Thales jumped down from the black coffin and stared at everything in front of him in a daze.
The flying ashes turned to ash, and no flesh remained.
The severed limbs on the ground gradually withered and turned to ash, blending into the snow under the moonlight.
'It's over?
Giza, the Blood Mystic, that lunatic …
'Disappeared?'
The hydra's tentacles loosened and withered. Katerina and Serena both fell to the ground and coughed violently.
Aida helped the ashen-faced Ralf out of the thicket on the side.
"Those branches … there were at least a hundred of them," Aida said with lingering fear, "Why did they suddenly wither …"
But Aida was immediately stunned. She pointed at the female warrior and shouted in an exaggerated manner, "Ah! Strange woman, you're here! "
The female warrior put the shield back on her back and laughed. "It's been many years, forgetful Aida!"
Aida's expression immediately darkened.
The female warrior pulled out the two-handed broadsword and swung it twice as if it was light with one hand to shake off the blood on it. Her expression was indifferent, but her gaze was sharp.
She immediately turned around and looked at Thales.
Thales also looked curiously at the person who suddenly appeared and saved his life.
'There's no doubt that she's a soldier,' Thales told himself.
Her armor was covered in bloodstains left behind by Mystics, but she had a steady and determined aura. She did not appear disheveled at all. Instead, she gave others the impression that she had been through hundreds of battles.
She had short, neat, brownish-yellow hair, but there was no need to describe her heroic appearance. Because when she appeared, her aura, which was filled with an iron-blooded fighting spirit, made one only notice her warrior side and forget her pure appearance.
They stared at each other for a few seconds.
The female warrior suddenly grinned. She boldly stuck the two-handed broadsword on the ground and knelt on one knee.
"So, you are Thales, child … My Prince?"
"Yes, I am Thales Jadestar." Thales flashed a smile. "Thank you …"
Thales had a strange feeling. Although they all knelt on one knee before the prince, Gilbert's was filled with politeness and respect, while Yodel gave him a sense of trust. However, the female warrior in front of him was filled with a kind of casualness and elegance.
The female warrior's next action confirmed his suspicions.
Because she actually raised her hands, which were covered in blood and covered in iron gloves, and ruffled the hair of the Second Prince of Constellation!
"Good job, kid!" She laughed heartily, her voice sharp and valiant. "Many of my recruits would have vomited in fright if they had encountered such a situation!"
Thales saw stars from the rubbing. He felt the greasy blood on his hands and said awkwardly, "Umm, this lady …"
The female warrior laughed and interrupted him.
"I am Sonia Sasere, little lord." Sonia's words did not show the slightest bit of awareness that she was a "little lord". She was in a good mood, and she even punched Thales' shoulder, causing the weak man to cough violently.
"The Broken Dragon Fortress that is temporarily guarding the border between the two countries!"
Thales snapped back to reality. "Ah!"
"Y-You are the Fortress Flower?"
Even though he had been prepared for this, he was still a little excited when he saw Sonia in person.
The Fortress Flower.
During his lessons in Mindis Hall, Gilbert would occasionally explain the current situation of Constellation to him, such as the famous' Three Marshals of Constellation '.
Although Constellation suffered heavy losses during the disaster of the Bloody Year, it also gained many talents in many aspects, such as government affairs, diplomacy, military affairs, and war.
Many members of the king's party and the new nobles became pillars of Constellation from unknown pawns under such circumstances. The Cunning Fox Gilbert Caso was one such example.
Amidst the blood and fire, in the battlefield against Eckstedt, the Western Desert orcs, and the Barren Bone people, as well as the southwest rebel army, many young people who were born commoners rose to power and were conferred titles.
After the Bloody Year, King Kessel expanded the regular army of the royal family. He even recruited many commoners and young people to guard the four corners of the kingdom.
These people were basically soldiers who had been through hundreds of battles and had once shone brilliantly on the battlefield.
Twelve years had passed. Their encounters were all different, but there were three people who stood firm and withstood the test of time. They grew into military commanders who could take charge of an area on their own — they were the Three Marshals of Constellation, whose names shook the entire kingdom.
The subjects of the kingdom gave them resounding nicknames. Even their original names were rarely mentioned.
The Kingdom's Wrath.
The Legendary Wing.
The Fortress Flower.
Among them, the Fortress Flower, Lady Sonia Sasere stepped onto the stage of Constellation's history when she followed Duke John on his expedition against the southwest rebel army.
Since the Bloody Year, she led the regular army of the royal family to guard the bitter cold Northern Territory, keeping an eye on the Great Dragon of the North's every move.
Many Constellatiates believed that if the Fortress Flower was still blooming in Broken Dragon Fortress, then Constellation's Northern Territory would stand firm.
Of course, there were also many noblewomen in the capital who always gossiped behind her back. Every move she made was like a man. No wonder the lady who wielded a sword in battle could not get married until she was over thirty years old.
And now, the legendary Fortress Flower was standing in front of Thales.
"Hah, Arracca will definitely regret not bringing troops to rescue you." Sonia knocked on her shield proudly. "Among the three of us, I am the first to seal a Mystic …"
But in the next moment, Thales saw Sonia's expression change!
"What's wrong?" Thales asked in bewilderment.
"Something's wrong!" Sonia clenched her fists tightly and raised her shield. She looked around vigilantly. "She is not sealed!"
* Bang! *
Before Thales could react, Sonia suddenly picked him up and jumped up from the ground, avoiding a blood-red tentacle that pierced through the ground!
Thales looked at the tentacle before him in disbelief. 'Isn't Giza already …'
The tentacle abruptly split into dozens of smaller tentacles. Thales only felt that the moment it split, he lost all feeling in his body, as if he had been injected with anesthetic!
'Is this … the feeling of having your body controlled?'
Thales trembled as he let go of Sonia's arm.
But the latter did not seem to be affected at all. She extended her arm and hugged him even tighter!
Sonia gritted her teeth and roared furiously as she took out the two-handed broadsword from her back. She swung one arm and drew a beautiful slash. In a flash, she cut off countless small tentacles that had split off!
A few of them swept towards where they were originally — the Dark Night Black Coffin!
Many of the tentacles had just touched the black coffin when they shrank, withered, and turned into ashes, as if they had just touched the Supreme Shield.
But even more tentacles coiled around the black coffin, as if they were unafraid of death. As they withered and reconnected, they actually withstood the corrosion of the legendary anti-mystic equipment and lifted the black coffin!
"Black coffin!" In the distance, Katerina saw this scene. The queen roared anxiously, "Don't let her take it!"
Sonia was as calm as ever. She moved swiftly and swiftly. With her left hand holding Thales, she threw the broadsword far away like a boomerang with her right hand!
* Crack! *
She forcefully cut off the tentacles that coiled around the black coffin.
* Thud! *
The black coffin fell to the ground again.
Sonia stepped forward and quickly leaped onto the black coffin. She put Thales down and took down the shield on her back. She looked ahead vigilantly — two tentacles stretched out from the darkness in front of them again.
"Impossible!"
Thales cried out in shock when he saw the situation in front of him clearly.
Under the protection of the two tentacles, Giza Streelman appeared before them with a smile on her face. She still looked like a naked girl covered in fresh blood.
Thales shuddered, but Sonia calmly stepped forward with her shield and protected him behind her.
Sonia furrowed her brows tightly.
On the other hand, Thales was dumbfounded.
'How did she …
'Nothing happened to her?'
'Did Serena not tell me that the legendary anti-mystic equipment can be used against Mystics?'
He clearly remembered that when Yodel sealed Asda, he only needed to stab Asda in the back when he was least expecting it, and Asda turned into a burst of white light and disappeared without a trace.
'Yodel and Morat both called that … a seal?'
Thales thought that he had grasped some knowledge regarding the weaknesses of Mystics …
'But Giza before me …
'Why?'
"Why? Do you find it strange?" Giza chuckled. "Why is the legendary anti-mystic equipment not effective against me?"
Sonia raised her hand abruptly and stopped Aida and Katerina, who were about to rush forward.
"Step back!" she said loudly, as if she had the authority to execute orders with a shout.
Aida and the queen stopped in their tracks.
Sonia stared at Giza before her. Her gaze was extremely solemn.
"I have heard two legends about you from the Secret Intelligence Department."
Sonia looked at Giza with a determined expression.
"One, the more enemies the Blood Mystic faces, the stronger her destructive power and vitality will be, because the enemies will become her nutrients.
"The biggest mistake in dealing with you is that 'the more the merrier'. That will only make you stronger the more you fight … The best way is to have a supreme class elite who is nimble and agile enough carry a legendary anti-mystic equipment and fight you alone in a land of death where there are no living beings."
Giza's smile faded a little.
'The Secret Intelligence Department.
'Still as annoying as a few hundred years ago.'
"Not a bad choice." Giza smiled and nodded. "No wonder I sensed many humans a few hundred meters away. Did you leave your men there and come alone?"
Sonia snorted. "Looks like your scouting ability is also very strong."
In the next moment, two tentacles suddenly stretched out towards Sonia!
At the same time, a dozen tree roots burst out from the ground and whipped towards Sonia and Thales!
It was an attack without any blind spots.
The fluctuation surged into Thales' limbs, and he was about to dodge.
He was about to dodge, but at that moment, he only felt another wave of power blossoming from Sonia's body!
She spun around and inconceivably exerted her body's inertia to the extreme. The shield in her hand struck the tentacle fiercely!
* Bang! *
Giza's tentacle was smashed into ashes.
The female warrior loosened her grip as she spun around. She then skillfully grabbed the edge of the shield in midair and used it as a sharp blade. She then turned her body and slashed horizontally. She generously chopped a dozen or so tree roots that came at her feet. She was so powerful that they were all crushed.
* Rip! Crack! *
Sonia stood on the ground unscathed. With a defensive counterattack without any blind spots, she completely crushed the Blood Mystic's attack.
Thales stared at Sonia in astonishment.
The fluctuation in his body had already surged to his eyes. He only saw a threatening colorless energy fill Sonia's body.
It was completely different from the piercing light in the Mystic's body and the Blood Clansmen's vigorous flesh and blood.
This was the first time he used this wave vision to observe normal humans other than Mystics and Blood Clansmen.
"Not a bad response. It's rare to see even among supreme class humans." Giza nodded in admiration. "There's also a familiar supernatural power — it's one of the Four Great Primitive Supernatural Powers, the 'Thawing of Glaciers' famous for its ability to attack with the flow of the situation."
"It's now called the Power of Eradication," Sonia said disdainfully. "To commemorate us, we beat the crap out of all of you six hundred years ago."
Thales suddenly understood.
'So, the colorless energy in Sonia's body … is the Power of Eradication?'
"I didn't know that you could control trees." Sonia exhaled and observed her surroundings vigilantly. "You sure give me a lot of surprises."
"Why? In your understanding, only the red liquid in an animal's body can be called blood?" Giza chuckled softly.
"The second legend about you is a little unbelievable." Sonia carefully exercised her wrist. "Until today."
Amidst Giza's smile, she spat out the legend word by word, "The legendary anti-mystic equipment could not seal the Blood Mystic?"
Thales stared at the Blood Mystic in shock.
'Could not be sealed?
'Then … does that mean that no one can control her?
How was the Battle of Eradication won? '
"Impossible!" Katerina cried out in surprise. "The legendary anti-mystic equipment is the bane of the calamities. That's what the insiders were taught!"
There was a moment of silence.
Giza first flashed a smile, then sighed.
"The legendary anti-mystic equipment is the end of the Mystics, the bane of the calamities. With just a light touch, we will be doomed eternally."
"Is that so?"
Giza said with an indifferent expression.
"Lebla, Eric, and even the 'Truth Brothers' are terrified of that weapon. From then on, they never let anyone near them. That's how Lebla was sealed."
But in the next moment, Giza chuckled softly with a deep chill.
"But I am the only exception.
"A Mystic who relies on her 'physical form' to fight."
Thales shuddered.
He felt that these terms, which he temporarily did not understand, were knowledge that he would have to learn in the future.
Even if it was not for the sake of becoming a Mystic, even if it was for his own sake.
Giza continued to smile and said,
"I am also one of the only two Mystics who are not afraid of the legendary anti-mystic equipment in close-quarters combat.
"Even when it comes to close-quarters injuries, I do not reject them … Those who approach me are often approaching their own deaths."
Thales frowned slightly. 'Only two Mystics who are not afraid of close-quarters combat?
Then who is the other one?
'So … there's such a big difference between Mystics?'
Curiosity and fear towards Mystics tormented Thales at the same time, making him extremely hesitant.
Giza smiled faintly and said, "Even if the legendary anti-mystic equipment hits my physical form, it will only hurt insignificant flesh and blood. It is impossible to seal me."
Thales frowned.
'No.
Something's wrong. '
He was puzzled until Sonia raised her eyebrows and snorted confidently. "Is that so?"
She took a step forward, as if she had found the enemy's weakness, and raised the Supreme Shield at the Mystic.
"Then why did you run just now?
"Or should I say … what were you hiding when you disappeared?"
Giza's expression changed.
Thales also realized what was going on.
Yes, the shield was effective against Giza's flesh and blood. After she turned into ashes for the first time, it lasted for a while before she reappeared.
During that period of time, whether she was healing, recovering, escaping, or hiding, it all meant …
'She is definitely not without weaknesses!'
Sonia said calmly, "The reason why legendary anti-mystic equipment is so rare and precious, and why countries fight for it, is not only because it can seal Mystics, but also because every legendary anti-mystic equipment has its own unique and powerful ability, which allows its user to be reborn in battle."
Thales sucked in a breath.
'Legendary anti-mystic equipment.
'Unique and powerful ability?'
He looked at the Dark Night Black Coffin beneath his feet.
He then thought of Yodel's gray short sword. 'What ability does that sword have?'
Thales suddenly realized that the color of that short sword and the gray shield in Sonia's hands were actually so similar.
Giza pursed her lips, and the tentacles beneath her trembled uneasily.
Sonia knocked on the Supreme Shield. "You probably haven't seen it before. During the later stages of the Battle of Eradication, when all of you started fleeing for your lives, this shield was created together with the Supreme Sword. So, you don't understand its ability."
Giza's expression finally changed.
"When I received the shield, this is what they told me." Sonia snorted softly. "The name of the Supreme Shield's ability is filled with Empress Hellen's personal characteristics."
The Blood Mystic's expression became more and more solemn.
Thales felt that Sonia had found her weakness.
The female warrior grinned and laughed heartily. "The name of its ability is …
"'Hunt'."
In the next moment, the Mystic with the cold expression seemed to have remembered the most terrifying thing in the world. She waved her hand abruptly!
* Boom! *
A voice that sounded like a flood erupted!
Under everyone's vigilant gazes, the huge tentacles instantly dissipated into blood and severed limbs.
Then, they disappeared into thin air.
Giza was hidden in the darkness. She cast Thales a profound glance with her eyes.
She left behind a faint sentence.
"We will meet again."
Thales shuddered.
Giza's words contained a chilling coldness.
"I will never let you suffer."
Thales' face was pale. He was anxious.
"I will never let you suffer."
'Damn it.
'Wait a minute.'
He suddenly came to a realization.
'The Blood Mystic …
'Was scared away?'
"She left," Sonia said faintly.
"What a pity." She tapped the shield regretfully. "I really want to continue chasing after her."
Thales exhaled deeply.
"Serena!"
Thales turned his head and saw Katerina gritting her teeth as she stared at an empty corner.
"She ran away!"
The sound of hooves could be heard.
Putray, Wya, and Genard were escorted by a group of cavaliers and arrived before them.
When Thales saw them, he felt slightly at ease.
However, there did not seem to be many Jadestar private soldiers left.
That night.
It ended again.
The cavaliers arrived before them and bowed to Sonia one after another.
The leader was a female swordsman with a cold expression. When her gaze swept past Thales, the latter only felt a chill.
'Did I offend her?'
Thales scratched his head, baffled.
At this moment, a call filled with complicated emotions rose.
"Captain!"
Sonia shuddered. She turned her head to look at the person who spoke.
Thales was stunned.
'Could it be … that she, who uses a shield, is really the' Captain of Constellation '?'
Under everyone's astonished gazes, the thirty-year-old veteran, Genard, dismounted from his horse.
He cowered slightly and walked slowly to the female warrior. He looked at Sonia with an excited but anxious and ashamed expression.
"Captain …"
His lips trembled, but he could not say a word.
"I …"
Genard lowered his head and gritted his teeth.
"I …"
Sonia stared at the veteran with a complicated expression.
"Genard."
But the female warrior exhaled deeply.
She raised her eyes, and her gaze was filled with an imposing manner.
"Look at me, soldier!"
Sonia shouted loudly.
The veteran shuddered and instantly stood up straight.
He took a deep breath and looked straight at Sonia.
A few seconds later, Genard gulped and took a deep breath.
"I'm back."
The veteran said firmly.
Sonia scrutinized him carefully.
After a while …
She then punched Genard's shoulder and put on a smile that faded away.
"Return to the team."
Genard shuddered.
He clenched his teeth and held back his tears.
The veteran shouted with all his might,
"Yes!"
"Forgive me for being blunt, Your Highness." Sonia turned her head around and looked at Thales, who was being carefully checked to see if he was injured by Wya.
She frowned, but she immediately heaved a deep sigh. "Although you have experienced a lot today, you still have to hurry to Broken Dragon Fortress as soon as possible."
Thales was a little puzzled, but he still nodded.
Only the experienced vice diplomat behind him, Putray's expression changed as he pressed down on his own wound.
"Lady Sasere," he asked solemnly.
"What happened?"
The group was silent for a second.
Sonia frowned and looked straight at Thales.
"Eckstedt's Archduke of Black Sand Region, Chapman Lampard, has already … sent out small units multiple times to cross the border between the two kingdoms without any qualms."
Sonia was expressionless, but her gaze was solemn as she answered,
"They have begun to clear the area around Broken Dragon Fortress, especially the path for reinforcements from Cold Castle and Lonely Old Tower."
Thales' pupils shrank.
Sonia nodded and said solemnly,
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