Chapter 73, Chapter 66
Twilight, fading brilliance
The Royal Guard drew his sword and slashed. Above the surrounding black land, dark light diffused in the air. The raised sword light was like a black tide that submerged the world!
Verafia gritted her teeth. Her recently depleted aura instantly surged again, and she swung the flame sword that had reformed, wielding the gilded phoenix flame.
In an instant, fierce flames ignited in the ever-spreading deep darkness. The burning gold longsword pierced through like the light of dawn, but was instantly shrouded by infinite blackness.
The black Royal Guard merely shifted his hand sideways. In the black territory, the increasingly evil and terrifying blade drew an arc, striking the gilded flame sword.
Instantly, the fierce flames were extinguished, and Verafia’s swung longsword shattered once more!
The girl’s face turned pale in an instant. As she retreated rapidly, her long dress was torn by the residual sword light. A black line grazed the girl’s delicate body, spilling bright red blood, which instantly turned black.
Something arose from nowhere, black, terrifying, and unknown, devouring and biting at her!
“Cough, ugh…”
The intense pain almost made her faint, but Verafia did not hesitate. She forcefully gritted her teeth and directly unleashed burning gold flames on herself, barely suppressing the spreading pitch-black color, then suddenly raised her hand and lifted the urgently formed weapon.
“Boom!”
The black sword edge struck the girl’s block. Verafia couldn’t help but groan in pain, her slender body tilting under the irresistible force, sinking deep into the ground.
The fierce impact completely annihilated all the life force contained within the ground beneath the girl!
“To be able to predict my sword technique, how interesting…”
The Royal Guard’s raised sword light transformed into a black arc and slashed down. Verafia did not show the slightest hesitation either, quickly slanting her sword down again to block the opponent’s next slash.
“Of course…”
Verafia forcefully tilted her head up, and with a subtle yet resolute voice, she spoke.
In the girl’s currently weak eyes, for the first time, a look of shock and anger appeared.
Even though it was already unrecognizable, how could she not be familiar with the sword technique the Royal Guard had just used?
“The Oath Light Sword of the Kingdom’s Royal Guard… Why do you know it too!”
“Interesting… I didn’t expect anyone else to recognize that ancient sword technique from this sword. Fiery Phoenix, I told you, we are the Kingdom’s Royal Guard, the King’s blade.”
The black Royal Guard seemed to let out a laugh, then in a low voice, finished the part of the sentence the girl absolutely refused to believe. The black sword light seemed to submerge all the colors in the sky.
The setting sun was dim and yellow, then submerged by darkness.
“As expected… heh.”
Verafia forcefully raised her arm and swung her sword, barely blocking the blade. Darkness, evil, decay, and annihilation fragments continuously spread, devouring life. All the vibrant colors withered.
The girl’s slender chest heaved forcefully, filled with unprecedented anger.
“The blue kite pattern under the white shining sacred light, Peka’s most glorious warrior for a thousand years, has actually become a fiend in your hands? Where is Herkoreya! Where is he!”
“You even know the name of Lord Herkoreya, and such exquisite sword skills… Young Phoenix, your identity makes me increasingly interested. Before your nirvana, what kind of existence were you?”
The black alchemical heavy armor trod on the ground. The colors of annihilation tainted the earth. The blade wielded by the Royal Guard forced the girl to barely block with her sword technique, but the opposing absolute oppressive power made it difficult for her to stop the colossal figure approaching her.
Verafia gritted her teeth, suddenly raised her scorching gold eyes, and the blade of the flame sword in her hand burned into golden flames, transforming into a fiery bird of burning flames flapping its wings, the dazzling golden flames igniting the twilight evening.
The Royal Guard raised his sword and slashed down. The solidified pitch-black light ray extinguished the flames on her body. The divine bird in the fierce flames let out a mournful cry, and the sky of twilight was torn to shreds.
Before the shattered flames, the black will approached with the blade.
Falling to the ground, the girl, unable to dodge, was directly pierced in the lower abdomen by the sword tip.
The Royal Guard’s voice sounded again.
“Lord Alkoreya sacrificed himself for His Majesty and the Kingdom in the war twenty years ago. I am not qualified to meet Lord Alkoreya, but I also admire his will. The Kingdom’s blade is also like this.”
The war twenty years ago… Was it the Star God incident Ronald mentioned? Is this substance in his body from this so-called Star God, or the “remnant” he mentioned before?
Verafia covered her wounded lower abdomen and retreated rapidly, her pale face devoid of any blood due to weakness and pain.
Compared to a wisp of aftershock, being truly stabbed now brought an annihilation and decay that was more than a hundred times stronger!
The substantial darkness continuously devoured. The golden flames that Verafia had barely gathered were much dimmer than their original bright and vibrant color.
Obviously, the previous exchange with the Royal Guard had completely exhausted the girl, and even the strength she forcefully summoned by burning her essence blood could not be maintained, leaving her almost completely depleted.
The Royal Guard’s blade gave her no chance to breathe. In the blink of an eye, it whistled and slashed diagonally at the girl who could barely stand.
Verafia used all her strength to raise her sword, but this was obviously just a futile obstruction.
A crisp cracking sound was heard, and the dark colors spread sequentially, but were forcibly suppressed by the Royal Guard.
Obviously, the Royal Guard did not intend to completely destroy this mysterious Miss Phoenix with this single blow.
“Uh, huh…”
The sword in Verafia’s hand did not shatter. She forcefully propped herself up and knelt on the ground, her lower abdomen bleeding profusely, dyeing her torn dress a bright red.
Verafia slightly raised her pale little face, looking at the Royal Guard who was approaching her like a black mountain. The twilight rays rendered on his pitch-black armor also fell on the girl’s porcelain-white face, where no vitality could be seen.
“Miss Phoenix, rest assured, I do not intend to destroy you. Your identity probably does not allow me to do such an overstepping act. I believe His Majesty will personally decide your fate.”
The Royal Guard lowered his foot, covering the light of the entire sky. From beneath the black mask, his voice sounded again, but unlike before, there was a more peculiar tone this time.
“The sun divine bird that only exists in legends, sword skills so exquisite that even I can only admire them, and you even know Lord Alkoreya’s name, the Oath Light Sword technique of the Royal Guard…”
“Young Phoenix, I am increasingly curious about what your past identity was.”
“My identity, ha…”
Her gilded hair fell, and Verafia slightly raised her small face.
“Royal Guard, do you really want to know?”
Even in her eyes, which were still beautiful and gorgeous despite being extremely weak at this moment, scorching gold flames burned, but they could not hide the chilling color that revealed itself.
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A new month… asking for monthly votes. I thought about it, and after this month’s release, perhaps I’ll start a bounty hunt too? 2333
