Chapter 86.2
Chapter 86: Who Dare Touch My Granddaughter?! [2]
“Mama! Mama! Mother!”
Illya, startled from her broken dream, sat up straight like a zombie rising from the dead.
Her piercing scream woke both Iris and Naya.
They quickly turned on the magic glowstone in the room.
Illya looked around and realized she was no longer in the dream.
“What happened, Illya?”
Naya rubbed her eyes, got out of bed, and sat beside Illya.
“Mmm… I just dreamed of someone who felt really uncomfortable.”
“Hmm? What happened? What exactly did you dream about? Can you tell me?”
“It was like a stranger suddenly broke into our house. That woman—she had black hair—it was so scary!”
In Illya’s dream, everyone in the world had white hair, so Linivea’s black hair stood out.
Since Linivea wasn’t a product of Illya’s dream, Illya’s subconscious rejected her presence, causing her to instinctively feel fear and disgust.
“Naya, protect Illya.”
Iris activated her life force sensing ability.
She detected the presence of a fox-sized energy next door. Throwing off her blanket, she dashed out the door barefoot.
She violently kicked open the door to the neighboring room.
Inside, it was pitch black, and everything was already gone.
However, Iris could still sense two energy signatures fleeing at high speed.
She jumped out the window and chased after them.
…
Cough… cough…
A fox and a person stopped halfway.
Linnevia opened her eyes, warm tears of blood streaming from her eye sockets.
“That kind of pressure… who exactly was that?”
The little fox licked the blood flowing from Linnevia’s eyes to her face, from her ears to her neck, and from her nose to her lips, filled with deep concern.
She had never seen Linnevia in such a wretched state.
Moreover, this defeat had occurred in a dream, where Linnevia had been overpowered and her very soul wounded.
[Host, you must escape immediately. That dragon is catching up.]
The system in Linnevia’s mind suddenly warned her.
Gritting her teeth against the soul-wrenching pain, Linnevia dove into the shadows, fleeing at high speed.
“Wuu!”
The little fox screeched to a halt, transforming into a massive nine-tailed beast over ten meters tall, its eyes locked onto the red-haired dragon sprinting down the street toward them.
The fox was signaling Linnevia to run while it held off the pursuer.
“Alright.”
Without looking back, Linnevia continued to blend into the shadows, escaping.
Unlike abandoning her teammates with Leo, as long as Linnevia survived, the little fox wouldn’t die.
The nine-tailed beast growled deeply at the approaching dragon.
It was fully prepared for a fight.
But in the next second, the red-haired dragon was already behind it.
Unfortunately for Iris, she missed capturing Linnevia.
Linnevia’s speed in the shadows was simply too fast.
The distance between them had already been significant, and because Iris didn’t want to reveal her dragon identity, she neither used her true form nor extended her wings, which greatly hindered her speed.
Even with her time-freezing ability, she couldn’t close the gap in time.
“Roar!”
To prevent Iris from continuing the chase, Akatsukimaru pounded her.
However, Iris easily subdued the nine-tailed beast within a few moves.
After all, the tiny beast was up against the Dragon Queen, the pinnacle of dragon strength, who didn’t even need to assume her true form.
The nine-tailed beast reverted to its pink fox form, and Iris grabbed it by the scruff of its neck, leaving it helpless.
At this moment, the city’s guard finally arrived, late as ever.
“Brave lady, thank you for your assistance. Please hand over this fox for us to deal with!”
Though late, the guards had witnessed Iris’s battle and showed her some respect.
“No.”
At that moment, Iris stood barefoot, wearing white pajamas, a stark contrast to the fully armored soldiers.
“Well… I know you’re very powerful, but handing the fox over to us is for the safety of the citizens. If it escapes from your grasp, it could harm the townspeople!”
“You all may not be able to handle this fox. Creatures as weak as you, it could eat ten of you in one bite.”
“Lady! Please cooperate with our duties!”
The guards were furious.
They were well-trained soldiers, after all.
It’s just a mere fox beast. How could they not be able to subdue it?
If they couldn’t handle even a small fox beast, this city would have been destroyed by magical beasts long ago.
And besides, this fox was so weak. It barely took a few hits before going down.
This red-haired woman claiming they couldn’t handle it—wasn’t that an insult to them?