I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 222

Chapter 222 Chapter 16 Count Lunse
As the black greatsword sliced the girl’s delicate body in two, Ig’s figure suddenly appeared in front of Verafia.
The End, drawn from Ig’s right hand, glowed with runes, and golden flames and cold white light shone together, blocking his front tightly and resisting the descending black greatsword.
The moment the End collided with the black greatsword, it let out a violent sound, as if twisting, and the surging black tide crashed against the End, making a sound of almost breaking on the ancient long sword!
“Boom!”
Ig was thrown back by the terrifying direct force, falling to the ground. Inside his body, golden flames emanating from his blood resisted the impact of the rampant force, preventing the young man from being crushed into a meat paste by the crushing power.
However, even so, Ig was lying on the ground, coughing up blood violently.
The pitch-black greatsword landed before Verafia’s delicate hair, causing her hair, as fine as silk, to flutter slightly. However, at the same moment, scorching flames twisted into scarlet lines, curbing the descending sword edge.
“What…” The black man, who had lowered his greatsword, narrowed his eyes.
“Unforgivable… for someone to steal my things and bully this young lady! Truly, unforgivable!”
Verafia’s voice trembled slightly, filled with furious anger. The girl’s face, as white as porcelain, fell directly under the dark greatsword. Besides shame and anger, her pair of scorching gold eyes burned like flames.
The flame staff held in the girl’s hand was like a sword hilt tightly gripped by her, and she pulled it with force.
“Fire and scorching sword edge from the abyss, I swear by my name, let the swirling crimson light split the daytime sky!”
In an instant, the blazing sword pulled from the deep crimson abyss, igniting intricate and obscure scorching patterns, and terrifying high temperatures ignited from the crimson sword edge, slashing straight from before the dark greatsword!
The entire pitch-black, cage-like domain, a scarlet light suddenly appeared, split into a fiery crack, and scorching flames burned fiercely between the pitch-black turbid currents.
Even the man who had already descended upon the girl let out a muffled groan and was forced to retreat. The moment his feet landed, the bricks and stones on the ground all shattered, and then were burned to ashes by the high temperature.
Under the “Sword of the Blazing Abyss”, the dark greatsword that had been blocking the front was marked with flames, and the pitch-black long robe was also split by the flames, revealing the scorched flesh; and the dark cage that covered him from behind, unable to bear the immense energy, collapsed with a bang.
The black man’s palm blocked the sword, and his raised gaze met the cracked pitch-black sky.
“Bang!”
The moment the pitch-black barrier collapsed, Ophi’s frost and ice dragon spear pierced straight forward. The black-robed man sidestepped to evade, blocking the spear blade with the black greatsword he was holding. Extreme cold frost quickly spread, but it was instantly shattered by the impact.
“Ice Dragon? Get out of the way!”
The opponent’s eyes fell on Ophi. Suddenly, another left hand wrapped with dense, turbid energy grabbed the ice dragon spear; the ice dragon girl’s delicate face was startled, and the extremely domineering power forcefully pushed away her blue frost magic. Suddenly, she threw her out with a forceful swing.
Flan was forced to forcibly restrain her accumulated attack and was hit by the airborne ice dragon girl. The sword qi unleashed by “Cold Light” on her hand only cut through the black man’s afterimage, and then she watched helplessly as he rapidly escaped from in front of her.
“Don’t go!”
Verafia yelled furiously. The powerful magic accumulated on the staff held tightly in her slender hand was heavily thrown at the back of the black-robed man.
The scarlet and scorching flames attacked with a roar, leaving deep traces in the air. However, before the spell could hit the fleeing enemy, it was blocked by a large hand, and the rolling flame light was directly extinguished by the power of the stars.
Verafia had just taken a step forward, holding her staff, but the black man’s figure had already disappeared. The girl ran in front of the middle-aged man who blocked her attack, gritting her silver teeth, so angry she was about to jump:
“Hey, who are you! Why did you block this young lady’s attack!”
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The man who blocked the girl’s path had an elegant demeanor. As a noble, he merely smiled slightly at Verafia’s presumptuous words and responded courteously:
“Miss Mage, while your spell just now was amazing, this is Dorun City in Anderfield. If you cast it recklessly, you could cause casualties among the commoners. If you need to practice your magic, you should choose the countryside outside the city.”
At the side, after Flan helped Ophi, who had fallen to the ground, to her feet, she quickly rushed to the side and helped Ig, who had fallen into the rubble, up.
Ig drank several mouthfuls of life potion, and with the vitality infused by Flan’s blood magic, he managed to catch his breath. The black-haired young man’s gaze, which he had raised with difficulty, met the middle-aged noble facing Verafia:
“Count Lunse?”
Hearing the young man’s voice, Count Lunse’s gaze turned towards him, and surprise appeared on his face.
“So it’s Young Master Ig from Lord Eggesti’s household. I only heard yesterday from my son that you had arrived in Dorun, but I regretted not being able to meet you. What a coincidence that we meet here.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Count Lunse’s gaze fell back on the angry-faced golden-haired girl in front of him, and said,
“In that case, you must be Miss Phoenix by Young Master Ig’s side, in Lord Dawn’s territory, as rumored. Indeed, as beautiful as in the legends…”
“I don’t have time to listen to your flattery!”
Young Lady Verafia stamped her slender feet and shouted at a star: “I ask you, why did you stop this young lady earlier!”
Count Lunse looked at the rumored Flame Phoenix with his clear blue eyes and shook his head, saying,
“Even if you are the legendary Flame Phoenix, and you are with Young Master Ig, magic is not allowed to be cast within Lunse City. Miss Phoenix, for Count Mays’ sake, I will not capture you, so please leave quickly.”
“What do you mean! My treasure was stolen, and even my attendant was injured, and I’m not allowed to fight back!”
Verafia was so enraged by Count Lunse’s deliberate impartiality that smoke was coming out of her ears. However, facing a star, the girl’s limited rationality still managed to suppress the urge to act and chose to argue loudly.
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In the end, Count Lunse promised to personally apprehend the bandits who dared to act violently in Dorun City.
However, the expression of “I deliberately stopped you, what can you do?” revealed by Count Lunse made the girl so angry that she almost threw a fireball at the Count’s face.
Fortunately, Ig shouted that it was bad, and quickly signaled Flarn, who was supporting him, to tightly grasp Young Lady Verafia’s arm, preventing the girl from acting irrationally.
Furious, Verafia had to suffer this great loss, which was very rare, and was pulled away by Flan, leaving with great grievance.
The middle-aged Count watched the receding back of the golden-haired girl, as if talking to himself, “How is this girl’s strength?”
Beside him, a wisp of gray smoke seeped into the rubble on the ground.