Rosie's Games

Chapter 49: A Strong Boulder

Sadly for Rosalind, the Princess was way faster than her.

Princess Isabel found where the Duke and the Snake were fighting and didn't hesitate to join the already chaotic scene.

Trees were strewn all over the place, shallow cracks could be seen on the ground and a large boulder could be seen nearby. Rosalind stopped herself from thinking about the origins of the rock, knowing that this place was known for its mud and not the rocks.

Instead, she focused on the Princess.

Rosalind gritted her teeth. She froze for a few seconds as she saw that the snake was actually larger than what she had anticipated earlier. Then she saw the Princess's sword, whose jewels brightened up as she took it out of its hilt.

Again, Rosalind swore inwardly.

The gems were crafted by expert artisans and they must have included some luminous ingredient that they got from the south. It might look bright and would even become brighter the darker it got, but it was useless against an animal as large as the snake!

"Your Highness! This will not work!" she uttered in pure horror. The light was only going to attract the demonic animal who was very well known for hating light! Naturally, the animal would focus on the light!

Meaning, it would focus on the Princess!

Just as she expected, the snake immediately turn its attention toward the Princess who was coming it's way. Luckily, the Duke easily swung his sword, hitting a part of the snake's tail.

The creature hissed and made a deep guttural sound something that snakes shouldn't be able to make. It raised its head towards the moonless sky and let out a howl.

Then before her eyes, the wound near its tail slowly started to regenerate.

Rosalind's eyes widened.

That was not a simple demonic snake!

"Aim at its head the space between its eyes!" she suddenly yelled, hoping the unscathed Duke would hear her. She had heard of this snake in the past. It was called a divine demon because of its sheer strength and not many swords could pierce through its skin.

In her past life, the Duke of the North was the one who slayed the snake and it seemed that it would happen again in this lifetime! She blinked and waited for the Duke to do something. Then she heard a shrill scream.

She saw the Princess's body hit a tree nearby. The tail of the snake must have hit the Princess as she fought! However, what attracted her attention was the large gash on the Princess's neck.

Rosalind immediately made her way towards the woman. The blood that came out of the gash was already black, meaning a dark curse has infected the Princess!

Rosalind deliberated for a few seconds before she used all of her strength to pull the Princess up. Using the tree to hide both of them, Rosalind immediately checked the Princess's vitals.

The sound of fighting continued as Rosalind found out that the Princess had only fainted. Sadly, she was already infected.

Of course, Rosalind could use her Blessing to help her, but why would she waste her abilities on helping such a thoughtless person? Making sure that she was alive was enough.

Now that the Princess fainted, and she was certain that no one else was around aside from the Duke, she could use her ability to try to suppress the snake.

She immediately closed her eyes and released some darkness from her palms. A dark mist soon enveloped the area.

"Do not kill it," she whispered. This time, she knew the Duke could hear her. "Yet," she added.

Rosalind just created what she called a domain. It was a space that was full of dark mist that was all under her control. She could make the mist do whatever she wanted it to do, like breach into someone's body and suck the blood out of their bloodstream or use it to remove someone's eyeballs.

So far, this was the only aggressive ability that she had and she could only do it because of the darkness that she was able to obtain earlier. Without a source, she could not do anything. In fact, the only reason she was able to teleport during the time that she met the Duke in his carriage was because of the curse that she obtained from the Duke's wound.

Without a source, she wouldn't be able to do anything. Therefore, she needed to be around cursed weapons or people who received the dark curse.

"What are you doing?" Again the Duke appeared next to her. For some reason, he was acting as if he could clearly see her, despite the fact that she had black fog surrounding her body.

"I wanted to remove its curse," she answered.

"Why would you do that?"

"I want to help it," Rosalind lied. She heard the Duke snort a sign that he knew she was lying.

"I will give you a few minutes. We need to leave this place, the smell of blood has attracted more animals."

"We need to bring it with us," Rosalind said as she used her mist to incapacitate the snake. She suppressed it, stopping it from moving as she slowly approached it.

"Do not fret, I will kill it once its shows signs of fighting back," the Duke said and somehow Rosalind felt relief rush inside her when she heard the Duke's reassurance. Without waiting for even a second more, she touched the snake and closed her eyes as she absorbed all of its dark energy.

It didn't take too long for the snake to feel the effects of its darkness being taken. However, Rosalind could not take everything in one go.

"Kill it," Rosalind said. Wasting no time, the Duke used his sword and cut the thirty feet long snake in half as if it was some fish that he wanted to eat for dinner.

Rosalind thought that the blood would splash on her, so she closed her eyes. When she opened them, she realized that the Duke had used his body to protect her from the blood.

He was standing in front of her like a strong mountain, ready to protect her at any given time.