NOVEL NEXT Chapter 76: Desperate Flight
Vikalina was relieved that the Silver-Rank Blood Clan member hadn't arrived immediately.
The sewers were vast and interconnected, with a large area to search. Vikalina had previously circled around, leaving traces of her and Sivis's presence in many places.
The Blood Clan had to split up to search.
At the moment, only about dozens of Blood Servants were charging toward them.
As Vikalina sprinted to Sivis's side, she explained in a low voice, "The Blood Clan must have recalled all the elite Blood Servants from the city and summoned many more from elsewhere."
"We are here, so the number of enemies we face might be unimaginably large."
"At least we're easing the pressure on the city."
Vikalina's expression was complex. In her heart, ensuring Sivis's safety was the most important thing.
At the same time, she was worried about the city's residents.
By her actions, she had alleviated Minnet City's crisis to some extent, which left her conflicted about whether she should feel happy or not...
However, Sivis's face was not looking good.
In his estimation...
Vikalina's condition was so poor that she shouldn't continue fighting. Otherwise, the time she could sustain herself would only decrease further.
Now...
More enemies were coming??
What should they do?
What should they do?
Sivis was in a panic.
He could actually use the system shop to exchange for some extremely powerful game items, like healing potions that could significantly restore Vikalina's injuries.
But the problem was...
Sivis had no way to store items, and he couldn't explain how he suddenly pulled something out of nowhere.
The system was his biggest secret.
Sivis absolutely did not want to reveal even a hint of it.
However...
The situation was deteriorating rapidly.
At the moment, it seemed like only dozens of Blood Servants were approaching, but he was completely immobilized.
Even if Vikalina didn't consider that her life was already on a countdown, her injuries alone meant that fighting a single Blood Servant would be a challenge, let alone dozens of enemies.
"What should we do..." Sivis felt helpless as he sensed his own body.
He never thought he would find himself in such a helpless state, like a cripple.
Sivis had to wait for a few hours until his promotion to gain any fighting strength.
If Vikalina really got into trouble, even if Sivis abandoned his promotion, he might not be able to escape the sewers smoothly, let alone the fact that he didn't want... Vikalina to really get hurt.
He thought about it back and forth...
Sivis gritted his teeth.
The system shop deducted another three hundred points from the remaining five hundred.
[Transparent Sprite]
[Effect: Summons an undetectable sprite. If the power difference is too great, it may still be detected. You can deploy some magic for it to automatically use in battle. Current deployed magic: Light Tentacle (restores life force to you or your companion).]
[Price: Three hundred soul points]
He would rather spend more money than expose his secret.
Using the Transparent Sprite, Sivis could claim that he had managed to squeeze out a bit of strength to cast a Healing Magi.
Vikalina, however, didn't think that much.
She quickly rushed forward and embraced Sivis.
The front of the girl's body, which had been pressed tightly against Sivis, hadn't been stained with much blood or obvious injuries, and it still emitted a faint, fresh scent.
Due to her armor being somewhat broken, Sivis could more vividly feel Vikalina's soft and gracefully curved body.
But at this moment, he had no time to appreciate any of that.
"The terrain here... let me think. From where the Blood Servants broke through the wall, we should rush through, then turn right, go straight ahead, and then left. After a hundred meters, there's a passage we can go down."
Sivis could only do his best to use his brain to give directions.
Vikalina's eyes showed a glimmer of surprise when she heard this. Understanding her companion's intent, she nodded quickly.
What surprised Sivis, however, was that Vikalina didn't engage the Blood Servants at all. Instead, she directly carried him and charged through them!
Instantly, the monsters let out extremely hoarse and terrifying roars. Even though Sivis was tightly held in Vikalina's arms, he couldn't help but frown at the sound.
But he only received some noise; Vikalina's situation was far more dire — she was fighting a trade-off, taking injuries to deal damage.
The female knight completely ignored the attacks from the Blood Servants. Spells made of blood-like strange elements struck her body.
Her already battered armor tore open in several more places, and Vikalina's face turned even paler.
Even a few Blood Servants bit into her body, but the female knight remained unfazed.
She was in an extremely weakened state, and her combat ability was greatly diminished, but her physical body was still that of a Silver-Rank knight.
Thus, Vikalina relied on her raw physical strength and charged forward violently.
In just an instant, two Blood Servants were shattered by her forceful collision, turning into puddles of flesh.
Such decisiveness, such ruthlessness.
It was as if she was a different person from the one who had been so gentle with Sivis just moments ago.
Vikalina's arms tightened around Sivis to prevent the filthy blood and flesh from splattering onto him.
Then, she followed Sivis's directions, moving at high speed through the sewers and leaving enemies behind one by one.
But with these movements, Vikalina couldn't help but pant heavily. Given her physical condition,
normally she wouldn't be this exhausted after such a short run, but now she was truly nearing her limits, struggling to keep going.
Fortunately...
A faint light illuminated, restoring her strength and healing her wounds.
"Can you move now?"
Vikalina sensed the same pure healing light as the one Sivis wielded, and her first thought was that her companion had recovered.
Sivis shook his head: "I'm better."
"But right now, I can only use some Healing Magi."
Hearing this, Vikalina did not hesitate and continued to follow her companion's commands, charging through the sewers.
Sivis observed the surroundings while letting out a slight sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the secret of the system was kept safe.
Vikalina's trust in him meant she wouldn't speculate about whether a transparent creature was hiding nearby, casting healing spells...
That would be absurd.
At that moment, Sivis was stirring the divine power within him. In the past, no matter how he tried to control it, he achieved nothing. But in this dire situation,
as he felt Vikalina's life force weakening, Sivis pressed his lips together and, after repeated failures, continued to push against the internal bindings of his power with a cold, machine-like determination.
Finally...
Boom!!
Sivis felt a tremor in his mental sea. He had managed to awaken a small portion of the power of the Evil God within him.
To his surprise, the progress of absorbing "blood piercing" suddenly surged!
He sensed... his fingers could move!
Sivis's body twitched slightly as he watched Vikalina sprinting at breakneck speed, gently wiping a bead of sweat from her face.
Vikalina was quite surprised, and Sivis simply nodded. "It won't be long, just give me a moment."
"I'll be able to absorb the Blood Clan's power soon."
He explained his current state further, adding,
"My 'Holy Swordsmanship' is specifically developed to counter Evil God's followers like the Blood Clan. Once I break through to Silver Rank, we can easily fight our way out." Sivis said again.
A glimmer of hope gradually appeared in Vikalina's eyes.
She had never doubted Sivis, but she knew that refining the power of an Evil God was no easy feat; no one in history had ever accomplished it.
Now, Sivis was gradually recovering...
A spark of light flashed in Vikalina's eyes. "I swear, as the successor of the Sacred Flame Spear, no matter what, I will protect you until you break through to the Extraordinary Realm." Her tone was firm and solemn.
The determined voice of the female knight echoed through the somewhat empty sewer tunnel.
Her body bore a few more scars, but under the effect of the Transparent Sprite, she stood more steadily, no longer pale and extremely weak.
Sivis felt the warmth of the embrace...
He fell into a brief silence.
I really am a fool!
Sivis couldn't help but criticize himself.
Vikalina valued him so highly, so selflessly, and he had almost let her die at the hands of the Blood Servants to avoid exposing the system's existence.
He had only used his points to rescue her in a hidden way because if Vikalina died, he wouldn't have been able to escape either.
Even as an Evil God, Sivis felt a bit embarrassed.
"Next time, I won't do this!"
He muttered to himself.
Sivis felt he owed Vikalina, but he wouldn't let that change his mindset or strategy.
He knew all too well that he couldn't afford to put himself in such a dire situation again, like he did by forcing the absorption of the Blood Clan's techniques to take a gamble.
He must stay alive. Only by living could he fulfill his promise to change the world. Otherwise, Sivis would just be another nameless corpse in Gandanyir, this chaotic world.
In the future, only those who reached the Legendary or even Demigod realm would have the right to shape the world's destiny and vie for the position of a new god.
As he pondered, he saw the look in Vikalina's eyes—
It was the expression of joy one has when encountering something cherished.
Sivis felt... his resolve waver slightly.
His plan had been to control Vikalina, but now he felt that, as a powerful Evil God, he was being swayed by this symbol of holy light, the female knight...
Sivis wanted to say something but suddenly realized—
Something was wrong!
Blood was flowing from all sides of the sewer!
This was...
What was going on??