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Mengdie was well aware of her physical condition. As she fought, she retreated and then quickly rushed towards the corner, using the momentum to step on the wall and reach up to grab the second-floor railing, flipping herself up. Seeing the swordsmen following her, she again grabbed the railing and aimed for the central crystal chandelier in the hall, leaping towards it.

"Crash——!!!"

The chandelier swayed violently in the air! Fortunately, Mengdie's body was light enough that after a few sways, the chandelier steadied. Sitting atop the chandelier, she took a deep breath, pointed at Viba who was almost at the same height, and shouted, "Black Flame Snake! You come looking for me instead of me looking for you?! Fine! Speak up! Where have you hidden the items you stole from the Silver Moon Kingdom's treasury?!"

Viba glared with his one eye, his gaze filled with venom towards Mengdie. However, he seemed to be suppressing something, not reacting immediately. After a moment of silence, his lips curled into a cold smirk, and he waved his hand at his subordinates—

"Take out today's target first! As for this little girl, capture her later and send her to that person!"

At Viba's command, the swordsmen who were pursuing Mengdie suddenly changed direction, converging on Edward, who was standing alone in a corner. Edward, already in a dire situation, saw his injuries multiply rapidly. It seemed only a matter of time before he faced death.

"Drop it!!!"

A swordsman took advantage of Edward fighting two others to sneak up beside him and swung his sword down hard at his wrist! Edward quickly retracted his hand in time, but the sword hit his giant sword with a powerful impact, causing the blood-soaked Edward to lose his grip. The sword slipped from his hand, signaling impending death.

The cold-blooded swordsman raised his blade and brought it down hard! Edward, unarmed, could only watch the blade descend. But someone wouldn't let such a thing happen!

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"Edward! Duck down!"

A beautifully trembling female voice fell from the sky, followed by a delicate figure. Edward immediately ducked, and then, a slender foot kicked heavily on the swordsman's face.

"Bang——!!!"

The swordsman's nose bone shattered, blood spraying as he fell backwards. But the crisis wasn't over, as three swordsmen surged forward, ready to stab at Mengdie, who was still in mid-air.

Mengdie retracted her kicked foot and shouted again, "Stand up halfway from a crouch!"

At her command, Edward immediately bent and stood halfway up. Just then, his back served as a landing spot for Mengdie, who was in the air. She lightly tapped on Edward's back, using it to leap up again, and by the time the three swordsmen realized, Mengdie had already flown above their heads.

"Bang bang bang!"

Three consecutive kicks, Mengdie hit each one in the back of the head. Staggering forward towards Edward, Edward quickly seized the opportunity, picked up his giant sword, and swept it horizontally! A flash of cold light passed, and the three swordsmen fell to the ground, their waists bleeding profusely, clearly dead.

Lightning fist swung, and the flickering electric sparks burst into dazzling white light in the red air! A swordsman took a punch to the abdomen and was flung like a bomb against the wall. The marble wall immediately showed countless cracks. Seeing this, Edward immediately stepped forward with his sword and struck the wall heavily! Mengdie followed suit, not needing words, and kicked off Edward's shoulder. With a "bang," they broke through the thick marble wall and entered the adjacent room.

This appeared to be a storage room, with cold, unburned air comforting their lungs.

However, this comfort was short-lived. The swordsmen poured into the storage room one after another, surrounding Mengdie and Edward. Back to back, with fists and sword at the ready, they waited for the fight to erupt.

"Edward, why have your movements suddenly become so sluggish?" Mengdie asked, seizing the moment before the enemy struck.

Edward clenched his giant sword, his hand trembling with fatigue from the blood loss.

"I... I don't know! This sword... feels so awkward to handle. The smoothness I used to feel wielding the King's Sword, now seems to have become..."

"Boom!!!"

Before Edward could finish, the door of the storage room was suddenly blasted open by something! The marble wall, which Mengdie and Edward had barely broken through, was torn open by a single hand!

And what appeared in Mengdie's vision next was...

Flames.

A flaming giant, his body ablaze, his face and clothes indiscernible.

"Ha ha ha! Little beauty, I didn't use the Fire God to fight you last time, but now I can finally show you what it's like!"

The flaming giant spoke, revealing it was Viba's voice! As he finished, his fist, carrying endless flames, swung heavily towards Mengdie and Edward.

"Roarrrrrrr!!!”

Edward roared furiously, raising his giant sword and striking heavily towards Weiba's flaming fist. Although his sword began to melt the moment it collided with the fist, Mengdie seized the opportunity to leap high, stepping on Edward's shoulder. She raised her fists, emitting a blue and a purple light, aiming at the elbow of the flaming giant and striking down with force!

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