Reincarnated Maid is About To Be Captured by All Players

The domain created by the magic sword isolated the adventurers outside.

Having witnessed the miserable fate of their companions who charged ahead recklessly, they didn't dare enter carelessly.

But flying projectiles had no restrictions. As long as they could bypass the burning purple flames, they could fly out of the circle.

So I could only temporarily entrust Lily to Chris.

"Lady Christiana, please take care of Lily."

"Eh? Ah... Anna..."

Chris wanted to speak but hesitated.

Chris wasn't an idiot. Moreover, the story about the Second Princess possibly being a [Child of Demons] was one she had personally told us. I thought Chris should have guessed something. Valubilis had deliberately emphasized his identity as a father. He was precisely an aged father who had experienced the pain of losing children three times.

One son died to the Vampire King, another son was fed upon by the Vampire King and personally eliminated by Valubilis, and yet another son died from the curse of a [Child of Demons].

Then Lily's identity was self-evident.

I jumped down from the horse and faced Valubilis head-on.

"Knowing you're not a match, you still choose to walk toward me, Anastasia?"

"If I don't, how am I supposed to defeat you?"

Valubilis's body had aged severely, his strength far inferior to his prime.

Conversely, my situation wasn't much better either, but the probability of victory was definitely not the zero percent that Valubilis was so confident about.

Because he had lost his eldest son, plus his strong religious faith which led to hatred toward [Children of Demons], I had considered this possibility. However, I still didn't quite understand Valubilis's purpose in creating living dead. Setting that aside, the reason for Valubilis personally appearing was also full of mysteries. Even if he didn't appear, escaping danger would be no easy task for us.

Since Valubilis was in this state, his appearance would actually increase our chances of survival.

The heart of the [Barrier] was precisely Valubilis.

Once Valubilis died, it would be lifted.

His appearing here... brought him no benefit at all.

Did he hope to personally kill Lily? Then he could have simply modified the limited-time quest conditions to only require capturing Lily alive.

Regardless, this was an opportunity. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ NoveI[F]ire.net

For Lily's sake, even if it meant staining my hands with blood—

Valubilis let out a soundless laugh.

He launched the first attack, his figure suddenly disappearing.

A speed-focused type...!

My dynamic vision could keep up with Valubilis's speed. I extended chains to the left, blocking Valubilis who was trying to break through.

Valubilis struck the chain with one sword stroke. Cantarella emitted an ominous purple aura, and the part of the chain that contacted the magic sword burst out with the harsh sound of corrosion, enduring the magic sword's erosion.

"Oh... not ordinary iron?"

Valubilis raised an eyebrow. In his view, my chain should have been dissolved by this sword strike. Cantarella's greatest characteristic was that its toxicity could directly destroy armor and weapons, so Valubilis didn't need to worry about insufficient destructive power at all. No wonder he was an agility-type swordsman. His sword only needed to hit the opponent. If he could cut them, there would be significant damage.

My chains... were really hard and quite sturdy.

Valubilis operated fiercely like a tiger, but looking at the damage, it was only mediocre. The chain showed no signs of corrosion at all, and his plan to bypass me and assault Lily had failed.

I added lightning to the chains and aimed at Valubilis, firing a large number of chains. If even one could touch Valubilis, it would trigger a paralysis debuff, and his speed advantage would no longer exist.

Valubilis nimbly dodged the first round of chain attacks, but I didn't retract the chains. Instead, I fired out new chains.

"Another one...?"

Valubilis could no longer hide his surprised expression. The number of chains I had fired out had already created a dense net of heaven and earth within the range Valubilis had demarcated. Valubilis's activity range was limitlessly compressed, and soon he had no choice but to retreat to a corner.

"Interesting... your weapon, could it be a legendary weapon like mine? But I've never heard of a legendary weapon in the form of chains..."

"..."

I didn't respond but continued to compress Valubilis's activity space.

A legendary weapon? I hadn't considered such a possibility, but after several battles, my chains had clearly exceeded the limits of what ordinary chains could accomplish. Perhaps they really had some special origin, but this wasn't what I should be focusing on now.

"Being solid as a rock is your weapon's advantage, but also its weakness."

Valubilis dodged a chain's thrust by turning sideways, and Cantarella lightly tapped it.

The lightning conduction failed... Come to think of it, did the Serpent King Jormungandr's teeth conduct electricity?

The chain that Valubilis had tapped began to gradually undergo a transformation.

"What is that?"

My chains were the color of obsidian, but the part that Cantarella had struck turned purple.

Valubilis definitely wouldn't do something as boring as simple dyeing. Subsequently, the part that had turned purple spread toward me at extremely fast speed, like an arm that had been pricked by a poisonous needle, spreading along blood vessels toward the heart.

"I suppose it doesn't have a gecko's tail-dropping function?"

I couldn't cut it off.

Being the wielder of a weapon didn't mean you could do whatever you wanted with it, especially with theoretically indestructible legendary weapons. Players who had obtained legendary weapons confirmed that there was no destruction option at all.

I successively activated purification and dispel magic to eliminate the poison on the chains, but no matter what methods I used, I was powerless to stop the toxin from extending toward me. In the blink of an eye, the toxin had nearly crawled up to my fingertips.

I actively touched the poison-covered chain with the ring finger of my left hand.

—[Containment]!

In an instant, all the toxin on the chain concentrated in a tiny area on my left ring finger. Before the poison could spread, I unhesitatingly used a wind blade to cut away the area that had begun to deteriorate. The chain couldn't drop its tail like a gecko, but I could do it.

"A damage transfer skill?"

Valubilis recognized the method I had used to prevent the toxin from spreading throughout my body.

[Containment] was a skill that transferred all continuous damage or negative effects from a target onto oneself. High-level warriors would use this skill to protect their core allies.

I had an obligation to learn all skills that could effectively protect my master. Taking damage in place of my master was naturally not difficult... though the taste really wasn't pleasant. I didn't have a hobby for self-harm.

Waves of stinging pain came from my ring finger. Should I say fortunately this was a game world? Afterwards, I could use medical skills for perfect self-repair. Except for a certain symbol of virginity, I could heal any injury.

The chains behind Valubilis finally touched his body, and with negative status effects stacked, his movements instantly became incredibly stiff.

[Paralysis: Your reaction speed and movement speed are reduced]

It would be my turn from here on!

It is a sad day for those who enjoyed so far, but I'll be dropping the novel. I've had less time recently, and the novel lost me a bit over the past few arcs. There's also the knowledge that the novel doesn't have a proper ending. Well yeah. Thanks for reading until now. I hope to see you again.

-Ruminas