Chapter 601 - Can I Still Call You Duke? (1/2)

Chapter 601: Can I Still Call You Duke?

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

“Ah!”

The Red Dragon Queen felt warmth flow into her icy chest, forcing away the coldness and numbness. She instantly recovered her feeling. This wasn’t a good thing because what followed was an intense pain that made her go crazy.

It was terrifying, like someone plunging a blunt knife into her body and then cutting her into pieces, bit by bit, before rolling her into a ball of ground meat. She felt like her bones were getting shattered!

Under this extreme pain, all she could do was scream.

But the small movement brought new pain. The pain came in waves, each stronger than the last. It felt like her intestines were breaking and her soul was scattering.

What’s wrong? Who’s torturing me?

Gretel couldn’t think properly under the pain. Her vision was black, and she couldn’t see anything. Her mouth was numb and swollen too. There seemed to be a block of wood inside so she could clench her teeth.

Those two questions remained in her mind for a long while. Suddenly, another warm current surged. More numbness was driven away. Coming back to life, her body grew more sensitive. Even more unbearable pain came, shattering her mind.

She started floating in the sea of pain. Surrounded by darkness, she didn’t know when she would see land or why it was like this. She just waited for time to pass in the torture, confused and lost.

After who knew how long, a shred of light appeared in the dark sea of pain. It came from the sky.

The only thought in her mind was: what is that?

The light approached quickly. When it was close, Gretel vaguely saw that it was a hand. This hand of light came from the sky and grasped her body, pulling her from the endless torture.

It was like a hallucination but also a bit real. She couldn’t distinguish real from unreal.

But she felt that the pain had reduced to something bearable. Gretel also felt a bit of her vision recover. A blurry figure appeared—he was familiar. A familiar voice sounded in her ears too.

Gretel couldn’t hear the voice clearly, but it seemed to be warm like winter sunlight. She calmed instantly.

The warm current from before kept surging into her. This time, the pain reduced when it appeared again. What resulted was indescribable warmth and comfort.

Slowly, Gretel’s vision sharpened more, and she saw the figure clearly. She saw the young yet plain face and the black battle robe. The sleeves were rolled up, and the hands were covered in blood. They reflected the moonlight. There was something like a thread and needle in the hand. It was doing something in her chest and abdomen. The warmth she felt came from these hands.

The memories of before returned to Gretel’s mind. She’d run into the Light Magician Halino. She hadn’t been his match. A few moves later, she had been nailed to the wall by the Spear of Light. Then Link had appeared, and Halino had detonated the spear. She didn’t know what happened afterwards.

But Link was healing her now. At the very least, this meant Halino hadn’t defeated him…This young man was incredibly powerful. He’d killed the Black Magician Eugene who had been undefeatable for centuries. He’d also survived a battle with the Light Magician. Unfortunately, he had his own path and didn’t belong to the dragons.   U.p..dated by B oxnovel.com

Looking at Link’s focused expression and the sweat on his forehead, and feeling her body recovering quickly, Gretel stopped caring. She threw away all worries. Without speaking, she gazed at Link, looking at every curve and detail on his face.

She wanted to remember all of this.

On the other hand, Link was focused completely on healing Gretel’s injury. Instead of the flesh magic puppet spell, he used Vance’s anatomy method. He also used Realm Essence to urge Gretel’s body to heal itself. The effect wouldn’t be as fast as the flesh magic puppet spell, but it would help Gretel recover to its original state. There wouldn’t be many side effects.

Gretel’s injury was grave. That explosion had practically shattered her body. Link had used two hours just to keep her from dying. Then he used three hours to help her regain consciousness and get rid of the pain.

But she was still far from recovered. Link couldn’t help much during this process. It depended on Gretel’s own recovery ability.

After another half an hour, Link finally treated all the surface wounds. From the outside, Gretel’s body had recovered. There were just stitches everywhere that looked menacing and scary. To prevent scarring her mentally, Link washed the blood off his hands and wrapped her with the magic gauze he’d prepared.

“Your Majesty, your wounds are treated but are still grave. You need at least ten more hours before he can move.”

As he spoke, Link placed a fur cape on Gretel’s body and a clean shirt under her head for a pillow. Now, Gretel had collected the weak emotions that had come out. She was once again the Red Dragon Queen.

“How’s Halino?” she asked softly.

“He’s dead.” Link wasn’t surprised by the Red Dragon Queen’s actions. They’d chosen different paths and were both rulers. If the prior disagreement still existed, they would have no room for negotiations.