Chapter 258: Unexpected Help

"Die you beast!!!" Scarlet roared, launching herself in the air with her borrowed weapon held tightly in her right hand. She was so engrossed in launching a surprise attack against the monstrosity that she failed to notice the faint glow that rapidly begun to engulf the unconscious blonde amazon's entire body.

Midway in the air, just as she thrust her weapon-holding hand forward, her target, that she was hoping to surprise, suddenly jerked its monstrous body to the left with an unnatural speed, causing her attack to miss its intended target and instead go by it towards the already weary purple-haired girl. 

The sudden movement from the previously rather slow-moving creature caught not just Scarlet off-guard but even Sarah, who was now the unfortunate target of Scarlet's ambush. As the clash was inevitable, Scarlet's only action was to jerk her arm more to the right, so at the very least she wouldn't stab her partner to death, whilst raising her left arm against her face and prepare herself for the inevitable collision.

At the same time, Sarah also raised both her arms in front of her body forming an 'X' with her forearms, whilst throwing her sword on the ground, and grit her teeth. In the very next moment, Scarlet crashed into her, causing her to lose her footing and tumble back on the ground.

"Scarlet! G-get off me!" Sarah groaned nervously. Although the fall caused her to hurt all over her body, she was already getting numb to the pain. Her muscles were screaming to her for some rest for quite a while now, but as the situation was still not resolved, she had to keep pushing herself way past her limits. 

A sharp, searing pain jolted through Scarlet's body, originating from her right arm sprawled to the right from them. She tried moving it, however, other than being rewarded with yet another jolting electricity running through her nervous system causing her to grit her teeth to withstand the pain, she was unable to do so. Still, she remained silent and moved her left arm to push herself up from the ground, soon aiding her action with her legs. 

Although she didn't want to see it, she knew she had to check the state of her obviously broken hand, and at the very least take the dagger into her much weaker left arm. 

Just as she expected from the almost unbearable, constant pulsating torment she felt, the state of her arm was horrible even just to look at. Her poor limb was in a very unnatural position facing upwards, bent in a direction that it should be normally impossible. Still, to her surprise, she didn't let go of her weapon but kept gripping the handle.

It was in a state that even as she slowly stood up, it didn't return to a resting position, but kept its perpendicular angle pointing towards nothing in particular. Gritting her teeth, and overwhelmed by the pain, Scarlet completely ignored the threat that they failed to deal with so far and focused only on trying to restore some life into herself. She was about to reach for her arm and jerk back into its intended state when Sarah's stuttering, terrified yell reminded her of her mistake.

"S-S-Scarlet, w-watch out! I-It's behind you! M-move away!" She screamed, still lying on the ground, relying on her elbows to push herself slightly off the ground. Due to the overuse of her powers, and the constant pushing of her limits, she was unable to stand up. It was already a miracle that she was still conscious, especially after taking such a hit. 

Reminded by the danger still lurking behind her, Scarlet was jolted awake, and turned around, only to be met with a humungous fist flying towards her face. 

Knowing that dodging or evading was completely impossible at this point, she closed her eyes to ready herself for the bone-shattering punch. A single tear escaped from her eyes before her eyelids managed to close up. 

"Sorry, brother… I tried…" She muttered under her breath. She tried her best, she really did. At the very least, she managed to reunite with her dear brother before losing her life, and whilst she wanted to spend a bit more time with him, her biggest wish had already been granted. If these were the cards that fate dealt them, she could only accept it.

Strangely though, despite witnessing the gigantic fist flying towards her face with rapid speeds, the blow still didn't come, but, instead, the sense of danger, the dread she felt a moment ago seemed to magically vanish. She could also feel a strange radiating warmth caressing her face, slowly restoring her spent stamina.

Also, in addition to the strange warmth, she could feel a new, unfamiliar presence in front of her. Unable to hold back any longer, she slowly opened her eyes. However, as soon as her vision slowly began to grasp the sight that was in front of her, her eyes sprung wide open, her mouth almost fell to the ground.

The humongous fist was held in place with the previously unconscious, seemingly half-dead blonde amazon with surprising ease. Her entire body was engulfed in a milky, pearl-colored thick radiance. Her previously wounded, and battered body was now in pristine condition, there were no traces of these horrendous, gushing wounds that covered her entire body just a few moments ago.

Her long, blonde hair was fluttering in the air surrendering to the madly swirling energy that surrounded her body. 

Just like the stunned fiery red-haired princess, Sarah was just as flabbergasted by this sudden sight. Just a moment ago, the creature's unstoppable might was about to end Scarlet, but then, before its fist could connect and destroy her facial structure, the previously unconscious body of Naybeah appeared between them, with its restored, perfect, glowing state, and with a simple motion of her right hand, she put an abrupt stop to the creature's action.

Although they couldn't see her face as she was turning her back towards them, both Scarlet and Sarah could feel that there was something different, something strange happening with her. 

Even though for Scarlet the new presence that she felt instead of the blonde amazon was unfamiliar, she could easily tell that it was a very powerful one. 

"W-what the… What is happening…" She cried out in surprise.

Sarah only frowned as she felt the very same presence that clashed against Aiden previously in the outer skirts of the forest. It was unmistakable, who all this power belonged to.

"Queen Klemeia…" She muttered the frown not leaving her face.

"H-huh? Who is tha…" Scarlet wanted to ask, but before she could do so, the silent amazon opened her mouth and spoke. Her voice was not of Naybeah's but instead someone else's, much more powerful, majestic sounding.

"I couldn't leave my precious sister to die before she had the chance to bring her chosen mate back now, could I?" The presence spoke with a mischievous tone, grinning at the huge creature in front of her who was struggling to free her humungous arm from the much smaller female's vice-like grip.

"I… I guess I have to thank you for your assistance then… Lady Klemeia, Queen of the Amazons." Still frowning, Sarah could do nothing but accept the help. Without her suspiciously well-calculated 'arrival', they would surely be goners by now, soon followed by the frightened army of slaves shivering behind them.

"Don't worry about it, my dearie. When I felt the life force of my dear sister rapidly fading, I had to check in again, despite knowing that I could earn the ire of that boy…" Queen Klemeia replied with a slightly sad tone, remembering their first encounter.

Her mood quickly shifted, returning to the battle-ready state, facing the monstrous creature in front of her. 

"Now then… you oversized pig, show me what you can do! Let's see what you can do!" She grinned widely, letting go of the monster's fist, and jumping in the air, launching a strike of her own at the same time.

Unlike the blonde amazon, the queen's movements were much faster, despite not using her own body her mere presence was enough to boost the amazon's attributes by a great deal. With its fist suddenly freed, the struggling creature straggled back a few steps before regaining its footing. 

Looking up, it was met with the small left fist of the glowing, hated female wench. Before it had any chance to defend itself, the fist collided with a loud explosion of energy. A massive soundwave was released, throwing most of the nearby standing slaves to the ground. A blinding white light blocked the vision, not allowing Scarlet, Sarah, or the large group of slaves to see a thing.

Seconds passed one after another before the blinding light slowly faded, gradually allowing them insight into a scene that none would have expected. 

From where the two opponents stood just a while ago, there only a lone female figure still basked in its milky white glowing luster. Several meters away from her, buried under several destroyed tree trunks were the previously undefeatable creature, sprawled on the ground, lying motionlessly.

"Unbelievable…" Scarlet muttered with an incredulous look on her face.

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