This time, Babayak was sure.
The source of the voice came from the center of the clearing shrouded in demonic energy.
But at the same time, he was utterly bewildered.
For the first time, he began to wonder whether something had gone wrong with his rescue attempt.
Otherwise, why would Lady Evelina repeatedly tell him to back away?
Had she failed to recognize him, Babayak?
That was impossible!
Lady Evelina had clearly seen his face earlier and reacted accordingly.
Could it be that, given the current situation, there was simply no need for him to intervene?
Could the newborn child in his arms handle the Nine-Lived Ink Drake entirely on its own?
Thinking of how a single umbilical cord had pierced straight through the Ink Drake's head earlier, Babayak suddenly found himself at a loss.
Reason told him that throwing the child aside and escaping immediately was the safest choice.
But the emotional instincts influenced by Loyalty demanded that he hold the child in his arms tightly and not loosen his grip in the slightest!
What should he choose?
Just as Babayak hesitated, the temporarily incapacitated Nine-Lived Ink Drake shuddered all over and woke up again!
The wounds Crystal Explosion had torn into it healed rapidly, while its enormous mouth, which had been stretched nearly one hundred and eighty degrees open, slowly closed.
Its sharp teeth plowed furrows of varying depths across the ground as it approached Babayak with overwhelming pressure.
It was over.
There was no time!
Babayak's heart trembled. Instinctively, he shielded the child in his arms with his body, preparing to endure the Ink Drake's crushing bite.
But the next second, he discovered in shock that the Ink Drake had lifted its head straight off the ground.
Its closing jaws had not harmed him in the slightest.