Chapter 1333 - Dark Palace (3) (2/2)

Upon hearing his mockery, Celestina sulked right away. Indeed, even though she was considered an outstanding beauty, she couldn’t compete with him at all. Rhode’s face that was identical to his younger sister’s was capable of making even his harem feel bad about themselves most of the time, not to mention Celestina. Although Celestina was considered a beauty among demons, it would be both hilarious and ridiculous if she showed her satisfaction with her beauty in front of him. For that reason, her expression changed abruptly after hearing his jeering. After all, this was a huge slap in the face by him, so much so that she was left entirely speechless.

Rhode initially didn’t intend to do that either. But now, the situation was critical and he had to take advantage of it. Something worthy of a mention was that as much as he resented being judged on his looks, he had no psychological barrier if it were up to him doing the judging. That was why he would mess with one when one judged his looks and yet, didn’t mind dressing up as a woman. Wasn’t that how cool it was to make use of double standards?

“Hmph! How dare you talk back to me when you’re just a human! You’re asking for death!”

Celestina retorted and lashed out the whip in her right hand. Almost at the same time, with the slightest switch of Rhode’s thoughts, the invisible object binding his body dissipated. In the blink of an eye, he flitted across and in the sound of a whistling wind, the long black whip flew past his body and slammed onto the ground in a loud, resounding crack. Celestina, on the other hand, raised her eyebrows slightly after missing her assault. She stood up from her throne and stared at him with a teasing smile.

“Interesting, human. I didn’t expect you to be so capable. In that case, I shall see how long you can continue hiding from me!”

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Immediately after she yelled, Rhode felt a series of shadowy whips striking him from almost all directions. He stretched out his hand instinctively to pull out the sword at his waist, but ended up grabbing only air. It was only until then when he realized that the sword at his waist had somehow made its way to Celestina’s left hand. It must have been stolen when she caressed his body earlier.

What a bothersome fella.

Upon seeing her smug smile, Rhode criticized inwardly. However, revenge was a dish best served cold. At that moment, he didn’t do anything else, but darted across to evade her attacks continuously. And upon witnessing this scene, Celestina’s smile grew wider and wider.

“That’s right. That’s right, cute little mouse, keep running hard. Heh, heh…”

Along with Celestina’s coquettish laughter, long shadowy whips once again sliced through the air and swept past toward Rhode. And in the face of her attacks, he had no other solutions apart from dodging them for now. Although he thought of taking advantage of the openings in her attacks to take her down, he tried several times and realized that at some point, a solid and transparent protective barrier would appear in front of her and he was blocked no matter where he rushed over from. It seemed like this Celestina also realized his thoughts, which was why she prepared the barrier in advance. There was nothing that Rhode could do about it. This was Celestina’s mental world. If she didn’t want him to get close to her, no matter how hard he tried, he would end up like a clown…

Smack!

The moment Rhode was distracted, a stinging pain landed on his wrist, which made his heart sink. But it was a pity that it was too late. The instant the long whip wrapped around his arm, he lost the ability to move his body. And at the same time, Celestina also looked satisfied as if she had enough of the game. She tugged on the long whip and gazed at the prey in front of her with a smug look.

“That’s amusing… human, I haven’t had this much fun in a long time. How about you stay here with me, become my pet, and let me love you well? Heh, heh, you look like you’re not going to give in, huh? Good, I think we’ll have plenty of time to discuss this issue…”

With that, Celestina strolled over to Rhode’s side, pressed her body up against his, stretched out her tongue, and gently licked his earlobe as she whispered in his ear.

“I’ll show you what eternal pleasure is. I’ll make you the most faithful slave of all; until then, resist as much as you can, my little darling. Heh, heh, I can’t wait for the time I see you surrender to me and crave my gifts…”

Argh, she’s so annoying!

Upon hearing her words, Rhode was at a complete loss. He was also really unlucky to meet this version of Celestina in her mental world. It seemed like if things didn’t turn out better, he would have no choice but to use his strength to deal with her. Otherwise, if he were really trapped here by this demonic Celestina, how was he going to gain the acknowledgement of the next holy sword card spirit? Rhode felt like it was unlikely that using force would make this Celestina yield, but it was still better than letting her torture him, wasn’t it?

Bam!

However, just when he was about to take action, suddenly, a deep crashing sound came from the closed iron door. And in a loud bang, the iron door was blown out. Immediately after, a voice filled with pride emerged and rang out from the smoke.

“What’s going on here? Why is there an ugly human here? Damn it, what are you up to this time?! Didn’t I tell you that you’re not allowed to do that kind of nasty business here? You slut! Are you trying to mess around again while I’m not watching?”