Book 4: Chapter 63: Innate Ability

Book 4: Chapter 63: Innate Ability

Beep, beep, beep.

Lesiah breathed a sigh of relief when the spectrum stone in her hands finally received a message, then quickly opened the spectrum stone.

“I’m here. Where are you?”

“I’m behind the boulder at the highest point where we were earlier.”

After Lesiah sent her response, she suddenly noticed something wasn’t right.

Why didn’t Coleman use honorifics in his text...?

Could it be... Damn!

Lesiah finally realized what was happening, but it was too late.

“Found~ You~!”

A devilish laughter rang out behind her. Lesiah instantly reacted by rolling forward. She couldn’t even afford to care about her image as a princess.

BOOM!

The boulder that Lesiah hid behind was shattered into pieces by an unimaginable force. As the dust lifted, Lilith’s petite figure that glowed with the luster of a white jade was revealed. Her face was still covered by the demon mask.

This scene further confirmed Lesiah’s previous conjecture.

Although Golden Demon Htilil’s cultivation realm was reduced, she remained untouchable by rank ninth experts like themselves, thanks to her powerful physical body!

“Where is Coleman?”

Lesiah squeezed the question through her teeth that were chattering from fear. Her bangs were soaked wet by the cold sweat on her forehead.

“Don’t worry, someone is taking care of him.”

“Someone?”

According to her intel, didn’t Htilil entered the ruins alone?

Lesiah suddenly remembered about the short indigenous people around Htilil before...

So that was what happened. As expected, Golden Demon Htilil was well prepared to have won over the indigenous people so quickly. The treasures in this ruin were probably already hers.

Lesiah turned her head and ran away. After learning that Coleman’s life wasn’t in danger, she no longer had any reason to stay and fight. Her top priority now was to deliver the secret regarding Htilil’s non-human identity back to everyone and summon all the leaders from various nations for another conference.

“But I didn’t go all-out. When it comes to sports, it’s only fun when you go all-out.”

“That wasn’t... an all-out?”

The lights in Lesiah’s eyes slowly faded, as though she just heard something that she couldn’t accept.

“You foul demon! Don’t go thinking that this is enough to make me yield!”

“Is that so?”

Lilith licked her lips as she crouched like a sprinter before the start of a race. “Then you have to pray that you won’t be caught. Otherwise, I’ll definitely do something to you, hehehe...”

After saying that, Lilith launched herself like a flying arrow.

The gap between them still remained. Even if Lesiah’s fragile body was enhanced by peak ninth realm’s battle qi, she was still unable to endure Lilith’s full speed.

“ARGHHHH! NO...MORE... M-MY... BONES ARE FALLING APART!!”

“Haha, what’s this ability of yours? Magic spell? Martial skill? How interesting! Are you going to keep running as long as I don’t stop?”

“I-It’s... not... magic... or battle qi... Not those... low... low...”

Seeing that Lesiah was struggling to speak, Lilith finally stopped.

She waited for Lesiah to catch her breath on the ground, then continued asking curiously, “If not magic or martial skill, then what is it?”

The princess threw a glance at Lilith. Although she had no desire to reply the foul demon, she had to buy time for herself.

“This is my innate ability, ‘Absolute Distance’.”

“Innate ability?” Lilith’s eyes widened in surprise. “What’s that? It sounds really cool.”

“Hmph. These are special powers that only nobles like myself will awaken to. Boorish beasts like you will never have innate ability. In fact, the chances of human awakening to this kind of power is less than one in ten million. In addition to chances of being discovered by others, you can find maybe only one among a hundred million people who has an innate ability.”

“Only one among a hundred million... Hmm... sounds really impressive.”

“Of course! Every innate ability is extremely rare, so they are as unique as those unique spells developed by Great Magisters. Not only that, there are no harsh requirements. You only need a little bit of luck. It could be said that it’s something that every warrior and mage dreams to possess.”

Lilith couldn’t help but stroke her chin after listening to Lesiah. “That means with that ‘Absolute Distance’ of yours, the distance between us will maintain the same no matter how fast I run?”

“Hehe, that’s right. Are you scared now? Anyone I deemed as an enemy will never be able to cross this boundary. That’s why you will never be able to catch up to me today. Give up!”

“But...” Lilith tilted her head to the side. “Your ability may sound very impressive, but it’s actually completely useless.”