Chapter 329 - 124: Mentor Annabella and the Little Junior Sister Have Arrived (Part 2)

Chapter 329: Chapter 124: Mentor Annabella and the Little Junior Sister Have Arrived (Part 2)

This was the result of her countless hours of training, the very foundation of the confidence that had allowed her to escape the jaws of death time and time again.

However.

Lynch, upon seeing this, merely let out a soft sigh, as if pitying her for making the wrong choice.

He didn’t even move a muscle.

The very instant the poisoned needles flew toward him.

The [Tide’s Tear] pendant hanging from his neck glowed faintly, and a shimmering curtain of water instantly enveloped him.

"PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!"

The three poisoned needles, each capable of piercing a steel plate, struck the Water Curtain Shield and merely created a few ripples. Their speed rapidly decreased as if they had been caught in a swamp, and they fell harmlessly to the ground.

And at the same time.

The female assassin’s figure had already shot through the window, seemingly making a clean getaway.

But in the next moment.

"THUD!!!"

A dull thud rang out.

"Ahhh—!!"

The female assassin let out a piercing scream as she was sent flying back inside, even faster than she had shot out.

"CRASH!!"

She smashed through the window and crashed heavily onto the floor in the center of the room, rolling several times before managing to force herself steady.

"Pfft!"

A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from her lips.

She knelt on one knee, propping herself up with a hand on the floor as she raised her head. Her once-charming face was now ashen, a trickle of blood hung from the corner of her mouth, and her eyes were filled with utter horror.

Outside the window, the night was still calm.

But a massive, burly monster, nearly four meters tall, could be faintly seen standing just outside.

Its skin was the color of purple-bronze, and its entire body radiated a terrifying Evil Qi. There was no telling how long it had been waiting there.

However.

Before the female assassin could even recover her wits, her whole body suddenly stiffened. She felt a bone-chilling coldness spreading rapidly through her limbs and into her very core.

’Not good!’

’It’s that Tier Four ghost!’

’It’s trying to invade my body and control my will.’

The female assassin hastily focused her mind, frantically circulating the shadow energy within her to dispel the coldness that had invaded her body.

As a Tier Four assassin, her willpower was naturally very resilient. Under normal circumstances, it would be no easy task for a ghost of the same tier to forcibly possess and control her.

However, Ghost Yi’s goal was never to completely possess her body. The bone-deep chill was merely meant to slow her movements and numb her body.

"Hee hee~~ Eeee~~"

And just as the female assassin was fighting against the cold within her, that scalp-numbing, whimpering sound echoed from right beside her ear.

The little Vampire, Esther, had pounced from the ceiling at some unknown moment.

The female assassin felt a weight on her back as a cold, small body clung to her tightly like an octopus. Immediately after, a sharp, piercing pain shot through the side of her neck!

"Urgh—!"

The female assassin let out a muffled groan, feeling her strength and blood rapidly draining away.

What made her heart turn cold with fear and despair was...

...as her blood drained, an indescribable and bizarre sense of pleasure began to spread uncontrollably from the depths of her soul, causing her will to resist to slacken...

Under the combined effects of Ghost Yi’s chilling suppression and Esther’s blood-draining bite, the female assassin couldn’t struggle for long before collapsing completely to the ground. Her eyes went vacant, she was on the verge of death, and could only manage a faint "hrk... hrk..." sound.

She looked as if she had been broken like a toy.

Meanwhile, Esther, who had already been at the Tier Four Peak, had just feasted on the energy- and vitality-rich blood of a Tier Four assassin. Her small body suddenly trembled, and the faint, almost imperceptible bloody aura around her abruptly became denser and more solid.

Immediately after.

She let out a small burp, and a tyrannical aura suddenly erupted from within her.

For a moment, the candlelight in the room flickered violently, and even the air itself seemed to grow heavier.

Lynch raised an eyebrow, instantly realizing what had happened.

Tier Five.

’Esther actually broke through directly to Tier Five!?’

What was even stranger was that besides the clear strengthening of her aura, her appearance hadn’t changed in the slightest. She still had the same pale, delicate, "loli" face with a hint of baby fat.

Her Ruby-like eyes even held a lingering look of satisfaction and a trace of... confusion?

It was as if she had really just let out a burp and was completely unaware that she had just undergone a major transformation. She still had the same dopey, cute little loli look.

Watching this scene, Lynch was both speechless and couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement. ’This girl’s potential is just too staggering, isn’t it? Going from Tier Four to Tier Five without any bottleneck? She just casually ate... er, drank her fill and leveled up?’

’As expected of a Vampire personally turned by Pale Elegy herself... Wait a minute, Pale Elegy’s appearance...’

His eyes widened slightly as he recalled Pale Elegy’s classical, courtly lady attire, her habit of always carrying an umbrella, her unusually pale skin, and her peculiar fetish for having mortals offer her sacrifices of a pure maiden’s blood...

’Well now~ She’s most likely of the Blood Race, and a Demigod Level matriarch at that.’

Thinking of this, Lynch suddenly felt that everything made sense.

’Esther is the direct descendant of a Demigod of the Blood Race, personally turned. Her starting point and potential are on a completely different level from those common Vampires who propagate by biting, growing weaker with each generation.’

’On top of that, ever since Esther started following me, every "extra meal" has been either a Tier Three Holy Knight or a Tier Four assassin. She’s been drinking the blood of Elite Monsters. With such a nutrient-rich diet, her leveling up so fast seems... pretty normal, actually?’