The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

Is it related to my own resurrection...?

She had some doubts about this, but she didn't think about it immediately; there was something more important for her.

Lifting her brother up, Maginos walked toward the mass grave, the blood on her clothes washed away by the heavy rain.

Chapter 44 Psionic Power for Controlling Life Force

"Uh, the rain was really heavy yesterday..."

The morning sunlight streamed into the house through the cracks in the wooden planks. Jack raised his hand to shield his eyes from the glare and stretched vigorously on the straw mat.

As the leader of the children in this house and a formal member of the White Hands Gang, he occupied a large open space where he could stretch out to his heart's content.

After lying down for a while to fully wake up, Jack got up, looked around, and immediately noticed something strange.

"Jimor" sat in the corner, and for some reason, his emaciated body seemed to have taken on a slightly human appearance, though not much.

It must be an illusion...

Jack moved closer and said, "Hey, Jim, getting ready for work today?"

The "boy" in front of him opened his eyes and said expressionlessly, "I'm not going."

"Row."

Jack nodded, turned, and walked outside, frowning slightly. He felt that the "boy" seemed to have become a little colder.

……

Maginos reached out and patted her cheek, feeling no emotion whatsoever. She tried to smile, but no matter what she did, she couldn't manage to curl the corners of her mouth up.

She quickly abandoned this idea, got up, walked outside, and looked at the location of the mass grave.

Walker was buried deep in the mass grave, hoping the enemy wouldn't find the body. As for the bodyguard she had placed there, she moved him to another location.

Stepping into the desolate part of the slums, Maginus extended her right index finger and with a thought, a tiny wound opened up, from which pale red mist slowly spread, and she also felt her own life force draining away.

The pale red mist seemed to be materialized from life force, and it seemed that under the intense mental fluctuations last night, this ability, which might be related to her resurrection, was fully activated.

The girl can manipulate life force to a certain extent, but she doesn't know to what extent yet; she needs to experiment a bit.

Sitting under the shade of a tree, she felt no emotion at all. Everything seemed to be suppressed. Even when she thought of her brother, who had just died last night, she felt no heartache. Perhaps her heart was completely shattered.

Recovering from the shock of her brother's death, Maginus repeatedly absorbed and released the red mist from her fingertips, soon developing symptoms of mental exhaustion.

Controlling life force, excessive use leads to lethargy... Could it be a type of psionic energy?

When she felt listless, Maginus guessed that this method of controlling life force seemed to the girl very similar to the professional called "Mind Control" that Teacher Santi had mentioned in class.

Manipulation enables one to control elemental energy to generate various means, while she controls life force, both of which involve manipulating a certain type of energy.

As for whether it's psychic energy or not, let's see if it can do the most basic things.

Maginus pulled the red mist back into her hand and could feel that it had become much thinner; it was clear that this wisp of life force had been consumed with her movements.

I closed my eyes and rested in the shade of a tree to recover my energy. Once I felt less listless, I immediately picked up a leaf from the side and held it in front of my eyes.

The girl stared intently at the small leaf, imagining it floating in her mind. Whether it was a gentle breeze or something else, it moved slightly.

Float up, float up, float up...

Without looking away or letting her mind wander, Maginus focused intently on the matter. After an unknown amount of time, the leaves slowly floated up in her sight and hung above her palm.

Maginus moved her hand away and stared at the leaf. The leaf moved slowly according to her will, but after only a few seconds, a sharp pain swept through her brain, causing her to close her eyes, and the leaf fell with the wind.

Rubbing her temples, Maginus realized through this incident that the essence of her abilities was indeed psionic.

The most direct manifestation of psychic power was when she tried to manipulate the floating object just now. Without using magic, she was able to make the object float simply by relying on her mental power.

The girl knew very little about psychic powers, only that the most versatile psychic race was probably the terrifying monster called Mind Flayer, also known as the Mind Flayer.

As Teacher Santi mentioned, this kind of monster has a very high level of development of spiritual abilities, and it seems to have formed a complete system. Like magic, it can do everything from shaping elements to summoning creatures, from changing form to controlling state.

However, her psychic abilities are not as complete as those of mind flayers. It seems that her control over life force is more effective and energy-efficient than her control over other things. It takes a lot of her energy to float up a single leaf, but she can release and release the crimson mist dozens of times before she feels tired.

Of course, it could also be because the fog wasn't very heavy; we can try again later.

One thing that was confirmed yesterday is that she can absorb the life force of people who have recently died in order to restore herself.

As for the living person, we tried it on the way here, but it didn't work, at least not now. The living person's life force field can resist her actions. It should work when her spiritual power becomes stronger in the future.

……

After experimenting for most of the day, Maginus glanced at her, who had become emaciated again in the water. The girl tried to draw out her life force and store it deeper in her body, which resulted in her appearance becoming similar to before.

She identified a second use for her psychic powers: they could be used as a low-level form of transformation.

It cannot change your form or grow webbed feet or gills like a transformation spell, but it is better at disguise because it is unrelated to magic, which means that dispelling the spell cannot undo this change.

If possible, we must find a teacher.

Maginus looked up at the sky; it was already close to dusk. Just getting familiar with psionic energy had taken her a lot of time. It was clear that she couldn't do it without someone to teach her.

The girl, who had no intention of continuing the experiment, headed to the slums, where she would have to allocate her time to leaving the capital.

Maginus decided to first inquire if there were any special channels to send her out. Staying in the capital was not a solution. If she wanted revenge, she had to become stronger. To become stronger, she had to find her teacher. To find her teacher, she had to leave the city.

They walked back to the tavern they had visited earlier. The girl entered, and after paying the inquiry fee, she didn't immediately ask how to leave the capital. Instead, she inquired about the current situation at the cemetery.

"Barron, what exactly happened last night? It seems like things aren't finished over there yet?"

From morning until now, Maginus could still see that the sky over the royal area was still gloomy and covered with strange dark clouds, while the rest of the area, except for the royal cemetery, was perfectly clear.

Chapter 45 The Path of Departure

Maginus learned the general situation of last night from the bard: due to his brother's actions, many powerful undead creatures had been generated at the royal tombs, and the situation had not yet been resolved.

However, I heard that church members have joined in and have almost wiped out the undead.

Having figured out that the streets weren't heavily guarded, the girl calmly asked another question: "Is there any way to sneak out of the city?"

The bard Baron took the money bag and mentioned a place: "There's a high-class tavern in the business district called the Lusty Lips Ball. There are people there who can help you smuggle yourself in, but it will cost a lot of money."

Having obtained the information he needed from the tavern, Maginus inquired about the location in detail, and then got up and walked towards the tavern that Maginus had mentioned.

The slums and residential streets remained quiet, but things changed as she approached the commercial district, where crowds surged before her, and her eyes were filled with the dazzling lights of the city.

None of the shops were closed, and colorful lights emanated from their open doors, clearly indicating that these shops had magic lamps for lighting and decoration.

The pedestrians on the street were either neatly dressed or dressed in brightly colored clothes, and many soldiers patrolled the road, presenting an orderly and prosperous scene.

However, walking through the dark alleys between the shops, the girl saw many beggars similar to her huddled in the alleys. Compared to the beggars in the slums, their faces were not pale, and some were even bloated.

Even beggars are divided into different classes, some more advanced than others.

Maginus looked away and continued walking. Several beggars noticed her and frowned slightly. They stood up and asked warily, "Hey, where are you from?"

“From the slums, here on business.”

The girl's expression was very calm. The beggars exchanged glances, and after confirming that this stranger was not there to seize territory in the commercial area, they made way for her.

She continued forward, crossing streets from time to time. As she crossed the streets, Maginus could feel the disgusted and surprised gazes of passersby. Ignoring these gazes, she soon arrived at the tavern called the Lusty Lips Ball.

As you can tell from the name, this tavern is quite shady. Majinus peered out from the alley across from the tavern, glanced up at its pink sign, and couldn't help but wonder if it was really involved in smuggling or something similar.

Just as the girl hesitated, a dark figure approached from behind her. Maginus, seemingly unaware, suddenly spoke: "If I were you, I wouldn't continue forward."

The shadowy figure stopped abruptly and turned to look at the approaching figure, a somewhat thin man who held a dagger in his hand and stared at the girl with a suspicious look.

"Hey kid, what are you spying on here for?"

The man asked coldly, and Maginus was certain that if she couldn't give him a reasonable explanation, he would attack her immediately.

Security at the Lusty Lips Ball

The girl confirmed the man's identity and generously told him her purpose for coming: "I want to smuggle myself out of the country. I heard that the Lusty Lips Dance Association can help."

"...Do you have money?"

The man looked on knowingly, then glanced suspiciously at the rather poor Maginos. Hearing his question, the girl took out a gold coin and gave it to the spy.

He didn't reach out to take it. After seeing the gold coin in mid-air, he returned it to the girl and waved for her to follow: "Come with me, let's enter from another place."

Maginus followed in his footsteps, her hands always near the dagger, ready to draw it at any moment.

After going around in a big circle, Maginos followed the man to the back of the tavern, where she discovered that the Lusty Lips Ball area was quite large.

He pushed open a small door and went inside. Looking at the somewhat dark entrance, the girl hesitated for a moment before following him up a staircase leading upwards.

As Maginus continued upwards, he looked at the wall and heard somewhat seductive music and shouts from the other side.

This path is behind the Lusty Lips Ball, and the small doors she saw when she went upstairs should lead to the interior of the tavern.

“We’ve arrived. Go inside and find a brown-haired dancer wearing a heart-shaped bra. Just tell her why you’re here.”

The man's voice brought Maginot back to her senses. He opened a small door, and the dim pink light inside didn't seem like a proper place to discuss business. She instinctively reached for the pouch of gold coins at her waist and stepped inside.

……

Bang.

The small door behind her closed gently. Maginus observed the situation inside the floor. The magic lamp emitted a pink glow, and many scantily clad women walked along the corridor, while some guests dressed in expensive clothes also passed by.

At the entrance of the corridor, there was a bar-like area. A brown-haired dancer with two heart-shaped stickers on her chest, wrapped in a semi-transparent veil, was holding a bronze mirror and constantly applying something to her face.

The girl slipped into the shadows to avoid the customers, then walked straight to the dancer, tapped on the bar to get her attention, and said her purpose: "I want to smuggle myself out of the country."

"Oh~, please come with me."

The dancer stared in surprise at Maginus's appearance, then stepped out from behind the bar and opened the door to the adjacent private room. The room was simply furnished with two chairs and a table.

The two entered and sat down in chairs. The dancer placed her heavy breasts on the wooden table and gave Maginus her usual seductive smile.

"So, young sir, are you smuggling yourself in a group or alone?"

"Going alone, and also carrying some things that can't be seen by others."

Approximately how much contraband was involved?

"The size of a standard longsword."

Are there any environmental requirements?

"No, as long as I can get out, that's good."

……

The dancer asked twelve questions, then asked Maginus to wait a moment. She took a pen and scribbled on a piece of paper, then quickly smiled and said:

"Young sir, if you want to smuggle yourself out, it will cost about 67 gold coins. You'll need to pay a deposit of 12 gold coins first. How does that sound?"

Maginus didn't have many options. She was prepared to be swindled out of her money, so she readily handed over the deposit and asked about the departure time: "Around when can I leave?"

"Twelve days from now~, you need to be here at noon on time twelve days from now. Someone will come to pick you up then, and three other people will be leaving with you. If there are no problems, you can leave~."

Having received the gold coins, the dancer was visibly pleased, and her tone of voice towards the girl became more respectful, but her allure remained undiminished. She even pressed her breasts against the table, as if deliberately seducing Maginos.

The girl paid no attention to the behavior of the person opposite her and left the private room to return the way she came. Just as she arrived at the fork in the road, two familiar figures made Maginus's pupils shrink slightly.

Chapter 46 Meeting

"Damn it, I can finally leave the handling of the undead to someone else."

In the villa that was being used as her workplace, Inser sat in a chair and stretched out her arms. Susan, who was far away from her, did not reply and was focused on wiping her longsword.

The undead creatures haven't been completely dealt with yet, but it'll be soon. The power of those demonic corpses surprised them, but that was all. As the corpses were lured out of the tomb, the terrain became more open, and with the arrival of the army, dealing with those undead creatures was only a matter of time.

However, this process took a little longer than expected. After confirming that they wouldn't become any major problems, the two who had been fighting for more than ten hours were finally able to hand things over to others and take a break.

After stretching out her arms, Inser looked coldly at Susan: "Hey, you killed Walker, what about Maggie?"

"Take your time looking." Susan paused slightly as she wiped the sword, replying.

After Susan dealt with the demonic corpse inside, she immediately sent a divination mage to check if Walker was dead.

A few hours later, the divination mage confirmed Walker's death; he had not risen from the dead like Maginus, which greatly relieved Susan.

"Humph."

Seeing that this ungrateful wretch was ignoring him, Inser got up and left the office. The carriage arrived at his own residence with just one turn.

As soon as he stepped down from the carriage, he was ushered through the gate by a maid. Inside, the spies who had been waiting for a long time bowed humbly to Inser.

“Young Miss, we’ve visited most of the intelligence organizations in the city, but they haven’t heard anything about Her Highness either.”

Not even a little bit!?

Inser raised an eyebrow, and the spy nodded fearfully. Seeing the dangerous glint in Inser's eyes, his survival instinct kicked in, and he dropped another bombshell: