Chapter: 47. Self-Inflicted
Ambush.
Before the Demon King’s Army’s Third Legion arrives at the border with the High-Level Races, they must pass through this narrow Enchanted Valley.
Therefore, if they can reach the end of the valley before the Third Legion crosses the canyon and arrives at the Northern Region ice plains, they can force a confrontation in this narrow terrain.
Originally, Belis thought this situation would require the entire army to fly at full speed, braving the dangers of wind and snow for a rapid long-distance march.
However…
The marching process was even faster than she had imagined.
【Group Space Transfer】【Coordinate Movement】
Hey.
One second we were still discussing the march.
The next second, we’re here!
Belis and Princess Xue Fei, the two commanders, were hiding beside the stone wall at the mountain top, looking down without feeling strange at all, but instead cheering loudly for “Princess Xue Fei is mighty.”
Belis recalled the exaggerated scale of the space transfer…
And then looked at her sister, who was still grinning and swaying her head in a daze.
Do you know how much pressure Belis, as the little sister, is under?
“I’m saying, Queen Sister… I increasingly feel like our march isn’t necessary? How about you just go and take out the enemy commander directly? Why put in so much effort… really…”
“Hmm?”
Xue Fei seemed to hear something being bitten into pieces?
She tilted her head in surprise and saw Belis furrowing her brows, as if she were gnawing on snow.
No…!
She seemed to be eating paper!
Because it was white in color, it looked like snow at first glance.
“What are you eating?!”
“Um… glug… it’s the Shortest Path Map for High-Altitude March I wrote for Queen Sister, now… um… it’s already useless.”
“Ah! You can’t eat paper! You silly child. Wow, you ate it so fast, it’s already gone. Wait… are you angry?”
“Not at all.”
“Still saying no, you ate paper. Sigh… have some snow to cool down.”
“I won’t eat any more! Um…?”
“Don’t be mad, it’s my fault for not telling you how to march in advance…”
“It’s not really your fault, Queen Sister… I just feel like I’m not being helpful, so I’m a bit…”
“Hahaha! I knew you were an understanding child since you were little!”
“Of course it’s all Queen Sister’s fault!”
Belis’s little tiger tooth looks fierce, but it won’t actually bite Xue Fei, right?
Because once she pats her head, Belis isn’t angry anymore.
Xue Fei’s hand is the best medicine for healing Belis; any discontent will be cured by this somewhat unfamiliar head patting. If the situation is too serious, they might have to find a quiet place to let its effect take some positional change.
Now isn’t that severe… after all, they were still in a battle, Belis was just preoccupied with wanting to help, but realized her sister didn’t seem to need her assistance, so she felt a bit down.
“Don’t think too much, Belis. You’ll have your chance to show off later; there are some things I can’t handle.”
“Do you mean…?”
“I’ll tell you later, but did you see the firelight over there?”
“Mm, that’s the Third Legion’s position.”
“When do you think they will arrive?”
“Based on their speed toward us, they should detect the Second Legion in about five minutes, then will they directly initiate an extermination battle?”
“Look at the sky.”
“The sky?”
“Not this side, it’s over there.”
“……”
Sister, you clearly pointed in the wrong direction… don’t correct the positioning and make it sound like I was wrong, okay!
Belis squinted, her deep purple eyes reflecting the vast night sky, gazing towards the Third Legion’s position.
If it were an ordinary person, they could only see a slight aurora in the sky, a “specialty” of the Northern Region.
But at the level of Five Wings, if Belis were specifically prompted to look in that direction, she could perceive the subtle nature of the magical essence in the sky.
“That’s not the aurora…”
“Yes. Ugh! This isn’t tasty either!” Xue Fei curiously tasted the snow, got a chill in her teeth, opened her eyes wide and quickly spit it out, then turned back and regained her seriousness, “It’s just disguised as an aurora; that’s a highly precise mental influence type magic. It’s likely that’s what instilled the ‘rebellion’ concept in the Third Legion.”
“In other words… the Third Legion doesn’t even know they’re rebelling?”
“Probably, but that’s not the point.”
“Right… the point is, who orchestrated this?”
“Just as I thought, you’re my sister~ born smart.”
“Hmph, that’s not right; it’s because I’m Queen Sister’s little sister that I’m smart.”
“Why is your mouth so tough…”
“Then why don’t you soften it with a kiss?”
“Alright, let’s get back to business.”
“Will you kiss later?”
“Sure.”
Anyway, the most crucial issue is—who cast this magic?
Mental magic users are quite rare. To Belis’s knowledge, even the best mental magic users can only influence the thought processes of dozens of people at once; it’s hard to achieve the effect of “changing perspectives.”
But keep in mind.
The Third Legion is comprised of more than fifty thousand people.
“Can you dispel the magic, Queen Sister?”
“I can, but I’m not very good at it… If things go wrong and I forcibly correct their thinking, I might directly destroy their brains, and if that happens, it’ll be a huge mess.”
“…I can imagine… forget it, I won’t critique this anymore; I’m used to it. How about a direct decapitation—killing the enemy leader? I can go for an ambush.”
“That won’t do much, the mental magic wasn’t cast by him. Hehe, I have a plan to draw out the mastermind, Belis!”
“Mm, at your command.”
Eh… family members shouldn’t use phrases like “at your command” in conversation!
If Belis wants to say that, Queen Sister should just let it be.
Some tacit understanding doesn’t need communication.
Xue Fei didn’t explain any strategies to Belis, while Belis took Xue Fei’s hand, using her magical supply, and communicated telepathically, issuing orders with the authority of the Second Princess.
“Attention all troops, the Third Legion is under the influence of mental magic. Now, those proficient in 【Binding Magic】, 【Thunder Flow Magic】, 【Water Prison Magic】, and various spells that can restrict enemy actions, prepare to release them as soon as the enemy enters the field of vision! For now, try to trap them as much as possible!”
“Stay safe!~ Maintain a distance with magic, don’t harm allies.”
The second statement was a supplement from Xue Fei.
Hearing her voice, the originally dark army gradually flickered with various magical lights, merging into a sea of magical stars.
Those who weren’t versed in binding magic weren’t idle either.
They discarded their weapons, rolled up their sleeves—
—pulled out frozen fish from their pockets.
This thing won’t kill, but it can knock someone out.
Thus, the whole army could strike, morale high!
“Queen Sister.”
“Mm-hmm, shall we meet their Third Legion commander? What kind of army fights without their commander doing so, hmm…?”
——Swish!
The sky seemed to brighten.
It’s still not dawn.
Meanwhile, from the bottom of the sheer cliff, the shouts of soldiers seemed to echo.
“Commander!!”
Xue Fei glanced back towards the sky lightly.
She saw a large-scale fire magic illuminating the night sky, rushing towards her at the peak of the snowy mountain.
Due to the high temperature, the surrounding snow began to melt rapidly, as if the fireball falling like a meteor marked the moment everything would turn to ashes.
“Oh no… we haven’t gone yet, it seems the enemy commander is even more eager than us?”
“Heh… such daring; do they know who they’re attacking… Queen Sister, leave it to me.”
“No need, no need, just watch. This sky isn’t just one layer.”
——Clang!
The fireball bizarrely stopped in mid-air.
It was as if it had hit some transparent wall, unable to advance another inch.
Even though the fireball, several kilometers in diameter, still attempted to fall, it hung in the sky for a long time and ultimately lost its downward force.
In an instant, affected by some form of rebound force, it turned into sparkles like fireworks, scattering against the sky.
【Sky Barrier】
One of the highest-level defensive spells.
After all, casting magic towards the sky for aerial attacks is the Third Legion’s forte; Xue Fei didn’t intend to let the Second Legion suffer in that aspect.
Belis’s gaze had turned as cold as ice.
At first, she considered whether to give the rebel leader a chance to be escorted back to Canbino for judgment.
But now it seemed… unnecessary.
Let’s eliminate him on the spot.
Yet at this moment in her eyes, a spark suddenly flickered like fireflies rising.
There was no heat of the fireball, nor the bone-chilling cold of the polar region.
“Queen Sister, what are you… Ah, it’s self-inflicted; can’t blame anyone else.”
“Let’s see how lucky he is~ he’s given us a gift; we can’t not reciprocate, right?”
“Indeed.”
A pure black, highly concentrated magical sphere had already formed in Xue Fei’s palm.
Like when she tossed stones into a pot as a child, Xue Fei made a throwing motion, redirecting the trajectory away from the Third Legion’s position—aiming for the hillside behind the Third Legion.
Using 【Visual Magic】, allowed her to extend her vision and see the distance, manifesting in her purple-glowing eyes.
That weightless black sphere was soon thrown high.
“Hey-ho…! Wishing him good luck!”
——【Dark New Star】.
This time, the sky really lit up.
