My Destiny To Be Loved By The Villains[part 2 ]

Chapter 162: First Ordeal (4)

"Wait."

Talion said, halting Faenol in her tracks.

Ahead of them, laid a dark corridor.

"It would be better to turn back. There is too much risk to enter from this direction."

His judgment was reasonable.

Thoughtlessly entering such a passage in a dungeon was the equivalent of suicide. After all, there were dangers in the dungeon at every turn. Without visibility, the likelihood of certain death would skyrocket.

However...

Faenol Lipek was unfazed by this as she continued to walk at a steady, yet a little bit slow pace.

"...Ms. Faenol? Wait, what are—

The alarmed Talion tried to stop her, but...

Before he could even finish his sentence...

The traps laid around, artificial Demonic Creatures, and the intricately placed mana disruption devices, all activated simultaneously with a loud clatter.

She just stepped forward and this already happened.

"...What are you doing over there?"

But, she was still unfazed, she turned around to see Talion looking at her with an incredulous expression.

As if she was questioning why he was just staying behind and not following her.

"..."

After staring blankly for a while, Talion let out a resigned laugh.

He had momentarily forgotten how much of a monster the other person was.

Throughout their dungeon exploration, it was this woman who effortlessly swept every obstacle they faced aside.

Though it had been days since he was unexpectedly chosen as her 'attendant' for the Hero Selection, he still couldn't get used to her extraordinary abilities.

"...No, it's nothing. It's just that I can't see anything beyond this point."

"Is that so?"

Faenol smiled bitterly.

She didn't know if she should feel relieved or sad here.

Because she wasn't someone who relied on her five senses as she was more accustomed to using her Mana Mastery to navigate her surroundings instead.

That was why she barely noticed things like the lighting becoming dim.

'No, but...how does that even make sense, though?'

Among knights who were specialized in Body Strengthening Techniques to the extreme, being able to move their bodies despite some of their bodily functions failing was a given. But that was only because their job required them to continue fighting even when they got seriously injured.

Faenol was just using a different set of skills, a Mage's mana to be exact, for the same purpose, indicating that she, indeed, had an advanced level mastery in this regard.

"..."

However...

Talion admired her for this, but this bewildered Faenol.

'...It seems to be getting stronger.'

The price the Red Devil demanded for reviving her from death was her ability to 'feel' everything.

In other words, as her emotions began to awaken, such control over her should have weakened.

Yet, even though she wasn't particularly invoking Devil's Aura, her mana was now naturally imbued with Devil's Aura.