At this time, when Lia's weapon vanished in thin air because of the elf guard, Zion made one strike at the wall with the pipe in his hand and ran out of breath. He had been hitting the wall for quite a while, but it refused to budge. He gritted his teeth and swung the pipe again as it collided with the wall and made a sound.

After trying it, again and again, multiple times, Zion finally couldn't take it anymore. This human body of his was useless with zero energy. Even a small amount of work would make his lungs empty and force him to stop and take deep breaths. Beads of sweat covered his forehead as he panted profusely.

How would he make a hole in the wall that refused to break? He glared at the wall and took a deep breath to calm himself. Just then, the sound of fighting stopped all of a sudden. Zion's hands paused as he started acting again. His hands hit the wall vigorously and more forcefully than before.

His heartbeat sped up.

Why did the noise stop all of a sudden? What happened?

Was Lia alright?

His brows furrowed at that. If only he was more powerful enough…

His lips pursed as he continued to hit the wall like crazy. It wasn't like he had ended up falling for this dhampir master just like those cringy romance fantasy novels. Instead, his emotions for her didn't change at all. His heart was still cold, and he still treated her as nothing more than a teacher who was ready to teach him how to fight with a sword, but he couldn't just let her die like that!

At this thought, his speed increased. His chest burnt as he exerted himself beyond his limit, but he still didn't stop. For a moment, he felt like his hands would break. Just then, the pipe that attacked the wall for the hundredth time made a scratching sound like a piece of stone broke apart from the wall and hit the ground.

All of a sudden, he felt as if a gust of wind entered the prison and circled around him, making his robes flutter. It seemed to have passed through all the cells and went outside.

Zion heaved a sigh and looked down at his hands that were all red and filled with scratches. His legs felt like giving up, but he didn't care. He would have to make sure that his 'master' was alright. He dashed outside with the pipe in hand and saw that Lia was still inside the prison. She was surrounded by many soldiers standing right outside the main door. All of them had a sword at hand and smiling evilishly when they saw her without any weapons.

He didn't know just when these people arrived at this place, but he had no intention of waiting any longer. He threw the pipe, aiming it at the wall beside Lia.

The dhampir princess had no idea that her servant had solved more than half of her problems. Her lips were pursed as she looked at the crowd standing in front of her. The soldier who had chanted the spell to control her sword and make it disperse had already been standing far away, leaning on the wall.

She took a step back, and just then, a metal pipe collided against the wall beside the door. She was stunned and looked back instantly to see Zion lying on the ground. His forehead was covered with sweat, but he seemed to be unconscious. Lia had no time to determine what had happened to her servant.

She took the weapon and squinted her eyes while looking at it. A little while ago, she had felt as if a gust of wind had circled around her, but prison shouldn't have windows, and she didn't think the wind could travel in a closed-up place filled with corridors and walls. So there must be only one thing that must have happened: the human lying unconscious behind her must have figured out a way to break the spell inside the prison.

The corners of her lips curled up at that, and she brought her hand behind her back and secretly made several hand-signs. Her Qi entered inside the pipe in her hand as it flashed with a bright light. She finally smiled widely while glancing at the elves.

"You see, before suppressing a powerful person, you should see if she has a few minions to give her a hand." She waved the pipe in her hand as she looked at the pale faces of the elves standing in front of her. "Even a small helping hand is enough to destroy the enemies!"

After saying this, her hand made multiple signs, and the magical energy balls emerged from the pipe. The elves, who were still outside, cursed under their breaths.

"Protect yourself!" One of the elves said and chanted a spell to create a protective layer in front of his body while eyeing the dhampir girl with squinted eyes.

"She's powerful! Be careful!"

"Just make sure she shouldn't escape!"

After saying this, another round of fighting started between the two sides. The energy balls attacked the elves, but they were thankfully protected by the shield they created. It was just that the shield disappeared. Just when they thought that they could make a counterattack to suppress the dhampir girl, another set of fireballs appeared in front of them.

The elves' faces paled and their eyes widened. They dodged the attack, but a few of them were still hit by the energy balls. They fell on their knees as their entire bodies felt like burning from the hot energy balls filled with the fume of boiling water.

At this time, Lia had no intention of defeating them all at once. She only wanted to make an escape. So she stealthily took a few steps back until she reached Zion and made hand-signs. Suddenly, fog covered around her.

The elves, who were standing in front of her outside the door, realized what was happening, and yelled. "Don't let her escape! Find the commander!"

But they didn't get a chance to capture her again. Once the fog receded, no one was around, not even the human who was captured with her.

By the time the princess managed to escape, they were already standing in a dark street outside the palace. No one was around, and they didn't know the fact that this was the exact place where the silver-masked man had come with a carriage to kidnap many children. This street was where he had placed the carriage right in front of an abandoned house.

At this time, Lia stood right in front of the same house and stared at it for a long time before she took a few steps toward it and entered the courtyard. The house was old, and it looked as if no one had lived for years. Weeds grew on the garden on both of her sides as she carried her human servant on her back.

If this place still flourished as the palace had, perhaps the garden wouldn't have been in such a mess, but Lia couldn't do anything about it. She ignored the messy courtyard and pushed the front door that made a creaking sound while opening.

If Zion were still conscious, he would have doubted whether he had suddenly stepped inside a horror movie, but at this time, Lia was here. Just as she took another step, she hissed in pain. She looked down and found that her leg was bleeding. Her lips pursed as she stared at her skirt that was covered in blood.

She finally found a clean place inside the room and placed Zion against a pillar before she sat beside him. She tore the hem of her long skirt and wrapped it around the wound on her legs.

Then she sat crossed-legged in a lotus position and meditated to circulate the Qi in her veins. After that, she used a few hand-signs to activate the healing power that ran throughout her body and finally approached her legs that were covered in blood. Her legs shone brightly for a few seconds before it disappeared as if the Qi was absorbed by the injury on her leg.

Her eyes were closed the entire time, so she didn't see Zion's brows furrowing and eyelashes fluttering after about two hours since their escape. Just a while later, he opened his eyes and looked around only to find himself in a different environment. Her brows furrowed deeper, and he was about to get up on his feet when he saw Lia beside him, breathing calmly.

He felt that his body had regained a little more energy. Even though his limbs ached, he would still walk carefully. He got up and fixed his unkempt look. Then he glanced at the dhampir princess before hesitating and bending down. Just as he bent, a stinging pain appeared on his back. He winched and steadied himself.

Why the heck was his back aching like this? And his hands were also too painful. It almost felt as if someone had used some tool to pierce his muscles bit by bit. His lips pressed in a thin line as he sat on the ground for a moment and glanced around.

It seemed they were successful in their escape. He turned to look at the hideous wound on Lia's leg and pursed his lips. After that, he heaved a sigh and focused on what he had originally planned.

After the escape, he had planned to find some waiters or something to get more information about what was going on in this kingdom. He needed to know more about their current situation outside the palace before he could think of another plan. What would be the best place to get more information about things that were going on around the kingdom? Of course, it was the restaurant!

So it was decided. He would sneak inside at a nearby restaurant and hear about the rumors that were spreading across the kingdom this time.