The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

The city guard captain asked, and Maginus took out a salt handicraft unique to the Crystal Salt Kingdom from her dimensional bag and placed it on the table. The captain approached and examined it carefully, then handed the item back to her and waved for her to come over.

Just as the girl was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and called out loudly to Maginus, "Little one, wait!"

"Is there a problem?"

Maginus stepped back and asked, and the captain tilted his chin, gesturing for her to look towards the notice board:

"We're going to the sewers tonight to deal with the monsters summoned by that vile demon. The reward is very generous. Do you want to come?"

This is a good opportunity to get to know other adventurers, gather current information, and plan a way to approach Kalivisda.

Without hesitation, Maginus nodded and said, "Of course, I'm short of money."

The same approach you would take with Carly as you would with Addison. In the girl's memory, she should have a high-ranking bodyguard. You need to find a way to get close to her and kill her as quickly as possible.

Oh, or should we let the high-ranking guards die in this incident?

However, the situation in Lake Crystal City seems to have lasted for almost a month, and it probably won't be easy to resolve.

After bidding farewell to the caravan that had carried her, Maginus left the city gates to look for an inn. While visiting several inns, she memorized the city's routes and also discovered some things.

The inns near the temple were overcrowded, while the further away from the church the inns were less crowded. However, the number of people in the inns would surge again when they were near the red-light district or the lower district, except that most of the extra people were adventurers.

Meanwhile, ordinary outsiders have a hard time finding inns to stay in, while adventurers with combat abilities are usually warmly welcomed by inns. It seems that recently some inns have had guests encountering misfortune, so having adventurers around would be much safer.

After scouting the area, Maginos, who preferred quiet, didn't join the crowds in the inns. Instead, she found a relatively quiet inn on the commoner's street, paid smoothly, and went to her room to sit down.

I'll rest today as usual, and officially begin my strategy for conquering Lake Crystal City tomorrow.

She drew her protector and placed it on her knees. She ran her hand across the blade, letting life force flow from her body. Maginus infused the protector with psychic energy and life force, and a faint red aura began to cover the blade.

She was trying to use her life force and spiritual energy to enchant the Flower Protector. She had practiced for almost a month before arriving, and the Flower Protector's sharpness had increased to another level.

Well, similar to the enchanted weapons, Maginus simply named it Psionic: Enchanted Weapon.

Besides, the plant-type burrowing worm she had killed earlier also gave her some ideas.

The wound it cut open started bleeding profusely, and if Maginus doesn't rely on its own life force to repair it, it will probably take some time to heal on its own.

If even it can do that, then can I also leave behind wounds that are difficult to heal and gradually deplete my strength when I cannot kill the enemy quickly?

All of these are applications of her life force; she has also practiced the essential skills of a Soul Blade user, such as enhancing her mental blade and speed of thought.

The effect of telekinesis is simple: it allows you to attach psychic energy to your body to increase your speed, and it can be combined with abilities like wall-running.

Enhancing the Nen Blade involves imbuing it with special attributes using psychic energy; with her current strength, she can imbue the Nen Blade with one ability.

The Psionic Manual lists five abilities: Light Burst, Good Luck, Escape Route, and Repel Soul Lock. Of these, only Light Burst is truly useful to her.

The light burst can make the mind blade emit a dazzling light, and the flash is enough to blind many creatures. In that instant, many things can be confirmed.

Maginus now possesses the Aura of Fear, an ability that is merely icing on the cake, but since it's not particularly useful for anything else, she still chose it.

As for what happens after learning about light bursts...

She still had a silver sword in her dimensional bag, and the Mind Flayer, one of the two "portable old men," was willing to teach her some weapon skills, uttering a few powerful-sounding words.

Slaughtering the enemy and breaking through their shadow attacks...

That's all for the future; the first thing she needs to learn is naturally Light Burst.

Maginus enveloped the protector with psychic energy and life force, closed his eyes, and released a portion of his life force to survey the surroundings. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at the room next to his own.

There was a rather frenzied life force in the next room, a peculiar frenzy she had only ever seen in creatures from the lower realms.

Is there a demon over there?

Ignoring the situation next door, she turned back and closed her eyes again. When she opened them, she was back in her mental dream, gazing at the surrounding crimson and purplish-black as she continued her work.

Chapter 241 The Filthy Sewers

Awakening from her daily mental cleansing, Maginus opened the window. The sky had just darkened, and there were many soldiers and adventurers active on the streets. As for the civilians, like in the previous cities, most of them did not come out but stayed at home.

Observing the number of soldiers, Maginus realized that he probably wouldn't be able to sneak out at night as often as he had in the Crystal Salt Kingdom.

There were too many soldiers, roughly five on each street. Given her ability to hide and stealth, it would be difficult for her to act under their noses unless she had magical assistance.

It's no wonder that this is Kaliwisda's territory; she managed to easily allow so many soldiers to enter the city without any hindrance.

After observing the situation outside, Maginus pushed open her room door and walked out of the inn's main entrance with an air of dignity, heading towards the location of the sewers that the guard captain had mentioned that morning.

Upon arriving at the entrance to the sewers, four professionals were already waiting there. Judging from their attire and weapons, two were warriors, and the other two were rangers.

"Oh, it seems everyone's here. We've been waiting for this young lady."

The soldier standing next to the captain of the guard waved to Maginus as she approached that morning. The other professionals cast scrutinizing glances at her, but Maginus ignored them and looked up at the soldier, saying:

"What's the mission?"

The soldier took out a sewer map, spread it on the ground, and pointed to a designated area, saying:

"The four of you will patrol the three sewer entrances to ensure there are no monsters inside. If you encounter any monsters that you cannot defeat or are too injured, you may retreat. The patrol will continue until 6:00 AM tomorrow."

"What about the reward? How is the reward calculated?" a dwarf warrior asked in a muffled voice.

"Ten gold coins. We will collect the monster materials and convert them into cash. As for how to distribute them later, you can handle that yourselves."

The soldier glanced at the adventurers with a hint of indifference: "You'd better not start fighting amongst yourselves, understand?"

After giving instructions on the precautions for entering the sewers, the soldier put away the map and left. The five men assigned to this section of the sewers exchanged glances, and the kind-looking ranger spoke up:

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"Why don't we get to know each other first?"

Before Maginus could refuse, another warrior spoke first: "No need, I prefer to act alone, you two talk."

After saying this, he walked toward the sewers, and Maginus followed him in. They then parted ways at the corner of the sewers.

Seeing that the two strange men had no intention of teaming up, the ranger who had initially suggested getting to know them felt a little awkward. The dwarf patted his belly and said in a deep voice:

"Aren't there still three people here? Kid, what's your name?"

Entering the dark sewers, Maginus did not light a torch. Instead, she spread her life force to use her senses as her eyesight to observe everything around her. For the time being, she did not detect any trace of the lower realm.

Walking casually through the damp, foul-smelling sewers, she took out her Nen Blade and waved it around haphazardly, slowly altering its structure according to the manual, continuously adding fluctuations related to light bursts to it.

Taking advantage of her work hours to do her own thing, Maginus wandered around the sewers in her area, bumping into a few temporary teammates along the way, who didn't seem to notice any danger.

As dawn broke, Maginus's biological clock told her the time. Finding nothing at all, she immediately turned and headed towards the exit, not wanting to waste a single minute.

Upon reaching the exit, the other three teammates were waiting there. Noticing that one person was missing, the girl narrowed her eyes: "Where's the last one? It seems to be the one who went alone earlier?"

"Who knows where he went? Maybe he went to the sewers in another area."

The dwarf curled his lip. Maginos glanced back at the sewers, her eyes gleaming as she looked at the three of them. She didn't find any trace of blood on them.

As time passed, the soldier who had greeted the group earlier arrived late. When he saw that there were only four people present, he frowned and asked, "Where's the last one?"

“He went off on his own,” said the ranger who suggested forming a team. “He hasn’t come out yet, and we don’t know if he got lost and went to another sewer area.”

Upon hearing the ranger's reply, the soldier frowned and looked inside, suggesting to the four, "Why don't you go in and search again? If anything happens, you'll be held responsible with me."

"it is good."

Maginus was the first to respond, too lazy to argue with the soldier, and went into the sewers again. The three members of the team were a little impatient, but they knew whose territory this was, so they also went into the sewers to check.

Something is wrong.

The two teams separated, and Maginus and a ranger on the other side discovered the problem.

“Look here, there are four sets of footprints. This one is yours, Uncle Hammer, this one is mine, this one is yours, Sherro’s, and this smaller, lighter footprint should be that girl’s.”

The ranger spoke to the dwarf called Ironhammer and the ranger called Sherlow, instructing them to hold the torches close to the ground and examine the footprints one by one. The footprints were distributed throughout the sewers, but then a problem arose.

They did not see the soldier's footprints.

On the other side, Maginus discovered even more. She saw the warrior's broken footprints by the wall, and life energy emanating from within the wall that did not belong to her.

Looking at the wall in front of her, Maginus tapped it a few times with her mind blade. It sounded solid, without any other strangeness.

Standing in front of the wall, the girl spread her life force into it. Just as she was exploring the situation inside, three footsteps came from the side, and the three-person team also found the place.

“You’ve arrived. I’ve noticed that the soldier’s footprints have disappeared in front of this wall.”

Maginus spoke, and after the three confirmed that she was real, they all looked at the wall with worried expressions.

"Such a large person disappeared inside the wall, or is there some special mechanism?"

Muttering incantations in front of the wall, Maginus, using the convenience of his abilities, was able to see what was behind the wall. Sure enough, although it was a thick wall no matter how you looked at it, there was a hidden world inside.

The walls are activated by magic; the thick walls can be moved with magic, and behind the walls is a relatively small space.

There was only one "person" inside, sitting in front of the lone warrior who had been acting alone, eating heartily and seemingly saying something, but unfortunately, it was hard to see clearly.

Chapter 242 The Witch of the Sewers

Although they were called human, their life force seemed different from that of mainstream intelligent beings to Maginus. If she had to say, they were more like the spirits she had seen in the Tree Spirit Forest.

"Send someone up there to report the situation to the soldiers."

Maginus withdrew his hand from the wall and said to the bewildered group, "There's something behind this wall that can make a warrior disappear without a trace. It's beyond our capabilities."

"Okay, I'll go report. Be careful."

Without asking how the girl figured it out, one of the rangers immediately turned and walked towards the exit. Under the astonished gazes of the dwarf and the other ranger, Maginus raised his hand and conjured a mind blade.

While there was nothing inside to monitor the situation outside, she had time to figure out how things had happened.

After parting ways with the others, the departing warrior must have come to the wall, where the peculiar creature was likely hiding, able to sense the approaching figure.

After sensing someone approaching, it probably used some means to instantly incapacitate the departing warrior, or lured him to stand in front of the wall, waiting for the wall to open so it could walk inside.

Well, it's a waste not to take food that's been delivered to our door. If the soldiers hadn't sent them back to check, we might not have even noticed.

About an hour later, a large number of soldiers poured into the sewer area. They clearly took the adventurers' claims very seriously and immediately summoned their troops to come over, regardless of how strong the creatures inside were.

Maginus met with the captain of the guard again and asked the four men in front of him, "So the problem lies in this wall?"

“That’s right,” Maginus nodded and pointed to his nose when he saw the others looking at him. “I can smell the blood coming from inside.”

"Can you guarantee that everything you say is true? You have to take responsibility for what you say."

The captain, who had been guarding the city, asked the girl a question again, and she nodded once more, extremely certain of her judgment.

"Men, smash this place open!"

The guard captain immediately spoke, and several soldiers who were already prepared to start work quickly took hammers and picks and began to hammer at the wall, breaking through the stone wall in the sewer as quickly as possible.

Within its life force perception, the creature inside sensed the situation outside. After ceasing its feeding, it immediately huddled in a corner, its original form suddenly changing. Then, its outward-spreading life force completely subsided, transforming into…

A vase?

Maginus tilted his head. The wall had already been breached, and looking at the remaining magical traces on the stones inside, the captain immediately became alert and warned:

"Be careful, this thing inside seems to be able to cast spells!"

For ordinary warriors, spellcasters have always been a formidable enemy, as they do not have much resistance to magic.

"If you don't mind, I'll lead the way."

The girl suggested, and the captain glanced at the small girl, hesitatingly asking, "Is this alright?"

"It's okay, I'll do what I have to do."

Because they suspected that the thing was a spirit, they couldn't let too many of these weak warriors go in. If the spirit inside used some kind of spell to disturb the minds of the group, it would be too troublesome.

Unlike the soldiers behind him, Maginus swaggered in and entered the small room observed by his life senses, seeing the situation inside with his naked eye.

The room contained a lot of items, including some decaying wooden furniture, a large number of spellcasting materials such as mushrooms, vines, and human bones, and slightly tattered books.

The most eye-catching item was naturally the deserter, who was placed on the table and had already been eaten to pieces.

It's a real pity. If he had arrived a little later than me, he might have survived.

Maginus sighed inwardly and shifted his gaze to the wooden vase beside him. Although the spirit creature had transformed into a vase and concealed its aura, the traces of life force emanating from it were undeniable.

Moreover, the girl witnessed the entire process of it becoming a vase.

Fairy magic is always a bit strange. Maginos mustered all her spirit and life force to fight it off, her eyes scanning the surroundings as she quietly gathered her life force on the spellcasting materials, ready to switch their positions at any moment.

Gripping the psychic blade she had created, Maginus suddenly sprang into action as the captain of the guard entered the room, slashing the vase with all her might with the psychic blade that had transformed into a longsword in her hand!

The longsword shattered the vase, and the fragments instantly dissipated into magical light. At the same time, a small figure darted out, and a piercing shriek echoed in the girl's ears:

"Damn it, how did you find me?!"

Before her stood a short, old woman in a tattered dress, with sharp claws, pointed ears, an extremely thin, hooked nose, wrinkled skin, and extremely vicious and cruel eyes.