Faced with Lewis’s persuasion to surrender, Ainola remained unmoved.
Nonsense, she thought, possessing enough self-awareness to know that if she actually surrendered, she would likely be dragged back and turned into a cream puff.
Wait, no, Anderson should not have those kinds of worldly desires anymore.
Ainola shook those messy thoughts out of her head and pulled a spherical object from the pocket of her skirt.
As soon as the sphere was thrown to the ground, it instantly exploded into a cloud of beige mist.
“It is… the Hallucination Mist, everyone be careful!”
Lewis naturally knew of Red Sparrow’s strength.
As an assassin, making poisons was a required course for her, and he had to admit, her attainments in this area were quite formidable.
Once, when Lewis was investigating a case where a nobleman was assassinated, he looked for a long, long time but could not find the victim’s body.
It wasn’t until two months later that the servants of that noble family finally found a few human bone fragments that had long since been corroded beyond recognition inside the toilet pipes.
It was confirmed that these were the remains of the victim.
Moreover, to this day, the Temple Knights had never found out what kind of poison Red Sparrow used.
So, even though he knew this was the Hallucination Mist, he still had to be careful. If Red Sparrow pulled some other trick, it could be fatal.
“Heh~”
Watching these Temple Knights covering their noses and mouths, Ainola couldn’t help but want to laugh.
One had to know that this type of Hallucination Mist entered the human body through pores and mucous membranes; covering one’s nose and mouth was not enough to defend against it.
The eyes and exposed skin of the Temple Knights were more than enough to make them collapse to the ground.
“Wha…t?”
Lewis still wanted to approach Ainola, but he finally realized something was wrong.
His limbs gradually went numb, and his body began to refuse to listen to him.
Without a doubt, these were the symptoms of being poisoned.
Seeing that these Temple Knights were unable to move, Ainola said teasingly.
“You should be glad that you work for Anderson, otherwise the poison I released would not have been for simple paralysis.”
“Red Sparrow… you… don’t run…”
Lewis looked at Ainola’s gradually receding figure, feeling a bit of frustration.
The latter seemed to have heard Lewis’s words; she turned her head, made a face, and tauntingly said.
“You want to catch me? Relying on clumsy knights like you is simply too unrealistic, don’t you think? You should call your master instead, provided that… he can find me.”
After dropping that line, Ainola disappeared into the mist.
It is unknown how much time passed before this group of Temple Knights finally regained their ability to move.
Lewis stood up with difficulty and said, feeling unwilling.
“After finding her tracks with so much effort… she just ran away like that.”
“Captain, what should we do now?”
A knight asked with confusion at this moment.
“Should we report this to the Prince first?”
“That is all we can do.”
Lewis felt very helpless. His strength was not weak, but faced with the crafty Red Sparrow, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
“Where did the Prince go?”
“Wait a moment, Captain, I will go ask…”
The knight took out a strange device engraved with a Magic Formation, called into it a few times, and then a few question marks appeared over his head.
“Prince, you said you are in a very cold place? There are many black and white, bird-like creatures around you? You are asking me where that is… I do not know?”
Listening to the conversation between the two, Lewis’s mouth twitched, and he said.
“Isn’t that Antarctica?”
“…”
The person on the other end of the line and the knight both fell silent.
At this moment, Anderson, located in Antarctica, pushed away the few penguins circling him.
Their chirping sounded exactly like those merchants who come to pitch products.
“Ainola… you bitch…”
Looking at the pointer in his hand, Anderson finally realized that the Magic Formation on it was purely for show; it was really just an ordinary compass!
And the White Wizard who gave him the compass was, without a doubt, Ainola in disguise.
That trashy woman!
Anderson covered his forehead, his heart filled with helplessness and melancholy.
When others chase after girls, it is a psychological pursuit.
How did it become a physical pursuit for him?
“Fortunately, the Temple Knights were useful. Although she escaped, at least we found a trace. Ainola, you better not let me catch you. If you are caught by me, I definitely will not let you off easy.”
Anderson stood up with indignation. He now had to return to the Glory Empire from this freezing Antarctica.
This trip would take several days, and he hoped that scum Ainola would not escape the country.
Once she left the country, it would be extremely difficult for him to find her again.
“Prince Anderson.”
As Anderson prepared to return, a cold voice reached his ears.
Hearing this remote transmission, Anderson immediately recognized the identity of the person.
“White Wizard?”
“It is me.”
As she spoke, a crystal projection appeared in front of Anderson, and inside was the White Wizard’s face, which was so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water.
“I heard you are looking for that assassin named Red Sparrow, right? I can help you.”
The White Wizard had truly suffered 12 hours of hell.
She had been tied to the bed, and because of the urgent need to use the bathroom, her life felt worse than death.
By the time the ropes were released, she couldn’t even stand, her panties were soaked with leaking liquid, and in the end, she had to crawl into the bathroom, leaning against the wall one step at a time.
The White Wizard would never forget this humiliation in her life.
Having received unexpected support, Anderson felt a little surprised.
As for whether this was Ainola’s disguise, he really wasn’t worried; after all, Ainola was an assassin, not a mage.
Just as he wanted to say something, a teleportation circle appeared in front of him.
The White Wizard, holding a staff, said to Anderson.
“You are currently in Antarctica. This teleportation array can return you to Hail City instantly. Please, you must! Catch that Red Sparrow. I want to spank her hard!”
Even through the screen, Anderson could feel the resentment, which had almost turned into tangible black air, continuously pouring from the screen toward him.
“We are both people fallen from grace…”
Seeing the White Wizard like this, Anderson instantly felt a sense of sympathy.
He walked into the teleportation array and was able to return to Hail City in the Glory Empire.
Running around day and night for these past few days had made him feel quite exhausted.
Right now, all he wanted to do was go home and take a good bath.
Walking into the bathroom, Anderson sighed.
The once noisy rental apartment was now just him alone, which felt a bit lonely.
“Huh?”
After taking off his clothes, Anderson saw a few sets of women’s clothing left in the laundry basket.
“Gulp…”
A flutter of excitement arose in Anderson’s heart.
If he wasn’t mistaken, these must be clothes left behind by Ainola, right?
Holding onto a bit of a bad idea, Anderson placed his hand on the clothes.
After picking them up, a note fell out from within them.
The following words were written on it:
“To my best friend—Anderson, I could not take these clothes with me, so I will leave them to you as spellcasting materials~ Oh wait, at this point, you shouldn’t be able to cast spells, hehe~”