Chapter 240
Without any hesitation, it turned and charged towards them, swallowing Leonardo's arm whole and completely melting the ring into its own body!
Celinina, gritting her teeth, charged towards Lappland step by step.
"..."
Celinina held the girl in front of her tightly, her trembling lips preventing her from uttering a single word.
It's different... This is different from training...
During training, no matter what, Ms. Maria was always there to support them, allowing them to fully unleash their abilities and talents.
But in reality, at this time...
One choice can plunge them into utter ruin...
They... will face their true death...
Don't want...
No...
"Lappland... Lappland!"
She called out.
But his pupils, which were gradually widening, no longer had the strength to respond to her voice.
The only thing that persisted was the arm that was gripping her wrist tightly...
Celinina's shot did save her, but only for less than a minute...
She has reached her limit...
The broken bones had pierced through all her internal organs... She couldn't possibly survive!
Meanwhile, on the other side, Rottish had devoured the ring, experienced rapid growth of body hair.
The once terrifying giant wolf once again stood majestically.
He turned his head to look at Leonardo, who was lying on the ground screaming, but slapped him away with a bored expression. His gaze then fell back on the two little ones in front of him.
He smelled it...
Although it was only for a brief moment, he did indeed sense the aura of power belonging to Lappland...
This spurred it to devour the life before it.
At this moment, Celinina simply bit down.
She stared at the giant wolf before her, her other hand gripping the Blades tightly.
But...
Bang!
With just one strike, the girl's body was sent flying.
She crashed into the wall beside her.
Her increasingly blurred vision was affecting her mental state.
Her last words were just a murmur.
"Lappland..."
"..."
Rottish looked at the unconscious Celinina and grinned disdainfully.
That's life; without power, you can't do anything...
Thinking of this, it grinned and approached the silver figure with its dilated pupils step by step. Slowly, it opened its gaping maw.
Then...
"Bang!"
The wall directly opposite it shattered instantly. In the darkness, the moonlight forcefully tore through space, illuminating the blood-soaked ground and the body that had lost its senses.
An immense force, bordering on despair, surged forth, and its massive body almost instinctively collapsed to its knees.
It tried to struggle.
But he was pinned to the ground.
One foot arrogantly stepped on its body, rendering it unable to move...
"I've said it before... she's not suited to be Hunter. Her strong emotional attachment prevents her from ever achieving her goals with the same composure as Hunter..."
A cool, clear female voice came through, calm yet somewhat aloof.
"But this time, her impulse was justified."
She simply raised one foot, her back against the moonlight streaming into the warehouse, and effortlessly stepped on Rottish's mouth, forcing the giant wolf to submit to her feet.
She rarely praises someone in front of two people, but... this time is an exception.
Unfortunately, neither of the two children heard their favorite teacher utter a word.
The dust it stirred up was like a dreamlike haze...
She turned her head and kept looking at Lappland was standing motionless beside her.
In her ears, the sound of her heartbeat was growing weaker and weaker...
At this point, her refined Blood Vial were no longer effective...
The woman remained silent, bringing a deathly stillness to the battlefield.
But it was this very silence that made Rottish tremble with terror.
After a long while, just as her heart was about to beat for the last time, the woman finally made her choice.
"Tick-tock..."
A few drops of bright red blood fell slowly and precisely into the girl's mouth.
Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, these few drops of blood surpassed all the miraculous medicines in the world. Almost visibly, they saw Lappland's lifeless body turn red once more!
I've heard it said that going from zero to one is always more difficult than going from one to one hundred.
"I'm not really willing to do this, but I can't just watch my wolf cubs, whom I've raised for three years, die like this... I care about them."
"Because of my mistake, I failed to completely slaughter my prey."
Maria slowly turned her head, looking down at the giant wolf in front of her, her blood-red eyes now glowing brilliantly!
"Maybe I shouldn't have come here... to Columbia..."
"This place... always brings up those uncomfortable feelings in me..."
"Aren't you right, Rottish?"
Maria spoke softly.
She was like an empress, draped in a moonlit gown, looking down at the giant wolf that she had subdued and forced to kneel on the ground.
The delicate white flowers began to bloom silently...
Evening, a gentle breeze.
Delicate petals drifted through the clean, white hospital room and brushed against the girl's face.
Celinina felt something caressing her face, making her feel a little itchy.
She felt her thoughts were fragmented, but soon she retrieved the last image from her mind...
Rottish!
The girl opened her eyes instantly and instinctively reached out to attack.
But...
"..."
The aloof woman stared at her almost face-to-face.
The strange itching the girl had just felt was the sensation of those fine hairs falling on her face.
"Mrs... Maria?"
Celinina felt like she was at a loss for words... being so close allowed her to see skin so flawless it was practically poreless!
Her delicate lips were moist and beautiful, and her cool expression, while exquisite, also gave off a strong sense of taboo.
Ms. Maria... would she show that shy expression?
Celinina couldn't help but let her mind wander... This was the only way she could stay awake amidst that delicate fragrance.
"It seems you're recovering well."
Seeing that the girl was awake, Maria also got up slightly and sat down beside her.
Her elegant demeanor carried a touch of allure.
This was the first time Celinina had seen Maria so gentle, and she was momentarily at a loss for words.
But she didn't forget her friends, and soon she anxiously looked up again.
"Ms. Maria, Lappland, she..."
She woke up earlier than you.
In one sentence, Maria dispelled Celinina's anxiety.
She looked at the other person's suddenly relaxed brow and sighed softly.
"Only..."
"Only?!"
"She might be a little different from what you think."
"Um?"
"To be precise, she lost a lot of her memories. You know, the first thing she said after waking up was to me call her an idiot Celinina..."
Maria tried to describe Lappland's situation in a calm tone, but Celinina couldn't help but laugh after hearing it.
She could already picture the incredible expression on Lappland's face when she realized the person in front of her was Lady Maria.
But after laughing for a while, she thought about her family's current situation, and her eyes couldn't help but look sad.
Maria didn't say much about it, but after a moment of silence, she gently got up.
"I'm leaving..."
"Huh?"
Celinina's eyes widened, and she was momentarily stunned.
But then she realized that Ms. Maria never joked with them.
What she says, she means.
This momentarily threw Celinina into a panic.
After her father and grandfather passed away, she now only had two people she could truly trust.
Lappland... and Maria.
But Maria's words now...
"Have I... disappointed you?"
Celinina gripped the sheets tightly with both hands.
She sat on the hospital bed, unable to resist lowering her head.
But Maria simply shook her head.
"I came here specifically to hunt Rottish; now that it's dead, there's no need for me to stay any longer."
"... So, you're not coming back?"
"... Maybe."