New Life, New Task: I'll Be A Mom Then!!!

"Hahaha! Who would have thought that I would meet you here, you cursed thing!" Rachana's body trembled due to the mix of anger and excitement.

She took out a weapon from her space pouch, it was also a staff artifact but it was not golden as Eli's. Instead, it was purplish black with pulsating veins of light purple, giving a feel that whatever material used to forge her weapon is alive.

"I will make sure to give you back the sufferings I experienced back then!" She declared with a raging voice.

"Come…" Eli lowered the timbre of her voice and answered. This is so that she would not have any idea of who she was.

As much as possible, she wanted to hide her identity so that the people she cared about would not be implicated because of her.

Rachana was deeply provoked by her reply. It was mysterious that one word from Eli could make her hatred burn at its peak.

Swoosh!

Rachana flashed from her position and appeared right in front of Eli, swinging her staff with all her might.

'Clang!'

The two weapons clashed, causing a violent wave of winds to shoot everywhere, even affecting the soldiers on both sides.

This caused the battlefield to be suddenly disturbed as they could not ignore the intensity of Eli and Rachana's fight.

Their slaves continued to meet. Eli was heavily guarding while Rachana was actively attacking.

But it could be seen first hand that Rachana is more well-versed in combat than Eli. That is because even if Rachana seemed to appear like the aggressive one, it was evident that she was not even using more than a quarter of her abilities.

Her moves and attacks were all calculated to test her opponent.

On the other hand, Eli realized the difference in their combat abilities from the moment they first clashed with their weapons.

Meeting Rachana's merciless attack, her hands and fingers almost dropped the weapon right away because of the impact.

She had sparred several times with the vice captains Joab and Keren, even with the Blades, but Rachana seemed to have been born and raised to become the perfect fighter.

There is power in her every move.

As for her, she had just learned sword fighting and combat for merely about two years. What's more, she was even trained for short swords as a weapon and not a double-handed artifact like the staff.

Even with a simple parry with her hands, it was enough to send cold shivers down Eli's back. If not for her subtly borrowing Baobao's strength, she would have long lost in the exchange.

But even with that, she felt like she could not last even five minutes dealing with Rachana's swift and effortless attacks.

"Master, I should just go out and assist you!" Baobao could not lie down and wait for Eli to be completely at a disadvantage with Rachana's attack. So he vehemently suggested that Eli allow him to join the fight.

"Baobao, stay here… you know what it means once you are out. Not only our families but even Little Han would possibly be in danger when everyone discovered who I really was." Eli replied and rejected Baobao's insistence.

"But, I can't just watch you like this…" Baobao, for the first time in being Eli's contracted beast, whined.

Eli knew that Baobao meant well and so she was not angry and said, "Please stay patient Baobao…"

"That's right Baobao! Although it is a shame that we cannot appear together, Eli-chan still has me to use!" Wisey comforted her buddy and said.

"I did not appear yet as Eli-chan's contracted beast publicly so it would be a problem if I go out and assist her!" Wisey proudly says.

"..." Baobao went silent for a while, but in the end, he answered with a convincing tone. "Alright, buddy. I leave the master to your care."

"Of course! Of course!" Wisey answered enthusiastically.

"Ok now, Baobao… stay obedient while I, Wisey, get to work!" Wisey declared full of confidence.

"En… Cheering for you buddy!" Baobao replied with an encouraging tone.

Eli was helpless during the two's conversation but she could not react otherwise because she was busy parrying Rachana's attack.

She could not really help but wonder how Wisey could make Baobao put his hopes on her even when they first met. The two had always been acting like this.

When it comes to fighting, though Baobao was clearly the most capable of intimidating the enemy, he would always listen to what Wisey said. Is it because Wisey is really wise?

To that, Eli did not know. Because whenever she sees the two, they would act silly and sometimes bicker with each other.

"Your mind is drifting somewhere! You really want me to kill you fast aren't you?" Rachana noticed Eli's momentary absentmindedness even when covered with a mask.

This made her feel greatly insulted and so she immediately pushed Eli back with even more forceful attacks.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Eli could not help but grit her teeth as her face frowned with the sudden increase of aggressiveness from Rachana's attacks.

But Rachana seemed to have been dead set on slowly wearing her off and prolonging her suffering. Although her attacks were all heavy and dangerous they were not something decisively fatal.

Instead, Rachana's attacks were meant to inflict more pain and suffering than taking away the opponent's life at once.

Enjoying the obvious shock in Eli's movements, Rachana showed an even more excited smile as a creepy laugh came out of her mouth.

The next moment, she only used one hand to hold her weapon and the other congealed a miniature version of the mana ball she used to destroy the barrier earlier on.

"Your luck has run out… you know the matter from back then is just a mere fluke from your side…"

"I have already seen through you… apart from your 'gift' from that realm, you can do nothing more! Without that power, you are just an ordinary person that could not be even enough to be food for my powers!" Rachana said as she released her mana ball attack to hit Eli's right hand.

Eli did not reply but instead took her time to retreat and create a distance between them with her flash steps.

However, to her surprise, the mana ball followed her wherever she went.

"Hahaha! Running is futile! That thing will not stop until it lands on its target!" Rachana laughed gloatingly as she watched Eli run to avoid the mana ball.

Then she immediately disappeared from her spot and appeared exactly in front of Eli, swinging her staff to directly hit Eli's head while the mana ball chased after Eli's back.

"You have nowhere to go now!" Rachana smiled as she mentally imagined her staff landing on Eli's head so that she could finally see the face behind the mask - the identity of the true paladin!

But this time, Eli opened her mouth and replied, "Not necessarily…"

At her words, a bright light appeared from her back and a golden ethereal-looking spirit bird appeared behind Eli and directly faced the mana ball.

Chiuuuuu!!!

The clash of the ethereal bird and the mana ball caught everyone's attention, and Rachana was immediately taken aback.

"A spirit bird?" She mumbled in disbelief while her eyes were affixed on Wisey who was directly dealing with the mana ball all on her own!