Everything went smoothly.
Su Yao successfully used Invisibility Magic to get Hilvi down from the platform, and as for that idiot Prince who treated her like a “pet,” he’d already been kicked unconscious.
They ran into a narrow alley, and, seeing no pursuers, Su Yao let out a slight breath of relief.
Hilvi hugged her from the side. “Thank you. I’ll never forget this debt of gratitude for the rest of my life. If there’s anything I can help with in the future, just say the word.”
“You’re welcome. After all, you’re technically my first human friend.”
Her slender figure was surprisingly well-endowed, and no matter how many times Su Yao tasted the softness of the young girl’s chest, she never tired of it.
But now wasn’t the time to enjoy that.
Su Yao took out the “Communication Device” from the warehouse.
“Eveleel, I’ve gotten Hilvi out. That idiot Prince seemed to recognize me. The rest is up to you.”
After briefly reporting the situation, she took the “Bride’s” hand and continued taking shortcuts toward the North Gate.
“Wait!”
Sure enough, just checking by eye to see if there were pursuers wasn’t accurate.
From a while ago, Su Yao’s Mana Perception had noticed someone following them from behind.
The distance between the person and the two of them never changed, which most likely meant this was no mere “passerby.”
“Hilvi, you go on to the city gate first. Looks like an enemy’s caught up. Take this—if anything happens, call Chlorel and the others.”
Su Yao tossed her homemade “Magic Phone” to her and turned around.
The girl in the pure white wedding dress seemed like she wanted to say something but held back.
Right now, she still couldn’t use magic, and in the narrow alley, she’d be no help—if she got caught again, she’d only be a burden.
“Alright, be careful. I’ll wait for you at the gate.”
That once-weak Monster loli she first met had now grown into someone who could be called a Strong One in the human world. Truly miraculous.
Thanks to her, even though she’d lost the Chamber of Commerce she’d managed for so many years, Hilvi had gained precious friendship and love.
Thinking this, Hilvi couldn’t help but look forward to life from now on.
She took out the dagger she carried for self-defense, cut off the hem of the wedding dress that depraved Prince had used to dress her up, and continued running toward the North Gate as planned……
“Come out. I’ve already found you.”
“Tsk, what a headache. Can’t you just pretend you didn’t see me? I can let you off the hook.”
“It’s you?”
The red-haired woman beside the idiot Prince—not just his plaything, but also the one who made all kinds of weird potions.
In Mana Perception, she still had the magic power of an ordinary person, and even the Eye of Truth didn’t reveal anything abnormal, yet she’d managed to follow her and Hilvi all this way.
No matter how Su Yao looked at it, this was suspicious.
“Sorry, but you’re with that idiot Prince, and you’ve hurt Hilvi before. I can’t let you go past here.”
“Kid, you know nothing. I noticed you two back in the dungeon. If I’d told that ‘Soma’ then, none of this today would have happened.”
The red-haired woman’s words set off all kinds of alarms in Su Yao’s heart. She’d noticed them back in the dungeon?
Wasn’t she an enemy? But then how to explain the medicine she fed to Hilvi? Was she just trying to find their base and then wipe them all out at once?
Su Yao didn’t know what this woman was up to by following them, but it definitely couldn’t be anything good.
“Who exactly are you?”
“I have no obligation to report my name to a little brat. If you know what’s good for you, step aside now, or I don’t mind letting that ‘Soma’s’ people catch you.”
Just a moment ago she was saying “let her off the hook,” and now she’s suddenly changed her tune.
Heh, this woman really couldn’t be trusted.
“That depends on whether you have the skills to do it!”
The chances of both Mana Perception and the Eye of Truth being fooled at the same time were almost nil.
Maybe she had some special trick, but Su Yao didn’t think she’d lose.
She didn’t want to cause too big a commotion, so she’d fight with her sword here.
The other woman had no weapon, while she herself held the “Steel Blue Sword” forged by Uzo.
In this narrow “alley,” she couldn’t imagine how the red-haired woman would block her attacks…
Yet reality once again exceeded her imagination. A tentacle extended from behind the woman, blocking the blow.
“Arrogant little brat.”
With the red-haired woman’s sneer, tentacles sprouted one after another from her back.
“Not being able to dodge isn’t just a problem for you. And you know what they say—two fists can’t beat four hands.”
No time for shock—Su Yao jumped back, parrying the tentacles as they lashed toward her.
What was this woman? A Monster?
Su Yao had summoned Monsters in her Dungeon that used “tentacles” as weapons before, but to block even the Steel Blue Sword that could cut through Arachne Silk—these tentacles were way too strong!
“Ever-burning flame of the elves, answer my call—become the Red Lotus Blade that burns away my foes!”
While deflecting the attacks, Su Yao chanted the sixth-tier Fire Magic enchantment.
As the spell finished, crimson flames blazed along her Steel Blue Sword.
No carbon-based creature is unafraid of fire!
Sure enough, every swing of the “Red Lotus Blade” left a scorched mark on the woman’s tentacles.
Su Yao focused her assault on the scorched spots, and after five strikes, she finally chopped off one of the woman’s tentacles…
This is ridiculous—what kind of “steel tentacles” are these?
A sixth-tier Fire Magic enchanted Steel Blue Sword, plus her strength far exceeding that of a normal human, Skill Level Ten swordsmanship, and Longsword Mastery.
She wasn’t sure how strong that skill combination made her, but no matter how she thought about it, these purplish-red vines shouldn’t be able to withstand it.
But in reality, it took five hits to sever one tentacle—five! And she had to land every strike on exactly the same spot!
Even so, she had no choice but to keep swinging the blazing sword, her mana draining from her body like a breached dam…
……
All her efforts finally paid off. Su Yao lost count of how many times she swung her sword, but the good news was that the woman was finally down to a single “tentacle.”
“Not bad, little brat~”
At this rate, she might actually win! The blonde loli held her sword, panting heavily. To be honest, her mana was nearly spent.
Outside of the Dungeon, mana recovery was drastically slower.
If she’d known it would turn out like this, she would have brought some high-level Magic Potions. But it was too late for that now.
The red-haired woman stopped attacking and used her one remaining tentacle to gently touch the wounds where the other tentacles had been severed.
“Wha…what?”
The scene before her exceeded all of Su Yao’s expectations.
The severed “tentacles” regenerated right before her eyes.
Now she was sure—the red-haired woman hadn’t just used some trick to fool her skills.
The combination of the Eye of Truth and Mana Perception had failed like never before—this was the very definition of an “invalid appraisal.”
The gap in power between them was overwhelming, and the woman had some way to conceal her true mana, which was why Su Yao had mistaken her for an ordinary person!
This was not a “Monster” she could handle. The moment she realized this, Su Yao lost all fighting spirit.
She couldn’t win. There was simply no way!
“Where do you think you’re going, little brat? You ruined big sister’s plans, and now you want to just walk away?”