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“Pull it out! Pull it out!”
“Hahaha!”
“What are you waiting for?”
Three different voices, with the same tone, echoed in Rice’s mind.
In the dark purple underground palace, there was a huge heart in the center of the room, constantly beating. The heart was about five meters high, overflowing with crimson, and the growing flesh was rooted in a shattered statue whose face could not be seen.
And on the outside, the three liches who had forced Rice into this situation were constantly attacking and patrolling. The three liches had trapped Rice in front of that huge heart, not giving him any chance to breathe. And strangely, these three liches did not seem to be conscious, but were constantly repeating similar words.
“Pull it out!”
“Hahaha!”
“Listen to me.”
Even after nearly half a month of fierce battle, when he was on the verge of exhaustion, Rice’s expression was still cold. It was just that his previous coldness now had a strong killing intent. His originally emerald green eyes now had a few crimson bloodshot, and the impassioned anger was about to consume him.
“Megan and Rui…”
“Did you escape?”
At the thought of the sisters who had followed him, Rice’s face twisted a little.
“Damn it!”
“Why did this place become like this?”
At the thought that something might have happened to Megan… this righteous warrior, who had been famous on the Material Plane for many years, actually exuded a dark aura.
“It seems this is the only way.”
“Die… hmm!?”
Rice, who could no longer hold back and wanted to fight to the death, was just about to make a move when he and the three liches all turned to look in one direction.
“That’s!?”
…
“This is the last one!”
Viciously kicking the mummy that was trying to sneak up on his butt to the side, Shelley directly stomped on its foul-smelling head.
“Still want to sneak up on my butt?”
“I’m not gay!”
Smiling at the worried-looking Lilith, Shelley cleared his throat and gave up the act of desecrating the corpse.
Catherine, after constantly breathing dragon’s breath, looked a little weak. She leaned against Lilith, who was about the same height…
Lilith: Get away from me! Take your two lumps of meat and get away from me! Wuuuuu.
Looking at Lilith’s rich expression, Shelley’s mood also improved a lot. He turned to look at the two priestess ladies.
“Erica, Morgan, the two young girls I just saved should be helpful to our game.”
To make three people feel that something was wrong at the same time, those two young girls, even if they were not the key figures, were not far from it.
Morgan flicked the blood from her pipe. At this moment, the blood-stained style made Shelley take a few more glances. Not caring about Shelley’s open “peeping,” Morgan nodded, a little tired. Although she had been training hard these past few months, she was still very tired. She was so tired she didn’t want to talk…
Erica’s robe, on the other hand, was not stained with a single drop of blood. This was an outlier among the crowd. She chuckled at his words, looked at the door of the room from which the crying was coming, and said, a little confused, “The demonic tattoos on that place are probably to prevent people from entering… If she can get in, could there be a conspiracy?”
During this time, Shelley had been abiding by his initial promise and had been constantly instilling some knowledge of adventuring in them. Although it was more of making small talk, he still hadn’t spoken nonsense and had seriously taught them knowledge.
Shaking his head slightly, Shelley walked slowly toward the door and said with certainty, “It should be fine. As for the reason…”
“You’ll understand when you see it.”
Understand when I see it?
Looking at each other in confusion, the two of them followed, watching Shelley pass through the wall as if by magic.
“Elemental form? Or a special talent? A bloodline ability?”
“And did he multiclass into other classes? A sorcerer? Or a mage?”
In this battle, Shelley had deliberately exposed a lot of things to them. Not only to let them have an understanding of his strength, but also to show his value in front of them.
After successfully killing a half-dead god, Shelley needed others to share some of the external pressure. The pressure from the divine level.
The post-ascension Nadia could bear some of it, but it was not enough. The Twin Fates, this pair of thick, white thighs, if he didn’t hug them tightly now, he wouldn’t have such a good opportunity in the future.
And besides some knowledge secrets, the final way to raise his status in their eyes was to show his talent. The goddesses might not care about him, but their churches also needed to survive. Even the followers of the Goddess of Misfortune would sometimes encounter danger. So befriending a paladin who was likely to become a legendary was definitely a profitable business.
Shelley believed that they would definitely not miss out on this hot commodity.
The sounds from outside had disappeared. Rui painstakingly picked up her sister, wanting to walk out…
“…Ah!”
Her knees went weak. Rui, carrying her sister, fell forward.
After days without a drop of water, and having fed her sister her own blood multiple times, Rui’s body was worse than she had thought.
“No!”
“…Hmm?”
Not meeting the pain she had imagined, Rui felt herself fall into a warm embrace.
“Your body is even weaker than your sister’s…”
“You’ve worked hard to hold on until now.”
A gentle male voice came from above her head, like a sweet spring nourishing Rui’s already exhausted heart. She wanted to cry, but she found that her tears had already dried up. She felt that there was no water left in her body…
“Thank… you…”
Her voice was extremely dry after shouting, no longer the beautiful, throat-cutting sound of her singing.
To let her benefactor see her at her most pathetic…
Rui’s mood dropped. She wanted to keep her head down, but she heard the man say, “There’s no other way… this is the only way now.”
His voice was a little helpless, but his emotions were firm as he continued, “If you want to hate someone in the future, then hate me.”
Before Rui could figure out what he meant, her chin was lifted… and then her eyes widened. She looked at the man’s face in disbelief.
“Mmph.”
This is a kiss? …Why? But it feels so warm, like I’m going to sleep…
Her eyes gradually became dazed. Rui fell into a deep sleep while being kissed.
Shelley didn’t stop after she fainted, but continued to input magic and life force into her.
[Isn’t there a better way?]
[You’ll also feel very comfortable.]
[Just that white one.]
“I’d be crazy to use that method to save a woman I’ve just met!”
Constantly rolling his eyes, Shelley, while keeping Rui alive, kept complaining, “That would be a good hand played badly.”
I’m a hero saving a beauty. What are you talking about? A lecher who is moved by beauty?
[What if she’s willing?]
“…”
“…Ahem, that’s another story.”
[…]
[You… are very good…]
“You flatter me.”
“Let’s be clear first. I’m not being a hooligan. I’m saving someone.”
[…]
