Chapter 46: Conclusion at the Hospital

Chapter 46: Conclusion at the Hospital

In a hospital room on the fifth floor of Lilith Central Hospital, the life and death struggle that had been raging there had finally drawn to a climax.

It ends here.

The room in which Karen was hospitalized had deteriorated to the state of being almost unrecognizable. From the floor, walls, and ceiling, innumerable stone pillars formed by Rock Icicles were growing everywhere, reminiscent of a stalactite cave. Over half of the edged rock pillars, though, had been either smashed or fractured and like a comb with missing pieces of teeth, a path had been carved out from the entrance of the room to Karen, the practitioner.

Along with a strange noise, a profusion of blood burst from Matthias mouth. His complexion had turned so ashen that it gave off the signs that he might collapse at any moment. Aside from that, even his right arm was missing, while his right shoulder was distorted and misshapen, with myriad other wounds on his body.

Matthias left hand nonetheless remained in a firm grip on Xenias neck, ready to snap it off anytime.

I thought that even Xenia would be able to defeat you if your body suffer such extensive wounds, but I suppose the magic crystal stone that Kanaki provided you still poses a problem. For someone who claims he will not cooperate, Kanaki sure is a big softie.

Did you kill Eto?

Even that one question took several seconds for Matthias to ask.

Huh? Isnt that obvious?

Yet, to the words that were blithely responded, Matthias body became motionless this time as if struck by lightning.

To add to that, in the presence of Etos corpse, Kanaki is currently locked in a battle with my main body Since I know firsthand that Kanaki is as tenacious as a zombie, I am in the process of gradually sapping his energy by using my dependents. As an insurance policy, the other favorite of Kanaki has been thrown on the battlefield, leaving him with no escape. Well, arent I a shrewd woman

As for Xenia, who spouted off ramblings that were not even necessary for the conversation, Matthias was conscious of the fact that this was a means of stalling for time.

Among the scraps of Finas uniform that had been torn earlier, Kanakis magic crystal stone had fallen there.

He went closer and picked it up, and there was no doubt about it after all. It was a wonder to him why, but the Garrison Corps was looming just around the corner. Seizing this fortuitous opportunity, he decided to leave at once after picking it up.

Hey!

!

Matthias had no clue what his emotions were at that moment.

But at that time, instead of bringing back with him the magic crystal stone he had retrieved, Matthias handed it to Fina.

Give this to her to swallow.

You must be trying to have Lady Karen killed.

That was until earlier. But it is no longer the case. So what do we do now? At this rate, within a few minutes, the princess will meet her demise.

Even as she held her sword to Matthias throat, Finas eyes darted back and forth between Matthias and the magic crystal stone.

Time was not only tight for the princess. The same was applicable to Matthias. It was not that he wanted to save her at all costs, and if her hesitation was still in the air, Matthias was going to abandon her undeterred.

I am.

After all that hesitancy, Fina