"i have a bad feeling about this" liyan said in her mind looking at the green coloured smoke around the man's hands.
the man increased his speed and started attacking fiercely. liyan's condition was getting worse with every passing second. now she was trying to dodge the attacks more than blocking them due to the presence of green smoke.
"what's happening to me" she noticed that she was losing control over her body over time. even though currently it was barely affecting her but in the current situation just a small difference could prove lethal to her.
and the effect was slowly becoming stronger with time.
"to notice it already, just as i thought you really are good" the man remarked before increasing the intensity of his attacks
"so it really is due to this smoke, i must get out of here as far as possible"liyan had a look of understanding after the man's remark. seeing the situation getting worse liyan took a jump backwards and used the opportunity to press a button located above her right breast.
on her right arm a small needle popped out from the inner side of her cloth invisible to the outside. It dug into liyan's hand and injected a translucent liquid connected to it with a tube into liyan's body.
liyan's action did not go unnoticed by the man. thinking that she was up to something and already getting impatient he decided to go all out.
liyan's situation became much worse because of that but she still held on till fifteen seconds passed. after that her skin slowly turned pinkish and light red with her eyes turning yellow and her abilities soared but still fell a bit short to her opponents.
"so you really were trying to do something" the man exclaimed as she noticed the chance in liyan's appearance and abilities.
"if not for the effects of that smoke i would be in a much better situation" she thought while noticing that the effect was still increasing, slowly but surely. with her increased strength liyan was able to hold him back quite a bit and she was also gaining distance from other pursuers but she was still unable to completely escape from them.
"time to end this" the man said and he suddenly came to a stop. liyan was surprised by his actions but she still kept on running at full speed instead, due to not having any disturbances her speed was even faster than before.
the man looked at liyan's back as he sat down on the ground in Lotus position and closed his eyes.
"what is he up to" the thought kept running in liyan's head as she was unable to figure out why the man suddenly stopped chasing her.
"well it is better for me, now i can escape easily...huh!" just as she was about to be relieved her legs suddenly stopped working, due to the speed she was moving at she was unable to control herself in time and face palmed to the ground. she kept trying to get back to her feet but nothing worked, her legs didn't even budge.
"it's no use"she heard a voice coming towards her
"even though only a small amount entered your body, it is still enough to paralyse your legs for a few days" the man said as he landed in front of her.
"now that you have stopped, let's see the face under your mask" her said as his hand approached the mask on liyan's face, but she slapped his hand away stopping him from doing so.
"why are you still resisting, it's not like someone can save you....!" the man stopped mid sentence and suddenly looked at his right side. in the dark night he could see a small orange-red dot in the far distance. as he saw that his face turned to that of horror.
without wasting a single moment he turned around and fled with all his might. all the confidence he had earlier was nowhere to be seen on his fleeing back.
the orange dot kept getting bigger and in a few seconds it landed in front of liyan.
"finally here ! took you long enough" liyan said as she looked at her father coming to grab her while she closed her eyes.
AT THE TEMPLE
"what happened ? where is that girl?" the pope asked the man who just returned back from chasing the spy.
"she escaped... no he came to save her" the man replied with a trembling voice with still some fear lingering in his eyes.
"who are you talking about?"the pope asked
"one of the seven guardians 'the flame demon of East" the man said with a look in his eyes as if he was remembering something horrible and terrifying .
after he said that no one in the room spoke for a few moments.
"well, with this we can atleast guess who the spy was" the pope said breaking the silence.
AT THE CASTLE
Bael arrived at the castle with liyan in her arms.
"call doctor kinoses. tell him the situation and ask him to hurry" he voiced out at the servant as he took liyan to her room.
"you have always been reckless, this is the reason why i was trying to stop you from going there." he says in low and sad tone as he sat beside liyan after laying her on the bed.