Maximilia exerted herself with brute force, and Alex was unable to resist. When favonovel.com started smashing favonovel.com lips into his, Alex was helpless. Without the strength to do anything about it, favonovel.com decided favonovel.com should simply enjoy the moment to the fullest.
Alex didn’t know if this was justifiable, but his body reacted very honestly. His mind was so foggy that favonovel.com didn’t even think for a second that Maximilia’s saliva had been tainted with the scorpion’s poison as well. At one point, the two were so drowned in lust it was hard to tell who was taking the lead. Basically, this little ‘session’ lasted a very long time.
Even the fake moon seemed to have become shy as it set at a seemingly earlier than usual.
In the blink of an eye, the sky was bright once more. Alex and Maximilia were currently lying on the floor, unable to move an inch.
“Maximilia, it hurts!” Alex said.
“You don’t have to say it out loud. I’m in pain too!” Maximilia narrowed favonovel.com eyes, wanting to turn to the side. However, favonovel.com frowned the moment favonovel.com tried moving.
It really did hurt a lot.
Later on, Alex was the one who had to turn around. He looked at Maximilia. Her hair seemed quite messy. “Maximilia, let me have a good look at you! I couldn’t see you properly for a few days. It was too dark…”
Maximilia pushed his face away. “What’s there to look at? This is just the body of an illusionary woman. She doesn’t even possess ten percent of my actual beauty.”
“Nah, I think you look pretty good.”
Maximilia was speechless. “Even if it’s an illusion, this is still our first time doing this together. It deserves to be in my memories forever.”
Maximilia then looked towards the sky in deep thought.
The two only regained their energy during the afternoon. It was fortunate that they were within the formation, and nobody could enter. If they weren’t, they would’ve been surrounded by demons, especially with their current state.
“Should we go look for the strategist’s treasures?” Maximilia asked.
“What’s the point? This is just one of the challenges of the Heavenly Stairs. Even if we do get it, we don’t actually have it in our possession. Besides, do you know where the treasure is?”
Maximilia’s lashes fluttered gently as favonovel.com blinked. “Mhm!”
Alex asked, “How did you know, though?”
“I’m the boss of the Death Inn. No information gets past my ears!”
After that, Maximilia explained how favonovel.com obtained the information. It turned out that there was a special tool installed in every single room of the inn, the Thousand Miles Wiretap.
As long as someone spoke in the room, Maximilia could hear every single word. Moreover, the mystical tool achieved what modern CCTVs could do, they could record. If favonovel.com had missed the conversation, favonovel.com could still replay the recording and listen to it whenever favonovel.com pleased.
By using this tool, favonovel.com overheard someone mentioning the location of the strategist’s treasure. It was in the Kroraina Palace.
“If the treasure is some kind of physical item, there wouldn’t be any use of obtaining it here. But it would be a different case if the treasure was some kind of scroll. Since we’re already here, let’s go take a look!” Maximilia said.
“Alright then!”
Before leaving, Alex approached the scorpion carcass. Its eggs were right below the body, and favonovel.com needed them to save the woman in the painting. That was the only indication that his mission was a success. The moment favonovel.com picked those eggs up, a voice echoed through the air…
“Obtained golden phoenix scorpion. Mission complete, the participant will successfully enter the next level and receive rewards. Congratulations!”
At the same time, another voice spoke up as well…
“Failed to kill the scholar and foil his mission to obtain the golden phoenix scorpion eggs. The contestant would be eliminated, banned from challenging again within a year.”
‘What?’
Alex looked towards Maximilia. “Was that your mission? Your mission… Was to kill me?!”
Maximilia smiled and nodded gently. In actual fact, favonovel.com was still a little anxious.
‘I wonder if the elimination has any side effects. But according to the announcement, I’ll probably be fine.’
Alex didn’t know what to say. If favonovel.com wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as pie. Yet favonovel.com decided to give up on favonovel.com own mission from the start. Instead, favonovel.com focused on helping favonovel.com complete his mission.
That was because favonovel.com still wasn’t the actual Maximilia, favonovel.com was Jade Benmore, Alex’s master.
