Chapter 882 - Young Lady by the Throne (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“Marlene?!”

Rhode went up and supported her hurriedly. Then, he scanned her complexion and realized that she was blushing heavily. Not only that, she was also breathing hastily and perspiring hard. He also felt that her unusually high body temperature was perhaps more than 50 degrees Celsius. If she were an ordinary human, perhaps she would be a goner even if the temperature subsided.

“Lize, get over here. Hurry.”

Rhode laid Marlene against the stone column gently and beckoned to Lize. Although there were indeed illnesses in this world, Rhode and the others basically neglected the ordinary pains. Besides, Marlene didn’t seem to be ill before coming to this place, so what exactly was going on?

“Let me have a look, Mr. Rhode!”

Lize scuttled over and half-knelt beside Marlene, placing her hand over her forehead. Then, a white, gentle glow emanated from her palm and enveloped Marlene entirely. This was the Cleric’s healing spell, which could heal basically everything unless it was an incurable condition. But judging from Marlene’s expression, Rhode couldn’t let loose just yet. Based on his experience, the situation wouldn’t be this easily resolved if something happened to the native responsible for leading the way in dungeons. Although this was the real world, that logic should still apply accordingly. There were no signs of warning before she broke out into such a high fever. Just a while ago, she was still looking fine when she looted the spider’s corpse. If not, Rhode would surely have noticed.

As expected, Lize’s healing spell took effect immediately, and Marlene’s body temperature dropped and her breathing became steadier. But as soon as the healing spell ended, the high temperatures suddenly erupted and her complexion turned reddish again, and it seemed even worse than before.

“T-This isn’t just an illness…”

As a Cleric, Lize was experienced in this aspect. She quickly raised her arms and a beautiful, circular magic ritual appeared between her hands. Then, it slowly descended and scanned Marlene from head to toe.

“This isn’t a curse either… What’s wrong with Marlene?”

“Not a curse?”

Rhode twitched his brows and asked. He thought that this definitely was the cause of a curse. After all, in the game, it was a common occurrence for the descendant of an ancient family to have his or her cursed blood awakened when returning to the ancient ruins. But it seemed like this situation wasn’t one?

“No, Mr. Rhode. This isn’t any kind of curse.”

Lize said.

“I’ve scanned her body entirely with my spiritual spell, but I can’t find anything wrong with her. She is neither hurt, sick, or cursed…”

What exactly is this situation?

Rhode puckered his brows as this situation was much more troublesome than if she was truly cursed or poisoned. Could it be that it was due to something that he neglected?

“Hmm?”

At this moment, Anne narrowed her eyes and her little nose twitched.

“This smell… Feels just like Anne back then, Leader.”

“Back then?”

“Yes. Just like when Anne awakened Anne’s powers back then. There was a powerful force like a fireball wrapping Anne and it kept burning and burning. Back then, Anne felt like Anne was turning into barbecued meat. This smell now is exactly the same and Anne is sure about it.”

Bloodline awakening?

Rhode didn’t ask what the ‘scent’ smelled like exactly, but as long as it involved battles or was something related to strength, Anne possessed a talent and sharp senses others didn’t have. Since Anne mentioned it, could it be that Marlene’s strength was about to be awakened? But this wasn’t right because unlike a half-beast like Anne, Marlene was the heir of the Senia Family. Weren’t all members in her family pure humans? He didn’t hear any strange rumors about her family at all.

“———!”

Rhode suddenly realized that something was amiss. He scanned the surroundings and realized that faint golden rays above them had enveloped the whole hall like a spider web.

Sh*t!

Under normal circumstances, Rhode wouldn’t have missed this strange occurrence. But it was only after Lize cast two dazzling spiritual spells that the faint golden rays became slightly visible. At this moment, he detected that the flow of magical powers in the hall was shifting, but it was all too late. He didn’t know if it was coincidental or not, but when he was about to summon his holy spirits to deal with the situation, the faint golden radiance became incredibly bright. Then, he felt emptiness underneath his feet and endless darkness engulfed everything.

After an unknown period of time, the loss of gravity that he felt finally vanished. He slowly landed on the surface, but everywhere was in complete darkness. But at the next moment, a dazzling radiance ripped through the darkness and illuminated the place.

“This is…”

Rhode squinted. Under the bright illumination, he clearly witnessed that his group was standing on a metal, circular platform while on the edges were numerous fences carved with beautiful patterns and buckled down like bird cages. However, he couldn’t see what was happening outside the cage. There was no sky, ground, or anything strange in sight. Not only that, but Anne and Lize also laid unconsciously beside him in a coma.

Rhode suddenly realized a problem.

Where’s Marlene?

Then, he heard a voice.

“Woah… I didn’t expect to meet you here…”

The rather familiar voice rang in his ears. But it also felt unfamiliar because there was an unprecedented sense of pressure that he never felt from the owner of the voice in the past.

“Marlene?”

He lifted his head and turned to the direction of the voice. Then, he widened his eyes.