A second after turning, she quickly turned her head back to see how far the monster was from her and how likely she was to be caught up.
But just this quick glance made her feel like she was falling into an icy cave. Her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.
A flesh-colored face covered with tumors and pimples was less than a meter away from him.
The facial features, which were distorted to the point of not being like those of an earthly creature, were squeezed together hideously.
Only when she was so close to him did Donna notice... this face had no mouth.
There was a deep horizontal crack in the middle of its slender neck.
As the monster raised its head, the crack was pulled open, revealing huge, irregular, sharp teeth, and the ominous, greasy stench almost made her faint.
This is its mouthpart.
"Ah..."
Donna felt like her heart was about to explode, her mind went blank, and even her instinct to survive was completely washed away by the indescribable fear.
It was this moment of trance that caused her escape to slow down by half a beat.
Then, the deformed monster, which was already very close, pounced on him.
"Pfft!"
Donna lost her balance and fell on her back, watching the deformed monster that appeared in the library for some reason and attacked her getting closer and closer.
The overflowing despair filled her body and mind, and her last will to survive was completely extinguished.
"It's over, it's over, it's over..."
Mumbling incoherently, she was about to close her eyes and allow herself to be torn to pieces.
Suddenly, a blood-red light fell from the sky from the top of the towering bookshelf.
Like a sharp sword that judges evil, it pierced through the monster's deformed torso from top to bottom, directly from the back!
"Ugh!—"
The monster suddenly let out a scream, but what was beyond Donna's imagination was... that scream was not the twisted and perverted one that a monster should have.
But... the same cry of pain as humans? !
"who is it?!"
The blood-red light penetrated the monster, nailed it to the floor, and then quickly extinguished and disappeared.
The monster's figure suddenly blurred and faded, and a roar of anger and pain came from its body.
Then, the monster's body completely dissipated, and a human figure emerged from it.
This was a skinny man with a ferocious face, a hooked nose, thin lips, pale skin, and slender eyes filled with hostility and cruelty.
He took a step away from where the monster disappeared and looked up at the hollow ceiling surrounding the top of the bookshelf.
"Who's there?!"
The man repeated sharply, raising his right hand upwards.
A fireball burning with purple-black flames rose from it, rising into the sky at an extremely fast speed, and exploded silently under the hollow and translucent ceiling.
Countless tiny flames scattered and flew in all directions with purpose, as if they had life.
"Hey, a human mage from the realm of 'Chaos'?"
At this moment, a slightly unexpected voice suddenly came from the top of the giant bookshelf that was as tall as a building:
"They are the type who can fight without making any sound. No wonder they dare to do it in a place like this."
As soon as he finished speaking, a barely perceptible red light lit up from the top of the bookshelf, like a huge broom, quickly sweeping across the "airspace".
Those scattered purple-black flames disappeared instantly when they came into contact with the faint red light, just like dew under the scorching sun.
And in this fleeting red light, a slender and graceful figure descended quickly.
A pure white long-sleeved shirt with a dark red bow tie at the collar, a deep red short skirt that reaches the knees, and black knee-high stockings that slightly reveal a mature temperament...
And those iconic, blood-red eyes.
"This, this is... the beautiful sister from Xiaoyao's family?!"
Donna stared blankly at the figure full of exotic charm falling to the ground. She was stunned for a second or two, then she reacted immediately.
When she first met Bernice, she was sleeping, so of course her iconic red eyes could not be seen.
Moreover, under today's lighting conditions, it is difficult to see the other person's face clearly.
But the soft black hair that reaches the calves is so eye-catching and impressive!
Donna recognized at a glance that this girl who fell from the sky with extraordinary temperament was the "beautiful sister" she had met once in the Qiji Tree House this morning!
At this moment, she was standing proudly on the ground five or six meters away from the two men, with her hands on her chest and her chin slightly raised, looking at the man with a very disdainful attitude.
Her bright scarlet eyes sparkled like stars, and an air of pride, dignity, and coolness emanated from her, giving Donna an illusion.
It seemed as if the person standing there was not a pretty and slender girl, but a cold and arrogant king who kept strangers away!
"this……!"
The man with a sinister face showed obvious shock the moment he saw the other person's figure and appearance clearly.
After being stunned for more than a second, he exclaimed in disbelief:
"vampire?!"
"…Who are you calling a vampire?! Who are you calling a vampire?!"
The black-haired, red-eyed girl's mouth twitched, her eyebrows raised, and she shouted angrily:
"It's the vampires! The noble vampires!"
She put her hands on her waist, looking extremely angry as if her pain point had been hit, and her previous arrogant and cold temperament instantly collapsed without a trace.
"……snort."
The man's face turned dark, and he seemed to have no intention of entangled with the other party. One hand suddenly pointed at Donna who was lying on the ground.
"boom!"
A ball of purple-black flame as big as a fist suddenly rose up and rushed straight towards her head.
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"what!"
Donna subconsciously lowered her head and crossed her arms to block her eyes.
"Boom!—"
But he heard a low sound of flames expanding, and at the same time a dazzling red light flashed before his eyes.
A blood-red light suddenly sprouted from the inside of the purple-black fireball, and then its brightness and size increased rapidly.
The purple-black flames instantly covered the fireball and devoured it from the inside!
The blood-red light itself seemed to have lost its support and quickly dissipated and extinguished in mid-air.
"...Damn it."
Seeing that his attack failed, the pale man seemed to have realized the failure of his action.
After he cursed in a hoarse voice, an extremely complex pattern suddenly appeared on the ground beneath his feet.
It was a scroll composed of countless messy and disorganized purple-black lines. Its content was crazy and blasphemous, filled with an indescribable atmosphere of chaos.
The main subject of this picture is located directly below the man's body...
A flower that is half withered and half beautiful.
"This is……"
The moment she saw the pattern, the black-haired, red-eyed girl in the distance raised an eyebrow in surprise, then murmured thoughtfully:
"'Half-Dead Flower', renormalization movement...?"
"boom!"
Before he finished speaking, a large amount of purple-black haze like a tide emerged from the pattern out of thin air.
In the blink of an eye, it completely enveloped the man's body and continued to rise rapidly, reaching the ceiling!
"Want to escape?"
Bernice sneered, stretched out a hand, and pointed her palm at the top of the smoke column that had risen four or five meters.
Then, the pink and small red lips opened slightly.
Using a mysterious, ancient language that has long lost its true name in myths and epics, a word that contains the power of nature, balance and harmony is uttered:
"Unbalance is prohibited here!"
At this moment, her blood-red eyes seemed to be a little brighter.
It was as if some ancient power hidden in the blood... a tiny part of it was pried open.
There was no sound of clouds piercing through or rocks splitting apart, nor were there dazzling lights and shadows.
The purple-black haze that enveloped the man as he flew into the air suddenly dissipated without any warning!
It was like a bamboo that was blown apart by firecrackers, collapsing from the inside out.
The purple-black flames and smoke faded and dissipated in a very short time, and finally disappeared completely.
The thin man in the center was completely exposed at this moment.
"what?!"
Seeing his body suddenly lifted into the air, the man's slender and mean eyes widened and his shock was beyond words.
"A mere beginner level mage, you want to run away from me?"
Bernice put down her arm, put her other hand on her waist, and a smug smile appeared on her face:
"Get down here!"
"Buzz!"
A piece of emerald green film like a curtain, emitting a green fluorescent light, suddenly lit up next to the man.
Before his body could fall under the influence of gravity, the film glowing with emerald green light trapped him tightly.
"Damn it! It's actually a 'favored' vampire!"
The man was unable to move for a moment and could only let his body fall. He could do nothing but curse in fear.
"I'm warning you again! They're not vampires, they're vampires! Noble vampires!"
The other party's words seemed to hurt Bernice's heart. She immediately got angry, her red eyes widened, and she pointed at the man in the air and cursed in a somewhat frustrated manner:
"Also, don't use the quantifier 'only'!"
"Pfft!"
The man fell to the ground, struggling desperately. Various purple and black patterns continued to appear on his body surface, frantically hitting the emerald green light film covering him.
The light film was flickering and shaking due to the impact, but it was not broken after all and still firmly bound the man.
As a result, this "Chaos" realm mage, who was at the level of a regular mage, lost all his extraordinary powers in an instant. He could only curl up into a ball and roll around on the ground like a centipede with its legs cut off.
"Hey, you can't move, right?"
Bernice felt strangely relieved when she saw him in such a state of disgrace.
She shook her slender white neck, tucked her long hair behind her ears with one hand, then hugged her arms and walked towards him step by step:
"You guys are from the Renormalization Movement, right? Don't you guys like to call yourselves the 'Apostles of the Scourge'? Don't you always think you are the saviors of the apocalypse? Why did you come here to kill an ordinary little human girl?"
"Oh!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the emerald green light film on the man's body suddenly increased in brightness, reaching an unprecedented level.
"Crack!"
There was an ear-piercing crisp sound, like the sound of some tough object being torn apart.
The emerald green light film suddenly shattered and disintegrated, and the man suddenly jumped up from the ground, his whole body surrounded by blazing purple-black flames.
