Chapter 773: Chapter 473: Alice: I’m Here to Replace Vivian!

If all these Aivias are Baris, then Shen Sui only feels that Baris is too hasty.

[Alice felt a slight pain in her eyes. She sensed something appearing behind her and quickly turned around.]

[A longsword appeared from the void, materializing in front of her.]

[Alice had seen it once in Oshana’s hands.]

[Alice called out its name:]

["Assos Holy Sword?!"]

Assos Holy Sword, Baris’s exclusive weapon, a sacred artifact of the Price Clan.

Alice once intended to use it to sever the connection between the Sinful Chalice and Anna.

And during that encounter, the Assos Holy Sword bestowed Alice with the Eyes of Truth.

[The next moment, the Assos Holy Sword disappeared.]

[Alice stared blankly at the empty space before her, blinking her eyes in confusion.]

["Claude, did you see it? The Assos Holy Sword that just appeared in front of me?" Alice sought confirmation.]

Why did the Assos Holy Sword suddenly appear behind Alice?

Shen Sui pondered this and gave Alice an affirmative answer.

Alice asked Shen Sui for the reason, although Shen Sui had some theories, he did not tell Alice.

"It seems, there’s another piece of evidence linking Aivia to Baris," Shen Sui said to Vivian beside him.

Vivian was chatting with Freymia on the bed, who was participating in a professional competition in Modu. Upon hearing Shen Sui mention Baris, she immediately looked up, "What do you mean?"

Shen Sui repeated what had just happened.

"The Assos Holy Sword..."

"It appeared while investigating Aivia’s family lineage," Shen Sui said.

Like Shen Sui, Vivian too fell into deep thought.

Under normal circumstances, the appearance of the Assos Holy Sword at a time like this would be to silence someone.

The plot of a supporting character being sneak-attacked and killed by the villain after discovering clues related to them is a classic in suspense works.

However, Baris, being an upright knight, rarely kills indiscriminately.

Though a thousand years have passed, Vivian and Shen Sui still trust Baris’s character.

So, if it wasn’t to silence someone, why did the Assos Holy Sword suddenly appear behind Alice this time?

It couldn’t possibly have just come by out of curiosity from not seeing Alice for too long, could it?

"The Assos Holy Sword has the power to sever all connections," Shen Sui said slowly.

No need for Shen Sui to say more, Vivian immediately understood what he meant: "Are you suggesting that the Assos Holy Sword suddenly appeared to sever Alice’s train of thought?"

If the Assos Holy Sword indeed cuts in this direction, then Alice wouldn’t connect all the Aivias. In Alice’s perspective, each Aivia would be an independent entity, and Alice would never think to link them together.

"Why would Baris go to such trouble?" But even if that were true, Shen Sui still couldn’t understand.

If she didn’t want to reveal her identity, she could have just used an alias and changed her name, right?

Why persist in using the name Aivia?

"Does the name Aivia hold any special significance to Baris?" Shen Sui asked Vivian curiously.

Vivian shook her head, "Not at all, I just randomly picked that name."

"Then that’s strange..." Shen Sui fell into contemplation.

It was around this time that the attack on Louise was also discovered by others.

Along with that, the body of Lak was found dead in the hallway.

With Vivian’s help, Louise had regained consciousness.

Her soul was intact, and she quickly awakened, identifying the deceased Lak as her assailant.

But why did the assailant, who attacked and severely injured Louise, die so mysteriously in the hallway?

Judging by how he died, it seemed he endured unimaginable agony.

Many of his bones had snapped due to the contorting of his body.

"He died in extreme pain," said Louise’s security personnel, frowning. "The person who killed him tortured him inhumanely."

He turned to glance behind him.

"Considering the timing and location, he probably met the other party after hurting Miss Louise and was then killed."

Louise was already wrapped in bandages.

Fortunately, the harm Lak caused her was more of a torment on the soul level. After Vivian repaired her soul, the minor physical injuries were no longer a big deal and wouldn’t even affect Louise’s rhythm in the competition.

Lak didn’t want such a beautiful shell like Louise’s to become severely damaged, so in the duel, he did not dismember her like he had done to previous contestants.

Looking at the scattered Life Cards on the ground, Louise said, "A duel, someone used a duel to kill him."

Her tone was very certain, for she understood the agony of such torment.

"The same method, could it have been his accomplice? Did they have a falling out?" Fujimoto Kyosuke speculated.

Such a horrific attack on the ship, resulting in clear fatalities, even if the deceased was part of the attack, left many people unwilling to continue participating in the competition.

Shen Sui also heard the sounds from the hallway and skillfully blended into the crowd as an onlooker.