I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 155

Chapter 155 Chapter 73 Crimson Night (7)
The blood race swordsman injured by Verafia quickly rushed out with a blood sword and, along with the blood archer, attacked the fleeing maiden.
Verafia gritted her silver teeth and endured the pain on her body, turning around to swing her sword and staff, unleashing powerful magic and sword qi to block their attack.
The clash of blood light and blazing flames, the aftermath of the explosion, easily destroyed the surrounding buildings. Even the ground paved with solid stone could not withstand such powerful force, and thick, long cracks appeared everywhere.
However, their earth-shattering battle sounds were merely ripples caused by a larger stone in the entire city.
Once again, Verafia swung her staff, releasing a scorching flame spell to repel the blood sword swordsman who was about to charge in front of her. The impact of the rebound hit her, and she couldn’t help but let out a pained groan. She took a deep breath, and her raised golden eyes gazed at Rubiel City shrouded in the night sky.
Beneath the quiet night, the light of the blazing flames illuminated the entire Rubiel City, with rolling thick smoke soaring into the sky. Thieves in black cloaks and blood masks galloped with knives, and everywhere there were shouts and killings.
The orange-yellow firelight reflected half the city, and the腥味 of blood merged with the whistling wind. The air spreading from the sky was filled with hatred and madness in the chaos.
Thieves were rampant everywhere. The orc slaves also broke free from their shackles amidst the chaos, raising burning torches and makeshift weapons to retaliate against their former masters… even the blood slaves, with their bodies desiccated and their eyes spewing scarlet madness, bared their fangs and bit the necks of the fleeing civilians, whose faces were filled with terror.
“Young Lady, are these the blood slaves… Gods above, how is this guy so tough!”
Ig forcefully swung his sword down. The blood slave lunging at him was much taller than an ordinary human. The obvious racial characteristics after desiccation, along with the dry tattoos and broken shackles, proved that it was an orc slave who made a living as a gladiator in its lifetime.
The sharp edge of the End, shining with a bright light, struck the shoulder of the orc blood slave, but it was like chopping into a hard piece of steel, emitting sparks.
“Roar!”
The orc blood slave roared. Ig gritted his teeth, slightly shifting the sword he swung down with force. The crimson firelight suddenly lit up, burning the enemy in front of him to ashes.
Ig pulled out the End, his hair completely soaked and stuck to his forehead. He forcefully wiped away the sweat dripping from his face.
Along the way, Ig had personally killed no less than ten blood slaves like this. Although it was almost entirely due to Verafia’s strength, the intense consumption in a short period of time had still made Ig’s face pale and sweat drip.
“That’s not it!”
Verafia grabbed her staff and struck the ground again with a massive flame magic. Rolling scorching flames, filled with scorching energy, were intended to temporarily block the pursuers.
“Moreover, these blood slaves do not have the true blood of vampires in their bodies. This way, the unbalanced blood poison not only dried up their body fluids but also their sanity. They are just the lowest level cannon fodder that vampires used to create quickly!”
As she spoke, she also took the opportunity to turn around and create distance, her flaming staff burning a large group of surrounding blood slaves to death. The maiden’s slightly raised scorching gold eyes were filled with clarity, reflecting the scorching gold firelight.
The maiden puffed out her cheeks, her fair face illuminated by the firelight.
“Most of these guys came from places like that slum, and the methods are not much different. Really, even though I’ve explained it so clearly, why are they still not prepared at all?”
“Then, Young Lady, shall we…”
“Go this way!”
The sword light unleashed by Verafia flattened the blood corpses that surged like a tide. Filthy blood filled the ground, instantly burned by the flames.
The maiden grabbed Ig’s arm. Her pure white boots stepped on the ground washed by the raging flames, and the starlight and scorching fire mixed in her exquisite, doll-like face. She seemed to pout her lips somewhat angrily.
“Although I am very disappointed in you humans, with the dark forces creating such a situation, they likely want to completely take over Oran’s legacy while Dawn is away. In this way, we can also take advantage of the chaos… En, that’s decided, let’s go to Elishia’s place first!”
In the evening, Elishia had informed Verafia of her residence. Although it was night now, and there were blood corpses and enemies everywhere, Verafia had also been wandering around Rubiel for two to three days. For prominent places like the Duke’s Mansion, it was naturally not difficult for her.
As they gradually approached the center of the city, the blood corpses around them seemed to become scarcer due to the distance from their place of origin, the slums. However, the sounds of fighting and crying did not decrease at all. Instead, as more and more thieves poured in, the fighting became even more intense.
Furthermore, it was quite obvious that the soldiers of Rubiel City, wearing regular military armor, were few in number and disorganized, easily killed by the swords and light crossbows of the thieves.
The thieves of the Bloodwind Blade naturally also blocked the path of Verafia and Ig, who were still being pursued.
“These are all people from the Bloodwind Blade… Is this all there are for the soldiers of Rubiel City?”
Ig forcefully pressed his sword down. The thief whose defense was broken staggered back, and in an instant, was easily turned into ashes by the flames released by the maiden who turned around. Ig looked at the scattered arrows flying around and the surging thieves, and couldn’t help but say.
A soldier hurriedly wielding a sword was decapitated by a sharp blade. The thieves who had fled to this place heard the command of the blood sword swordsman, and all roared, drawing their swords and rushing towards Verafia.
“Of course not!”
Verafia shouted, raising her staff with her slender hand. The newly unleashed demonic power released extremely strong light and heat, scorching the entire street. She pulled Ig’s arm and rolled to dodge the sword light of the blood sword swordsman.
“Cough, cough…”
Verafia’s white dress was already stained with a lot of blood and dirt, and her exquisite little face was also dirty, making her look very disheveled. Being chased by two crystals, Verafia didn’t have the leisure to maintain her image.
Verafia gritted her silver teeth forcefully, looking quite annoyed.
“Although I don’t understand you humans… but, many of the people who stopped us just now didn’t have any aura of blood power at all, and their discipline was much better than those thieves!”
Ig’s gaze fell on the black-clothed thieves who were still charging forward and fighting with the soldiers of Rubiel.
Looking ahead, the people dressed as thieves attacking Rubiel were not all from the Bloodwind Blade… Clearly, other forces were using their name to help them bring this city into stagnation and chaos.
The answer was naturally self-evident…
“They are loyal to Count Linton.”
Ig looked at the maiden. “If that’s the case, Young Lady, do you think Rubiel City’s military preparedness is also so passive and chaotic because of Linton’s meddling?”
“Otherwise, with the strength of a Duke’s capital, how could it be in such a state of disarray by a mere Bloodwind Blade?”
“How would I know? But, it’s probably like that…”
The maiden, also in a sorry state due to the Bloodwind Blade, said indignantly. She turned her face and looked at the Duke’s Mansion, which was still quite far away, and suddenly grumbled angrily:
“What Golden Flower, Elishia, that woman, is simply a brainless idiot! Even I can see that, doesn’t she have any vigilance towards this Linton at all?”