The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

The head guard looked at the princess before him, slowly tightened his grip on the protector's hand, closed his eyes for a long while, and when he opened them again, only sorrow and determination remained, as if he had made up his mind.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry..."

"Your Highness, get out of the way!"

Susan's trembling voice came from behind her, followed by the soldiers' panicked roars. Grandine, unaware of what was happening, slowly turned around, only to hear the sound of a longsword being drawn.

puff.

it hurts.

it hurts!

A sharp pain she had never felt before shot through her chest. Maginus's eyes widened, her small mouth slightly agape. As something was pulled from her heart, the petite red-haired girl immediately knelt on the ground and slowly fell forward.

I've been stabbed through the skin by a sword? Who was it? Am I going to die?

The princess thought about many things at this moment, and tried hard to turn her head to see who had killed her. The first thing she saw was a familiar longsword falling to the ground with a soft sound.

That was the protector of the flower; even though Susan had wiped it clean, fresh blood was still dripping from it.

The sounds of swords clashing were close at hand, yet gradually faded into the distance. With great effort, she turned around and saw only that familiar figure wielding an unfamiliar sword, killing one soldier after another.

In just a few seconds, everyone was wiped out by the blue figure. As if sensing her incredulous gaze, the blue figure slowly turned towards Maginus.

Susan's figure slowly turned toward Maginos.

“Susan…Susan…why…”

The frail young girl lay in the slowly spreading pool of blood, her eyes filled with confusion and tears streaming down her face. Susan gripped a magical longsword, its aura completely different from that of the others, and began to explain, seemingly wanting Maginus to die with a clear understanding:

“Your Highness, I am Nizmol’s spy, and I always have been.”

"Ah~~~……Ahhhh……"

Tears streamed down the princess's face, and she could no longer speak coherently. Yet her expressive eyes seemed to be questioning Susan, encompassing a complex mix of emotions while simultaneously conveying her will to live.

Susan stood silently beside the person she was supposed to protect, watching her pupils dilate until she stopped moving.

"Feel sorry."

The blue-haired girl remained silent for a long time without making any other move. She simply apologized, took the dimensional bag from Maginos's waist, and turned to walk towards the entrance of the cemetery.

Susan, her hands still trembling, arrived outside the tomb. She gazed silently at the brilliant sky, tears streaming down her face. She tossed her long hair aside, revealing a pendant shimmering with magical light near her ear, and spoke to Prince Nizmore in a trembling voice:

“Your Highness, Princess Maggie… Maggienus Imperius is dead.”

Well done, guard the tomb and wait for us to come.

In the distance, many torches and lights were heading towards the tomb. Susan took out Nizmore's medal, pinned it to her chest, and pointed to it at the approaching people: "His Highness has ordered that no one may enter before they arrive."

Isn't this Susan, the head of the royal guards?

Those who knew her identity exchanged glances, suddenly understanding something. They secretly cast disdainful glances at this traitor, but none dared to rush into the tomb.

About an hour later, the black-robed men who had been besieging the Imperius royal family all arrived. Prince Nizmore looked at the dimensional bag belonging to Maginus in Susan's hand with satisfaction and nodded to it.

Before he could speak, another man in black robes realized something upon seeing Susan alone, and suddenly rushed forward, grabbing her collar. The hood fell down, revealing Inserluti's extremely ferocious face.

The young lady, screaming like a demon, cried out, "Where's Maggie? Where's Maggie?!"

Her other hand was waving and conjuring spells, ready to kill Susan at any moment, but her father, Abes, put his hand on her shoulder: "Susan."

Susan lowered her head, her eyes filled with resentment, then looked up at the apologetic prince: "I want her body!!!"

"Of course, this was my mistake."

With sincere apologies, the prince of Nizmol waved for his soldiers to go down and bring the body up, preparing to discuss the treasure with Ebes, who had come to the capital.

Before he could speak, the soldier who had descended into the tomb returned in a panic, reporting something that made everyone's attention: "Down there...down there is no body of Maginus!"

Chapter 19 Between Life and Death

In the dark underground tomb, all the high-ranking members of this operation gathered, gazing at the rather strange scene before them.

The corpse lay on the ground, looking nothing like someone who had just died. Instead, it was emaciated, as if drained dry by a vampire, with no blood on the ground.

Most importantly, Maginus Imperius, who should have died, and the sword that protected her vanished without a trace from the tomb.

As for why we are certain that Susan did not let Maginus go and that Maginus had indeed died before, it is naturally because a prophetic mage retraced the events that occurred here.

The effects of the magical structure reappeared here, and Susan plunged her longsword directly into Maginus's heart from behind. Seeing this, Inser's fingers twitched, and she cast a murderous glare at Susan.

But the scene ended there. No matter what the magician with the ability to rewind images did, he was unable to project what happened next. Something was hindering their investigation.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry, I didn't confirm the truth before Maginus's death came out."

Susan lowered her head slightly and saw that Maginus's body had disappeared, her emotions were complex, first shock, then joy, then a sense of crisis, until finally a sense of crisis...

The prince waved his hand dismissively, at most adding another child who had lost everything to the mix. He saw the still-missing Walker and the still-alive Maginus as nothing to fear: "It's alright, we'll find them later..."

Before Prince Nizmoir could finish speaking, Inser, who had been suppressing her emotions for so long, finally exploded. She pushed away her father's hand and shouted at everyone who might stand in her way of getting Maggie:

"She's mine! She's mine! She's mine! Anyone who gets in my way, I'll kill them!"

The magic in the air vibrated because of Inser's rage. The prince tensed his muscles in alarm and immediately reassured Inser, "Oh, dear Miss Lute, since she has survived, she is yours to keep. We will not pursue her any further."

"Liars, they're all liars!"

With a crazed expression, Inser glared at the prince, her father, and Susan, forcibly suppressing her emotions before turning and walking outside, intending to send someone to find Maginos before these swindlers.

Ebeslut apologized to the prince for having her emotionally unstable daughter: "I am very sorry, Your Highness Whitney Nizmore."

"It's nothing, Miss Luti is still a child."

Whitney waved her hand to indicate that she didn't care. At this moment, the people who were checking nearby came to report that in addition to Maginus and her protector disappearing, a halfling soldier's clothes had been stripped off, and Maginus's gorgeous clothes were left in the secret passage.

How exactly did she come back to life? Did Lin Qi prepare a resurrection spell for her in advance?

Such things do happen frequently on the continent of Knoil, but unfortunately, the cost of resurrection is usually very high.

"Let's continue with our business. What do you all think about the treasure? Would you like to come with me inside?"

Whitney gave the guard a wink, and the guard nodded and immediately went to arrange the pursuit of Maginus. Whitney herself found her troublesome, but she was more concerned about the treasure.

The members of the Imperius royal family who were besieging the prince exchanged glances. Ebes gestured for the prince to go up first, saying that they could talk things over at their own pace.

Let's rewind to before Maginus's heart stopped beating.

The excruciating pain in her heart made it impossible for her to find peace before she died. This pain came from both her body and her heart. Her love for Susan had completely transformed into a heavy hatred at this moment, but she could only look at this traitor and was unable to launch any attack against her.

After an unknown amount of time, her vision finally blurred and then disappeared into darkness. Even her subconscious will to survive could not save her. She could only stare at Susan until she completely lost consciousness.

The girl's life should have ended there, but her consciousness did not dissipate. After a long period of darkness in a daze, Maginos suddenly became active again.

She struggled to open her eyes and looked around; a familiar scene came into view.

The sky was crimson, and the earth was crimson.

The difference was that the pile of corpses that she would have had to run to see before was right in front of her, and on the other side of the pile of corpses, a completely different scene unfolded.

The sky opposite was purplish-black, and the ground opposite was also purplish-black.

Only these two colors remain in the world, and she, in pale red, sat motionless in front of the corpse.

I'm alive?

The slow-witted girl thought this to herself, her gaze fixed on the corpse.

Father Lynch, Mother Hilda, Mother Sylvia, Eldest brother Cadenor, Second brother Senor, Eldest sister Beth.

Besides, the rarely seen second sister Sissivia and third sister Toimor were also above, the only ones who could not be seen were the third brother Vokri and herself.

The corpses seemed even more real at this moment. Looking at them, her heart, still in excruciating pain, ached even more. She subconsciously looked down and saw blood slowly flowing down her wide-open chest.

We're all going to die together.

Looking at the corpses in various shapes, Maginus's lips curled up, seemingly feeling a sense of joy. But behind this superficial joy lay... absolute madness.

Why, why must everyone die here?! Why, why are the traitors and enemies allowed to live?!

I don't want to die.

Despair, fear, sorrow, anger, resentment... all these emotions accumulated, causing her, standing at the boundary between purple-black and scarlet, to slowly open her mouth.

I don't want to die!

The instinct for survival amplified and infected all emotions until they completely erupted. The girl opened her mouth and spoke her wish:

"I don't want to die!!"

The sound echoed across the crimson and purplish-black wilderness. Suddenly, a skull dripping blood and a giant hand radiating purplish-black light appeared above the black and red earth.

Maginos was completely oblivious to them, her hands pounding the ground, and the whole world trembled at her movements.

Blood seeped from the crimson earth, and mist rose from the purplish-black earth. The two were like mortal enemies, waging war against each other. The skulls and giant hands on either side of Maginus were the same, constantly colliding and injuring each other.

Do you want to live?

Two overlapping voices reached Maginot's ears, one deep and resonant, the other hoarse. She roared out, following the desires and will of her heart:

"I want to live! I want to live!"

Why do you want to live?

All the beautiful memories of her time with her family were buried, and what emerged from it was the image of her being stabbed to death by Susan.

There were other memories that weren't her own; for some reason, everything her family saw before they died flooded into Maginot's mind.

Chapter 20 Birthday

In Shangyong's memory, the area outside the royal city was already a scorched earth. Former colleagues fought amongst themselves, resulting in countless deaths and injuries among the soldiers. The generals and soldiers of the royal party had laid down their weapons at some point.

Amidst the seemingly endless flames, the wounded Kadenor plunged his sword into the ground, using the blade to support himself. Several members of the Bloodstained Society lay motionless beside him, their pupils dilated, appearing utterly lifeless.

The words of the enemies around Kadenor were slowly reaching Maginus's ears through his fading consciousness.

"It's terrifying. If he were given a few more years, he might really become a legend."

"So many of our brothers have died, boss. We need to get our dear employer to increase the fees."

The relaxed tone only fueled Maginos's anger. She stared at those who had removed their hoods, clenching her teeth as if she were about to devour them.

The scene shifts, and the second princess, Sissivia, and the third princess, Yitomor, lie dead in different castles. Beside them are their husbands and wives, respectively, their eyes filled with indifference, as if they have killed someone who is unrelated to them.

The scene, like the red-haired girl's shattered heart, ultimately added fuel to Maginos's anger with resentment and despair.

What came into view was her completely destroyed...home.

The royal palace was engulfed in flames that were difficult to extinguish. Large numbers of foreign soldiers stood everywhere, destroying and looting everything that could be taken away, and wantonly slaughtering the remaining servants and soldiers.

As her gaze zoomed in, the once magnificent throne room was reduced to ruins. Sadness surged into her heart like a tide, but this tide only fueled her anger.

Father, Mother, Consort...

They lay there on the ground, their deaths gruesome: the second prince's body was completely twisted, the eldest princess's body was dismembered, and the queen's body was charred black...

A large number of men in black robes stood around them, seemingly oblivious to the soldiers. In Maginus's view, a soldier simply raised his longsword and beheaded them...

No.

"No!!!"

The girl cried out, she roared, but her hoarse voice could not penetrate to the other side. This was already what had happened, and what she saw before her eyes was merely a memory. For her, nothing could be changed.

Why do you want to live?

The overlapping sounds came again, and the gaze returned to the purplish-black and scarlet earth. Black and red liquid began to drip from the sky, the blood flowing from the skull and the palms. It fell continuously on Maginos and merged into her body.

The voice was seductive, stirring up all her negative emotions. The girl, who had almost lost everything, hugged the horrifying pile of corpses in front of her and cried out. All her emotions turned into murderous intent at this moment.

Purple-black and scarlet patterns appeared on her skin, and alluring flowers bloomed on her tender body. Her pale red hair and pupils turned scarlet, while the inside of her hair and the center of her pupils had a hint of purple-black.

"I'm going to kill them! I'm going to kill them!"

Maginus, who had never killed any intelligent creature, howled like a wild beast. The fighting hands and skeletons completely disappeared, and a deep and hoarse voice rang out one after the other, filled with excitement and joy.

Go forth and bring strife to your enemies, and spread fear throughout their lands!

Hurry up and bring blood to your enemies, unleash a massacre in their homeland!

Despair, fear, sorrow, anger, resentment...

The lone girl wept as the crimson and purplish-black world slowly crumbled.

……

At 0:1, the catacombs were empty. Susan stood outside, preventing others from entering the catacombs, waiting for Whitney's arrival.