At that moment, Fennelis also shifted her gaze toward the battling area and widened her sky-blue eyes.
"Oh, dear! He is here!" She muttered out loud in shock.
Upon hearing Fennelis's loud voice, Abium also turned his head towards the battle area and got startled. At that moment, he saw a white-haired fox kin whose face resembled more like Umi was battling against the puppet-like humans and trying to flee desperately. The fox kin's black woolen shirt was already torn in half, revealing his wounded muscular body. He had pure oceanic eyes, snowy-white hair, a round-shaped face, olive skin, and thick eyebrows.
After looking at the Fox kin's appearance, Abium shifted his gaze and looked at the woman behind him. She was a black-haired lady with cat ears who appeared to be half-conscious. She had amber eyes, a pearl-shaped face, thin eyebrows, and fair skin. She wore a flutter brown shirt, skinny black pants, high boots, and black leather gloves. From her back, a sword had already pierced through her abdomen, and she seemed to be already on the verge of falling.
'That guy must be Lady Fennelis's husband.'
Before Abium could say anything, Fennelis, and Umi changed into their fox forms and sprinted toward them like lightning bolts. Once they arrived near those puppets, they didn't show mercy and killed them ruthlessly using their bare icy claws. There was no hesitation in their eyes.
Meanwhile, Abium let a deep sigh, teleported near the black-haired catkin lady, and quickly grabbed her from falling.
Then, he shifted his gaze toward the wound and shook his head.
'She already lost most of her blood. She would have died if not for her strong desire to survive.' Abium pondered a moment and quickly took a potion bottle from his spatial ring. The potion was green and seemed to be full of life. He had asked Nicolaus to buy this Life potion for emergency purposes but didn't expect to use it sooner.
After slightly hesitating, Abium clicked his tongue in annoyance and poured it into her mouth while signaling her to swallow it. Simultaneously, he pulled out the pierced sword from her abdomen and silently watched a miraculous scene.
Everyone, including Rizz, turned their heads instantly and stared at Edith's wound in astonishment.
As Edith gulped that liquid, she felt her body start to burn like fire. Within a second, she began to feel dizzy and lost consciousness. Meanwhile, everyone saw the wound begin to heal at an astonishing speed and became stunned.
"Finish off those remaining puppets. We will continue our exploration once this catkin wakes up." Abium said while grabbing the fair-skinned catkin lady on his shoulder and reappearing far away from the rotten woods. Umi and Fennelis, on the other hand, quickly killed those motionless puppet humans and began to help Rizz.
After finishing the last puppet human, all three hugged each other and began talking excitingly. The one who spoke mostly was Umi. It was the first time Abium had seen her thing excited and felt amused.
She asked her dad multiple questions, and her oceanic-blue eyes shone like blue gems.
At that moment, Fennelis was already in Rizz's embrace, and everyone soon heard an emotional cry from her mouth. Even Abium became surprised by that strong-willed woman's cry. In the past few months, Fennelis had gone through many hardships but never let her emotions run wild.
But now, she couldn't contain her emotions when she saw her husband and started crying like a child.
Meanwhile, Umi climbed on Rizz's shoulder and asked questions like a storm.
On the other hand, Abium watched their family reunion with an envious look and soon began to think of his parents.
'Are they even still alive?' His heartbeat raced as he thought of them. But he soon shook his head and calmed down his mind while taking a deep breath.
'I will learn the truth sooner.'
Meanwhile, Kate and Cedric also arrived near Abium and looked at the catkin with a pale face.
'Hmm? Why are they looking anxious?'
Abium turned his attention to Kate and Cedric and cocked a brow in surprise.
"Do you know her?"
Upon hearing Abium's question, both of them froze for a second, and soon Kate began to answer.
"Her name is Edith, my lord. I heard Holy Knights are still after her for committing horrible sins three months ago. After that, I even heard that the Holy Knights were searching for her secretively and didn't reveal it to the public not to cause panic."
Abium frowned a bit and nodded.
'Well, I expect nothing less from them.' He slowly gazed at the fair-skinned beast girl, who looked around 20 years old, scanned her stealthily, and was pleasantly surprised at her strength.
'Her strength, Agility, and Vitality are already above 14. She also reached Royal Rank at this young age. It seems she belongs to the Royal Family of Beast Empire.' Abium nodded inwardly and soon turned solemn as he saw the fox kin walking in his direction.
"Thank you for saving my captain's life, and also, thank you for protecting my family, Mr. Mage." Rizz bent his waist a bit as he arrived before Abium and gave him a respectful bow.
Meanwhile, Abium waved his hand, shifted his attention to the catkin lady, and asked.
"How did she get injured?"
Rizz's face turned grim as he heard Abium's words.
"It happened a few hours ago when we were stealthily hiding in the Red python group. At that time, one of our companions suddenly went mad like others and stabbed her before she could evade."
Abium was not surprised. In that situation, he knew most of them would be directly killed by those puppet humans. But she somehow managed to evade that instant killing attack and survived. That itself was an amazing feat.
Nodding, Abium began to ask about their situation and soon understood their goal for coming here.
'They are also after 'Death cane,' huh? It is going to become big trouble. But how did they know?' He frowned.
'Azolla, do you know how they got to know about this information? Moreover, how did they know about this Dungeon's appearance beforehand?'
'It's not hard to guess the futures and places of some material, kid. Well, they must have asked some other diviners' help and might have predicted the future appearance of this 'Death cane' artifact,' Azolla said as if it was normal, causing Abium to fall into deep thoughts.
'This Death cane appears to be more famous than I thought. I knew it had something related to death mages, but why these beastkins are searching for it?'
As Abium was about to ask about this 'Death cane,' Princess Edith groaned and woke up. Without any other choice, he swallowed his words and began to speak with a bright smile.
"It seems the 'Life potion' worked perfectly, Your Highness." His words were more like flattery.
Meanwhile, Edith got tensed up as she saw an unfamiliar black-haired young man speaking to her and soon widened her eyes.
'I got wounded and was on the verge of losing consciousness. Is he the one who saved me earlier?' She stared into Abium's eyes and felt her heart race.
After a short silence, she nodded her head.