Chapter 532 - Shes an Incredible Woman (1/2)

Chapter 532: She’s an Incredible Woman

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

It was nighttime, and the dark sky was dotted with stars.

The wind howled past as Evelina soared through the night sky with Eliard in tow.

She had sealed up the two wounds on her body with her ice spells in order to stop the bleeding. But her internal injuries were severe, and the vines that had struck her were poisonous. Their poisonous thorns remained still within her body.

She had taken some Elf Nectar, a High Elf medicinal specialty, but the antidote only prevented the poison from entering areas of her body that were not yet damaged by it. Its effect would not reach parts of her body that were already touched by the poison. As a result, it would not be able to neutralize the poison itself. The vines’ poison and thorns were effectively disrupting her body’s ability to heal.

At that moment, her Natural Dragon Power swirled rapidly within her body. Due to her injuries, she was forced to endure incredible pain every second.

She was holding Eliard in one hand. At first, Eliard did not know what was going on. After a few minutes, he suddenly felt a sudden chill on the back of her neck. He reached around to touch it and realized that it was water.

Where did it come from? He turned around strangely. With the magical light swirling around them, he was able to make out Evelina’s form.

Her face was pale. Beads of cold sweat seeped out from her forehead. What startled him most was her chest area, where two large holes had been torn on her clothes. The fabric around the two holes was drenched in her blood.

Shocked by this, Eliard shouted, “Hey, how did you get those wounds? Aren’t they supposed to be your comrades?”

He had heard a commotion outside and figured that they had started fighting. Judging from her movements before, he had assumed that she was still alright. He did not expect that she would be so severely injured.

Evelina squeezed out a bitter smile. “Before, yes. Now, not so much. They’re coming to kill me soon.”

Finishing her sentence, she let out an uncontrollable cough. Eliard could smell the thick, metallic odor of blood. He also saw traces of blood on the corner of her mouth.

Eliard was stunned speechless.

He had been listening to Vance’s stories about the High Elves for a period of time and noticed a trend in them. The High Elves placed great emphasis on their traditions and customs that were passed down for thousands of years. They tended to straighten out those who did not abide by them.

For instance, any half-elves conceived from a union between a High Elf and a non-High Elf would be exiled from the Isle of Dawn. Other examples of their conservatism include the fact that the High Elves would do anything at all costs to eliminate any variables that could upset the strategic balance they had worked hard to maintain on the continent, like Link himself. They also did not tolerate traitors and rebels in their midst.

Their adherence to traditions bordered on extremism. If they could not rectify an irregularity through normal means, they would most certainly resort to violent measures without any mercy.

It would seem that Evelina had no way of reconciling with the Isle of Dawn.

“How many are there behind us?” Eliard asked. He sensed that things had gone awry for them. Ferde and the Isle of Dawn had not been on good terms recently. There had been a few clashes in the magical equipment business between both sides. Eliard figured that if those High Elves caught up to them, they would most probably not survive the encounter.

“There are three of them.” Evelina turned around a few times to look behind her. She could now sense her pursuers’ auras. They were gaining on them, including Elovan.

Even though he was hurt badly, Elovan was a Legendary master as well. With the medicine he had in hand and the aid of his companions, Elovan would soon be able to restore his combat capability.

Eliard shivered and said, “To be able to beat you up like that… are all three of them Level-10 masters?”

“Bingo.”

“Do you think you’ll be able to ditch them?” Eliard drew in the cold air.

“I don’t know, guess we’ll have to find out…” Before she could finish, Evelina’s body suddenly lost its balance. She wobbled a few times in the air before finally regaining her balance. She almost crashed into a tree in front of them.

Petrified by their close shave with death, he quickly asked, “You’re badly wounded. Can you still go on?”

“Even if I can’t, I still need to keep on flying. If they catch up to us, we’re dead,” said Evelina through gritted teeth.

Eliard was able to sense the approaching powerful auras behind him at this point. Panicking, he said, “You don’t seem sure that you’ll be able to shake them off. Why don’t you find someplace to hide? I may be able to help you with that.”

“You?” Evelina looked sideways at Eliard. “You can’t even escape me before, how do you expect to help me escape now?”

“That was different.” Eliard quickly tried to explain himself. “I did not expect to be confronted by a master like yourself. I was caught unprepared. If I had made preparations beforehand, you would not have found me back then.”

“What do you have in mind then?” Evelina was now starting to believe him.

Eliard’s forehead was now sweating profusely. He turned around and saw that three small green points had appeared behind him and were steadily getting bigger.

“Link had given me a runestone. Release me from your restraints. With this runestone, we’ll be able to escape the High Elves.”

Evelina was silent for a few seconds. She then released him. “You go then. I don’t want to get you killed.”

Eliard was stunned for a moment. “You’re not coming with me?”

Evelina laughed and looked at him. “You really are greedy. Saving your own life should be more than enough, now you want to bring me along with you? Besides, we’re still enemies. This is a perfect chance for you to flee now.”

Saying this, she let out another uncontrollable cough and a spurt of blood from her mouth. Eliard was shocked by such a sight, but he knew that Evelina was right. He was already released by his captive, and there was no need for him to bring her along with him.

However, Eliard was not comfortable with abandoning her here to meet her fate.

Under the current circumstances, he did not have enough time to think things through. He took out the runestone, embraced Evelina and let his power flow into the runestone.

Hum… There was a soft white light around them. The two of them instantly vanished. A few seconds later, they had reappeared a few thousand feet from where they were before, in the middle of a tropical jungle.

The moment they reappeared, a faint red light shone out from the runestone. It flashed out, covering the trees and rocks around them with a layer of magical runes. The runes flickered for a moment and then vanished.