"You want to kill me? Dream on!"
Lynn admitted that this Demon Knight of the Fourth Rank possessed great intelligence. As soon as he landed a hit, he turned the direction of the beast beneath him, the sound of hooves rapidly retreating.
It was clear that the opponent viewed him and Hillena as prey, planning to use guerrilla tactics to slowly exhaust their energy. This was a common hunting trick used by the Demon Clan, and it was especially effective against injured prey. They intended to slowly toy with them to death.
But Lynn wouldn’t give him the chance. The source of this content ɪs novel-fire.net
He slowly raised his right hand, lightly pressed a joker card, held between his index and middle fingers, against his lips.
In an instant, an endless mass of black threads erupted like a hurricane, sweeping toward the Demon Knight!
At the same time, Time Concealment activated.
The next second, a phantom mark resembling a pocket watch appeared in Lynn’s palm.
Due to the invisible force, the hands on the watch subtly turned backward.
This meant he had borrowed one minute from his future self.
Within this minute, Lynn could travel at will through the rifts in time.
Moments later, a Spiral Spear formed from countless black threads slowly took shape and fell into Lynn’s palm. He pushed his speed to the extreme, rushing to the front of the Demon Knight, raising the spear high and fiercely thrusting toward his heart.
Without surprises, the next moment, this cunning Demon Knight would be pierced through by Lynn and die on the spot.
Yet, unexpectedly, the minute ended just in time.
As the spear was about to penetrate the Demon Knight’s body, he swung his large hand and directly swatted Lynn away.
Even so, Lynn’s spear still left a bone-deep gash on his chest, from which black blood gushed, surrounded by an eerie black mist.
The severely injured Demon Knight obviously didn’t expect to be hurt by a human with only Second Rank strength. He immediately lost interest in slowly torturing them, wishing he could crush Lynn to pieces on the spot.
Lynn was sent flying, his body crashing heavily onto the stone slab with a dull thud. The blow further tore the wound on his shoulder open, and crimson blood flowed out like mad.
Hillena stumbled and fell beside him, her clothes soaked with bloodstains from the ground without noticing.
She reached out her trembling hands, pressing her palms tightly onto the ghastly wound, attempting to stop Lynn’s bleeding.
At this moment, a deafening roar came from behind. The Demon Knight, severely wounded by Lynn, had eyes burning with a furious killing intent, wanting Lynn to pay for his actions just now!
"Get out of here, quickly!"
Lynn violently pushed Hillena away, her palm immediately cut by sharp stones. Yet, she felt no pain as she crawled back to Lynn.
"I won’t leave." Hillena completely ignored the Demon Knight that was about to charge at them. She pressed one hand on Lynn’s wound, taking out her last bottle of Moonlight Original Liquid with the other, trying to feed it to Lynn. "If I’m going to die, I’ll die with you."
However, Lynn endured the pain and knocked the Moonlight Original Liquid out of her hand.
"Drink... it..." Hillena picked up the Moonlight Original Liquid, pressing the bottle to Lynn’s blood-covered lips, only to have it slapped away again.
This time, the crystal bottle traced an arc in the air, shattering against the rock wall. Moonlight Original Liquid seeped into the scorched earth, emitting starlit mist.
The next moment, a mocking smile suddenly curved on Lynn’s face, his voice cold and merciless: "Whore, don’t tell me you’ve fallen for me just because I touched you a few times?"
Hillena initially wanted to look for other healing medicines, but her actions suddenly paused, and her expression instantly froze.
"You didn’t think I saved you because I was interested in you, did you?" Lynn coughed up a mouthful of blood, his sneer even more pronounced. "Don’t flatter yourself. I just thought you were pretty and had a nice body, thinking about finding a chance to take you,"
"Get the hell out of here, you make me sick just looking at you!"
Lynn’s sudden outburst caused the light in Hillena’s eyes to flicker intensely.
She suddenly lowered her eyes, falling into a speechless silence.
But by this time, Lynn had already lost strength from his continuous blood loss, his vision beginning to blur, feeling dizzy and disoriented.
"Is this truly how you feel inside?"
Hillena’s voice rose slowly, devoid of much emotion.
"Yes..." Lynn could feel his consciousness disintegrating, his words faltering, "I forgot to tell you... everything I did... was merely... to use you... to disgust that fiancé of yours... Xiya..."
"In my... eyes... you’re nothing more than a... tool..."
"...I understand now."
The next moment, Hillena suddenly stood up, her voice as calm as still water.
Yet her cool and distant eyes looked down at Lynn from above, her gaze slowly sweeping over his current disheveled state, as if only now she truly saw through the man who, to achieve his goals, would stop at nothing.
Thus, in Lynn’s vision, as he was about to faint, the tall, beautiful figure slowly turned to leave.
Meanwhile, the footsteps and roars of the Demon Knight’s mount beneath him grew closer.
Watching Hillena’s departing figure, Lynn slowly closed his eyes—