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“Hold on tightly.”
“Huh?”

Before Lesiah even realized what Lilith was trying to do, her position was switched. Lilith forcibly pushed her head right against her pitifully flat chest.

That hurts.

Lilith’s hand felt like a metallic claw pressing down on her head, so hard that she felt like her neck was about to snap. Even so, she didn’t try to struggle. Like an obedient kitten, she allowed her head to be pressed against Lilith’s chest as she wrapped her arms around Lilith’s neck.

She could hear the firmness and determination in the blonde’s voice. Therefore, she mustn’t be a hindrance to her. Lilith took a deep breath, steeling herself to protect the warm body in her arms as much as she could. She gritted her teeth and then rushed toward the evil spirits.

Feeling Lilith coming closer, the evil spirits all swarmed up to her. There was no room for Lilith to maneuver, but she didn’t have any intention to do that either. She just ran straight into them.

Cold. So cold. It was almost like the warmth in her body was sapped from her and her blood was frozen solid. She couldn’t stop shaking violently as her teeth chattered.

This wasn’t the first time Lilith had gotten a taste of these evil spirits’ power. They seemed to be able to suck out the warmth of those who came into contact with them.

Back then, she had only been lightly touched by one of them and that put her through hell. This time, it was a group of them.

That weird hand named Little Hand had the power of sapping strength, while Gaz’s summon could steal body temperature. In some sense, both of them made a good match.

These evil spirits were usually untouchable. However to harm Lilith, they would need to be in their corporeal form. Since this was the case, what was there to be afraid of? In both her previous and current life, Lilith had never been afraid of squeezing through crowds!

She clenched her teeth as she forcibly pushed her way through by relying on her powerful body.

“F̲U̲C̲K̲ O̲F̲F̲!”

She yelled angrily as a wave of energy emanated from her body, repelling the last few evil spirits clinging onto her.

Shiloah’s eyes darkened. He didn’t expect Lilith to actually succeed in breaking herself free from the evil spirits. Should he commend her for being able to live up to her reputation of being a dragon who could take on him and his other two companions at the same time?

But even if she was a dragon, how much strength was left in her after those evil spirits sapped her body warmth?

“Ohoho, just give up. You won’t be able to escape no matter how hard you try. I’ll at least grant you a quick death.”

Although Shiloah said that, he still increased his speed to catch up with Lilith.

“Hehe… I’ll definitely prove you wrong…” Despite her bold statement, Lilith faltered and nearly lost her balance.

The sudden drop of body temperature numbed most of her limbs. Her brain turned foggy and she was starting to lose her consciousness.

Damn it… Is this the end…?

Just when she was about to fall, a pair of extremely warm hands caught her.

“Take a break, leave the rest… to me…”

Lesiah smiled gently at her. This was the first time Lilith saw her making such a face and she was fascinated even though her brain was shutting off.

“Fine… I’ll leave it to you. Give me three minutes.” The smile almost instantly convinced her. After saying that, she slumped in Lesiah’s arms.

The princess nodded with a smile, then carried the blonde on her back.

“It’s just three minutes. I can still manage that…”

Lesiah was also sporting large patches of frostbites on her skin. But compared to Lilith who was trembling violently, she was in a much better condition. Almost nearly every inch of Lilith’s skin was damaged and her lips were turning purple.

At least, Lesiah could still move. She turned around to face Shiloah. The smile on her face instantly faded as she locked her gaze on her opponent.

With his all-seeing ability, Shiloah could instantly read Lesiah’s next move. Even so, he still came into her range. From his perspective, Lesiah’s plan was no doubt a suicide.

“Ohoho, let me warn you first, Princess Lesiah. You won’t be able to last much longer in your current condition.”
“You don’t have to tell me…”

She was well aware of how physically weak she was right now after getting steamed alive and on top of that, an excessive blood and body heat loss. However, she must persevere.

“If I don’t persevere now, who will?”

Shiloah came into her range.

Without any hesitation, Lesiah used her innate ability, [ Absolute Distance ]. With an absolute distance forming between both of them, Lesiah’s speed instantly matched Shiloah’s.

However, it wasn’t a speed that Lesiah could easily bear. Blood instantly leaked out from the corner of her mouth. The extreme speed made her feel as though her internal organs were turning into mush. Her limbs were about to break. They had just started and her body had sustained serious damage.

“Ohoho. You already know this would happen, yet you still do it without hesitation. How… foolish.”
“Shut… up…”
“Is it because of that girl on your back? Tsk tsk tsk, I didn’t expect such unconditional love could exist between the same gender.”
“Nothing like that… I’m… just returning a favor…”
“Ohoho, you don’t have to deny it. Have you forgotten about my all-seeing ability? I can read your mind like an open book. Besides, won’t speaking worsen your injuries?”
“…..”

Lesiah fell silent. While enduring the intense pain, her eyes scanned the walls on both sides of the corridor. They mustn’t stay on this floor for too long. She must find a way up or down soon. Otherwise, that weird hand on this floor and the person named Cornelia would arrive soon.

And in this kind of corridor, they would be doomed as soon as their enemies managed to flank them.

“I told you, you won’t be able to escape!”

Shiloah sped up once again, and Lesiah immediately felt like she was going to be crippled physically. She wouldn’t be able to keep going on like this for another minute, let alone three minutes.

It was at this moment, the princess noticed a black passage not far away. A staircase! With just a glance, Lesiah was able to analyze the structure. It was just a very normal staircase. She couldn’t feel any trace of magic.

For the sake of escaping more effectively, Lesiah had learned a secret technique to quickly identify magical traps. Hence, she was sure that this wasn’t a trap. And now, she needed to think if she should go up or down. The cogs in her brain turned quickly.

Generally speaking, going down would be more logical. However, this was something that a three-year-old child would be capable of guessing. So the enemy must have predicted it too. There might even be some sort of trap waiting for her downstairs.

And it was even more likely that Cornelia might be waiting there since she hadn’t shown up all this while. So… Up!

She followed her thoughts, made a sharp turn and rushed upstairs. After turning the corner, color suddenly drained from the princess’ face.