Chapter 194: Anna Medias

Kolin quickly averted his gaze and looked back at the girl with the half-hidden face.

Although he did not know if Laine would be able to find Laura and the others, he had already given them a Teleportation Scroll and other Magic Scrolls. Even if they encountered danger, they should be fine.

When the girl heard Kolin’s question, a look of pride flashed across her face, though it was quickly replaced by dissatisfaction.

“You have actually never heard of my name? Hmph, fine! I shall be benevolent enough to tell you! I am the peerless Anna Medias, who once made countless members of the Demon Race fall for me, possessing beauty and strength that were truly matchless! Do you understand? I once achieved fifth place in the Four Heavenly Kings selection! I was once hailed as a magic genius! I even managed to capture the heart of the Demon King himself for a time! I am, absolutely and undeniably, a super, peerless beauty!!!”

…Who?

Although Kolin had some understanding of the history of the Human-Demon War, it was only a basic understanding. He did not know many details about specific figures of the Demon Race. Even for the Four Heavenly Kings, he only knew their titles and abilities, but not their names—let alone this girl who Kolin had never even heard of.

If Kolin actually had a thorough understanding of this history, he would not need someone like Hifny, a historian of the Demon Race, to help him.

As for Liyami and the others, it went without saying that their knowledge in this area was even less than Kolin’s; they could not understand what the girl with the half-hidden face—or rather, Anna Medias—was saying at all.

Seeing that Kolin and his group all wore looks of confusion, Anna Medias, who had been quite arrogant, suddenly slumped. She stomped her feet in anger and said unresignedly, “Can it be that none of you have heard of me?! I am a beauty who could topple cities! Even if you have not heard of my glorious name, you should have at least heard of my beauty, right?!”

Hearing this, Kolin looked hesitantly at the people behind him. After receiving a unanimous shake of the head, Kolin could only shrug at her, indicating that they truly did not know.

This gesture infuriated Anna Medias. She said indignantly, “To think… you haven’t heard of me… Damn it! It’s all the fault of that blond Hero! If not for him, I wouldn’t have been so heavily injured and forced to run to this dark, dreary place to heal! And to think I have been healing for so long! The outside world has forgotten all about a peerless beauty like me!!!”

Although Anna Medias’s words were filled with anger, Kolin managed to extract quite a lot of information from them.

Anna Medias was clearly a Demon Executive from the early period of the Human-Demon War. After all, the last Four Heavenly Kings selection in history took place a few years before the war. Afterward, the new Demon King ascended to the throne, and the Human-Demon War broke out.

Anna Medias encountering the Hero and being injured by him must have happened during that time—in the early stages of the Human-Demon War when the Demon Race still held a significant advantage and the Hero had not yet reached his full potential.

During that time, there were still a vast number of demons. Among them were many powerful individuals who had not yet had the chance to perform deeds worthy of being recorded in history before dying due to various reasons. It was likely that Anna Medias was one of them. However, she had not actually died; she had hidden herself away and begun twenty years of healing. Only recently, perhaps because she felt her injuries were mostly healed or simply because she could not stand it any longer, did she finally resume her activities.

Having grasped the cause and effect, Kolin finally understood the situation. It was likely that the reason Anna Medias was capturing so many people was to heal the gap in her face. Although he did not know what method she was using to treat it, he could already tell that she cared deeply about her appearance. Not only that, but he had already noticed that there was more to her face than just beauty.

Thinking of this, Kolin probed, “Your face… it shouldn’t just be about beauty, right? No matter how I look at it, you only have that serious wound on your face. Unless the Hero was a guy who liked to attack people’s faces, there is only one possibility. If I am not mistaken, all the magic power in your body is concentrated in your face, isn’t it? If I were to shatter that face of yours… would you lose all ability to resist?”

As soon as Kolin finished speaking, the remaining half of Anna Medias’s face was clouded over, and she stared at Kolin with a dark expression.

Seeing his theory confirmed by the enemy, Kolin could not help but smile with contempt.

“Heh, since you aren’t saying anything, I will take that as an admission. Oh, right! This face of yours… it isn’t natural, is it?”

Upon hearing this, Anna Medias flew into a rage. She glared at Kolin and roared, amplifying her voice with magic, “YOU! SAID! WHAT! This face of mine is completely natural! It has looked this way ever since I was born! I am an absolutely, perfectly natural beauty! How dare you insult me like this! I will never let you get away with this!!!”

Seeing that her sore spot had been poked and that she was about to lash out, Kolin stopped pretending to be friendly.

He immediately raised the Temple Sword, intent on striking her down. But just then, a bizarre shadow crawled to his feet. He immediately felt as if his feet were bound to his own shadow, unable to move a single inch.

However, this situation lasted for less than half a second. Kolin not only broke free by lifting his leg but also took the opportunity to stomp on the strange shadow.

Seeing this, the strange shadow did not dare to take the blow head-on and immediately dodged to the side. Although it successfully avoided Kolin’s attack, it suddenly felt a pang of pain. Looking closely, it realized that the shadow it was controlling had been struck by an arrow.

That was not all. Liyami, who had been waiting for a long time, stealthily attacked the shadow from nearby, hidden within the darkness. After a brief contact, Liyami snatched away half of the shadow’s body!

Seeing its shadow heavily damaged, the Male Demon did not dare to linger and immediately fled into the distance. If it took a few more attacks like that, it would truly be forced out of its shadow state. If that happened again, it would have no ability to resist!

However, the Male Demon had just moved when a powerful pillar of light, prepared long in advance, struck the shadow it was inhabiting. This caused the already heavily wounded Male Demon to suffer even more. The strange shadow, now reduced to half its original size, began to dissipate under the influence of the light. If it remained under the light for any longer, the Male Demon would likely die right there.

It was only then that the support from its companion, Anna Medias, finally arrived. She first condensed a magic shield to block the strike Kolin had directed at her to buy time, then began casting a spell to teleport the Male Demon, who was trapped in the pillar of light, behind her.

Although it had been rescued in time by Anna Medias, the Male Demon was in bad shape. Having been heavily injured previously and suffering even more damage just moments ago, the strange shadow it inhabited became extremely unstable due to its declining state.

The Male Demon felt that if it continued to fight, it would truly be near death!