Chapter 49 (1/2)

Translator: Radiant  Editor: Radiant

Within the darkness, Jing Qiu was currently experiencing a very special feeling.

Before, under the pressure of the Demonic God Emissary, she had already given come to terms with dying. Yet, unknowingly, the ever-ordinary Xue Ying suddenly came to her rescue, displaying shocking strength in battling and killing the Emissary! Then came the suicidal Lu Huai Ru, who had decided to drag everyone within the Hall down with him. At this point, her life was threatened again, as she was being used as a shield for Si Bai Rong.

And yet again, she was saved.

Within the darkness, buried under the numerous rocks, Jing Qiu was experiencing hundreds of complex emotions.

Peng! With a loud bang, Xue Ying used his arm’s strength to lift the shield above him, pushing away the countless rocks.

“Let’s go.”

Xue Ying wrapped his hand around Jing Qiu’s waist before explosively leaping up and away. At the same time, with the shield in his other hand, he smacked away everything blocking their way.

One would think that this way, with one hand hugging onto a beautiful female mage’s waist, he would certainly feel lovely. However, in reality, because of the frost armour that had been enveloping Jing Qiu, the feeling of hugging her was really ordinary – cold and hard, and completely uncomfortable.

Boom! Landing on top of the debris, Xue Ying let go of Jing Qiu.

“You best be careful. Even with the collapse of the entire Great Hall, there is the possibility of debris falling again. That frost armour of yours should always be kept on.” Xue Ying swept a glance across the surroundings. Everything was in crumbles, excluding the inner castle’s first and second level’s pillars, which were currently holding up several of the stone floors above them.

Should any of the supporting pillars move, or should the walls be tilted the slightest bit, the delicate balance would break, causing the collapse of the entire ceiling. Regardless, occasionally, some rocks would still fall.

These were undoubtedly harmless to any powerful Knights, though the same could not be said for the physically weak mages. Thus, it was extremely important for them to have defensive spells protecting their bodies.

“En.” Jing Qiu nodded. “You…”

Sou. Xue Ying was already far away from her, his long spear digging through the debris, in search of corpses.

However, under such explosive power, even the now dead Demonic God Emissary would become paste. After all, this kind of explosion could easily kill any Silver Moon Knight. If under no protection, regardless of whether it was Tang Xiong, or the Demonic God Emissary, or Lu Huai Ru, their bodies would be so fragmented that nobody would be able to recognise them. It was the same case for Si Bai Rong.

“I’ve found all of their belongings. Let’s go.” Xue Ying walked towards Jing Qiu.

“Alright.” Jing Qiu nodded, then both headed outs of the inner chambers. With the collapse of the entire Great Hall and of the upper levels, Jing Qiu and Xue Ying had an easy time navigating their way out of this place.

Even if the roads ahead were blocked, with the strength of a Legend ranker, Xue Ying would easily open up a path.

“Dong Bo Xue Ying, thank you,” Jing Qiu said gratefully, “Thank you for saving me. If you weren’t here, I’d have definitely died.”

When considering the previous disastrous situation, even if Xue Ying chose not to save her, it would have been perfectly reasonable and understandable.

“It’s nothing. To me, such an action is simply a small matter. To you, however, it meant living or dying.” Xue Ying’s eyes had a glint of cold as he spoked. “I just never would have thought that Si Bai Rong could be so shameless.”

A knight holding a mage as a shield?

That was a first for Xue Ying.

“I, too, never thought he could do such a thing.” Jing Qiu did not hold anything against Bai Rong. After all, he had died from the explosion. “Dong Bo Xue Ying, do not worry. I will take everything regarding Si Bai Rong’s matter to my grave. As for anything regarding this mission, I will keep it a secret as well.”

After all, Jing Qiu felt that Xue Ying hiding his true strength until the very last moment was his own business. Thus, she had no reason to blabber about it to others.

Xue Ying gave her a smile.

“Ah, your leg is bleeding!” Jing Qiu suddenly realised that there were some bloodstains on Xue Ying’s leg, caused by the explosion.

“Haha, the bleeding has long stopped. Even the blood has dried up. This is an insignificant flesh wound!” The stronger a Knight’s body, the faster its healing rate. Even now, no wound nor scars could be seen around the supposedly wounded area.

The two of them walked side by side out of the castle.

The male in black, the female garbed in azure and covered by an external layer of frost armour.

“It’s Liang Yong.” After walking for a while, they finally saw his body. After all, the entire inner castle had an area of up to 1-2 miles. The explosion had only destroyed the basement, also affecting the first and second levels of the inner castle. Still, in the end, the octagonal shape of the inner castle had remained unaffected, including the hallway where Liang Yong had died.

“At least his whole body was left intact,” Xue Ying said.

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