novelraw Chapter 184
Chapter 184
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"General! The people at this stronghold seem to have already left long ago!"
Strange. The previous two strongholds clearly still had two people each. Logically speaking, it's impossible for a stronghold to have only one person.
He had also figured it out. Setting up so many strongholds was completely to guard against something, as if afraid someone from the military would come out.
But the problem was, if this group of people was guarding against their Princess, then why would the Princess come out? Or were they guarding against someone else? Or could this fundamentally be a trap?
Their Princess fundamentally couldn't possibly actively walk out of the military camp. If that were the case...
After realizing this point, the general immediately mounted his horse and led several people first toward the direction of the military camp.
"General, look over there!"
Having just returned to the military camp, he saw this shocking scene before his eyes. The Maid Xiao Xi was actually releasing magic!?
Oh, no, she was using a Magic Scroll.
Even so, this scene still left people dumbstruck.
High-grade Magic Scrolls that had once been hyped to sky-high prices in the market were now being used as if they were free, simply treating these things like waste paper to be thrown away!
What left him most unable to comprehend was that Xiao Xi, as the Princess's personal maid, actually carried such an enormous quantity of high-grade Magic Scrolls on her person! Those were scrolls that had once been hyped to 500,000 each!
Although the current average price was only around 210,000, this was also already completely something ordinary people couldn't afford! Moreover, these things were basically resources monopolized by the royal family. Very few Magic Scrolls flowed into nobles' hands, and those flowing into common circulation were almost nonexistent.
Mid-grade Magic Scrolls were much cheaper, with wider circulation range and greater quantities.
Just how wealthy was a royal family member's personal maid...
"Stop spacing out, come help!"
The Maid Xiao Xi shouted at the several people.
These Magic Scrolls were all entrusted to her safekeeping by her own Princess, half of them, just in case. Among them were quite a few special-grade Magic Scrolls that could unleash the magical effect of a Great Archmage's full-strength strike.
However, she didn't have many scrolls left on hand. She had just used up about one-third, equivalent to three months of tax revenue from an entire city in Glaze Nation.
Using several million gold coins all at once, truly damn exhilarating!
"Be careful not to injure the Princess!"
"I know!"
This meant that firearms couldn't be easily used before Elysia released the little Princess. If they accidentally harmed the Princess, that would be a capital offense!
"Mmph..."
The little Princess was shouldered, without any ability to resist.
As long as she was still being held hostage by Elysia, Xiao Xi and the others could do nothing about Elysia. Although on the surface it seemed that continuing to stall could result in all the soldiers returning, with Elysia's status as a Bishop, she didn't believe Xiao Xi and the other generals possessed the ability to keep Elysia there.
"Apologies, but I'm afraid I can't continue wasting time here with you. I'm taking Lady Saint and leaving."
"Quickly think of a way to keep her here!"
"I'm thinking of a way."
The Maid Xiao Xi took out a Magic Scroll that looked extremely luxurious. This was her trump card. If even this level of Magic Scroll couldn't do anything about Elysia, then there truly was not even the slightest bit of a solution.
Even among the special-grade Magic Scrolls the little Princess carried on her person, there were only three in total, of which she had been given one.
She didn't know how Elysia had infiltrated the military camp and directly taken the little Princess hostage. Logically speaking, she also carried a large quantity of Magic Scrolls on her. Even if she was taken hostage, she should have been able to resist. However, judging from the scene environment, no battle whatsoever had occurred when Elysia took the little Princess hostage.
Elysia: "......"
She had originally prepared to leave directly, but after seeing the special-grade scroll the Maid Xiao Xi took out, she stopped in her tracks. If that level of Magic Scroll was an attack-type magic, she might not be able to resist even for a second before being reduced to ashes. However, with the little Princess by her side, she didn't believe the Maid Xiao Xi would use this type of attack magic.
"Elysia, put Princess down. I can let you go. Otherwise, today, even if I bet my life, I'll keep you here."
The Maid Xiao Xi took a short-barreled flintlock gun handed over by the general beside her and pointed it at Elysia.
Elysia didn't speak, merely raising her giant scythe to block in front of her.
"Then it seems there's nothing to discuss."
Squeezing out a drop of blood from her fingertip and sticking it on the Magic Scroll:
"In the name of the earth, erect stone walls ten thousand zhang high, eternally seal the person before me!"
As the special-grade Magic Scroll in her hand began to burn, the magic circle representing the pinnacle of all mages gradually enveloped the entire sky.
"Holy crap, is this the power of money?"
High-grade Magic Scrolls were very rare, but at least they could still be bought on the market. The most expensive one was probably just an ordinary person's income over several lifetimes. However, something like special-grade Magic Scrolls, even with money, couldn't be bought.
As Glaze Nation's First Princess, the little Princess held one-quarter of Glaze Nation's special-grade Magic Scrolls in her hands for self-defense. Each one was incomparably precious...
Special-grade Magic Scrolls probably wouldn't appear anew anymore, unless a Great Archmage was short on money. But that was impossible.
"Damn it."
In an instant, murderous intent rose in Elysia's heart. She wanted to directly slash and kill this little maid obstructing her with one scythe strike, but she was also afraid the little Princess would be angry.
No, this was Lady Saint's most favored maid. She couldn't kill her. If she killed her, Lady Saint would be unhappy.
But there was no way to leave. If she didn't eliminate the caster, it would be impossible to break this magic.
Although magic released using a Magic Scroll might not necessarily be breakable even if the caster was eliminated.
"Um, Lady Yu Xi, how should we get out?"
He remembered that magic released using a Magic Scroll couldn't be withdrawn...
"Princess still has some on her. Once we eliminate this obstructive Abundance Order Bishop, we can get out."
"Uh..."
That was easy to say, but the problem was that among those here, aside from those soldiers still stationed in the military camp who hadn't yet reacted to what was happening, there was only one Archmage inside. The other two were only Great Mages, and the type leaning toward healing at that. There was fundamentally no way to conduct any combat operations.
At most, they could only use some relatively low-level magic to tickle the enemy.
The current situation was probably... both sides could do nothing about each other.
The Maid Xiao Xi's and the general's side were afraid that using force would accidentally injure the little Princess, while Elysia, because of the little Princess, was afraid that if she truly went for the kill, she would be hated by her Lady Saint.