Chapter 79 Protecting one’s own
“Orcs, and the blood slaves and soldiers created by Elrod, cough… Is he trying to seize Father’s inheritance? I can’t be caught by him. And Fernos…”
Ariel’s mind replayed Fernos’s stern and murderous face, and the blacksmith’s firm words that didn’t allow her to refuse.
This was obviously… Fernos sensed danger, which was why he so resolutely told Ariel to escape alone.
Even if the entire city was filled with Elrod’s followers.
Ariel couldn’t help but worry about the fate of the only family she had, who had grown up with her in this world.
And the Bloodwind Blade, Elrod…
The Blood Race Girl’s reluctant steps suddenly faltered, and the pain of her sprained ankle pierced her heart, causing her to stumble to the ground, her tender palm bleeding from friction against the ground.
“Waa…”
Ariel bit her lip tightly to avoid making too much noise. She tried to support herself, but her pale cheeks, with a pair of scarlet gem-like eyes, only showed a cold brilliance.
Suddenly, the silent air was filled with the sounds of heavy armor soldiers stomping on the ground, drawing swords and holding shields. Before Ariel could look up, a clear, yet angry girl’s voice rang out.
“Vampire! Your evil deeds are watched by the gods, you can’t escape!”
The ice magic was as chilling as the girl’s voice. Ariel bit her lip hard. The bleeding and pain stimulated her nerves, and she forcefully pulled up her long sword.
The overflowing blood mist was frozen, and the scattered cold air condensed into thick white frost on the ground, but it was instantly pierced by scarlet blood mist. Ariel pushed aside the obstructing sword, the white frost in front of her shattered, and her vision fell upon the girl among the knights and guards.
The girl was wearing a luxurious dark blue mage dress adorned with golden patterns. Her blue and white hair fell down, yet couldn’t hide the anger on her beautiful face.
She held a sumptuously crafted staff in one hand, the flashing magic crystal still lingering with unclaimed magic, and the hastily constructed magic array was ready to unleash powerful attacks at any moment.
A middle-aged knight, who looked like a commander and exuded a strong Battle Qi aura, stepped forward. His arm armor was inlaid with the same crown and wolf head family crest as the flag he held high.
The knight, whose figure was as massive as a mountain range, spoke in a deep, rough voice.
“Miss Dofi, the dead here were all harmed by the vampire’s blood magic! It’s likely that they were all killed by this demon!”
The middle-aged knight’s feigned angry voice reached Ariel, who merely smiled indifferently. She wouldn’t be unfamiliar with this voice.
Ariel had no intention of making a futile defense against human nobles. She tightly gripped the hilt of her cold long sword, and a hint of demonic blood mist flashed.
“Heh, of course… I personally killed all these people, one by one, with my sword.”
Ariel slowly straightened her body. The tattered cloak that outlined her slender figure did not make her look desolate at all. The Blood Race Girl raised her head, her silver hair falling along her cheeks, revealing scarlet pupils that were colder than the frost on the ground.
“You!”
The mage girl with blue and white hair was furious, her sapphire-like beautiful eyes showing anger, “How can you, by yourself, repay the lives of all the innocent people in Rubiel!”
As she spoke, the mage girl’s body once again emitted strong magic fluctuations, and the magic array condensed at the top of her staff turned into substance. Just the dispersed magic caused the surrounding ground to freeze rapidly!
“Vampire, your sins cannot be repaid. Frost Dance Scythe!”
In an instant, within the dancing blizzard, a frost scythe blade suddenly appeared, attacking the Blood Race Girl with terrifying power!
The sharp and icy blade edge seemed to freeze space and then abruptly cut it apart. It attacked at a speed far beyond the naked eye, and extreme cold pulled out vast frost ice afterwards.
The chill struck her face like a blade. Ariel gritted her teeth, her slender wrist gripping the sword hilt trembling, as if bearing some intense pain.
On the sword hilt she tightly grasped, the scarlet blood gem glowed in the darkness, and the slender, elegant blade edge revealed a scarlet hue, flowing like viscous blood on the sword!
Suddenly, a clear ringing sound came from the sky, the sound as beautiful as the chime of exquisite jade. Instantly, a burst of scorching gold flames descended!
“This is!”
Ariel’s sword-wielding action paused slightly, and surprise appeared on her exquisitely painted face.
The high temperature of the descending flames also seemed to burn through all space. From a height of hundreds of meters, it arrived in an instant, colliding with the ice scythe that was cutting forward before Dofiraia could react.
“Boom!”
Pure golden blazing flames filled the entire street almost instantly, and the scorching firelight burned away the darkness. Ariel raised a hand to block her face, and the immense heat struck like waves, lifting her silver hair and revealing her face, but it was not too dangerous.
In the fiery waves, the solid ice melted into water and then evaporated into a large amount of water vapor, exploding in mid-air. The licking flames ravaged the ground, forming a fiery storm like a roaring inferno in hell!
Dofiraia was caught off guard and had no time to release any defensive spells.
However, the expected pain did not befall her. With a dragon’s roar and an icy breath, an ice wall with drastically different but clearly more chilling magic stood before her, blocking all the impact of the flames.
Ariel lowered her sword, her blood-dyed pupils casually swept across the scorching golden flames that separated her from her enemies, and she uttered a faint sound.
“Is it her…?”
As if in response, in the night sky sprinkled with chaste moonlight, a resplendent scorching gold figure appeared, her beautiful wings stirring up blazing flames, her vibrant, beautiful feathers burning with crimson fire.
She suddenly shook her wings, and Igge fell heavily to the ground, causing him to exclaim, and instantly, the girl with gilded long hair also emerged from the flames.
“It’s you?”
Ariel’s gaze trembled slightly. Even though she had guessed, seeing this girl still made her unable to let down her guard. Her slender white fingertips tightened their grip on the sword hilt.
“Heh heh, it’s this young lady!”
Although her dress was tattered and her appearance was no better than Ariel’s, Verafia didn’t care at all. She glanced around with her scorching golden big eyes, then raised her delicate face and called out cheerfully.
“Of course, it’s not just me. That idiot ice dragon will be here soon!”
The Blood Race Girl couldn’t help but raise her fair chin, and an ice-blue figure also cut through the night sky. Her massive membranous wings vibrated, stirring up the roaring wind, making it almost impossible to stand.
The Frost Giant Dragon dived towards the ground, its chill mixed with the gale, extinguishing the flames that were still burning on the ground.
