The mighty demon army marched along the winding mountainside. Occasionally, the sound of explosions came from the forest, and then thick smoke rose, but it was quickly subsided. No one could stop this army, they
Invincible, never defeated.
Now, they are like a black sword, piercing towards the heart of Luas Empire.
Royal City of Luas, an ancient city with a long history, is the most famous magic city in the world. It contains the oldest magic books and the largest magic book library. This is a holy land for magicians, just like the religious holy land of the Ross Empire.
, there are countless loyal believers.
But these believers are all magicians.
Magicians wearing magic robes and holding magic wands can be seen everywhere on the street. They stand in a row like soldiers, but they are not as neat as soldiers. The height and age of the magicians vary, and some are so old that they even have beards.
They were all white, and some were just young magician apprentices.
They spontaneously participated in the battle to defend the royal city. They didn't even have armor, and their only weapon was the magic wand that looked like a wooden stick in their hands. They shouted slogans on the streets, calling on people who knew magic to stand up and fight the demons.
At this time, a black crow flew down from the sky, passed over the heads of the crowd, and came to the palace.
Arriving at the rear courtyard of the city on the top of the mountain, it fell to the ground and turned into a human form.
"Princess! Welcome back!"
When the soldier saw her, he immediately knelt on the ground and shouted.
"Where is the Emperor?"
"Still in Yin Yang Lake."
replied.
White's face darkened a bit, she frowned, and walked into the courtyard with a thoughtful look, followed the flower bridge to a lotus lake.
"Father, why are you still here?"
she asked.
I saw an old man in white sitting cross-legged on a huge lotus. The lotus had withered and was full of black holes. All the lotus flowers in the dry pool had withered, and there was an aura of ruin.
The old man slowly opened his eyes and said, "My roots are rooted here, and I can't leave at any time."
"I have asked the Imperial City Imperial Guard to leave with your younger brothers and sisters. You should leave as soon as possible."
"I am a brave man. If I leave, what will the people do?"
The old man smiled and said, "They don't need your protection."
"How do you know?"
White was puzzled, but the old man did not explain. He just sighed and said: "If an emperor can occupy an empire without losing any blood, then he will definitely have many loyal followers. Obviously, Richard has more support than this
Although he is a terrible demon king to us humans, I believe he is also a...good king."
Then he looked at White and said, "You don't have to worry about our people. The duty of a brave man has never been to protect, but to kill the devil. You should know better than me."
White did not deny this.
She looked away with a sad expression.
"Father, I want to ask you something about our family."
"Ask, and I'll tell you what I know."
"My grandmother once told me a story about our ancestor, Queen Sophia of the Stars. She was kidnapped by the devil and learned magic. Is that a true story?"
White asked. She somehow felt that this story was not bizarre. Now she met an apprentice of the devil. Like the princess, she learned magical magic from the devil. Moreover, they were originally just people with no outstanding abilities.
The old man was silent. Maybe he didn't know, or maybe he knew but refused to say anything.
"Before my grandmother died, I cried and asked her about the story behind the Queen of Stars. I wanted to know if she was with the Demon King. Do you know what my grandmother answered me? She held my hand with all her strength and said, no.
, if that were the case, we wouldn’t be here.”
White took a deep breath. At that time, she was greatly hit by the death of her grandmother. She went crazy, looking for the story of the princess. Finally, she found Sophia in her family's history book.
The Queen of Stars is a princess from a neighboring country and married to Prince Brandon, but people say she is as cold as the stars in the sky. People have never seen her smile. All the paintings about her are cold.
expression.
White found one of her paintings, but it was painted when she was middle-aged. The person in the painting was holding a boy, but she was not happy at all. But White knew why, she did not marry that man.
A demon king. In her later years, she even fell into crazy magic research. The magic she created was included in the forbidden magic book.
"A story is a story after all. Maybe part of it is true, and the same is true for what we think of as history. In this regard, I can only tell you, don't try to peer into the abyss."
"Richard, the Demon King Richard! You can never defeat him with normal magic! I need the forbidden power! I need the magic of the Star Queen, but I searched all the libraries in the entire royal city! I searched all the books
I have searched every corner of the library and all the hiding places, but I still haven't found the so-called forbidden magic book. There is only one corner that I haven't searched for, and that is here, Father, the book is here,
Is it right?"
White looked at his elderly father and said.
The old man closed his eyes and remained silent, like a statue.
"Father! At this point, our Luas Empire will be destroyed! What are you still worrying about!"
White couldn't help shouting loudly.
"Luas will not perish. As long as you and your brothers and sisters are alive, Luas will not perish."
The old man's answer surprised her. White's eyes widened and he gritted his teeth.
"Well, since you said so, I won't force you. I will stay and fight to the death with the devil."
"You know there's no chance of winning."
"What will happen if I survive? I know that no matter how much I practice my magic, I can't defeat him. I don't want to admit it, but I know very well that I feel scared. I don't know what will happen after I escape this time.
I don’t have the courage to stand in front of him anymore and look directly into his eyes.”
White shouted.
"You will have it, you are the bravest woman in the world."
"No, I'm definitely not."
She thought of Reina, a girl who was in danger but not afraid at all. Her master was the terrible demon king, but she was not afraid at all.
White stood up, turned around, and prepared to leave.
However, at this moment, the old man stopped her.
"Wait a minute, you absolutely, absolutely can't go, but...but I really can't give it to you, she shouldn't be you."
He said sadly. White turned around and saw a mass of black magic spreading out of the pool. She was startled. The entire pool began to change. The pavilion in the center collapsed with a bang and sank into the mud.
In the middle, I saw a huge dark black lotus growing out of the center of the pond.
Then it bloomed, and a strange piece of parchment appeared inside. The words on it were extremely red, as if they had just been written with blood.
"Is this the magic left behind by the Star Queen?"
Looking at the parchment with strange power, White murmured.