Chapter 729: Task of the Little Princess 571

City Lord’s Mansion, top floor of the main building.

When Sgranot led the Knight regiment of the City Lord’s Mansion to besiege Reiger, the defenses here inevitably weakened.

Most of the knights had already left their posts to face the enemy, making the main building, which usually housed the highest-ranking City Lord, unusually deserted.

And when multiple obstructive barriers were activated in the City Lord’s Mansion, causing interference in all internal magic effects, a figure appeared uncontrollably along one of the corridors here.

"Good, I made it in time."

The young girl who appeared so abruptly couldn’t help but pat her chest, making the fruits under her windbreaker tremble vigorously.

This person was none other than Liz.

While Reiger brazenly attacked from the main entrance of the City Lord’s Mansion, Liz had also silently infiltrated it under his instruction.

Reiger had applied several spells on Liz that concealed her movements and evaded detection, so as Reiger made his noisy assault at the main entrance, drawing the attention of nearly everyone including Sgranot, Liz was able to infiltrate smoothly all the way here.

The reason for doing so was naturally due to the initial purpose of their visit here.

"That... the City Lord of Sin Yele’s library is...?"

Liz took out a recently drawn map from her body and clumsily checked it.

This map, drawn by Reiger based on Borde’s memories, outlined the general layout of the City Lord’s Mansion, including a distribution of the buildings within, so Liz wouldn’t be completely in the dark about where to go right after entering.

Following the map, Liz cautiously jogged along the corridor, making every effort to control the sound of her footsteps. However, due to her inexperience with such infiltrations, her movements were still somewhat clumsy and rough, causing occasional noises that frightened the princess, making her as jumpy as a young animal learning to walk.

Fortunately, the magic Reiger had cast on her before losing its effectiveness made the approach to her destination considerably easier.

Soon, Liz arrived in front of a room.

It was clearly a very important place.

The proof lay in the fact that there were two knights standing guard at the door of the room.

As the City Lord’s Mansion confronted a major threat, most knights had already gone to face the enemy, yet there were still knights guarding here, indicating the high importance of this room within the mansion.

Liz then crouched in a corner of the corridor, looking towards the room at the far end of the corridor and observing the two knights, confirming that her destination was there, and then she took a deep breath.

"It’s okay... stay calm... be calm..."

The little princess tried hard to steady her heartbeat.

The novel tasks and actions she had never undertaken before made the already timid little princess feel very nervous and out of her element.

If possible, she would have preferred to fight alongside Reiger, even if it meant only blocking a few knights, as long as she could fight side by side and assist Reiger, the princess was more than willing.

However, Reiger didn’t allow it and instead gave her a mission to infiltrate this place.

"The opportunity is rare; since we’re preparing to assault the City Lord’s Mansion, during my entanglement with Sgranot Bayard, you slip into the library of the City Lord’s Mansion and look for information about the relic."

"If Borde’s memory serves right, there should be a private library within the main building of the City Lord’s Mansion, containing many secret records of Sin Yele, including those deemed taboo by everyone."

"Just by finding that information, we won’t have to bother further inquiring about the relics that no one dares to speak more about."

That was the reason Reiger had Liz infiltrate this place.

For this, Reiger even allowed Liz to use her genuine skills when necessary.

"Alright!"

Having calmed herself down, Liz entered a calm state of combat and suddenly dashed out from the corner of the corridor towards the deep room!

"Who’s there...!"

The two knights guarding the room immediately sensed the noise, tensed up, and drew their weapons.

Unfortunately for them, they were not elite Oasis Knights, but merely elite among the regular knights, roughly rated Lv.4 if evaluated by Earth Mistake World’s standards, definitely no match for Liz, a true Swordsman at about Lv.5.

"Huh!"

Liz’s figure turned into a gust of wind, swiftly arriving before the two knights.

Before they could react, Liz reached out her hand and pressed it on each of their heads.

"Buzz!"

The next moment, a mysterious power surged from Liz’s hands.

That was the spiritual power that could only be unleashed by someone who had learned the War King Sword Skill, a hereditary sword technique of the Ginus Kingdom royal family.

"Ugh..."

"Ah..."

The two knights felt a darkness before their eyes as the force from the hands on their heads drilled into their brains, causing a sharp pain and making them cry out briefly in agony.

Then, the consciousness of the two knights faded, and they collapsed to the ground, unable to rise again.

"Did... did it work...?"

Liz watched the scene, incredulously astonished by the smooth progress of events.

"Good, yay!"

After reacting, Liz clenched her fist slightly, showing a happy expression.

Having said all this, Liz reached out her hand and opened the room in front of her.

The door of this room had been fortified with various magic protections and measures, not so easily opened. However, there was a weakness in the multiple magic barriers of the City Lord’s mansion, that once fully activated and operated, not only the magic used by enemies would be disrupted, but many of the mansion’s magic facilities would also be affected, significantly weakening their effects.

If it were the "Light of the Celestial Pillar" of the Jinas Kingdom Palace, there would be no such weakness, but unfortunately, Sin Yele was only a standalone, neutral city, naturally lacking the profound heritage of the major nation’s Jinas royal family. To even construct this tactical-level multiple magic barrier was already quite an impressive feat.

Reiger had learned this from Borde’s memories.

With this in mind, he had wanted Liz to sneak in.

Liz then entered the City Lord’s private library quite smoothly.

Though called a library, the room was actually not very large; in fact, it could even be considered small.

The arrangement was somewhat similar to an archive room, with bookshelves closely packed together, leaving only a narrow path for one person to pass through, indicating that it was not intended for the general public to browse from its inception.

According to Borde’s memories, only highly confidential information was stored here, while information, documents, and files with lower levels of secrecy were stored in another larger library.

Normally, only the City Lord could enter this place, and anyone else who entered without his permission would be treated as trespassing, unequivocally judged as attempting to steal urban secrets.

That said, although the information stored here could not be described as plentiful, it was certainly not negligible.

"How should I start looking?"

Liz looked at the bookshelves, unsure where to begin.

Her time was also pressing; Reiger was outside, engaged in a major battle with the people from the City Lord’s mansion, and the fight could end at any moment.

Reiger had mentioned that he would try to buy as much time as possible, but how long he could actually delay was unclear to anyone.

"Let’s just start looking."

Liz no longer stood idly, she approached the nearest bookshelf and began searching.

......

"Shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo—"

A relentless barrage of arrows fell from the sky, enveloping Reiger and the surrounding area for tens of meters with the sound of tearing wind, falling like torrential rain.

"Boom!"

An arrow hit the ground first, not striking Reiger, but the ground near him, creating a loud muffled explosion.

The metallic arrows were tremendously powerful, penetrating not only the floor but also shattering it, exploding like a small mine, blasting dust and debris into the air.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

Suddenly, the noise of the magic arrows exploding upon hitting the ground continued, bombarding the surrounding area into a cratered mess.

"Moon Breathing·Five Forms·Moon Essence Disaster Vortex!"

Reiger’s eyes glinted with a transparent sheen as he placed a hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist, yet he didn’t hurry to draw the blade, instead, he began to spin on the spot.

Surprisingly, without drawing his sword or slashing, a vortex of blade wind began to form around Reiger as he continued to spin, as if a tornado had risen upon him, enveloping him within.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom——"

Countless magic arrows struck the vortex-like blade wind, first being deflected, then immediately exploding, bursting apart on the spot and stirring up gusts of impacting winds, disturbing the atmosphere.

"What is that?"

Watching Reiger block the barrage of magic arrows in such a manner, Sgranot was taken aback.

Reiger Brillhaut, although a newly proclaimed Sword Saint, had fought undefeated in a thousand battles in the capital of the Jinas Kingdom, employing a superior sword technique that seemed to augment himself with the power of thunder and lightning, moving like thunder and slashing like lightning.

The enemy often fell defeated by a flash of lightning before they could even react, earning Reiger Brillhaut the title of Thunder Light Sword Saint and the saying, "A flash of lightning, a sure defeat."

This information had already been compiled into reports on the desks of high officials across various countries in Akasha Continent, and as the City Lord of Sin Yele, Sgranot was naturally aware of it.

But now, Reiger was using an unknown sword technique which made Sgranot’s heart tighten.

"Could it be that he has mastered a second superior sword technique?"

Thinking this, Sgranot’s heart sunk, and his expression turned serious.