157 Chapter 157: Hidden Foe (1/2)

”Sir Dylan!” Mary could not control her emotions anymore. She jumped into Dylan's embrace and cried tears of joy. ”Thank, god...”

”Where is this...” Dylan stared blankly at the two individuals who was in front of him and scanned his surroundings. His mind was still elsewhere as he recalled the memories that he and her mother shared.

”I knew it! You definitely won't die on me! Hahaha!” Rian merrily chimed. He let out a sigh of relief after having a hearty laugh.

After blinking a few times, he began to remember about Mary's abduction and the fight with the alliance. When his mind became more clear, his eyes lit up. ”Rian! You're okay? Great! When the leaders came back, instead of you, I thought something might have happened to you.”

”Heh, you think those old farts could kill me? Hmph, you think too highly of them! As I am now, I could take care of the entire alliance single handedly!” Rian unhappily snorted yet as he looked away, there was a faint smile on his face. He was really happy that he could still talk with Dylan like this.

”Arrogant as always, I see. Mary, why are you here? Didn't I tell you to run as far as possible?” Dylan then turned to the crying damsel on his shoulders.

” I...” Mary suddenly realized how inappropriate her actions were. She immediately detached herself from Dylan and answered. ”I heard a large explosion. I felt something bad happened to you so I...”

”You shouldn't have! What would happen if the... The alliance leaders! They... Ugh!” Dylan, who was in the middle of speaking, could now fully feel the enfeeblement that lurked within his body. With the clarity of his mind returning, the sensation of his body had also done the same.

”Huh?” It was only now that he discovered his chest was shrouded with bandages which were now drenched in blood because of its' attempts to stop excessive bleeding. When he tried to move his body, pain was the only thing that he could feel.

He, then, looked at Rian and Mary with an inquiring stare, ”What happened to me? Why am I injured like this?”

Rian answered. ”I don't know what happened exactly. When I found you, you were already like this. I thought that you might have fought the demon warriors of the clan leaders which resulted you being heavily injured.”

After hearing Rian's assumption, he remembered his arduous fight with the demon warrior, ” That's right! I fought with a demon warrior because I thought they already killed you. The last thing I remember was using my strongest attack against them, then, everything went white. I guess I fainted quickly after.”

”But, still, you were able to destroy their demon warrior because when I found them, they were already lying on the ground so I cleaned up your mess and killed them.” Rian mentioned Dylan's feat and mentioning his right after. He even grinned when he said 'I cleaned up your mess'

”Okay, okay. I get it.” Dylan rolled his eyes in response.

”Hmph, how ungrateful! If it were not for me, you would have died!” Rian growled in a dissatisfied tone.

”Well, that's what comrades are for, stupid. I would do the same if you were injured like I was.” Dylan wore a warm smile while he laughed.

”Anyways, you should also thank Mary. Regarding your injury, it was even more worse initially but Mary helped you with that. She was the one who took care of you when I went to kill those bastards.” Rian spoke with a knowing tone.

”Thank you, Mary. I owe you one.” Dylan turned to Mary and smiled gratefully.

Mary became flustered as she looked at Dylan's captivating smile. She turned her head away and waved her hands while talking hurriedly, ” I only stopped the bleeding, sir. Your body was already recovering at a visible rate when I arrived. It was continuously taking in spirit energy from its' surroundings and refining it to help your body recover. I only took off your shirt and...”

She abruptly stopped talking when she mentioned the matter of her taking off her shirt. Her hands stopped moving and she placed on her flushed face. Despite covering her face, there were gaps on her hands. Even if she was embarassed, a part of her wanted to see Dylan's reactions.

”Even so, you helped me keep my life. That's why I'm really grateful.” Dylan smiled warmly as he expressed his thanks.

”Mhm.” Mary stared at Dylan in amazement. His smile suddenly became more brilliant which made her heart skip a beat. She lowered her head and smiled secretly.

”Let me meditate for a bit. I want to inspect what happened to my body. Plus, the pain in my chest is killing me.” Dylan joked.