Chapter 1296: The Glowing Cat

As Fiona's words fell, the flame burning in the night rain on the tip of her tail had already lit the long-burning candle. The two, holding hands, ran again in the rain in the night, supporting and encouraging each other.

This time, although there were still false sounds and even false images appearing in the night, they could no longer pose a threat to them.

However, this time the two encountered something they didn't encounter last time. At the same time the third candle was lit, dense black small palms, only the size of a finger, with thin black lines connected to their tails, emerged from the night and reached into the range of the candle's light.

Fiona had mentioned this situation; entering the night multiple times had a chance of being attacked by similar things. Therefore, during the running process, the red dragon girl opened her mouth and spat out a fan-shaped spray of fire toward the front. The light of the crimson flame disappeared as soon as it left the candle area, but at least the flame cleared away the black small hands that were connected into a net.

"Moonlight Slash!"

In this situation, the Moonlight Slash that could cut in pieces was more effective. The brilliant silver arc was slashed forward by Xia De, cutting the black small hands that were constantly reaching out from the roots.

But then the light of the candle in Fiona's hand shook, and the third candle had already burned to the end:

"You go first."

Xia De, who had been prepared, hugged Fiona's waist from behind, used force, and threw the girl, whose weight was actually not heavy, directly toward the gallery door five or six steps away.

She successfully reached that piece of light at the last moment when the candle burned out. But wiping the rain from her forehead in a panic, turning to look at the night, she only saw Xia De being entangled by countless black small hands and disappearing into the night.

"He will come out soon."

Hoping in her heart that Xia De's hand would reach out from that night, but the constantly falling rain swallowed her expectations as time passed. Counting to 30, Xia De still didn't appear. Counting to 30 again, Xia De still didn't appear.

Tears mixed with rain slid down her cheeks. Turning to look at the gallery behind her, she wanted to buy three more candles and then rush into the night to save Xia De no matter what.

And at this moment, a faint golden light appeared in her pocket. Reaching into her pocket, she saw that it was Mia's toy glowing.

"Meow~"

In the young and weak cat's meow, the toy seemed to be bounced by a spring, jumping in her palm, and then Mia restored to the cat's original posture from the toy state.

It stood in Fiona's hand, looking toward the deep night. The cat, which never liked rain, didn't care at all even though it was soon wetted by the rain.

"Meow~"

Toward the night in front, the cat let out a mournful cry like a lone wolf. Even Fiona, who was not familiar with Mia, could feel the cat's sadness at this time from that cry.

"Don't worry, I will save your master!"

Fiona said softly, wiping the water from her face and wanting to rush into the store, but didn't notice that her hand had reached into the night that light could not cover, following the cat's trajectory.

Her brain didn't immediately realize the fact of danger; instead, the sensation of her hand reminded her what she was doing at this moment. The thick night was not terrifying; it just seemed to represent eternity. Her hand immediately "melted" into the night curtain, and the pitch-black color extended along her arm, even spreading into the light area. The sound of rain in her ears became smaller and smaller, and even the tactile sensation of rain hitting her skin seemed to disappear.

The night was melting Fiona Fiona Delage. However, before the despairing emotion could surge, the spreading night receded.

"Meow~"

The small cat was now squatting very dissatisfiedly on the hand Fiona had reached into the night, turning its head to look at her with condemnation with its big amber eyes, as if blaming her for why she wanted to stop it.

Fiona then noticed that her heart was beating at an abnormal speed. The sound of rain around her returned, and the sound was even deafening; the tactile sensation of rain also became clear again, and hitting her body was even a bit painful.

She had never been so happy to be wetted by the rain, but questions also appeared:

"Why am I still alive?"

Her right hand was outside the light area of the art gallery, but she could still clearly see her hand. Only then did she discover that it was not her hand that was glowing, but the small animal in her palm.

In the night, the orange and white cat was emitting an unusually soft pale yellow light from its whole body. Fiona could not use her shallow language to describe this scene. She felt as if she was holding a small sun, and also felt like a cute little angel huddled in her palm.

"Meow~"

Fiona inexplicably felt that she understood cat language, so she immediately stretched out her other hand to hold the cat, then closed her eyes and stepped into the night. This time there was no long-burning candle, but the feeling of her body was much better than in those stores.

A warm feeling filled her whole body, and the light of the cat in her palm was more stable and reassuring than any light source. Even though it was still a rainy night, it felt like huddling into a soft quilt, feeling the light of a desk lamp, and reading the book she liked with peace of mind.

"Xia De..."

Brown leather shoes stepped on the puddles on the ground, and the splashed rain wetted her black lace stockings. Fiona walked hurriedly toward the place where Xia De disappeared just now. As the night was split open by the warm yellow light on Mia, she finally saw another silver light in the night.

Xia De's silver light was even stronger than before. He held the moonlight greatsword in his right hand and kept slashing out arcs of light with his left hand, fighting with the air in the thick night like a madman. Even Fiona didn't know whether Xia De had a mental problem or if he encountered an enemy she couldn't see.

"Xia De!"

"Meow!"

The voices of one person and one cat called Xia De, and in Xia De's eyes, the surroundings were completely pitch black. Those small hands connected by black lines surrounded him from all directions. Even if he cut off more, more enemies would appear.

"This is not a way."

Half of his body was already feeling numb:

"Force my way through."

【Space movement is not allowed here.】

"My core spirit rune is 【Silver Moon】. If I die in the night, it would be too ridiculous. I can feel that although this night is eroding me, the deeper the erosion state, the stronger the power of my Silver Moon technique. I must grasp the balance."

In this state, he didn't even dare to summon his life ring. Once the life ring was infected by the night, his speed of being "melted" would be faster:

"I want to use 【Red Butterfly Incarnation】, but this time it's not incarnating into a red butterfly, but trying to incarnate into a moonlight butterfly. Red Butterfly and Red Moon, as long as I can sublimate the curse into a technique, I still have a chance."

"She" chuckled:

【Very good idea, but, try it next time.】

"Why?"

Just at this moment, Fiona's voice and Mia's meow came at the same time. Although he heard the voice and thought it was an illusion again, Xia De still turned his head to look subconsciously.

In the thick night, he saw a golden light mark splitting the night curtain. As the night curtain was slowly pulled to both sides, the red-haired girl holding the cat, like a savior goddess, appeared in front of Xia De.

He didn't even think about doubting that it was an illusion, because that soft and warm light could definitely not be produced by the night.

At this moment, Xia De almost wanted to kneel at her feet and kiss her tail. But this slightly perverted thought flashed away. As Fiona approached, Xia De also leaned over. The warm and soft light shone on him, and those phantoms, phantom sounds, and black small hands all disappeared.

Only the sound of rain was drizzling, as if everything just now was really an illusion.

"Fiona, thank you for everything, this time thanks to you for saving me."

The exhausted Xia De said softly, raised his hand to touch his cat, and then realized that it was not Fiona's hand that was glowing, but Mia, who was meowing and looking pitiful.

"Let's leave here first."

The red dragon girl was very rational, so the two, with the help of Mia's light, returned to the entrance of the art gallery from the night again. At this time, both of them and the cat were wet, so they pushed the door into the art gallery first.

And at this time, there were only seven minutes left in Xia De's forty-minute adventure.

The area of the "Midnight Art Gallery" was larger than the coffee shop and clock shop combined. After entering the art gallery, it was first the front hall, and the deep corridor covered with oil paintings extended to the corner.

There was also a suit of armor holding a sword standing at the corner, and the gas lamp light on the wall made the shadow of the armor slant on the ground, looking a bit terrifying.

There was also no one in the art gallery. Although it was warm and dry, after entering, he felt a bit hair-raising for no reason, which was different from the feeling of the coffee shop and the clock shop.

Fiona, who manipulated fire, quickly dried herself and Xia De with fire. When she wanted to bake the cat, the cat shook its body violently, even appearing as a residual image, and had already shaken off most of the rain.

"Fiona, what happened just now, did you turn Mia back to its original state?"

"No, it turned back by itself."

The red dragon girl answered. Xia De was not surprised by this. After all, this was not the first time this cat had actively lifted the transformation state.

"Then it glowed just now because..."

Looking down at the cat, Mia was being held by Xia De at this time, lying lazily on his arm. After entering the door, the warm light on the cat disappeared, as if nothing had happened. ===== CHAPTER 1297 =====

"Fiona, what happened just now, was it you who turned Mia back to normal?"

"No, it turned back by itself."

The red dragon girl replied. Xia De was not surprised by this; after all, this was not the first time this cat had voluntarily lifted its transformation state.

"Then why did it glow just now because..."

Looking down at the cat, Mia was being held by Xia De at this time, lazily lying on his arm. After entering the door, the warm light on the cat disappeared, as if nothing had happened.