Chapter 338: A Life-Saving Favor

At that moment, the monster lurking in the shadows could no longer hold back.

"Roar—"

A dark figure let out a roar, suddenly leaping out of the darkness, charging directly at Mia, who was completely unprepared.

Mia was currently bandaging her wounds, but her reaction was swift.

Ever since she entered the ruins of Valyria and encountered a series of monster attacks, she had developed a passive alertness, shivering at the slightest noise.

Now, when the humanoid monster, its body entirely black, lunged at her, she instantly reacted, almost instinctively rolling to the side.

She dodged the monster's deadliest attack.

Boom—

The monster's body slammed hard against the cellar wall, causing a loud noise and dust to fall from above.

"Huff~"

"Huff~"

After Mia rolled to the side, she tightly gripped her dagger. The wounds on her body were pulled, causing intense pain that made her face tighten and her breathing become more rapid.

Under the faint light seeping through the cellar's cracks, Mia saw the monster clearly.

This monster had black fur, completely different from the werewolves she had seen before.

It could walk upright, had strong limbs, wore tattered cloth, and could even use simple weapons.

It looked like... a human, just with a simple mind incapable of communication.

"Damn monster."

The girl bit her teeth slightly and then lunged at the monster.

Mia was not a delicate princess. As a mercenary, she had killed many people, and she understood that begging for mercy from such a monster was useless.

Either the monster dies, or she dies.

The monster, with its mouth wide open and saliva continuously dripping, its sharp teeth reflecting a faint light, let out an unintelligible growl from its throat, then stood up and charged at Mia.

Mia's movements were sharp and well-prepared. The greatest advantage humans have over monsters is their brains. She predicted the direction of the monster's charge in advance, narrowly dodging it, and fiercely stabbed her dagger into the monster's mouth.

Plop—

The clear sound of piercing flesh.

"I hit it!"

A hint of joy flashed in the red-haired girl's eyes, but this joy didn't last half a second.

After being injured, the monster was not restricted in its actions, but rather, its inner ferocity was further stimulated.

Its mouth was injured, a dagger piercing its lower jaw, and it let out a painful roar. It raised its sharp claws and directly scratched at the girl in front of it.

Mia's reaction was already fast, but at such a close distance, it was hard to dodge the next attack after dodging the first.

The monster's claws tore her clothes and opened a long wound on her abdomen, with blood and flesh rolling out.

The clash between the human and the beast was extremely brief, resulting in a situation where both were injured in an instant.

However, although the monster was also seriously injured, its condition was clearly much better than Mia's.

The girl was severely injured in the abdomen, was slapped and thrown out, falling hard on the ground. She could only watch as the monster pulled out the dagger stuck in its jaw, let out an angry and painful roar, and then slowly approached her.

"Am I going to die..."

Mia was panting heavily, the intense pain from her abdominal injury made her face pale, and due to excessive blood loss, her vision was even somewhat blurred.

She tried to drag her body back with her hands.

If possible, she didn't want to be buried in the mouth of such a disgusting monster...

Even if someone could end her life for her.

Such a thought involuntarily

appeared in the girl's mind.

However, at this moment, the entrance to the cellar above her head was suddenly lifted.

Crack—

Accustomed to the darkness, the light from above seemed particularly intense.

The girl's consciousness was blurred, and she seemed to see a figure descending from the sky, landing directly on the monster's back, and the long sword in his hand fiercely pierced through the back of its neck.

"Die."

The newcomer killed the monster with a single sword. Mia's pale face finally relaxed a bit, revealing a faint smile, and then she passed out.

Swish—

Viserys pulled his long sword out of the monster's neck, blood spurted out, and the lifeless body fell down.

A black mist followed the blade into Viserys's palm.

This was a discovery Viserys made only after entering the capital of Valyria. The monsters here would release a large amount of black fog from their bodies after being killed.

This black fog far exceeded what Viserys had absorbed outside, and this discovery excited him greatly.

Because he came to uncover the secret of the black fog, but since he arrived at the ruins of Valyria, he had not noticed any answers related to the black fog.

It was not until he entered the core area of the ruins, the former Freehold's capital, Valyria, that he made a breakthrough discovery.

There were traces of black fog contamination everywhere. Others might not see it, but in Viserys's eyes, everything was exposed.

"The capital of the Freehold was once deeply shrouded in this black fog."

This discovery forced him to come to such a conclusion.

"Why?"

However, hundreds of years have passed, and no one knows what happened before the destruction of Valyria.

Those who were in the city at the time are all dead, or have been transformed into some kind of monster. No one knows how they angered the gods and why such a terrifying punishment was inflicted.

But he took the first step towards uncovering the secret.

"Mia."

When Viserys killed the monster, he turned his head and found that the girl had passed out.

He quickly walked over.

The girl had four deep wounds on her abdomen, the deepest of which could even see her internal organs, and she was bleeding heavily. In just a short time, the ground beneath her was dyed red.

"Damn."

"Her injuries are too severe."

Seeing Mia's injuries, Viserys's heart sank slightly.

He could tell that such injuries were almost incurable, and it wouldn't take long for this girl to die.

"No."

However, Viserys frowned, clenching his fist.

Although they hadn't known each other for long, they had shared such hardships, and their relationship was quite good.

Viserys couldn't just watch this poor girl die.

"There's one more way."

The silver-haired young man thought for a moment, and now he couldn't care less about hiding his identity.

He then threw his long sword to the side, and placed his palm on her forehead.

The black fog he had just absorbed was continuously poured into Mia's body.