"F-Faster!" Ibn said fearfully as he walked, even carrying someone on his back.
The Princess... No, it was Yamalana, who had been shot by Her Highness the Princess.
"Why are you still carrying her?" Otto, the Night Watcher clearing the way ahead, turned back and asked with a frown.
"She's not dead... She's still alive..." Ibn gasped. "But she looks like she's about to die any moment. She can't open her eyes, and she's only holding on to me with her hand."
Otto glanced at Yamalana's wounds and shook his head. "Even if she doesn't die, she won't last long. We don't have the medical facilities to save her here. Put her down, or she'll slow us down."
"I want to try." Ibn shook his head. "If she really dies at the end, I'll put her down."
"Suit yourself."
Even so, Otto slowed his pace. The inside of the miniature temple was showing increasingly severe signs of collapse. At this rate, it was impossible to say whether they could hold out until they escaped.
Xie Jiatu... Even Xie Jiatu, who had finally returned to his true nature, seemed to still be scheming about something—using his own death to force himself to place the scales into that recess.
What exactly was his ultimate goal...? Otto had no idea.
Just then, a huge boulder crashed down from overhead, about to crush him and Ibn. Otto hurriedly raised his black blade, intending to use what little qi remained in his body to split the boulder apart. Yet just as he was about to strike, the Big Stone suddenly shattered.
It had been caused by an external force.
The Night Watcher Otto frowned. A huge flying carpet slowly drifted down from above. Sitting atop it were a nervous-looking girl dressed in golden armor and