The Little Wolf's Yearning
"In order to gain the power to fight back, I searched a lot..."
"I also want to thank you. If it weren't for your appearance and what you did, even now I probably wouldn't have discovered that such a great power was right beside me."
"It will never become as powerful as it is now."
He walked up to Maria, reached out, and tried to lift Maria chin, but Maria simply waved him away.
But Rob suddenly grabbed Maria's waving hand with incredible speed.
The black mist began to spread rapidly to Maria's skin.
Rob, seeing Maria standing there motionless, couldn't help but grin.
"You look... much weaker than I remember."
"Why... why won't you let me see your true strength?"
He spoke with utter arrogance.
Meanwhile, Zaro and the Sankta woman stared wide-eyed, their hearts pounding, their fists slowly clenching...
They all knew perfectly well that Maria was the most powerful person on their side.
If she can't even resist the other party...
Before their thoughts could even process what was happening, and before anyone could react, the sound, in an extreme way, reached their ears...
"Boom--!"
A deafening roar, a tremor, and my internal organs felt as if they had been punched directly, quivering and convulsing incessantly.
The intense discomfort made everyone feel nauseous.
The Sankta woman standing nearby only felt a sudden white light flash before her eyes, and when she came to her senses, she was already flying in mid-air!
She... was knocked away.
'What... what's going on?'
The Sankta girl couldn't help but widen her eyes.
Her thoughts raced uncontrollably, and everything around her seemed to slow down.
The surrounding environment changed drastically in an instant, and the scene, which seemed impossible in reality, made her eyes widen in disbelief.
The ground had sunk into a terrifyingly large crater.
The surrounding buildings seemed to defy gravity, collapsing and flying into the sky!
The once silent environment changed in an instant in the most extreme way; in this time that was infinitely close to being forbidden, only lightning still had some speed.
They were sent flying by that attack!
They weren't knocked away by a direct attack, but by the aftershock of an attack that was completely beyond their comprehension!
But in the very heart of the battlefield.
Terrible cracks spread around him, and Rob, his eyes rolled back, was slammed to the ground with a slender hand pressing his head down.
"Forehead..."
Rob's mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but the overwhelming thoughts and the fleeting moment rendered him speechless.
He could only roll his eyes, slightly open his mouth, and utter meaningless syllables.
And to the side, those bloodshot eyes stared at him calmly.
Indifferent, as if looking at a dead person...
Thump... Thump...
Her heartbeat was slowed down infinitely, and in this period of rapid operation, only Maria seemed unaffected.
"You want to... see my true power?"
She spoke, her voice as always.
"You don't want to see this."
With that, she suddenly grabbed the other person by the neck and threw them away with all her might!
"Bang!"
The terrifying power propelled Rob's body past the speed of sound! Due to air friction, his body was instantly engulfed in flames, shooting off into the distance!
And all of this happened in the blink of an eye...
Then... time continued as normal...
"Boom--!"
The terrifying aftershocks instantly traveled far and wide; in the blink of an eye, the entire Siracusa was awakened by the horrific commotion, and lights began to come on one after another.
However, the area was still pitch black due to the underground cables.
Maria gently caught the stunned Sankta girl as she fell, pulling her into her arms with one hand.
"Ah... ah..."
The sudden and abrupt change in the situation had completely exceeded her comprehension and analytical capabilities.
Her brain couldn't process the multiple pieces of information coming back from her vision, and she felt her temples throbbing wildly.
But... Maria simply reached out and pinched her earlobe.
"Wake up, girl."
"Ah..."
At this moment, the woman, just waking from a deep dream, came to her senses and looked at Maria in front of her.
"There are still many things here that need your attention..."
"Ah?"
The Sankta woman didn't understand what the other woman meant, but Maria didn't say much, only giving a few simple instructions.
"Don't tell anyone I exist..."
After saying that, she settled the Sankta woman in place, and in an instant, she chased after Rob, who had flown away.
They didn't give the other party a chance to ask any questions.
The Sankta girl stood there stunned for a while before she heard the sound of footsteps around her.
Inside the nearby Saluzzo Estate, representatives from several families came out and looked at the scene with strange expressions.
After a while, the youngest member of the Saluzzo Family stepped forward.
"Inquisitors, what's going on here?!"
She frowned, very wary of the Sankta woman's expression.
The other family members also had their own distinct expressions.
Traditionally, shouldn't the Inquisitors be within their own territory at this time? Why would they wander into the family's domain?
Or is it...?
"Uh..." The Sankta woman was stunned. After hesitating for a long time, she scratched her head with a wry smile.
"This... is actually a natural phenomenon."
Do you believe it?
As she spoke, she looked expectantly at the people around her, her eyes filled with sincerity.
Meanwhile, the family members around them looked at each other, at a loss for what to do...
In the distance, a figure fell.
"Boom--!"
Rob was thrown several kilometers away by Maria... Such a terrifying distance made Rob unable to imagine what kind of power was hidden in that seemingly slender woman's body.
Now, he has only realized one thing.
Maria... is still stronger than me!
And the strength is not just a little bit!
Faced with absolute suppression, he couldn't even see the speed at which Maria made her move!
Even now, he still can't understand how Maria managed to attack him.
He could only feel the endless fear surging up from the depths of his own heart.
Monster...
A pure monster.
Compared to him, who had obtained that supreme power, Maria was more like the embodiment of pure power.
Her power is beyond description.
Pure, without the slightest superfluity.
Powerful...
And it was in the pit that Rob struggled to get up.
The woman in black had slowed her pace, calmly observing the scene from the edge.
Under the moonlight, his scarlet eyes exuded an unsettling aura of bloodlust.
She made no unnecessary movements, simply walking step by step towards Rob.
"Now... tell me."
"Where did you get this power from?"
Chapter 223 The Little Wolf's Dream
Weak...
This is Maria's truest feeling about Rob, the self-important Wolf Lord.
Rob might think he'd gained some terrifying power, or that he was capable of fighting against himself, but in Maria's eyes, he was still ridiculously weak.
Even so, Maria had to acknowledge one thing.
That means that compared to before, Rob is now much stronger, by more than one level.
If this was something they had trained themselves, Maria might even compliment them, saying, "Not bad."
But...
"This power doesn't belong to you... Where did you get it from?"
Maria looked down at the man who was unable to move in the pit, her bloodshot eyes barely able to contain the murderous intent lurking within them.
The beastly aura emanating from Rob filled her with utter disgust!
"..."
Rob didn't speak.
In fact, his face was so contorted that he couldn't speak.
His burned body radiated an unbearable, desperate pain; the agonizing agony felt like countless steel needles piercing his flesh.
There wasn't a single clean spot on his body.
But the physical pain was only superficial; what truly tormented him was the layers of doubt that spread from the depths of his heart.
Why?
Why can't I beat Maria?
He had already acquired such immense power... he was even confident he could take on an entire Wolf Pack single-handedly, so why was he still subdued by Maria in a single move?
Was that power an illusion?
No... it's definitely not an illusion.