Chapter 41 Beautiful Nightmare (2/2)

”——— !!!”

A sharp sensation came over her and Lize bit her lower lip in an attempt to alleviate the pain. When she looked up and saw Rhode focusing on bandaging her wound, her heart felt extremely complex.

”Mr. Rhode...”

”Yes?”

”This... I'm very sorry about before... I didn't pay attention...”

”Do not apologize to me. It's not like I was the one injured.”

”Uh...”

Lize was speechless before she suddenly burst out laughing.

”So, sorry, I...”

”As I said, do not apologize to me.”

”Ah, yes, right...” Lize said with a gentle laugh.

She finally found out the problem. She smiled and did not continue to say anything as she quietly observed at the man before her.

What kind of person is he?

Lize had questioned this herself countless of times. Before she became a mercenary, she had seen a lot of people. And after becoming a mercenary, she had met even more. But after so long, she had not discovered one that was similar to Rhode. He was just a little bit older than herself, but he was full of confidence and never doubted his own words. Sometimes, he was even overbearing, but how did she trust him so much? Of course, this man isn't even romantic; he rarely smiled, which made him very boring…

”Alright.”

Rhode's words cause Lize to recover from her surprise and to her surprise, she realized that her injury was already cleanly dressed.

”Try to move your shoulder. Is there any problem?”

”It's okay if I don't move it too much...”

As a Spirit Master, naturally, she knew how to take care of herself. If it weren't because that the wound was located in a difficult place, she wouldn't need to bother Rhode to help her.

”Very good.”

Rhode nodded and stood up.

”Be prepared. We will continue to move soon. We don't have much time to waste.”

From the previous battle, the undead realized that Rhode was very strong and no longer appeared needlessly. Everything was quiet, but the two of them knew that this was the calm before the storm. He calculated based on his experience on clearing quests, and Lize relied on her experience as a mercenary as well as her angel instinct. Soon, they arrived at a door; it was the only object that was still clean and intact in the house. And in a dilapidated house with cobwebs and debris all over, without a doubt, there was something strange about this door. However, Rhode easily recognized this place. It was Cyril's sculpting room, the beginning of everything.

”There's something inside...”

Lize swallowed her saliva nervously. She felt her shoulder stiffen. A dense and suffocating aura of evil escaped from the gap beneath the door. This was her first time experiencing such a thick aura that could almost be felt physically.

Rhode opened the door slowly.

And what they saw next, rendered them entirely speechless.

If they wanted to use a single word to describe this... scene, what could they use?

Evil? Filthy? Dirty?

That wasn't it.

The feeling that came from this room was ——— holy.

A white world appeared before them. Everything was clean and seemingly sanctified. Gorgeous, white pillars supported the domed shape interior, and rays of moonlight shone through the hole in the ceiling. And under that moonlight, a statue stood in tranquility.

It was a woman.

She was naked, her hand was covering her body, and her hair was long. It had a beautiful unworldly face; its meticulously crafted facial features, a touch of playfulness in its beautiful smile, anyone who saw her at first glance would not hesitate to think that this was the most beautiful work of art.

”So beautiful...”

Even Lize could not help but praise it. At this moment, the evil atmosphere, the strange undead, all seemed to be unimportant and what only matters was the existence of the statue. She had an uncontrollable impulse to walk forward and admire the statue close-up, but Rhode quickly grabbed her shoulder.

”Ah.”

When she was pulled suddenly, she felt surprised and slightly annoyed, but it also managed to bring back her clarity. At the same time, Rhode whistled and gestured forward. The Flame Killer rushed towards the statue immediately without hesitation, and when it got close, it unleashed its terrifying claws and teeth.

But alas, it wasn't enough.

”Swoosh!!”

Multiple slender arms suddenly appeared from the walls and floor and wrapped around the Flame Killer's body and limbs.

”Woo!!”

The black hound struggled with all its might. It even tried to bite the arm that wrapped around its front paw, but the slender arms did not wait for the black hound to retaliate before quickly tearing apart its trapped foe. Upon death, the black hound's explosive characteristics activated once again.

”Boom!!!”

A massive pillar of fire filled in the room, and at the same time, a sharp cry resounded from the sky!