âI just want those two girls behind you. If you attack me then just know that I wonât let you go easily for being a foolâ
The man said this as a warning while he drew his sword, but he was shocked when Lilyâs expression didnât change. Was she planning to fight him? He narrowed his eyes at her and waited to see what she would do.
Lily couldnât believe that someone like this was the one who came. She could see that this man was not weak at all. He was probably stronger than her right now. But Lily went up against Han himself. If she was able to survive against someone like Han, then this man would not be the one to take her down.
The man here was far stronger than the ones downstairs, but that wasnât going to stop Lily from trying to kick his ass.
âItâs going to get cold so make sure you donât freeze to death. I donât know if I can hold myself back against someone like himâ
Lily said this to Kim and Rina before they suddenly felt the temperature in the room drop like crazy!
[Frozen Domain] has been activated.
The man narrowed his eyes curiously as the entire room transformed into a snowy wasteland in an instant. What sort of endgame is she playing at? Is she trying to block my vision? No, she knows Iâm a gold Star. My vision is far better than her own. Then is she trying to make a domain advantage?
Domain advantages were usually specific to some people in the Temple. It is just like how a fire type chosen would want to fight near a volcano because he is stronger there and an ice type chosen would like to fight near the ice. But why would she try to make this small room into a wasteland just to have a domain advantage? Does she not know that domain advantages canât remove the difference between Stars?
The man waited for the snow in the room to die down completely before he saw Lily again. This time she had a sword in her hand as well. The sides of her face were covered with ice, and when she breathed out it came out like cold fog.
The man brought up his sword. It doesnât matter what she does. Itâs not like she can win anyway â
âWhat theâ¦!?â
The manâs eyes widened as Lily charged straight for him like a bull. He brought his sword up and blocked the slash she aimed at him. Did she intend to fight him straight on? No, that would be too stupid. She has something up her sleeve! I wonât let you!
The man slashed at her, but Lily just barely managed to dodge it at the last moment and her own sword came up in a wicked slash! He kicked her arm to one side and then back peddled as another sword appeared in her other hand and almost skewered him.
She was good. The man couldnât deny that Lily was a very high-level silver Star. She might even be very close to breaking into gold Star any moment now. He has been a gold Star for a long time now, but this little girl was challenging him? He had to take this seriously. He dashed towards Lily and slashed down at her with his full strength! Lily felt her knees buckle under her and she grimaced in pain as she tried to block the slash.
The man grinned down at her. This is the difference in our strengths. You cannot overcome something like this with only your amount of power. It is futile to keep fighting! But instead of Lily giving up, the man saw a victorious smile spread across her face.
Lily parried his sword to one side, and she jumped back. Lily was happy right now! She had been waiting to see if it was pointless to use this power, but now she was sure that it would work. He used his full strength just now and she could tell that his full strength was lower than her own!
A skill immediately activated!
[Due to the Host being in her domain, the boost [Ice Queen Ãâ5] has been activated]
At that moment, the man knew that something had changed. In the beginning, he could see that even if he didnât use any of his skills, he would still be able to win. But now it seems as though he was the underdog instead of her! Like he was the one fighting against a superior opponent!
He had to get out of here and fight in a wider space! She has the domain advantage, and I wonât do much damage to her inside here!
[Dominion over Ice] has been activated.
The man jumped back as ice spikes flew out from the ground and threatened to skewer him to the wall. He used his sword to block most of them, but when he turned around to run out the window, he suddenly saw another Lily blocking the window!
[Ice Puppeteer] has been activated.
He thrust his sword forward and stabbed it through the chest, but it didnât die! Instead, it widened its arms and hugged him tightly as the real Lily activated another skill immediately!
[Fog of Wisteria] has been activated.
[Flash Freeze] has been activated.
Both the man and the ice sculpture were covered in fog before they both froze solid! Lily used flash freeze one more time to make sure that the man didnât have any chance of escaping before she finally deactivated her Frozen Domain tiredly. She turned to make sure that both Kim and Rina were okay. Once she saw that they were okay she just fell to her back tiredly.
Ah~ What a day.
The girls gathered the intruders into the restaurant and put them inside the room that Han uses to store meat. It was reinforced by Tully a long time ago to prevent any noise from getting out, so Yue just tied the men with her tendrils, and they kept them in there for now. They shouldnât be able to escape easily from her tendrils.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Yue and Rin managed to get some information out of the men and figured out why they were attacked. It wasnât like Rin didnât expect something like this to happen eventually, but it was a little annoying to have to deal with it. This temple is already dangerous enough without having to deal with mercenaries that wanted to kidnap innocent women.
She was just glad that Yuumaâs plan worked so well. There wasnât even any hiccup in the way Yuuma told them to handle the intruders. It was like she knew exactly who would come and also who could handle them most efficiently. Rin didnât believe it before, but Han was right when he said that this woman is one of the most brilliant minds he has ever seen. She was a horrible alcoholic that would probably suffer from liver failure in the future, but she was still brilliant!
The girls decided that they would leave the men in that room till Han comes back and then he could do whatever he wanted to them. They still had to rest before opening the restaurant tomorrow.
But before they could leave, Yuuma called their attention and told them that something was wrong.
âThere is someone still watching the restaurant. I thought he was one of these fools, but he didnât leave his spot throughout the fighting. Donât let your guards down yetâ
Rin tightened her gloves around her hand and looked towards the door of the restaurant as it opened. The person was coming in through the door? Was it confidence or did he not have any ill will towards them? Rin couldnât be too sure, so she just moved in front of Rina and Kim in case anything went out of control.
âRelax, Iâm not here to fight you. I saw your fight and it was impressive. I donât know if I can even handle all of you at once. Iâm here to meet with your leader. I have some news for himâ
The man wore a large white cloak with a hood that covered most of his face from view and when he spoke it was with a deep baritone. Yuuma narrowed her eyes at the man from her place at the bar. So the man watched the entire fight and he never bothered to come to help them? He was either someone who didnât give a damn about them, or he was just trying to gauge exactly how strong they were.
Maybe he wasnât attacking because he knew they would be able to beat him if it came down to a brawl?
âI can already feel your hostility from a mile away. I already said I donât want to fight, do you want me to say it again before you believe me? I just want to talk to Han Luoâ
Lily was the one that answered. She already had the skill [Frozen Domain] on the tip of her tongue, just one slipup and it would turn this entire place into her world.
âAnd what do you want to meet him for? Do you have any business with him?â
The man sighed. He couldnât believe how much they didnât trust people. Well, this is the Temple. If they trusted people, then they would already be dead by now. It was understandable that they would try to find out everything about his agenda before giving out the location of their leader.
âMy name is not important, but I am from the guild White Rose and my leader wishes to speak to the man that subjugated the Trinata and Rivera guilds. Is he around?â
Lily rudely told the man that Han was away on some business and that he should leave. She wasnât in a good state of mind right now and she didnât like this man. Lily was already prepared for the man to cause problems and she could see the other girls also tensing up, but she was surprised he didnât say anything as he turned and began to leave.
They all calmed down then, and Kim sighed from her place behind them. She had never been in a situation like this before and she couldnât believe people like these are what Han was facing every day. This stress canât be good for his mental state.