Three days later.

The last day of the year 998 in the new calendar.

The ruins of the old Great Library have been cleared. Today, more than half of the celebrities in the imperial capital gather here to commemorate those who died in the disaster.

A handsome young man dressed in white and on crutches stands out in the crowd of scribes and artists.

"Mr. Victor......"

Everyone who saw him greeted him. It is known that he went through a difficult battle during the robbery of the previous day and that it will take a long time to recover. Victor also smiled at everyone, but the smile seemed a little lonely.

Cliff and Victoria crush the enemy's plot, but the abominable culprit behind the scenes, the "Emperor of the Night", escapes.

……

Count Hahn and the "Tide Hunter" were also among the crowd. The two Blue Ocean high-level secret ritual warriors had gloomy faces. The shadow that hung over the imperial capital lifted, but the situation on the entire continent became more tense.

In particular, the news from the Federation made them even more worried.

The Okad Federation army, which had been calm so far, finally showed signs of regrouping.

……

On the other side, Cliff and Bina are together.

A few days ago, in front of the girl and others, Cliff "pleaded guilty" to the emperor. To the surprise of many, the emperor did not punish Cliff, but he did not praise him.

Many rumors arose around him, but they were all suppressed by the royal family.

……

Suddenly.

"Victoria!" Jessica, who was staying with the other ladies and gentlemen, shouted in a particularly high tone.

In the distance, a girl dressed in blue was walking towards the crowd with a parasol in her hand. Ursula and Adele stood behind her. Following Jessica's gaze, people turned their attention to the girl.

"Lord of the Light!" A guard who had seen a young girl in the military formation exclaimed in a low voice.

A small commotion broke out in the crowd. The deeds of the "Bright World" have long been spread in the imperial capital. Most of the people present had not seen the girl in person, and they were still full of curiosity about this new star of the imperial capital.

Many people bowed to the maiden.

"Your Excellency the Baroness."

"Miss Victoria."

"It's an honor to meet you, I'm ......"

And the girl only showed a gentle smile.

"No need to be polite." She waved her hand repeatedly.

"Celebrities should be treated like celebrities." Jessica said with a grin.

The girl searched the crowd for a familiar figure. When they made eye contact with Cliff, Bina, Victor and others, both of them nodded slightly. Seeing Victor struggling with crutches, the girl couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

Dimi is not there. The girl hadn't seen him since yesterday.

He's already on the move......

……

In the imperial capital in the afternoon, a few dark clouds appeared in the sky. Fortunately, before two o'clock, the clouds had cleared and the sun was once again shining on the land.

After a brief moment of silence, Chancellor Friedrich, dressed in a purple robe, walked to the makeshift podium. The dwarf was so short that he had to float up with levitation.

He was talking about nothing more than remembering the dead and looking forward to the construction of a new library. For girls who are used to hearing the leader's speech in their previous life, it is all clichés. However, perhaps because of the presence of himself, Victor and others, the prime minister added a lot of content in his speech touting the merits of the secret warriors, especially the exploits of the girls.

After the Prime Minister's speech, it was Princess Bina's turn. Originally, everyone wanted Bina to be the first to speak, but Bina refused to say anything.

"Victoria," Jessica whispered, "won't you go up and say a few words?" ”

"Huh? I didn't ......"

"It's not a formal event," Jessica said, "and after Her Royal Highness the princess has spoken, everyone is free to speak." ”

"I'd better keep a low profile......" The girl shook her head.

Before the girl's words fell, Bina's eyes, who had just finished speaking, were aimed at the girl: "Victoria, let's say a few words." ”

"But I wasn't prepared......

"Just talk about it."

"Today is a day to remember the dead. Let's cut it down. ”

……

Suddenly—

"'The World of Light'!"

An abrupt female voice attracted everyone's attention. The girl frowned.

The crowd was divided.

The owner of the voice came from far and near, and strode towards the podium where the girl was. Several elderly people were almost knocked to the ground by her.

"You are ......" In the blink of an eye, the man had already arrived in front of the girl. It was a woman wearing a light brown leather armor and combat boots, carrying a silver-gray short spear on her back.

"'Bright World', you are indeed here," the woman's voice was full of excitement, "I ...... the hero who saved the Engor Manor"

If you want to say that the girl has received the most in the past few days, in addition to the mountain of gifts, it is countless love letters and challenge letters. According to Ursula's statistics, within three days, the number of blunt or euphemistic love letters received by the girl has exceeded the triple digits, and there are no less than 40 challenge letters.

Just replying to the refusal one by one left Ursula and Adele busy. The girl is seriously considering hiring a few full-time secretaries.

Many challenge books are written rudely. However, there are always more rude guys who choose to challenge them directly.

"'Bright World'," the woman said in a loud voice, "I have long admired your martial name, and here, I challenge you ......"

"Bold!" Ursula's head was bruised, "It's up to you to ......"

"Stand down, Ursula." The girl shook her head. Ursula had to step aside.

The woman looked excited.

"Are you willing to accept my challenge?"

"When the silence is over, I will discuss with you the time to talk." The girl said politely. It is inappropriate to refuse a challenge in public.

But the woman had no intention of retreating. She held her short gun in her hand.

"In the name of the glory of the secret weapon, you can't avoid battle like this!"

"I didn't shy away from the war."

"Tell me, then, what time is it? Today? Tomorrow? ”

"This is the remnants of the Great Library," the girl had a headache, "not a place to dance with knives and sticks." You are messing around here, and you are desecrating the dead in the calamity......"

"Are you going to be a runaway coward, 'The World of Light'?" The woman snapped. She waved the short gun in her hand in a flash. She had challenged several Blue Sea-level Secret Ritual Warriors, but they were all found by the other party to find a reason to get out, and she could never find them again.

"The only thing I can accept is now!" The woman shouted.

The girl let out a long sigh. She held up her parasol. With the two of them as the center, everyone consciously moved out of the way.

"Very well, 'Bright World,' you are finally up for the battle," the woman said, "and remember the name of the man who is about to defeat you. I'm ......."

The girl shook her head.

"It's not a competition," she said softly, "and I didn't ask your name." ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, and then she became furious.

"You're insulting! I ......"

The girl moved suddenly.

"It's ......" people just feel a flower in front of their eyes.

Secret Ritual "Light Shadow Spirit"!

The whole person turned into an afterimage of light, and before the woman could make any movements, the girl was already in front of her. She didn't even lift her "Bright World", she just raised her empty left hand and pressed it on the woman's face.

"Wait ......"

Without superfluous words, without a trace of hesitation, the girl's slender jade hand grabbed the woman's face. The "Shadow Spirit of Light" didn't stop at all, and the woman didn't even have time to react-

It takes no more than one breath before and after. The girl had already "caught" the woman and rushed out of the hundreds of meters.

"Hmm...... No...... Yes! ”

Ignoring the woman's screams of pain and rushing out of the confines of the original library, the girl suddenly changed her trick and pressed the back of the woman's head towards the marble pavement, and pressed her face down.

Boom!

There was a muffled sound.

"Hiss......" The sound of the crowd gasping for air was heard in the distance.

"I'm afraid I'm going to be disfigured......" Several secret warriors who saw the girl's movements clearly were speechless. Even if you use divine magic to recover, you will inevitably spend a lot of money

"I won't listen to your name...... the girl repeated, "you're not qualified to let me remember the name." This was once the Imperial Capital Library, and it will always be, and I will never let it become a paddock for battle again. ”

"Stealing...... Attack ...... "The woman was so hurt that she couldn't speak.

"It is also a sin to trespass on the meeting hall and disturb the order with one's own selfishness," said the girl softly, "so Yu did not accept your challenge, but only expelled the thief." Well, guards, take her ...... Take. The secret ritual weapon was also temporarily detained. ”

Kicking aside the woman's secret weapon, the short spear, the girl coldly gave the order and turned to leave. Hearing the sound of handcuffs behind her, the girl slowly turned around.

The audience was silent.

"The ...... He's a secret warrior too, right? One of the guards whispered to his companion, shocked by the girl's might, and everyone even spoke in a much quieter voice, "Unexpectedly, all of a sudden, they were ......

"This is the 'Bright World,'" his companion nodded, "it's amazing, the other party doesn't even have a chance to fight back." ”

Not far away, Victor listened to the conversation between the two, but he couldn't laugh or cry.

"I've never heard of that woman, but she has the strength of the blue sky primary, it seems that she has made a breakthrough recently, so she came to the imperial capital to look for a chance to become famous," Victor shook his head slightly, "Originally, the two of them had to divide the winners and losers fairly, not to mention after getting more than a dozen moves." But ......"

The outcome of a battle is not determined solely by strength.

At this time, the girl did not know: she won the battle cleanly, and since then she has dismissed all kinds of cats and dogs to challenge her to become famous...... The number of challenge books has dropped by 90 percent, and she has been much cleaner since then.

"All, a moment of silence." The prime minister stroked his beard.

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At this time, most of the people did not know that on December 30, 998 of the new calendar, while they were silently mourning, two major events that shook the world occurred in other parts of the mainland.

The first thing is Ocard's movements.

In the name of helping the Anguil Kingdom restore order in the civil war, the Okade Federation officially announced that it was about to send troops into the territory of the Anguil Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Anguill is one of the five major member states of the Five-Power Alliance, which once belonged to the sphere of influence of Elrios, and is also the "buffer zone" between the current French power of Errios and the Okad Federation. This will be the first time in a century that Okard has entered the territory of the Five Nations.

Many Erios saw it as a provocation by the Federation against the French powers.

……

The second thing has to do with the black floating city "Palamedes", which is thought to have been destroyed.

The Black Floating City still exists. And, there will be a return to Elrios.

According to the news from the Pure White City, a team of adventurers strayed into the surveillance range of the Black Floating City and was captured by the Floating City. Later, they plan to escape from the Black Floating City and send the information back to Elrios. They got an unexpected ally: the Black Apostles.

Unwilling to continue their abotage, these Black Lord students decided to help the adventure party escape. During the escape of the adventure party, Horace Fertoro, the former "Prime Minister of the Dark City" and the mage of the Floating City who had "tempted the Lord of the Dark to fall", tried to stop him, but was defeated by the Black Apostles with the support of the "Golden Generation" of the Pure White City.

Now, the great city is back under the control of Elrios.

The two legendary mages of the French Power Country, the Lord of the Galaxy and the Lord of the Cloud Yong, appeared in person to explain, making most of the common people believe their claims. The news spread like a storm to the entire continent centered on the pure white city.