Reincarnated Maid is About To Be Captured by All Players

The domain created by the demon sword isolated the outside adventurers.

Witnessing the tragic fate of their reckless comrades, they dared not enter rashly.

However, there were no restrictions on flying tools, and as long as they could avoid the burning purple flames, they could fly out of the circle.

Therefore, I had no choice but to temporarily entrust Lily to Chris.

“Lady Chris, please take good care of Lily.”

“Eh? Ah… Anna…”

Chris hesitated to speak.

Chris was not foolish, and moreover, she was the one who personally told us the story that the second princess might be the 【Child of the Demon】. I think Chris must have guessed something. Valubilis emphasized his identity as a father, a father who had experienced the pain of losing sons three times.

One son died at the hands of the Vampire King, another was drained of blood by the Vampire King and personally purged by Valubilis, and yet another son died from the curse of the 【Child of the Demon】.

Thus, Lily’s identity was self-evident.

I dismounted and faced Valubilis head-on.

“Knowing that you’re not my opponent, yet you choose to come towards me? Anastasia.”

“If I don’t get close to you, how can I defeat you?”

Valubilis’s body was severely aged, nowhere near as strong as he was in his prime.

On the other hand, my situation wasn’t much better, but the chances of victory were definitely not the zero percent Valubilis was confident of.

Having lost his eldest son, coupled with a strong sense of faith leading to hatred for the 【Child of the Demon】, I had considered this possibility. However, I still didn’t fully understand why Valubilis would create zombies. Putting that aside, the reason for Valubilis’s personal appearance was also full of mystery; even if he didn’t show up, our escape would be extremely difficult.

Since Valubilis was in such a state, his appearance actually increased our chances of survival.

The heart of the 【Barrier】 was Valubilis himself.

Once Valubilis died, the 【Barrier】 would be lifted.

His appearance here… had no benefit for him at all.

Was it to personally slay Lily? Then he could have modified the terms of the time-limited quest, only requiring Lily to be captured alive.

In any case, this was an opportunity.

For Lily, even if my hands were stained with blood—

Valubilis chuckled wryly.

He launched the first attack, his figure suddenly vanishing.

A type that emphasizes speed…!

My dynamic vision could keep up with Valubilis’s speed. I extended chains to the left, blocking Valubilis’s attempted breakthrough.

Valubilis’s sword struck the chains, and Cantarella emitted an ominous purple aura. The chains that touched the demon sword produced a harsh sound of corrosion, enduring the invasion of the sword.

“Oh… not just ordinary iron?”

Valubilis raised his eyebrows. In his view, my chains should have dissolved with that strike. Cantarella’s main characteristic was its toxicity that could directly destroy armor and weapons, so Valubilis never had to worry about insufficient destructive power. No wonder he was a swift type of swordsman: as long as his sword could cut the opponent, it would be effective.

My chains… really strong and sturdy.

Valubilis’s swift moves were fierce, but they caused no damage to the chains, thwarting his plan to ambush Lily.

I added lightning to the chains and launched a barrage at Valubilis. If even one touched him, it would trigger a paralyzing debuff, nullifying his speed advantage.

Valubilis agilely dodged the first wave of chains, but I didn’t retract them and instead launched new ones.

“This number…?”

Valubilis could no longer hide his surprise. The number of chains I launched had created a dense web within the area he had defined. His range of movement was greatly restricted, and he soon had to retreat to a corner.

“Interesting… Is your weapon, like mine, a legendary weapon? But I have never heard of a legendary weapon in the form of chains…”

“…”

I didn’t respond, but continued to compress Valubilis’s space.

A legendary weapon? I hadn’t considered this possibility, but after several battles, my chains had clearly surpassed the limits of ordinary chains. Maybe they really had a special origin, but that wasn’t my current focus.

“Sturdy as a rock

is your weapon’s strength, but also its weakness.”

Valubilis sidestepped a chain thrust, lightly tapping it with Cantarella.

The electricity failed to conduct… I wonder, do the teeth of the Serpent King Yamengade conduct electricity?

The chains touched by Valubilis began to change.

“What is that?”

The color of my chains was like obsidian, but the part struck by Cantarella turned purple.

Valubilis wouldn’t be doing something as trivial as just changing the color. Soon, the purple part spread rapidly towards me, like a poison needle piercing an arm and spreading along the bloodstream to the heart.

“I suppose it doesn’t have the ability of a gecko’s tail regeneration, does it?”

Unable to sever it.

The weapon’s bearer does not mean they can do anything they want with it, especially a legendary weapon that is theoretically indestructible. Players who have obtained legendary weapons have confirmed that there is no option to destroy them.

I cast purification and dispelling magic to remove the poison from the chains, but no matter what I tried, I couldn’t stop the toxin from spreading towards me. In the blink of an eye, the toxin almost reached my fingertips.

I deliberately touched the toxin-covered chain with the ring finger of my left hand.

—【Containment】!

In an instant, all the toxin on the chain concentrated in a tiny area on my ring finger. Before the toxin could spread, I decisively used a wind blade to cut off the beginning of the affected area. The chain couldn’t regenerate like a gecko’s tail, but I could do so.

“Damage transfer skill?”

Valubilis recognized my method of preventing the toxin from spreading through my body.

【Containment】is a skill that transfers all continuous damage or negative effects from a target to oneself. High-level warriors use this skill to protect their core teammates.

It’s my duty to learn all skills that can effectively protect my master, and taking on damage instead of them is natural… but the sensation is indeed unpleasant, I have no masochistic tendencies.

Pain shot through my ring finger. Should I be thankful it’s a game world? Later, I can use healing skills for perfect self-repair, except for a certain virgin’s symbol, I can heal any injury.

Valubilis finally made contact with the chains behind him, piling up negative status effects, and his movements became incredibly stiff.

【Paralysis: Your reaction speed and movement speed are reduced】

Then, next—

It will always be my turn!