I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 285

Chapter 285 Chapter 79 Blazing Radiance
After the fierce magic aftereffects, a marigold-like fiery glow shimmered in the night sky, reflecting the tiny ice fragments that integrated into the night wind after the frost dragon’s breath stalled.
Miss Verafia gracefully turned her wrist, her fingertips lightly grasping and melting the oncoming ice crystal cold wind. Her soft golden hair was blown by the wind, and on her snow-like delicate face, a pair of scorching gold eyes revealed faint worry.
Although Vicena seemed to be following Lancaster and had a considerable relationship with him, even Verafia now did not wish for the young girl who had followed her and Lucia back then to encounter any accident.
Now, even though she hated Lancaster immensely in her heart, Verafia could only hope that Lancaster would at least grant her chief mage some support…
Just at this moment, Verafia suddenly looked up in surprise.
“Wait, that’s—”
The girl’s voice made many people look up at the same time.
An extremely vast intensity of heat and light spread rapidly within its distinctly contrasting night colors. Almost simultaneously, at the junction of the sky and the earth in the distance, a brilliant light suddenly ignited.
“Blazing Radiance!” Ig exclaimed almost instinctively.
As Ig’s voice fell, the interface in the darkness, shimmering with endless light and heat, erupted like a scorching sun, and golden light poured out like a flood.
To the eyes of everyone except Verafia, who was on the dragon’s back, it was like a sword of gold formed by condensed sunfire. A brilliant sword mark divided the entire night sky, carrying light and heat that merged into the raging storm, sweeping over everything around.
“Such powerful swordsmanship… to wield such flames from a human’s sword is truly incredible.”
Verafia raised her hand to block the sun-like golden light. Even from a high altitude more than ten miles away, she could clearly feel the fierce and dazzling colors emanating from it, imagining the power fully released in the center.
Of course, in terms of power, for Verafia, who had once been a hero, it was merely astonishing. What truly drew the girl’s attention was the person who had wielded the fiery sword, cutting through the entire night with fierce brilliance.
Verafia turned to Ig beside her, blinking her golden eyes, a look of great interest appearing on her small face. “But, this swordsmanship… why does it seem somewhat familiar? It seems to have some similarities with the Flowing Light Sun Spin that you used, Ig?”
Chrisis, who was pulled up by Ig, answered for him, “Miss Verafia, what the young master just said, ‘Blazing Radiance,’ is the Lord’s most powerful sword technique. It shares the same origin as the ‘Flowing Light Sun Spin’ you mentioned.”
If it were any other time, Ig would certainly have praised this Miss Phoenix for her keen observation, being able to detect similarities just by her own display of swordsmanship.
However, at this moment, Ig was naturally not in the mood to discuss such things.
“My father’s swordsmanship appearing here… could it be that he himself has come?”
The black-haired young man looked up at the black sky, which had returned to silence after being covered by the golden light curtain, but still contained a scorching sword intent, and thought silently. He couldn’t help but think again of the family banner represented by that majestic and taciturn man.
The Cross Kite Pattern flag of Landishstaufen… as the most ancient and noble symbol of honor within the southern territories, but Ig, as the son of the clan leader, had always been quite resistant to it, or rather, evasive.
Ig clenched his fist firmly.
“Hey, Ig, what’s wrong?” Verafia, turning her small face, noticed the unusual expression on the young man’s face and asked.
Ig looked up and smiled at the girl.
“Nothing, it’s just that with my father appearing here, perhaps I’ll be able to return home a bit earlier than expected. Actually, Young Lady, to be frank, I miss Shiel a little…”
“You mean that little girl Shielin? Hmph, is it not enough to have this young lady by your side… Besides, your expression just now doesn’t look like missing someone.”
Verafia’s porcelain-white face, illuminated by the moonlight, pouted her lips, seemingly displeased with Ig’s rather perfunctory answer.
However, Miss Verafia seemed to have just asked casually and didn’t seem to care about what Ig was thinking. The unhappy expression on her face quickly disappeared. She reached out and pulled at her temple hair, which was blown by the wind, and let out a soft hum:
“But, this little girl named Shielin, you’ve mentioned her so many times, Ig, that I’ve become quite curious. Never mind, when we get to your home, remember to take me to see her.”
With that, Verafia turned her small head. Her bell-like melodious voice echoed. Ig raised his cheek and saw the girl’s golden hair illuminated by the crystal-clear moonlight.
Ig showed a slight smile. Could he still have lingering feelings for that place, not just because of Shielin, but also because of his parents’ existence?
The black hair’s gaze shifted from the girl’s pretty back on the ice crystal dragon’s back, looking at the black night that had once again fallen silent after the scorching light.
Although Ophelia’s wings vibrated, the overflowing ice magic condensed into crystal-clear ice, but it was quickly swallowed again by the boundless night, leaving no ripples. In the young man’s eyes, it reflected his family in memory like a mirror.
“Landishstaufen… as expected, I still hesitate even now. This is truly unacceptable.”
Ig knew his state of mind and mocked himself. He knew that even if he had made up his mind to return, at the crucial moment, he would still feel the urge to flee.
At that time, when he had made an agreement with Verafia to obtain the Scarlet Flame Flower for her, besides wanting to stabilize the little phoenix who seemed to have been downgraded, another purpose was to leave himself no room to retreat under the coercion of this Miss Phoenix.
Ig took a deep breath, drew his sword. The sword’s surface was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting his face, his most distinctive azure eyes, and his black hair, which was rare even in the entire Peka.
Beside him, the sound of the frost wings of the dragon flapping like waves.
…
The huge wind pressure from Ophelia’s landing stirred the surrounding ground, which was already in a state of disarray from the ravaged area. The cold frost aura and the scorching hot air residual on the ground crackled after Marquis Mays’ earth-shattering sword strike.
As a very rare dragon, Ophelia was noticed by the high-level cultivators and Grand Knights-Commander as soon as she was in the sky. Now, as soon as she landed, she was surrounded by many knights.
Among them, leading them was a Grand Knight-Commander wearing a red robe and carrying a greatsword of sacred light.
“A young dragon lady?”
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Spent several days… feeling a bit scattered…