Chapter 715
Chapter 715: A forced marriage (Part 1)
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Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
What were the Cloudflow people doing here? This was what Lex wanted to find out . “The Holy See already occupied half of Titan Duchy and the Cloudflow people didn’t retaliate . They had deployed warships to the rear of my Daliang City instead . ”
Based on her instincts, Lex felt that this was not a good thing .
Nicholas’ white beard quivered, as his eyelids jumped . He told Lex, “Your Highness, this prophecy spell cannot be used recklessly . If used incorrectly, it will be harmful for you . ” Lex listened quietly, so Nicholas continued, “The prophecy spell isn’t the same ability as what an astrologer would use . An astrologer would rely on the constellations to predict the progression of future events . A prophecy spell uses the power of the gods to roughly calculate the events which might happen in the future . This prophecy will sometimes undergo changes . ”
“Which means that it has the same effect as a contract?”
“No, but… let’s just assume you use a magic attack to attack a person and you are only fifty percent sure of striking them . Under the effect of a prophecy spell, this chance will be increased to eighty percent, or even one-hundred percent . If a person falls sick, they will have a chance of dying and if the prophecy says that they will die, then this possibility will be infinitely close to reality . This thing cannot be regarded as a genuine prophecy, it is dangerous . ”
“No wonder, I heard that a large prophecy spell can kill someone directly, is that what you mean?”
“It’s about there . Your Highness, without using the prophecy spell, you will know whether it is a good thing that the Cloudflow people are here . Cloudflow would have sent an envoy group to Holy Rock City already otherwise . ”
“Nicholas, you are right . You know what, don’t leave first, you shall disguise yourself as a mage . Return to Metatrin City after the Cloudflow’s envoy group has left,” Lex requested .
“Yes Your Highness, but please send a letter to Sir to inform him of my itinerary . ”
“Mm, I will . ” Lex furrowed her brows, then she ordered people to send a letter to Metatrin City . Instinctively, she felt that the Cloudflow people were up to no good, but she could not turn a blind eye to it . At sea, her fleet would not be able to resist an assault by Cloudflow’s fleet .
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Covering a distance of two-hundred miles, the Cloudflow’s envoy group took three days to reach Daliang City . At this speed, they were as slow as a tortoise . There was a total of more than six-hundred people in the envoy group traveling in more than three-hundred large chariots, accompanied by over five-hundred horses, as they dawdled . This actually gave Lex a lot of time to make preparations .
There were two seven-story magical towers within Daliang City, while there was one six-story magical tower outside the city . Lex had sufficient mages with her and she was also accompanied by Nicholas and Su . Relying on the God’s Ring, Lex was not afraid of the Cloudflow people trying anything funny .
Daliang City was a complementary capital to the Bitter Water County, all the administrative facilities there were complete . Lex’s Bitter Water Prefecture was a city which groomed mages for her, she rarely went back .
The envoy group stayed in the hotel in an orderly fashion and they sent people to deliver a letter to the city owner’s residence . Daliang City had a city owner and the city owner would hand the letter to Lex, who was staying in the palace .
When Lex received the letter, she flew into a rage after reading the contents, then she immediately went into deep thought .
“There is no point being angry . Judging by the contents of the letter, the Cloudflow Emperor wants to do something that is definitely beneficial for Cloudflow and that is not weird . That emperor wants to marry me and thus devour the entire Bitter Water County? The Cloudflow people have underestimated me, even though Father has passed on, I am not a mindless pawn!”
The letter personally penned by the Cloudflow Emperor was very straightforward . In the letter, Emperor Agares had personally asked Lex to get ready to wait for the arrival of the marriage envoy from the Cloudflow Empire .
And… that was it .
The Cloudflow emperor wanted to marry Lex, and Lex would be made empress .
This was an outright forced marriage, Lex was enraged for less than a minute before suppressing her anger . She instructed people to place this letter in a box and deliver it to Metatrin City . Thereafter, she ordered her subordinates to seal the palace and claim that she had fallen ill . She did not want to meet the Cloudflow’s envoy .
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Cloudflow’s envoy made many consecutive requests to meet Lex, but was rejected . The envoy did not get angry, he only asked people to tell Lex that Emperor Agares would deploy a colossal entourage in November to marry her .
Then, this six-hundredman envoy group stayed put in Daliang City, totally ignoring Lex’s reactions .
Three days later, Lex received Saleen’s reply . There were only two rows of words in the letter .
The first row; ‘kill the entire envoy group’ .
The second row; ‘I will arrive in October, ask Nicholas to stay put’ .
Reading the letter, Lex burst out in laughter, then she immediately ordered a camp of soldiers to seal the hotel . No one could leave the hotel anymore . She then led two grade-7 sorcerers, Su, and Nicholas, to the hotel .
The deployment of troops from Daliang City startled the Cloudflow’s envoy group . This envoy group had five-hundred cavalrymen, while the remaining over one-hundred people were servants who served the envoy . Protecting the envoy was a grade-7 sorcerer and a Black Metal Grand Swordmaster . This envoy was an earl in the palace, after arriving in Daliang City, he acted as if he was the boss around there .
Being surrounded abruptly, the envoy was not afraid at all . He instead walked out of the hotel in an imposing manner, wanting to lecture the soldiers who had besieged the hotel .
The moment his head popped out, dozens of feather arrows flew over . The sorcerer behind immediately blessed the envoy with a Magic Shield, causing the feather arrows to fall to the ground .
“Atrocious! Get your commander to come out, are you all tired of living?”
Answering him were more than one-hundred fireballs . Even though the sorcerer could ensure his safety, the hundreds of soldiers behind were killed . Thereafter, the piercing sound released by an alchemical crossbow filled the air, causing the sorcerer and Black Metal Grand Swordmaster to be petrified . They were no fools, they immediately realized that the soldiers outside were not putting up an act, the soldiers were trying to exterminate them .
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“Lex, you bitch! His Majesty will burn your county to ash, just you wait…”
The Black Metal Grand Swordmaster knocked the envoy unconscious . Exchanging glances with the sorcerer, they retreated into the depths of the hotel . It was meaningless to disseminate threats at the moment, it was more important to escape from the back street .
“Trying to leave?” Lex’s voice descended from the sky, Lex was accompanied by two grade-7 sorcerers . Su had somehow entered the hotel as he tried to slash the Black Metal Grand Swordmaster .
When the Black Metal Grand Swordmaster saw Su, his pupils contracted urgently, as the sorcerer next to him released the Earth Shards . Hundreds of stone shards rushed out of the ground, thrashing towards Su’s body .
A silver Sword Aura suddenly exploded, but a bolt of black brilliance descended from the sky and struck the sorcerer’s Magic Shield . Getting hit by the black brilliance, the level-7 shield immediately dissipated . Immediately after, two gigantic fireballs appeared . These fireballs were blue in color and had two blurred human faces on them .
There was a proverb in the world of mages; ‘a mage who only knew how to cast fireballs was not a good mage’ . These two fireballs had obviously surpassed the limits the proverb was referring to though . After Faerun had advanced to a grade-7 sorcerer, the fireballs cast by him were highly similar to these two fireballs .
Due to the legacy left behind by Lex’s teacher, mages belonging to this school had already mastered the Fireball spell thoroughly .
The Magic Shield of the Cloudflow’s sorcerer was broken, but he had already charged into the sky and a second Magic Shield had appeared on his body instantly . That was a spell stored in his magic robe, it could be cast instantaneously .
When the fireballs struck the shield, they began burning vigorously, then the two grade-7 sorcerers gave chase .
Lex simply snorted at the Black Metal Grand Swordmaster below her as a golden ray of light penetrated the Sword Aura protecting him . For the first time the Black Metal Grand Swordmaster realized that his Sword Aura had been completely quashed without any warning whatsoever . Su’s longsword had already destroyed the sorcerer’s earth spell . Trailed by a vibrant brilliance, Su’s longsword penetrated the Black Metal Grand Swordmaster’s mouth .
Within Su’s sword’s radiance, the Black Metal Grand Swordmaster’s brain turned into a pile of bloody mush . Su’s technique was ruthless, the enemy never had a chance .
He had experienced such a combat technique many times . Lex’s family’s secret arts could cause the enemy’s Sword Aura to be destroyed, then Su used his Sword Aura to crush the enemy’s brain instantly . No matter how powerful the enemy’s swordsmanship was, they would not be able to resist Su’s attack after losing their Sword Aura suddenly .
If this technique was unleashed by the late Emperor Chanake, Su would not even need to take any action . Anyone below the grade of a Golden Grand Swordmaster would not be able to block a blow from Emperor Chanake . Lex’s secret art was undeveloped yet, it was not as ferocious as her father’s .
The Cloudflow sorcerer, who was burning from head to toe, was flying faster than what Lex had expected . Trailed by cyan flames, he was almost out of the hotel . The two sorcerers at the back could not catch up . Nevertheless, they were not very anxious because the Magic Shield would not be able to withstand two fireballs . The flames had already breached the shield, the Cloudflow sorcerer was simply struggling on his last breath .
Nicholas was afraid of any mishaps . From afar, he pointed at the flying Cloudflow sorcerer, then hollered, “Stop!”
Seven colossal black holy prose flashed once above the sorcerer’s head before disappearing . It rendered his flying spell ineffective, then the sorcerer crashed towards the ground . The two pursuing sorcerers cast two Fire Serpent spells without any hesitation .
Hundreds of fire serpents charged out of the ground, enveloping the Cloudflow sorcerer .
Other than flames, the fire serpents also had physical attack abilities . The sound of bones fracturing filled the air, as the Cloudflow sorcerer screamed in excruciation while being encompassed in flames .
In a short span of a few dozen seconds, Lex and the people she brought along had destroyed the main power of the envoy group effortlessly . The Cloudflow emperor would never expect his sorcerer and Black Metal Grand Swordmaster to be so weak in Daliang City .
By now, the envoy had already woken up, he was captured by the soldiers rushing into the hotel and was brought before Lex . He noticed that the hotel was surrounded by flames while the Black Metal Grand Swordmaster was lying on the ground without a brain and all that shouting outside had ceased . Without any warhorses, those five-hundred Cloudflow warriors could not even hold out for a minute when they were assaulted by Lex’s elite troops . Eventually their bodies were covered in arrows shot from all the bows and crossbows .
The earl laughed icily as he looked at Lex without any fear, then said, “The boldness of you . Kill me and His Majesty will obliterate your county . ”
“I am very afraid . ” Lex cackled sarcastically, then gestured for a squad of soldiers to enter . Lex ordered, “Go and conduct a search, check if anyone has escaped . Capture anyone from Cloudflow, if they resist, just kill them on the spot!”