Chapter 169 Unfamiliar

Chapter 169 Unfamiliar

Lisa's blurry vision instantly focused and her eyes widened when she recognized the figure that had suddenly appeared in front of her. This person seemed familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.

Long black hair, wide shoulders, tall stature, muscular physique. All these characteristics registered in her eyes and she couldn't help but mutter in confusion, "Eddie?"

Edward turned around and glanced at her. "Hehe, you don't look so well."

Lisa was so shocked that for a moment she had completely ignored the pain coursing through her body. She stared at Edward with her mouth agape.

Actually, anyone would be shocked. After all, Edward's transformation was just that bizarre.

But suddenly, Lisa's eyes flashed with urgency and she hurriedly cautioned, "Eddie, hurry, get out of here! You can't fight that monster!"

Listening to her, Edward's heart warmed. His eyes displayed nothing but affection as he softly said, "Don't worry. How could I leave you here?"

"This is not the time to be a hero!" Lisa screamed. "Get away from here!"

However, Edward had already chosen to ignore her and turned back around to face the incoming Megalodeer. He unsheathed the greatsword hanging from his waist.

As he looked at the bloodied stag in front of him, his eyes flashed with excitement and his lips curled up into a grin. He thought to himself in exhilaration, Let's see how far I've come!

The next moment, blue lightning danced across his body and he dashed toward the beast. Edward augmented his greatsword with his mana—which had now embodied the element of lightning!

CLANG!

Edward's sword collided with the Megalodeer's sturdy branch-like antlers. With a resounding boom, the air seemed to have been torn apart from the collision of the two. The youth retreated a few steps back, meanwhile the stag was sent flying away!

Lisa, who witnessed this incredulous scene, was speechless. "What?!"

She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Edward, who was also a Muscle Stage Magus like her, actually went toe-to-toe with the Megalodeer and even overpowered it!

This was simply inconceivable to her.

With great struggle, she sat back up and leaned against a tree. She took out a few healing potions from her ring, drank some of it, and poured the rest on the ghastly wound on her waist.

She looked back at Edward, her eyes containing a complicated light within them, Is this the same Eddie I know?

Meanwhile, Edward, who had just clashed against the stag, found his arms turn numb from pain. Moreover, there were also cracks beginning to form on his greatsword.

"You alright?" The youth asked her in a gentle tone.

Lisa found herself spacing out while gazing at him. Her cheeks blushed a little and she looked away.

Quickly composing herself, she harrumphed. "You idiot, look what you did to the corpse. It's completely burnt now!"

Edward turned around and saw black smoke wafting out from the large corpse of the stag. He then turned back around and laughed in embarrassment, "Hehe, my bad. I didn't really think much about it."

Lisa deeply looked into his eyes. She then lowered her head and softly said, "Eddie..."

"Yeah?" Edward raised her eyebrows.

"Thank you," said Lisa sincerely, tears streaming down her face.

She had really believed that she would die here today, but just when she thought all hope was lost, Edward appeared in front of her like a knight in shining armor and saved her from the clutches of death.

"Hehe, no problem." Edward grinned foolishly. "Anyway, let's get you to a safe place so you can recover."

"Mhm." Lisa wiped the tears from her face and slowly got up.

But immediately after, she fell down miserably. The wound she had received from the Megalodeer was more serious than she'd thought.

"Allow me." Edward appeared in front of her and lifed her in his arms.

"Ahhh!" Lisa yelped in surprise and her face turned redder than a tomato. "What're you doing?! Let me down!"

"Oh?" Edward raised his eyebrow and teased her, "So you're saying you can walk just fine on your own?"

Lisa didn't have a reply to that. Instead, she lowered her head and chose to remain silent.

"Heh, thought so." Edward had a smug look on his face. He then turned around and started running out of the forest.

"You dummy, don't forget the stag's corpse! It's precious!" Lisa reprimanded.

"S-Sorry... And stop screaming in my ears!"

After storing the corpse inside his ring, Edward carried Lisa and left the forest.New novel chapters are published on