The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

The convoy slowly started moving as Elliott waved. The captain of the guard that Maginus often saw at the manor training grounds bowed to the count and followed beside Lenia's carriage.

Many people noticed the departure of the luxurious convoy, and the common people speculated about which family these carriages belonged to. Some people who knew the inside story did not pay attention or did anything underhanded.

……

The caravan left Gold and Silver City and headed towards the capital of Crystal Salt Kingdom. Not long after leaving the city, a man dressed in black robes came to the side of the caravan. The captain of the guards squinted and rode forward. He opened his eyes again when he saw the envelope handed to him by the man in black robes.

After receiving the letter, the man in black immediately left, while the captain approached the carriage again with the envelope, knocked on the door, and said, "Young Miss, there is a letter for you."

The maid opened the car door, took the letter, and handed it to Lenia. Then she turned around. Lenia was also wondering who had sent her the letter. The envelope did have the mark of the Sylvis family's secret correspondence.

Curious, she opened the letter and discovered it was from Benedict.

The letter essentially said that because there were too many people around, he wouldn't come to see Lenya off. He simply expressed his sadness in the letter and hoped that Lenya could live well every day over there.

Alternatively, if Lenia encounters difficulties, she can seek help from the Ted family. Benedict has already spoken to his sister beforehand, and she will definitely help Lenia.

After folding the letter, Lenya burned it with a tinderbox. She didn't say much to the others, but kept the matter in mind, planning to discuss it quietly with Maginus that night.

Seven days later, we should be able to see the gates of the capital in about a short distance.

They encountered no danger along the way. Maginus felt malicious gazes several times, but the men or monsters with ill intentions immediately shrank back when they saw the dozens of guards in exquisite heavy armor, fearing that they would provoke these guys.

It was precisely because of the protection of elite guards that they were able to arrive in the capital so safely.

As the road gradually flattened and became more orderly, Maginot, sitting on the roof of the carriage, looked towards the end of the road, where a magnificent city wall came into view.

The capital has arrived.

As dawn broke, the convoy approached the city gate. The drowsy soldiers guarding the city, who had only casually glanced up when they felt the ground tremble, were immediately jolted awake by the sight of so many heavily armored warriors. They were so frightened that they immediately went to find their superiors.

The captain, who recognized many noble insignia, was awakened and, upon learning of the situation, immediately rushed out in a panic. His sharp eyes fixed on the luxurious carriage in the center of the caravan, confirming that the family crest on it belonged to the Sylvis family of Gold and Silver City.

"Wait, it's Lenya Sylvis?!"

The captain of the city defense squad realized that his superior had already told him about this, and if there were no problems on the way, it was indeed this time.

The captain immediately ordered everyone to open the city gate, and shouted loudly to the caravans and crowds surrounding the gate, ready to enter the city: "Make way! There are people you can't afford to mess with behind you! Hurry up!"

Logically, the city gates shouldn't be opened at this time, but rules are rules, and people are flexible. The captain had already received information that this Miss Lenia Sylvis had a very high chance of becoming the prince's wife.

Although Gold and Silver City may be liquidated in the future, it hasn't happened yet. The Silvers family is still a legitimate dominant force.

The crowd and caravan immediately made way, and dozens of heavily armored warriors cleared the path. Lenia peeked out through the crack in the window, but few people outside noticed the slightly drawn curtains; they were all looking at the petite Maginos above the carriage.

As the caravan entered the city, the girl looked around at the street scenes and neat houses, and for some reason, she was reminded of the capital of Nesery.

Almost half a year has passed in a daze. I wonder if my enemy has entered into a happy life and forgotten about me, this dead bastard?

Maginos lifted his head from under his hood and looked toward the center of the capital, where the royal palace was said to be located.

……

The caravan passed through many streets and arrived at a small manor. The butler, who seemed to have received the news and had been waiting for a long time, stood at the door and bowed respectfully to the carriage. As the girl reached out from the window and waved lightly, the carriage slowly stopped outside the manor gate.

Maginus stepped off the roof and walked to the side. The car door opened, and Lenia got out of the car, nodded to the butler, and recalled the things her father had told her.

This steward was someone he had sent in advance to look after the manor, so he was trustworthy enough.

"Captain Jess, I'll go explore other areas first and take a look around."

Seeing Lenia talking to the butler, Maginus walked over to the captain of the guard and said something to him. The captain nodded calmly, then added a reminder:

"You are the young lady's personal guard. Things are fine now, but it's best not to leave for too long in the future."

Both are equal in status, and their main task is to protect Lenya, but Jess clearly has other tasks as well.

Chapter 143 Separate Actions

After briefly surveying the surrounding area to confirm the situation, Maginus looked at the sewer entrances of the block so that she could hide there if there was any danger later.

According to the intelligence obtained from Benedict, the sewers of the Crystal Salt Kingdom's capital city lead directly outside the city, seemingly providing a convenient escape route from danger.

As for the sewer entrance on this street, it was blocked by a rotten iron gate, but it was only for show and was not actually sturdy. The iron gate seemed to be able to be pushed open with a light push, and the lock on it had not been changed for who knows how long.

Benedict seems to be saying that there are ghoul-like monsters in the sewers of Crystal Salt Country?

As dawn broke, Maginus had no intention of exploring the sewers in the morning. After searching around, she returned to Lenia's manor.

Led by a maid into the main manor, she led the girl to a bedroom. The girl glanced at the room's furnishings, nodded to indicate that the maid could leave, and then went to Lenia's bedroom, which was just a wall away.

"Mmm...it feels so good..."

Having had enough of the bumpy journey, Lenia was lying on the bed receiving a massage from her personal maid, Catherine. When she saw Maginus return, she lazily asked, "Mine, how are you?"

"The surrounding terrain is very complicated. If someone comes to capture you, I can easily help you escape. However, the person who captures you may also escape far away immediately, and we will not be able to catch up."

Maginus casually mentioned that the young lady was in the bedroom on the left, and then left.

Back in her room, sitting in a chair, Maginus took out her Death Note and turned to the page belonging to the Crystal Salt Kingdom.

The top of the sign reads "Tant Faststone," followed by the names of Benedict's father, Royalty Ted, Benedict Ted himself, and various other nobles who had offered assistance to the war.

Elliott didn't give her any strict rules or tasks. Apart from protecting Lenya, she was free to manage her own time and do whatever she wanted.

As for what she wants to do in the capital now, it's very simple: create chaos.

For Maginus, the easiest way to create chaos is to kill. At the same time, in order to ensure that her identity is not exposed, she will launch an indiscriminate assassination campaign against her enemies among nobles.

Oh, not assassination, but rather a public killing in the street. She's not good at assassination.

With her current strength, she should choose some minor nobles and also familiarize herself with the surrounding terrain. Hmm, she can use the time to familiarize herself with the surrounding environment to see if there are any organizations of psionicists here, and acquire some knowledge related to Soul Blade users.

"By the way, the Crystal Salt King has a large library. I wonder if we can find any information related to the Black and Red Evil Gods. We didn't find any relevant information in Gold and Silver City. Hopefully, we can make some progress this time."

Having sorted out the things he needed to do, Maginus muttered to himself, closed the book, and looked out the window at the rising sun.

Having just arrived in the capital, she didn't actually have much time to go out. If she really wanted to go out, she had to wait until night or go to the library with Lenya during the day.

Lenya Sylvies has entered the city.

The news spread like wildfire to the homes of other nobles. Some young ladies who were enamored with Ronald and wanted to marry him as a figurehead gritted their teeth and clutched their handkerchiefs, quickly sending invitations to banquets or afternoon teas to him.

It wasn't to befriend Lenia, but to give her a warning, to let her know that Prince Ronald was not someone she could mess with. Well, just hearing that makes her even more foolish than Lenia.

Their fathers did not stop them. In a sense, Lenia symbolized Elliott. Marrying Ronald meant that the Gold and Silver City had the idea of ​​interfering in the capital, or that the Gold and Silver City did not want to be suppressed by the capital.

The interests of the upper classes have never been aligned, but since the Five Seals Alliance hasn't openly broken ties yet, they can only let the younger generation test things out first, euphemistically calling it "training" and "playing."

Anyway, no one will die, so there's no problem. Everyone knows the rules.

Maginus could guess what these people were thinking, but would Elliott really follow the rules? And herself, she certainly wouldn't follow the rules now.

In short, Lenya's arrival drew everyone's attention.

Less than a day after moving into the residence, at exactly 2 PM, Lenya was forced into a chair in the study by the old butler Saipan, the captain of the guard Jess, and the personal guard Mine.

Looking at the huge pile of invitations, meeting letters, greeting letters and other forms of correspondence in front of her, she was immediately overwhelmed by a feeling of suffocation.

“Miss, we have invited a mage who can write letters. He can help write a reply to refuse the request from the nobleman you do not intend to meet.”

The maid will review your writings, but you will need to personally judge which nobles you wish to visit and which you wish to meet. You must also write a reply yourself.

The butler bowed to the young lady. Lenia had never seen such a scene before. She looked at Maginus with pleading eyes, hoping the girl could help her.

In her mind, Maginus had always been a mysterious noblewoman. Even if she was just a minor noblewoman, she should still be familiar with these things and could be of some help to her.

After glancing at the mountain of invitations, Maginus, who wanted Lenia to go to the library with her, touched her fingers and turned her gaze to Jess:

"Captain Jess, as long as Miss is in the manor, you can protect her, right?"

Jess nodded, implying to Maginus that he would not be making any moves in the near future: "Of course, I don't need to leave so soon, Miss Mine. You can do what you need to do in the next few days, as long as Miss Lenya doesn't leave the manor."

Having confirmed this, Maginus looked at Lenia, whose face had turned pale and who seemed to have realized something, and gently placed his hand on her shoulder, while making a fist with his other hand to encourage her:

"This is only happening to you since you're new here. Once you've arranged your schedule, you won't be afraid anymore, Lenya. Let's cheer each other on."

With a calm voice, she uttered the cruelest words to the young lady, and Maginus didn't give her a chance to call her back. She pulled her hand away and left the room in an instant.

Ignoring the shouts coming from Lenya behind her, the girl walked out of the manor and out of the estate, onto the gradually bustling streets, and based on some information Benedict had previously given her, she went to the library first.

Entering the library with its old-fashioned atmosphere, Maginus bought a library card as instructed by the librarian, and then entered the sparsely populated library, which seemed to have been left standing simply for the sake of appearances.

Oh, you can't say that. The library is also an attached area of ​​the temple of the god of knowledge, so they probably wouldn't dare to demolish it.

Chapter 144 God of War: Win, Win, Win

Instead of rushing to find the information she needed, Maginus stood in front of a wall in the library, where a map of the capital of the Crystal Salt Kingdom was hung, marking some important locations.

Memorizing the map, the girl turned and went to the mythology section of the library, quickly searching for books about gods.

She wasn't looking for much; she simply wanted to figure out the origin of the bloodline within her.

Conflict, tyranny, slaughter, fear, bloodshed...

Previous information had taught Maginus about the powers possessed by the Black and Red Gods. The characteristics of the Ks were probably related to these things, so they just needed to follow those clues.

It can be confirmed that the Ks are evil gods, which means that the Light of No End may have clashed with the Ks.

The red evil god symbolizes murder and slaughter; K may be related to the King of the Dead. The black evil god symbolizes strife and tyranny; the god of war may have fought with K...

Death and war are never separate, and Maginus focused on this point in his search, but the results were not optimistic.

Judging from some books that describe the god of war, K is not actually like an evil god. He is more inclined to "war itself" and never favors any side, whether it is evil or good.

Today, the God of War might be an ally on your side, but tomorrow he might have turned against you and become the enemy.

People might think that K and the goddess of peace might be in conflict, but this deity has "great wisdom" and has never shown hostility towards the goddess of peace.

We must respect the belief in peace and strictly prohibit the desecration of religious facilities dedicated to the goddess of peace. After all, without peace, war is meaningless.

This is what the priests and believers of K proclaimed, and the priests and believers of the Goddess of Peace have never shown any aversion to the God of War, which directly represents the will of both gods.

"The God of War always stands on the winning side."

Regarding this point, the mages even complained that perhaps the side the God of War stands on is the one that wins, rather than the side the God of War stands on winning.

When there is no benefit to be gained, neither side will help the other, so the God of War won;

When there's an advantage, bet on both sides, so the God of War won again;

When you can only choose one side, you help the winner, so the God of War still won;

When the God of War personally arrives on the battlefield, if he rides a white mare, it means that the army will surely win; if he rides a black stallion, it foretells defeat. However, most of the time he chooses to ride one horse at a time, effectively preventing the army from losing even with a great advantage.

No matter what, the God of War is never in a losing situation; he's always "winning until he's exhausted." It has to be said that compared to the reckless attitude of his predecessor, K is more like a strategist who knows how to assess the situation.

An examination of the god of war.

After reading the description of the god of war in this book, Maginus's lips twitched slightly. Isn't this just a fence-sitter? Whoever wins, the god of war will help them. Oh no, K didn't even help anyone.

but……

The girl flipped through the book again and discovered that K was less a god of war and more a god of large-scale battles and warriors.

The symbol k represents only the pure act of war and battle, and does not imply anything "evil enough" that is absolutely present in a war.

War represents large-scale battles, but what exactly causes such a large-scale battle?

“Conflicts between people caused by various factors,” Maginus murmured to himself.

Disputes are not wars. Disputes are when people argue with each other, or when one person fights with another. But when the number of people involved in a dispute becomes too large, the only solution is war.

The girl continued flipping through other books and discovered that the current God of War indeed had very few enemies; he only had one true mortal enemy.

His only mortal enemy is K's former defeated foe, the former God of War, and now the God of Raiders.

"Plunder is part of the conflict, and it certainly spreads fear and causes tyranny. Could it be that one of my bloodlines is this person?"

Maginus speculated and looked up information about the god of raiders. There was very little information about this god, mainly because K was not very famous. Ever since K was killed by the god of war, even after being resurrected, his strength had plummeted, and so had his faith.

After carefully reading the information, I learned that K's emblem is a windmill formed by five black, curved arms rotating counterclockwise, with an identical sword at the end of each arm.

Recalling the radiant arm in her dream, Maginos nodded slightly, convinced that her bloodline was most likely K's.

Plundering and such, isn't that very similar to her psychic powers?

"And the Red Evil God..."

Putting the books back in their place, Maginus began searching for books about the King of the Dead. However, the mages did not dare to study this powerful god in the same detail as they did with the God of War and his temple, and they even dared to make fun of him.

Even with numerous means to prolong their lives, they still revered death and dared not peek too far into the abyss.

There are many myths about the King of the Dead, but the real and fake Maginus could not be distinguished, which resulted in her not obtaining any reliable information.

In the process of searching for information, Maginus also discovered a consensus that seemed to have been reached by all spellcasters, and this consensus was widely known.

The continent of Noire, no, most of the gods, or even all the gods in this universe, seem to have come from other prime material planes, as described in many books.