A saintess? She's just a bad woman.

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Its face darkened; it was clear it hadn't expected Saint Karina to act so suddenly.

"Damn it."

Ron spat and cursed, originally intending to use the little girl as a punching bag, but Saint Karina's sword was far faster than her.

She first used her sword energy to shatter the rope, then snatched Lady Lucosi from Ron's hands and threw her behind her.

Lucoxi, who regained her freedom of movement in the air, was unharmed and returned directly to the team.

"Bang."

When metal collided with metal, time seemed to stretch and slow down. Ron, who was much taller than Saint Karina, watched helplessly as the giant axe in his hand shattered into countless sharp, tiny metal fragments that exploded in all directions.

It was blown to bits, and even the arms that were as thick as several thighs of Santa Karina's were trembling from the shock.

"Holy Light Spell - Rain Lotus!"

At the center of the clash between Saint Karina and Ron's sword and axe, a holy white lotus of light bloomed, and countless lotus petals shot out. These petals were sharper than metal, and if any of the lotus petals pierced the throat or heart of a lizardman, that lizardman would die.

Because the lotus petals are not only thrown out like flying cards, but the petals that pierce flesh will also transform into countless lotus needles, bursting open in the flesh and turning the lizardman into a hedgehog.

"Gu..."

Ron's pupils widened, his vertical pupils almost becoming large, round bells. With more than a dozen of his own people falling to the ground, he began to regret provoking this human.

In fact, its own physical condition was even worse. Its body, which had fallen backward, was riddled with holes and it could no longer speak. It was breathing very little and exhaling very little, and its vision was starting to blur.

However, this didn't take a big toll on Saint Karina, but instead of immediately reaping the kills, she seemed to be watching the show with amusement.

"Avenge Lord Ron!"

The lizardmen were not deterred; they were only stunned for a few seconds before regaining their composure.

Hundreds of lizardmen surrounded Saint Karina in a circle, but they were not as arrogant as they had been at the beginning. After shouting slogans, they kept their distance, and not a single lizardman dared to move forward.

"Philomena, Lucia, and everyone else! Kill them all!"

Seeing that she was not moving and that a stalemate was about to begin, Saint Karina lost interest in playing a staring contest with them.

"As you wish, Saint Lady."

Philomena, who was called out first, was the first to step out of the team; she seemed to have been waiting for this opportunity to shine.

Philomena's hand gesture revealed the priest's staff in her grasp. However, instead of casting spells from a distance, she swung the staff and charged into the lizard horde, displaying an almost melee-focused urge.

Her staff also emitted a strong white light, which formed scorching electric lightning. With each swing, the lightning would form countless patina-covered electric balls, melting a high-temperature carbonized hole in the chest of the standing lizardman.

She fought with increasing ferocity, transforming the electric spheres she controlled into electric arcs, turning the surroundings into a dense electric curtain.

Seeing Philomena seemingly transformed into an electric being, Lucia, not to be outdone, rushed in as well.

She wasn't seriously injured. Given her strength, it would have been safer for her to stay with the main group, but with Saint Karina watching over her, Philomena let her go as she pleased.

Unlike Philomena's smooth sailing, Luci had expended a lot of energy. Moreover, her body and limbs had been bound, restricting blood flow and causing her body to feel stiff and numb. Thus, after successfully defeating several strong lizardmen, she was once again plunged into a fierce battle.

"I'm very strong, so I can protect everyone on my own, and I don't need anyone else!"

After receiving this psychological warning, Lucixi's eyes became completely resolute.

As she watched the lizardmen approach, she shouted "Die!" at the first lizardman who came up, grabbed the lizardman's gun, aimed it at the lizardman's heart, and shattered it completely.

The sound of gunfire continued, and Santa Karina was rapidly approaching from the other side, closing the distance between them.

When faced with a lizardman who occasionally runs up to her, Saint Karina would even swiftly slice the lizardman's body in half with her holy sword to save trouble.

"Luco! Watch out!"

Thus, despite her best efforts to save time, Saint Karina couldn't catch up with Lucy in the moment she was exhausted.

Amidst the corpses of lizardmen scattered on the ground, Lucoxi, having broken free of the ribbon seal, was exhausted. The prolonged flow of the curse had left her weary, and she was caught off guard by the newly arrived lizardmen.

Luco's kick was blocked by the lizardman, who was skilled in close combat. The lizardman even used his superhuman strength and joint locks to lift Luco upside down. No matter how Luco kicked and resisted, the thick-skinned lizardman didn't care about the minor injury to his face from the kick.

"You're the one who should die! Avenge Chief Ron!"

Her serpentine eyes, gleaming with hatred and rage, were staring unblinkingly at Lucoxi.

At this moment, she seemed to have no other choice.

Because Lucy's specialty was the short gun, the lizardman kicked it away into the distance early on.

"Oh!"

With a heavy thud, Lucoxi's body was thrown directly into the pit by the lizardman.

We should be grateful that the slope was sloping; Lucy's body only slid for a short time, suffering only minor injuries, and did not die from the impact of the fall.

Still not satisfied, the lizardman wanted to follow her, so he jumped down after Lucoxi, intending to kill her.

"Go to hell!"

Seeing that she almost missed her chance, Saint Karina unleashed a fatal blow, instantly killing the lizardman.

As expected, no lizardman in this world can withstand a fatal blow; if one can, it's because the distance is too great.

"Luco! Come here!"

Seeing that something was wrong on the other side of the slope and it was about to collapse, Saint Karina quickly hugged Lucoxi and rushed up.

Immediately afterwards, falling rocks even hit the head of the lizardman's corpse that was hidden underneath.

Saint Karina now only has one idea: to take Lucoxi to a safe place before making any further plans.

"Phew... We're finally safe..."

Contrary to what others had feared, Luci was only slightly injured and bled from a head injury caused by Saint Karina's late arrival.

Blood flowed down her forehead, staining Lucoxi's beautiful face with crimson.

Fortunately, the bleeding wasn't too heavy; apart from a headache, the blood loss wasn't enough to make me dizzy.

"Lucoxi?"

Saint Karina was having a headache over this guy's recklessness. Although he was quite cute at first, she now felt that he was probably a problem child.

He dared to charge forward despite being injured; did he think he had too much time left to live?

157. Another problem has arisen.

"You really are! Are you stupid?"

Saint Karina said somewhat irritably.

She sent Luco to fight so that she could cooperate with the other teammates, not so that she could stand out.

"I'm sorry..."

Lu Kexi shrank back, looking like she was afraid of being scolded by the headmaster.

Seeing her like this, Saint Karina could only swallow the rest of her words.

"Forget it, I won't do it next time."

Saint Karina could only sigh inwardly. She knew that, given Lucia's personality, she would only do it again next time.

However, she had no interest in a sixteen-year-old girl for the time being and did not want her to experience the taste of the Holy Sword.

So she turned her gaze to another blonde woman, her little priestess.

"Lord Saint..."

Philomena returned, her eyes moist once again.

She seemed to be having another problem; her condition was a bit strange. Saint Karina glanced at Lucoxi and instructed, "Go back to the group. The smell of blood here is too strong. Go tell the others to change camp locations. I've marked the location on the map; I'll come find you after we've dealt with this."

"But……"

"Stop talking nonsense and don't sneak up on us. There are many dangerous things in this forest. Let's go."

Hearing Saint Karina say that, Lucosi still wanted to try to stay, but seeing Saint Karina's glare and remembering her foolish mistake, she could only give up and obediently reply.

Seeing Lucoxi slowly making her way back to the group, Saint Karina grabbed Philomena's head and plunged into the dense forest.

"mean."

As she left, she was still muttering to herself, seemingly quite resentful that Saint Karina hadn't allowed her to participate in their little secret.

The place where Saint Karina carried Philomena in her arms was only four or five hundred meters away from where they had been before, a distance from which the sound could not be heard.

Once Saint Karina found a relatively safe and open place and was about to examine the area carefully, Philomena's heart emitted golden light again, and golden stripes appeared on her cheeks.

Not only that, she clung tightly to herself, like a koala, and stuck out her tongue to lick the blood flowing down Saint Karina's cheek like a small animal.

That was a scrape from being hit by a rock while protecting Lucosi. It wasn't serious, and the wound was so small that it didn't even require medicine or healing magic. If Philomena hadn't reminded her, Saint Karina would have almost forgotten about such a small wound.

As a saintly being, most of her fatal wounds would heal naturally over time, unless they were immediately fatal, even without any healing magic. She had only received treatment from the priests to avoid appearing so unusual or like a freak.

"Mmm... Your Majesty, it smells so good, it tastes wonderful..."

Like a drunkard, Philomena started babbling incoherently again.

Her expression was somewhat seductive and intoxicated, but Saint Karina was certain that she hadn't drunk anything containing alcohol, so drinking her blood shouldn't have made her drunk.

But Philomena's reaction, which resembled that of someone who had drunk fake alcohol, was the most terrifying.

"Philomena, wake up!"

There's a saying that goes something like this: you can never wake someone who's pretending to be asleep.

The same applies to Philomena. Saint Karina could not possibly wake Philomena from her blood-thirsty state. In Philomena's eyes, she was probably nothing more than a delicious meal.

Honestly... she's not a vampire who gets forced to play the zither after drinking blood. She's just a cute priestess...

"Gulu gulu..."

Philomena, who was drinking blood with great relish, even smacked her lips.

“Ouch…it hurts…”

Once her blood had been replenished, Philomena glanced at the disheveled Saint Karina, whose face was covered in drool, and then at Saint Karina, who had regained consciousness. Seeing Saint Karina's face was almost as black as the bottom of a pot, she immediately changed the subject.

"Where are we?"

"I could tell you weren't feeling well, so I took you away from the group. But don't change the subject. Look at my face. So, how about I collect some interest?"

Saint Karina, her face dark with anger after having her face licked, said irritably, even using cleaning magic couldn't erase the psychological trauma she had just experienced.

"Hmm? Your Majesty! So lewd!"

Philomena saw Santa Karina staring intently at her large, round headlights and immediately understood what was going on.

"This is the wilderness! The middle of nowhere, there are bound to be wild animals around, so risqué things are out of the question! But... if it's just... touching... that's not entirely impossible..."

At first, Philomena seemed quite excited, but seeing Saint Karina's unusually disheveled appearance with drool on her face, she was still suppressing her anger. In order to avoid a stronger storm, she thought of something, her pretty face blushed, and she compromised, speaking softer and softer.

"Oh~ then I'm going to touch it!"

Saint Karina deliberately flashed a wicked smile, then approached Philomena in a frightening manner, her hand getting closer and closer to a lump of dough.

She's like a mountaineer now, wanting to climb to the top and seek thrills.

"Waaah... Come on..."

When she was nervous, Philomena had already closed her eyes.

And so, Saint Karina drew ever closer…

Then, "smack!" A snap of the fingers landed on Philomena's forehead!

"Haha! Even if you, Philomena, are incredibly thirsty, I won't do anything to you in this dangerous place."

Saint Karina burst into laughter. When Philomena opened her eyes, she saw Saint Karina's face blankly as she witnessed her prank completely succeed.

In an instant, her face turned completely red. Even a cold girl like Philomena realized at this moment that she had misunderstood and that the other party had no such intention at all.

Honestly, I've been completely tricked by the Saintess. Philomena felt only one warm feeling in her heart, like a cozy fireplace.

“I said, Philomena, what does my blood taste like? Every time I see you drink it, it’s like you’re drinking fake alcohol.”

"Fake wine? No way! It tastes awful. I've secretly tasted the wine at the temple before. The Saintess's blood doesn't taste like this at all. How should I put it? The Saintess's blood tastes like strawberry juice, sweet and refreshing! I only ever want to drink yours!"

This time, however, she blushed at the shameless Saint Karina.