After Defeat, the Empress’s Negotiating Chip Turns Out to Be Me

Chapter 175

175~ Pursuit Battle~

"Princess, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, just a little cold."

It wasn't summer or autumn right now, but rather cold weather. Moreover, the carriage had been opened with a huge hole, and it was also in the early morning hours. Being cold was inevitable. The Magic Space Ring also didn't have any cold-resistant blankets or clothes, so she could only huddle together with Xiyan for warmth.

"It's alright, Your Highness. We'll arrive very soon."

Xiyan hugged the little Princess tightly and comforted her.

If only she could use magic to keep the little Princess warm, but the problem was that most of the Fire Attribute Magic she knew consisted of offensive magic. The other Fire Attribute Magic she knew would be immediately extinguished by the wind rushing in through the carriage's gap the moment it was used.

Not knowing how much time had passed, they finally rushed out of the forest, and their field of vision finally became open and expansive.

"Over there is the Royal City of Midias Empire!"

Xiyan excitedly pointed at the distant city.

Being able to see the Royal City of Midias Empire meant that at most they only had about an hour's distance left to the defense line, at the carriage's current speed.

And after rushing out of the forest zone, the pursuing troops behind them also clearly saw how much distance still remained.

"Xiyan."

"What is it, Your Highness?"

"Use magic to hold back the pursuing troops behind us as much as possible."

"Alright."

Actually, even without the little Princess saying so, she understood this point.

After chanting several passages, numerous walls constructed from rock instantly sprouted up in a large row. Going around them would create distance, and even breaking through the walls directly would require some time before a gap large enough for an entire squad to pass through could be opened.

This should buy about half a minute, right?

However, it didn't go as expected. In just an instant, the stone walls were broken through. Elysia, wielding her giant scythe, rapidly closed the distance.

......

"Captain! Captain!"

"What? What? Can't you see I was sleeping soundly?"

The soldier whose sleep was disturbed unhappily gave another soldier beside him a kick in the rear.

"No, Captain, look over there. Someone is being chased and hunted by heretics!"

"Quick! Sound the battle alarm! Kill all those heretics for me!"

The Abundance Order members almost all wore uniform clothing, standard equipment being a black cloak bearing the Order's distinctive symbol.

Before long, the city walls were filled with soldiers, who all drew their bowstrings taut in unison and aimed at the Order members chasing behind the little Princess's trio.

"Light them up, fire!!!"

Following the captain's order, the soldiers standing on the city walls uniformly dipped their arrowheads in flammable liquid of unknown composition, then ignited them on torches and shot them toward the Abundance Order members.

In an instant, the entire sky seemed about to be set ablaze. Countless arrows burning with flames struck the Order members, while Elysia continuously spun her giant scythe to intercept the arrows shot at her in midair.

Seeing this, Xiyan on the carriage hastily began casting destructive magic and releasing it toward Elysia.

Countless fireballs simultaneously shot toward Elysia. For a moment, she had no choice but to divert her attention and use magic to construct a barrier in front of herself to intercept the fireballs.

"Xiyan, aim your attacks at the horse beneath her."

As long as Elysia lost her mount here, they could escape the pursuit.

"Alright."

Although she agreed, Elysia had already constructed a Magic Shield. Wanting to break through this barrier was still very difficult and would require a large amount of magic power to accomplish.

And those soldiers on the city walls were, at best, just a group of ordinary people. The arrows they shot definitely couldn't penetrate that barrier.

Therefore, she could only try to use magic to some plants to trip up the horse.

But after several attempts, Xiyan discovered that those plants spawned with magic power would also be blocked outside by the Magic Shield. Even the dust raised from the ground couldn't pass through.

If she used Abyss Magic, those soldiers on the city walls might also list them as attack targets. In that case, all three of them would probably be shot through with arrows.

"Xiyan, move aside."

"Your Highness?"

The little Princess stood up, walked to the gap in the carriage, and took out a Magic Scroll from her Magic Space Ring.

Originally, this would only be taken out for use when facing a life-threatening situation. It counted as a safety guarantee, possessing the power of a Great Archmage's full-strength strike. However, because the difficulty of crafting it was extremely high, even she only had two of these on her entire person.

Elysia had never intended to harm her, but if she let herself wait in the Order for that Deity of Abundance, Midilayo, to wake up, who knew what would happen?

Judging by how Xuan had always warned her, most other deities definitely harbored ill intentions toward her.

"Elysia! Stop now, otherwise I'll use this scroll on you!"

"...If that is Lady Saint's wish, please go ahead. But I absolutely will not give up!"

After Elysia finished speaking, she forcefully shook the reins, compelling the horse beneath her to increase its running speed once more.

Mo: "......"

Having frozen while holding the scroll for a moment, the little Princess took out another scroll, one possessing the power of an Archmage's full-strength strike.

As expected, she still didn't want to let Elysia's life end here like this. If she used this special-grade scroll, Elysia would definitely die. But if she used the high-grade scroll, she believed Elysia could still barely withstand it.

Then, she lightly drew the dagger across her finger. The sharp blade immediately left a small wound on her fingertip.

Immediately after, she lightly pressed her blood-stained finger onto the Magic Scroll. In an instant, the Magic Scroll burst into flames, and a magic circle's ring of light appeared on the little Princess's hand.

"Lady Saint, you really left yourself sufficient trump cards."

To be honest, at first she hadn't counted the little Princess as a combat unit either, thinking the little Princess had no ability to resist whatsoever. But now it seemed she was wrong. Just relying on those scrolls on the little Princess's person would be completely sufficient to take her life.

After spinning her scythe several times, Elysia increased the infusion of magic power, making the Magic Shield even more solid.

As for the arrows shot from the city walls, she had already ignored them directly. The other members behind her were the same, basically able to ignore these arrows after deploying Magic Shields.

"Boom~!"

A pillar of fire surged skyward and exploded toward Elysia and the others. In less than a single breath's time, it swallowed Elysia and the other Abundance Order members within it.

"That's... an Archmage!"

"But this level of power must be using all magic power for attack, right?"

The crowd of soldiers on the city walls all stopped shooting arrows, generally believing it impossible for those Order members to survive an attack of this degree.

When the pillar of fire dispersed, it left behind a deep mark along its path, with flames still burning on it. Elysia rode her horse charging out from the dust, having blocked that strike just now.