Volume 6 Chapter 36

Volume 6 + Chapter 36: Because of You

Dorothea wanted to kill her?

Xia Yi was shocked. This woman was completely insane, wasn’t she? Her mind was clearly unhinged.

She had gone mad over playing with puppets!

“Fireball!”

Without much thought, she activated the bloodline of the silver dragon king, used spell contraction, and instantly cast magic, forming a fireball and hurling it at Dorothea.

Dorothea curled her fingers and said softly, “Thread Severance.”

Xia Yi seemed to see thin white lines glint in the firelight, and then those threads sliced the fireball apart, dividing it as if into countless slashes, extinguishing the flames.

“Little Xia Yi, are you ready to meet your death?”

Dorothea raised her hand.

This seemingly simple motion concealed layers of lethal intent.

“…!”

Although Xia Yi could not see the invisible attacks launched by the other party, as a Sword Saint, she could perceive the many sharp threads cutting through the air and stirring the currents.

“Rose Staff!”

Knowing that instant spells with spell contraction could not defeat a Dragon King–level enemy like Dorothea, Xia Yi summoned the staff that Xia Lulu had given her.

The Rose Staff quickly tapped the ground. Roses bloomed, and magic power was injected into the earth through the staff, causing the ground to undulate like a lake.

“Wall of Stone!”

Xia Yi summoned earthen walls that jutted up from the ground to defend herself.

“Little Xia Yi, that won’t stop me.”

Dorothea flicked her fingers as if conducting a musician. Amid the sharp sounds of cutting, the stone wall shattered.

However, upon seeing the state of the stone wall, she was somewhat surprised.

Xia Yi had no intention of fighting, she had only used the stone wall to block sight. Taking advantage of this opportunity, she escaped with Xia Lulu.

“I need to get away from this madwoman quickly!”

Carrying Xia Lulu on her back, Xia Yi moved at great speed to distance herself from Dorothea.

“It’s useless, little Xia Yi. You cannot escape my grasp.”

This time, Dorothea raised both hands and crossed them over her chest.

“Puppets, make your entrance.”

The sky cast down many enormous shadows, shrouding the ground.

Xia Yi looked up and saw a sight that made her scalp tingle.

Above her appeared countless bone dragons, nearly a hundred of them, blotting out the sky and the sun as they dove toward the ground.

Purple petals flew in the sea of irises. The bone dragons gathered together like mountain ranges, sealing off every possible retreat for Xia Yi.

Dorothea’s puppets surrounded her completely, turning the place into an arena.

Alone and isolated, Xia Yi now faced a legion of dragons.

“Give up, little Xia Yi.”

Dorothea sat gracefully on her threads, legs crossed, looking down from above like a spectator in the VIP section of a colosseum.

“There’s no way you can defeat me. Why not give up resistance and obediently accept transformation? Wouldn’t it be nice to become a cute and beautiful puppet? I would take meticulous care of you and Xia Lulu every day, brush your hair, change you into pretty clothes, place you side by side…”

“I cannot understand this morbid obsession!”

“This is art. Just like me. I can preserve your beauty forever in puppets. My standards are very high, only you are worthy of being made into my puppets, not those disposable plaything puppets.”

“Pervert!”

Xia Yi could only use that word to describe Dorothea.

“I don’t mind. I don’t care about others’ opinions. Art was never meant to be appreciated by everyone… Since you refuse to behave, then I shall begin.”

Dorothea commanded her legion and launched an attack on Xia Yi.

“Roar!!”

The foremost bone dragon made its move. It opened its jaws and gathered dragon breath in its mouth.

As puppets, these bone dragons had no magic power of their own.

But Dorothea could use her threads to inject magic power into the bone dragons’ bodies, turning them into magic emitters to attack Xia Yi.

Sensing the amount of magical power, Xia Yi judged that this was not something she could withstand with magic alone.

She decisively changed her battle strategy, set down the Rose Staff, and let the holy sword mark on the back of her hand light up, summoning the holy sword.

The bone dragon unleashed a shockwave of dragon breath.

“Holy Sword, Gram!”

Xia Yi raised the holy sword with both hands and slashed forward, meeting the dragon breath head-on.

Shwip…

The golden sword light cleaved through the dragon breath. She had successfully withstood this assault.

However, she could not handle such an intense battle while also taking care of Xia Lulu.

Xia Lulu was blown away by the residual blast of the dragon breath.

“This is bad!”

Xia Yi’s face turned pale.

In midair, Xia Lulu would be vulnerable to Dorothea’s attacks. Those threads could instantly slice her body to pieces.

But unexpectedly, Dorothea simply watched and did nothing, allowing Xia Lulu’s body to fall into the soft flower bushes.

“Don’t be nervous, little Xia Yi. Xia Lulu’s body is the base for a perfect puppet. How could I possibly damage it?” Dorothea said. “Your body is the same. I want it intact.”

“You…”

Xia Yi did not know what to say.

Still, this might count as good news. At least Dorothea would not do anything to Xia Lulu before the battle ended.

“Rather than worrying about that, you’d better think more about how to survive, little Xia Yi. Look around you,” Dorothea warned.

“…!”

Xia Yi’s instincts as a Sword Saint sensed danger.

Under Dorothea’s control, the bone dragon displayed extraordinary mobility, leaping above her head and stomping down.

“Gale Sword!”

Xia Yi turned sharp sword energy into air currents that wound around the holy sword, unleashing a chaotic storm of wind that shredded the bone dragon’s foot.

The other bone dragons charged in as well.

She could only fight back with her sword, standing alone against this legion.

While fighting, Dorothea suddenly spoke to Xia Yi.

“Little Xia Yi, I’ll tell you a secret. Xia Lulu could have lived.”

“Previously, when she came to see me, I told her that if she gave up the power of the Dragon King, she could survive. Yet, knowing full well it would mean certain death, she still refused.”

“The world thinks she was greedy for power, unwilling to let go of her authority, but that’s not the truth… Do you know why?”

Xia Yi swung her sword, severing a bone dragon’s wing. She glanced at Dorothea and could not help but ask, “Why?”

She did not understand why Xia Lulu was so persistent about power.

Dorothea revealed the truth. “The real reason Xia Lulu was unwilling to give up power was to protect you.”

“…” Xia Yi’s pupils abruptly contracted, and she began to tremble.

“Xia Lulu is dying because of you.”

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