The Princess And The Lord

The Ape become more agitated after he got wounded, hit his giant hands he swings his fist and shattered the whole icicles, then he roaring at Lory, the beast bloodshot eyes fixed on her little figures then the Beast storm towards her while stretching his long arms and bearing his long sharp nails.

"I guess I make him angry" Lory wryly smiles.

"You think!" Girsha chides her "This is like when we facing Behemoth when you're eleven!" the bird grabs the collar behind her back then lifts her to the sky. If anyone wonders why they are not merged, it because it consumed too much mana from both of them, the last thing he wants is Lory passed out from draining too much mana.

"One time, it's only happened one time, why you bring it up again!" Lory complains.

Zhao Li Xin takes the chance while Lory is taken to safety by Girsha, he jumps towards the beast, with a blazing fire in his hands he gives a hard punch to the beast jaw, the beast staggered to the side but he's not falling. The Beast anger now shifted to Zhao Li Xin, just like he hoped for, but a certain princess soon will ruin his plan.

"This is a god high" Lory take out the bow from her spatial ring, then she draws two arrows at the same time, she aimed the Beast head because most of the time it's the animal weak spot. The arrow leave buzzing sounds when she released it and the arrows pierce the Beast face. Lory didn't stop there, she released more arrows from the air.

The beast got distracted with Lory arrows then Zhao Li Xin takes the opportunity to land a heavy punch on the Beast face, this time is harder than before and the Beast plunged to the ground and make a loud sound.

"Li Xin break his teeth!" Lory holler from the air.

Zhao Li Xin thought Lory idea is good, rather than kill the beast breaking his teeth will be much faster, he gathers more Qi in his fist then he launches multiple punches to the beast face. but the beast didn't take the punch lay down, with his long arms the beast try to grab Zhao Li Xin, thankfully Zhao Li Xin is too fast and nimble the beast can only catch his after image.

The cave is shaking from the impact of two strong power. Lory cannot move easily with Girsha haul her collar, she tight a rope to her arrow then aimed it to the ceiling "Birdie let go of me!"

Girsha let go his grip then lory swing on the ropes and land to the ledge nearby, she used the dagger to pierce the wall on the ledge to stable her footing. Lory realizes the ceiling is starting to crumble and it's not a good sign.

"Li Xin can't use his full power or the cave would be falling apart" Lory mutters as she watches Zhao Li Xin and the beast continues to fight.

"What you have in mind?" Girsha raised his brows as he figured Lory would have some crazy idea.

Lory pursed her lips "Well….first, we must stop the beast movement, this one is too agile"

"And coincidently, the Beast left foot is a bit limping" Girsha smirk.

"Ah, what a poor Beast," she said jokingly, then she takes out three bamboo tubes from her spatial ring "Let's cripple the Beast instead!" she grinned.

"What's that, a bomb?" Girsha casually asks.

"Yep!" Lory wrapped the three tubes carefully on her arrows.

"When do you have the time, where you….ah forget it!" Girsha too tired to ask anyway, he just let out a long sigh "Why can you baked cake-like a normal girl would" he stare at Lory with worry looks.

"I want to, but you told me to stop!" Lory grumbles as she feel dejected is not like she never tries before. she had tried very hard and very diligent, but she had no skills for it.

"Really, what did I said?" Girsha feel doubtful as he couldn't remember what he said before.

Lory squints her eyes and says: "Lory, you suck on it, PLEASE STOP IT!" it was the day when Lory insist learning to make pastry because she loves sweet, sadly the talented princess meets her other Achilles heel.

Lory is good with fighting, strategize, diplomacy but she sucks at sewing, cooking, and dancing, other than passable skill on waltz dance for the royal ball she can't dance anything else, Lory can't even apply makeup in the right way other than for Haloween, until the end of her life she still doesn't know how to apply eyeliners without scaring other people.

Girsha was quiet for a second then he nods "Yeah, that sound like me" he eventually remember there was such a day when Lory destroy the palace kitchen because she wants to make a cherry cheesecake. The smart princess warmed the cherry can inside the oven and so the explosion happened, since then she was forbidden to use the kitchen ever again.

"Okay birdie, slide me between the beast crouch!" she excitedly said without showing any doubt but instead she looks too exciting for someone who might crush by the beast foot.

"You one crazy girl…" Girsha perplexed but he doesn't stop her, because he knew he couldn't.

With a bow on the right hand and three arrows on the left hands, Lory feel giddy from the tense situation "you know what people said, what the life worth living if not on the edge" she grinned widely.

Girsha rolls his eyes, from a long time ago he realizes that Lory is adrenaline junkies, she always got excited whenever she faces life-threatening situation and overly excited when she overcomes it. perhaps all Lucient is born like this because Lucas also has the same tendencies, that lazy boy only excited when he faces death on his face. No wonder the twin was known as undefeatable power since a very young age. Strong, smart, and fearless, they are the nightmare for all Harland enemies.

Meanwhile, Zhao Li Xin waits to launch the last punch to the beast face to knock out the front teeth, beyond his expectation Girsha fly with Lory hanging on his claw with an excited face, at that moment Zhao Li Xin can only scream in his head.

'WHAT THE FU*K!'

Lory lit the bomb in her arrows then Girsha swings his feet as she throws Lory in the ground, because the ground is cover with ice she easily sides on the ground surface, when she near the beast crouch she aims the beast left foot then swiftly released her arrows, while Lory keeps sliding and pass the beast crouch then she rolls on the ground.

The bomb exploded, the beast loses his legs and he screams in agony, Zhao Li Xin snapped back then he lunged and make a powerful blow to the beast jaw, the tooth finally loose and the key fly with the tooth. In a speed of light, Girsha grabs the key with his claw "GOT IT!" he exclaimed.

The beast head twists a one-eighty degree and the sound of neck-breaking is loudly heard. The giant beast staggered backward and his enormous body tumble to the back, unfortunately, it falls right above Lory, she gasped when dark shadow falling down on her. 

"LORY!" Girsha scream in fright.

Suddenly she was pushed by strong arms, the two arms cover her body while they roll in the ground. Lory end ups lay down on a hard chest, she lifts her head and greets by Zhao Li Xin angry face.

"Uh-oh..."

"LORIENT JEAN FRAU LUCIENT, DO YOU WANT TO DIE!" Zhao Li Xin shouted in raged, his face becomes dark and his dark eyes were mixed with anger, fright, and relief, he feel ten years of his age flew away just like that.

And the perpetrator stare at Zhao Li Xin with fuddle expression 'Ups, I make him very angry but he is so sexy when he mad….wait this is wrong' Lory shakes her heads profusely.

She needs to appease him first, in this situation is better coaxed him with her real appearance. Lory nullifies the shapeshifter spell and her face turns to her original look, with her beautiful purpled iris she pleads pitifully "Sorry…"

When he was stared by her beautiful like gems eyes, Zhao Li Xin cant utter his anger, is not like he nad at her he just terrified she would get hurt, although he knew Lory has sufficient power to protect herself but watching her risk her life it still to much for him to bear.

"You…." he let out a long heaved "Can you stop scaring me like that…" he rest his forehead on lory chest as he wrapped his hands on her waist then he pulls her closer, listening her heartbeat is the only thing that can calm his nerves.

Lory slightly feel guilty, she strokes Zhao Li Xin's head like he always does to her "There-there…" she softly said.