At the same time, his whole body suddenly began to convulse uncontrollably! His breathing became rapid and difficult, and the color that had just returned to his face turned pale again! His expression looked terrifying!
Elara held down his convulsing limbs, stunned as she tried to see what was wrong with him. In her mind, the System urgently spoke up:
[Master! He… he seems to be having an allergic reaction! It's not poison! Your blood and his internal resistance already took care of most of the toxins! But in that white foam carried by the hurricane, there must have been an allergen he absolutely cannot come into contact with! Right now, his condition is a combination of mild poisoning and a severe allergic reaction! Your blood can only detoxify—it can't stop the allergy! And his current physical state is extremely delicate, almost at a critical point. You absolutely cannot use any form of medicinal power to break the balance, or he might die even faster!]
The System spoke rapidly. Having followed Elara for so long, it had already learned how to analyze on its own: [Among those who ambushed him today, there must be someone who knows him extremely well! They even clearly understood his most forbidden allergens! Earlier, they used poison to hide it, then slipped the allergen in to trigger a fatal reaction! It's a double layer of lethal insurance! Whoever planned this tonight never intended for him to survive!]
Elara froze for a second.
At the same time, rumbling sounds from the distance were getting closer and louder!
Rescue from the Heavenly Craft Pavilion was about to arrive!
But Elara didn't feel even a trace of relief or joy! Instead, she felt as if death itself was closing in!
Tonight, she had been just one step away from finalizing a deal with the man in her arms! Then, she could use the Heavenly Craft Pavilion's name to safely grow Plumera!
But now, the only key figure from the Pavilion that she had managed to connect with, was suffering a worsening allergic reaction. His face was turning purple, his whole body convulsing violently, as if he would die in the next moment!
Lucian's originally handsome and calm face now looked completely disheveled.
Seeing him like he might stop breathing at any second, Elara's mind stalled for a rare moment!
But only for a moment. Then her thoughts cleared and began racing again at high speed!
First! No matter what, this man in her arms absolutely cannot die tonight!
Her late-night visit to see him would definitely be known by others inside the Pavilion!
She had just fought to save him, and the people behind those assassins would now also be watching her!
And the rescue from the Pavilion didn't come early or late, but arrived exactly when the man was about to die in her arms! And the one leading them was his older brother!
If he were to die like this in her arms, regardless of what really happened, the Pavilion would never let her go!
And her actions in saving him would also make the enemies of the Pavilion target her too!
Elara would not only lose the protection she was aiming for from the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, she would also become hunted by both the Pavilion and those two powerful hidden forces!
Elara couldn't help cursing in her heart.
Sometimes fate plays cruel jokes, handing you a massive "surprise" when you least expect it!
But she refused to be crushed by fate's "surprises"! If she did, then both she and Plumera would only end up as crushed dust under the feet of those two powers!
So no matter what! If she wanted to make it back alive tonight, this man in her arms must survive!
With that thought, a decisive gleam appeared in Elara's cold eyes.
[System! If I forcefully save him, how much National Fate Value will it cost?]
The System paused for a moment, then quickly calculated: [Master, at least… at least three thousand Fate Points!]
Even the System sounded pained as it said it. Every single point of those National Fate Points had been earned through Elara's hard work, risk, and effort!
And now, most of it would be spent in one go!
Elara didn't have time to pity the hard-earned points she had saved. Hearing the sound growing nearer, and feeling the man in her arms grow colder, she recalled she currently had 5674 points! Enough to spend!
[Spend it! Save him!]
The System's heartache grew even more intense. Though it didn't have Elara's quick thinking, it knew she would never waste such a huge amount for nothing—especially not three thousand points.
Gritting through the pain, the System spent the three thousand points and immediately converted them into Life Force of Cause and Effect, injecting it into the nearly lifeless body of the man in Elara's arms!
The man suddenly began coughing violently as if he had choked. His pale face rapidly regained color before her eyes.
The System didn't even have time to voice its pain, when Elara suddenly reached out and pinched the man's mouth open. While he was still coughing, she pulled out a red insect egg with her fingers and forced it into his throat!
The System was shocked!
If it wasn't mistaken… that looked like one of the insect eggs originally meant for making her undead puppet army!
Though this type of egg could also be consumed by the living, once swallowed, if Elara willed it, the man would immediately become her puppet! Unable to resist her at all!