An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Chapter 2225

"Huh?" Aurora was startled by Dustin's words.

Removing the needles would mean death within three hours. Wasn't that practically a death sentence?

"Hmph! I don't care about your ethereal-whatever technique. If you can't cure Alicia, you can only blame yourself for the pain you'll be in!" Brian said coldly.

Dustin glanced at him and retorted, "If you can't be of any help, then please keep quiet. Your constant blabbering is getting on my nerves."

"Why you-" Brian gritted his teeth but ultimately restrained himself from lashing out.

If Dustin had managed to cure Alicia, Brian would have had nothing to say. But if he failed, Brian would undoubtedly teach Dustin a lesson.

"Dr. Rhys, what do we do now?" Aurora changed the subject.

"Take good care of your sister, and make sure nobody touches her. I'll go back and prepare the antidote now,” Dustin said.

Then, he winked at Grace before leaving the room.

"Aurora, remember what Dr. Rhys said," Grace reminded her before following him and exiting the room.

Once outside the villa and ensuring there were no eavesdroppers, she couldn't contain her curiosity any longer. "What's going on? Is there something suspicious about Alicia's illness?"

tell he wasn't telling them

nodded solemnly. "Alicia isn't poisoned,

raised

It's potent and defensive, which makes it difficult to remove. It's a

had just engaged in a battle of energies using his mystical pure energy against the dark energy within Alicia. But she might die before he

such potent witchcraft, does it mean the Mystic Arts Order is involved?’

around witchcraft pretty well. Dealing

members of the Mystic Arts Order, she couldn't think of anyone else

Alicia have any vendetta against the Mystic

"But the members of the Mystic Arts Order are known for their impulsiveness and tendency to engage in

conventional morality, they're not entirely

would not only drain the caster mentally

such an act without a compelling reason. Hence, they were either

not the Mystic Arts Order, who else could

to suspect the Hall of Gods," Dustin

the Hall of Gods has disrupted proceedings more than once. They targeted talented individuals

talents aren't particularly outstanding, so why would the Hall of Gods invest so

argued, "She might not directly threaten the Hall of Gods, but who she is matters. She's a key player. If she suddenly dies, how do you think Alloy, the guildmaster of the

furious," she replied

as his most precious treasure. If anything were to happen

to blame