The Princess And The Lord

"Fool, you know your attacks mean nothing to me!" Lao Min Na sneered then released blood spikes but was frozen by Lory's ice, in the blink of an eye Lory slid under Lao Min Na's arm and stabbed right under her armpit causing Lao Min Na to groan in pain she then swung her sword but Lory swiftly sneak behind Lao Min Na then stabbed Lao Min Na's back twice but the thorn suddenly appeared on her back just like a hedgehog forcing Lory to take a step back.

Even though Lao Min Na was able to heal herself like Lory nevertheless she still felt pain, to ease her pain Lao Min Na quickly healed her wounds before she bled to death.

After she is sure she stops her bleeding, Lao Min Na launches another violent attack on Lory while cursing exasperatedly.

"Your attack was is useless, you know you won't win against me! it's better for you  to accept your fate!"

Lory kept his expression impassive as if she didn't hear Lao Min Na's taunt, lory then released several wind blades which of course were crushed by Lao Min Na's thorns.

"This is all you have, princess" Lao Min Na laughed heartily then sneered in a disdainful tone, "You are so pitiful, too bad I am not allowed to kill you if I…." The next sentence stuck in his throat, Lao Min Na felt something strange with his body.

"You talk too much" Lory clicks her tongue in annoyance.

Lao Min Na was petrified to realize that what stopped her blood from bleeding was not because she had healed her wounds but in fact, all the wounds on her body were still gaping some wound was big enough to show her skin and flesh that has been torn and all of those wounds were frozen and so her blood no wonder her bleeding was stopped!

All of a sudden a cold chill pierced every joint in her bones, causing her body to lose its strength soon after Lao Min Na fell freely from the sky then fell with a loud thud on the top of the boulder.

Lao Min Na's body twitch and twist from the agony she let out a loud scream "What did you do to me? what have you done to me?!"

Lory raised her dagger to show Lao Min Na immediately she saw on the surface of the dagger a series of runes glowed in soft purple light and the whole dagger was imbued with ice power.

"This is why you have to go to school to be able to use your 'Gift' properly," Lory said with an indifferent expression she didn't look excited after defeating Lao Min Na.

Lao Min Na's body was shaking from the unbearable pain but the thing that hurt the most was that once again she lost at Lory's hands, Lao Min Na glared at Lory with her eyes filled with anger and frustration.

"If you were from my world, you would know that by using your own blood, you can insert some of your power into the weapon that has an affinity with you, this practice is called 'weapon enhancement' but I guessed you wouldn't know about it," Lory gives half shrugged.

Lory never felt worried to fight Lao Min Na even though she had been given enormous power by Lazarus because Lory knew no matter how much power Lao Min Na got from Lazarus, she would never be able to beat all the knowledge and experience that Lory honed for more than a decade, and ironically, Lao Min Na had more chances of winning if she uses her cultivation which was clearly Lao Min Na got more in-depth knowledge of it than Lory but instead she used magic that she knew nothing about.

Lory found it a pity that Lao Min Na was seduced by the magic and dark power that caused her to throw away her true powers, "Well this is actually common knowledge at least among soldiers and hunters, oh there is also common knowledge that all dark power fears the Lucient's blood which is inherent the power of light therefore by combining those power I managed to wreck your evil power from within, you don't even notice?" Lory raised her brows while casually playing with her dagger.

Lao Min Na gritted her teeth annoyed at falling again on Lory's trick..again, it turned out that all of Lory's reckless attacks were not arbitrary, Lory accidentally grazed her skin not without reason it turned out  Lory had planned to infect her with Lucient's blood that contained her power.

Suddenly there was a loud explosion sound and the entire surface of the lava that had been frozen was licked by the flames follow by the burst of boiling lava once again the temperature rose sharply.

Lao Min Na's laughter broke "So what, do you think you won?! Look your dearest husband is back! in the end, you will still die in your lover's hands, you will die horribly Lorient! There be no salvation for you, not now-not ever!" Lao Min Na's whole face twisted in complete madness as her laughter got louder and louder.

[We missed our chance Lory, we let that woman interfere with our plans] Girsha said regretfully that their plans were ruined.

Lory shook her head weakly [It wouldn't work anyway, since Lao Min Na is here that means Lazarus must be here too, that demon wouldn't let me separate Zhao Li Xin from the crimson lightning]

Suddenly a wave of hot lava rushed over her, calmy Lory raised her hand and a transparent barrier engulfed her like a turtle shell protecting her from the hot lava.

Lory turned her gaze to Zhao Li Xin's figure because of the flames around him she couldn't see Zhao Li Xin's face clearly, a feeling of loss and lonely crept into her heart and the corner of her eyes stung, even though Zhao Li Xin right in front of her she missed him very much.

"Kill her Long Ming! She's our enemy,<strong> KILL HER – KILL HER!</strong>" Lao Min Na shrill ecstatically like a mad woman. She no longer holds the calm and composure of a noble lady like she used to, maybe she has become utterly insane as well.

Lao Min Na's loud voice caught Zhao Li Xin's attention, her head slowly turned towards Lao Min Na then she slowly flew towards her then stopped not far from Lao Min Na although it was hard to see Zhao Li Xin's expression at that time, but it was clear he was staring at Lao Min Na.

Lory saw Zhao Li Xin's strange attitude and his eyes narrowed but Lao Min Na's face lit up because for the first time Zhao Li Xin ignored Lory's presence for her even though Zhao Li Xin was crazy it didn't matter because she finally admitted it to Lory.

"Yeah, we're on the same side... at last" he glanced at Lory with satisfaction, he was pleased with Lory's sour expression.

Lao Min Na forced herself to stand up despite the pain that tormented her but who cares, this was her victory!

Lao Min Na stretched out her hand towards Zhao Li Xin while smiling triumphantly, "Help me...help me kill this woman, let her kill her after that I will be by your..."

Lao Min Na's head suddenly floated into the air "Ah..." the shock on her face was obvious she could still see dark blood gushing from her headless body.

Lory didn't expect Zhao Li Xin to behead Lao Min Na mercilessly, and judging by Lao Min Na's expression she didn't expect it either.

Zhao Li Xin flame burned Lao Min Na's body just like a torch while her head fell into a pool of boiling lava, but because of her cursed blood power, Lao Min Na didn't die easily even when her head was separated from her body, at this moment Lao Min Na could only endure the excruciating pain of her flesh and bones being melted by the hot lava.

as he melted, Lao Min Na's eyes stared intently at Zhao Li Xin even now she still didn't understand why he killed her, aren't they on the same side? Aren't they both cursed creatures? shouldn't they be friends? all questions popped into Lao Min Na's head but no one answered them strangely she could hear Lazarus' laughter vividly in her head.

'Oh don't be so sad Min Na, you are part of me now...for eternity so rejoice!' his eerie laughter continues as the last thing she could hear.

'Regret' was the first thing that popped into Lao Min Na's head. If only she didn't force herself to take revenge on everyone who hurt her, if only she didn't have the ambition to become the smartest, the strongest, the fairest among all of the people if she didn't dream to stand at the pinnacle of fame and fortune like every legendary figure she read in every history books could all of this be avoided.

If only she could let go of all her hatred back then and somehow live as an ordinary woman with her son in a faraway place, what kind of life would she have? although life may be difficult and she may not have much, she might not live long either, but will she be happier than now? will her life be more peaceful?

Unfortunately, Lao Min Na will never know because he has chosen to sacrifice everything for her revenge, she accepted Lazarus' hand and chose to follow him on this cursed path because of that her soul will be forever locked inside eternal darkness and that's the price she has to pay.