Survival Guide After Accidentally Kissing a Demon - Chapter 58

She led Paji away from the positions of Lisa and Aili.

Beili noticed that this sixth-ranked hunter rarely chanted spells to launch magical attacks at her.

After all, to avoid being struck by sudden magic, she flew not quickly, but very high.

Her entire Butterfly Form flickered in and out of the thick gray-white mist, occasionally dropping lower to reveal herself, ensuring that the gray-striped prairie cat could always track her direction.

Just as she was wondering, she flew a certain distance, turned her gaze back, and suddenly realized that the gray-striped figure was no longer behind her.

After pondering for a moment, she turned and flew into the dense gray fog.

Beili was not reckless enough to fly down and check on the hunter’s situation; she was far more concerned about being ambushed.

Because ambushes are the most effective tactic in disadvantageous battles.

She flew a bit further toward the Maze Center.

The butterfly with shimmering blue-green wings slowly landed atop the ‘green hedge’ wall, then reverted to human form.

On the nails of Beili’s left thumb, right thumb, and index finger, three red-and-black ladybugs impatiently took off, hovering in the direction behind her as if waiting for her to follow.

The three ladybugs jostled together, all pointing in the same direction.

Counting her fingers, Beili found that the three people were still the fifth, sixth, and seventh-ranked hunters.

The sixth-ranked hunter was Paji, who had just been chasing her.

After some thought, she recalled that the fifth and seventh-ranked hunters were two male students from the Nauze Kingdom, Bruno and Taryn. After beastification, both took on wild boar forms.

So, these three had met up?

Although their rankings were relatively low and none could fly after beastification, so they posed less of a threat to her,

if all three attacked her with ranged magic from different directions… that would be quite troublesome.

Given the situation, it was best to avoid those three behind her for now.

She could hide in the thick gray mist, but the smell was truly unpleasant.

And staying in the mist too long would burn her skin.

Beili could only wrap a layer of Mana around her butterfly to shield herself.

Fortunately, the process of locating people went very smoothly, with almost no expenditure, much better than she had expected.

Next,

she just needed to bring the people to Cyril and have him guard them, then find Ashera and use his brutal side to eliminate the hunters one by one.

With this plan in mind, Beili calmed herself, raised her hand, and a Morpho Butterfly appeared at her fingertip.

Earlier, when she draped the Invisibility Cloak over Lisa and Aili, Beili had left a Morpho Butterfly inside the cloak, so that if they were separated in an emergency, she could still find them.

This was also the most Mana-consuming action she had taken so far.

“Go on, guide me,” she whispered.

The Morpho Butterfly at her fingertip gently flapped its wings and flew off in a certain direction.

Beili stepped forward, instantly beastifying into a butterfly, and followed behind the Morpho Butterfly.

…

The Morpho Butterfly led her ahead.

Beili found herself getting closer and closer to the Maze Center.

This was a good thing, meaning Lisa was following her instructions and was already very close to the center, perhaps even waiting there ahead of time.

She flew a bit further forward.

In the distance, below her line of sight,

the winding green hedge walls suddenly gave way to a flat, open expanse of lush grass.

Bright sunlight, like cascading veils, suddenly poured down, tightly protecting this patch of grass encircled by walls, keeping it untouched by the gray mist and gloom.
Beili stared in a daze, not noticing the huge black shadow that suddenly pounced. A thick paw swiped, knocking the Morpho Butterfly that had been leading the way in front of her to the ground.

Startled by the sudden black shadow, the Butterfly flapped its wings rapidly, barely managing to steady itself before falling to the ground.

Her still-frightened gaze finally landed on the ground.

There lay a panther with pure black fur, a strong build, sharply pointed ears, and striking, dark purple eyes.

At this moment, the Black Panther was holding its head high, eyes fixed on her, as if staring at prey.

Once she saw clearly that it was a Black Panther, the Butterfly with shimmering blue-green wings let out a young woman’s voice, trying hard to suppress her annoyance-

“Prince Cyril, why do you act so quickly? Can’t you at least ask whether it’s friend or foe first?”

The Black Panther on the grass raised its paw and nonchalantly smoothed the black fur on top. After a moment, a cold, youthful voice came from between its sharp fangs-

“My friends, before entering here, would have the sense to make some noise.”

Beili rolled her eyes inwardly. As she fluttered her wings and slowly landed on the ground, she transformed into her human form.

“Are Lisa and the others here?” she got straight to the point.

“Yes, they just arrived not long ago.”

As the words fell, the Black Panther also transformed back into a young man with black hair and purple eyes.

He walked ahead to lead the way, but after a couple of steps, he couldn’t help but glance back at the gray-haired, red-eyed young woman, then said irritably, “You really are… bringing the whole family along.”

Hearing the first half of his sentence, Beili already felt relieved, so she naturally ignored the latter half.

Walking behind the young man,

She suddenly remembered Aili and spoke with a heavier tone, “The Academy has thrown all the Holy Church Academy’s novice Nuns in here. Did Your Highness know about this?”

“No.”

Cyril replied, his expression calm.

Beili glanced up at him and muttered softly, “…How do you know nothing about anything.”

This sentence drifted into Cyril’s ears, and a trace of impatience began to well up in the depths of his purple eyes.

“So what if I know, so what if I don’t? Do you think the Academy’s decisions need to be run by me?” he said coldly.

Beili opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but after thinking it over, she closed it again.

Cyril was right. Even if he was the Prince of Sainthos, even if he was outstanding, there was nothing he could do to stop it.

It was just that Beili instinctively cast Cyril in the role of the original novel’s male lead, and she knew clearly that this young man was fundamentally opposed to such slaughter. That’s why she had just thought, “Cyril will play the role of a stopper in the plot.”

“You’re right, the Academy’s decisions don’t need your input.” Beili nodded.

Cyril, leading the way ahead, fell silent for a moment, then said in a dark, unreadable tone:

“If you want them to stop this pointless activity, you can only possess greater power than they do. To gain such power, you must keep improving your abilities by any means, until everyone is forced to bow at your feet.”

As Cyril finished speaking, they had already rounded the last ‘green hedge’ wall and stepped onto the lush, soft grass, arriving at the center of the maze.

Beili lifted her gaze, her deep red eyes immediately spotting several white figures not far away.

Judging by their silhouettes, she recognized Susanna, Lisa, Aili, and… one more, a strange, extremely thin young man.