While Zion was still continuing to listen to the bizarre conservation, Lia was gritting her teeth while fighting with this elf queen. She had fought with this girl before, and the result was even worse than she could ever imagine. That was why she was where she was right now!

So she knew that Odina would be powerful enough, but Lia was prepared. Even the dhampir princess had tricks up her sleeves that she never got to use previously when she was fighting with his elf queen back then. That was why she agreed so easily to fight against this girl standing in front of her, but who knew that in the nick of time, Odina would manage to become even more powerful than previously!

Lia was stunned while continuing to attack her. None of their attacks touched each other's protective shield they had both created with their own techniques. Their swords supercharged with Qi began to collide with each other as sparks flew in the air. The fight was so fierce that both were on an equal footing at this time.

At this time, Lia was so surprised that she paused her steps for a moment and stared at the queen with squinted eyes. Why was this queen more powerful than previously? The last time when they fought, they were both equals even after standing near the ancient tree, but now, even when the elf queen was away from her palace, she was even more powerful than that!

Just what did this girl do to grow more powerful? And how could this even happen?!

Lia panicked for a moment before she took a deep breath and calmed herself. She shouldn't make guesses blindly and think about how to fight back fiercely and escape! Good thing that her servant was still hidden behind the garbage box, or else, they would have used him to capture her!

He gritted her teeth and hit the thunderous blade of the elf queen for the hundredth time and backed away. She glared at the queen and decided to do something else to fight back. She knew for sure that normal attacks wouldn't work this time.

After realizing this, she used another set of complicated hand-signs as water flowed on her sword and it started freezing. She had the ability to change the temperature of the water that would flow on the surface of her sword. It was just that different attacks needed varied hand-signs.

The moment her sword turned into frost, it was surrounded by cold fumes. After this, she rushed at the elf queen with a fiery expression on her face.

On the other hand, Odina seemed to have expected this outcome, so she scoffed and rushed at the dhampir princess. No one could tell what she was thinking. Her face remained expressionless as her lips moved and her entire body sparkled as if she covered herself with another shield that extended even into her sword. After that, she rushed toward Lia as she stared coldly at the dhampir girl.

The dhampir princess expected Odina to do this. So she just sneered in her heart and continued to move forward. Soon the two sides collided, and the sparks that flew were even more powerful than they were before. It was perhaps the frost sword that made it different this time around.

Lia grunted as she separated and glared at the queen once again. Even though she had expected Odina to use another set of protective layers, she hadn't thought that this shield would be more powerful. She had thought that her frost sword could slice the first layer of the shield in a go and give her a way to attack the queen, but she was wrong.

She remembered how she had used the same method to create a weakness while attacking the queen, so she was confident that she could use the same method again to defeat the queen, but she was wrong. Of course, back then, she wasn't the only one who was attacking the queen, and Odina had been terribly injured, so it was easy for her to attack. But now when she saw Odina easily saving herself from the frost sword, her lips pursed and she started thinking of another attack that she could use against this girl.

Lia had another set of dangerous attacks too, so she didn't just have to depend on the frost sword to go against the elf queen.

Zion, who was also watching the scene, frowned when he saw the way Odina waas dealing with the dhampir princess. At one glance he could tell that there was a reason why the queen wasn't using any attacks against her opponent. It was almost as if she was testing her opponent's skills and making Lia more exhausted before she could use a trump card.

His eyes squinted at that. He knew that Lia wasn't as smart as him, and she wouldn't reach to the conclusions that he did so quickly, but he hadn't expected her to be blinded by rage so much that she would forget to think of simple things! He was confident that if the dhampir princess was in her right mind at this time, she would have realized what the elf queen was doing right now!

But now when Lia was falling in Odina's traps, Zion couldn't help but be worried. What if the dhampir princess who was so proud of herself failed in this fight? What could he do to save the situation?

He looked around to glance at all the elf soldiers who were staring at their queen admiringly, and pressed his lips in a thin line. After that he lowered his head as a feeling of helplessness engulfed his heart. If only he were more powerful….

Why was he so weak like this? He seemed to be always slowing Lia down whenever she would be fighting with someone else. Although he had learned how to fight with a sword, he was still weak. Nothing changed ever since he escaped from the Vanne kingdom. Back then, he was weak because he didn't know how to fight with a sword, but this time, even if he knew, he could fight and save himself. He could even give Lia a hand and do something a man was supposed to do!

But now, all he could do was hide behind a garbage box like the coward he was!