Chapter 67
Ronald’s impassioned shout made those who were still hesitant due to the burden of morality tightly grip their weapons, with a greedy fire burning in their eyes.
Grisia bit her lip hard. Just as she was about to step forward, her slender wrist, which she had raised, was grabbed by a large hand.
“Brother Hel, you too… Miss Verafia saved us!”
Grisia’s wrist trembled uncontrollably. She raised her eyes in disbelief, looking at the person holding her wrist, Hel, who had been silently bowing his head.
“Grisia, you don’t understand, you don’t know… that is a noble Phoenix! As for this Miss Phoenix, we can only apologize.”
Hel said, staring into the Half-elf girl’s eyes, then suddenly put strength into his arm and threw her behind him.
“If you can’t bear it, then just watch us. Grisia, I don’t want to fight you because of her!”
Grisia staggered. Before she could shout out, she saw Hel, who had unleashed all his Dou Qi, grip his battle sword and stride forward.
In just an instant, all the adventurers of the Cyclone Wing Adventuring Party had stepped out, arrows were nocked, and staves lit up with radiance. In the next moment, they unleashed a barrage of attacks on the young girl!
“Ridiculous and pathetic.”
Seeing the Cyclone Wing Adventuring Party and Hel, who had gotten along reasonably well with her before, join the fray, Verafia merely raised a sneering smile. Her Burning Gold pupils still held a clear gaze, full of disdain.
Although, under the protection of Ronald’s Radiance Domain, the strength of the Cyclone Wing Adventuring Party was enough to contend with a small, hundred-man elite regular legion. If you added these two swordsman and mage standing at the peak of Platinum, even a powerful Crystal Rank warrior would have a fight on their hands. However, in the girl’s brilliant and dazzling eyes, not even a ripple had appeared.
“Everyone, attack together! Let’s kill this Phoenix!”
Fierce Dou Qi mixed with the shouts. Everyone’s all-out attacks stirred up powerful fluctuations and rushed forward.
Verafia merely lifted her youthful and delicate face slightly, and the flames burning around her became even more dazzling. The girl slightly raised her delicate, jade-like white fingers.
In front of her, heavy blazes suddenly roared. The extremely high temperature instantly melted the adventurers’ tempest-like attacks. Even the little that remained, in the raging gale of scorching golden flames, did not even stir a ripple.
Although she still stood on the ground, her slender body appearing even smaller than others, she seemed like a deity high in the sky, looking down on the ignorant humans who attacked her without knowing their limits.
Verafia had never harbored any expectations for these people. What maintained peace was never so-called morality and favors, but rather sufficiently powerful strength that would completely submerge the greed in their hearts, and complete fear.
Looking at it this way… they did not have a clear understanding of their own strength.
But that was fine.
Verafia turned the flames released by her fingertips, instantly blasting away a swordsman who had charged forward, gritting his teeth and drawing his sword. The girl suddenly waved her staff, and in the sky submerged by the heat of the flames, terrifying magical fluctuations gathered again.
The scorching golden light almost covered everyone’s vision. Scorching gold blazing flames licked and burned, and pillars of blazing fire shot up into the sky, and meteor fire rained down.
“Meteor Shower, become my remaining wrath, and fall!”
The girl waved her staff, and a golden storm roared. The ravaging flame tornado destroyed the entire land. On her immaculate side profile, illuminated by the light of the blazing fire, only nobility and indifference remained.
“Storm of Blazing Flames, answer my summons, and roar here!”
Horror appeared on the faces of the Cyclone Wing Adventuring Party’s warriors.
The flame magic that the girl had previously displayed, rescuing them from the tide of magical beasts, was now displayed in a grander, more magnificent, and fiercer manner. The scorching blazing flames had now turned into the cold scythes of the God of Death, harvesting their lives!
The adventurers unleashed their most powerful attacks without hesitation, but under the sweeping golden flames, they were like pebbles thrown into the vast sea, not even a ripple appearing.
Luxurious and beautiful golden flames burned. With every breath of time, adventurers let out painful and regretful screams.
“Ahhh, I was wrong!”
“Miss Verafia, spare my life!!”
“Brothers, let’s go all out!”
…
The magnificent and scorching flames continued for several breaths before Verafia dispelled them with a wave of her hand.
The air was filled with the pained moans of people.
Although Mage Yibowen and Swordsman Ain tried their best to cover, within a few breaths, more than half of the adventurers had fallen in the girl’s golden blazing flames.
Even Swordsman Ain, who had charged forward, gritting his teeth and attempting to interrupt the girl’s spellcasting, had his left arm incinerated by the scorching blazing light, and was completely heavily wounded!
Verafia shifted her gaze from the thoroughly frightened adventurers to Ronald, whose face was stiff.
The girl, as if completely tired of this boring game, shook her pure white butterfly head and suddenly spoke.
“Ronald, I know there’s someone else behind you. Hurry up and call him out.”
The girl’s clear voice was exceptionally clear in the silent air filled only with fear. Everyone’s gaze instantly turned to the Paladin, and even the two Platinums acting as his guards showed surprised expressions.
Ronald’s expression was terribly grim. He gripped his hands tightly, then exhaled forcefully and laughed twice.
“As expected… Miss Verafia knows everything. Then, I suppose we have been watched by you all along. Ridiculous, I even thought I would be the hunter.”
Verafia gave a cold smile, her expression uncommittal.
She had noticed the aura of the two guards beside Ronald during the beast tide yesterday, so she naturally wouldn’t be foolish enough to put herself in danger.
In fact, a large part of what happened before was her pretending to act.
Among them, there was naturally a sudden interest in seeing what choice Ig would make regarding her, but the main reason was that Verafia wanted to use them to spread her identity as the “Phoenix.”
Therefore, even if the people of the Cyclone Wing Adventuring Party attacked her, Verafia had intended to leave half of them alive… that was her original plan.
“So, you don’t plan to call him out?”
The girl’s voice was clear and cold, and her Burning Gold pupils gazed at the Paladin, who showed a look of relief. Ronald shook his head self-deprecatingly, then suddenly straightened his body and raised his head, chanting.
“Envoy.”
Following the youth’s voice, the colors pervading the air instantly dimmed. Even the heat burning from the girl’s brilliant golden flames seemed to freeze at this moment.
Verafia narrowed her eyes slightly.
A figure, hidden within a huge black robe, walked out from behind Ronald. A murky aura rose from him, foul and dark, as if rendering the entire world into a state of deathly stillness and nothingness.
