The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

"Halt! If you continue to flee, you will be killed on sight!"

As the spellcaster filled the gap, the elite warriors caught up with many of the mediocre professionals. Seeing that the group ahead ignored their warnings, they launched an attack.

The elite warriors drew their heavy bows, the bowstrings twanged, and arrows shot towards the adventurers who had charged into the city walls, many of whom were shot to the ground.

However, there were still too many people, and they couldn't stop them at all. They could only watch helplessly as more people entered the alleys or hidden areas.

"Forget about those guys, come to the city wall and help us!"

The spellcasters shouted, and the warriors who had killed some people quickly climbed the city wall, picked up their weapons, and loudly signaled those who were approaching to leave.

The invisible Maginot had already entered the alley. She flicked her hood, looked around, and pressed her hand to the ground, releasing magic in all directions.

Detect location.

The surrounding terrain came into view, and after thinking it over carefully, Maginus decided that she really should go find Whitney Nizmore first and throw a few more meteor bombs into his camp.

The western part of the capital city is home to the wealthy, upscale red-light district, and commercial area. The main church located there is the Church of Wealth, which shows that Whitney's main supporters are mostly businessmen and wealthy new nobles.

Having found her way, Maginos had just left the alley when an arrow suddenly flew from the side. In her invisible state, she ducked to dodge it and turned her gaze toward the direction from which the arrow had come.

She wasn't too surprised to be discovered, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

The one who attacked Maginus was naturally a ranger, whose eyes emanated magical energy, clearly indicating the application of the Sight spell.

Which side are you on?

Raising an eyebrow, she, as "Leona," did not immediately take action, but instead asked him who he worked for. The ranger sneered, "Go ask the devil in Purgatory."

A barrage of arrows rained down, but Maginus snapped her fingers to shield herself from the arrows and unleashed a simple magical missile attack. The ranger rushed forward during her spellcasting pause, his scimitar poised to slit her throat.

However, just as he was about to be hit, he was held still and motionless, and the killing intent in his eyes gradually dissipated.

Bewitching humans.

"Tell me, which prince's faction are you on? Why are you trying to kill other professionals who enter the capital even though it's been sealed off?"

The ranger they captured was from the eldest prince's faction. The reason the capital was sealed off was that none of the princes in the city wanted their armies to enter the royal struggle, lest the various extremely powerful nobles take the opportunity to intervene and interfere.

You should know that some princes have successfully escaped from the city. Letting them in would introduce many variables, and there is a possibility that nobles might unite to use the princes to command other lords.

Those who dare to stay in the capital are all very powerful princes. As long as the people inside can succeed and only one winner remains, then the legends who are still waiting in the capital will also make their choice.

In short, if outsiders come in, it will cause a lot of trouble for those inside, so everyone in the city tacitly agreed to block the gate.

The killing of other professionals who entered the capital was also related to this point. There was a high probability that some of the adventurers were from outside the capital, so it was better to just kill them all.

Those who are too powerful are another matter. If a high-level professional wants to join a prince's faction, the prince will definitely welcome them. No one would complain about having too many high-level professionals.

After learning the location of the forces from the ranger, Maginus arrived at the border between the wealthy and commoner districts, which were heavily guarded. A temporary wall had already been erected between the west and south of the city.

The southern city where Maginus lived consisted of only one district, the largest civilian district.

During the fighting, few people were willing to take over the area, which turned the civilian district into a buffer zone between the East and West districts, and some battles took place here.

Anyway, many civilians died. She saw a lot of corpses along the way. The people in the civilian area could only pray that they would not be involved in the battle.

However, judging from their sense of life, some people hid in the sewers, while others gathered in larger cellars, creating a sufficiently safe area.

The fate of the people of Nizmore was none of Maginus's concern. She gazed at the temporary city wall before her, considering what spell to use to destroy it. Finally, she clapped her hands lightly, mobilizing earth element and magic, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

He slammed his palms together against the wall, and the wall of the house cracked open with a loud crash. The cracks extended to the ground at an extremely fast speed, then spread across the street like a black snake, creeping towards the city wall.

The violent tremors occurred after a brief delay, and the cracks in the city wall gradually increased until it finally collapsed completely.

Watching the soldiers' busy figures, Maginus secretly climbed over the wall into the western city. He had no intention of going inside to find Whinet, but instead headed towards the western city gate.

She kept in mind the reason for her visit: not only to kill Whitney, but also to intensify the casualties and chaos in Nizmore.

Under these circumstances, allowing other troops to enter is the best option.

Approaching the city wall, Maginos calculated her magical power and raised her hands to unleash another meteor burst.

Chapter 570 The Child of Slaughter

The blazing fireball crashed down and exploded. The west city gate had been reinforced, and the protective barrier flickered frequently under the bombardment, growing increasingly dark.

Some of the fireballs were dispelled by the mage, but Maginus's offensive was clearly sufficient.

As the energy barrier shattered like glass, a loud horn sounded outside the capital, clearly indicating that the army outside had seized the opportunity to break through the city gates and enter the city.

A large number of assassins and stealth fighters rushed toward her location, each one filled with rage. Maginus concealed her merits and fame, lowered her hood to reduce the fluctuation of her life force, and left the assassins unnoticed.

"Alright, next we'll take a detour to the North District and smash down their city walls. Oh, and on the way, let's find out where my two enemies are."

As Maginus moved through the alleyways, she slightly raised her head, her purple pupils turning crimson, and a bloody stench emanated from her body. Two invisible crimson threads split into two, intertwining and swimming forward.

A bloody hunt.

The bloodline conjured up other images in Maginos's mind: in a huge manor protected by numerous soldiers, two enemies appeared in different rooms.

Given the original level of animosity, Maginus should have been more concerned about Susan, but Whitney Nizmore's unusual behavior made her completely disregard the traitor.

Standing still, Maginus scrutinized Whitney Nizmore with some surprise and uncertainty. On the surface, he hadn't changed much from years ago, still appearing respectable but actually despicable. However, his inner self was completely different.

An aura similar to that of a Slaughter God Child emanated from him, seven or eight times stronger than any other Slaughter God Child Maginus had ever seen.

"What's going on? He shouldn't be the Slaughter God's Child. Could it be related to something he brought back from the Slaughter God Temple?"

The new turn of events surprised Maginus. He rubbed his fingers together, scrutinizing his enemy through the bloody hunt. However, his next move was something Maginus had never expected.

"Who's spying on me!"

Whitney, who was reading the battle report, seemed to sense something and suddenly stood up from behind her desk, looking into the void as if she wanted to observe Maginus through the void.

In response, "Leona" narrowed her eyes, deliberately releasing a slight aura of death and disguising it as a killing force.

The next second, she also understood why Whitney was emitting the aura of a god of slaughter. The straight sword with blood-red patterns on the man's waist burst out with a dazzling light. As if guided, he turned his gaze to meet Maginus's eyes.

The connection abruptly broke, and Maginus curled the corners of her lips: "What is this, a child of slaughter who was born into this world?"

That straight sword can subtly influence a person's spirit and bloodline, gradually transforming the wielder into a killing god, or rather, corrupting the wielder.

The ring on Abes's hand probably served the same purpose. Maggie Nuston immediately felt that it was right to destroy things in advance; who knows what might have happened if she had worn the ring.

Judging from the aura emanating from Whitney, he has completely become the Child of Slaughter, and who knows what crazy ideas are lurking in his mind.

Now, through the connection between the Slaughter Gods, he has seen "Leona" and probably thinks that all the actions against him were done by the Slaughter Gods.

"Let's continue with the original plan."

Unwilling to change his actions due to unforeseen circumstances, Maginus decided to make a high-profile appearance, making everyone think that he was related to the Child of Slaughter, and causing him some trouble.

After all, the identity of "Leona" has always been aimed at the god of killing and fear, and onlookers can easily be misled and then notice Whinet's abnormality.

What was that just now? Was it a warning from the straight sword?

Whitney frowned in the study. This was the first time he had encountered the Child of Slaughter, and he was completely confused about the situation, not knowing why he had suddenly seen a purple-haired wizard.

Whitney raised her hand to stroke the straight sword, then immediately rang the bell on the table. By the time the servant entered, she had already drawn a sketch of Leona and instructed the servant to give it to the intelligence department to gather information about her.

No sooner had the servant left than a messenger burst into the study, bringing him news that filled him with rage.

"What did you say? The city gate was smashed?! Who did it?!"

Whitney smashed the desk with a punch, veins bulging at his temples. His straight knife trembled slightly with anger, the blade turning a deep crimson like blood.

"It hasn't been determined yet. Based on the direction the meteor exploded, it's very likely that a powerful spellcaster entered the city and caused it."

This sentence immediately reminded him of the purple-haired woman he had seen earlier. Before he could ask the messenger to continue the investigation, the intelligence department had already presented Leona's information.

As a god-child assassin with the ability to transform into a half-black dragon, she is quite well-known on the continent. If they can't even find this much information in a short time, they might as well quit being an intelligence agency.

Upon receiving the intelligence, Whitney's pupils constricted slightly at the title "Leona the Goddess Assassin," and she abruptly looked at the straight sword at her waist.

After a long silence, his suppressed emotions finally subsided, and he told everyone to get out. He grabbed the hilt of his sword, pulled out the blade, and stared at the legendary weapon in his hand with a ferocious expression and a look of struggle.

"No, I will definitely be able to control it. Even a dead and dying person like Maginus can control the power of the God of Slaughter. There is no way that such a dead and abandoned god can control me with a weapon."

"It was I who controlled it!"

Gripping the longsword tightly in her hand, Whitney retaliated by laying the blade horizontally on the ground, gradually applying pressure and slowly increasing her strength, causing the blade to bend little by little.

As it approached the right angle, some cracks appeared on the blade. Whitney then released its pressure on it, sensing its thirst for blood, but merely snorted coldly and did not give it any.

"Men, order the soldiers patrolling the streets to capture Leo with all their might!"

"Roar!!"

A menacing roar interrupted Whitney's words. He opened the window with wide eyes, and acid rained down from the sky, heading straight for his face.

Damn.

Without a moment's hesitation, Whitney drew his straight knife and slashed at the acid. The blade cleaved through the acid and reacted with it, causing all the liquid to vanish.

The prince looked up at the sky, while the purple-haired girl wiped her lips, drops of acid falling and corroding the ground. Her vertical pupils were filled with indifference and hostility.

"Leona, the God Child Assassin, what are you doing here? You're not the God Child of Slaughter!"

Whitney tried to distance himself from any potential connection with the divine child, but Maginus sneered without directly calling him out, saying only, "Ha, you know perfectly well what I mean."

Missile Storm!

Chapter 571 Long-Term Operations

The mansion was completely shattered by a barrage of magical missiles. Maginus continued to apply pressure to Whitnet, who was raising his sword to block, and constantly bombarded him with instantaneous low-level spells.

Dominate humanity.

She drew circles with her finger, trying to control the prince. The result was pretty much as she had guessed. Whinet, who had transformed or was transforming into the Prince of Slaughter, had mental resistance, and mind control and enchantment spells that affected his mind were difficult to use against him.

Black tentacles.

Several black tentacles emerged from beneath the ground, striking Whitney while attempting to bind him completely. Unfortunately for Whitney, he was quite strong and quickly broke free from the attack.

Damn it, you think you're so great just because people call you the God Child Killer?

Annoyed, Whitney broke free of the tentacles and gave Maginus no time to cast her spell. She leaped from the shattered wall and landed in front of her, brandishing her scarlet straight sword!

With a flap of her wings, Maginos distanced herself from the prince, causing the blade to miss. With a mocking look in her eyes, she snapped her fingers and cast a mud spell, instantly turning Whitney's landing spot into a putrid swamp.

Staring at the mud on the ground, Whitney's eyes widened as she tried to insert her straight knife into the mud to make sure she wouldn't fall in. Unfortunately, the blade was too sharp, and as it continued to penetrate the shallower mud, it eventually submerged Whitney completely.

"Aaaaaah, you bastard!"

He emerged from the swamp, filthy and furious, his hair bristling and veins bulging. Whitney had never been so enraged as he was today.

The main reason was that he could sense that the spellcaster in front of him was deliberately trying to embarrass him, as if he just wanted to see him in a sorry state.

He could accept being insulted in battle by those who wanted to win; such insults were merely psychological and he wouldn't take them to heart.

What he couldn't accept was that the person who wanted to humiliate him could win. Leona was clearly that kind of person; she had no intention of winning or killing him, she just wanted to see him make a fool of himself.

Gripping the straight knife tightly, Whinet's body was covered in scratches, and the blood flowing from the wounds flowed towards the knife, making the blood-red knife emit an increasingly dazzling scarlet light. Whinet's aura became even more ferocious.

The mud on his body was washed away, and he stomped his foot on the ground while muttering incantations. A heavy pressure enveloped Maginos, instantly reducing his flight speed by at least half and his agility by a significant amount.

Slowing down, huh?

Phantom Killer!

Whitney lunged forward again, activating the Phantom Slayer spell carried by her ring. A phantom appeared in Maginos's eyes, almost overlapping with Whitney.

A normal Phantom Assassin should create special illusions to attack the target based on her fears. If the target does not experience excessive fear and realize that it is an illusion, the target will not be injured.

If fear is instilled in it, it will materialize and launch a real attack; if the victim's fear reaches its peak, the spell can even cause death.

But Whitney's Phantom Assassin was different; the illusory phantom was actually himself, and it was even imbued with a fear spell.

Thunderous waves.

With a gentle push, the violent impact caused the phantom to stagger backward. To Maginus's surprise, Whinet was unaffected by the thunderwave.

Although he overlapped with the Phantom Assassin, he was actually some distance away from the phantom. When he saw Maginus unleash the Thunder Wave, he immediately retreated to avoid the impact range and waited for the impact to pass before approaching again.

Emerald Flame Sword!

She swung her straight sword, a turquoise flame flashing across the blade associated with the god of slaughter. Just as it was about to strike Maginus, she raised her hand, her hand trembling slightly. Her ring burst forth with light, and she vanished before Whinet's eyes.

Using the Mysterious Steps to escape danger, Maginus waved her hands and began trying to add negative effects to Whitnet, finally imposing a decree: Blindness. The prince's reinforcements had arrived.

Qi-Boosting Slash.

"cut!"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Leona, controlled by Maginus, instinctively experienced a violent emotional fluctuation, with murderous intent and hatred surging behind her.

The blue-haired woman was dressed in better equipment than before, and the longsword in her hand had been replaced with another mid-level weapon. The strong magical aura emanating from it proved that it was made by a master.