Chapter 73 (1/2)
Chapter 73: Before the Flowers and Under the Moon
Just when Ye Weiwei was watching Han battle against the dozen other contestants, danger approached!
Behind her, two espers hidden in the dark suddenly jumped out. One of them had the ability to transform into a beast, and he turned himself into a monster covered in silvery hair with jagged fangs and with claws like sharp knives.
“Be Careful!”
In desperation, Han yelled and suddenly rushed towards Ye Weiwei.
Anyone who knew Ye Weiwei always saw her as a scourge. After all, the lightning storm guardian was very unreasonable and high-handed. Regardless of whether someone was an enemy, anyone who got too close to her will all get sliced by lightning.
But Han didn’t think that way. In his eyes, Ye Weiwei was quite weak and didn’t resemble a combat-type esper, but rather a stealth or mobility type esper. Anyway, when he was with Ye Weiwei, Han never felt anything powerful or extraordinary about this girl.
Thus, something absurd happened. Han was preoccupied with a ton of enemies, but instead, he wanted to go save Ye Weiwei, who was higher level than Han, and had an ability on the same level as Han’s.
Bang~
Bang~
While trying to break out of the circle, Han felt two hard punches on his back. He still manned up and acted like it didn’t hurt, and rushed to Ye Weiwei’s side. Showing off his solid fist, he dashed towards the two espers that were trying to attack Ye Weiwei!
Void Domain, open!
Boom~
Boom~
Han’s fist landed on the two raiders like a hammer, and immediately took their lives!
Turning around, Han smiled at Ye Weiwei and wiped away the blood on the side of his mouth. He then charged right back at the dozen enemies that were ganging up on him. After waves and waves of his dark fist bombardment, the enemies that were still alive were thinning out.
Han only focused on attacking and didn’t see Ye Weiwei’s expression. It was a face of surprise to the extreme.
What a joke, since when did Ye Weiwei need Han’s protection? However, Han came with his void domain, so he not only took away those two sneaky attackers’ abilities, but also Ye Weiwei’s lightning storm!
Ye Weiwei’s storm guardian didn’t take the initiative to protect her so the situation looked like Han playing the hero to the beauty’s rescue.
And that smile Han gave to Ye Weiwei, it seemed to have some profound meaning, as if to say, “Don’t worry, I’m still here.”
Oh god!
The Ye Weiwei that could easily kill anyone actually became the female lead of Han’s rendition of the Hero to the Rescue! What?!
“So he can take my ability!”
Ye Weiwei really did not know how to describe her feelings at that moment. When the powerful lightning storm power made her so strong, didn’t it also become her burden? She didn’t dare to wear a skirt like a normal little girl, have pets, and after living for this long, beside a group of loyal servants, Ye Weiwei didn’t even have a single friend.
Ye Weiwei began to vaguely realize, the fact that Han could nullify her ability, could be very life changing to her.
Boom~
The power of the dark fist could instantly kill any 4-star espers.
Soon, Han was able to demolish the attacking espers. Other than two or three participants that ran after seeing the situation go sour, the majority were killed by Han.
Han deactivated his void domain and came to Ye Weiwei, who was still in extreme shock. With her large widened eyes and mouth open, at this moment she was actually more beautiful than before, but also a bit silly.
Han smiled and asked, “Are you okay?”
Ye Weiwei hastily shook her head, “I’m fine, and you?”
Han just wiped away the blood splattered on his shirt and said, “I’m fine, just some wounds on the skin.”
Ye Weiwei began to feel unprecedented interest in Han, and asked in curiosity, “Why did they join forces to attack you?”
“Because of a bounty. Someone doesn’t want soldiers from the Earth Federation to make it to the finals, so they placed a 2 million GC bounty on my head. Right now, I’m going to head that direction, how about you?”
Ye Weiwei looked at the direction Han pointed, and saw that it was a hilly region on the left side of the path to the netherworld. They were pretty far apart.
Ye Weiwei frowned and said, “This stage is called the Road to the Netherworld, and I saw everyone else all followed this path to get to the Mirror Lake in the distance.”
Han nonchalantly said, “Who said that I have to do what everyone else does? The main path that everyone else is taking only leads to some big ass lake that I can already see in the distance. Even by standing here, I know what scenery to expect at the lake, so why wouldn’t I go somewhere where I can enjoy some scenery that I can’t see from here?”
“Look at the hills, and how sharp their tops are. A lot like rows of swords right? If I cross these hills, maybe I can see something even prettier than the beautiful Mirror Lake scenery on the other side.”
Ye Weiwei suddenly realized that Han’s logic was quite special. She thought for a moment, slightly lowered her head and said, “But after you cross those mountains, you might not see anything.”
“Then I will just come back, no big deal.” Han said carelessly, “If you are scared you can go straight to the Mirror Lake, just be careful.”
Scared?
Ye Weiwei’s little temper immediately exploded. She pouted like a kid, left the main road immediately and went towards the mountains.
Ye Weiwei felt that Han was a very special person. Not to mention his abilities, even his character was very unique. When everyone else were thinking of going to the Mirror Lake, only he wants to go climb the mountains. Hopefully it was just like Han said, that they can enjoy beautiful scenery after passing these mountains. Otherwise it wouldn’t really be worth the hassle.
Soon, the two arrived at the foot of the mountain and began to climb.
On the way they didn’t encounter any opponents, and Ye Weiwei started to lightly complain, “There’s no one here, we will probably receive a lot less points.”