Chapter 98: Hero and Demon King
The bright moonlight poured through the window, casting a glow in the quiet room.
Suddenly, a golden figure appeared at the window. She sniffed the air, nodded, and said, “Hmm, not bad, this scent… this must be the child’s room.”
Alicia entered the room and gently placed Elrose on her bed, then set up a small soundproof barrier.
In the next moment, Alicia’s golden armor disappeared in an instant, extreme weakness surged through her heart, her legs gave way, and she fell beside Elrose’s bed.
“As expected, I overdid it again.” Alicia was drenched in sweat, panting heavily.
The holy armor she wore, though a replica, had reached the level of a sacred artifact. Forcing its use with her current strength not only failed to unleash its true power but also inflicted great harm to her body.
Alicia took out a potion for recovery, drank it in one gulp, then sat down cross-legged on the floor, circulating her battle qi to quickly restore her stamina.
After a moment, feeling somewhat recovered, Alicia stood up again and returned to Elrose’s side.
With weak breaths and chaotic mana, it was evident that holy energy from the sacred weapon had infiltrated her body.
“This won’t do, I have to quickly expel the holy energy from her body, or it will continuously suppress her vitality until she weakens to death.”
As she spoke, Alicia channeled her battle qi, attempting to use her unique technique to force the holy energy out of Elrose.
However, just as Alicia’s battle qi touched Elrose’s clothing, it was repelled back.
Alicia widened her eyes and quickly reached out to touch Elrose’s clothes.
“This is… it turns out to be clothing made of condensed mana.”
Alicia’s heart sank, realizing the seriousness of the situation.
In a state of unconsciousness, this garment made of mana automatically resisted external energies.
This meant that she couldn’t help her heal.
What should I do?
Alicia pondered for a moment:
Is there a way to take off the clothes?
After hesitating a couple of times, she carefully examined Elrose’s clothing.
To her astonishment, although the clothes were made of mana, they were designed in normal human styles, complete with buttons, zippers, and a necktie, making them possible to take off normally.
She promptly reached out her hands and tried to remove the garments directly from Elrose.
Surprisingly, it went smoothly.
Cloak, top, boots, skirt, black stockings, then the bra, and little panties.
To ensure that her healing process wouldn’t be interrupted by mana, Alicia needed to remove all the mana-based clothing from Elrose.
The girl lay quietly before Alicia, her black stockings as dark as ink, skin as white as snow, an exquisitely beautiful face, utterly adorable, slender legs enough to make countless men lose their minds.
Unfortunately, the one standing before her was Alicia, a hero with a century’s worth of experience.
She felt no emotions.
Alicia quickly steeled herself, trying to channel her energy into Elrose again.
But she was repelled once more.
“Huh? What’s going on? I’ve already removed everything, why is there still mana resistance?” Alicia showed a puzzled expression.
However, she soon realized the source of the problem: the hairpin in Elrose’s hair, shaped like a black butterfly.
Alicia carefully removed the hairpin.
In that instant, a strange black light flashed, and all the clothing instantly collapsed, transforming into purer dark mana floating in the air.
The next moment, a silver light flickered, as if the dark mana was summoned, gathering around Elrose’s right wrist to form a silver bracelet.
[Transformation] released.
Elrose immediately returned to her original form, and at the same time, her cute pajamas suddenly returned to her body.
Alicia nodded, “Now there shouldn’t be any problems.”
Just as she was about to start the healing, a strange fragrance wafted through the air.
That was Elrose’s body scent.
After the transformation release, the fragrance of the original Elrose, previously affected by the [Mysterious] skill, quickly was released.
It was a unique scent with a faint milky aroma, very fragrant yet subtle. If an ordinary person weren’t within a very short distance, they wouldn’t even catch a whiff of it.
But for Alicia, who was marked by the Heart E magic pattern, this scent was a powerful aphrodisiac.
A strong desire surged, and Alicia’s mind suddenly became abnormal.
Her skin felt like fire, her face blushing, and her eyes seemed to transform into heart shapes.
“Haah, haah, haah…” Alicia gasped for breath, the magic pattern on her abdomen glowing intensively.
Alicia suddenly lunged onto Elrose, leaning down to desperately inhale the scent emanating from her.
The earlier beautiful body of the girl, which Alicia regarded lightly, now seemed like a rare delicacy, making her salivate uncontrollably.
Alicia gazed at Elrose’s delicate, rosy lips, swallowing hard, her eyes radiating an almost deranged obsession and infatuation.
“I want… I want to eat her…”
A seductive whisper echoed in the air.
But in the next moment.
Alicia’s Holy Dragon Contract suddenly surged, a wave of coolness sweeping away the chaos in her mind.
She widened her eyes, suddenly becoming aware, and rolled off Elrose’s bed.
“You idiot, she’s just a teenage girl! What are you thinking? Don’t you have a shred of self-control?” Alicia slapped herself twice.
Speaking, she looked down and lifted her shirt, seeing the Heart E magic pattern emitting a sakura-pink glow on her abdomen.
“Damn ogre.”
Alicia cursed fiercely, then took a silk scarf from her pocket to cover her mouth and nose.
Alicia slowly got up,
Looking back at Elrose. Indeed, as long as she didn’t smell her scent, the Heart E magic wouldn’t activate.
Alicia sighed softly, then focused her mind, dispelling distractions, and began channeling her battle qi to heal Elrose.
A faint golden light floated in the air, the holy energy being expelled from Elrose’s body by Alicia.
Various magical formations, various tools, multiple potions, and combined with Alicia’s battle qi, finally, all the holy energy in Elrose’s body was completely cleared.
“Finally finished.” Alicia let out a soft sigh of relief, then looked at the small girl in front of her but couldn’t help frowning.
During the healing process, she discovered an issue; the silver-haired girl before her had not a trace of magic or battle qi in her body. If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would never have imagined that this was the one with overwhelming mana who smashed the Star of Ruin.
“I really don’t understand where she gets such immense power.”
Alicia sighed lightly, then decided not to delve deeper, as she had more important matters to attend to.
Holy Dragon Contract.
Alicia looked at the ancient runes shimmering on her right hand, took a deep breath. Today, she had to find out what had been guiding her through the Holy Dragon Contract.
With focused intent, following the guidance of the Holy Dragon Contract, Alicia’s gaze slowly settled on the silver bracelet on Elrose’s right wrist.
Alicia paused slightly, “Is that the thing guiding me?”
Alicia squatted in front of Elrose, without thinking too much, slowly extended her hand to closely inspect the silver bracelet.
But just as her hand touched the Heart of Shadow,
Darkness descended.
Alicia felt her consciousness blur, and when she opened her eyes again, everything around her had changed.
A darkness so thick it was terrifying.
Here, there was no light, no shadow, no sound, like a bottomless abyss of despair.
But who was Alicia?
She looked around, trying to understand the situation and where she was.
In the next moment.
“So you are the hero.” A cold, eerie voice suddenly echoed.
Alicia’s muscles tensed up involuntarily, and countless cold sweats soaked her back immediately.
It was a primal, instinctive reaction of fear from deep within her being.
Something was standing behind her.
Alicia gritted her teeth, completely certain that something terrifying was staring intently at her from behind.
She wanted to turn back to confirm.
But sadly, she couldn’t.
Whether it was due to a mysterious power’s restraint or her own fear, she could not move.
Alicia trembled all over, countless thoughts racing through her mind.
But at this moment, her entire body was restrained, and even her mana and battle qi had disappeared entirely; no matter how many plans she had, they would be futile.
Suddenly, a chilling touch slowly crept up her back, reaching her neck.
That thing was clinging to her back!!!
Alicia was on the verge of madness; she had never felt such despairing fear.
And in the next moment, something even more despairing happened.
A massive black claw pierced through her body, slowly stroking her cheek, a hoarse voice suddenly ringing in her ear.
“Ah~ how beautiful, how pure.”
“I want, I want, I want…”
“I want to eat you.”
