Chapter 245 She is a Member of the Powell Family
There are three major countries in Novaria: the Northern Ice Empire, Vastel, and Arden.
Among them, the Northern Ice Empire has gone through eight thousand years of historical changes and development, always holding the position as the world's strongest nation.
Vastel and Arden were established a thousand years ago and eight hundred years ago respectively. They border the Northern Ice Empire on the left and right. Although they are independent countries, they actually exist by depending on the Northern Ice Empire.
Therefore, the Northern Ice Empire controls all of Novaria, both politically and economically.
And the Powell family controls the entire Northern Ice Empire.
Since the birth of the Northern Ice Empire, the Powell family has always been part of the Northern Ice Empire's history.
Two thousand years ago, in the age of cold weapons, Solstice, the most warlike and powerful country in Zephyria, launched a campaign against the Northern Ice Empire, trying to take over the entire Northern Ice Empire.
That was a famous battle in history.
The most powerful country in Zephyria started a war against the most powerful country in Novaria. What was the result?
The result was that Solstice was destroyed.
Solstice's hundreds of thousands of soldiers were all killed at the Northern Ice Empire's border.
And in this battle, the Northern Ice Empire only sent out a hundred people.
Just a hundred people against a hundred thousand soldiers, yet they managed to kill all hundred thousand soldiers in just two days.
Apart from the souls of the dead soldiers, probably no one knows what really happened.
But there are some records about this battle, from descriptions of soldiers who escaped. They said their opponents weren't human, but ghosts and gods, who not only had special powers to control wind, rain, fire and lightning, but could also kill hundreds of people with their swords in just a blink of an eye. Their sword energy could take form, split the sky, and cut through mountains.
In the Northern Ice Empire's historical records of this battle, there is only one sentence:
"Asked a hundred warriors from the Powell family to fight, killed a hundred thousand enemies, won a great victory."
"Powell" appears quite often in the Northern Ice Empire's history, filling pages of battles and coups large and small. The Powell family described in the Northern Ice Empire's history is glorious and great, even shining far brighter than the royal family.
It can be said that without the Powell family, there would be no Northern Ice Empire as it is today.
And this flame-colored phoenix totem has been the symbol of the Powell family for thousands of years.
"How is this possible?" Lloyd looked at the phoenix tattoo on Isabella's back, his eyes full of disbelief. "How can she have such a tattoo? This is clearly... something only people from the Powell family have!"
"She's got some nerve! How dare she tattoo the Powell family's totem on her body. If this were in our Novaria, it would be a death sentence!" another person said angrily.
They had all heard that when each new member of the Powell family is born and reaches a certain age, the family elders will mark this tattoo on the new member's body. It's a family custom and also proof of identity for Powell family members.
So any tattoo artist in Novaria would never dare to tattoo such a pattern for a customer. If they were found pretending to be from the Powell family, they would definitely be killed by the Powell family.
"Then she deserves to die even more." A look of scorn appeared in Lloyd's eyes. "Who does she think she is? How dare she pretend to be from the Powell family!"
"Sean, let's not waste any more time. Let's kill her now!"
Lloyd pulled out a knife and stabbed toward Isabella.
Sean grabbed his hand and pushed him away, his face dark. "What are you doing?"
Lloyd frowned. "Killing her, of course! How long are we going to wait? Once she wakes up, we won't have a chance!"
"You dare to kill someone from the Powell family?" Sean's face was full of anger. "Do you know the consequences of killing someone from the Powell family?!"
Lloyd's expression changed immediately. "What did you say? Someone from the Powell family?"
"She's from the Powell family. We can't kill her." Sean said.
"You think she's from the Powell family?" Lloyd looked at Sean in disbelief. "Just because she has this tattoo?"
"What else?" Sean said with a serious face. "Otherwise why would she have this totem on her back?"
"People in Lumaria don't know what the phoenix totem means! So anyone can get this tattoo! The fact that she has this tattoo doesn't mean anything!"
"No one would deliberately mark themselves with such a tattoo. This definitely isn't a coincidence."
Sean had always been a careful person. Isabella was an ancient martial arts professional, and her skills were so unusual - this was already worth being alert about. Now he saw this tattoo...
If they rashly killed her, and she really was from the Powell family, their fate would definitely be terrible, worse than death!
So...
"Let her go." Sean said. "We can't take this job."
There was no need to take this risk. Killing someone from the Powell family meant they would all have to die. The Powell family would never let them live to see tomorrow's sun.
"Sean, are you crazy?" Lloyd found it ridiculous. "You want to let her go just because of a tattoo? Then haven't we wasted all these days?"
"Do you think everyone in the world is from the Powell family? And how could someone from the Powell family be in Lumaria? That's just impossible!"
Lloyd didn't believe at all that this girl could be from the Powell family.
"Enough, stop talking. Follow my orders. We're calling an ambulance right now. After the ambulance takes Isabella to the hospital, we'll leave Veridian." Sean said firmly.
Lloyd almost thought he had heard wrong. "What? Call an ambulance?"
Was this a joke?
They were assassins!
But now, just because of a tattoo, they didn't even dare to kill a girl. Not only that, they had to call an ambulance for her.
Sean was already pulling out his phone to call an ambulance. This phone had been technically modified with a virtual number that no one could trace or track.
He was about to dial the number when Lloyd snatched the phone away.
"You don't dare to kill her? Then I'll do it!"
A fierce look flashed in Lloyd's eyes. He picked up the knife Sean had dropped on the ground, gripped it in his hand, and approached Isabella on the ground step by step...
"What tattoo! I think she's just pretending to be from the Powell family! I'm going to kill you today no matter what."
Lloyd raised the knife, gathering all his strength in his wrist, planning to cut off Isabella's head directly.
But the next second.
Lloyd was kicked away by Sean with full force.
Lloyd was completely stunned.
He got up from the ground, glared at Sean, and flew into a rage. "What are you doing?!"
Sean's face was dark. "I'm the captain of this team, Lloyd. I advise you not to act on your own, or else you won't be able to handle the consequences!"
"Captain?" Lloyd sneered. "What kind of captain are you? We came from Novaria to Lumaria, then chased from Lumaria to Veridian - wasn't it all for that ten million dollars? Now that we're finally about to get paid, you're telling me you're not doing it anymore?"
"Then what have I been busy with all these days? Let me tell you, Sean, I never do business at a loss! Since I came here, I must kill her and go back to complete the job!"