Chapter 218

Blood rained down and it seeped in the humongous plant that Lane created. As of now, she was battling the Methuselahs who were gathering around her. They wanted to stop the closing of the rift, they felt a strong resonance from the eyes that were looking at the rift and making it shrink. The Methuselahs on the ground saw that and climbed to the top, as of the others, they flew and landed on top. Although neither of these was important since Lane swept them in one swoop, massive vines smashed them leading them to fall and crashed into the ground, yet it was not enough to kill all of them.

"Especially those Counts and Dukes, they have unique abilities…"

Lane kicked her tongue in frustration, her mind was focused on protecting the eyes, she knew that this was going to be hard but it seemed her expectation was bleak. Thousands of enemies were coming at her, and all of them had the intention of killing her and stopping the eyes.

The eyes were glowing in the dark, Lane understood that with just a simple distortion, the eyes would stop their channeling and start over again. Just like Cedy, if the eye was blocked or changed its direction away from the rift, the deactivation would stop and Lane had to start again, this would be fucking frustrating. On top of that, these flies called bloodsucker were disturbing her.

One of the Counts made a pistol-like weapon and shot her, Lane caught the bullet with her agile vine, yet another attack came and hit her on the abdomen. The teenager groaned as saliva came out of her mouth, she gritted her teeth and created strong plants around her, covering her from any possible assault.

However, this defense was not enough to protect her as a Duke approached and tried to stab her, thankfully, a rescuer appeared to defend her. An ocean color beast with gleaming golden eyes emerged and bit the Duke, the Azure Wolf tore the neck of the Duke. Flesh gushed out but the counterattack was not finished, another wolf appeared in the air, the Ashe Wolf who transformed from smoke claw the Duke. The strong Methuselah tried to redeem his impending death but he was unfortunate, another wolf materialized and ripped his leg, it didn't take a long time for the Duke to die.

"This is power… B-brother!"

Lane unconsciously said an intimate calling, she stuttered and bit her lips in the realization that she said something embarrassing. Never in her life did she call Klein her brother since the separation, but because of this fast sequence, her mouth consciously said it. Lane and Klein were close in the past since they were the youngest on the team.

"Hoh, I never knew that you still call me brother."

"S- shut up!"

Lane blushed and glared at him with a pouting face, she was embarrassed. It was ironic how they could make fun of each other in the middle of this fight. Klein chuckled as he saw how the little girl reddened like a ripen tomato, Lane's reaction was a gap moe, different from her normal behavior. This time, she should insult Klein just like what happened when they met last time, it seemed like something happened to Lane which led her to say his name unconsciously.

"Lane, you are cute if you stay true to yourself- ouch…"

Klein complimented Lane to see more of her embarrassed expression, however, an elbow hit his abdomen and Klein reacted in pain. Kitsune smiled at him, but her eyes were telling the opposite, she was infuriated.

"Darling, please don't praise another woman except me, understand?"

She said it with a still and commanding tone, she was staring at Klein and waited for his reply. As a territorial woman, she won't accept any pleasantries with another female. She was a Beastmen to the core, a prideful one at that.

"Y-yes, I will not, besides it's just a joke. You are the most beautiful woman for me."

Klein coughed and waved his hand, he felt a throbbing pain but he didn't show it. Kitsune nodded and the smile returned to her face, a simple compliment from Klein could make her happy. She was easy to make happy but easy to anger too, only Klein could control her.

"Good, fufu, I'm sorry if I hurt you, did it still hurt?"

She said with worry, Klein shook his head and endured it, this was not the right time to be lovey-dovey, multiple Methuselahs were around them.

"… Um, excuse me but can I know how you reach the top?"

Lane felt gross looking at the couple as they exhibit their love in public, so she decided to change the topic. She was curious how they reached the top despite the fact that thousands of Methuselahs were climbing and flying around the tree.

"Don't underestimate me, I can crumple any creature that tried to block me."

Kitsune scoffed, these creatures were not on her level, she was a legendary creature, a child loved by mana. Lane twitched listening to her almighty sneer, she recalled the face of arrogant Kyle, this woman and Kyle had the same aura.

"Oi, young girl, are you the one who made this?"

Kitsune looked at the tree that she was standing on, she was a bit surprised that Lane could materialize a gigantic tree like this, noted that this tree was made solely of her mana.

'As expected from the founding member of Redemption, they had a strong foundation'

Kitsune was impressed, it was amazing how Lane could create this titan with just her mind and mana. She was a talented youth, Kitsune gave her that.

"Yes I am the one who made this, and for the record, I am not a young girl! I'm 18 years old, an adult!"

"Meh, still too young."

"You!"

Lane was furious, thankfully, a Methuselah tried to attack her, Lane gave the enemy a painful death. Vines covered the man and squashed him, blood was absorbed by the vines and became their nutrients. Lane released her frustration to the poor guy since she understood that Kitsune was a dangerous woman.

'Old ugly woman! You thought no one knew that you are an elderly bitch!? Hah! Sorry to say this but most of the Hunters know that you are old!'

She insulted Kitsune in her mind, this was the only thing she could do to ease her madness.

Kitsune narrowed her eyes looking at the glowing eyes. She was perplexed how these organs could stop a rift but she decided to ask later. 

"Welp, I can say that you did a good job, you found these fantastic eyes… anyway, I can help you. I have experience in closing a portal, gate, rift, or whatever it's called."