Girl Doesn’t Die in Fairytale Town: Chapter 4 – Crimson Eyes
“Why are so many strange things happening today…”
Luo Yan looked up at the mottled and chaotic azure lines in the sky, scratching the back of her head in confusion.
Just a moment ago, Luo Yan had a strange feeling.
It was as if someone was watching her from the sky, so she looked up.
But after staring for a while, she still couldn’t find anyone in the sky.
Rubbing her slightly sore neck, Luo Yan thought carefully and decided it must have been her imagination.
Fortunately, there was no one around. If others saw her staring blankly at the sky for a while, wouldn’t it be embarrassing?
…Wait, was there really no one watching?
Luo Yan’s heart seemed to be touched again, and the feeling that someone was watching her returned.
She looked around but couldn’t see any trace of anyone else.
The path from the town center back to the manor on the outskirts was sparsely populated, and usually, no one would pass by.
“Is it because I haven’t been resting well lately?” Luo Yan said with a troubled expression. “I keep having these strange feelings…”
Forget it, little Tini should be getting up soon. She would be sad if she woke up and couldn’t find her.
Luo Yan dismissed the feeling in her heart and continued walking back.
But just then, a faint gasp reached Luo Yan’s ears, neither near nor far.
Luo Yan stopped.
But the gasp just now seemed to be another illusion, and the surroundings returned to silence.
No, this time it wasn’t an illusion.
Luo Yan clearly saw a small, clear fragment revealed at the corner not far ahead, out of place with the surrounding lines.
It was half a dagger.
The blade of the dagger reflected a silver gleam, lying across Luo Yan’s path, as if quietly waiting for her.
Luo Yan remembered Dr. Messier’s warning and instantly became tense.
“I can’t be this unlucky! Could I really have encountered… a dangerous outsider?”
Someone secretly hiding in the corner with a dagger, deliberately avoiding making any noise, couldn’t be a good person…
Run?
Luo Yan, who had trouble even walking, definitely couldn’t outrun the person on the other side.
Fight?
…Don’t even think about it. Even with a frail child, Luo Yan’s physique would struggle, let alone against someone with a knife.
Call for help?
No… calling for help at this time would probably provoke the other party, and she wouldn’t have time to wait for rescue.
Now, what should she do?
In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Luo Yan’s mind.
Meanwhile, around the corner where Luo Yan couldn’t see, a lightly armored woman was leaning against the wall.
The woman was covered in wounds of varying sizes. The blood was held back by some force, preventing it from flowing out. The arm holding the dagger hung limply, and her other hand clutched a near-fatal wound on her chest.
Even so, she still held her breath, not daring to make any sound.
“This… should be the legendary ‘Ghost Town’…”
The lightly armored woman’s delicate face was also smeared with blood, but it couldn’t hide her frightened expression. Her pale lips trembled slightly.
“But why… are there humans in ‘Ghost Town’?”
“No, is ‘it’ really human?”
“It’… seems to be watching me…”
At this moment, Luo Yan held her breath, gripping her cane nervously.
“An unknown outsider…”
Luo Yan didn’t turn and run. If the other party did have malicious intentions, with her current weak body, she probably wouldn’t be able to escape, and instead would expose her back, giving the other party an opportunity.
“I can’t alert them. There are no other townspeople nearby. Recklessly shouting for help will only force the other party to take more extreme actions.”
Luo Yan was very calm now, her mind racing.
“Judging from the current situation, this unidentified ‘outsider’ seems to be quite seriously injured.
“Perhaps they are being pursued, or perhaps for other reasons, they are hiding here.
“If they were after me, they should have attacked by now, but they haven’t.”
Therefore…
“Just pretend I haven’t noticed and walk past as if nothing is wrong.”
Thinking of this, Luo Yan made up her mind, mustered her courage, and slowly shuffled forward.
“A little further, just a little further, as long as I pass this intersection…”
Whether returning to town or continuing back to the Natalie Manor, this intersection was a necessary passage.
But Luo Yan knew that as long as she left this intersection, she would be out of danger.
But at this moment, the lightly armored woman, hearing the faint rustling sound of shoes on the ground, trembled slightly as she gripped the dagger.
“They’re approaching me, slowly… approaching me!”
Step by step, slowly coming towards her.
Fear slowly but inevitably crept closer, and this suffocating pressure nearly broke her, already seriously injured.
“I can’t just sit here and wait for death!”
The lightly armored woman bit her lip, trying her best to calm down.
Although she was only a “Calamity” level ability user, cannon fodder in a “Ruin” level disaster area, because of the unique nature of her spatial ability, she could often create miracles.
Three ability users of the same level, plus a “Ruin” level ability user, couldn’t capture her in the most familiar environment. If it were any other type of ability user, they would already be dead.
However, such a formidable lineup had indeed forced her into a desperate situation, forcing her to risk entering the legendary “Ghost Town” to seek a chance of survival.
Now… it was time to take another risk.
A ruthless glint flashed in the lightly armored woman’s eyes.
Luo Yan stared intently at the dagger. If the other party showed any signs of hostility, she would immediately flee to the nearest house in town.
But what she didn’t see was that her pupils were gradually becoming brighter, from a faint pale red to a vibrant crimson, as if blood were about to drip from them.
At this moment, Luo Yan suddenly saw the dagger in her vision vanish like a wisp of smoke. The faint gasping sound intensified slightly, but its location shifted to behind her.
“Not good!”
Seeing this, alarm bells instantly went off in Luo Yan’s mind. She hadn’t expected this at all!
“I did it!”
A look of surprise flashed across the lightly armored woman’s face. She used the last of her strength to activate her spatial jump, her figure appearing mid-air.
At this time, Luo Yan’s back was to her, completely unguarded.
With a simple swing of the dagger, following the momentum of her descent, she could easily take the other person’s head.
At this critical juncture, less than a breath after seeing the dagger disappear, Luo Yan instinctively looked up and behind her, following the faint gasping sound she heard.
Although the lightly armored woman was descending, before she could draw her dagger, she unexpectedly met Luo Yan’s blazing crimson eyes.
Then, she completely lost the chance to draw her dagger.
The beautiful silver-haired girl looked at her indifferently, her gaze piercing her heart.
What kind of eyes were these…?
Intricate patterns swirled within the blood-red pupils, seemingly containing some ancient mystery.
In the instant their gazes met, the lightly armored woman felt as if all her secrets had been completely seen through by these eyes. Her heart had nowhere to hide.
The lightly armored woman’s grip on the dagger loosened, letting her only weapon fall to the ground with a crisp metallic clang.
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