Lucas's mouth opened wide as he gazed at the ragged figure hanging on a tree-like structure.
A golden-haired woman was tied with a chain and was kept hanging.
Countless dark snake-like creatures wrapped around the figure. Dark blood oozed out from the skin and there were many holes over the surface.
Slimes and maggots wriggled around making the scene horrendous and sickening. Dark mist lingered and swirled around and countless flies swatted around there.
If it was before, Lucas would have vomited seeing the disgusting scene but he was glad that he was now tolerant of these kinds of scenes.
The coldness that seeped from the place was spine chilling making Lucas shiver at the odd stifling scene.
As he gazed at the figure, he found that this was a woman figure of short stature and after taking up a moment to get the hang of the situation, Lucas muttered in bewilderment.
"A loli."
The sound reverberated in the space and after a moment, the dead corpse-like figure opened her eyes.
"What? Which bastard called me Loli?"
A loud scream erupted from the loli lips startling Lucas.
"You are alright. I mean you are alive."
The voice drew the loli's attention to Lucas. Staring at the boy's solemn expression and familiar speech, she shouted.
"Damn you! Stop jinxing stupid human."
"And for your kind information, I am not a loli, I am the guardian spirit Eunox, you shithead."
"What kind of guardian spirit uses foul words?"Lucas asked, surprised by her figure of speech.
"It's all because of foul breath human influence. You, rotten stinky human, stop staring at me with those perverted eyes."
Lucas blinked his eyes in confusion.
'Perverted…me. This girl is now asking for spanking.'
"I came here to save you but it seems, I have to change my wind."
"What? No…No."
"Oh, kind human. I take back my words. You are less disgusting than those black shit scums. Compared to them you are as good as trash that can at least be used by others."
"You…"
Lucas, getting rebutted, was about to speak but a beam of light erupted from the Holy Cross and shot at Eunox.
Swish!
The entire area was covered with a bright light. The dark mist swirling around was shaken away by the holy light.
A screeching sound accompanied by a scream of pain echoed around Eunox.
The malevolent spirit around Eunox was burnt and purified by the beam of light. Eunox felt a warm energy gushing into her and filling her with vitality.
When the dazzling light subsided, Lucas saw Eunox's body fluttering in mid-air.
Lucas stared at Holy Cross with a weird look.
"Do you have an ego? How do you act on your own and your timing is quite immaculate."Lucas muttered in disbelief.
He didn't remember the novel mentioning anything special about this Holy Cross. Maybe the Saintess's presence overwhelmed it.
"Let me clarify it once again. I am not a Loli. It's just that malevolent spirits were trying to taint me but failing in doing that, they sucked my energy so I just changed my figure to a small size to conserve my energy."Eunox spoke with a menacing gaze.
"Stop being fixated on something so silly. I am running out of time. The Saintess said you would lead me to a place where Her Highness is Kidnapped."
"Are you asking about those asshole black wizards?"
"Yeah!"Lucas spoke with a flustered expression after hearing her rough speech.
"Those damned perverts invaded this place, destroyed and took over the barrier and tortured me with those worms. It was so difficult."Eunox's sharp eyes became teary and she started to sob.
"It's okay, can you lead me to those black wizards? And what are they doing here?"Lucas asked.
"There is a subspace that can be accessed by me. They are preparing some weird rituals there. They kidnapped a woman and took her there. She might be the one you are looking for. "
"Please teleport me to the place and quickly take over the barrier that is blocking the signal" Lucas spoke hurriedly.
Once the barrier is dispersed, they can ask for help from the surrounding territories.
"Okay! I will first teleport you and then take over the barrier."Eunox spoke with a solemn expression and snapped her finger.
"Remember to teleport me to a safe distant location at the corner, not in the middle of some battlefield," Lucas shouted.
"Yeah,I get it. Just get the hell out of here now."
A bright light erupted and covered Lucas's figure.
As soon as Lucas's figure disappeared, Eunox slumped on the floor gasping heavily.
She cuddled and hugged her knees to find a bit of warmth left around the place and tried to stop herself from shivering.
"I can't believe this."
"I can't believe I met him. I think he doesn't remember or maybe he isn't awakened. Who knows if I acted differently, what would have happened?"
"I thought I was unlucky but those black wizards out of all existence had to provoke him and that girl. If by chance, he remembers everything, only God knows what he will do."Eunox mumbled with a frightened expression.
.....
With a faint flicker, Lucas appeared in a darkly lit place.
Looking around, Lucas saw faint shadows of towering tall trees by the side of the forest.
As he walked further, faint snowflakes fell over him. The soil was slowly enveloped with a layer of snow as he went deeper. The white fluffy deep snow makes it hard to walk and his feet become numb due to the cold.
Lucas squirmed his eyes as the snowfall intensity increased. A blizzard blew over the place out of nowhere. The faint howling of wind sounded like ghosts swarming at him that suppressed the muffled sound of blasts echoing again and again.
Through the layer of mist, Lucas finally glimpsed the sight of a figure.
The back of the figure looked lonely. Still, it was as straight as a mountain. There were scratches and wounds with blood trickling from the back.
The white dress was stained with blood which was in sharp contrast to the white snow underneath her feet.
And surrounding the figure stood many dark-robed figures trying to bring her down.
Lucas's heart jolted and uneasiness welled up in his heart seeing that sorry figure.
"P...Princess!"
Unbeknownst to him, a voice filled with worry emerged from his lips.
...
A huge number of undead and ghouls surrounded her.
As soon as Julian grasped their number to some extent, Julian confidently took a step forward and prepared to counterattack.
Beside her, large chunks of ice appeared all of a sudden that were slowly growing in size.
The ice with sharp edges shot all around bouncing off against the army of undead and ghouls sending them flying.
The sharp shard pierce through their defence and blew them into tatters.
[Ice Mass]
This time instead of ice shards, huge masses of ice cubes appeared over the sky and crashed onto them crushing them into a paste.
Pulling out her greatsword, she slashed with all her might.
A horizontal line cut through the place clearing out everything before her sight.
"Tsk!"She clicked her tongue in displeasure.
The place was full of black wizards and necromancers. Until she deals with them, killing these minions wouldn't be worth much.
"Give up!"
"You can't harm us."
"You will soon be exhausted."
Julian's sharp eyes narrowed and she started at the wizards sneering at her.
"You underestimate people too much."
As soon as her words fell, the ground started to rumble. A whitish aura burst forth from her body and a mighty pressure radiated from her body.
With her at the centre, an icy storm blew freezing everyone
The sword in her hand squirmed and as she swung her sword encased with pure white light, a huge arc of white light burst out tearing everything in her way. Everything enveloped by the mighty arc was frozen and shattered like glass.
Seeing things going out of hand, the black wizards made their move.
Julian's eyes gleamed with danger sensing a colossal array of attacks being shot at her.
[Ice Wall]
She swung her hand and then erected a large barrier to prevent the attacks from reaching her.
BOOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM
The wall exploded into pieces after being hit by the magic spell. A thick layer of white mist covered everyone one vision.
Heinrich, the man leading everyone squinted his eyes due to the sudden forbidding.
It was then, he heard loud grasps and shrieks from around.
"Ahhhh!"
"Kheumm!"
"Noooo!"
His eyes darted around towards the source of the sound.
Countless white lines drew over the blank place as if trying to paint the black canvas with a white appeared in his vision.
Five snow storms erupted that sucked the undead and ghouls while a white light flashed through the air.
And in the white line, a woman with two icy wings holding two swords drenched in blood was coming towards him while slaughtering everything in the path.
The Black Wizards were taken by surprise seeing her astonishing speed. Leaving behind after images, she appeared in front of them and even before they could cast a barrier, they were hacked into pieces by her.
"Bitch!"
Heinrich screamed and waved his hand.
"I summon you, Heavenly Knight of Evil King."
"Please heed the request of this follower. Please accept the sacrifices."Heinrich took out a red stone and crushed it.
A magic circle appeared emitting an intense light and a huge pillar of magic soared endlessly into the sky scattering an eerie red light.
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