Chapter 137: Surprise! (1/2)

”Damn! This scared the hell out of me.”

Huffing and puffing while holding the two rifles in his hand, Atch looked at the princess he had previously dismissed as nothing more than a prey.

His other seven rifles were laying on the ground, completely destroyed. Even the greatest mechanic in the world wouldn't be able to repair them.

When he thought about that moment, he still felt chills go down his spine. After all, he nearly died there. If he didn't sacrifice his rifle by using them as a shield, he would have been completely cut into two. It had been a long time since he was so close to death.

Currently, though, the girl was standing up with blood covering all her body, with two large bloody holes in her body.

The cause of such wounds? The two bullets she had previously received.

Those bullets weren't just normal ones. They were also filled with a powerful poison. It had taken longer than he thought it would, but thankfully, it worked just before he got offed.

Still, he felt a deep unsettling feeling as he watched her. It was as if what he was facing had stopped being completely human.

Those eyes, and now that he thought about it, those hair. Even attacks that seemed to bring fantasy into reality.

He shuddered at the thought, but immediately discarded it. Both Lilith and Lilin were pure humans, he was most likely wrong.

'Well, at least I will not have to worry about her now. '

It was when he was thinking about at least kidnapping the Chimera girl that a golden pillar rose in the sky from the direction of the church.

Feeling his strength leave him and watching this light covering Lilin and heal her wound, he could only curse once again.

”Damn! I shouldn't have played too much with my prey it seems.”

He regretted not acting more decisively from the start. Raising his rifle, he was about to end her, but immediately gave up when he felt that chimera girl rushing toward him.

*Boom*

Avoiding a punch that brought sonic waves, he couldn't help but curse.

”The fuck! How can you still move? You received more than three times the dose of poison.”

*Huff* Huff* *Huff*

”I...I will not...let you hurt her...*Huff*”

He could see that the girl was a complete mess, even more than the princess. So much blood flowed from her body that it looked like she was wearing a crimson dress.

It was clear that even walking was currently impossible for her, but he knew clearly that a cornered beast was not something to be taken lightly.

Weighing his options, he made his decision immediately.

'Let's flee.'

He touched his ring and murmured, ”Open.”

But nothing happened.

”Well, shit!”

He immediately understood that the cause of the failure was the large golden barrier.

It seemed that he could only flee the good old way.

”Time to run!”

Immediately withdrawing all the energy in his body, he began to flee from the scene. He could feel a very scary being coming here at full speed and didn't wish to die.

All he could do was hope that he didn't get found too fast.

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[Loki's Mansion]

A little earlier, on Sol's side, while Lilin was facing Atch, the situation wasn't looking pretty for the prince.

He wasn't just fighting Zehn, who was already extremely strong on her own, but he was also facing Drei.

From Sol's perspective, this fight was extremely depressing.

Not only did he have to use his power to stop the invitee from killing themselves at any moment, but Drei would actively send tens of curses against him at the slightest occasion.