The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

Maginus, having signed her name as the dominant party, immediately felt a strong connection between herself and Neko.

The legendary mage said that this sense of connection can provide the specific location of both parties, preventing one party from being unable to find the other after the other has gone far away.

Of course, Maginus can block Neko's contact with her, but Neko cannot block hers.

After signing the contract and verifying its power, the girl took out the key and removed the collar from Neko's neck. She then handed Neko the key to the basement and repeatedly reminded her:

"You can run around inside the house from now on, but it's best not to go outside. With your current strength, once you go out, given your beastman identity, you'll be captured very quickly."

"Meow~"

"say."

The cat pinched Neko's cheek, who didn't seem inclined to speak, and wagged its tail in dissatisfaction, trying its best to open its mouth: "I understand, Master~~".

There were still some off-key notes, but it was much better than before.

Releasing the restrictions on the interior, Maginos returned to the bedroom and closed the door. The catwoman happily climbed up and down the house, but indeed did not run outside.

She still remembered her past life; it was too dangerous outside, so she decided to stay with her master.

"What kind of career would suit her?"

After explaining the situation to the Mind Flayer and the Gith Yankees, IIO introduced Wu Ming Jiu H Liu Nu, and the exceptionally knowledgeable Mind Flayer began to speak.

Yes, she sounds like a perfect fit for the job called "Mōnen-shi" (诰念使).

Manipulators excel at using psionic energy to control, create, and decompose elemental matter and elemental energy. They don't need much knowledge; they rely more on skill and instinct to fight.

Psychic energy is inherently subjective; what a mind user needs to do is remember their feelings and psychic energy fluctuations during battle, and then reproduce them in battle.

In fact, as long as you teach your slave the key points and techniques of using psychic energy to manipulate life force, she can learn and master the rest on her own.

Once you've mastered the "Slaughtering Technique," I'll teach you the combat skills of a Mind Control user.

Having gained knowledge from the Mind Flayer, Maginus turned to the Githyanki and asked about his current strength.

You've already mastered the Blade Storm technique, haven't you? As expected of a divine child.

There was a hint of emotion and surprise in the voice of the Gisyanki.

Once you learn the next technique called Soul-Eroding Blade, you will have officially entered the intermediate stage. With your life force and soul energy advancing together, your soul and even your body will experience a significant improvement.

This symbolizes the sublimation of your life essence. If I'm not mistaken, your recovery ability will become extremely terrifying, and your head will probably be the only weak point left.

Chapter 284 Advancement

Cultivation, cultivation, cultivation...

The psychic blade before Maginus floated up and began to crack from the center, with tiny cracks spreading outwards and covering the entire blade.

Then it broke apart, and small, sharp fragments spun in the air, attempting to revolve around Maginus.

However, before the revolution could even begin, those small fragments could not maintain their shape and eventually disintegrated completely, turning into soul energy and scattering away.

It's still not quite right. Blade Storm should be able to reassemble itself after the blade breaks, making it a complete technique.

This technique emphasizes that the Soul Blade user must strengthen their control and fixation of soul energy, so as to be able to control and utilize it at will.

Once the Blade Storm was complete, Maginus had a premonition that she would also be able to complete the solidified life force at that time.

Beside her, Neko patiently lay down on the ground to sleep, practicing self-hypnosis according to the method Maginus had taught her during their soul connection, in order to strengthen her psychic abilities and body.

A constant current flowed through its body, evaporating the cat's sweat. Neko was extremely diligent in becoming stronger, unwilling to remain weak.

Tuk-tuk-tuk...

A knock sounded at the door, and Maginus got up to open it. A servant bearing the Lauta family crest bowed to her and said, "Miss Ilsis, there's been progress in the case, and we hope you can come in."

"it is good."

"Fu..."

With a pipe dangling from his mouth, Mani subconsciously took a deep breath, only then remembering that he was at the crime scene, so there was no tobacco in his pipe.

He was standing in a blood-stained basement, surrounded by an investigation team handpicked by the Lauta family, each member possessing their own unique skills.

Take him, for example. He's a detective who can reconstruct events by observing subtle things like magic or scents in the air. More importantly, he has a unique detective mindset that others don't have.

After Miss Ilsis found the murder weapon, the mage confirmed that the magic dagger that killed the young master and the guard belonged to the maid next to the female lead.

After a period of investigation, the Lauta family discovered that the maid had only been using someone else's body, which was why she didn't remember killing the young master and the guards.

After reconstructing the scene, Mani roughly understood the situation and how the murderer killed the two people.

First up was young master Lauta, who, after the performance, rushed backstage with his bodyguard to meet the female lead and began his persistent courtship.

The two had a prior acquaintance, and after some hesitation, the female lead agreed to Lauta's invitation and went to the guest room with him.

The young master waited in the guest room for the female lead to arrive, while the female lead went back to her bedroom to wash up and remove her makeup.

Meanwhile, guards stood outside the guest room, while maids waited in their own rooms for the lead actress to call them.

However, what she received first was not a call, but a spellcaster's mind control.

Under the spell's control, she walked slowly toward the guest room in a daze. It was at this moment that the guards and the young master were also attacked by the spellcaster.

Their bodies were controlled by a hidden spellcaster, making it difficult for them to regain control. The guards could only watch helplessly as they entered the bedroom, while the young master stood in a row alongside the guards.

The dazed maid had been manipulated long ago; every day, while in a dream state, she would make certain modifications to her room.

Over time, after about a month or so, she created a very secret weapon storage location.

That was the crucial moment when the weapons had to be used. The magic dagger that had been put in the night before or yesterday was taken out, and the maid was manipulated to take out the dagger and come to the guest room. Then she stabbed each of the two immobile people.

To accomplish all this, at least two spellcasters are needed. Spellcasters are hard to find and can only be entrusted to prophets. The Lauta family's prophets only predicted that they were still in Red Sparrow City.

Nothing else was found, so they had to rely on this makeshift investigation team to find it.

Fortunately, everyone there was an extraordinary individual. By investigating the maid's memories and filtering through her account to trace her route through Red Sparrow City, Mani quickly pinpointed several key locations.

The detective team eventually found the basement, but after storming in, they found two corpses lying on the ground and a room burned by flames.

After the spellcaster extinguished the flames in the room by casting a water spell, they entered the basement but found no useful clues. They could only confirm that the bodies did not die in a fight, but were killed by outsiders.

The case reached a stalemate, but they immediately remembered Miss Ilsis from before, thinking she might be able to help with the current situation.

……

Maginus entered the charred basement. Since some time had passed, the smoke inside had mostly dissipated. She glanced around and noticed that there were far fewer people investigating the Spirit Alliance's Liulin 88IV.

She didn't know how strong their reconnaissance skills were, but she was certain that both of them were very strong in combat.

They're all elites; I need to be careful and avoid contact with them.

Somewhat worried that she might reveal her true identity as "Magnus," Magnus composed herself and asked what she needed to do.

Upon learning that they wanted her to track down the murderer who killed the two people inside the house, Maginus's pupils constricted as she looked at the corpses. Her Hunter Vision activated, and lines of blood appeared on their bodies.

"follow me."

Deliberately slowing her pace, the girl pretended to be intently observing the ground, in order to perfect her fabricated claim of having keen observation skills.

However, Maginus was indeed investigating based on the glowing, blood-red footprints.

As the reconnaissance team walked through the streets, many in the team still doubted whether she could track down the enemy.

However, their doubts were quickly dispelled. When the group arrived at the border between the slums and the residential area, Maginus and the other members of the group who were sensitive to magic suddenly sensed magical fluctuations emanating from an unknown place.

The two Lauta family guards who were closest to the girl suddenly stiffened for a moment, their eyes glazed over, and then they drew their long swords from their waists and slashed at Maginus with all their might!

They actually found the right person!

The enemy must have realized the trouble with Maginus's abilities, which is why they wanted to eliminate her here so that the detective team would lose their trail.

"Stop!"

Mani drew a slender sword from his cane, intending to rescue the white-haired girl, but they were too far away to help in time.

Just when everyone thought Maginus was about to die or be seriously injured, she made her move.

Chapter 285: The Long Mission Line

The two guards launched a sudden attack, but Maginus had already sensed the spellcasters' target from the magical fluctuations and roughly guessed what they wanted to do.

So she reacted quickly. While the guards were drawing their weapons, Maginus had already reached out and grabbed the hilt of the sword. As she drew it from its sheath, she enchanted the blade.

Blood, barely visible to the naked eye, clung to the blade as she swung it at top speed, sending the two broken pieces of the sword flying high into the air.

Another person kicked him, and the guard who didn't have time to react was sent flying into the wall of a house on the side of the street. His back hit the wall hard, and he collapsed to the ground unconscious.

Life force spread outwards, and Maginus sensed everything covered by it. On the surface, he frantically turned his head to observe, but when he finally stopped, his gaze was fixed on the alley entrance more than ten meters away.

"Over there, don't let them get away."

She pointed to the alley entrance and shouted a reminder. The team members who had followed her seemed to wake up from a dream and split up into several groups, rushing into the alley.

The detectives entered the alley, with Maginus following Mani and another person. However, as soon as they entered the alley, a small fireball flew straight toward the girl's face.

Fireball!

A loud bang echoed through the alley, followed by a plume of smoke. Maginos coughed as she got up, her outer clothes catching fire, but thankfully it wasn't a serious incident.

Mani and another professional stood up awkwardly. They heard fighting ahead, and the girl decisively retreated, saying:

"They're coming for me, so you guys go after them."

“No, no, no, we have to protect you, Miss Ilsis, who is a key person.”

"Yes, yes, that's what I was thinking too. If you die, our trail will be cut off."

Mani also had another professional who was quite willing to cooperate. Under the guise of protecting her, he chose not to participate in the battle, but simply flanked Maginus on both sides of the street to prevent anyone from launching a sudden attack.

"Be careful, there are enemies!"

That's definitely the right thing to do. Mani, a detective, has a special ability to see through invisibility, similar to seeing through invisibility with magic, except that it doesn't need to be activated on its own and is a permanent ability.

Alert to his surroundings, he noticed that an assassin using invisibility spells was quietly approaching. He immediately shouted for the other two to prepare for battle and raised his sword to thrust it out with all his might.

Another adventurer pulled out a crossbow radiating magical light from his robes and fired continuously at the direction of Mani's attack, the magical arrows condensing on the crossbow.

Several arrows were fired; some landed on the ground, while others remained suspended in the air. The assassin's invisibility was broken, revealing him directly, with the arrows hanging from his abdomen.

Like other assassins, they were dressed entirely in black, wearing black hoods, making it impossible to see what they actually looked like.

The two attacked an assassin, while Maginus turned around and swiftly swung her sword, throwing half of the dagger into the air. At the same time, an assassin with a huge gash in his chest appeared.

The two approaching assassins were dealt with, but the three standing on the main road were not so easy to assassinate.

The sounds of fighting in the alley gradually subsided, and the detective team that had entered brought out a thin, unconscious spellcaster and several assassins. They looked rather disheveled and had sustained injuries to varying degrees.

"Yes, those two killed the people in the secret room."

The girl pointed to two of them and identified them. Hearing her identification, the adventurers breathed a sigh of relief.

The operation yielded some results. The investigation team carried the body and the unconscious person toward the theater and reported the intelligence they had gathered that day to the person in charge.

However, while reporting, Maginus noticed doubts on the faces of many people, who seemed to have finally realized that the case was not an ordinary assassination, but a battle between major powers.

They were probably all hesitant about whether to continue, wondering if they would be attacked by the other side.

"These guys are from the Bloodstained Society!"

Just as everyone hesitated, a shout from one of the spellcasters startled everyone. Maginus looked at the assassin who was pinned to the ground, his clothes lifted up from the back.

The spellcaster cast a spell on his body, and as the spell swept across, the hidden tattoos used to represent members of the organization were revealed.

The assassin had a scarlet, snarling monster tattooed on his body, with some blood-red patterns around it.

Some members of the reconnaissance team felt a chill in their hearts. To these casual adventurers, the Bloodstained Society was a colossal entity. If they were targeted by them, they would likely face endless assassination attempts.

Several pitying glances were cast at Maginus, after all, she was the one who stood out the most in the operation, and she gave the decisive instructions for both reconnaissance missions.

If the investigation continues, she will be the one most likely to be targeted and implicated.

Some adventurers hesitated and were already considering quitting. The leaders noticed their thoughts, and the three leaders looked at each other and gathered together to discuss it.

The Lauta family must fight back against the Bloodstained Society, or their actions will become increasingly rampant.

After obtaining permission from the Lauta family through magical communication, the person in charge raised his hand and shouted, "A magical item!"

The noisy hall quieted down, and the members of the detective team all turned to look at their leader. He looked at the thirty or so professionals below and began to speak:

"After the mission is completed, in addition to the basic monetary reward, I, on behalf of the Lauta family, promise that you will receive an extra magical item."

Greed gleamed in most people's eyes; wealth was a powerful lure, and it was a magical item that could bring enormous profits whether used personally or sold.

Thanks to the promise made by the Lauta family, the detective team did not fall apart despite learning of the strength of their adversary, and was able to continue investigating the case.