Chapter 316 – Once a King, Now a Maid (1/2)
Elena felt she was the most odd demon king ever, she was actually buried alive. Thankfully she was the only one who knew about this embarrassing matter, if it got out, she would be a laughingstock with those old families from the tribes.
Of course, she didn’t have the luxury of worrying about face and dignity, she was already content that she was alive.
“Peh, peh, peh.”
The good thing was that the only thing that fell on her was dirt and not rocks, so she was only buried under a thin layer of dirt. She succeeded in climbing out after struggling around and spat the bitter dirt out as she looked around her.
When she took a look, it was like another lifetime.
Just by being buried for a while, the surrounding scenery had already completely changed, to the point where Elena could believe that she came to an entirely different world.
How was this the forest in the outskirts of Winterless City? It was even more terrifying than the sulfur dead lands in the Forest of the End.
The green trees, the blue sky, bother had vanished. What had replaced them was a sky filled with grey smoke and charred and fragile trees that would crumble to ash just with a slight breeze. It was a scene of ruin for as far as the eye could see, all living things burnt to ash, the ground pitch-black, it was day yet the sunlight didn’t shine inside, the deadly stillness spread silently.
Was this the power of eighth-level magic?
Elena raised her head and finally saw that weak youth gasping for air and the expressionless girl next to him.
She never expected that Lin Xiao was able to use a never seen before method to complete the complex magic circle and regain control over the rampaging element and magic power when he was already about to die.
He is always full of surprises… when others think he’s at his limit, that’s precisely when he starts to put in effort and easily break through that so-called limit.
You could call Lin Xiao lazy, but calling him a good-for-nothing was inappropriate. Rather, he should be called a lazy super genius…
Well, all’s well that ends well.
Lin Xiao overcame the difficulties and avoided his tragic fate. Elena didn’t need to worry about him and risk her own life to save him from danger, but…
Its reasonable to say that Lin Xiao accomplished a miracle that was unachievable for normal people, even Elena had to acknowledge his strength and should be happy that he survived and feel happy for his improvements, but now, Elena couldn’t feel happy at all.
ELena felt unexpectedly dejected as she watched his figure and a bitterness leaked through her slight smile.
“Lin Xiao, have you already come so far…” She quietly muttered.
Elena suddenly recalled when she first met Lin Xiao…
At that time, even if Elena didn’t fully transform, just a light swipe from her was enough to scare him shitless, powerless to fight back.
At that time, she was proud and arrogant, the invincible demon king who relied on her absolute power to deliberately harm Lin Xiao. She wouldn’t yield and bow down even with the slave contract, but now…
But now, not only did she become an obedient maid, her mindset also completely changed like she was another person. More importantly, not just her mindset, but her prided arrogance and absolute strength didn’t exist anymore…
Lin Xiao who once could only rely on the slave contract to restrain her could now cast eighth-level magic unassisted! Even if Elena changed back to her true form and regained her power as the demon king, she wouldn’t be able to simply kill him with one swipe of her paws.
She didn’t know from when it happened, but that youth already possess enough power to stand shoulder to shoulder with her, perhaps he would even surpass her one day.
If she had to make a comparison, Lin Xiao was like a vine that wrapped tightly around her body, immobilizing her and couldn’t be ripped off. But now, Lin Xiao already grew to a large tree, no longer immobilizing her, giving her enough freedom, but instead she couldn’t leave, she couldn’t leave from the tree’s shade and could only look up and admire him.
Now, she wasn’t a monarch that struck fear into him anymore, but an equal, or even a maid that he could look down on. When she thought about that, Elena couldn’t help but feel dejected.
Previously, she had held only disdain for Lin Xiao, but now she realized that he has the power to help her complete her mission, he had the qualifications to be her master, that he could actually protect her forever and it was hard for her to adapt to that fact.
Elena was at a loss and made her unsure of her standing, she didn’t even know whether she should be happy or sad.
…
Lin Xiao was very strong, so she could rely on him from now on, to get him to fight with her enemies. She just had to silently stay close to him, take care of him, serve him, and then watch him effortlessly finish off the enemies one after another.
That was something ELena should be happy about.
But at the same time…
Lin Xiao was very strong, so it was hard for her to resist him already, from accepting his protection, she would become more and more powerless, more timid, until finally becoming his favorite maid, and handing her body and soul over for the rest of her life.
That was something Elena should be sad about.
…
However, there was a better way of putting it… why did being a maid for Lin Xiao have to be sad? If Elena wanted that from the bottom of her heart, a dream come true, wouldn’t that be happiness?