Hellbents
Chapter 175: Men and Pants

Siwon chewed the bread greedily, his habit of eating messily making spruce milk cream on the right and left cheeks. There was no handkerchief, Ava wiped it with a torn dress. On the other hand, River's awkwardness could not overcome the judging spotlight of Queen Isabel despite their considerable distance, he sipped water while turning his head.

Food stocks are indeed rare in this labyrinth, if there is even a lot of Queen Isabel comot with her magical luck. That's why the queen is willing to share the dishes she keeps, perhaps as an appeal to her conscience who is aware that destiny is always on her side, but that does not mean Isabel can tolerate the neglect of dining table manners even though their situation is not ideal.

So Ava tried to fill the silence with productive dialogue after River and Siwon finished. "So, what kind of monster is keeping the portal out?"

River as a monster tamer, knowing more about this topic, he said, "Venus King, a plant-type monster that can reach ten meters in height. Venus King strikes with its sharp thorny flowers, as well as free-moving leaves."

"Sheram's benthuk!" Siwon added to his simple opinion as well.

"Levels?"

"Based on the magnitude alone, roughly above 80," River's voice sounded out already defeated. Well, naturally, their levels plummeted to 7.

Wait ...

8?

Shouldn't 1 be because of this gate's special condition?

Or ... even though Ava still saw the original level of her observation object, the reset level 1 was detected by the [System] with normal calculations? And what if they get out later? Will the original levels and levels in the gate be accumulated?

Hohs. This was their chance to level up! Ava forgot that her inventory was locked, she wanted to share her EXP multiplier potion if she could.

"Then, we should raise our level first by hunting down monsters of a lower level."

Although the individual skill levels are not locked like other functions, their status points are still limited, which results in the least frequency of skill usage. Here, only Ava herself is able to handle the monster Venus. However, the chance of raising the level drastically would not come easily.

"But we have to hurry, the palace is empty at the moment."

Ah right, Edodale has certainly experienced a crisis with the loss of important people.

Did he have to end it by killing the King Venus?

"Yeah!"

But before Ava dissolved even deeper, a shrill cry shocked them.

Still maintaining the pace, Ava, River, Siwon, and Queen Isabel carefully looked at what was happening. Careless help will only harm them all.

A girl dressed in rips ran away with all her might while sobbing, her tears rushing to the ground. However, he was not running from monsters.

"Don't run away!" The man who was clearly clad in a high quality cloth painstakingly chased after, his pants exposed.

Uh.

In dangerous circumstances, there are also those who are more concerned with the affairs of their lower body.

River reflexively closed the two little dragon eyes between them. On the other hand, for the first time Ava saw Queen Isabel who was always elegant, wrathful until her face almost exploded. "Count Couliy! What does this mean?!"

The so-called one jumped, for a moment his eyes widened in panic, but before long the look on his face turned into a grin without fear. "Hello, Your Majesty," Count Couliy greeted in a sarcastic tone.

Huh huh?

"What does this impoliteness mean?!"

The man rolled his eyes irritated. "Be quiet! It's gate! Your power is useless here!"

Although they knew in their hearts that the gate was a lawless zone, they were still shocked when the Count was outspoken about his aggressiveness.

"You'll be severely punished when we make it out of this gate." It was not a threat, but a promise from Queen Isabel.

"Currently, don't be so strong! A woman like you will not survive this gate! You only know about drinking tea and embroidery!"

The longer it is left, the more it extends the words of the Count. Ava even had to close Siwon's ears so that the sexist statement would not be heard.

Unfortunately, it was not only the silliness of Count Couliy. The sword that suddenly appeared in the man's hand was playfully swung. "Look, sword! You never held it, did you?"

Where ...?

Ava got the answer.

The Iron Manisfestation (III)

From the name alone he could already shoot what the description was. The Count can manifest iron and shape it according to taste.

Filled with adrenaline and testosterone, he decides to kill Queen Edodale, right?

However, some were not understood by Count Couliy, although it is true that Queen Isabel never studied swordsmanship, she was very good at controlling her dual attributes.

"Enough!" Isabel did not have to bother getting out of her position, a wind instantly slashed at the shameless man's cheeks.

"Huh? Wh-what?"

Of the eight wind arrows, Count Couliy could only fend off two, that was him until he had to topple backwards. Blood immediately dyed his clothes in red.

But Isabel is not finished.

The water ball traps the Count's head. Whatever he did, the water that imprisoned him could not be removed or destroyed. Not long after, he was out of breath. Her blue face contrasted with her clothes that were stained with rancor.

"Agh! Bhhhh!" Count Couliy's sentence is incoherent in water. Had it not been accompanied by a desperate prostration, as well as two hands that fell tightly together, they would not have understood that he was asking for forgiveness.

But Isabel is not a person who is generous to people who do not know they are lucky.

It was only when the Count was sprawled that the queen unleashed her skill.

"He just fainted quietly."

Ava never worried. Count Couliy should be grateful that not Ava who served him, the man's neck could have been hollow or broken.

"Curl! I do not see and hear bisha! The lepashkan!" Siwon rebelled, wanting to also see and hear what was happening. Ava and River each let go of their hands.

"Why is he bashah?"

"Because the bad guys will be punished."

Siwon called, completely clueless.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you!" The girl who had been hiding behind the back of Queen Isabel knelt down, crying once more, this time out of relief instead of fear.

Queen Isabel took off the scarf that since yesterday became her luxury dress set, the shiny scarf was coiled on the shoulders of women whose appearance did require a cover, let alone the presence of a man who was still conscious here. River flushed in shame, looking at the shoes as if his life depended on them.

Ava wanted to laugh, but understood that it was not the time to tease a man who was more mature than him.

Now the question is, who is this foreign girl?

In Ava's memory, the face is not included in the list of invitations or palace servants.