Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 48 Is it actually a visual impairment?

The person who appeared in front of them was Miss Fiyali, the reporter who had come to Tianxin Church for an interview before, but at this time, she looked a little strange.

Her pale complexion, as if she had not seen the sun for a long time, easily reminded people of those drug addicts who indulged in excessive sex; her sharp nails, like the claws of a wild beast, could easily tear apart hard rocks; she kept gasping for breath, revealing her sharp and ferocious fangs, her hair was wet with sweat and stuck to her forehead, making her look very embarrassed; the black bat wings behind her were as deep as the night, and when they were spread to the extreme, the shadow cast was even enough to cover her entire body... and when she raised her head, her scarlet eyes were exposed, with an enchanting blood light flowing in them, but this time there was no trace of her original calmness and reserve, only panic and fear.

If her face had not changed significantly, Alice might not have been able to recognize who this guy was just by looking at his back and outline.

These very obvious characteristics suddenly made her mind emerge with a race that often appeared in strange legends, and it was also the object that she had been paying close attention to recently -

"vampire!?"

she blurted out.

At the same time, Fiyali also set her sights on the three people who suddenly appeared, and her pupils slowly contracted.

The previous scenes kept flashing through my mind.

The confidence when witnessing the coming of the gods, the confusion when suddenly facing the fierce attack of the Night Watch, and the despair and fear when realizing that he had stepped into a trap.

No matter what His purpose was, Fialli made a sincere promise in her heart: as long as she could successfully escape the cage, she would even be willing to betray her original beliefs and throw herself into His grace.

……

At this moment, Fiyali happened to fly over and bumped into the trash can.

The panic and fear in the reporter's bloodshot eyes gradually faded, and turned into a cruel and violent look. Before she could give Alice and Metien any reaction, she flapped her bat wings behind her, and the whole person turned into a dark light, attacking Lingge in the front.

So, under the guidance of the line, she avoided the main roads with heavy crowds and police maintaining order, and fled into the maze-like intricate narrow alleys and dark passages, running around without even a chance to stop and catch her breath, as if a vicious dog was chasing her from behind.

For a full ten minutes, she didn't run into anyone. This made Fialli more certain that she was blessed by some great and mysterious will, which would guide her out of this predicament and gain hope of life.

It couldn't be the god he believed in, because he didn't succeed in coming, and was soon to be pushed back by the magicians of the combined sect, Clermont and Longdenel. Therefore, the only explanation was that some important person who passed by here, for some unknown reason, gave him some insignificant help.

This gave her a vague premonition: Perhaps, as long as she followed this line, she could really escape?
Subsequent experiences seemed to confirm her premonition.

After she escaped from Saints Street, she still felt uneasy and wanted to flee to a farther place to avoid possible searches, preferably to escape from Linville City. Even if she became a wandering alien, it was better than living under the gun of the Magic Knight.

However, what Fiyali did not expect was that Ling's actions were faster than hers, or rather, when Alice blurted out the word "vampire", he reacted quickly: he grabbed the public trash can at the fork in the road and threw it into the air with force.

For some reason, my body took the initiative to catch up before my brain could react.

The golden line that suddenly appeared seemed to have an incredible magical power, making everyone ignore her existence. Several times, she bumped into several fully armed magic knights, and the two sides were only a few dozen meters apart. She thought she had been exposed, and when she was about to resist, the magic knights seemed to have not seen her and left in another direction.

I am a magician who possesses extraordinary powers and has a noble status. Therefore, it is reasonable to exchange the lives of three people for the life of a magician, right?

Unfortunately, the big man may have been bored with this game, or he did not hear her promise at all, or he wanted to see more interesting developments... So, under His guidance, an accident happened.

Not only did Fialli run into someone she knew, but her identity was revealed by the other person: the magic had not yet expired and she was still in her vampire form.

What if these people report my whereabouts to the Night's Watch, letting them know that there was a loophole in their plan? Will the angry Night's Watch mobilize all their forces to capture me?
No, we can't use such a lucky statement as "just in case". This is something that is bound to happen, whether it is informing or arresting.

Faith is the only thing she feels can be appreciated by the other party.

Now, let’s settle both new and old grudges together!

So, as the old saying goes, "To save one life, you must pay with another."

Before, this guy’s indifferent expression when he refused to be interviewed was really hateful.

I thought I couldn't escape the tight blockade of the Night Watchmen, but suddenly I saw a golden thread passing in front of me.

In order to prevent the surrounding residents from stealing and selling the trash cans, the Kingdom's Public Utilities Department stipulated that they could not be made of metal but only cardboard. As a result, the trash cans were extremely fragile and could not withstand Fiyali's powerful collision. They immediately broke into pieces and completely disintegrated in mid-air. All kinds of garbage inside also splashed out: worn leather, half an empty can, hard shoe uppers... This was a relatively normal category, but there were more broken bones, dirty internal organs, rotten vegetable leaves, and moldy half a fruit. Alice even saw the corpse of a rat and immediately felt so sick that she wanted to vomit.

After transforming into a vampire, Fiyali's sense of smell became extremely sharp. At this moment, a strong stench rushed into her nasal cavity. The strong stimulation made her pale face instantly show an expression of pain and nausea. Her eyebrows were almost twisted together. She wished she could cut off her nose to block out the stench.

What made her even more crazy was that due to inertia, these dirty and filthy things almost all fell on her, making her suddenly become even dirtier than the homeless and beggars on the street. Can you imagine a noble magician with half a fish bone hanging in his hair and vegetable leaves on his clothes?

He immediately let out a hysterical scream: "Lingge, you bastard!!!"

But Ling Ge turned around after throwing the trash out of the bin, and directly hugged his sister Metien in his arms, then turned his head to Alice who was still retching and said, "Run away."

The words are concise, concise and easy to understand.

Alice pinched her nose and caught up with him. Ling'er's target was the main road outside the alley, where there were many people. Although a large number of people might not be able to stop the vampire, Ling believed that Fialli would not dare to commit a crime in front of so many people. The reason was simple. She was also running away, and it was very likely that she was avoiding some powerful enemy, so she looked so panicked and scared when they first met.

As for the guy who could make the vampire flee in panic...

"Could it be a werewolf?"

Alice caught up with Lingge unknowingly and drove side by side with him. She took good care of her maid outfit, so she pinched her nose with one hand to block the stench, and held up her skirt with the other hand to prevent it from getting stained by the dirty water and dust on the ground. She guessed, "In all legends, werewolves and vampires are mortal enemies, so I think this possibility is more likely."

Ling Ge simply replied to her with two words: "Shut up."

There's a vampire chasing him from behind, but this guy still has the leisure to chat?
I really don't understand whether she is thick-skinned or fearless.

Alice was dissatisfied: "This is a serious academic discussion. Can you be more polite?..."

"Linger, Alice!"

Metien, who was being carried by her brother, held Linger's neck firmly with both hands to keep her stable, trying not to fall down in the bumps. She did not participate in the conversation between the two, but was paying attention to the movements behind them. At this time, she saw Fiyali, who was flying at low altitude, suddenly raised her hand and swung out two blood-red arc blades, attacking them, and quickly reminded: "Watch out behind!"

"what?"

Before Alice could react, Lingge, who trusted his sister unconditionally, had already responded. There was a fork in the road ahead, and he couldn't free his hands, so he kicked Alice in the waist, kicking her into the alley on the left, and then he rushed to the alley on the right with Metien in his arms.

The next moment, two bloody arc blades swept through the straight alley from the left and right, plowing two scars on the ground that were more than ten centimeters deep. It was hard to imagine what would happen if these two arc blades hit the human body. I'm afraid they could cut the body in half in an instant.

Metien's face turned pale with fright. Ling'er, who had witnessed supernatural powers for the first time, also had an ugly expression on his face. There was a smooth cut on his left calf, which was caused by the edge of the arc blade when he kicked Alice just now and didn't have time to retract his kick. Blood was now flowing out, and waves of pain surged to his brain like a tide.

"Lingge, are you okay?!"

When Metien found out that he was injured, he screamed, loosened his hand, and took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wanting to bandage his brother's wound. But now was not the time to treat injuries. In the air, the whistling sound of bat wings cutting through the cold wind was as shrill as the howl of a wild beast, accompanied by Fialli's angry shout: "I smell your blood, Lingge!"

"You can't escape!!"

There is indeed no escape.

Fiyali's flying speed was too fast. If he had not been injured before, Lingge could have relied on these intricate, narrow and winding alleys to deal with her, but he was injured. Not to mention escaping, it would have been difficult for him to even walk.

A panicked expression appeared on Metien's face, but Linger reached out, pressed her shoulders, and gently pushed her behind him. Then, despite the pain in his calves, he stood up and stood in front of his sister.

This was an unexpected disaster, a vortex that he should not have been involved in, but no matter what, it had already happened, so he could not complain. At least before he fell, he would never let that guy hurt Metien.

"Ah, it hurts!" In the alley across the street, Alice rubbed her waist and grimaced, "Lingge, you almost kicked my waist off, how despicable!"

She was the only one who remained unaware of the situation and was unaware that death was approaching.

The corners of Ling'er's mouth curled up, as if he wanted to smile, but failed. In the end, he could only sigh in his heart: What a pity.

Although Alice was not a qualified maid, it was quite pleasant to get along with her during these two weeks.

I originally thought that she would be a very good seed, but is she going to fall here before she can sprout, bloom, and give birth to hope?
Fate never allows our lives to be too perfect, which is why the goddess advises us to be content with what we have.

But... fate?
Ling Ge suddenly remembered something, and his expression changed slightly. At this time, Fei Yali's figure had already appeared, rising into the sky like a black shadow. The huge bat wings behind her were strange and evil, like a silent announcement in the night, bringing terrifying shadows and death.

Metien closed his eyes in fear, Alice just got up from the ground, rubbing her waist, while Linger stared quietly into those blood-red eyes, and saw the cruelty and excitement flowing in them, like a long-hungry beast, eager to tear the prey into pieces and greedily eat their flesh and blood.

The only problem was that these eyes didn't seem to be focused on them.

Instead, it fell in front of nothing.

The next moment, Fialli flew over the alley at an astonishing speed, brushing past Linger, Metien, and Alice who were nearby. Without even looking at them, she laughed wildly, "I'm going to tear you into pieces, eat your flesh, and drink your blood! Hahaha!"

The three of them stood there, silently looking at her back.

Ling Ge: “…”

Metien: “Huh?”

Alice: "She's blind?"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)