At the border of the inner and core areas of the Demon Beast Forest.
Annabell was lurking in the shadows behind her fiancée.
The Academy Chief of Sky College, the Eldest Daughter of the Duke, possessed the rare “Truth Magic Eye.”
Cold and proud by nature, peerlessly beautiful, undefeated since enrollment—she was the flower on the high peak that countless geniuses looked up to.
In the original game, driven by extreme pride, she was publicly defeated after the three-year pact with her fiancée.
Her heart shattered, she embraced the evil power of the Abyss, fully became the final villain Boss, and was eventually blasted to bits by the protagonist’s team.
But the current Annabell was a transmigrator who had awakened the memories of a modern person.
Knowing the plot’s direction well, she naturally wouldn’t take that doomed villain path.
To avoid arousing suspicion, she still maintained that cold, ruthless, “I’m the best in the world” arrogant facade on the surface.
But to eliminate the death flag, she quietly made some small changes.
And those changes actually sparked a chemical reaction.
Originally, everyone only held pure reverence and fear for her. But now, those overthinking underclassmen imagined her as a “cold on the outside, warm on the inside, tsundere and devoted” pure love warrior.
Yet this perfect Miss, so lofty in others’ eyes, was now hiding her form like a degenerate pervert, relentlessly stalking a “Good-for-Nothing Young Master” with zero magic power.
‘I absolutely have to take a good bath when I get back… this smell is getting worse.’
Annabell flitted lightly through the bushes, glancing at her expensive boots caked with mud, and complained wildly in her mind.
After sweeping through monsters along the way, she still had plenty of magic thanks to supplies brought in advance, but as a super beautiful girl, dirt and stench were unbearable. And after fighting for so long, she hadn’t even had time to bathe!
There were clear springs in the forest, but Annabell didn’t dare stop to wash up. One reason was that letting her guard down might attract monsters; more importantly, she was afraid of losing sight of Charlotte.
At that moment, she stood on the branch of a giant ancient tree, watching Charlotte unknowingly step into the “Thunder Forest.” The corners of her mouth twitched wildly.
‘My dear darling, why of all places did you have to go here?’
Annabell knew that the Thunder Forest was one of the core forbidden zones of the Demon Beast Forest.
Even worse, it was inhabited by a lord-class monster as high as level 8—a full level above Annabell’s level 7!
‘But well, as expected of the Daughter of Fate chosen by the world will—a person with zero magic walks into the Thunder Forest, and not even a strand of hair gets singed? Isn’t this cheat way too blatant!’
Watching Charlotte walk through the lightning-stricken woods with a dazed expression, Annabell couldn’t help but feel intensely jealous.
‘Now it’s my turn. World will, you double-standard dog—don’t you dare cause trouble for me…’
Annabell took a deep breath, cast a Concealment Shield on herself, and stepped into the Thunder Forest.
Just as she expected!
The moment she set foot inside, the entire Thunder Forest quaked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. An invisible gaze filled with extreme hostility locked firmly onto Annabell.
‘Oh boy! I’m seriously calling it—oh boy!’
Annabell almost laughed in anger.
Charlotte swaggered through without a hitch, while she, sneaking in with a high-level concealment, immediately drew aggro across the entire map?!
Charlotte had just exited the dense lightning zone when she heard the terrifying thunder behind her. Startled, she turned around.
The grove she had just passed through had now turned into a blazing purple sea of lightning fire—absolutely horrifying!
“That was close… Is this forest’s natural disaster so sudden?” Charlotte patted her flat chest, secretly glad she had run fast.
The uneventful journey had given her great confidence. Gripping the jade pendant, she continued deeper into the ruins.
But as she looked at that sea of lightning, Charlotte felt an inexplicable tightness in her chest, as if someone was carrying the burden for her.
***
Meanwhile, in the heart of the lightning sea.
ROAR!—
An earth-shaking roar tore through the air, and an oppressive pressure came down like a solid weight.
What appeared before Annabell was a terrifying thunder tiger ten meters tall.
The absolute overlord of the Thunder Forest—the level 8 lord-class monster, Thunder Flame Raging Tiger!
The Thunder Flame Raging Tiger snorted two streams of high-voltage white gas from its nostrils and assumed the pose of using “100,000 Volts.”
“Meow meow meow!” It meant: “What lowly human dares to enter my domain? You all must die, meow!”
The next instant, the fully charged 100,000 Volts shot straight at Annabell!
But under Annabell’s red-and-blue dual pupil gaze, this seemingly world-destroying attack seemed to slow down, full of flaws.
“Slow. Too slow.”
Annabell showed no expression. Without even moving her feet, she slightly shifted her body and precisely dodged the lethal strike.
At the same time, she swung her staff and countered with over a dozen ice shards, leaving white scratches on the tiger’s fur.
ROAR!
Failing to hit and being scratched, the Thunder Flame Raging Tiger felt its kingly dignity challenged. It charged wildly, enveloping the entire area within a terrifying lightning barrier in an instant.
‘I can’t get tangled up with it—my wife is still waiting ahead.’
Annabell knew she was racing against time. Consuming too much magic would hurt her later hero-rescuing act. After exchanging a few rounds with the big cat and pulling away, she decided to finish it quickly.
‘In that case, let’s try that forbidden scroll. I hope the system reward is reliable.’
Annabell slowly floated into the air, suddenly spread her arms wide, and parted her red lips: “[Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin]!”
The Thunder Flame Raging Tiger felt the gravity increase thousands of times instantly. Its once-majestic massive body slammed “bang” into the mud, pinned so tightly it couldn’t move a single claw.
And behind Annabell, a horrifying scene unfolded that made the Thunder Flame Raging Tiger’s very soul tremble.
The void shattered. Nine ancient divine dragon phantoms, radiating supreme draconic might, pulled a bronze divine coffin out from a spatial rift! The space around the coffin couldn’t withstand its immense aura, constantly collapsing and reforming in a broken state.
The moment the forbidden spell was cast, the whole world fell into dead silence. Even the lightning stopped flickering, as if time itself had frozen.
“Th-this magic is way too absurd?!” Annabell’s heterochromatic eyes went wide. “As expected of Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin! Such power—after all, dragons are the symbol of emperors!”
Under the absolute suppression of the forbidden spell, the Thunder Flame Raging Tiger’s eyes now held only endless fear. It couldn’t even muster the thought to resist.
As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot, and it’s a basic villain trait to kick a dog when it’s down.