The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

But the mage on the ground couldn't lock onto anything, and the area-of-effect attacks didn't hit anything.

Erasing the past, the man in black robes opened his palm and aimed at the cave entrance, a strong magical fluctuation spreading out as he tried to see if there was anything else inside.

The magic that probed for life force swept across the surroundings, confirming that it was safe enough. The avatar of the mysterious man gave the captain a few stern instructions before rushing off to the battlefield.

Maginus was still attacking. The assembled blood puppets had broken through the soldiers' defenses and were growing stronger by absorbing life force. He had to stop the blood puppets from eating people before things got out of control.

It seems like we've gone too far, so what about now?

Neko secretly asked Maginot whether they should "add something" to the graveyard to completely enrage the monsters inside.

Group chat is a great idea, but I'll leave a time bomb in the cemetery.

Maginus showed no courtesy whatsoever to his family's cemetery, since there were no more ancestral corpses in the tombs. According to intelligence, they had all turned into demonic souls that night, leaving none behind.

Therefore, this is just an empty underground cavern that Abes used for experiments, and it has no special significance whatsoever.

The false armor wrapped around Neke's body changed; the shoulder bone swelled up and gradually formed a scarlet spherical crystal, accumulating life force without revealing its vitality.

When it grew to be about the size of Neko's head, the sphere fell off and crashed to the ground with a slight sound, but it did not attract the monster's attention.

He could quietly run outside, and after calculating the distance he could jump by looking at the width of the human wall, he turned around and went back into the cave to run up.

She didn't jump directly outside the encirclement; there were still a few trees in the crowd, enough for her to land and avoid the first wave of monsters.

It leaps up and lands on a tree, the leaves rustling in the wind. Inside, it quietly waits on the treetop, hoping the time bomb set by its owner will be detonated.

In the cemetery, the monsters looked dazed. The powerful negative energy gave them strength, but it also isolated them from the little life force flowing in from the outside.

Since there was no motivation or "big cake," these monsters showed no intention of moving, standing there blankly like statues.

But today, something is different. The spherical crystal on the ground is faintly glowing, and as Maginus's psychic energy dissipates, its outer shell becomes thinner and thinner due to the corrosion of negative energy.

click

As cracks appeared, life force dissipated, and then the sphere exploded completely.

Under the pressure of immense negative energy, these life forces autonomously escaped towards the weak areas, instantly creating a huge gap in the original negative energy zone.

Like sharks smelling blood, the monsters, extremely sensitive to life, all turned their gazes toward the cave entrance.

They, who were originally calm, went completely mad, just like the monster that had sensed the life force within them!

A terrifying roar came from underground. The army, which had been facing outside, trembled upon hearing the roar from within the tomb, and the captain shouted anxiously:

"Change formation, those monsters are coming out!"

A humanoid monster with pieces of cloth on its body burst out of the tomb, carrying a massive amount of negative energy, and launched a fearless charge towards the army.

The scene was in complete chaos. He could take the opportunity to jump down and slip through the gaps between the soldiers to escape the scene.

Once she was safely ashore, Maginus directed her to deliver a message to the Temple of the Three Gods, while he himself opened his eyes.

After getting up and telling Rachel, Maginus left the inn and headed towards the temple district of the volcano city.

She was going to speak with the Sleeper's priest, as both the God of Slaughter and the God of Fear were enemies of K.

There is no Temple of the Sleepers in the capital of Nesser, only a small number of Sleeper priests there to bless the dead. In Volcano City, there is a temple, probably because mining is a deadly activity.

Magenus, disguised, stood before a very unassuming temple. There was no one around, except for a few worshippers with sorrowful expressions coming and going.

Death is a serious and sad thing. Even if they know that their deceased relatives and friends will go to other planes, they still worry that the dead will fall into lower planes.

The God of the Dead is even more frightening. Even though the Sleepers of the continent of Noir are gentle enough, the people still keep their distance from K and his followers.

That's how death is; even knowing it will come, people can't help but fear it.

The temple, constructed of matte marble, was solemn and dignified, and the mysterious fragrance of flowers in the air soothed the grief of the deceased's relatives.

Standing here, Maginus's pent-up anger had subsided considerably.

She stepped into the temple, and one of the candles that had been extinguished on either side of the path lit up, attracting the attention of a few priests in the temple.

The older priest's pupils constricted slightly as he watched the priest walking towards Maginus and hissed, "Kyle, stop."

These candles are specially made; only those connected to the gods can cause them to vibrate.

The kind-hearted young pastor stopped and turned back in confusion, wondering why his teacher was stopping him from getting close to this ordinary girl.

The old priest stepped forward, gazing warily at Maginus, and bowed his head respectfully.

"Distinguished guest of unknown origin, may I ask what brings you to the temple of the Great Sleeper?"

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"I want to see your bishop."

Maginus spread his hands to indicate that he meant no harm. Before the old priest could speak, another old man with a pale face and almost no hair walked up behind him.

"Alright, leave this to me, sir. Please follow me."

The hunched old man gestured for Maginus to follow him, showing no fear of traps, and followed the temple bishop into the rear reception room.

Once the two were seated on the sofa, the bishop inquired about her true identity: "Respected lady, it is time for you to reveal your true identity."

“Magnus Imperius wants to ask you about the history of the past, even the legends.”

With a raised hand wiping her cheek, Maginos regained her original appearance. Now that she was famous, she naturally didn't have to worry about the other party not recognizing her.

Looking at Maginus's face, the bishop felt a slight shock, but took a sip of tea to calm himself: "You came to Volcano City... no, it's nothing, did you come to see us for something?"

The bishop had originally intended to ask Maginus why he had come to Volcano City, but suddenly realized that this was not something he should be involved in, as it might cause countless troubles later.

He decisively changed the subject, deciding to focus solely on the reason why Maginus, the god of slaughter and fear, had been brought to the temple.

"This concerns the safety of the capital of Nesery, so I would like to ask for your advice. I hope you can contact someone at a higher level."

The Riddler Maginot rises, unsure whether the Church of the Sleepers knows anything about the past; the fewer people who know, the better.

"Of course, I'll contact the archbishop right away."

Upon learning that he could seek help from a higher-ranking pastor, the old man breathed a sigh of relief. With little time left, he still wanted to die a natural death.

He took out a crystal mirror and placed it on the table. He then smeared a layer of grass ash on the mirror surface. As the grass ash was blown away, the mirror became blurry. When it became clear again, it presented a completely different scene.

"Nalai, what's wrong...?"

The white-haired middle-aged man on the other side of the mirror saw Maginus and immediately shut his mouth, his expression turning one of surprise and uncertainty. The old bishop of Volcano City then spoke up to ease the tension:

"Archbishop, His Excellency Maginus is doing some things in Volcano City, and it seems something has happened in the capital of Nesery, so he has come to seek our opinion."

The middle-aged man, addressed as the Archbishop, stared intently at Maginus. Despite being clearly stronger than her, he slightly bowed his head as a gesture of respect.

"Your Excellency Maginus, is there anything you wish to ask us?"

She didn't speak immediately, but looked up at the old man. The bishop, sensing the atmosphere, got up to say goodbye and left the reception room.

"High Bishop, do you, or rather the Church of the Sleepers, know what lies beneath the capital of Nesery?"

"Underground? Wait a minute."

The archbishop frowned, closed his eyes as if communicating with someone using divine magic, then opened his eyes and shook his head: "So what happened to Nesser? You know, we don't have a temple over there."

"Okay, it seems I have to start from the beginning..."

Maginus decided to test them again, thinking they might be playing dumb.

Beneath the surface of Nesser, there lies a Temple of Slaughter, larger than the royal palace. Here, Aibeth and a mysteriously appearing man in black robes use the evil magic and negative energy within to create numerous monsters.

The material was human, but dwarves, elves, or other creatures were perhaps not spared either; the boundary between life and death was broken.

The more the bishop listened to her description, the more somber his expression became. Maginus stopped speaking and raised a finger:

"You can ask the people at the Church of the Three Gods of Nesery. They should send someone to investigate. I will send you more information after I copy the relevant memories."

Leaning slightly forward, Maginus said very seriously:

"Next is another question: our Imperius royal family established our kingdom on the land of Nesery. Did the Three Gods and you really not provide any guidance?"

"All I know is that my ancestors, who were once children of slaughter, suppressed their bloodline under the guidance of the sun. Did you really not say that we were to guard anything?"

The archbishop drifted off into thought again, and to her surprise, when he came to his senses, his answer was remarkably decisive:

“I don’t know about the other three churches, but I swear in the name of the Sleepers that there is no record in our church that your ancestors were required to guard anything.”

"As for the great sleepers... well, we don't know."

"That's true. If you really knew, you wouldn't have let that temple be dug up. It seems there's something behind it all."

The temple rarely gets involved in conflicts between nations. The priests or paladins who do get involved are mostly acting on their own initiative and do not represent the temple.

If the royal family was under the guidance of a certain deity and was responsible for guarding the temple of the god of slaughter, then the church would certainly not have forgotten when Imperius lost its records.

When Imperius is attacked, they will either secretly help or renegotiate an agreement when a new royal family emerges.

The two fell silent, and simultaneously wondered who had made the move.

They are nothing more than the remnants of the God of Slaughter. Perhaps they were also behind the destruction of Nesser, in order to bring that underground temple back to light.

"That's all I wanted to say. Thank you for clearing up my confusion."

Maginus rose to thank the bishop. The middle-aged man, gazing at the indifferent young woman, licked his dry lips and asked:

"Your Excellency Maginus, once you have reclaimed the kingdom, what will you do next?"

As the rising star of the Killing God, the Church of the Sleepers naturally paid close attention to her.

They initially thought Maginus was the kind of person who would blaspheme the dead, but in a sense, her actions actually brought relief to the dead.

She did not bind the soul, but merely absorbed its energy; the soul's core would fall into the River Styx.

She did not manipulate the corpse; she merely absorbed its life energy. The corpse, now reduced to ashes, would no longer be affected in any way.

They had also heard of the Temple of the Goddess of the Dead, and discovered that her teachings and those of the Sleepers complemented each other.

Maginus governs the time before death, while the Sleeper governs the time after death; the two do not even conflict.

If Maginus truly grows up without going astray, it will certainly be better than the resurrection of the god of slaughter and the god of fear.

As for good and evil, the bishop believed that Maginus was far kinder than the other two.

"Fill up the underground; I don't want to run into that person before I'm fully developed."

After saying her last sentence, Maginos pushed open the door and left. Knowing the whole story, she felt a sense of urgency and decided to add another task to her mission.

She must go and hunt down the children of slaughter and the children of fear, plundering divinity to make herself stronger.

Strength is everything. Once you have the strength, no amount of conspiracy will work.

Chapter 508 Dream Training

After clearing out the vampires and their offspring from the volcano city, the lord there, as Maginus had predicted, did not attempt to send troops out again.

Seeing how sensible he was, Maginus and Rachel quickly returned to the Safe Territory.

On the other side, Neko detonated the monsters in the cave to inform the temple of the situation. Without pausing for a moment or considering the aftermath, she chose to run directly out of the city.

When Neko returned, Maginus also received intelligence from spies in the capital.

After receiving Neko's message, the Temple of Endless Light, who had been observing the great battle, immediately gathered a large group of people and headed to the royal palace area.

No one knows what happened next, but the temple and the army successfully cleared out the monsters that had escaped.

The only problem is that Ebes didn't get into trouble, and the temple didn't cause him any trouble.

Since there was no direct evidence to prove that the monsters were related to him, Ebes pushed out a scapegoat to take his place, allowing him to get away with it, which was a bit of a pity.

"But in that case, those temples will probably be more careful and prevent Ebes from continuing his experiments and creating something disgusting to me."

Maginus was not discouraged. It was good if he could thwart his plans. As for taking his life, he would have to leave it to Maginus himself.

"Your Majesty, uh, Lord Gordon said there is a noble ball that he hopes you can attend. The captured nobles will also be there. It will be the first grand ball in New Nesery."

"If you were to say a few words, it should have an inspiring effect."

Mira, dressed as a maid, flipped through her memo and reported some trivial matters to Maginus.

She is currently learning management from the steward, and will also be helping to share some political affairs in the future. Maginos doesn't really want to have to make decisions on every little thing.

"The ball... okay, I'll tell them I'll be there."

When was the last time I attended a ball? It seems like it was back when I was still in Red Sparrow City.

Maginot did not resist balls and banquets, where she could enjoy the awe and fear in the eyes of others, and the occasional negative emotions that flowed from the shadows could also help her identify her enemies.

"How's your skills training going?"

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I haven't had time to train lately. I'm learning other things from the steward."