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

Chapter 299

299~ He Got Away!~

"Lady Ling! Over at the City Lord's manor!"

"I saw it."

The two looked toward the City Lord's manor where the explosion shot straight into the sky, momentarily stunned.

The two of them could of course recognize that was Fourth-Order magic, which only Great Archmages could release. And it was even a type of magic Cecilia herself had created. Currently, aside from the Empress and Cecilia, no one else could master this Explosion Magic.

"Has a difficult enemy appeared on Lady Cecilia's side?"

"Should be."

But she was also extremely curious about exactly who could force Cecilia to release this level of magic......

Had a Great Archmage entered the field?

But in her impression, among the previous dynasty's remnants, there fundamentally shouldn't be any Great Archmage-level mages.

"Lady Ling, I'll go back to look!"

"No, no need. If you go, you'll only drag Lady Cecilia down. No need to go help."

Having learned magic under Cecilia's tutelage, she of course knew how abnormal Cecilia was......

The continent publicly recognized the apex expert as the Empress, but the Empress's Magic Power storage upper limit absolutely wasn't as high as Cecilia's. Cecilia could release one Fourth-Order magic and still have Magic Power remaining!

"We'll concentrate on resolving the trouble before us. That's sufficient."

"Yes."

Red Leaf raised her magic wand again, beginning to chant......

And on Ling's side, she directly used Chant Reduction to conduct high-intensity, high-speed continuous magic attacks, using this to restrict the enemy's positioning.

"Red Leaf!"

"Red Leaf understands!"

She immediately released magic, pressing the enemy into the ground.

......

"Resolved. Let's go into the city now. Go evacuate the citizens."

Although she'd indeed issued a prohibition not allowing citizens to casually go out, under the current situation, this couldn't possibly continue to be maintained.

"Mm."

However, it seemed they didn't need to organize the evacuation. The citizens within Suxing City had already self-evacuated about as much as possible, all moving away from the City Lord's manor.

Well yes. With such a huge commotion inside the City Lord's manor just now, how could the outside possibly not know?

Moreover, that Magic Power shooting into the sky had almost condensed into a physical form. Normal people should all know there were mages engaging in magical combat inside.

Soldiers also weren't stupid. Seeing this kind of situation, they'd definitely also adapt on the spot, evacuating the citizens.

"Forget it. Let's go inside and see what the situation is."

Since the masses had already self-evacuated about as much as possible, they didn't need to worry about it.

After entering the City Lord's manor, the two discovered that aside from the surrounding wall circle, the entire City Lord's manor's interior had completely evaporated, blasted into a huge crater inside.

Because Cecilia had deliberately controlled the range, the Explosion Magic had only blasted the City Lord's manor's interior. Outside the City Lord's manor was affected by the shockwave produced by the explosion.

"Red Leaf, check for living beings."

Receiving the order, Red Leaf immediately deployed Magic Power detection, searching for life forms still alive at the scene.

"Found them! Two! At the very bottom!"

The very bottom......

The Maid Ling walked to the deep crater's edge, experimentally releasing a fireball downward.

Following the fireball's descent, this pit's depth had already far exceeded normal people's imagination.

However, thinking about it, it was normal. If Cecilia could control the Explosion Magic's range so tightly, that massive Magic Power definitely couldn't vanish into thin air.

And the amount of Magic Power that could be stacked also had an upper limit. A small area couldn't possibly hide endless Magic Power. If the explosion range was controlled, then the explosion's height would definitely dramatically increase.

"Let's go."

The Maid Ling patted Red Leaf's shoulder, directly jumping down. Red Leaf followed close behind.

There were ways to come back up. As long as this deep hole wasn't too outrageous, it was fine.

As the free fall time went on longer and longer, the two faintly heard the sound of combat. It was the sound of swords colliding.

"Lady Cecilia!"

"Ling? Red Leaf?"

Seeing the two who arrived late, Cecilia couldn't help but feel relaxed.

With the two present, the problem became simple!

As long as they beheaded Lin here, this Great Purge would basically be finished.

"Elder Brother......"

Was it her elder brother who forced Lady Cecilia to this extent?

Thinking of this, Ling immediately released magic, attacking Lin below.

"Damn it!"

Lin's brow furrowed tightly.

He wasn't reconciled. He'd clearly sacrificed so many Archmages to amplify him, providing massive Magic Power to this Holy Sword that Severs Steel, which was why he had the power to battle a Great Archmage.

Clearly, Cecilia should already be at the end of her strength. He could resolve Cecilia very soon!

"Ling, Red Leaf, you don't need to interfere."

"Don't need to?"

Cecilia wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"No need. You just watch properly from the side."

She still had remaining Magic Power!

Moreover, if nothing unexpected happened, the Holy Sword that Severs Steel in Lin's hand no longer had an endless supply of Magic Power. It should very soon be unusable.

Relying on Lin's own Magic Power fundamentally couldn't support it for long. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a need for so many mages standing around.

Right, this Holy Sword that Severs Steel needed Magic Power to activate before it could be used. At the same time, it could also absorb the Magic Power of surrounding people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a need for so many mages watching from the side.

Those mages weren't simply watching. Rather, they were to provide Magic Power to the Holy Sword that Severs Steel.

Her guess was correct. Sure enough, directly deploying area-of-effect attacks, using one strike to directly erase all the mages buried in the City Lord's manor, that decision was correct.

"Alright, I don't have time to play with you anymore. Use your full strength, you guy who's loyal to the previous dynasty."

Having already figured out everything about the Holy Sword that Severs Steel, there was no need to continue probing. Directly use Chant Reduction for magical bombardment.

Although the Magic Power she had remaining also wasn't much, using it to smash Lin to death was completely no problem.

Eternal Frozen Coffin!

"Steel-Severing Holy Cross Slash!"

After one slashing strike, the ice coffin directly shattered. But the sharp ice shards that crumbled away still cut him.

However, taking advantage of this opportunity, he also pulled out a Magic Scroll.

"Ling! Red Leaf! Stop him!"

Being called out like this, the two immediately took action. Ling used Magic Power to begin crazily bombarding. Red Leaf directly generated a sword out of thin air, planning to directly close in and chop the Magic Scroll in half.

"......With this, I declare your end!"

Crimson Hellfire!

A large amount of hellfire instantly filled the bottom of the deep pit. And at the same time Cecilia released magic, Ling and Red Leaf had long since been flying in midair, not burned by the hellfire.

And Lin wasn't so fortunate. He was directly engulfed by the hellfire, disappearing without a trace in the hellfire.

"Damned thing! He still got away!"

Cecilia cursed.

If not for her remaining Magic Power not being enough to interrupt this level of Magic Scroll, the leader among the previous dynasty's remnants, Lin, would absolutely have died in her hands!