Chapter 237: Theia’s Desperate Battle to Protect Luke!

Even for her, that had taken a considerable toll.

Now that the essence clouds had disappeared, those powerful beings had become much more serious.

Theia’s mind rapidly raced.

’I need to move my liege.’

’But where?’

She wasn’t certain she could safely transport the strange cocoon back to Blackstone.

And leaving it here was even more dangerous.

She hadn’t even reached a conclusion when—

SHING!

Five crimson claws suddenly materialized beside her.

One claw aimed directly at her heart.

The other four targeted her head, lungs, kidneys, and liver.

Theia’s pupils contracted.

’Ambush.’

Her concentration had been heavily divided while dealing with the A-Rank beings.

She hadn’t detected these attackers approaching.

But now that they had revealed themselves. She immediately recognized their aura.

Five B-Rank Vampires.

Their crimson claws gleamed with murderous intent as they simultaneously attacked her vital points.

Surprisingly, these were the very same vampires who had been sent by Selene’s step-sister and brother to capture Luke.

Earlier, Luke had assumed that the strongest enemies they could send would be Peak Golden Knights.

But he had been dangerously wrong.

Selene’s siblings had already decided to capture Luke at any cost.

That was why they had dispatched actual assassin vampires, while using high-rank artifacts to completely conceal their auras.

Theia, however, knew nothing about this.

And right now, she didn’t even have time to think about where they had come from.

PUCHI!

She teleported at the final moment, barely avoiding the fatal attacks.

But she wasn’t fast enough to escape completely.

Two crimson claws pierced into her side.

Her liver and kidney were punctured.

The five vampires finally materialized, revealing their figures.

They didn’t waste even a second.

Two immediately moved toward the black-and-white cocoon containing Luke.

The remaining three surrounded Theia.

’They’re after him.’ Theia’s expression became solemn.

She was already injured.

After using her Ultimate Ability against the A-Rank beings, she couldn’t fight these five B-Rank Vampires at her full strength.

Worse...

She couldn’t unleash her Arcane magic recklessly.

If one of her attacks struck the cocoon. Luke could be injured or even killed.

’I have to protect him.’ Theia gritted her teeth.

Then she raised one hand.

"Dream Legion."

WHOOSH!

The surrounding dream power surged violently.

Thousands of figures materialized across the battlefield.

Every single one possessed the strength of a Peak Golden Knight—a Peak C-Rank being.

The vampires’ expressions changed.

But before they could react. Theia’s emerald eyes flashed.

"Dream Prison."

The entire area suddenly fell silent.

An invisible force of dream power enveloped the five vampires.

Their movements slowed, along with their consciousness faded.

And within moments...

All five B-Rank Vampires were dragged into a temporary slumber.

Theia didn’t hesitate.

"Attack!"

Thousands of Peak Golden Knights simultaneously raised their weapons.

BOOOOOOM!

And next moments, thousands of Peak C-Rank attacks struck their bodies at once.

Yet when the dust settled. The five B-Rank Vampires remained completely unharmed.

WHOSSH!

Theia didn’t care about this and appeared beside Luke’s cocoon, before grabbing it.

Since he had returned to human size, she could easily hold it.

"Stop!"

Though the next moment, from 100km distance away, where those A rank, the Diamond Knights there,

their shout came, clearly thinking Luke inside the cocoon was some kind of treasure and wanting to take him.

’I can’t let them.’ She hardened her resolve and bit her lips.

Because just now, she felt her dream world was almost about to shatter, while also her mana was running thin.

’These Diamond Knights are so strong.’ This made Theia’s face even more pale.

Which she was right and wrong at the same time. Because Count Magnus had also appeared at the edge.

And his one strike nearly destroyed her ultimate.

At this moment, the vampires almost came out of their sleep state and looked angrily toward Theia.

Because during their sleep, they were shown their worst regrets, pain, and other fears.

So right now their mood was also very bad, and they wanted to kill her first.

Seeing this, Theia didn’t react, instead she urged her Dream Well to help her.

’Dream Well!’

She shouted her ability name in her mind, because just now she felt she couldn’t bring Luke through dream teleportation.

Even though this confused her, she didn’t think further.

The next moment it happened.

The original cracking dream world suddenly strengthened again, but Theia also felt the weakness.

Which she had never faced before.

Even her mana, along with her spirit, had been completely sucked dry, and now she couldn’t use her spells for a few months.

That was the price of overexerting her Origin ability.

Even then Theia didn’t care and wiped away the blood from her lips. For her, saving Luke was now the most important mission.

Then she ran toward the far deep North-West side.

Because her earlier use of ability had trapped the vampires in Dream Prison again. Even the A rank beings were held for a moment.

And that was all she had, which was enough.

Soon she disappeared deep into the Stormhowl Mountains.

"Damn it, where has she gone?" The A rank beings, after freeing themselves from the dream world, shouted angrily, because now they could not feel their presence.

While the five B rank vampires didn’t give up and randomly chose a direction into the Stormhowl Mountains, before entering deep as well.

The three A rank beings, along with Magnus, saw this but didn’t say anything.

Even though the appearance of vampires was suspicious here,

since they were not holding the treasure, there was no need to waste unnecessary time.

So each of them turned their gaze toward the far north, from where those awakened A rank beasts were coming.

"Seems like the treasure is not in my fate." Magnus quietly muttered, before flying back toward his territory.

Among the remaining three Diamond Knights, two exchanged glances, before also returning back.

Only the Marquis of the demi-human remained, who didn’t want this opportunity to go.

As he felt that this treasure was related to his earlier search, which he had been finding for years, from the Barrus family.

So without thinking any further, he also headed deep into the Stormhowl Mountains.