I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 526

Chapter 86 Heart of Darkness
The Sacred Sword of Light was drawn by Ig, but it trembled in his hand, unable to strike!
This strangeness was beyond Ig’s expectation. Ig’s slightly widened pupils watched Lancaster approaching step by step, his face revealing a thick mockery:
“Ig, you picked up the Sacred Sword, you should know that this sword is for slaying gods—yet you want to use it to protect this goddess miss?”
Lancaster smiled and casually waved away the traces of light with his outstretched hand: “Moreover, on what basis do you swing your sword at me?”
The Sacred Sword, forged by the ancient human sages to slay gods, its wielder was a ‘Guardian’. However, rather than being a guardian of the world or the human race, it was more of a guardian of the Sacred Sword itself.
This radiant and immaculate Sacred Sword was the one that truly held the dominant position.
Lancaster, having wielded the Sacred Sword for a hundred years, naturally knew its secrets:
Besides its origin as a god-slaying weapon, this sword would only attack beings that threatened the human race. Otherwise, like Ig at this moment, one could only lift it but not wield it!
“Rumble!”
A ripple of light erupted from Lancaster’s side. Even though he was within the radiance of the Sacred Sword, Ig was still heavily thrown back.
“The Sacred Sword is like this. Its order is merely for the survival of humanity, disregarding any so-called morality? But that doesn’t mean anything…”
The radiant and immaculate Sacred Sword was merely a sword for the protection of humanity, as it did not need to consider Lancaster’s morality or conduct, as long as he could protect humanity’s safety.
A transcendent and indifferent demeanor.
“However, looking at it this way, compared to the gods of the past, isn’t this sword also like a deity bound by order?”
Verafia let out a light, faint laugh. Shielded behind the young man, she did not suffer any impact, and even when she fell, the young man cushioned her fall.
However, already exhausted, the mere vibration caused her consciousness to waver, and she almost lost the strength to open her eyes.
She felt the young man pick her up again.
Verafia slightly opened her golden eyes and saw the pain on Ig’s face and his determined, gritted teeth. Suddenly, her delicate, slender jade fingers gently reached out and grasped his palm.
“Young Lady?” Ig’s gaze trembled.
A faint, sweet smile lightly spread across the young girl’s snowy cheeks. She said, “Ig, you should… hand me over to Lancaster.”
“Young Lady, what are you saying?”
Ig’s voice was hasty, “How could I possibly hand you over to him! Moreover, even if we did, would Lancaster let us go?”
Suddenly, the storm of light solidified. Lancaster’s figure emerged, causing Ig to look up abruptly.
“Hey, it seems that Miss Vera, you already know how to choose at this time…”
Lancaster’s frivolous laughter made Ig unable to help but raise his head resentfully, only to find the King’s gaze fixed on him: “Ig, just as this goddess miss said, hand her over to me, and I will let this matter pass. You will still be my heir.”
Ig laughed in anger, “Lancaster, do you take me for a fool?”
“Are you questioning me… or are you worried that I will harm this goddess miss?”
The King laughed and raised his right hand, “If you are worried about my promise, then here, I can swear upon the Sacred Sword in your hand.”
Ig’s eyes trembled with effort.
Lancaster’s words seemed to hold no killing intent towards Verafia, and he even swore upon the Sacred Sword…
However, Ig had a premonition that if he really handed the girl in his embrace to the other party, it would be a true farewell.
“Lancaster, I am not questioning your words… but rather, I am mocking your judgment of me!”
Ig’s azure pupils lifted forcefully, and he rebuked, “On what basis do you demand that I hand the Young Lady over to you!”
“Ig…” The girl’s faint voice tried to dissuade him, but her jade fingers, which were holding on, were suddenly grasped firmly by the young man’s hand.
In Verafia’s slightly opened eyes, she saw the young man’s resolute expression, which, however, seemed more like a plea to her.
“Young Lady, I don’t want to experience being separated from you a second time… Even if it means dying here, I will never let anyone take you away.”
“So, please don’t abandon me, okay?”
“Heh, what sincere feelings… However, Ig, how much do you know about your Young Lady?”
A faint, smiling voice drifted over. Lancaster waved his right hand, and a million rays of radiance condensed into a spear. His uplifted face looked down upon the suddenly raising Ig:
“And, with what do you intend to resist me!”
The suddenly erupting radiance almost instantly pierced the glow of the Sacred Sword, and the searing pain of intense light made Ig’s pupils contract sharply.
The Sacred Sword in his hand was useless against Lancaster. The mere instinctively activated radiance could not resist the other’s power.
Ig’s palm suddenly released the hilt of the Sacred Sword.
The long sword fell to the ground, its immaculate pure white blade making a crisp sound. And in Ig’s hand, an ancient, straight long sword was suddenly drawn!
Tracer, the End!
The legendary sword of Lothel, and also the first point of connection when he and the girl in his embrace met!
Since being picked up by Ig in the Fiery Abyss, the blade of the End had never left his hand.
As Ig grew, the blade, long neglected by the corrosion of time, was reborn in phoenix fire and revived by legendary weapon masters. After being branded by the abyss, it was forged by a young elf with ‘Burning Stars’ and even bathed in frost dragon blood…
The power that the End possessed at this moment far surpassed the platinum tier.
However, after coming to Lichen and receiving the Sacred Sword from Lancaster, the End, which had accompanied his growth, was rarely picked up by Ig—until this moment, when the pure white Sacred Sword was discarded, and the blade of the End was raised again!
“Oh, it’s Lothel’s sword… such an action certainly carries symbolic meaning. However, how can you resist me with just that!”
Lancaster’s voice was filled with the blazing light that engulfed the young man raising his sword with his right hand and holding the fragile girl in his other arm. The light representing the origin of light rendered the entire space into a brilliant white!
Lancaster paused his steps, and a smile spread across his uplifted face.
He wasn’t worried that the origin of light would completely destroy the goddess’s maiden, and even if a trace of her soul’s origin remained, he was fully capable of reshaping her. As for that young man…
However, suddenly, the smile on Lancaster’s face froze slightly, and a hint of astonishment appeared in his eyes.
“Wait, this is…”
On that canvas covered by the origin of light, like a pure white curtain, a dark color suddenly lit up. Held tightly in Ig’s hand, dark and evil demonic energy permeated and corroded, seeming to tear apart this light!
Tightly clutched in Ig’s palm was a heart of darkness!