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

Soon after, Evelina felt that the energy ripples around her had finally subsided, as if nothing had happened there.

“What is that?” asked Evelina, surprised.

The runestone had teleported them across a few thousand feet and smoothened out all energy ripples at the same time. It had also formed a perfect invisibility barrier around them. The runestone was the ideal magical artifact for narrow escapes.

Eliard was a bit pleased with himself. “It’s a defensive runestone that Link had given me. I’ll bet those three won’t be able to find this place.”

Evelina was still incredulous about this. She walked around the rune barrier, carefully feeling it. Astonishment gradually came over her face until finally, she let out a sigh.

“I’d heard from the High Elf elders that Link was an absolute magical genius. I wasn’t convinced back then, but it’s clear from this that his magical achievements are equal to none. My abilities can’t even compare to his. Those three will surely not be able to find us here.”

The rune barrier gave off large amounts of Law Magic, which included the enigmatic Time Power. She had seen the whole thing and was only able to understand half of it. It might take her a few years to fully comprehend the whole rune barrier.

Evelina figured that not even Bryant or the three upstarts pursuing them would be able to decipher the barrier. In other words, both Evelina and Eliard were safe in it for now.

She slackened her shoulders in relief. As a result of this, waves of pain washed over her from her injuries. Her vision blurred, and the world spun around her.

Before she hit the ground, she saw Eliard running towards her. She felt a sudden relief. Even though they were enemies, she did not feel the least bit worried at the sight of him. For some reason, she believed that Eliard would not harm her.

True enough, before she fell, Eliard managed to catch her in time.

“What’s wrong… hey, what did you do?” The concern in Eliard’s voice suddenly turned into a mix of confusion and anger.

What he received from her was not a response, but a sudden rush of power from Evelina, which once again sealed up his own power.

“Hehe.” Evelina chuckled evilly in Eliard’s embrace. “Little one, here’s a lesson for you. Never feel sorry for your enemies. Now help me over to that tree. Don’t try to think your way out of this, or I’ll show you what I’m really capable of!”

Eliard was taken aback. “You still haven’t given up on your mission?”

“Of course not. I already promised Morpheus that I would bring you to the South. There’s no going back now. I simply saw the opportunity, and I took it. Also, I still haven’t received my reward.”

When Evelina reached the tree, she lied back against it. Not at all bothered by Eliard’s presence beside her, she pulled off her clothes and revealed her snow-white skin. She then began treating the wounds on her chest.

Eliard blushed and turned away immediately from her.

“Hey, don’t just stand there. Give me a hand here. There are still a lot of poisonous thorns inside my wounds. I need your help extracting them out.”

Eliard now harbored no good will towards her after what she did to him. He replied coldly, “Aren’t you supposed to be the better Magician? You deal with it yourself.”

“Come and help me, quick. Or I’ll really die, and I don’t intend to die alone here,” said Evelina.

Eliard had no choice. He turned around and made a conscious effort not to look at her pristine white body. He then stammered out, “What should I do?”

“Use your hands. Clean them first, then reach into my wounds and pull the thorns out.”

Eliard lowered his eyes to look at her wounds and was shocked to find two bloody holes, each as big as a fist. He was momentarily shocked. “Are you out of your mind? You’ll die for sure if I do what you asked. Can’t I just use the Magician’s Hand?”

“Won’t work. These thorns are immune to spells below Level-10. Quick, I won’t be able to hold out much longer.”

Eliard was left with no other choice and did as he was told.

When he reached into her wound, Evelina let out a pained moan. She pulled out a root nearby and bit on it hard. Sweat now flowed down her forehead like a waterfall. Her body was also slightly trembling from the pain.

Eliard was also trembling. This was just too much for him. He had never done anything like this.

“Stop dawdling and hurry up! I can’t take any of this much longer,” urged Evelina.

Eliard quickly tried to calm his nerves and began pulling out the thorns one by one. Each thorn was at least five inches long. There were barbs on each of them, which drew even more blood and torn flesh out of her wound every time he pulled a thorn out. The sight was horrifying.

He looked at Evelina and saw that she had been biting hard on the root throughout the process. Her eyes had glazed over.

At this point, he did not know what to feel. His hatred towards her had faded somewhat and was now replaced by respect and admiration for her tenacity.

She’s truly a remarkable woman. If only she had sided with Ferde and not the Syndicate… Eliard sighed and resumed pulling out the thorns.

After much effort, Eliard managed to finally pull out the thorns from Evelina’s body.

“You alright?” he asked.

There was no response. Eliard looked at her and saw that Evelina had lost consciousness. Startled, he tried to feel for her breathing from her nose. It was faint. He then pressed his ear against her chest to listen for her heartbeat. It was faint as well. She had probably fainted from the extreme pain.

Eliard heaved a sigh. He did not know what to do at this point. His power was sealed off by Evelina, which rendered his spatial gear unusable. He had at first thought about using the communication rune in it to contact Link, but now he could not even take it out from his spatial gear.

As he thought about this for a while, he pulled Evelina’s shirt back up. He had heard that patients who had sustained severe injuries and lost a lot of blood were especially susceptible to the cold. He then took off his robe to cover her body.

He then waited.

Before long, midnight came. Exhausted, Eliard laid against a tree and was just about to doze off when all of a sudden, he was woken up by a peculiar sound.

He strained his ears. In an instant, fear gripped him. It was the High Elves. They had managed to track them all the way here without the aid of any spells.