The villainous prince who bullied Feng Aotian was actually myself.

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"This is a zero-sum game," said Faceless. "I think we should calm down and seek a win-win situation."

"Win-win?"

Leticia smiled. "Interesting. Are you going to betray your regent master and work for Leon?"

“That’s impossible. I will not betray the Regent. Even if I die, I will not work for him. Let me go. I will find a place to hide and withdraw from the civil war between the Regent and Leon.”

"Faceless said."

"Foolish me, even if I kill you here, I can still make you leave."

As the current swordswoman of the vampire clan, Elena was clearly feeling resentful after being overwhelmed by Faceless.

“Leon did say there is one situation in which you can be spared.”

Leticia paused for a moment, seemingly deep in thought, before speaking.

"Oh? What's going on?"

A faceless, deep voice.

"That is, you stop using someone else's identity, and instead show yourself as your true self, and voluntarily and obediently remain in the Thorn Forest until the end of the Civil War."

Leticia said.

"..."

After listening to Leticia's words, Faceless remained silent for a long time before finally speaking, "Is this the only way? Is there no other method?"

"Yes, that's the only way."

Leticia said without pausing.

"Damn it... that bastard Leon!"

Faceless stomped his foot angrily. This action, which resembled that of a little girl, looked particularly jarring on Seth's burly frame.

"Then I'll fight my way out of the thorn forest myself!"

Faceless pressed down on the broadsword in his hand, his aura rising in an instant.

"Alright, then let's see what you're capable of."

The red gemstone on Leticia's finger glowed, and a blood mist rose around Faceless. From this blood mist, countless hideous ghost faces emerged, baring their greedy, lustful fangs at Faceless.

Just as the blood mist was about to envelop the Faceless One, countless white lights flashed out from between the blood mist, and all those hideous ghost faces twisted and shattered in the white light, and the blood mist was instantly disintegrated.

These white lights were all sword energies unleashed by the faceless one. In just a few short seconds, he used his seemingly heavy broadsword to unleash thousands of sword strikes from all directions.

He was using Seth's ability—Moment.

In an instant, Seth could perceive time as being thousands, or even tens of thousands of times slower than others for a short period of time.

In other words, what would take Seth a thousand seconds to complete before he could activate his instantaneous state, he could now do in just one second!

What an incredibly powerful and domineering ability this is.

If it were Seth himself, he probably wouldn't just be able to cut through the blood mist, but he might even have time to deliver a fatal blow to Leticia.

However, Seth in his faceless transformed state is clearly not that strong.

"I've long heard that there's a knight king among the human race who wields a broadsword, but I've never seen him. Even though you're an imposter, your swordsmanship is indeed formidable."

Elena exclaimed in admiration, a glint of fanaticism flashing in her eyes. She gripped her sword with both hands and charged straight at Faceless, arriving beside him in an instant.

The two swords clashed once more, countless afterimages flashing as the two swords clashed fiercely under the moonlight, sparking dazzling flames.

The battle ended with Elena's thigh being slashed by Faceless.

"Your sword is so fast! You can swing such a heavy broadsword as nimbly and agilely as a light sword. This ability is simply amazing."

Elena flashed to Leticia's side, looked at her torn and bleeding thigh, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Your sword is also very fast. You are the first person to be able to fight me on equal terms in my instantaneous state—of course, only counting women."

"Faceless said."

Although he can imitate and use Seth's abilities, if Seth activates his instantaneous attack, he can only transform into other characters who are easier to maneuver and fight Seth. He knows very well that if he were to fight Seth head-on with his instantaneous attack activated, probably no one in the world could win.

However, Seth had a junior disciple who could also use the "Moment of Departure" technique. He was also a very powerful knight who fought Seth to a standstill, but was eventually defeated by Seth.

That was the Empire's Second Knight, Ferbie.

However, not many people know him. Firstly, after being defeated by Seth, Ferby disappeared from the public eye. Secondly, most people only remember the champion.

Faceless used Seth's abilities to fight Fawkes. When he clashed swords with Fawkes head-on, the pressure was no less than when he fought Seth. Faceless was clearly defeated in the end.

"Alright, I'm not going to waste my breath on you anymore. Since you're unwilling to show your true face, then just obediently use someone else's face as a corpse."

Leticia produced a Rubik's Cube-like box. This box seemed to resonate with the bright moon hanging in the sky above the Thorn Forest. When the box was exposed to the moonlight, Faceless felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.

The oppressive feeling made Faceless feel suffocated. He had a premonition that if he continued to fight Leticia and the others, he would definitely die here.

"Isn't it?"

Faceless looked extremely uncomfortable. "I thought you were just joking, but you actually intend to kill me! You even brought out a sealing artifact of this level just to kill me!"

"Do you think we vampires are as hypocritical and pretentious as you humans?"

Leticia smiled and said, "I, your older sister, just love to be real!"

"hiss……"

Faceless gasped, and his figure quickly transformed into a withered old man whose ability was to communicate with plants.

Various kinds of mushrooms began to grow on the surrounding trees, and Faceless himself disappeared after a green mist appeared on his body. Where he had been, only a mushroom remained on the ground.

"This ability is useful outside, but it's not very useful for playing these kinds of deceptive tricks in the Thorn Forest."

Leticia smiled, and the Rubik's Cube-shaped transparent object in her hand reflected a beam of moonlight that shot towards a mushroom, which immediately revealed its faceless form.

Faceless still wanted to escape, but this time he transformed into a vampire, appearing in Elena's form.

"You... could it be that—as long as you touch the other person's blood, you can transform into their appearance and gain some of their abilities?"

Elena immediately guessed the Faceless's skill.

Chapter Forty-Four: The Faceless True Body

Having transformed into Elena's Faceless form, it immediately used Irina's Moonlight to leap away, attempting to escape.

But just as the faceless figure melted into the moonlight, it immediately reappeared in the next instant.

He felt as if the moonlight around him had formed an invisible, mysterious wall that sealed him off and blocked his ability to jump between spaces.

Furthermore, Faceless began to lose sensation in his own feet.

He looked down and realized that his feet were becoming transparent and gradually disappearing. After his feet disappeared, his calves also began to become transparent and were about to disappear as well.

Elena seized the opportunity when Faceless lost control of his legs and was unable to move. She swung her sword at Faceless's heart, and the sword was extremely fast and powerful. It pierced through Faceless's chest, but because Faceless blocked with his horizontal sword, the sword missed and did not pierce through Faceless's heart. Instead, it pierced the area next to his heart.

The vampires' powerful physical healing abilities caused the wound to heal rapidly as soon as Elena drew her longsword.

But at this moment, the faceless man's entire lower leg disappeared.

He felt no pain and could not feel the existence of his calves, as if he had never been born with calves.

After his calves became transparent, his thighs began to turn transparent as well. Faceless looked at the Rubik's Cube-shaped transparent cube in Leticia's hand, which was shimmering with moonlight, and suddenly felt an overwhelming fear. He didn't know what terrible things would happen after his body completely disappeared.

Furthermore, the cube-shaped object seemed to be storing energy; its central crystal core glowed as if it were being charged, and each flash was brighter than the last, creating an even stronger sense of oppression.

Faceless had a premonition that if the fight continued like this, he would really die.

Judging from Leticia and Elena's expressions, it was clear that they truly intended to kill themselves.

If this were outside the Thorn Forest, Faceless might be able to escape from the two vampire archangels if he fought desperately. However, this is the Thorn Forest, the vampires' home ground, not to mention that vampires are extremely powerful under the full moon.

What should we do now...?

Do I really want to die?

Faceless began to think seriously.

Naden had indeed been kind to him, but he felt he hadn't reached the point where he would sacrifice his life for Naden.

However, he absolutely could not betray Naden. If he could only survive by betraying his master, then Faceless would not mind dying.

However, they had previously stated that as long as they revealed their true identities and remained in the Thorn Forest, they would no longer participate in the Imperial Civil War.

Not continuing to participate in the civil war doesn't count as betraying Nadden; at most, it's about maintaining neutrality.

But—if we reveal our true form…

Never mind, let's just focus on surviving first.

After a quick moment of thought, Naden looked at Leticia and shouted, "Hey, I agree to Leon's conditions. I'm willing to reveal my true form."

"Oh?"

Leticia stopped activating the Rubik's Cube in her hand, and Naden's body, which was turning transparent, gradually returned to normal.

"It would have been better if we had done it this way earlier."

Elena laughed as she found a rock to sit on and began rubbing her thigh. The thigh, which had been slashed bloody by Faceless's sword, had now healed, and her thigh remained fair and beautiful, without even a scar.

The physical strength of vampires is indeed unmatched by ordinary humans.

“But I need to see Leon first.”

"Faceless said."

“But Leon isn’t in the Thorn Forest; he’s gone to Marsh City.”

Leticia laughed.

"I do not believe."

Faceless snorted, "Since he already figured out that I'm not Hawkeye, he would have thought that I would definitely tell the Regent what he told me. Therefore, he himself would never go to Marsh City. The one who went to Marsh City was probably his double, while he himself most likely came to the Thorn Forest. Leon wants to personally launch a sneak attack on Rivertown. Then there will be one Leon in Rivertown and one Leon in Marsh City, two Leons in total, setting a trap for Naden."

"Alright, I'll stop pretending. What you said does sound like it's true. Leon is indeed in the Thorn Forest."

Leticia looked up at the top of a tree that was over thirty meters tall not far away.

The treetops swayed, and soon two figures appeared, but they were only blurry shadows, and their full forms could not be seen. It wasn't until the two figures darted down from the tree to the ground that their forms were finally fully revealed.

It was Leon, and a beautiful silver-haired girl, as exquisite as the most delicate doll—this was Philippa.

"You were watching from the treetops the whole time?"

The faceless one asked the question.

"Yes."

Leon answered.

"This... how is this possible? Is this the hidden power of the vampires? It seems that the princess consort has already inherited the legacy of the progenitor Lilith. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the next vampire queen."

Faceless looked at Philippa with a strange gaze.

"Princess?"

Leon's face darkened. "Faceless, I am no longer a prince. I am the new emperor of the Fchester Empire, your king."

"I'm sorry, but I cannot acknowledge you as emperor until Naden does."

He said apologetically.

"What if Naden dies?"

"Leon said."

"Then there's no other way; I am willing to submit to you."

No response provided.

"I see. But it's not necessary. If you don't reveal your true form now, I'll die before Naden."

Leon sneered, "Faceless, I don't want to kill you because I value talent and I think you are still useful and pose no threat to me."

"You...you know everything?"

His face was pale and unpleasant.

"Of course, Naden must have seen your true form, right? Your ability allows you to mimic anyone's appearance and abilities, and you can switch forms flexibly during battle. Despite its power, this ability has a fatal weakness: it is ineffective against those who know your true form."

Leon smiled and said slowly.