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?"

could tell he wasn't

"Alicia isn't

Grace raised an

said solemnly, "I've examined Alicia earlier, and there was a dark energy within her. It's potent and defensive, which makes it difficult to remove. It's a powerful spell that

a battle of energies using his mystical pure energy against

it mean the Mystic Arts Order is involved?’ Grace began

her way around witchcraft pretty well. Dealing with regular witchcraft was a breeze, but whatever was

Arts Order,

have any vendetta against the Mystic Arts Order?"

shook her head. "But the members of the Mystic Arts Order are known for

the Mystic Arts Order may not adhere to conventional morality, they're not entirely unreasonable. Without a deep-seated grudge, they wouldn't

powerful as the one on Alicia would not only drain the caster mentally and physically but could also cause

they were either driven by personal gain

Mystic Arts Order, who else could

Order, I'm more inclined to suspect the Hall of Gods,"

Gods has disrupted proceedings more than

so why would the Hall of Gods invest so much effort in targeting

but who she is matters. She's a key player. If she suddenly dies, how do you think Alloy, the

furious," she replied without

most precious treasure. If anything were to happen to her, he might

Arts Order were to blame for Alicia's death?" Dustin asked