The Yellow-Haired Villain in Soaring Phoenix’s Novels Also Desires Happiness

Chapter 43、Should I be happy?

“How could it be a long-range attack?”

“The lake master has never used long-range attacks before!”

“Could it be a power unique to females?”

Eluka stared intently at the lake master, which was clearly charging up.

Lightning flickered as it aimed at Rod and Tia, floating in the sky.

Given the distance, coupled with the mobility weakness of the Levitation spell… there was definitely no time to dodge.

Rod and Tia also realized this, their faces turning pale.

As for Tia, she didn’t know any defensive magic at all!

So now it must be…

“Kind Mother Earth, please grant me the power of protection!”

Ailuka poured her magic into the wand with reckless abandon, constructing the spell at the fastest speed she could muster.

Fortunately, she made it just in time.

Before the blinding lightning could reach them, a yellowish shield appeared out of thin air in front of Rod and Tia, blocking the lightning!

But…

“How strong…”

Ailuka gripped the wand tightly, the veins in her slender hands bulging. If there were a mirror in front of her now, she knew her expression would be one of sheer ferocity!

The lake lord’s lightning was not a single strike; it was a continuous barrage!

Like a laser, it relentlessly assaulted the shield she had hastily erected.

“What… kind of creature… is a generator?”

Ailuka felt her magic rapidly depleting; at this rate, she wouldn’t be able to hold on for long!

“Ah!”

Just as Ailuka was feeling a throbbing pain in her head from the rapid consumption of her magic, she suddenly heard Tia’s scream.

The scream startled her; could it be that there was a third lake lord? Were these magical beasts playing such tricks?

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But thankfully, it wasn’t a third lake lord that had appeared.

It was merely a stray arc of lightning that suddenly bypassed the shield and struck Tia’s pretty face, leaving a clear, charred mark.

“Ah, my face.”

Feeling the sting on her cheek, Tia pulled out a small mirror, and her expression darkened immediately.

Her fair and beautiful face had been marred like this—how could she possibly face anyone now?

“Ailuka, can’t you be a bit more useful?”

Tia shouted angrily:

“My face looks like this now; how are you going to compensate me?”

“Is this… really… the time… to be saying that?”

Ailuka gritted her teeth:

“I am already… doing my utmost… okay?”

It’s clearly your fault for not even learning a basic defensive spell, and now you blame me?

What time do I have to worry about your disgusting face right now?

“Stop pretending to be a damsel in distress; you could easily have blocked this level of attack before.”

Tia coldly huffed:

“I see you’re just jealous of me, doing this on purpose.”

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“……”

How dare she say that?

Clearly still under my protection, how could she dare to speak such words?

Isn’t she afraid that I’ll drop the shield and let the Lake Master kill her directly?

Ah,

No way.

Rod is still here.

I’m just a soft, cute, and kind girl; how could I do something so malicious?

……

Really can’t?

……

“I… can’t… hold on much longer…”

“Eh? What are you saying?”

“My magic… is almost gone.”

Under Tia’s horrified gaze, the earth-colored shield that had been blocking the deadly lightning began to gradually shrink.

Originally able to protect two people, the shield was getting smaller and smaller. Now, Tia was no longer just being occasionally splashed by arcs of lightning; instead, the scattered lightning was brushing against her body, instantly leaving many charred marks on her skin.

“Wait, Eluka, I was just joking! I didn’t mean to blame you, don’t do this…”

Feeling the increasingly imminent threat of death, Tia panicked in an instant, starting to plead with Eluka, as if her earlier arrogance had merely been an illusion.

Hmph, no wonder she’s a cheap slut, lacking even a shred of dignity.

Rod would definitely not like someone like you.

Eluka thought to herself, feeling secretly pleased.

However, she didn’t actually have the intention to kill Tia at this opportunity; she just wanted to teach her a lesson.

Besides, her magic was really running low.

“Tia… don’t worry… I’ll try harder… I definitely… won’t let you… get hurt…”

The shrinking of the shield gradually stopped, maintaining a position that could protect Rod well while allowing Tia to be splashed by lightning from time to time.

Listening to Tia’s occasional screams, Eluka felt her magic flowing much more smoothly.

Only then did Eluka not notice that the Lake Master, watching all of this from below, suddenly revealed a hint of human-like mockery in his eyes.

Boom!

A bolt of crimson lightning, completely different from before, suddenly exploded.

The shockwave from the explosion shook the shield, and Eluka instinctively increased her infusion of magical power.

But this situation had occurred too suddenly; with her already low reserve of magic, drawing so much power at once made her feel as if her head had been struck by a hammer, stars dancing before her eyes, and a ringing in her ears.

Through her blurred vision, she saw a figure being thrown out.

That was…

Tia?

Eluka’s eyes widened in shock.

That’s right, it was Tia. Due to the shockwave from the recent explosion, Tia had been directly blasted away.

“Tia, quickly use the levitation spell!”

Eluka shouted towards Tia.

But there was no response; Tia’s eyes were tightly shut, seemingly knocked out by the shock.

“How could this happen…”

Eluka’s face turned pale.

She hadn’t expected the Lake Master to suddenly change tactics; caught off guard, even Rod, who was so close, probably had no time to react.

But she had no energy left to cast two spells simultaneously, so she couldn’t save Tia.

No, even if she flew out, she would just land in the water; it wouldn’t be life-threatening for the time being…

But this naive thought only flickered in Eluka’s mind before being brutally crushed by reality.

Because she saw the Lake Master suddenly stop its attack.

Then, it aimed its horn at Tia.

The lightning began to flicker again.

Power was gathering.

“It’s over.”

At this moment, Eluka’s mind went blank.

She couldn’t think of any way to save Tia; the Lake Master had clearly planned this and would never let this opportunity slip away.

Tia was going to die.

“Eh?”

“Should I be happy now?”

……

Of course.

……

“Tiya!”

Eluka suddenly heard a loud call and instinctively turned her gaze towards the source of the voice.

Then, she saw Rod abandon the shield that could protect him and leap towards Tiya.

“Ah.”

Her heart felt as if it had been stabbed.

“Why?”

“Rod, are you throwing your life away?”

“Why save that b*tch…”

Eluka wanted to shout these words, but when they reached her lips, they turned into nothing more than a powerless tremble.

The mockery in the Lake Master’s eyes grew thicker; it was waiting.

Waiting for Rod to successfully embrace Tiya.

Only then could it achieve two goals with one arrow.