Chapter 554: INTO THE LION’S DEN (2)
AFTER NEOMA declared that she wasn’t soone who enjoyed sacrificing herself for other people, Greko and Trevor just looked at her with pity in their eyes.
[Why are they looking at like that...?]
She got distracted when she felt faint divine energy in the air.
Hence, she imdiately focused on Juri and Paige on the frontline.
Juri, as expected of the Tank that she was, plowed through the enemies by hitting them with her sledgehamr...
... while laughing like a lunatic.
[Ahem.]
.....
Paige, on the other hand, had turned her white parasol into a rapier sword. The mage sliced her enemies in an elegant manner as if she was dancing ballet instead of going on a killing spree.
[These crows are weak.]
By “crows,” she ant the assassins that were obviously sent by the Crowells. At first, the enemies ca at them in their bird form. Then they turned into their human form in order to attack her.
But, obviously, Juri and Paige wouldn’t let the assassins near her.
Aside from that, she already protected her children with a Coat- the type of barrier that covered a person’s entire body. At first, she could only use a Coat on herself. But since she was a genius, it didn’t take her long to learn how to extend her barrier to the people she wanted to protect. And since she had overflowing Mana, she could cover all her children with Coats easily.
Hence, Juri, Paige, and Jeno could focus more on attacking instead of defending against the crows.
[Yep, I’m sure that we’re fighting against crows.]
After all, she could feel the disgusting Darkness from them- the Darkness that was unique to the Crowells.
[They’re not the source of the faint divine energy I feel in the air.]
And the divine energy still lingered even after her children had gotten rid of all the crows that appeared earlier.
[Soone else is coming.]
“Juri, Paige, Jeno!” Neoma yelled, calling her children’s attention. “Behind - now!”
She didn’t have to say it twice.
Her children all hid behind her as soon as she said the word.
After that, she stood up and created a Do strong enough to stand an attack created by divine energy.
In just the blink of an eye, the Do was hit by several collisions between them.
“Ah, they ca out,” Trevor said, amused. “The lions.”
The demon boy was correct.
Three big lions collided with the Do that she created. However, after that, the lions didn’t make any movent at all. The beasts just kept on growling low while circling them.
[But they’re not hostile.]
“Trevor.”
“Yes, my Moon Princess?”
“Are they the lions that abducted Xion and Gin?”
“I’m not sure if they’re exactly the sa lions, but those three are definitely Beastn so they probably ca from the sa Lion Tribe.”
‘Beastn.’
As its na suggested, Beastn were the type of people who could shapeshift according to their tribe or class.
[This is my first na eting Beastn.]
Apparently, the Lion Tribe abducted her son.
[But they don’t feel dangerous.]
And she trusted her gut feeling.
“I’m going to remove the Do,” Neoma announced while clenching her hand tight. “Be on your guard, but do not attack the lions.”
“Yes, Your Royal Highness,” her children said at the sa ti.
As soon as she unclenched her hand, the Do vanished.
Despite the barrier collapsing, the lions didn’t attack them.
[As expected, they’re not here to fight.]
But she didn’t know why the lions collided with her Do earlier.
[Well, let’s just ask them.]
“Hello, kids,” Neoma greeted the three lions circling them cheerfully. “Don’t be alard. I know that my beauty is out of this world, but I’m just an ordinary lady-”
The lions growled at her at the sa ti she heard a strange sound in her head.
[Oh?]
However, Trevor and her children were startled, so they suddenly raised their weapons against the lions who growled again.
“Don’t attack the kids,” Neoma said sternly. “They’re not growling because they’re angry- they’re laughing.”
Everyone looked at her strangely.
“Princess Neoma, could it be that you can hear their thoughts?” Paige asked curiously. “Beastn in their beast form is said to be similar to Spirits. And since Princess Neoma is a Roseheart, perhaps...?”
“That’s right,” Neoma confird while nodding. “I can hear the kids talking.”
The lions sounded young in her head, so she called them ‘kids.’
Neoma giggled while listening to the kids’ conversation. “They called Xion’s “mother.””
Her children’s face bead right away.
“That ans Xion hyung is with them,” Greko said happily. “Is that right, eomma?”
She smiled and nodded. “You’re right, maknae-ah.”
“Xion would rather kill himself than speak Princess Neoma’s na to the enemies,” Juri said, smiling. “If Xion ntioned Princess Neoma to the lions, then it can only an that we can trust them.”
Jeno nodded in agreent. “And now we’ve also confird that he’s still alive.”
“Yes,” Neoma agreed, letting out a sigh of relief. “I’ll ask the kids to take us to Xion.”
“My Moon Princess,” Trevor said while smiling brightly at her. “Can you also ask the kids if Gin is alright-”
Neoma pushed Trevor with her left hand as soon as she noticed the sudden shift in the air.
Then she raised her right hand and created a plate-like barrier to block the dagger aid at where the demon boy was standing a mont ago.
However, much to her shock, her barrier BROKE and the dagger changed its trajection.
“Princess Neoma!”
She understood why Trevor and her children cried out her na.
After all, the dagger pierced through her hand. Not only did she bled, but her hand also turned black slowly as if it was rotting. Ah, she was poisoned by Darkness.
And it hurt like hell.
“Fucking shit,” Neoma said coldly, her eyes glowing red by now. “Soone wants to have a private tour in my Hellgate tonight, huh?”
***
NERO dropped the teacup when his right hand suddenly turned numb.
And it hurt like crazy.
[Neoma...?]
“Nero!” her mother, whom he was having tea with, imdiately stood up and squatted down in front of him. With just one snap of his mother’s fingers, the broken pieces of the teacup floated and turned into ashes. “Did you get burned?”
He shook his head and was about to tell his mother that the tea wasn’t burning hot, but he was interrupted when the door to the tearoom burst open.
“What happened?” his father asked as soon as he saw the residue of the ashes in the air. “Are you both alright?”
“I’m fine, but Nero’s tea spilled on his legs...”
“I’m alright, Mother,” he assured her. “I’m not burned. But...” He looked at his hand that was placed on the table idly. “I can’t move my right hand, and it hurts so much that I feel like passing out.”
He wasn’t being sarcastic.
.....
Although he said that with a blank look on his face, it really hurt. However, he tried his best to remain calm and analyze the strange sensation in his hand.
“Mother, Father, I believe it’s poison-”
He didn’t get to finish his sentence because as soon as the word ‘poison’ ca out of his mouth, his parents’ bloodlust leaked out and it made him shiver.
[My parents can be a little scary, huh?]
His mother stood up and opened her hand, a light pink energy ball materializing above her plan. “I’ll take the poison out of Nero’s body.”
His father nodded in agreent. “I’ll personally arrest everyone in the kitchen first.”
“Mother, Father, please calm down and let finish first,” Nero said, proceeding to explain right away before his parents got the chance to overreact again. “I’m not saying that I was the one who got poisoned.”
It only took a second for his parents to get what he was saying.
His mother covered her mouth when she gasped. “Then, Neoma...”
“Neoma’s presence disappeared the mont she entered Leoflor Island since it’s a place that can’t be reached by gods’ blessings,” his father said worriedly. “The fact that you felt the sa pain that your twin sister is probably going through only ans that...”
“It must have hurt a lot for the pain to reach even though Neoma is supposed to be temporarily erased from this world,” Nero said in a very cold voice, then he stood up with his entire right hand limping from numbness. “Please excuse for a mont, Father, Mother.”
[I have a crazy bastard to torture first.]
***
THERE.
Neoma didn’t waste ti.
As soon as she felt the assailant move to change locations after throwing the poisonous dagger, she summoned her wings and shot up to the sky.
If she had her Moonglow, her wings would have turned purple.
However, since she could only use her Roseheart Blood at the mont, her wings remained red since they were made of red roses.
“Don’t follow !” Neoma yelled because she felt the presence of the crows again. This ti, the group that arrived was stronger than the small fries that her children took care of earlier. “Protect Greko and the lions!”
Her children seed to have obeyed her orders.
Unfortunately, there was one who didn’t fall under that category.
However, she didn’t have the ti to argue since she almost caught up with the assailant who must be using flight magic to fly like S*perman. It was a black-haired man dressed in all black. And judging by his body build, it seed like he was older than her.
[I got you now, bastard!]
Neoma grabbed the collar of the assailant.
However, it disappeared as soon as she touched it.
[Wow, what a slippery bastard.]
She didn’t have the ti to curse the assailant more, though.
After all, she was forced to stop flying further when the assailant suddenly appeared in front of her. She couldn’t really see his face, though. After all, the young man wore a turtleneck shirt that covered half of his face.
However, the young man’s ears were pretty eye-catching.
[This is the first ti I’ve seen soone with as many piercings as Trevor does.]
“As expected of the royal princess,” the assailant said while pulling down the mask that covered half of his face. “I’m sorry, but I’m not here to play with you.”
Wow.
That handso face...
That vast magic power...
Those earrings and piercings...
“Dude,” Neoma said, a little shocked while staring at the young man. “You’re like the poor man’s version of Trevor.”
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