Instead, she moved her arm weakly, emptied all the content of the elixir inside her mouth, before letting her body rest on the ground.
At this moment, she didn't even care a single bit about the family or the ongoing clash. All she cared about was to survive, survive this and then she'd face the entire world later.
[Don't remain in your place, the entire area is filled to the brim with assassins!] William already recognised this unique pattern of attack, one that belonged to the dark forces in the outer world.
It was something that could be best described as a foolproof plan of assassination. If the target didn't know such a tactic beforehand, then its success rate would be one hundred percent.
It worked simply like this, the enemy would select a point of weakness in the target, a place that mattered too much for him, some family members perhaps, or even the hidden wealth of someone.
Then by attacking that, the target would lose all the reason he had, send everything he got to protect the most precious thing he had. And when he'd do that, the place he was at would explode fiercely, in a way that'd take his life or at least severely wound him.
If the target survived, many assassins would come for him. So it was important to leave the place one was staying at the moment he'd realise this tactic. And then he'd better make a run towards another fort of his.
If that didn't happen, then death only awaited anyone experiencing such a scheme.
Lara wasn't in any condition to let her take any decision right now. So William kept shouting at her until she finally stood up. It wasn't just thanks to his repeated shouts, but also to the healing elixir she just took.
When the elixir started to work, a great deal of exhaustion was pushed away from her. She got the strength at last to stand up and start running.
In fact, she didn't run but limb. She kept limping like this for a few minutes, while the entire world around was filled with chaos. When she began to walk normally, she saw that more explosions occurred at the same time destroying her building. And with that, most if not all of her forces in the region were preoccupied or trapped within ruins.
When she saw all this, she realised how grave such a hit was, how lucky she was to have William by her side. She didn't know how to express her gratitude and thanks to him, but decided that no matter how crazy he spouted, she'd take every single letter seriously as long as he was the one to say it.
Slowly she started to feel the effect of that elixir. It was a high grade one that worked fast. Her body suffered tons of wounds, she lost a great deal of blood, and that made the elixir need more time to do its magic.
William kept following her until she went into the bustling streets around this place. Even if there were ongoing battles everywhere in the city, the portal area was the only spot that kept the old crowded and prosperous image of this city intact.
And with all these fierce explosions, many more people gathered to watch this show. Lara was lucky to find such a grand gathering here, and soon enough she found her way in the middle of all the masses, heading towards the direction of her Spar Arena.
"Good girl! Once you arrive there, get into the Lost City at once. Here I can properly protect you," William was already standing in front of his semi-finished weapon, while feeling much relieved about her escape.
[Well… About that…] her voice came shaky. That made her doubt that she was about to say something bad next. And surely, she did, [I don't have access to the Lost City from my Spar Arena]
"What? How come… Don't tell me the only entrance lies in that portal area!" William was surprised when he heard that. In his mind, he never even imagined such a possibility at all.
[I told you before, my great grandfather linked the door we have with the portal area main building]
"I thought that was just the beginning…"
[No, we only had one access, and now it's gone] she sighed, [That's why many of the elders and higher ups in my family along its history dreamt about controlling more of the city]
"Hmm… Can you find an access in another place perhaps?"
[Did you forget? We are fighting against the entire city right now! It's lucky for me to slip past everyone without getting marked and targeted already]
William got lost in thoughts. His entire plan depended on sending her away, towards another place with a door leading to here. Once she got here, he could easily protect her using formations.
He couldn't leave this place now as he lost his only access to the outer world. And at the same time, even if he got a choice, he wouldn't leave his semi-finished weapon behind.
The weapon was semi-done. And if he tried to leave, then everything he did would be ruined. He had to continue his work here for the next six hours at least. And so, he hoped she'd be safe at her Spar Arena.
[I will ask Stark to lead the survivors and come to defend me] she started to take William as her advisor or something. She wasn't just informing him but taking his opinion as well.
"No, don't do that," and as she expected, he got a different opinion than hers, "they are filling the portal area with their assassins. It's the right time to strike and hunt them down. Once these forces get routed, most of the danger will be removed out of the picture."
[This… There aren't enough forces at the Spar Arena to begin with!]
"You have to deal with what you have," William looked at the weapon in front of him, "try to buy me ten hours, and find a way to open a door for me to go out. Then leave everything to me."
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