I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 269

Chapter 269 Chapter 63 The Village of Death
Faced with Ig’s question, Verafia of course could not tell the truth directly. Instead, she stood up, her scorching gold eyes looking around, then shook her little head, showing a confused expression.
“I just feel something is wrong. I remember Ig telling me that there should be a village nearby… Why isn’t anyone around here.”
Verafia tilted her porcelain white delicate face, her golden eyes on her snow-white skin suddenly thinking, and guessed, “Could it be that they knew this young lady was coming and specifically welcomed her at home?”
Hearing the young girl say this, Ig also felt that something was wrong.
Ig was no stranger to this village on the border of the Mess Marquisate. Normally, it was not yet late at night, and whether it was hunting, farming, or collecting items in the town, he wouldn’t have seen no one on such a long journey.
Therefore, Ig suggested going to investigate. Naturally, the young lady Verafia, who was full of curiosity, would not object.
As the metal-clad carriage wheels rolled over the ground, making a sound in the silent air, the twilight of dusk was gradually dyed by the night, rendering a serene night.
But Ig’s expression on the carriage became solemn. Without Verafia beside him, even if it were just himself, he could already feel a suppressed aura.
“There’s a smell of blood…”
Ophi, who jumped off the carriage, looked around with her frost blue eyes, frowned beautifully, and then seemed to think of something, turned her little face to Ig beside her, and guessed, “I’ve read your stories… According to the plot, could it be that they were attacked by despicable bandits here too?”
Under the fallen frost white moonlight, Flan’s slender figure also came out. The Blood Race girl bent down, picked up a small handful of soil with her slender fingertips, and the dried blood quickly evaporated. On her fair skin, only a wisp of pitch-black aura remained.
“Not just blood. Ophi, if you look closely, amidst the aura of death, you can also detect the scattered dark magic… and it descended almost instantly, draining the lifeblood from these people. This is not something ordinary mountain bandits can do.”
Flan’s slender voice stopped, and her crimson eyes looked at the Ice Dragon Girl thoughtfully. Compared to her weak and powerless appearance after being injured more than a month ago, she had recovered a lot now, at least not showing many abnormalities.
Flan ran to Verafia’s side again, gently pulling the girl’s skirt sleeve with her little hand: “However, if that’s the case… what do you think, Sister?”
“I told you, you dragon are an idiot, not as perceptive as Flan!”
Verafia proudly tilted the corners of her lips, getting another chance to mock Ophi. Seeing the Ice Dragon Girl almost jumping with anger, and not knowing how to vent, the girl happily rubbed the little head under Flan’s soft silver hair.
“Mmm, Sister!”
“Actually, Flan has said it almost completely. This place was indeed swept by a powerful magic not long ago. The approximate time is not long. Not only the villagers here, but all the houses and roads were destroyed in an instant, presenting the scene we see.”
Verafia’s golden eyes looked at the village, which seemed deathly still under the dark night. Compared to Flan, under the cover of night, she saw more in the micro-level disturbances of mana particles, and could even roughly deduce the scene at that time.
“First, a dark spell directly leveled this village, drawing out the life force from the blood of everyone, overwhelmingly suppressing the forbidden magic that attacked afterwards, so much so that Flan did not detect any extra mana particles. I can’t tell the attribute, but the spell that followed most likely belongs to Vicena… This means she is probably nearby as well.”
Verafia thought to herself, her slender white fingertips at the hem of her skirt moved slightly, touching the air, and her golden eyes were lost in thought.
Among them, the girl vaguely felt unstable spatial fluctuations. These were ripples left after a powerful spell directly tore space.
“Directly slaughtering a village is a crime that is unforgivable and punishable by death anywhere. This is my father’s territory, and I think someone will come soon.”
Although Ig was angry, he remained calm.
Ig knew that a single spell could directly obliterate all life within a radius of hundreds of meters. He knew how terrifying the power represented by that was. Forget himself, even if he added the few girls beside him, they might not be able to be crushed by the other party.
However, Ig felt that he still needed to seek the opinion of his young lady, so he walked up to the girl: “Young lady, do you think we should wait here, or go to the nearest town…”
“Wait, there’s someone in the ruins of this village!”
Verafia’s suddenly raised voice interrupted Ig. The girl’s golden eyes suddenly lifted, and her fair white slender hand grabbed the staff condensed with flames.
Under the pitch-black sky, the fire elements gathered, and the vividly colored scorching golden flame light surged like a tide, almost instantly immersing into the deep sky, burning fiercely on the dark substance.
“It’s him!” Ig’s eyes narrowed, and his voice couldn’t help but rise.
“It’s you, you bad guy!”
Verafia saw the person forced to appear in the brilliant golden flame under the dark night sky. Although she still couldn’t see his face, the aura on him, denser than the night, like an “Abyss,” clearly revealed his identity.
Although she had let go of this person who had robbed her in Dorun City in the Dead Stillness Abyss, Verafia at that time was full of confidence and boasted in front of Ig.
After all, although this man with the abyss aura was quite strange, Verafia hadn’t figured out how to break through things like “Abyss” where the boundaries of matter and energy were unclear, but as long as he still had her bracelet, Verafia wouldn’t worry about not finding him.
However, for the next month, to Verafia’s great embarrassment, she couldn’t sense the aura of the bracelet, even though it had been activated by her magic.
Seeing the enemy here, new hatred added to old, Verafia’s exquisite little face instantly became furious.
“You stole my things, and you still dare to appear before this young lady! The matter of this village must also be your doing! It’s simply unforgivable!”
Verafia’s slender hand gripped the staff, golden flame light shimmering, astonishing magic power fluctuations surging around, scorching high temperature igniting red lotuses in the dark night, she stomped her small boots on the ground, and her slender delicate body rushed directly towards the man shrouded in the abyss aura!