CH 351

The intense thunder reverberated in the limited space, Lin Xiao kind of regretted using lightning magic, although it was strong and compatible with Judgement Light, it was way too loud and hurt their eardrums, also if by chance it was too strong and burnt her skin, then that would be no good!

Also, Adele was Elena’s thirteenth aunt, if Lin Xiao burnt her, then he would have to treat her as well as endure Elena’s wrath.

But Lin Xiao didn’t need to worry, Elena wasn’t afraid of Adele getting injured, it was the exact opposite.

Based on strength alone, the red-eyed black cats weren’t on top among the high-level demons, but their magic resistance was first-class. So his magic was still lacking a bit if he wanted to burn Adele.

As expected… while Lin Xiao was thinking about how to heal Adele, the thunder and lightning stopped, and the storm also dispersed. Without the noise and blinding lights, Lin Xiao finally saw her current state.

“What? She’s not injured at all? So my magic was useless, and we were just listening to the sound?”

To Lin Xiao’s surprise, he noticed that after all that, he didn’t even burn off her clothes, it was all useless.

Adele’s body was enveloped by a blackish-purple aura that looked like sturdy armor and blocked all the lightning. Not just that, it looked like it was sticking to the chains and made faint sizzling sounds like it was corroding the chains!

“My god, what kind of black magic is this, why is it so strong?”

Since he was controlling the barrier, he was clear on how strong that corrosive power was!

The chains had no physical substance, so they couldn’t be broken with brute strength, other than the trapped person, other people can’t even touch it. Yet that aura was able to rapidly corrode the chain’s magic power, forcing Lin Xiao to constantly supply it with magic power to maintain it.

“How annoying… Adele, you forced my hand, so don’t blame me for not holding back!”

Lin Xiao wanted to be gentle and just make her pass out then bring her home, but it was clear that she wasn’t going to submit and was prepared to fight to the death. So Lin Xiao couldn’t hold back anymore and had to get serious.

“Since seventh-level magic cant hurt you, then… how about this?”

Lin Xiao focused on his attention and ha a serious expression, finally treating the catgirl in front of him as an enemy.

And Lin Xiao never shows kindness to an enemy.

“Deconstruction… start!”

“Eighth-level magic, dragon of… ah? Elena, what are you doing?”

Just as Lin Xiao was preparing to cast his magic, Elena suddenly shouted at him to stop.

“No!”

“Elena, don’t worry, although the space is limited, I can compress the magic and control the explosion, so we wouldn’t get hurt.”

“That’s no good either!”

“Ah… dumb Demon King, just trust me and stop messing around.”

Lin Xiao was confident and causally blew Elena off, but before he could continue, he was forcibly stopped by Elena again.

“Really, stop!”

Elena rushed in front of him and grabbed his arms before the magic wall could form.

“… I say, what are you doing?”

“Y-you can’t use eighth-level magic!”

“That’s easy for you to say, but how do I beat her without it? You saw as well, seventh-level magic was useless on her!”

“No!”

“Why?”

“Because… because I don’t want my aunt to die!”

“… ah?”

“Lin Xiao, I know you’re very strong… but that’s my aunt! Even if she’s not in a clear state of mind right now, but, but…”

Her aunt was screaming behind her and could escape at any moment, since it was a serious situation, Elena should be cooperating with Lin Xiao, but instead she was telling hims to stop. But there was no choice, she couldn’t let Lin Xiao do it! Otherwise, her aunt wouldn’t survive!

Even though Adele had a fierce expression, Elena could tell that was only on the outside! With her perception skills, Elena could clearly tell how weak Adele was, that aura corroding the chains while also absorbing Adele’s life force!

If Lin Xiao really used an eighth-level magic, then not just the evil aura, but Adele might be seriously injured and die, and that wasn’t an outcome Elena wanted to see!

Adele wasn’t a true enemy after all, she was just a hostage that was being controlled. Even if they killed Adele, it wouldn’t benefit them.

Furthermore, that was Elena’s thirteenth aunt, someone dear to her that she hasn’t seen in over a year!

“Cough…”

It was as Elena thought, even though they were resistant to magic, since Adele wasn’t pure blooded, even if she doesn’t die, she would be crippled.

Lin Xiao knew that, but…

“Elena, think about it, if I don’t do it, she’s going to escape. Without her binds, and since your aura cant control her, what are we going to do when she goes crazy? Wouldn’t we still have to finish her off?”

Everything Lin Xiao said was right, even Elena couldn’t deny it, using eighth-level magic here was the most rational choice, but…

“N-no!”

Elena couldn’t resolve herself to risk her aunt’s life!

She couldn’t justify it because she knew she was being unreasonable, so she could only look at him with her big ruby eyes while grabbing his arm and tried to transmit her own feelings to him so that he would understand.

As for Lin Xiao… he naturally could sense Elena’s feelings, and Lin Xiao truly felt for her.

“Do you think I want your aunt to die? It’s not like I’m an indiscriminate murderer… sigh, alright as you wish.”

Lin Xiao sighed and didn’t say much but stopped casting his magic.

From the start this didn’t have anything to do with him, be it exploring the cave or catching Adele, he was just accompanying Elena. Ever since leaving Winterless City, everything he did was for Elena, he just helped Elena as a slightly smarter, more rational and more mature human.

Since Elena chose to back off, then that’s what he’ll do.

“Elena, go wait for me outside the cave… I’ll do some more preparations, when the barrier breaks I’ll blow up the cave and then meet up with you.”

Calm and rational, those were some of the few strengths he had, even with the sound of Adele’s screams and the corroding sounds, Lin Xiao was still calm and collected and thought up of another plan in accordance to Elena’s wishes.

“Blow up the cave? …. So you want to trap her here so that we can escape?”

“That’s right, since you don’t want to hurt her, we can only escape and find another way to help your aunt before coming back.”

A temporary withdrawal, a solution that compromises.

“Hurry up, what are you waiting for?”

Lin Xiao had a bad feeling after he saw Elena just stand there.

She wasn’t planning on giving him more trouble, right?

“Lin Xiao, I…”

“Miss Elena, what is it now?”

Lin Xiao kind of already had a feeling when he saw Elena’s hesitance.

“Lin Xiao, I, I can’t go!”

As expected, Elena clenched her teeth and was embarrassed to look at Lin Xiao as she braced herself to say that.

“The black magic is constantly eating away at her life force, if we just leave like that, my aunt will get weaker and weaker, after one week… no, she might not even last the day after tomorrow! If you blow up the cave and trap her here, she’ll die in a couple of days!”

“… Tsk, you really are troublesome.”

He can’t attack and he cant retreat, he’s been working all this time without thanks, and now he’s become the culprit for her aunt’s death?

“No, no, Lin Xiao, don’t misunderstand, I didn’t mean to blame you, I just…”

When Elena saw Lin Xiao’s displeasure, she clenched her fists and and sandwiched her tail between her legs and didn’t stop shaking.

For her aunt, it was worth it to be brazen for once!

“Lin Xiao, please… I beg of you, please save her!”

Elena suddenly leaped towards Lin Xiao and hugged him tightly.