Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Shia's chest heaved with anger as she pointed at what Elvia was holding, lowering her voice to unleash a torrent of furious words.

"I can't believe it! You! You actually want to do the same things as those sleazy playboys!"

"You want...you want to use such despicable methods against Lin Gui!"

"You actually wanted to get pregnant with his child?! You...you shameless lioness!"

She was furious!

So close! Just a tiny bit more!

This guy is about to beat us to it!

I didn't see anything at all along the way about the princess having those kinds of feelings for Lin Gui!

They hid it so well!

After being hit, Elvia was initially panicked, but quickly calmed down.

She looked at Xia, who was both angry and anxious, as if her favorite toy had been snatched away.

With a quick glance, instead of offering an explanation, he began to persuade the other party in the opposite direction, preparing to drag them down with him.

"Shh—keep your voice down!" She pulled Shia aside, lowering her voice as if it were the whisper of a devil.

"Sia, you like Lin Gui, right?"

Shia blushed, and retorted, "N-It's none of your business!"

"I have absolutely no faith in your love life," Elvia retorted mercilessly.

"Once you go to Avalon and Lin Gui has completed his mission, will he still stay for you? He won't."

"His goal was to deliver the message, to reach the very end; Avalon was just a stop on his journey."

Shia's eyes darkened; this was precisely what she feared most deep down.

Elvia struck while the iron was hot.

"It's true you like him, but what about Lin Gui? Can you guarantee he likes you too?"

"What if you finally muster the courage to confess your feelings, but he rejects you? How will you two get along afterward?"

"Can we still walk side by side like this? How awkward would that be?"

"So, let's seize this rare opportunity to get things done and solidify the relationship!"

"And now is your chance to win him over!" Elvia continued to tempt her.

"Once we leave the capital, the world will be vast and open. The chances of finding someone who can charm this highly wary guy will be virtually zero!"

Elvia looked directly into Shia's eyes, her words piercing to the heart.

Every word he said precisely struck at the most sensitive and fearful spot for Shia.

Her uncertainty about the future, and her speculation about Lin Gui's intentions.

The fear of losing even a friend after being rejected...

"But...but...but..." Xia wavered violently.

Reason told her that this was wrong.

But emotions and fear made her want to grasp at this dangerous straw.

"But...this isn't right, is it? What about Lin Gui's wishes?"

Elvia retorted.

"Willingness? Do you think any man would refuse our advances?"

"You and I, I wouldn't dare say we're stunningly beautiful, but we're certainly peerless beauties, aren't we?"

"It's a blessing he's accumulated over several lifetimes to get such a good deal on a guy who started as a homeless child!"

Shea opened her mouth, but found she couldn't refute it.

From a man's perspective... it seems... he really can't refuse?

Seeing the intense struggle in Shia's eyes, she was clearly wavering.

Elvia played her trump card.

She shook the powder in her hand and said in a low voice.

"I can make you his first woman."

"I'll let you go first."

Shia's face instantly turned bright red, but her eyes suddenly became serious, as if she had made up her mind.

She snatched the powder and blowpipe from Elvia's hand, her tone carrying a resolute, defiant air:

"Okay! Deal! Give me some of your fertility pills too!"

"I'll do this blowing thing too!"

"I am very familiar with Lin Gui's sensory habits and breathing rhythm."

"We can blow it in when he's most relaxed and least alert, ensuring he can't defend against it!"

She held the blowpipe and inserted it into the crack in the door, but Xia hesitated to move.

Thinking the other party was hesitating again, Elvia simply said.

"Oh, if you're feeling guilty, then let me do it."

"No, no, I just..."

Shia's ears turned bright red, and she hesitated before finally speaking to Elvia.

"Then...then...um, what if we really become Lin Gui's women?"

"Then, we're family now, so... don't forget to call me Sister Shia."

"..."

Elvia was speechless.

Inside the room.

Unaware that he was being "targeted" by his two teammates, Lin Gui was still fast asleep.

He was sleeping very soundly, breathing evenly.

It was as if all the exhaustion had finally erupted at this moment.

However, if a highly perceptive expert were present, they would be able to detect it.

Even during deep sleep.

A very thin, almost invisible layer of magical energy fluctuations still remained around Lin Gui's body.

This is from his perilous journey to the magical city years ago.

Through countless near-death crises.

A set of insane, instinctive vigilance that has been honed through sheer hard work.

In the wilderness, any moment of carelessness could lead to utter destruction.

He was once awakened from his sleep by poisonous insects that emerged from the ground and were about to be bitten.

It was also in what seemed like safe ruins.

He rolled away just before the cold arrow struck.

This near-sixth sense of crisis was already ingrained in his very being.

It becomes a more reliable lifesaver than any warning magic.

At this moment, this keen intuition was triggered once again.

In his dazed state, Lin Gui did not sense any imminent physical danger posed to him.

Yet, one can clearly "perceive" a sharp, scrutinizing "killing intent."

Sweep and linger in the hallway outside the room.

He kept his eyes closed and his body relaxed.

He didn't make any unnecessary movements, and his breathing rate didn't even change.

He was waiting, waiting for the moment when the murderous intent would cease, or when a clear intention to attack would be made.

It's now!

The murderous intent seemed to have confirmed the target.

In that brief pause, Lin Gui moved!

The [Night Veil] instantly covered her entire body.

He sprang up from the soft bed without making a sound.

It landed precisely in the darkest corner of the room.

Almost at the same time he landed.

The oak staff leaning against the corner of the wall seemed to be drawn by an invisible hand, and floated lightly into his hand.

Lin Gui leaned against the wall, his staff held horizontally in front of him.

Those eyes, bloodshot from lack of sleep, were now as sharp as an eagle's.

He stared intently at the door and windows, searching for the source of the danger.

The anticipated breaching of doors or windows did not occur.

Instead, it was a faint, strangely sweet pink smoke.

It was drifting in wisps of smoke from below the door, making it look particularly eerie.

Lin Gui looked stunned.

The murderous intent clearly came from outside the window.

But what on earth is this inexplicable fog?

Could it be some new type of combined attack? First, release a smokescreen, then perform a physical assassination?

It seemed that the person outside the door had noticed the unusual noises inside the room.

The pink smoke paused for a moment.

Then, the door was carefully and extremely slowly pushed open a crack.

A head with a thin, long blowpipe in its mouth and pointed ears on top.

They sneaked in quietly.

Her emerald eyes, tinged with the nervousness of someone caught doing something wrong, peered suspiciously toward the bed.

Is it Shia?

Just as Lin Gui was in a daze...

"Click".

A soft sound, like the latch being turned, came from outside the window.

Immediately afterwards, the window was silently pushed open a crack.

A lithe figure, shrouded in dark black clothing and with a veil covering his face.

It flipped in lightly and quickly, landing silently.

The air in the room seemed to freeze.

Shia, who had just poked her head in, and the masked assassin, who had just regained his footing.

The two were separated by most of the room.

It collided head-on in mid-air.

Shea still had a blowpipe in her mouth and blinked her eyes.

A hint of surprise flashed in the assassin's exposed eyes.

The atmosphere instantly became extremely quiet, tinged with an indescribable awkwardness.

Shea paused for two seconds, then, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, she quickly pulled her head back.

next second.

"Bang!"

The door was kicked open by a foot wearing a leather ankle boot!

Shea dashed into the room and smoothly tossed aside the blowpipe.

He drew the "Zangxiang" longbow from his back with a backhand motion.

With his other hand, he had already picked up an arrow and instantly drew the bowstring taut!

The arrow pointed directly at the masked assassin who had broken in, and he shouted with all his might:

"There's an assassin!!"

Before the words were even finished, the humming bowstring had already been released.

The arrow, with a sharp whistling sound, shot straight at the opponent's face!

The masked assassin reacted extremely quickly.

He ducked and rolled the moment Shia kicked the door.

With a "thud," the arrow embedded itself deeply into the window frame behind him, its tail feathers trembling violently.

The assassin vanished.

"..."

I just rushed to the door with Xia.

Elvia was still clutching the packet of "aphrodisiac powder" in her hand.

Seeing everything that happened in the room in the blink of an eye, he was completely dumbfounded.

What the hell?

What is that?

I just casually told Lin Gui that there might be assassins coming to the door, just to lock the windows so I could drug them!

Which assassin from the lower districts could possibly evade the city's layers of patrolling guards?

So you've managed to sneak into the most central hotel in this upper-level area?!

Is that mouth blessed?!