"Therefore, he always calls me and Nina by our names, never referring to us as daughters," Lana said, while at this moment, the silent Duke desperately tried to explain, attempting to come up with excuses that he had just remembered.

But in this silence, it was utterly ineffective.

"Lana, what exactly are you saying?" The "old Count" feigned an authoritative yet calm expression, but his forced change of tone only made everyone realize he was just a pretender.

Looking over the entire Duke’s mansion, Lana’s expression revealed pain. She fixed her gaze on Xue Dili, her eyes burning only with the fire of revenge.

Slowly extending the small hand covered in white silk, her other hand tugged at the hem of Xue Dili’s clothing, and this young lady spoke the most venomous words of her life.

"Lord Xue Dili, they are Squid People!"

In an instant, everyone present fell silent, even the silent Duke ceased his babbling and felt inexplicably puzzled.

Squid People? What are they? Why was this suddenly brought up?

Who in their right mind would call themselves a squid? Isn’t that a marine creature fond of spraying ink?

But before they could react.

In Xue Dili’s pupils, a sharp light suddenly emerged as he began the judgment.

Sending Lana’s words into the Judgment Mechanism, the conclusion was...

Lana’s words were entirely correct!

The Squid People were not truly extinct; though the legitimate Squid People were immediately refined by their chieftain, they had secretly created a religious group that covered most of the Empire’s aristocracy through religious beliefs.

This religious group consisted entirely of aristocratic groups influenced and controlled by the Squid People, thereby essentially dominating the Empire’s commercial and bureaucratic systems.

It was just that these Squid People died suddenly, with their future plans unprepared, instantly refined by their chieftain, leaving their remnants bewildered.

But soon, their remnants occupied the original positions and began a savage expansion, learning the greed and ruthless means of the Squid.

Hence, the Duke possesses such astonishing wisdom similar to the Squid.

Because he is, in fact, one of the highest-ranking priests in the Squid People religion, even holding the title of "Shepherd," and now, he is nearly akin to a Pope within the religion created by the Squid.

And while the people in the Duke’s mansion hadn’t realized yet, they were suddenly enveloped by overwhelming malice.

"Squid People... Indeed, they’re lacking love, aren’t they..."

Xue Dili’s lips curved into a grin, saying, "Only they can have such astonishing wisdom that even I can’t see through. Squid, you always manage to surprise me."

Xue Dili raised his right hand at a 45-degree angle, smiling.

"Hmm?" The Duke sensed his silence had been lifted and immediately said, "What Squid People? Am I not human? Niece, is there some misunderstanding between us? Uncle will certainly help you..."

Although the Duke smiled ingratiatingly, Lana’s anger could not be quelled. She glared at the Duke and shouted, "Lord, they are Squid People. Miss Fairy investigated, during your fight with that Squid, there was a major upheaval in their family!"

"He is, hidden among the Empire’s Squid People!"

Lana’s shout seemed to echo throughout the entire area.

"Hmm, I understand." Xue Dili said calmly, "It seems the Empire lacks enough soap factories and oil refineries."

The Duke suddenly realized something. He remembered the "God" who Xue Dili killed on the light screen earlier and suddenly understood what the Squid People were; hadn’t that "God" had tentacles like a soft-bodied creature?

And the current New God who loathes that "God," realizing that his family indeed has an ambiguous relationship with the Old Gods, and now after offending this young girl, what would be the fate of his family...

"Eek! Can we reconcile?" The Duke looked at Lana and said in a panic.

"Innately evil Squid People, prepare to turn into soap!" Lana’s venomous words were his answer.

In the next instant, the Duke immediately tried to flee, but unfortunately, Xue Dili was now in a pseudo-omnipotent state, but the mandate of this world was overly unfamiliar to him, allowing him to only use a small part of that power.

Yet he remained invincible in this era.

Time seemed to freeze; Xue Dili rescued the little sister named Nina. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

At this moment, she was unconscious, with deep marks on her hand and even a "Never Betray" type of curse seal on her forehead.

This was a vicious contract technique developed by the mad Viscount, planting it on the forehead, causing the subject to eternally "fall in love" with the practitioner and become deeply attracted to them.

Equivalent to planting an absolute charm.

Yet to Xue Dili, he effortlessly erased it.

As for the entire Duke’s mansion... Xue Dili flipped through the Innovation Era, conducting a "Rightful Person Detection."

The entire Duke’s mansion had no righteous person, thus there wouldn’t be any mental burdens.

What exactly did these guys do to incur the wrath of heaven that the Innovation Era couldn’t detect a single righteous person; the last time such treatment occurred was with the divine aristocrats of the Angel World.

Even those mongrel divine aristocrats could still find a few righteous individuals.