"Who are you?"
"Who are you all?"
Philas and Freyja asked simultaneously.
"We are the Cruz envoy," a voice called from behind, commanding, "Philas, disarm her sword."
Philas was stunned and turned around, only to find that the person issuing the command was none other than Miss Delphine, the Prime Minister’s daughter. He saw her coldly watching from there, ordering mercilessly, "Philas, you now represent the Empire’s honor. If she dares to resist, kill her!"
"Miss Delphine?" Laurena certainly heard Delphine’s command clearly, and her heart was alarmed. She originally thought Delphine would come to trouble that Lord, but didn’t expect her to be so decisive, to right away talk about killing.
Of course, killing wasn’t something she needed to consider. The key was if Philas, her fiancé, acted rashly, she knew he would certainly cause a big mess here.
It seemed Delphine had made up her mind. She looked at the Female Knight indifferently, "Laurena, you should understand the Empire’s majesty cannot be desecrated. A needless display of the sword towards the Empire’s envoy is tantamount to war."
"But she didn’t do it on purpose. We can request the local Lord to apologize," Laurena panicked. She never dreamed Delphine would slap down such a heavy accusation.
"No need!"
"No need!" Before the Female Knight could finish speaking, Delphine and Freyja answered in unison. Freyja separated Roman with one hand, coldly glaring at the people, "If it weren’t for you Cruz people, Beth wouldn’t have died. But you’ve never learned from others’ tragedies. Brand will never apologize to people like you. Maybe you think you’re born superior, but someday you’ll understand the cost between right and wrong choices—"
Erune’s future Valkyrie shouted in anger, and the Valkyrie emblem on her forehead suddenly lit up brilliantly. A pair of Light Wings unfolded instantly behind her, and bright blazing white flames ignited from the palm of her right hand, transforming the Lion’s Heart Holy Sword she held into a sword burning with the Holy Flame.
"Ah!"
Laurena originally wanted to persuade Delphine, but she suddenly felt the aura of Philas’ Female Knight in front of him surge violently. In an instant, it broke through the limits between Upper Silver and Silver Peak, and even narrowly approached the Golden Domain.
Another twenty-year-old at the Golden Rank.
Her expression changed as she immediately reminded, "Philas, be careful!"
But it was still too late. Freyja, completely infuriated by the Prime Minister’s daughter, struck upward with a sword, and the terrifying power sent Philas flying off his horse. Then, the Valkyrie took a step forward, lightly fanning her Light Wings to rise from the ground, like flying as she charged towards Delphine.
"Heavens, the Blazing Angel!" The Cruz Knights couldn’t help but exclaim.
However, their cries did not attract the attention of the surrounding onlookers. The townsfolk hadn’t expected both sides to start fighting so suddenly, and they scattered in disarray. Some fled towards the stadium, while the more rational ones ran straight towards where the Lord was.
"Damn it, Philas!"
Laurena watched her fiancé get knocked away, finally disregarding everything, immediately drawing her Longsword to face the advancing Freyja. As she did, the knights from all around Tonyger who were approaching the stadium immediately changed their expressions.
If Freyja was merely close to the Golden Domain, the terrifying aura on the Female Knight was a genuine Golden Peak pressure.
Behind the Cruz Knights, Delphine couldn’t help but reveal a hint of a cold smile on her beautiful and extraordinary face upon witnessing the scene. Philas might not know Roman and Freyja, but she wasn’t completely ignorant of this Earl of Tonyger. Now, Freyja couldn’t hold back, but against Rushata City’s foremost genius, she didn’t stand much chance.
The answer was likely already in her heart.
Even in Cruz, only a few knew this secret. The seemingly docile Female Knight was, in fact, the Flame Temple’s appointed successor for the next Holy Temple Knights’ Great Commander.
The reason was quite simple.
Lorena was the only person in Cruz in four hundred years capable of mastering the complete set of Flash Sword swordsmanship.
Freyja quickly realized this too. Though she claimed she would teach these Cruz people a lesson, it did not mean Erune’s future Valkyrie had completely lost her reason. She had knocked away Philas, who stood in her way, but her initial target was the Cruz Knights protecting Delphine.
Freyja had certainly already noticed it was the otherworldly beautiful woman behind the scene agitating relations between the Eruein and Cruz people. She didn’t understand why the other was doing this, but subduing her seemed the most direct approach.
But she had only anticipated part of it, not the developments that followed.
As she drew her Sword, she only saw the Female Knight she had hardly noticed flash slightly atop the horse, and then a sharp sword appeared before her.
Flash Sword!
Because Brand also excelled in similar swordsmanship, Freyja had certainly seen and even experienced it firsthand. But in her memory, Brand’s Flash Sword paled compared to the astonishing brilliance of this current strike.
The sharp sword blade appeared at her forehead like there were no forewarnings, seeming as if she herself had collided into it, rather than it being thrust toward her.
Freyja was startled and promptly threw her head back to dodge the strike but still reacted a fraction late, and the sword blade cut a bloody line across her forehead.
The Valkyrie gritted her teeth, the stinging from her forehead almost blacked out her vision, but fortunately, it wasn’t a fatal wound. She frantically flapped the Light Wings, twirling mid-air not having a moment to catch her breath before her arm, shoulder, and abdomen simultaneously started oozing crimson blood.
Freyja cried out in anguish, almost unable to believe how she got hit by the sword. It felt as though Laurena’s sword appeared in countless attack directions at once.
Turns out this was the true Flash Sword. (To be continued. If you enjoy this story, you’re welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) and vote with recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)