chapter 10

Lilith looked in the direction Merlin has left for a long time, a sad and dejected look on her face.

In the end, older brother left me and went out into the world.

That damn curse, always threatening older brother’s life.

How powerful an enemy has he to slay in order for the curse to be lifted, it seems that even older brother doesn’t know.

Older brother is a most powerful existence, yet he bears such a shackle. Fate is really unfair.

Lilith wiped away her tears. She looks stupefied, as if she lost her soul.

She decided to go back, submit a letter of resignation to the Council, leave the First Demon Palace, and travel with her older brother to look for a solution to the curse.

Lilith just turned around and was about to go back, when she suddenly felt fluctuations of life.

She turned her head abruptly and looked around the messy battlefield.

Who!?

Is there someone still alive?

Someone actually survived older brother’s quick draw.

What a lucky fellow. This can be rated as a miracle…

As Lilith muttered in her heart, she finally noticed something strange underneath a broken board! There is a person underneath!

The broken board shook and was pushed away.

Alice stood up. She is all dirty, and her silver hair is disheveled. Unlike the neat and beautiful image from before, she’s cutting a sorry figure.

The moment Merlin drew his sword, she had a bad premonition. Although she didn’t feel any mana or auror, but the pressure he gave off was genuine, like the bellow of a god, making people’s souls shudder.

“Plop!” The dizzy Alice spewed out blood that fell on the ground in front of her.

She inserted her rapier into the ground, barely managing to support herself. Her chest is stuffy and her bones are sore.

The aftermath of the sword strike caused her serious injury. She almost fainted.

This outcome is all thanks to the mithril armor. But if she had been within the quick draw’s scope, then not even 100 mithril armors would have been able to save her.

What was that power!?

The white whale’s mana was already scary enough.

Yet in the end, it couldn’t even withstand a single blow from Lucifer III?

Furthermore, the majestic Church crusader army turned to ashes in an instant!

This power is outrageous, it’s in a league of its own.

Just like… like a real god…

With her mind in a whirl, Alice gave Merlin an assessment in her heart —

He’s too strong! He’s out of my league! I can’t contend against him!

“Hey?” Lilith squinted and turned to look at Alice, who is seriously injured, “To be this tenacious, you’re rather good for a dirty swine. You have my praise. What a lucky lass.”

Her face ashen, Alice straightened her body, raised the rapier, and pointed wit it at Lilith, and her eyes flashed with determination. Her instincts are telling her that things don’t bode well for her.

What now?

There is a wide gap in power.

She was caught off guard by the surprise attack last time.

Now, this strategy seems to be useless against her…

“Oh? You still can raise your sword?” There was a flash of anger in Lilith’s eyes, and she released her Saint tier pressure, “Be a bit more self-aware! A mere High tier dabbler, and you dare to face me with a sword! Dirty swine, you should just stick out your neck and wait for death!”

When the huge Saint tier pressure struck, Alice choked, fear overtook her face, her legs trembled unconsciously, and her heart skipped a beat.

Can’t win!

Saint tier is Saint tier, after all!

I can’t win in a frontal confrontation!

I stand no chance by relying on mana alone.

Besides, now that I am seriously injured, I can’t even resist…

Alice sensed the auror and mana inside her, which are running wild, making it impossible for her to use any skills at the moment. This is probably due to the impact produced by that sword strike.

Lilith, with her red shimmering eyes full of contempt, the fierce horns on her head, the bat wings slowly unfolding behind her, and shadows shrouding her, looks like a great demon.

Black fluctuations appeared around her and a thick fog rose. It appears to be summoning magic.

I don’t want to die yet!

After all, I’m here just to make money.

There is no need to lose my life here!

If I die here, I might not even get a tombstone!

Why did I come across such a situation?

It has only been a few months since I went down the mountain!

Alice is a scared. After all, demonkind are cruel beings. Without relying on surprise attacks, she has no advantages.

Moreover, she is facing a Saint tier great demon. She stands no chance now that she’s seriously injured.

Alice, who has a frightened look on her face, hesitated for a moment, and then quickly turned around and ran away with her tail between her legs. Her cloak and long silver hair rose in the air and galloped across the muddy marsh.

The appearance of her fleeing helter-skelter is incongruous with her identity as a Hero.

“My dears, bring me back that dirty swine…”

Lilith revealed a playful and sinister smile, as if she found a new toy.

She feels that with her injuries, the other party can’t run far away, and so she sent her familiars to bring her back.

The thick black fog surrounding Lilith turned into two ferocious giant black magic wolves in a blink of an eye.

Their black fur stands erect like a hedgehog’s spines, their hungry eyes flicker red, and their sharp fangs emit shimmed with cold light. These ferocious magic beasts possess High tier strength.

The two magic wolves howled. Obeying Lilith’s command, they went to hunt down the fleeing Alice.

“Stupid maggot of a Hero, I’ll pull out your nails one by one.”

“I’ll listen to your touching screams, and then cut off your head and hang it in front of the Demon Palace!”

“To disturb my and older brother’s life…”

“I won’t let you you off!”