds his perception range.

In other words, the person being probed is far stronger than oneself.

And as the Queen of the Elf Race, Patricia obviously couldn’t be someone with no cultivation.

So...

For the first time, Li Chen’s expression turned grave.

Because, the seemingly harmless and incredibly cute little girl in front of him might very well be a super expert whose strength is completely beyond his imagination!

Seemingly sensing Li Chen’s tension, a smile appeared on Patricia’s delicate and adorable little face: "No need to look further, with your current strength, it’s impossible to see through mine, you know."

"Burning Heat Level?" Li Chen suddenly asked.

"Oh?" Patricia showed a surprised expression, "How did you figure that out?"

Wiping the cold sweat off his forehead, Li Chen smiled but did not speak.

He was merely guessing about Patricia’s strength.

Because he had personally experienced the strength of his Great Grandfather.

Although he didn’t know the exact strength of his Great Grandfather, the Second Grandfather had mentioned that Great Grandfather was already a Scorching-level expert decades ago.

And now, Great Grandfather was even stronger than before!

The aura Li Chen felt from the Elf Queen Patricia was similar to Great Grandfather’s, but slightly weaker, which is why he guessed Patricia was a Scorching-level expert.

Unexpectedly though, he actually guessed correctly.

"It seems you too have quite a few secrets." Patricia stared at Li Chen for a moment, then smiled.

"Alright, enough about that, let’s hear your thoughts first."

Although Patricia was amazed by Li Chen’s ability to guess her strength, she was only surprised by it and nothing more.

Li Chen might have recently broken through to Black Rope, but that’s all there was to it; in the Elf Race, while Black Rope experts were rare, they were not especially uncommon.

However, what Patricia valued clearly wasn’t Li Chen’s strength.

"I do want to see the barrier," Li Chen said.

"The barrier is like the boundary of this world, and without reaching a certain level of strength, crossing it is impossible..." Patricia hesitated before speaking.

Li Chen was silent for a moment before he forced a smile, "There’s really nothing much to hide. I’m not originally from this world, but due to some unknown reasons, I suddenly arrived in this world, and... I just want to go home."

Go home...

Upon hearing this, Patricia fell silent as well.

Even though Li Chen spoke lightly, she could clearly feel the weight behind these simple words.

Though she was curious about how Li Chen crossed the barrier, which had been closed for hundreds of years, and entered here, seeing Li Chen’s somewhat strained expression, she couldn’t bring herself to ask.

"Alright, I’ll take you to see the barrier tomorrow. But you must promise me not to do anything rash."

"With your current strength, you can’t break through the barrier." Patricia thought it better to say these words upfront, even if they might sound harsh.

Li Chen nodded gently, "I understand."

Watching Li Chen leave, Patricia was lost in thought.

"In principle, the Elf Race has always been friendly and sincere to friends, never deceptive or secretive, but in this matter..."

Recalling some troubling thoughts, Patricia’s little face scrunched up into a frown.

...

"How is the mission progressing?"

"My lord, there was a minor setback."

"What setback?"

"My poison... was cured by someone!"

"What?!" A massive head slowly lifted from the bushes, looking down with great majesty at the strange creature before it, which resembled a black panther with unusually long fangs.

"My lord! I don’t know what happened! Logically, it’s impossible for the Elf Race to cure my toxin of tainted blood. Even their life spells should only hasten the outbreak of the tainted blood toxin, but inexplicably, my sense of the toxin simply vanished."

"Get lost! Useless!"

With a cold snort, the strange creature like a black panther rolled to the side, no longer daring to say a word.

"Forget it. Since the first step didn’t work, let’s speak with force instead."

"How can mere elves stop the advancing steps of our Demon Clan?"