Chapter 1236 - The Fallen Princess (1/2)
How long has Angelina been away for?
Erin shifted her gaze away from the book in her hands to the Dark Dragon who prostrated beside her. At that moment, the Dark Dragon had shut her eyes and was sleeping. Erin had no intention of waking her mother up as she sensed the weakness in her. If her mother didn’t save her energy by sleeping, perhaps she wouldn’t have held on for so long. But even so, Erin felt like her mother’s flame of life was nearing its end.
“Mother…”
The moon princess called out to the Dark Dragon, closed her eyes, and leaned back on the cold wall again. For some unknown reason, Erin felt like she was losing her powers day by day. The heavy exhaustion engulfed her entirety. Not only that, but she also felt like her connection to the moon became weaker. The moon princess couldn’t help but feel worried and anxious. She hadn’t been to a land of Chaos like Rhode, so she didn’t know what all this meant. But even so, she felt like the Country of Darkness had likely sunken into huge trouble, so much so that the rule connection between her and the moon was blocked off.
“…”
Erin shook her head, trying her hardest to gather her consciousness. But for some reason, she began to feel sleepy over the days. Sometimes, she felt like she was having a fever and her head was in a complete mess. There were some instances when she didn’t know what exactly was running through her mind, or perhaps she wasn’t thinking about anything at all. Right now, she shivered weakly and didn’t even have the strength to lift her weapon. Fortunately, there were no other creatures except for the Dark Dragon in this prison, which was why she avoided being chased by critters. It would be humiliating if the moon princess were to be chased by a bunch of goblins or slimes.
I wonder if Angelina returned to His Majesty Rhode safely…
Gazing at the pitch-black dome, Erin focused her blurry consciousness and forced herself to consider this question. After all, no one knew whether the Undead Skeletal Dragon was guarding the true exit that led to the outside world or a tunnel that led deeper underground. If it were the latter, perhaps Angelina might not even be able to return to reunite with her anymore. Erin was clearly aware of Angelina’s strength. Even though Angelina was powerful as a vampire of her age, she couldn’t compete against the four legendary generals. If she faced an enemy who was more powerful than the Undead Skeletal Dragon, maybe Erin would never meet her ever again.
“Ugh…”
Her sense of fatigue grew stronger. Erin felt her heart pounding. Not only that, but her blood also rushed inside her body and her vision turned blurry. The burning heat in her continued to surge. She closed her eyes and leaned on the slippery, ice-cold stone wall. It was only this chilly sensation that barely decreased her high body temperature. But she didn’t know how long she could hang on for. She was certain that this wasn’t the result of her mental or physical injuries, but her body’s reaction instead—the connection of the source of Order.
As a moon princess, it went without saying that Erin was an inhabitant of Order and one at the highest level. Due to that reason, after losing the support of Order and rule, the effects she felt were much stronger than ordinary people. This was also why in the battle against Chaos, most ordinary people survived, while formidable beings like Alice and Marlene had no choice but to flee or deal with their own deaths using reincarnation.
I wonder how His Majesty Rhode is doing…
While Erin felt giddy, this thought cropped up in her mind all of a sudden. She couldn’t help but reveal a beautiful smile.
That strange world… I heard from His Majesty Rhode that was where they came from? How amusing. But it’s a pity that I didn’t have enough fun while I was there. If there’s another opportunity, I wonder if His Majesty Rhode will be willing to bring me there for a tour again… A fascinating, interesting, and unknown world. No adventure is more fun than that… If it were possible… But… I feel so sleepy…
Erin closed her eyes gradually.
… I shall take a nap then…
“Everyone, don’t stop! Move! Hurry!”
Rhode snarled, swinging the pitch-black sword in his hand and streaking dazzling blade rays across the air. The two mysterious, rotten, and putrid creatures before him were sliced into halves, before being struck by razor-sharp blade airwaves. Mini Bubble Gum raised her right arm before her. Several light beams emanated from her palm, blasting the ground to scatter the dense fog and reveal the dirt path behind. Icy Snow continuously released arrows from her bow. The arrows flitted across the air like a wild storm, scattering the dense fog farther ahead. Along with terrifying screams, pitch-black figures collapsed to the ground one after another. Filthy blood and stench dispersed from their bodies, leaving one nauseous.
Even though Rhode was mentally prepared, he didn’t expect the situation of the Country of Darkness to be this terrible. Shortly after they moved off, they faced the encirclement of thousands of undead creatures that were influenced by Chaos. Under the influence of Chaos, the undead creatures became much stronger and more dangerous. Moreover, as they lurked in the Chaos fog, they became true ‘undead’ creatures. No matter how they were slashed to halves or chunks, as long as they weren’t smashed into bits, their broken and severed body parts would fuse together into their original state, returning into brand new undead creatures that continued their relentless attacks.
Rhode didn’t have any countermeasure against these annoying undead creatures. The extent of damage caused by Chaos on the Darkness Capital was nearing the breaking point of Order. Judging from the speed of fusion of these undead creatures, they were as though situated in a land of Chaos right now. In this case, Rhode couldn’t eradicate them at all. The only thing he could do was to dash toward the tunnel as quickly as possible. Then… He would leave the ‘then’ to later!
“Angelina, how much farther?!”