In the Empire, in all corners of the continent, legends circulated about the first female emperor in the history of the Empire.

Seven hundred years ago, in the empire of the decline of the imperial family, the great nobles put a cowardly little princess on the throne. However, it was a woman who didn't seem to like to fight, and was unbelievably chosen by a mysterious secret weapon, and since then her temperament has changed greatly, sweeping away the major nobles who want to elevate it with vigorous and resolute force, and welcoming the empire to the second prosperous era since the founding of the country.

The secret ritual weapon used by this empress...... It is a parasol known as the "Bright World". No one knows why the maker made the weapon in this shape, but the number of people who died on the parasol, including many mages and ritual warriors, was countless.

……

Penny stared at the "Bright World" in the girl's hands. She had no doubt that her opponent had used tricks like illusion to deceive her. She had been trained to fight illusions since she was a child, and if Victoria's illusions could really completely hide from her and the other soldiers, Victoria could have killed herself with spells, and there was no need to go through such a big effort.

"Death and life!" Penny made a decision in an instant. In the face of the legendary empress, the only way Penny can think of is to survive in death!

"Scatter!" Penny screamed in command. With a shield in one hand, she surged towards where the maiden was. And the soldiers who had worked with her for a long time, although they were shocked, immediately reacted and scattered in all directions, and at the same time dropped the knives and guns in their hands and took out the crossbows behind their backs-

And the girl just watched their performance with a blank face.

"Fire." She groaned, pointing the tip of her umbrella at Penny.

Rumble!

"Gods, this is ......" The soldiers watched the girl's attack like the breath of a fire dragon, and the corners of their eyes twitched.

Tides of golden flames erupted from the tip of the umbrella, evaporating the ground and stones along the way, directly submerging Penny's figure!

"Penny!" Ledo yelled.

But then he heard his fiancée's voice.

Like mages, Mystic warriors can manipulate supernatural powers to some extent, either by controlling the elements or by enhancing their protection...... However, the power they can control is relatively simple, and the mystical warriors who can master the elements often use one elemental power, at most two......

Penny had never fought a Mystic Warrior, and all her knowledge was hearsay. Penny believes that the power of the Mystic Warrior and the Mage also comes from the sea of clouds, and that the principle should be the same. A force field shield that can defend against mage spells, and it can also fight against the supernatural powers of mystical warriors.

And sure enough, the overwhelming flames that melted everything began to be weakened by the anti-magic force the moment they touched Penny's shield.

The force of the impact made it almost impossible for Penny to hold the shield in her hand. However, the girl can't keep this crazy offensive all the time.

Penny's right arm, holding the shield, was cracked. With all her strength, she thrust her shield into the burning, charred ground—

"Drink!"

Taking advantage of the short interval between the girl's firestorm and the roar, Penny leaped out from behind the giant shield and landed on top of the tower shield, brandishing the broadsword in her hand and kicking her legs violently—

"Captain!" The soldiers shouted in relief. Like a giant black bird, Penny leapt into the air and swooped down towards where the girl was.

And the girl didn't dodge either. She held the parasol in her hand high – like she had a sword in her hand – and took Penny's attack from the front!

It's a contest of pure power!

Twenty-two-year-old Penny, with a strong physique, a full body of heavy armor, and a condescending appearance.

Fifteen-year-old Victoria, who had no previous combat training, wore only ordinary cloth and leather travel clothes.

Who wins and who loses?

I only heard a bang--the two bodies shook violently at the same time, the girl took a step back, and Penny also landed backwards-

Even if Penny has the bonus of gravity, it is still the girl's power that prevails!

Penny's heart sank. It was already her full strength just now, and there was no doubt that her physical fitness was crushed by the other side.

And the girl was also sighing secretly in her heart. Time is too tight.

The secret ritual weapon "Bright World" constantly draws power from the sea of clouds to strengthen her physical fitness...... Even so, in a short period of time, it still can't be increased to the level of killing Penny in seconds.

As for the secret ritual weapon, it will teach the master's combat skills? Indeed, many images of the former master using the "Bright World" to fight in the girl's mind came to mind. In addition to remotely controlling the flame element, the melee attacks of the "Bright World" have both "blunt hits", "piercings" and even "slashes", which is extremely noble and elegant in the hands of the empress, but it is a pity...... For a girl with zero combat experience, these "slides" can't be digested immediately.

Therefore, the attack mode that she can use freely at the moment is only the most primitive strike.

"Captain!" The soldiers shouted. They had completely dispersed, and a crossbow was aimed at the girl's body. Both Penny and the other soldiers realized that the lack of armor to protect the flesh and blood was the girl's greatest disadvantage.

"Open." The parasol in the girl's hand snapped open. The huge umbrella surface resembles a huge round shield...... With a light wave of the parasol, the girl blocked all the crossbow arrows.

"Looks like I'm naturally good at defense......" the girl muttered.

[Xiaowei, are you ready? Taking advantage of the enemy's round of shooting, at a loss, the girl asked.

[Ah...... Be! Xiaowei was stunned for a moment and reacted.

The girl raised her free left hand.

[Toggle.] 】

"What?" Penny intuitively sensed something was wrong. How would she know...... There is already a different person in the other party's body!

Victoria had words in her mouth. Powerful arcane energy condensed around her, and in a blink of an eye, more than a dozen purple balls of light of different sizes appeared on Victoria's side, shining with strange light in the night, like a dream.

"How—lie down!" Even though her brain stopped working due to the sheer amount of fright, Penny's body still made the most correct moves. She threw herself on the ground and ducked behind her anti-magic shield.

The other soldiers weren't so lucky—the balls of light shot out in all directions like a storm!

"Ahh

"No!"

"Be careful."

With the sound of collisions and screams one after another, more than ordinary soldiers fell with a bang. The person who was shot in the head, the entire part above the neck disappeared. Others lost their arms or legs, bleeding profusely, and fell to the ground screaming.

[Replace it with me.] 】

The girl regained control of her body from Xiaowei. A genius mage made a surprise move...... Has the ability to dominate the battlefield.

"This is a completely unreasonable missile storm...... It's Miss Douglas...... "Penny, who escaped the disaster, looked at what the girl had done, and her face turned pale.

Condensing elemental energy into missiles to strike opponents is the basis of a battle mage. Ordinary mage apprentices only operate one or two missiles, and some Qingkong-level mages can operate five or six, and their power is also very average...... However, Viviel, the genius mage girl Victoria Douglas, is able to shoot a large number of missiles in all directions with her keen sense of the elements, killing enemies with overwhelming power.

[Hmm......! The girl sensed her inner world, and Xiaowei's voice seemed to be a little painful.

That's right...... This is the first time she's killed a living human...... Moreover, he is also his own compatriot......

The girl sighed imperceptibly.

She put away her open parasol and pointed the tip of her umbrella at Penny, who was standing next to her shield.

"It's all over." She said softly.

"The first person in history to be able to use both arcane and arcane weapons, a mage who is also a mystical warrior, right?" Penny said calmly.

"It's not what you think." The girl said, pressing on Penny step by step.

"Monster, you're convinced of your victory," Penny suddenly smiled fearlessly, "but do you know ......?"

"We are the Speaker's arms. We...... Never give up! ”

The girl suddenly felt a tightness on her feet. A hand grabbed her ankle—

It was a soldier who had been shot through the abdomen. He was motionless just now, as if he was dead, but now he had exhausted his last life force...... Create opportunities for the captain.

"Come on, Captain......!" The soldier shouted hoarsely.

"Uh-huh......!"

Touch!

With a heavy wave of the "Bright World" in her hand, the girl directly smashed the parasol on the opponent's head. The soldier's brain burst and died, but his hand still grasped the girl's ankle and refused to let go.

And Penny had begun her final charge. Her boots were splattered with dust, and something seemed to be burning in her eyes.

It's too late to use Firestorm now...... The girl's pupils shrank.

"Hold on." The girl opened the parasol in her hand again.

Penny's machete struck the surface of the umbrella and bounced off. Under the huge difference in strength, her tiger's mouth was already faintly oozing blood.

[Change me now!] Xiaowei shouted. She's ready to cast a spell. Penny, who gave up the shield of the Spellbreaker, was nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter in front of a blue-sky mage like Xiaowei.

But the girl didn't react.

I'm sorry, Vicky.

The rational truth is that if I continue to fight as a mystical warrior in the future, I will have to experience more moments like this.

Probably because of the memory images in the secret weapon, I want to fight the other side as a real warrior......

And you don't want to keep killing your fellow citizens, do you?

The knife and the umbrella collided with dazzling sparks. The girl's power overwhelmed the enemy again—

But Penny wasn't going to back off. In fact, she has completely abandoned defense. Togetherness is her only purpose.

"Give it to me!" Penny, who was almost insane, grasped the slightest flaw in the girl's defenses. As a warrior, she has much more experience than a maiden.

Her blade struck the maiden in the abdomen.

But the sharp tip of the "Bright World" pierced Penny's throat first.

The girl with a bloody belly did not waver in the slightest. Her expression was pained, but her eyes were determined.

"Thank you," the girl said in a calm tone, announcing her opponent's death sentence, "It is my valuable experience to meet an opponent like you in the first battle. This time, it's really over. ”

The tip of the umbrella of the "Bright World" emits a pure white glow. The girl gently handed the tip of the umbrella, and Penny's head and body separated.

……

Pushing Penny's body away, the girl gasped slightly. She pulled out the knife that had been stabbed into her abdomen.

"Uh...... It hurts......"

The pain that could still be endured before was further aggravated at the moment. Blood trickled down her lower abdomen, staining the girl's brand-new skirt and stockings red. The intense pain pounded against her nerves, as if every cell was roaring and trembling with pain.

Her Majesty the Empress knew that she would laugh at me, the girl thought sadly. The heir of the dignified "Bright World" actually fought with ordinary soldiers to the point of defeat. And yet—

In the girl's chest, there was a strange sense of satisfaction.

[Idiot. Why don't you change me? Xiaowei's voice rang out.

[I can't believe the speed of your shot......] The girl responded, [And ......]

[You don't want to stain the blood of your compatriots anymore, do you? It's okay to call me hypocritical...... I'm better suited for this fight than you, and ......]

[The last moment of the duel of life and death. How could it be...... Give it to someone else? 】

Next time it won't be so ugly, the girl said. Next time, we will definitely show the true power of the "Bright World" in front of people. It is absolutely necessary to show the true power of this secret weapon-

"Retreat!" Ledo, who survived, shouted. It's not that he doesn't have the courage to fight to the death with the girl, but now it's more important to report the girl's news to the Okad Federation-

The girl barely straightened up. The bleeding in her abdomen had stopped. The recovery ability of the Mystic Warrior is much stronger than that of a normal person. But......

"Did you hurt your intestines...... What a nasty woman......"

Gritting her teeth, the girl lifted the "bright world" again. Even in her wounded state, the girl has the confidence to stop these remnants from being defeated.

But the girl heard a familiar voice sound. She understood instantly.

"This nosy—no, it's a bastard who doesn't see a rabbit and doesn't scatter an eagle—"