Chapter 106 Chapter 24 Surprise Attack
When Verafia openly belittled Lottosel by saying he was inferior to the near-divine Blood Grand Duke, Ig felt very uncomfortable, but he didn’t dare to defy his Young Lady’s wishes.
Therefore, Ig could only feel indignant on behalf of his predecessorin his heart.
“…Hmph, if I could find his inheritance, would this young lady still worry about my strength not recovering because I’m being dragged down by you?”
The girl, with her slender snow-white arms crossed at her small chest, lifted her cheek and let out a crisp and pleasant sound. Ig, however, suddenly looked thoughtful.
If this Little Phoenix’s initial goal was the inheritance of Duke Oran here, then it meant that she naturally had plans in her heart for a long time, not acting on a whim.
This proves that…
“Young Lady, speaking of which, did you know about this Blood Grand Duke from the start?”
“Of course!”
Verafia’s expression turned displeased as her thoughts were interrupted, but her expression quickly turned into one of showing off.
“Moreover, Ig, this young lady knows this legendary Blood Duke!”
“You know him?” Ig’s expression turned to shock.
Ig looked at Verafia with suspicion. As far as he knew, the Blood Grand Duke appeared on the stage of history a hundred years before the Demon Race War, and died under Lancaster fifty years ago. Yet this Miss Phoenix, who claimed to have just hatched, said she knew him…
“What are you thinking about!”
Verafia puffed out her small face, extended her fair fingertips, and poked the young man hard.
The girl stuck out her tongue, lifted her little face, and said, “Of course, I haven’t seen him with my own eyes. But, Lottosel has seen him! He even fought alongside him!”
“Is that so… I thought he had visited your territory, and I was curious why you, Young Lady, weren’t discovered.”
Ig’s expression relaxed, “But, Young Lady, you said this Blood Grand Duke and Lord Lottosel fought side by side? Do they have a connection?”
“Of course! And their relationship seems to be quite significant!”
Verafia turned her small face and said charmingly. She handed a small piece of blood crystal in her hand to the young man, “Ig, remember the stone with blood patterns we picked up half a month ago? Hurry and get it out!”
Ig responded, quickly rummaging through his storage item and pulling out a palm-sized stone. He held it in his hand and said, “Young Lady, this…”
Ig’s voice suddenly froze. He saw the girl’s golden eyes narrow slightly, and a flicker of astonishment appeared on her exquisitely delicate face, like fine porcelain.
“Huh, someone’s here…”
Before the girl’s voice had even fully emerged, Ig felt a powerful impact. Before he could react, a figure in a black cloak flashed before his eyes.
The slight rustle of the deep black cloak as it billowed was like the chill of frost and ice.
From the wide sleeve of the black-robed figure, an arm as fair as lotus flowers, like a girl’s, extended. It struck Ig’s chest with its elbow, snatching the half-piece of blood crystal and the blood-patterned stone from his hand and hiding them in her embrace.
Ig, clutching his chest, retreated a few steps. The girl’s strength was not that great, so Ig did not immediately faint. Instead, he had the time to widen his eyes in shock.
However, what shocked Ig the most was not that this cloaked figure, resembling a girl, had appeared so stealthily, to the point that even the Little Phoenix beside him hadn’t reacted, but rather that he had encountered such an absurd plot that only existed in novels, and she had succeeded?
“Hey, hey, Ig, hold on tighter!”
Verafia shouted. Her reaction was much faster. The moment the black-cloaked girl appeared, the girl also landed on the ground.
“And you, you guy, this thing belongs to this young lady!”
Verafia, her feet lightly touching the ground, her golden eyes fixed on the girl whose slender figure was not concealed even by the cloak, waved her delicate, fair hand. Fire elements in the air rapidly condensed, forming a fireball that instantly shot at her.
“Hmph!”
The voice of the girl under the cloak was clear and crisp. She sidled and, with a backhand sweep, a piercing chill rapidly condensed in the air, directly blocking Verafia’s attacking fire spell.
The scorching flames and the rapidly condensing ice of the chilling aura collided, erupting with a searing light. The hot water vapor in mid-air instantly evaporated, and under the fierce release of energy, broken ice shards swirled, forming a pale storm!
The fierce sound of the wind stirred the cloak covering the girl’s cheek, revealing a hint of delicate fairness. The girl retreated rapidly with the impact, slightly lifting her cheek to touch the hot wind that blew in. She estimated that with this brief delay, she could completely shake off the Mage girl in front of her.
The black-robed girl’s gaze suddenly sharpened.
Unexpectedly, the blonde girl opposite her did not pause at all. Her small body rushed into the fierce wind, and she landed almost instantly in front of her.
“How dare you steal this young lady’s things, you guy, you’re not allowed to run!”
Following the girl’s annoyed voice, a cluster of scorching flames erupted. The black-robed girl was forced to stand firm, raising her hand to condense frost and ice, which collided with the flames, melting into liquid, and then instantly evaporating.
“You, a Mage, dare to come in front of me?”
The girl’s voice was as clear as the frost of a cold night, but it instantly melted in the hot wind. Verafia closely pursued, raising her small face and shouting.
“What’s there to be afraid of! For a coward like you who doesn’t even dare to show your face! Take this!”
As she spoke, the girl’s jade-like slender hand relentlessly cast flames again.
The black-robed girl had to raise her hand to block again. The strong impact of the scorching flames hitting the ice shield made her involuntarily take a step back. She suddenly gritted her teeth, clenched her hand backward, and extremely piercing coldness froze into an ice sword, which she grasped in her hand.
However, Verafia condensed flames faster than her. The girl waved her fair palm, and scorching flames howled down from mid-air!
The black-robed girl’s ice sword, raised to block, instantly melted. The impact of the blazing flames caused her to grunt, revealing a slight instability in her footing as she retreated. However, before she could even catch her breath, the spell summoned by Verafia’s other hand was already complete!
“The light of blazing flames, turn this hateful coward into ashes for this young lady!”
The black-robed girl had no time to react and could only hastily raise her hand to defend herself.
…
“Young Lady, when you cast magic, at least use a normal incantation, otherwise, it’s really disheartening!”
Ig looked at the girl who had unleashed such powerful magic and couldn’t help but complain in his heart. However, he also knew that the phoenix lady he served, when casting “simple” spells, generally didn’t need to chant incantations.
Ig raised his head again. In the short clash of a few moments, the smoke from the burning frost and ice had already dissipated.
Verafia still looked relaxed, while the girl opposite her had her cloak scorched and torn everywhere by the flames, but her body itself had not suffered much damage.
Ig’s eyes suddenly widened.
“V-Vampire?”
