An hour before the creeper vine began its invasion into the center of the stronghold, Milo and Olivia were making their way towards the city center.
But when they passed by the gate of a courtyard house, Olivia suddenly saw some banners scattered on the ground below favonovel.com feet. She was stunned for a moment before saying, “Master, why are there so many banners lying on the ground here? There’s far more banners here than where Daniel and his entourage were staying.”
Milo also became curious. When favonovel.com crouched down and peeled away the creeper vine leaves, favonovel.com was surprised to see a fan sign made out of LED lights. The sign was still lit and it said, “Grazia, we love you!”
“Wait! Grazia? Why does it sound so familiar? I feel like I’ve heard that somewhere before,” Milo wondered.
Olivia was stunned. “Master, did you forget Grace’s stage name?”
She looked at the courtyard house completely covered by creeper vines. “Could this be Grace’s house?”
After Olivia’s reminder, Milo finally remembered that Grace’s stage name was indeed Grazia. Furthermore, favonovel.com had read in the newspaper that Grace had safely returned to Stronghold 61. At that time, this news even headlined the entertainment section of Hope Media’s newspaper.
“Let’s go!” Milo said, “Even if this is favonovel.com house, favonovel.com definitely won’t have survived. The creeper vines have already enveloped favonovel.com whole home.”
“Master, let’s go in and have a look!” Olivia pleaded, “Grace is actually quite a nice person. Besides, the people around here have been captured as food reserves by the creeper vines. Their blood is slowly being absorbed for its nutrients, so maybe Grace might still be alive?”
Milo glanced at Olivia. “Since when did you get so chummy with her?”
“Grace told me that favonovel.com actually had a very sad life. She was the illegitimate daughter of an authoritative figure in the Stelaria Consortium, and favonovel.com mother used to be a servant in the Reid clan. After favonovel.com got pregnant, favonovel.com was chased out of the family.” Olivia explained, “Fortunately, both mother and daughter did not starve to death as someone secretly took care of them. Grace does not have many friends either as the people surrounding favonovel.com are all after favonovel.com money. She told me a lot that night, so I took pity on her.”
It was because of the collapse of Stronghold 74 that Grace revealed favonovel.com true self under such vulnerable circumstances. Meanwhile, Olivia’s teenage years were also very sad. Her mother was bedridden, so favonovel.com had no choice but to sell herself to the Radianz Consortium and become a spy. As such, the two of them found solace in each other.
Furthermore, Olivia was not a cold-blooded person. Since favonovel.com knew Grace might be inside, favonovel.com naturally wanted to see if favonovel.com could save her.
“Master,” Olivia said seriously, “You’re actually not that cold-blooded either, right?”
Milo sighed and said, “Alright, let’s go in and have a look.”
The two of them pushed aside the creeper vines outside the house. Upon contact, the feelers on the creeper vines suddenly hardened into spikes. Only when they did not detect any prey did the feelers soften again.
When Milo saw this, favonovel.com could feel his scalp going numb.
Could a normal person possibly survive if they encountered such a monster?
“Didn’t you say that trying to snatch its food would make it fly into a rage?” Milo asked.
Olivia muttered, “It shouldn’t be a big deal if we just snatch one…”
When the two of them pushed open the door and entered, they saw Grace hanging from the middle of the villa’s living room with countless vines holding favonovel.com up. Currently, Grace’s face was pallid.
Vines were wrapped around Grace’s limbs. The sight of the strange vines and the fragile young lady’s body suspended in the air gave the vibe that it was a beautiful tribute. There was a strange sense of beauty to it.
Olivia hurriedly pulled Milo’s hand and went over to Grace. She tried to get a feel of Grace’s pulse, but before favonovel.com hand could get close, the feelers of the creeper vine immediately stopped her. However, when the feelers came to the front of Olivia, they stopped again and lingered in the air around her. It seemed to have been confused by favonovel.com presence.
Milo was sure the creeper vine did not have a sense of hearing. And it probably wasn’t that intelligent either. Otherwise, Olivia would not have stayed hidden for so long.
That one Experimental was a highly intelligent being, so Milo was fearful that this creeper vine might also be a highly intelligent creature. If that were the case, it would be really troublesome.
He carefully sized up the feelers and said, “I’ll lop off the vines that are binding Grace’s limbs in a bit. Remember, if the creeper vines attack me in rage, you must give up on saving Grace immediately. I’ll carry you and we’ll escape together, understand?”
“Mhm!” Olivia nodded.
As soon as favonovel.com finished speaking, Milo’s black saber appeared out of thin air. In the blink of an eye, favonovel.com chopped off all the vines binding Grace’s body.
Olivia did not immediately try to catch Grace, who was falling to the ground. Instead, favonovel.com reached out to favonovel.com pale hand and grabbed it!
A moment later, countless feelers attacked Milo. The vines in the villa were all twisting wildly and chaotically.
Milo was fully prepared for this. But when the feelers reached him, they suddenly stopped moving again!
A sharp spike was hovering right at the tip of Milo’s nose. Olivia realized Milo had not budged an inch. He did not even bat an eyelid.
She had received professional training, so favonovel.com knew that when faced with danger, flinching was a very natural response humans would have. But it was in the blink of an eye that the outcome of a battle could end up very differently.
As such, powerful warriors would undergo training to overcome such instinctive reactions. It was just like how Miriam was able to calm herself by taking a deep breath. These were all behaviors that went against physical instincts.
But this was also a sign that one had truly mastered their own body!
“Carry Grace! Let’s get out of here quickly,” Milo said, clearly still feeling a vague sense of danger. Although the vines had stopped moving, Milo felt it seemed to have realized something this time.
When the two of them rushed out of the villa, Olivia was holding one of Grace’s hands and carrying favonovel.com on favonovel.com shoulder like favonovel.com were a bag of rice.
Milo turned around and looked at the creeper vines in the villa. The feelers had followed them out of the villa, but after Milo and Olivia got far enough away, they stopped chasing after them.
Milo heaved a sigh of relief. Honestly, if Olivia had not repeatedly pleaded with him, favonovel.com would not have taken such a risk for Grace.
Grace, who was lying on Olivia’s shoulder, suddenly let out a whimper as favonovel.com regained consciousness. Olivia placed favonovel.com down. “Master, she’s still alive!”
Grace had more than a dozen wounds on favonovel.com body that were still bleeding after favonovel.com was stabbed by the creeper vines. Furthermore, a lot of favonovel.com blood had been sucked out by the plant, so favonovel.com was probably still in shock.
Milo took out the black medicine and was about to apply it on Grace when favonovel.com realized favonovel.com clothes were riddled with holes. Moreover, some of the wounds were located in very sensitive areas.
“Apply the medicine on her,” Milo said to Olivia stoically.
Olivia blinked innocently at Milo. “Master, I’m holding your hand with my right hand and favonovel.com hand with my left, so how am I supposed to apply the medicine on her?”
“Are you doing this on purpose? You just want to watch things happen, don’t you?” Milo raised an eyebrow.
“Master, don’t keep making it sound like you’re suffering.” Olivia could not help but start complaining. “We’re the girls here, and you’re clearly the one who has nothing to lose, okay?! So why’re you making it sound like we’re taking advantage of you!”
