His Bottom Line

Carissa could faintly feel a sharp pain in her neck before she completely passed out.

Meanwhile, at the field, Mateo hold Carissa's body in his arms as glooms hovered above them.

A few minutes after latching his fangs on her neck and sucking the poison from her blood, he finally retracted his fangs and stood up.

He then walks towards the exit door which he had destroyed just now with coldness in his eyes.

"Mateo put her down! She had to take one more punishment and survive before you can take her out!" Empress Lamia's eyes were filled with glee when she saw Carissa's condition.

One more. Just one more punishment and she'll die!

Mateo's cold eyes darted to his mother, "Although you are the empress and my mother, that doesn't mean you can use that to touch my bottom line!"

"I'll take her next punishment in her stead. That should be enough payback for interfering with her punishment."

He then turned around and left the forest and towards his residence.

The healers were already waiting fo