Level Up in Earth Evolution

Chapter 148: Escape-2

'Oh, fuck! We are screwed!' Li Wei cursed as he saw Lyla glaring at him with a venomous expression.

While Irene, who was hugging his arm, became a little stiff, but she still maintained her calm expression like Li Wei.

"Miss Lyla, what brings you here?" she asked with a puzzled and surprised face, making Lyla almost explode in anger.

"Priestess Irene! Please stop pretending and come with me; if not, I will have no choice but to apprehend you with special means," Lyla stated in a deep tone.

However, Irene didn't care and tilted her head with a puzzled expression.

"Priestess Irene? Miss Lyla, my name is certainly Irene, but I am not a priestess. Are you misunderstanding something?" she replied with a doubtful face as she grabbed Li Wei's arm tighter.

(Li Wei, prepare for escape and also take me with you, as I won't be able to use my skills here), she instructed Li Wei with telepathy, making him stunned.

He was very curious about why she wasn't able to use skills here, but he didn't care much and became ready to escape.

(Irene, I am ready; should we escape now?) he inquired as he poured more MP into the shadow step skill.

However, Irene shook her head.

(Just wait; we won't be able to escape right now), she replied as she looked at her hand where a cryptic rune started to glow.

'Lyla is always fast,' she muttered in her mind as she turned towards Lyla, who was holding a golden pendant with cryptic runes engraved on it, the same on her hand.

"Priestess Irene, I am sorry, but you forced me to do this," Lyla sighed with an unwilling expression and looked at Ava and other legion members who just arrived.

"Everyone surround Priestess Irene and activate the artifact on seal mode!" she commanded loudly.

Ava and others became stunned hearing her as they only arrived and didn't know what was going on, but they instantly followed her command and surrounded both Li Wei and Irene.

"Priestess Irene, we apologize for this," they all apologized as they took out golden pendant, same as Lyla, with some cryptic runes engraved on it.

"Activate!" simultaneously they all shouted, pouring MP into the pendant, making it glow brighter.

The commotion here was loud and attracted the attention of everyone, even the city lord and guild master who were busy with their work.

But both of them didn't care, as it was something prepared to catch Irene if she ran away.

It was a secret at first, but with how many times she ran away, it became general knowledge among higher-level people.

However, Li Wei, who still didn't know what was happening, became dumbfounded.

Because beside him, Irene started to glow like some kind of goddess with cryptic runes on her body, the same as on those pendants.

But the most important reason was he wasn't able to use his shadow step or other skills to escape even if he tried.

"Irene, what's going on? I can't use my skills," Li Wei asked with an anxious expression.

If he got caught, he would soon land in big trouble, and with the venomous glare from Lyla before, he certainly wouldn't end up good.

"Um, well, I escaped too many times, so they created an artifact that can seal all my skills for an hour. However, it's also a defensive artifact to protect me from getting teleported by the enemy."

"But you don't need to worry; you will be able to use skills when they finish the activation because they are using it for sealing my skills and not for defence," Irene explained, scratching her nose with an embarrassed smile.

Originally, it was a defensive artifact, but with her running away constantly, the artifact was modified to be used in both situations.

However, it was very expensive to use, and Irene must be near them; if not, the artifact would fail and waste a large amount of money for nothing.

Because of this, Lyla didn't dare to use the artifact until she was at least eighty percent sure about her identity.

Thinking of this, Irene became depressed as it was her mistake to let the identity out; however, she blamed someone else for it.

'Ugh, it's all Li Wei's fault for making me embarrassed. If not, I wouldn't have let such a mistake happen,' she thought with a pout, glaring at Li Wei, who was relieved that he would be able to escape now.

Li Wei did feel her gaze, but his attention was towards Lyla, who was staring at him with cold eyes.

"Li Wei, you better prepare for consequences," Lyla shouted, clenching her teeth in anger as if he had killed her whole family.

Watching her like this, Li Wei couldn't help but become speechless and glanced at Irene.

(Irene, how does she know about my identity?) he asked with a puzzled tone.

The name Wei Smith was similar to his name, but with so many cultures in this world, this name wasn't rare, and it would be idiotic to reach a conclusion just because of this.

But still, Lyla found out about this, making him puzzled. However, he soon found answers as Irene replied with guilt.

(Um, Li Wei, don't blame me. When I first met you, I felt a comfortable feeling, and I accidentally revealed it to Lyla, making her mad about not letting me meet someone else alone again.)

(So... I got mad about getting my freedom snatched and declared I will chase you and marry you to make her more angry; and I think because of this she is suspicious of you.) Irene explained, making Li Wei's mouth twitch.

(Irene, what a good girl you are,) Li Wei praised her with a sarcastic tone, wondering what kind of girl would declare something like this to make others angry.

(Um, don't blame me. I am not at fault here,) Irene replied with a pout as she rubbed her face on his arm, making Lyla and her legions' faces black.

"Li Wei, get away from Priestess Irene, or it won't end up good for you," Lyla threatened in anger, watching their intimate actions.

However, Li Wei didn't care and looked at Irene.

"Irene, grab my waist tightly if not you might get left behind," he suggested, as he didn't know if the artifact would stop her from escaping with him.

In response, Irene nodded and grabbed his waist tightly while looking at Lyla with a smile.

"Priestess Irene, he is taking advantage of you! He is just a low level and wouldn't be able to escape from here, so please separate from him," Lyla reminded her, remembering Li Wei's level that he showed on fake status.

However, it was useless as Irene already knew about his other identity, Lucifer.

"Lyla, why do you even think he is Li Wei? And knowing he is low level; would I really ask for his help where even I have trouble?" Irene stated with a smile, making her stunned.

"What? He is not Li Wei?" Lyla muttered with a stupefied expression as she observed Li Wei, who was calm from the beginning.

'If he is not Li Wei, then who is he?' she thought with an anxious expression.

"Everyone be ready to stop them from escaping," she instructed her companions with the last hope as the activation of the artifact was about to finish.

As the seconds passed, the pendants in the hands of Irene's legion started to glow more brightly, almost blinding everyone.

"Brother Wei, now escape!" Irene shouted, watching the activation of the artifact getting finished.

Hearing her, Li Wei didn't hesitate and directly activated shadow step, disappearing with Irene without any trace.

"Priestess Irene! Stop!!" Lyla shouted unwillingly, but it was too late as they already disappeared, making her face black with irritation.

When her companions arrived beside her.

"Miss Lyla, what should we do? Also, what is the relationship between that man and Priestess Irene?" Ava inquired with a panicked expression.

Hearing her, Lyla shook her head and sighed in anger.

"I don't know about their relationship, but we should continue our search; in the meantime, I will inform the Pope about this and ask for help," she replied, sighing again.

When Irene ran away in the capital city, it was easy to find her because high-level paladins took action immediately as she was the daughter of the Pope.

However, in Valeria City, there were no high-level people than Irene; if not, they would've caught her long ago.

"Let's go to Villa No. 1 first; I want to make sure of something," Lyla stated suddenly and moved towards Li Wei's villa in fast speed with her companions.

While the onlookers who watched the drama became stunned and conversed between themselves.

"I never thought that someone would conquer Priestess Irene."

"Yeah, me too, but he will definitely live a hellish life if he made a mistake, I wonder how many kicks he could handle."

The people muttered with doubt and continued their gossip, while Li Wei, who escaped with Irene, appeared inside his villa.

"Li Wei, you are really good at escaping; to think you almost ran through ten different locations before coming here in just a few seconds," Irene praised him about his escaping ability and separated from him.

When Li Xin and others who were upstairs came down after getting informed by his arrival from Lily.

"Brother, you arrived," Li Xin shouted happily; however, after seeing his weary look, she became stunned.

But before she could ask anything, the doorbell of the villa rang with a voice coming from outside.

"Li Wei, are you inside?" Lyla inquired in a hurried tone as she continued to knock and ring the bell.