The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

"I hope we meet again someday, and I'll still be alive then."

Without further farewell, Maginus led Neko outside, and Catwoman, seeing her haste, shut her mouth and obediently followed behind.

"So what happened? Should we start the escape?"

When they got home, Neko asked about it, her eyes filled with excitement instead of nervousness. She had known about Maginus's situation during their soul connection.

"Not for now. I have a way to cover my tracks. I'm leaving quickly so as not to cause them any trouble and to prevent anyone from using them to threaten me."

If Yue Liang and Yue Qian are really captured, will I go to rescue them?

Maginus wasn't sure if they were friends in her heart.

Since they were willing to take Yueqian with them and entrust Neike to Yueliang for protection, they did not report them even after they learned of their identities.

If things continue this way, we should be friends.

Whether or not she is willing to rescue them will have to wait until they are actually captured; for now, Maginus is still unsure of her feelings.

"Go take a shower or go to bed. I have things to do."

The cat waved for Neko to leave, puffed out its cheeks, walked behind Maginos, waved its paws forcefully as if to grab her, and then walked towards the bathroom.

The girl was looking at the floor, her hands outstretched in front of her, her eyes fixed on the floor, as she recalled the structure of her body in her mind.

Mobilizing her spiritual energy and life force, she ruptured her blood vessels and skin to let the life force flow out. As the liquid life force formed a sphere in front of her, Maginus, having determined that it was almost ready, slowly clenched her palm.

The wriggling liquid stopped moving, the sphere compressed and solidified, gradually solidifying into a human shape before her, with bones, blood vessels, tendons, flesh, and skin...

Another "Magnus" appeared before her, as if looking in a mirror.

However, she is "dead," without a soul, without a heartbeat, without breathing, and without any normal physiological reactions. Moreover, once Maginus loses control, she will rot like a corpse.

But it is also alive, its life force is firmly locked inside by Maginus, who controls it with psychic energy to ensure that it does not decay or rot, and at the same time can manipulate it to perform many actions.

It is exactly the same as Maginus, except that it does not store as much life force in its body. In order to make it realistic, Maginus deliberately let some of the life force stored in its body dissipate, so as to show the illusion of vigorous life force.

With his mind focused on two things, he dressed it up and manipulated it to leave the house. Its skin twitched slightly, and it transformed into a different person. The new "Magnus" quickly sneaked into the vicinity of the nearest inn and silently waited for dawn.

After dawn, a "Magnus" controlled by Maginus, who has become someone else, will maintain a certain level of activity within the city.

"It's very similar to flesh golems and cloning techniques."

Flesh Golems are a lower-tier version of Steel Golems, made from the flesh and blood of common creatures. They are more fragile and lack many of the characteristics of golems.

Cloning is a spell that only high-level or even legendary mages can learn. In short, it is to create an exact replica of yourself and place it in a petri dish for later use.

After they die, they can transfer their souls into the clone to be reborn. If their limbs are broken and cannot be recovered, they can be taken from the clone and used.

Maginus muttered to himself, sensing the range of his psionic manipulation of the puppets in his normal state.

Two thousand meters is the furthest distance that my flesh and blood puppet can move. To maintain precise operation, it must be within two thousand meters. The maximum controllable range is five thousand meters.

However, at that time, "Magnus" will encounter all sorts of situations and will not be able to serve its purpose of luring the enemy.

"We need to find a way to discover methods related to cloning, as well as other reincarnation spells and spells involving the soul."

Conversely, considering cloning, Maginus guessed that if he wanted to get rid of his last weakness—his brain—he might need to look for something related to reincarnation and cloning.

Spellcasters need brains, at least before they become liches. If the brain is hit, the cloning spell is unlikely to work unless the caster dies.

That's right. If this were to happen, they would still fall into amnesia or a vegetative state, their souls unable to leave.

If their enemies didn't have the means to bind souls, they might have been fed and cared for until their physical bodies died of old age, at which point their souls would be taken away by the River Styx.

Once the body and soul are united, they are difficult to separate; only powerful magic and death can separate them.

The most important point is the brain; spellcasters consider the loss of brain activity as a person's true death.

As far as Maginus knew, there was a mid-level spell called the Soul Pot that could swap and pull the souls of herself and another person, but even so, both souls were still connected to their own bodies.

Most reincarnation spells work this way: one must die completely to leave the original body and be reborn. Only a small number of high-level spells can allow the soul to completely leave the body.

The girl naturally didn't intend to die; all she wanted to do was ensure that the connection between her body and soul wasn't limited to just the brain.

What she needs to do is, as long as she has a little bit of her body and a little bit of life force left, even if her brain dies, she can retain her complete memories and then use that little bit of life force to absorb life and recover completely.

If she can achieve this, she estimates she has reached the advanced level...

No, it feels like something only a legend could do; it probably needs to be done in two steps.

The high-level beings have the weakness of losing their brains; even if their heads are blown off, they can grow back. The legendary beings have gained extremely powerful immortality; they can recover even if they only have a little blood left.

Maginus took out a pen and paper and started writing and drawing, noting spells or spell-like abilities that might be useful to him.

"The ability of certain vampires to disperse into large numbers of bats and then reassemble, reincarnation, cloning, the Soul Pot..."

After recording the spells she knew, Maginus put down her pen and paper and took out one of her gains from her storage space: the experimental records related to the divine child.

Chapter 326 Reaction

Should we look at this first, or check the situation in the dream world first?

Maginos hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Do you want me to sleep with you?"

"want!"

Nei Ke's slender hands reached out from behind and embraced the girl. She put the book into the storage space, went to the bathroom to take a shower, and returned to bed. As soon as she lay down on the bed, she closed her eyes tightly.

“Woo~~~.”

The cat girl puffed out her cheeks; it really was just sleeping!

Neko, pouting, lay down helplessly, hugged Maginos and rubbed against her, adjusting to a comfortable angle before gradually falling asleep.

She hadn't slept well at the martial arts school. Although it was safe, she was still unfamiliar with the area and had only just met Yue Liang, so she kept her distance.

More importantly, the person who had been keeping her close was no longer by her side, which made her feel insecure all of a sudden.

Maginos, who had closed her eyes, opened them again and entered a mental dream. What she saw was a scene of utter chaos.

The ground had been plowed countless times by violent, deathly psionic energy, leaving no trace of flowers, grass, or trees; the entire land was now a deep black.

But black is slowly decreasing, or rather, it is relentlessly surging toward the edge of the normal world, fighting against the purple, black, and scarlet colors.

The area occupied by Maginot has been largely covered after this cleanup, and much of the two-colored area has receded.

The cleansing of the remnants of will became easier and easier. The more she cleansed, the more light spots of what appeared to be divinity appeared in her body, and the fewer the remnants of will appeared. It was a process of ebb and flow.

She tried to move forward, and upon entering the red zone, she sensed their hostility towards her, but unfortunately, their remaining power was unable to do anything to her.

One in fifty.

The first two massive surges of spiritual energy washed over the girl, creating her from nothing, while the second truly allowed her to clear away the remnants of her will. At this point, her will had taken over, no, reclaimed one-fiftieth of her autonomy.

Maginos felt as if she had reclaimed a vast expanse of land.

Her speed will only increase, but unfortunately, unless there is another battlefield, her progress will not be as rapid as it is now.

Even with a battlefield, it would be difficult to achieve the same effect as this one, which is a battlefield with a large number of mid-to-high-level professionals.

If one were to rely on oneself to slowly grind away the remnants of will and completely eliminate them, it would probably take ten or even several decades.

"A battlefield?"

Muttering to herself, Maginus had already decided where she was going next.

However, now is not a good time to leave Redbird City. Maginus is confident that as soon as she leaves, a group of people will start searching for her in the surrounding area.

At least for now, Red Sparrow City, a place teeming with all sorts of people, is the safest. Due to the complexity of the forces involved, even the countries that formed the alliance before dared not search the area at will.

She recalled the legendary mage Bennia whom she had met before, and looked at the mental dream before her. She sat on the ground and slowly released her spiritual energy, continuously eliminating the remnants of his will.

……

On the other side, the news spread quickly, and the high-level mages who left the battlefield did not linger. They used advanced teleportation spells to send themselves directly away from the demiplane.

Upon returning to the Prime Material Plane, he immediately informed the Bloodstained Guild's higher-ups of the news from the ruins, making no attempt to conceal the fact that he had abandoned his teammates and subordinates and left in haste.

No way! He's a high-ranking spellcaster, how could he possibly die in that place with a warrior?

Upon learning that his own team had suffered heavy losses in the ruins he had discovered and developed first, the person in charge of the Bloodstained Guild's development of the ruins nearly ground his teeth to powder.

Fortunately, the mage brought back enough information. When the person in charge learned that Maginus had reached the intermediate level, he was stunned for a moment, and then he found a way to shift the blame.

It's all the fault of those who went to attack Nesery. If it weren't for their actions, the Slaughter God would never have set his sights on the ruins, let alone targeted the Bloodstained Society!

A lengthy report and a letter of apology were submitted. The person in charge, being a high-ranking official, managed to absolve himself of all responsibility for his mistakes, at most receiving some punishment.

News of Maginus's appearance at the ruins spread quickly, and some people who had been searching for her like headless flies immediately set off for Red Sparrow City, which was closest to the ruins.

Whether she stayed there or not, she must have left some trace, unless she never went into the city at all.

This is possible, and quite likely, but some people don't want to give up the chance to find Maginos.

The capital of Nesserre—oh, it's been renamed now, it should be called Kainabel, meaning "Land of Rise"—

The palace, reduced to ruins, has been rebuilt with the help of spellcasters. As the new king, Ebeslut, promulgates laws, Nesery, which was severely weakened by the war, is gradually recovering.

If Maginus hadn't appeared, Ebeslut would have been able to take over everything smoothly, but unfortunately, there are no "ifs".

Originally, there were few dukes left in the country who were resisting. They all thought that the Imperius royal family had been completely wiped out, with not a single direct descendant left.

The collateral bloodline, realizing they were facing Ebeslut and certain people behind him, decided not to cause trouble.

However, just as they were preparing to completely abandon their rebellious intentions and submit to Abes,

The news that Maginus had transformed into the God of Slaughter, killing the royal family and nobles of the Crystal Salt Kingdom, Addisoncio, and Kalivisda, reached their ears.

Some nobles with ulterior motives immediately saw this as an opportunity. They didn't care whether their king was crazy or not; they only cared about their own interests.

A killing god's son, if he can survive to the later stages, will definitely be a legend. At that time, he might be able to lead them to reclaim their original position and even continue to expand the Nesery.

So the nobles who were originally prepared to beg for mercy turned into flatterers on the surface while secretly making preparations, causing Ebeslut a lot of trouble. However, it also made him wary again and realize that things were not over yet.

When he learned from the throne that Maginus had appeared at the ruins near Cardinal City, his eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly made a decision to split his forces into two groups.

He naturally had his own loyal followers on the other side. If possible, he wanted to kill Maginus completely. His team might not be strong enough to defeat the Child of Slaughter, but he wasn't the only one who wanted to kill her.

As for the other one... naturally, it was his daughter, who left him helpless.

If he could, he wouldn't want to give the information out, but when he thought about his daughter's current situation, he figured it would be better for her to go out and look around.

He is already preparing a new successor. Inser's situation is not suitable for being a king who makes decisions; he is more suited to being a protector of the country.

Chapter 327 Chasing After Him

The Royal Palace, Inserluti's room and activity area.

"No, no, no!!"

Her fist slammed into the terrified stone statue in front of her. Princess Inser, dressed in gorgeous clothes, was still beautiful, but the ferocity of her expression ruined the beauty.

She pushed over the stone statue in front of her, causing it to shatter into pieces. Inser picked up a scroll, unfolded it, and rubbed the paper with her hand in fascination, muttering someone's name until she leaned over it, her voice slightly choked with sobs.

The above is Maginot's true appearance, but it's all how she appears outwardly. It's unknown where Inser got this information from.

She as a child, she as a little older, she before the destruction of the capital, she as a gaunt woman, and she when Lake Crystal City issued its declaration.

After Maginus escaped, Inser's morbid infatuation did not disappear with the passage of time; instead, it became even more obsessive upon learning of the girl's current situation.

Inser regretted it, regretting that he should have locked the girl up sooner.

Despite her despondency, she did not stop learning and researching magic. Instead, in order to suppress the emptiness in her heart, she devoted herself to magic and even refused to go out and engage in social activities.

As her perspective broadened, her statue room was filled with broken statues, depicting men, women, children, and people of all races. However, she was far from satisfied. Compared to Maginus, these were all incomplete pieces, offering her no satisfaction whatsoever.

Leaning against the girl's painting, lost in thought and sorrow, a knock suddenly sounded at the door. Inser opened her eyes, which were filled with hostility:

"explain."

"Your Highness, His Majesty says there is news of Maginus Imperius."

The door burst open, and the blonde girl's face was filled with excitement and joy. She grabbed the reporter's collar, her voice hoarse and trembling:

"Where is she?"

"Red Sparrow City is said to have broken through to the middle stage."

……

The capital of the Crystal Salt Kingdom.

"Father, will she be in danger?"

Lenya Sylvie sat in her study, reading the news. She glanced worriedly at Red Sparrow City. Elliott nodded, offering no words of comfort to Lenya.

“It’s dangerous, but she chose this most dangerous path herself, and she will definitely continue down it. Lenia, you can’t help her.”