A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 281 - 225: Fire Rescue_1

Chapter 281: Chapter 225: Fire Rescue_1

Right now, Mistelina found herself in a state of haziness.

So hot…

Mistelina could feel a flame burning within her, charring her own body from the inside. Like a dry piece of firewood, she could feel the heat spreading through her with a “crackling” sound. It felt as if she was in the middle of a desert, her breath coming out in bearably hot gusts.

Every breath she took was akin to steam from a volcano. The blood coursing through her veins was like a stream of molten lava on fire. Her skin, her muscles, her organs—all were being burned, grilled even, under this unimaginable heat. It seemed as though even her soul was approaching its end.

“Ha… ha… ”

As her body temperature rose, Mistelina was gradually losing consciousness – it felt as if she was suffering from a high fever.

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Is this how I am going to die?

Perhaps, this is my punishment… If I hadn’t acted rashly, things wouldn’t have got to this point. But what about the Borderland? What about everyone else?

I am so sorry… all of this is my fault…

“Ugh———!!”

Just as Mistelina was sinking further into despair, she suddenly felt a choking sensation, as if something large and coarse was stuck in her mouth, preventing her from breathing. Instinctively, she tried to dodge it but by then her body had been completely consumed by Wildfire, leaving her in an uncontrollable state, enduring this painful suffocation. Maybe, at this point, all Mistelina wanted was for everything happening to her to come to an end as soon as possible.

She didn’t know how much time had passed, but the suffocating sensation was growing stronger. Just as she felt herself teetering on the edge of unconsciousness, she suddenly felt an icy coolness rush into her body through her throat.

“Ugh…… Um…!”

Mistelina’s body shook, just like a dehydrated traveler stumbling upon a chilly spring after days of wandering in a desert. An icy power entered her body and swiftly spread out in all directions. The Wildfire that was tormenting her body and soul now seemed to encounter a natural enemy and was gradually diminishing.

“Gulp… Gulp… Gulp…”

For Mistelina, this icy spring was her lifesaver. She instinctively gulped down mouthfuls of the life-saving spring water. Even though this power was so cold it felt like it could freeze her soul and marrow, it was far better than having her body burnt by Wildfire and then the world being destroyed!

Unfortunately, this icy power did not last long and soon disappeared. Nevertheless, it had ignited Mistelina’s will to live. She instinctively stuck out her tongue, trying to experience that icy feeling again. Perhaps her effort bore fruit. After a while, another wave of icy cold sensation exploded, penetrating deep into her body.

“Ah… ”

Right now, Mistelina felt ice-cold all over. If she had just been in a scorching desert, now it felt like she was in the freezing Polar Region. The cold had stilled her limbs, the Wildfire that had been raging earlier had completely disappeared without a trace. It was as though a burning piece of wood had been quenched, extinguished and then frozen by a stream of water. Even though she did not fully comprehend what was happening to her, she had an inkling that the flame that had been tormenting her had completely vanished.

So, it’s over…

Thinking about that, Mistelina tried to open her eyes to take a last look at the world around her, but her eyelids were heavy. All she could see was a gigantic shadow and some blurry brightness.

Immediately after, Mistelina lost consciousness and fell into a dark and dormant sleep.

“Hmm……”

After an unknown amount of time, Mistelina regained consciousness again. When she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Melfy’s face.

“Princess! You’re finally awake!”

“Melfy……?”

Mistelina gazed blankly at Melfy in front of her, appearing to be somewhat disoriented about the situation. But soon, she regained her senses.

“I… I didn’t die?”

Mistelina raised her arm in confusion, looking at her own arms. But against her expectations, her arm that had been scorched and carbonized by the Wildfire no longer bore those scars. Instead, it had become as spotlessly white as it was on any other day.

“Yes, Sir Knight saved you. And Miss Lorena treated your wounds… it’s great, Lady Mistelina……”

“I see……”

“I’ll go and notify everyone now!”

As she spoke, Melfy quickly turned around and left. Meanwhile, Mistelina sat up and watched Melfy’s retreating figure. Then she stretched out her finger and gently touched her own lips.

For some reason, Mistelina found that her lips seemed to be a bit sour?

At the same time, not far from the tower on a platform, Duanmu Huai and Lorena were standing there, looking up at the sky in front of them.

“It’s truly beautiful here, Sir Knight.”

“Yes, it’s indeed beautiful.”

Duanmu Huai responded casually as he rubbed his waist, then he looked ahead.

“But I didn’t expect such a coincidence.”

“Yes, Sir Knight, I didn’t expect it either.”

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s sigh, Lorena also nodded and then looked ahead — where there were two Soul Jellyfish hand in hand leaning on each other.

One of them was Kulala, the one Duanmu Huai initially got from Little Red Riding Hood, and the other Soul Jellyfish was Kurarisu, Lorena’s good friend who she told Duanmu Huai about when she contacted him. According to Lorena, she found Kurarisu standing in the ruins, seemingly longing to watch the stars with her sister. Since Lorena was traveling with Duanmu Huai, naturally she knew where to watch the stars. So, she invited the little Soul Jellyfish sister to join her to find her big sister and watch the stars together.

What they didn’t anticipate was… her big sister was with Duanmu Huai all along.

“That’s not too bad actually, it would be quite lively bringing them aboard the warship.”

Duanmu Huai didn’t mind having two soul jellyfish on the warship. After all, these little creatures were quite adorable, and besides, this meant that he now had pets, didn’t it?

While Duanmu Huai and Lorena were chatting, Melfy’s voice came from behind them.

“Sir Knight! Miss Priest, the Princess has awakened!!”

“She’s awake, huh.”

Upon hearing Melfy’s words, Duanmu Huai sighed in relief. Although he could have sought ways to resurrect Mistelina if she had died, he didn’t have a resurrection card on hand at the moment… so her being alive was naturally the best outcome.

“Alright, Lorena, let’s go check on the Princess and see her condition.”

“Yes.”

When Duanmu Huai and Lorena returned to the magic tower, the others who had been notified by Melfy had also gathered together. They were equally curious about the Princess and what happened, and how she was related to Three-Fingers and Wildfire.

Although she was ashamed, Mistelina knew that she had done something wrong, so she obediently lowered her head and told everything she went through honestly and in detail.

“I really can’t believe that you would be deceived by such a person…”

After hearing Mistelina’s account, Duanmu Huai was speechless.

Apart from anything else, she should have been alert when she saw them eating those grapes. Could something that required such a disgusting ritual possibly be a good thing?

“I’m really very sorry…”

Mistelina couldn’t muster up the words, she could only bow her head and apologize.

“Just as you said, Sir Knight, I made a very serious misjudgment… Perhaps it was because the death of a girl named Eleina had too big of an impact on me…”

Upon saying this, Mistelina seemed disheartened. As she herself had said, the main reason she had chosen to help Haida was due to Eleina’s sudden death. At that time, Mistelina had felt very guilty. She knew how dangerous the world was and how vulnerable Eleina was as a blind girl. The potential danger that Eleina faced was ignored, and it resulted in Eleina being killed when Mistelina was away.

Even now she had no idea who had killed Eleina…

“Anyway, Three-Fingers has disappeared, right?”

Duanmu Huai asked, and Mistelina, Bambi, and Melfy nodded.

“Yes.”

“Bambi didn’t see anything other than big sis underground.”

“Miss Lani, what do you think?”

Duanmu Huai looked towards Lani, who was still seated. She thought for a moment.

“The unsealing of Three-Fingers is indeed a threat, but it’s not that there is no solution… Indeed, we can’t possibly find Three-Fingers with no clues, but we can make Three-Fingers come find us.”

“So the plan continues, huh.”

Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows. The plan he was referring to was Lani’s “cluster of stars” plan, which would completely isolate the Supreme Will’s influence on the borderland. As he envisaged, the spokesperson of the Supreme Will, those fingers, would never allow them to succeed and are bound to intervene at the last moment.

But it seemed that in addition to Two-Fingers, they also needed to deal with Three-Fingers now.

Both Two-Fingers and Three-Fingers were spokespersons of the Supreme Will, just that they chose different methods. As representatives of the Supreme Will, they definitely wouldn’t stand by and let the Supreme Will lose the borderland.

Well, five fingers in total, it’s not a bad idea to deal with them all at once.

“Yes.”

“Well.”

While speaking, Duanmu Huai clenched his left hand and stared at the Great Rune on the back of his hand. While Mistelina was unconscious, Duanmu Huai wasn’t idle. Under Lani’s guidance, he had found Valkyrie Marlynia and the Blood King Monga hidden underground, defeated both, and claimed their Great Runes.

At this point, Duanmu Huai had almost all the Rune fragments of the demigods in his possession.

The Great Rune of Gerrick.

The Great Rune of the Child of Fate.

The Great Rune of Ratain.

The Great Rune of Lacard.

The Great Rune of Marlynìa.

The Great Rune of Monga.

And the Rune of Death as a shadow of the Golden Law.

Only the Great Rune of the King Mongat, who was guarding the Royal City and the Golden Tree, and the Golden Law with the Eternal Queen Marika in the Golden Tree, were left.

The final moment that would decide the fate of this world was about to come.