"If I don't let you die, then no matter what, you can't die."
Upon hearing this, Lynn took a deep breath.
He was about to say something more, but he heard a noisy commotion coming from the entrance of the underground relics.
"Your Highness! Are you all right?!"
The concerned voices of his subordinates reached him.
Aphia, in her kitten form, led the charge and pounced over, transforming into her human form mid-air like a head-butt cannonball and barreled into Lynn's embrace.
"You bad guy; you're okay too!" After bumping Lynn and forcing him to retreat a few steps, her eyes sparkled with amazement and admiration, "Everyone is okay, that's really great!"
"What in the world happened just now with that commotion?!"
Yiwei Sister took a deep breath to suppress a flash of malaise in her eyes, regaining her composure.
"The Imperial Princess is fine," she responded indifferently, "How are the casualties?"