Chapter 694 - 638: A Hand of Ice (2) (1/2)

Five more days passed and the vision, or more accurately, the vivid memories of the past became much more frequent, to the point that Arthur could barely rest.

The head-splitting pain would come out of nowhere and would last much longer, causing him to be bedded almost all day long with Lucy nursing him. Furthermore, he became more open to his wife though he still refused skinship but it's not like he could stop Lucy as he could barely move.

There was one more thing which was drastically changing and experiencing things a bit similar to Arthur, it's none other than his partner and blade, Makaze.

At first, it was calmer than water but a few days ago, it started intensely vibrating and damaging the inn's room, so Lucy had to relocate to a safer and more secluded hideout.

There were no black flames emanating from the dark blade but another, more dangerous thing spawned off of it. It was wind, pure wind energy which was sharp enough to cut everything in its way. There was lightning too, a bit of crimson lightning very similar to the one Arthur faced when he was attacked by the Celestial Tribulation, the very same Astrith can use.

”Are you feeling better?”

As she wiped the sweat off his forehead, Lucy leaned closer and checked his pulse before putting another blanket on him.

”I… I really don't know but I'm starting to know why this is happening.”

”Oh, why?”

The parasite didn't answer his question and closed his eyes, preferring to rest. It's like there is some sort of barrier around his heart, rendering him unable to trust anyone, including this silver-haired woman, whom he ascertained she's his wife.

Maybe because the tragic memories of the past are still lingering in his mind or the fear of experiencing the betrayal again. Nevertheless, the current Arthur didn't want to get involved but it's a bit too late to think that.

Lucy, who was about to use her Yin body to cool his burning body, suddenly stood up and gazed at the dark ceiling of the cave. She unleashed her sense and immediately caught sight of numerous robots flying in the air.

She didn't attack them immediately as she knew there is an even stronger power behind them, moreover, it'll expose their locations. Opting for a safer way, she followed one of the robot squadrons and discovered that they were dragging the inhabitants of this planet away.

In just five to ten minutes, a blinding white light would envelop a city or a town and then everyone would disappear.

After seeing this process three times, Lucy hurried back to Arthur as she kind of guessed what the System wanted to do but, unfortunately, a few kilometers away from what her husband was, she was intercepted by a tall robot holding a lengthy metallic spear with a sharp black tip.

”Lucy MoonStar… Target confirmed. Proceeding to capture the target.”

The robot spoke with an emotionless voice as its eyes shone with blue light. It grabbed its spear and pointed it at Lucy, who dashed at it and violently punched it using her devil arm.

A large amount of steam emanating from the specter covered the area and a devastating clash occurred when her fist clashed with the black tip of the spear.

Lucy managed to blow the robots thirty or so meters away but it quickly stabilized its body and jumped at her only to be frozen mid-air by nine blooming lotuses, which quickly spun around the woman.

Half of the forest was frozen in a split second and when the robot managed to break free, Lucy had already fled and retrieved Arthur, who woke up.

The parasite was confused but he readied himself when he saw Lucy's panicked expression. He stored the unstable Makaze and, once he left the cave, he transformed into a massive and majestic azure dragon, which rose in the air with a terrifying speed.

Lucy stood atop the dragon and fired the silver revolver multiple times, shooting down countless robots which were charging at them.