I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

At this moment, as if Elend's prayers were heard, several thick lightning bolts struck down from the sky above their heads, heavily hitting the two teams, blowing up countless pieces of soil. The rumbling thunder was incessant, making it difficult for people to hear the surrounding situation clearly.

After everything was settled, in front of Elend, Eve and her group remained in the same place. The only difference was that the ring in her hand had lost its luster - the transmission was interrupted.

§21 Have you had enough of the commotion?

"Go on? Why don't you continue?"

"...!"

Looking at Eve, whose expression changed drastically due to the interruption of transmission, Elende suppressed the urge to laugh out loud and sneered.

It's really unpredictable. In the blink of an eye, the two sides' situations have been exchanged.

But this time he wouldn't be so careless as to give the other party the opportunity to activate the teleportation item.

After all, now that the transmission has just been forcibly interrupted, the other party will have to wait for a while before restarting it.

Although his men were almost killed in the lightning just now, or a few unlucky guys had died, the big fish in front of him finally returned to their net, and he was extremely lucky to avoid the affected area of ​​​​the lightning and preserved his combat effectiveness intact.

Even so, the devastating thunder just now left a very deep impression in Elend's mind.

Fortunately, it didn't hit his head, otherwise he would definitely have died.

"If you're not dead yet, drink the medicine quickly and get up."

He gave one last order to his still groaning men, and then Elend rushed towards Eve and the others with a spear in hand.

These young ladies were much smarter than he had imagined, and he could no longer give them the chance to prepare.

"Yes Yes!"

The people who were knocked down by the lightning strike also took out small bottles of medicine from their waists, pried open the lids and drank them in one gulp.

Although it is not as immediate as the effect of healing magic, and it feels a bit like draining the goose that lays the golden eggs, this potion can indeed overdraw their bodies and allow them to regain the strength to move in a short period of time.

As for what will happen if the effect of the medicine wears off, that's up to your imagination.

The wound was forced to contract and stop bleeding, and the muscles that were paralyzed and spasmodic due to the electric current regained strength. The people who fell to the ground also climbed up, took out the large net for capturing, and prepared to attack the people on the side.

This large net is a prop they made to lure elves. The net is soaked with a venom that can quickly paralyze the human body. Once covered, even the slightest sound cannot be made, thus eliminating the possibility of using magic to escape.

"Boss, here we come!"

After shouting to Elend, several people led by Scarface, wearing gloves and holding a large net, prepared to throw the net towards Eve and the others.

"Ah."

He swung the spear in his hand downward heavily, stirring up a circle of black fire wall, forcing Eve and the others together. Elend then dodged and retreated, leaving the coverage of the net.

ended.

Although they were fooled several times, they eventually fell into his hands.

After catching them, we will treat them well in a way that will not damage the goods.

But just as the net was about to fall, several dazzling sword lights instantly tore it into pieces.

"Eh?"

Elend's body flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground.

What happened? I was knocked away? How could this be possible?

He was a step too slow before the intense pain reached Elend's brain, making him feel as if his whole body was falling apart.

When he struggled to look back at where he was just now, he saw Eve standing there holding a golden sword, looking at him with amusement as he was unable to move.

So it was a hunter disguised as prey? I should have trusted my hunch.

—·—·—·—·—·—·—

"Flame"

In order to make the battle more surprising and interesting, and to let Elend fully experience what it means to have high blood pressure, Eve deliberately used the lowest level of magic to attack Elend.

Of course, in order to avoid killing the opponent instantly, Eve still tried her best to control the power.

Although the power was still a bit greater considering the way Elend looked after being attacked, it seemed more dramatic this way, so let it go.

The subsequent teleportation and interruption were naturally all directed and acted by Eve herself. She first pretended to use teleportation magic, and then used magic to create a natural disaster. This kind of natural disaster-like scene was not a difficult task for her. It would be better to say that if she took it seriously, the damage she would cause would be even more terrifying than a natural disaster.

As for the teleportation magic, it was just a show. After all, her teleportation was instantaneous, so how could it be so slow?

After all, only after giving people hope will they become more desperate when their hope is shattered. Eve's attitude towards people like Elend is to throw them into the bottomless abyss.

They are just a group of human traffickers who act recklessly for profit. Eve would feel sorry for herself if she didn't start by slowing them down.

Whether to save someone depends on the individual. At least Eve herself is not a selfless hero who must save everyone. For some hopeless guys, Eve doesn't even mind kicking them into the abyss herself.

Non-recyclable garbage should stay where it belongs and not pollute the environment.

And what happened next was just as Eve had imagined. After they almost escaped but were stopped by external factors, Elend suddenly experienced a huge ups and downs. It would probably be very interesting to have an external display on his blood pressure at this time.

Finally, what happened just now was what shattered the opponent's fantasy at the moment when everything seemed to be over, making him understand that everything he tried from beginning to end was just a futile struggle. He who thought he was in control of everything was just a puppet dancing in his own palm.

Everything he did from beginning to end was just a barely interesting clown show in their eyes, and clown shows naturally have to end at some point.

"head!"

Looking at the suddenly torn net and Elende being blown away, the others were stunned for a moment before they realized what had just happened.

The change in identity between hunter and prey was too fast for them to accept for a while.

But at this moment, Elend couldn't even squeeze out a word. The blow that Eve had just given him made him feel as if his stomach was about to be pierced, not to mention the sound of bones breaking after hitting the ground.

What made him feel even more humiliated was that the other party undoubtedly held back, and it could even be said that he had no intention of killing him at all. Just look at the fate of his weapon elf that was cut off by a sword. If it had been that golden sword, he would have no idea how many pieces it would have been cut into by now.

"Restraint."

Following Melshia's voice, countless vines suddenly grew out of the ground, binding the others tightly in place.

"Natural magic, are you an elf?"

Seeing the sudden appearance of the vine, the others immediately showed panic expressions and began to guess Melxia's identity.

Meanwhile, Eve put away the holy sword in her hand and stabbed a long knife made of flames into Elend's side. She looked at Elend lying on the ground with a 'kind' smile and said.

"Well, now we can talk about this unknown guy."

§22 Testing

"Ahem, I can... answer your... questions, but you have to... promise me one thing."

Although Eve hadn't spoken yet, Elend had already guessed what she wanted to do, and spoke while suppressing the pain in his body.

In Elend's opinion, the other party just wanted to ask him some questions or want to know some information. Apart from that, he didn't think there was anything on him that would interest the other party. After all, if they wanted something from him, then killing him and then taking it away would be the same.

"Hmm, hmm, that's quite good."

Nodding with satisfaction, Eve continued.

"But don't say stupid things like I'll let you go. You'll die here no matter what you say."

"Ha, then... there's nothing to talk about... ahem..."

He coughed up some blood, and after knowing that there was no chance of survival, he closed his eyes and acted as if he refused to answer and was uncooperative.

Anyway, no matter what choice he makes, the outcome that awaits him is death, so it’s better to make things more difficult for him in the end.

"Really? Then your death will be very painful, so I personally recommend that you just answer my questions."

"Ah--"

He forced a sneer from between his lips. If he had enough strength, Elend actually wanted to spit in the other person's face, but the previous blow had made it difficult for him to even speak, so he had to give up.

"It seems he's not cooperating."

Looking at Elend who had expressed his stance through his actions, Eve shouted in the direction of Istina and the others.

"Tina, you two should go somewhere a little further away. It might get a little bloody here later."

"Um…"

Probably guessing what would happen next, Istina directly pulled the curious Melxia away and strictly ordered her not to peek.

In fact, it was impossible for her to peek, because after the two of them left, Eve created a blood-red light shield that enveloped herself and Elend's team.

"Okay, let me think about it. If I remember correctly, due to the severe damage, the human race had temporarily stopped sending people to the elves. However, they suddenly restarted the plan recently and sent one or more teams, including you. Am I right?"

"..."

Although he didn't respond, Elend knew that the other party was right. There was no problem except that they only sent a team to explore the way.

"Then the question is, what exactly caused them to absolutely restart this plan? Well, even if I asked you, you probably wouldn't know. After all, you're just a pawn used to explore the way."

"..."

That's right, before setting off, Elend also knew that his companions had mysteriously disappeared in the Elf Forest during that period of time. He therefore tried to refuse this mission, but the person who issued the mission assured him that the elves now had no time to take care of border affairs. Coupled with the deposit and reward that were several times higher, as well as the equipment of various races provided by them, he chose to accept the mission after hesitating for a while. However, he failed halfway before reaching the elves.

However, the other party did not tell Elend why the elves did not care about the border and how they knew about this.

After all, as Eve said, he is just a pathfinder. Even if he is given high hopes, he is still a pathfinder. It is naturally impossible for him to know those confidential matters.

“…Since you already know everything, why are you asking me?”

After taking a breath, Elend asked in a deep voice.

"Hmm... can you confirm? To be precise, I know a little more than you do."

If she was right, the source of information for these people should be the followers of the Demon God. They were the only ones who knew that the elves had just experienced a great battle in the World Tree Royal Court and were willing to spread this news. As for their purpose, it was probably to use the human race to disgust the elves.

But then again, how thoroughly has the human race been infiltrated by the devil's followers? It feels like they are everywhere.

Basically, whenever you encounter something related to the human race, if you trace it to the end, there is an 80% chance that you will find it back to the followers of the demon god.

"Well, let me finally tell you about your end."

As she spoke, Eve used her magic hand to grab several people who were tied up by vines.

"You will die many times as a test subject until you completely break down."

“Many times…?”

Elende frowned slightly at Eve's somewhat strange speech. Could he possibly experience death many times? What a joke.

However, Eve had no intention of explaining for him. She simply snapped her fingers and summoned flames to wrap up one of the men, turning him into a pool of ashes amidst his wailing.

"Hmm... This is the origin after leaving the body..."

Looking at the invisible ball in the air, Eve's eyes were stained with a magical glow.

After trying to reach out and touch it, it passed through directly without any surprise without the blessing of the Origin Killing, as if they were two parallel lines.

"one two three."

After counting silently for three seconds, Eve found that the small ball began to become obviously unstable, and part of it dissolved into the air and disappeared.

"resurrection."

As Eve's fingertips passed through the air, the magic circle she drew enveloped the crumbling origin and then emitted a burst of light.

In the light, a human figure slowly changed from an outline to a solid entity. Finally, after the light faded, the man who had just been burned to death by Eve reappeared in the same place.

However, the equipment and clothes on him were naturally not within the scope of resurrection, so in order to avoid dirtying her eyes, Eve used another torch the next second to send the man back to the state of ashes before he could react to the resurrection.

"Ah, I forgot how big of a problem it would be if the test took more than three seconds. Let's try again."

After saying that, Eve counted to four seconds again and started the resurrection, but this time she also threw a layer of black mist along with the resurrection to prevent them from seeing any bad things.

"you!"

The resurrected man looked at Eve in front of him with horror, and it seemed that he remembered that Eve had just killed him.

Snapped--

But before he could utter a single curse, another pool of ashes appeared on the ground.