I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 71

Chapter 71 Chapter 64 Pitch Black Falling Snow (Part 2)
Verafia also stared at the other party. The burning gold flames around the young girl grew brighter, but with the sound of the Royal Guard stepping towards her, they retreated step by step, finally forced to be pressed tightly against her.
The black Royal Guard looked at the young girl and spoke again.
“Young Phoenix, your bloodline and flames are the most brilliant I have ever seen in my life. If given time, the Kingdom will have another Saint Domain, or even a legend!”
Verafia did not reply. After a moment, she raised her beautiful face and suddenly spoke.
“I heard Ronald call you Royal Guard… Peka’s Royal Guard, I want to know, have you been here for a long time?”
“Yes. Before the inferior beings of the abyss appeared.”
The black Royal Guard replied.
“Then why are you appearing now?”
“I am only responsible for his safety, not for choices. And the Kingdom’s sharpest blade only cuts down fiends.”
Verafia said no more. After a long time, she gently raised her head, her gaze mocking.
“As expected… the Kingdom’s blade is unwilling to be stained with innocent blood, so it allows heretical fiends to slaughter its citizens.”
“Yes, after all, no matter what, Ronald also has the blood of your King flowing through him, so you naturally cannot allow those who might know this to survive.”
Verafia chuckled softly, and in her burning gold pupils, beautiful yet blazing flames burned. She raised her pure white face and spoke from on high.
“So, what are you going to do with me? Kill me like the Abyss Envoy just now?”
“Not necessarily. Your origins are not ordinary, far beyond what I can handle. I will only bring you before His Majesty, and His Majesty will personally decide your future.”
Peka’s Royal Guard’s voice, from beneath his black mask, was hoarse and low, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
“But you can rest assured. I can let go of this young man from Marquis Mays’ family and take him to a safe place.”
“Heh, take me to Lancaster’s side… Royal Guard, do you think he would want to see me?”
The young girl’s soft laughter felt a bit strange to the black Royal Guard. He raised his gaze and saw a deep mockery appear on the girl’s porcelain-like exquisite face.
“Of course, I really want to see him again… but not now, so, Royal Guard, your invitation, I refuse!”
The staff gripped tightly by Verafia suddenly drooped. In the storm, the burning gold flames instantly became fierce, and the surging gale seemed to submerge the colors of the entire world, unleashing the long-suppressed furious flames upon the Royal Guard!
Intense and terrifying, the brilliant gold flames, powerful enough to completely annihilate Swordsman Ain and Mage Iboren who had previously surrounded her, did not even stir his expression in front of the mountain-like tall Royal Guard.
“Ignorant and fearless. Young Phoenix, this is a wrong decision.”
The Royal Guard simply stood there. His voice was calm. His large pitch-black cloak fluttered in the wind that was colored by the golden flames. His exposed alchemical armor seemed to swallow all the light in the world.
The Kingdom’s Royal Guard suddenly drew his sword. On the sharp edge, a crystalline, indescribable black energy surged rapidly. He looked at the flames rushing towards him.
The moment the Royal Guard drew his sword, the condensed darkness on the blade expanded rapidly. Countless unseeable, silent wills spread. Beneath the blade’s edge, the burning gold flames summoned by the young girl withered with fear, beauty, and luxury.
The pitch-black blade swung down with a single stroke.
The colors in the sky fell silent for an instant. Even the setting sun’s light dimmed at this moment. As the blade cut through the air, flames, high temperatures, and even all the elements in the world withered and scattered, then were swallowed by the expanding darkness!
“Such power… Damn it, I’ve never seen anything like it!”
Verafia’s staff burned with all the will of fire she could control. The burning flame storm attacked the aftermath of the black Royal Guard’s casual sword strike without regard for expenditure.
Suddenly, Verafia raised her staff, and a high wall of fire suddenly rose before her!
“Surtur’s Flame Barrier!”
“Boom!”
In an instant, the pitch-black color submerged all the burning flame light in the air, and then poured entirely onto the wall of fire in front of the young girl.
Although in Verafia’s perception, the black light before her was just an invisible energy wave, when she actually made contact, she found that it was like a viscous, rotting black liquid, instantly breaking through her defense!
Verafia did not hesitate at all and pushed the staff in front of her forward.
“Fire, explode!”
With a clear cry, the brilliant flames gathered with infinite heat before the young girl instantly exploded. The scorching high temperature burned through the incoming black light.
Verafia raised her fair, slender hand, and more brilliant, ancient golden flames with obscure and intricate markings appeared in her palm, releasing towards the closely approaching light ray.
“Corona Solar Flare!”
At the point of confrontation, there were no violent sounds or explosions, but Verafia’s delicate face turned pale, and she was sent flying more than ten meters away.
The light ray, carrying immense energy in the air, gradually faded amidst vaporization and engulfment. The Royal Guard in the enormous black alchemical armor slowly walked out. The shattered but still burning golden flames in mid-air withered and cooled just by getting close.
“Brilliant and terrifying flames.”
The Royal Guard looked at the young girl struggling to get up not far away and commented again.
“Phoenix of flames… your power is by no means confined to mere Platinum. If you were also at Star, even I would not be your opponent.”
“Cough, cough, that’s not necessarily true… Even now, don’t think you can defeat me!”
To the young girl’s stubborn voice, the Royal Guard just watched. The darkness surging on his blade showed his mockery.
Suddenly, his body turned into a series of black lines in the air. His mountain-heavy metal armor trampled the ground, making a trembling sound.
In just a blink of an eye, the Royal Guard stepped before the young girl. A black sword light instantaneously slashed down. Verafia retreated rapidly, and at the same time, quickly grabbed her staff to block.
“What a beautiful and brilliant spell…” The black Royal Guard swung his blade, his voice full of praise.
The pitch-black sword edge cut through the spell. Under the sword’s light ray, the flame staff the girl used to block shattered instantly, scattering into mid-air. The flames also dimmed and extinguished under the sweeping black light ray, almost touching the young girl’s pure white face.
However, on Verafia’s slightly raised cheek, not a trace of fear appeared, only a coldness. She looked up at the Royal Guard’s face and suddenly gave a faint smile.
“This is not… but, Royal Guard, under a sword like yours, the power of spells always has limits… unless one becomes a being that transcends spells.”
The black Royal Guard stopped walking: “What do you want to say?”
“I’m not a Mage anymore! Royal Guard!”
With a clear cry, the young girl raised her flawless snowy face to directly face the pitch-black sword. The golden flames that appeared in her hand suddenly condensed, forming into a long sword, and she struck back with a slash!
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When writing this chapter, I also tried to think about the storyline where the female protagonist agreed to the Royal Guard’s words, and then the male protagonist leveled up alone to save his wife lololol
(Abbreviated as Ig’ter the Winner of Life route)