Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 693 364 Louis: What Can Be Said Cannot Be Done, What Can Be Done Cannot Be Said_3

"How should we tell them?""Tell them their royal family has been infiltrated."

"???"

"Just tell them there's a fanatical follower of the Abyssal Church among the higher-ups of the Queen's ship... Also, let them know we've decided to eliminate those guys, not even the Mermaid Empress can stop us."

Louis said coldly.

The Little Swan still didn't understand what was happening, until Louis said:

"Limuru has been discovered."

At first, he thought from the information Limuru passed that it was merely internal treachery playing out within the Mermaid Empire.

But with Limuru's discovery, he instantly sensed something was wrong.

Limuru's concealment techniques were taught by Louis himself.

With everything under control, combined with a slime's natural ability to transform, it could disguise itself as a rock or a fish, and from the aura alone, its true form couldn't be detected.

Or rather, in its transformed state, the object it became was inherently similar to the material of its surroundings.

The key to divine equipment forging lies in this.

Don't mention the Mermaid Princess, even if the Mermaid Empress came, as long as Limuru didn't make any moves, it would be impossible to detect any issues.

Unless…

"Unless someone can sense Limuru's other nature, like..." Olivia murmured, "a descendant of the Great Sin?"

Louis nodded and said, "What is the Mermaid Empire doing? How did they let the other side infiltrate the imperial hierarchy? The number of people in the whole world who can perceive the descendants of the Great Sin, excluding the Abyssal Church high-ranking members, is fewer than ten."

If the Great Sin could be so easily discovered, it would have been flushed out by the nations long ago.

The means to detect the Great Sin still lie with the Abyssal Church.

And the reason why there are ten people outside the church… is because it includes all the hosts of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Before Louis came here, the emperor told him, the only ones who could instantly see the identity of the Great Sin and its descendant were the Black Mage's current leader Graf, the Grand Speaker of the Elf Council, and Beatrice who possesses the Eye of Truth.

Apart from that, only the hosts of the Seven Deadly Sins remain.

As long as he didn't actively release any aura, the chances of other powerful beings discovering it are almost zero.

Yet, the Mermaid Princess detected Limuru at a glance, and she does not belong to the aforementioned ten people, which means she, too, has been drawn into the abyss and became a believer.

Olivia found it laughable yet exasperating: "The United Navy has reached a cooperation agreement with the Mermaid Empress to help each other find out the moles, but I truly didn't expect the enemy to be within the royal family."

Indeed, the United Navy had long formed a strategic alliance with the Mermaid Empress.

The Empress's goal is to eliminate the entrenched hostile forces within the Mermaid Empire.

The United Navy's aim is for the Mermaid Empire to give an explanation, to actively join the battle against the Pirate Islands and the Gate of the Abyss, and to reap some wartime gains.

These are matters that cannot be openly discussed between nations, and many participating in the siege are unaware of the truth.

Just like conflicts between big countries, involving cold weapon warfare, even using "selfie sticks," whereas in smaller country conflicts, suddenly a large number of self-developed supersonic missiles emerge.

Some things can't be laid bare in public, as the repercussions would be bad.

You can say what you can't do, and do what you can't say.

That's considered an industry norm.

Even so, the Little Swan was still shocked.

She always knew the Abyssal Church played tricks, but she never imagined it played such deep tricks.

That's a princess of a nation, what did they do to submerge someone of such high rank?