### Chapter 146: I Know Who You Are~
Boom! Boom! Boom—
The scene before my eyes suddenly turned upside down. Bricks and dust were flying everywhere, and amidst the blazing flames, the grand hall was flying away into the distance. I was slammed against three walls in succession, crashing into a dark room along with countless stones. With a thud, my back nearly embedded into the wall of the room, and only then did my momentum finally come to a stop.
Such force…
“Cough cough!”
The dust cloud made it hard for me to open my eyes, and my outfit was absolutely filthy now. The thought annoyed me for a split second, but that fleeting emotion was soon replaced by calm. With a flick of my small hand, I unleashed a chilling ice mist, snuffing out the burning flames in my lower abdomen, my small face hidden beneath a hood remained expressionless.
Not too shabby.
In my line of sight, a towering figure enveloped in flames rushed in from the hole in the wall I had just created.
He didn’t even draw his sword…
In a flash, the giant’s massive body radiated such heat that it reached me instantly. I saw both long swords at his waist still sheathed. He simply planted his feet firmly, and with a loud stomp, his right foot crashed down onto the marble floor, cracking it into pieces. A fierce punch accompanied by flames barreled toward my face.
… underestimated again, huh?
Is it because he’s so much bigger than me?
Not dodging, I lifted my hand and caught that punch.
The powerful wind from his fist nearly blew off my hood, and the scorching heat felt surprisingly warm, like winter sunlight. His enormous fist was encapsulated in my small palm, his fierce advance coming to a halt just ten centimeters from my face.
With that tremendous force, the already crumbling wall behind me suddenly fell apart. As the dust cleared, I braced against the man’s strength and charged through the stone wall with him. My feet squeaked against the stone as I skid back several meters before finally stopping that momentum.
“Oh?”
The man seemed rather surprised.
“You can actually…”
He probably wanted to say I could withstand his punch. His face, illuminated in the shifting shadows, was now just inches from mine, and I felt the hot waves of his breath. My brows knitted slightly; I quickly decided not to give him a chance to finish speaking.
“Stay away from me.”
With my left arm drawn back like a bowstring, I unleashed a lightning-fast punch right into the man’s abdomen during his moment of distraction.
Boom—
This punch was enveloped in icy frost, instantly folding the man’s body and lifting his feet off the ground. Just like how he charged at me, in the blink of an eye, he shot out of my sight.
Whoosh—
Boom! Boom! Crash!
Three even heavier thuds echoed through the tiny room, sending clouds of dust swirling, which gradually obscured my vision. The wall in front of me had been completely shattered by the man’s body, and amidst the falling bricks, I stepped out with my Moon Step, my entire self flying forth like an arrow, “whoosh!”
At this point, let’s just take him down first…
Boom—
As my body punched through the second wall, a loud crash rang out ahead. Dust filled the air again, and I vaguely saw that Pope Knight had crashed back into the grand hall, shattering a row of stone barriers as he fell from the second floor. The scene flashed by in an instant, and in the next moment, I once again used Moon Step, leaping through the third wall hole, landing right above the man, spinning around twice, and kicking toward the top of his head!
Tarlasya reacted quickly, raising his hand to block. With a loud clang, my kick struck his forearm’s armor, warping the hard iron. The man’s body plummeted to the ground like a cannonball, boom—!
In an instant, the hall’s floor exploded, cracks spreading as debris flew like bullets. The shockwaves forced many knights to stagger back, tables were overturned, and a large portion of the wall sconces extinguished in the chaos. The man crashed into the center of the hall, creating a deep crater. Amid the scattered gasps, he still had the strength to stand back up.
“You seem quite confident in your punch…”
Boom!
In the next moment, I landed on him, using one foot to push the half-sitting man back down. I leaned over, standing on his chest, and delivered another direct punch to his face—
Clang clang clang!
Amidst the metallic clang, Tarlasya, the Pope Knight, actually raised his hand to trade punches with me! The moment our fists collided, the low temperature and high temperature compressed the air, sending shockwaves surging outward, making nearby knights nearly lose their footing…
However, this ‘stalemate’ lasted no more than two seconds. Then my fist, at least three or four sizes smaller than his, with overwhelming superiority, forced his fire-imbued punch deep into the ground.
Boom!
A deafening roar once again shook the entire hall.
“Tarlasya!”
“d*mn it…”
“Protect Her Majesty the Queen!”
Amidst the chaotic shouting, I saw knights struggling to rush at me. However, not wanting to deal with them, I held the man down with one hand, then raised my left fist, targeting his chest, and smashed down again!
Smash—
“Aren’t you supposed to use a sword?”
Smash!
“Draw your sword…”
Smash! Smash! Smash!
“Let me see…”
Boom—
In less than a second, I pummeled the man’s chest with several heavy punches, crushing his already flimsy chest plate into a mess. The horrifying frost immediately spread across his body, and his right arm, which I was holding, grew weaker as he attempted to retaliate. I swiftly grabbed a rushing knight nearby and tossed him aside like a small chicken. Then, I stood up, looking down at the man who appeared embedded in the crater, bleeding from his nose, eyes tightly shut.
“…Looks like there’s no more chance for you.”
Pope Knight…
When did he become so weak?
“Wow~”
Suddenly, from behind a crowd not far away, I heard an exaggerated, almost cute gasp.
Clap clap clap—
Then, there was sparse applause: “Impressive, brilliant…”
I turned to look.
Through the stunned knights who didn’t know what to do, I spotted a graceful blonde woman, flanked by two members of the Sword of Kanli, looking mesmerizing.
“Victoria?”
I almost shouted instinctively.
The woman was being pushed back by the Kanli sword-men, trying to get her to retreat to the room. However, she resisted, continuously pushing their hands away while watching me, her eyes sparkling as she clapped intermittently.
She looked somewhat excited…
“Hmm?”
Hearing my call, she paused for a moment, then her bright face immediately broke into a dazzling smile: “It’s me, I’m Queen Elizabeth~ Hello—”
She cheerfully waved at me.
…Moon Step.
Boom—
In a flash, I stood before the woman.
Her expression froze abruptly.
Beside her, one of the male Kanli swordsmen reacted first, his right hand reversing the flow of water in the air, forming sharp water lines like needles. But before he could strike, I had already slapped my palm onto his face and shoved him away!
On the other side, the female Kanli swordsman finally reacted just then, but as she moved, my left hand was already raised to her forehead, my fingers poised. In the stunned and disbelieving look of the other, “bang,” I flicked her back, causing her to crash to the ground.
“You…”
The blonde woman seemed to want to say something to me.
But the next moment, I grabbed her by the waist, leaping upwards before the anxious crowd could pounce, my eyes gleaming blue, lifting my hand to the ceiling and unleashing a massive ice spike, smashing a pitch-black hole into the ceiling, then the second floor, the third floor…
Cold ice shot out with a roar from the castle’s top, vanishing into the night, while I stood on a floating ice platform, cradling “Queen Elizabeth,” soaring from the Black Fort, hundreds of meters above ground.
“Now, let’s have a proper chat.”
I released my hold around her waist, placing her on a precariously small ice platform where both of us could stand, then raised my head to look at her delicate, translucent face, my expression unchanged.
“Who are you?” I asked her, “Where is Queen Elizabeth?”
“Didn’t I already say?”
The night wind howled in my ears, the ominous city below flickered with firelight, looking a good distance away now. Thick black smoke billowed, drifting into the darkness. If an ordinary person were standing on this perilous ice platform, ready to fall and shatter into pieces, they’d probably be quaking in their boots.
But the blonde woman displayed not even a hint of fear on her face.
“I am Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.” She smiled again, playfully winking at me, “You don’t believe me, do you? Do I have to put on a serious face for you…?”
“Ha.”
I couldn’t help but let out a cold smirk. “Then I should just drop you down from here, and there shouldn’t be any problem, right… if you’re really her.”
Saying that, I grabbed the neckline of her dress, tilting her upper body backward, the ground beneath my feet shifting slightly, as if she was about to fall off.
“Whoa! Whoa whoa whoa—”
The woman panicked, raising both hands in a surrendering manner, but her demeanor felt more like a performance: “Wait, wait! I still have things to say, why are you so fierce…”
As she spoke, her sunflower-like golden eyes fixated on me, her gaze flirtatious, the smile blooming on her face like a flower, resembling a mischievous little girl teasingly sticking out her tongue, then biting her lip, licked her lips.
“But I really like it~”
“……”
I remained expressionless: “Speak. What’s going on?”
“Hmm?”
The woman blinked, tilting her head with an innocent expression, as if she knew nothing.
Hiss—
I gazed at her face, suddenly feeling a throbbing pain in my head.
This woman looks too much like Viki…
So much so that it’s almost identical…
It’s precisely because she resembles her so closely that her actions make my heart unable to bear it.
Is she a relative?
How come I never knew she had such a peculiar relative…
“You are part of the Elizabeth royal family, right?” I asked her. “Don’t waste time, I’m in a hurry. Tell me where Viki is, where is Lady Catherine.”
“Ah—”
Hearing this from me, the blonde woman let out an exaggerated gasp, as if a child had discovered a new world. Her big eyes blinked rapidly: “Viki… What an intimate way to call her… Hmmm, let me think… I only remember hearing the Empress call her that…”
Crackle crackle!
Sharp icicles suddenly took shape in my hand, pressing against her delicate neck. I coldly warned her: “One more word, and I’ll k*ll you.”
The woman blinked at me, “You wouldn’t.”
“Why not?”
“If you k*ll me, Viki will get angry.”
“……”
“See, see? You don’t want to make her angry, do you?” As she noticed my silence, her face lit up with glee, “I know who you are~”
She clapped her hands and said, sending a wave of shock through me: “We’re all waiting for you.”
