Chapter 282 - 255: Escape (3)
Chapter 282: Chapter 255: Escape (3)
The battlefield fell silent.
A mixture of steam and acrid smoke hung in the air, damp and choking.
Zhao Quan knelt in the center of it all.
The colossal Titan stood silently behind him, looking down on everything with disdain.
The corpses of Hellhounds were strewn everywhere, their blood forming rivers.
The Royal Griffins had been trampled into paste, identifiable only by their magnificent feathers.
The Holy Hall Crusaders were like expired cans, with blood steadily leaking from the gaps in their Armor.
The rebels had stopped breathing, and the Spiritual Technique on Zhao Chi had been dispelled.
"Zhao Chi... Medicine..."
Zhao Quan was frozen in place, not daring to move an inch.
The blue blood from his body had stopped seeping out, but the longsword was still embedded in him, unremoved.
Zhao Chi knew there was no time to lose.
The nearby enemies had been dealt with for now, but there were still large numbers of them elsewhere, ready to surround them at any moment.
Zhao Chi’s body was still very numb.
It was difficult to move.
It was like standing up suddenly after squatting for a long time, or the feeling of waking up after sleeping on your arm.
His entire body was a mass of pins and needles and numbness.
"Zhao Chi... Fucking hurry up... I can’t hold on..."
One of Zhao Quan’s eyes was open, while the other was dripping blue blood.
After saying this, Zhao Quan’s body swayed, and he fell with a THUD.
The sword in his chest plunged in up to the hilt, and another spray of blue blood erupted.
Zhao Chi activated Paradise Fury.
All Attributes +1, and Morale and Mood +50%.
The physical pain seemed to lessen considerably, but his body still trembled violently against his will.
Dozens of meters separated him from Zhao Quan. Zhao Chi walked over slowly.
He couldn’t walk fast right now.
This gave him some time to think.
’Zhao Quan is a noble.’
’Right now, the rebels are hunting down nobles.’
’Psychologically, I want to stand with the rebels.’
’I have absolutely no qualms about killing nobles.’
’But objectively...’
’Even though the rebels’ primary target is the nobility, they have no intention of sparing people from the clans like us either.’
’There are many rebel factions.’
’I don’t know what the other ones are like, but at least this group is like this.’
’Zhao Quan has fallen up ahead. If I ignore him, he probably won’t last long.’
’Zhao Quan’s death wouldn’t change the overall situation.’
’Whether he lives or dies means nothing to the nobility as a whole.’
’And even though Zhao Quan looks like he’s at death’s door, I can’t be sure if he has other means to save himself.’
’If I leave him to die and he somehow survives, I’ll be the one who ends up dead.’
’Besides, I can’t kill him.’
’After all, that Titan is right there.’
’If I kill Zhao Quan, I won’t survive either.’
Zhao Chi had no choice.
What he had to do now was follow Zhao Quan’s orders and give him the Medicine.
Enduring the full-body paralysis, Zhao Chi took out various kinds of Medicine and brought them to Zhao Quan’s side.
Zhao Quan wasn’t unconscious.
But blood was pouring from his seven orifices, his face smeared with blue.
’If this blue blood were Spiritual Power, then Zhao Quan could convert it into Life or other physical states.’
’Apparently, this blue blood has nothing to do with Spiritual Power. It must have some other purpose.’
Zhao Chi stuffed various Pills into Zhao Quan’s mouth.
Zhao Quan devoured them greedily.
With the Supplement of Medicine, Zhao Quan recovered quickly.
He let out a long sigh of relief.
He sat up and gripped the hilt of the sword.
Clenching his jaw, he yanked it out with all his might.
PSH!
Another spray of blue blood flew through the air.
This time, Zhao Quan didn’t ask Zhao Chi for more Medicine. Instead, he pulled a few Potions from his System Space and downed them.
Soon, his Body was fully restored.
The battle had been too intense, with life and death decided in an instant. There had been no opportunity to drink medicine.
Besides, neither Pills nor Potions provided instant Recovery; they both required Time.
Only now did he finally feel like he had come back to life.
Zhao Quan snorted. "I say, Zhao Chi, why do you only have Pills? No Potions? I nearly choked to death."
"I don’t... Potions aren’t cost-effective."
"Fucking poor-ass. Here, for the medicine."
As he spoke, Zhao Quan tossed over a gold ingot.
Zhao Chi caught it immediately, only to find it wasn’t an ingot, but a Golden Treasure Chest.
Huh?
’A Golden Treasure Chest?’
Zhao Quan snorted. "What? Shocked already? You really haven’t seen the world. Hurry up and get going. A Low-level Lord like you is just waiting to die here!"
With that, Zhao Quan looked around, as if searching for something.
Zhao Chi was genuinely shocked.
’He said this Golden Treasure Chest was for the medicine?’
’I just fed him a few High Level Elixirs. They’re worth a few Silver Coins at most. How could he use a Golden Treasure Chest to pay for them?’
’This can’t be payment for the medicine. It must be a thank-you for saving his life.’
Regardless, Zhao Chi had, in a way, saved Zhao Quan’s life.
’Even if it was just a small effort on my part...’
Zhao Chi’s opinion of Zhao Quan suddenly changed drastically.
’Whatever his character might be, he’s incredibly generous...’
Zhao Chi put away the Golden Treasure Chest and quickly surveyed his surroundings as well.
’No matter what I’ve just gained, staying alive is the top priority.’
’First, I need to find a retreat path.’
Zhao Chi looked all around, but he suddenly realized that the sky-piercing Titan had vanished at some point.
’How is that possible?’
Zhao Chi couldn’t help but search everywhere, but the Titan was simply gone, without a trace.
’There’s no way the Titan just walked away. With a body that massive, its departure would have caused the earth to shake and the mountains to tremble.’
"Stop looking. I can only summon that Titan temporarily. Those rebels are a real pain in the ass. Let’s retreat."
’A temporary summoning?’
Zhao Chi wasn’t sure what that concept entailed.
’I don’t know if he temporarily summoned it from his territory, or if he used a Summoning Technique to conjure the Titan out of thin air.’
’But if it was summoned from thin air...’
’The Consumption must have been astronomical...’