Chapter 8 Cause and Effect
Frederic.
Royal Palace.
After several rounds of battles, the royal palace has turned into ruins.
Cu has completely fallen into a disadvantage, while Regent Leonhard is on a path of total domination.
In the recent battle, many ministers have already been mistakenly killed.
The fight between Philes and Enado has also extended outside the palace.
At this moment, only two people remain for a final duel in the entire royal palace.
Cu has a trace of bl**d at the corner of her mouth, constantly adjusting her breath.
Everything she knows, including combat skills and magic, has been taught by her teacher. As soon as she makes a move, Leonhard anticipates it first, resulting in her being unable to match Leonhard even with the most powerful staff.
“What’s wrong, Your Majesty the Queen? Is this all you can do?” Leonhard’s voice is calm, and his eyes have turned completely dark.
Cu wipes the corner of her mouth but does not speak, instead, she continues to channel her magic.
“If I’m not mistaken, your royal family should have a powerful magic, right? And it can only be activated with the royal staff?”
Leonhard casually takes a few steps, as if this is not a life-and-d*ath battle, but a grown-up playing house with a child.
“Why haven’t you used it until now?”
As he finishes speaking, several ice crystals pierce in from all directions, at a 360-degree angle with no escape.
However, Leonhard already knows her attack method and slowly slashes out, causing all the approaching ice crystals to fall.
“Are you seriously thinking you can capture me alive after all this?”
After he speaks, a glimmer of sharp light flashes in his eyes as he delivers a slash.
Cu blocks with her staff, but is still sent flying due to being unable to block properly, crashing against the wall and raising a cloud of dust.
She struggles to stand up, tears in her eyes: “Then why does teacher keep holding back…?”
After battling her teacher, she realizes she is simply not his opponent; not even close.
She doesn’t know how many flaws she has exposed during this process, and if she can see them, how could her teacher not?
Missing one opportunity is one thing, but missing so many is strange!
Clearly, he could have killed her directly; why does the teacher hold back?
This is also the reason she has not used her final attack.
“Hmph, Cu, you really enjoy playing little tricks.” Leonhard sneers.
“The only reason I hold back is that I want to see just how powerful your royal family’s great magic is, the reliance of your Weixierd clan to become kings, and you refuse to unleash it.”
“What are you thinking? Do you still believe it’s because I can’t bring myself to hurt you?”
Cu slowly rises, her heart sinking.
“Even now, your subjects are still fighting bloodily for you as their queen, and you are still hesitating here…”
“I’m entertaining you right now; what do you think the reason is?”
“Let me tell you the truth: your subjects, the entire royal capital, everyone!”
“This capital will be washed clean!”
“You! What did you say?!” Cu gasps, then looks outside.
In the distance, the screams of countless innocent people!!
“There can only be one king in the Nikes Kingdom! Those who follow you? Must d*e! Hahahahaha!”
“Teacher… No! Leonhard!!! I am the 79th Queen of the Nikes Kingdom! I absolutely cannot let the Nikes Kingdom be destroyed by your hands!!”
A faint blue light finally sparkles in Cu’s eyes, and an ice and snow mark slowly appears on her forehead.
The royal family’s symbol!
She emanates an extreme coldness, her voice biting and frosty.
Leonhard: “Finally ready to be serious?”
She exhaled a breath of cold air, and the last tear that flowed down turned into an ice crystal, adorning the corner of her eye, her whole being resembling an angel in the snow and ice.
If previously she was determined to stop her teacher, it was based on stopping, not killing.
But now…
She truly does not have the strength to stop her teacher while staying alive…
To prevent her teacher from continuing down the wrong path…
So…
When the secret technique of the Ice and Snow Clan is unleashed, there will definitely be d*ath without injury.
She can only… if even more innocent lives are to be saved, she must, with her own hands…
k*ll this teacher whom she respects and loves the most.
She unleashes all her magical power, transforming the entire royal capital into a world of ice and snow!!
Breath of Weixierd…
…
As the last ice crystal is about to pierce through the chest of the person opposite…
“Well done, Cu.”
The familiar voice comes from the person in front of her.
She freezes, staring blankly at the face of the person opposite.
She sees the gentlest smile she once knew and an unguarded chest!
Crack—
The ice crystal pierces through, and she stares in shock at the person opposite, who recoils slightly in pain.
The darkness in his eyes has restored just before the ice crystal pierced through.
Leonhard chuckles, his expression darkened due to the overwhelming ice crystal magic: “You still… aren’t too smart…”
“Teacher…”
He endures the pain, using his last strength to brush away that droplet of ice crystal tear from her eye, his voice still gentle: “After this war, those who survive will be absolutely loyal to you…”
“Teacher…”
“What… what did you say…”
Cu trembles all over. She hopes to hear that familiar gentle voice, but now… she is afraid to hear it.
It seems she… has messed something up…
“Philes hasn’t attacked those loyal to you; those who died in the chaos were all plotting against me in secret.”
“Haha, they don’t know I’m your teacher; how could I not be yours…”
Cu suddenly realizes something; she looks towards the corner of the grand hall.
The minister, Isis, who had fallen due to Philes, is slowly standing up, then touching his chest and looking around in confusion, soon seeing the scene where Cu pierces the Regent…
“Your, Your Majesty the Queen… Regent… Your Highness…”
Isis is also one who knows the truth…
Cu immediately loses her voice and starts to cry.
“Don’t cry… Don’t easily trust others… You should know what to do next…” Leonhard can barely stand now, wishing to lift his hand to wipe her tears but halting in mid-air, letting it fall.
“Cu… this is the last thing I can teach you…”
“Don’t… teacher… don’t…”
She has already turned into a tearful mess, tightly gripping Leonhard’s hand, but his hand has turned cold and stiff.
Those cursed by this magic ultimately become fine ice crystal powder, dissipating into the air without a trace, as if they had never existed in this world.
“You… will definitely become an excellent queen…”
With that, Leonhard’s expression is still gentle as he turns to ashes, dissipating into the icy expanse…
“Teacher… no… teacher!!”
