Cecilia's questioning made Bell tremble uncontrollably.
It wasn't a question; it was a judgment.
“She... she's just...”
Bell still wanted to explain, hoping to cover it up with a lie.
However, a small hand had already seized his collar.
The next second, a gale erupted!
An irresistible, titanic force yanked Bell off the ground, his feet instantly losing contact with the earth.
The whistling wind filled his ears as the scenery on the ground receded rapidly, growing smaller and smaller. Cecilia had activated wind magic, carrying him through the sky like a projectile toward the outskirts of the capital.
They eventually landed on a deserted hillside.
Cecilia let go, and Bell fell heavily onto the soft grass.
Before he could catch his breath, the petite figure was already on top of him, pinning him down firmly.
Bell could see it.
He could clearly see Cecilia's completely unhinged face.
It was distorted with anger and jealousy.
That angelic face was flushed with an abnormal, sickly glow.
“Brother is being a bad boy.”
Her hand reached for the buttons of Bell's uniform.
Bell struggled desperately, using both hands and feet to try and push her away.
“Let go!”
In response, four invisible hurricanes acted like indestructible chains once more, instantly binding his wrists and ankles. He was pinned to the grass, unable to move a muscle.
“Don't...”
Bell closed his eyes in despair.
“You have her scent on you. I don't like it.”
Cecilia's words carried a bone-chilling obsession.
“I'm going to make sure you're covered in my scent instead.”
Right then.
The shadow beneath Bell twitched eerily.
In the next instant.
A silver-white figure actually emerged silently from that thin shadow!
Lilian!
The moment she appeared, she didn't hesitate for a second. Her right hand flattened into a blade, and with a sharpness that tore through the air, she struck directly at Cecilia's fair neck!
Cecilia's reaction was faster than anyone could imagine.
Without even turning her head, she simply tilted her body to the side, dodging that lethal hand-blade strike by a hair's breadth.
Immediately following that, a monstrous killing intent suddenly manifested.
“The stinking bitch dares to steal my brother.”
Before her voice even faded.
Crimson flames, azure ice, cyan wind blades, heavy rocks, blinding holy light, deep darkness, violent lightning, and vibrant vines...
Several elemental powers, each representing a different source, appeared simultaneously around Cecilia, circling and roaring frantically!
The multicolored lights reflected off her naked form, making her look like a sacred yet evil goddess on the verge of destroying the world.
“Shall I attack?”
Having missed her strike, Lilian immediately retreated to Bell's side. She knelt on one knee and asked for Bell's opinion in a cold, emotionless tone.
Bell looked at the monster before him, enveloped in the glow of various elements. Fear made it almost impossible for him to breathe.
“At... attack...”
He didn't even dare to speak loudly.
Having received her master's command.
Lilian moved.
Her body instantly turned into a grayish-black afterimage, tearing through the air at a speed the naked eye couldn't track!
Boom!
A violent sonic boom exploded on the silent hillside, making Bell's eardrums ache!
The battle erupted in an instant.
Lilian's speed was at the absolute limit, with every attack aimed at a vital point.
But Cecilia didn't even move her feet.
Walls of fire, spikes of ice, entangling vines, protective shields of light... with just a thought, various spells combined into a perfectly airtight defense.
Every one of Lilian's attacks was easily neutralized.
Conversely, with a casual wave of Cecilia's hand, a bolt of lightning appeared out of thin air and nearly pierced through Lilian's body.
Lilian was no match for her at all.
Bell watched everything in despair.
His tool, his only hope, was fragile and helpless before this true monster.
Just then, Lilian's figure reappeared beside Bell. One of her arms had been charred black by flames, but she didn't care.
“Master, if I could have a taste of your blood, we might still have a slim chance of survival.”
Blood?
Bell froze for a moment.
“Do it!”
He struggled, using his bound body to expose his neck to Lilian as much as possible.
A flash of hesitation crossed Lilian's blood-red eyes.
But it was only for a moment.
The thirst for blood, the pursuit of power, and absolute obedience to her master's command overcame everything else.
She lowered her head and bit into Bell's neck!
“Stop! You are not allowed to taste my brother!”
This scene completely set Cecilia off!
She had been holding back before, worried that the powerful magical aftershocks might harm Bell, so she hadn't gone all out.
But now, she didn't care!
Lilian's actions had severely violated her bottom line!
Her brother's body, his blood, and everything about him belonged only to her!
If she accidentally blew him up, she would... she would just find a way to resurrect him later!
Just as Cecilia was about to release an earth-shattering attack.
A completely different kind of power exploded within Lilian's body.
Bell's blood was soul blood from another world.
Through the slave contract, this blood poured into Lilian's vampire body.
It was nothing short of a miracle!
The moment she swallowed the blood!
A sensation like billions of volts of electricity passing through her body slammed into Lilian!
The red light in her eyes flared violently!
Boom—!
The massive elemental torrent Cecilia had condensed, powerful enough to level the entire hilltop, came roaring toward them!
Lilian snapped her head up and threw a palm strike toward that elemental torrent.
The arm that had been charred black was instantly restored, its flesh regenerating perfectly the moment she swung it out.
Then, that power capable of destroying everything was simply swatted away by her.
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