Chapter 14 - 9 Black Suns in the Sky (1/2)
Princess Charlotte flew towards the direction of the Aquilia Family's palace in New Heart while holding Glaze with one hand. This was the first time Glaze experienced flight in this world and saw the city from a bird's eye view.
The sprawling city was filled with castles and palaces that looked very old, this was the capital which is why it was mostly populated by noble families and other rich people.
As they flew towards the Aquilia Family, they were already trying to escape, they heard the king's verdict after all and knew they no longer could stay in the Kingdom as they no longer had any protection from the law.
As Princess Charlotte saw them running away she raised her right hand and started to cast a magic, ”This is the new attack I have learned after breaking through to the Master Stage , let me what you think , fufu” she said with a smile
Her right hand was covered in black fire and the entire area trembled as the black fire rose above from her hands and the surrounding temperature started rising rapidly, and soon the entire area above the Aquilia Family's palace was covered in pitch-black flames and completely blocked the sunlight.
The members of the Aquilia family felt like they were pressed under the sun as they looked upwards, after that the black flames started to gather towards several points in the sky and converged into small balls of concentrated black flames.
As they hung in the sky they looked like 9 black suns, they descended a huge pressure over the entire city and the onlookers were scared seeing such a scene happening above their heads, then with bated breaths they watched these 9 Black Suns come crashing down like meteors towards the Aquilia Family's house.
There were many experts of Novice stage in the Aquilia family but they could do nothing to defend against a Master Stage attack and could only try to run , the black suns hammered the entire area like 9 nuclear bombs dropped one after the other and the entire area turned pitch black and the surrounding temperature started scorching to unbearable degrees, the surrounding onlookers started to run away and increased the distance .
The entire palace of the Aquilia Family was completely destroyed without a trace. Most of the people who were running away either got caught in the blast and got burnt to a crisp or boiled to death due to the scorching hot temperature. But there appeared to be someone still alive, an old man with grey hair held up a strange seal with a lotus on it which created a barrier that protected some kids under it.
”Hm, so the Aquilia Family had hidden another Expert Stage among them and it looks he is protecting the talents of their family,” said the Princess as she looked at that old man with a chilly smile. The barrier was filled with web-like cracks and was bȧrėly holding on, after all, even if he was an Expert, he was only Level 23.
”I'll go and deal with him, you can take care of the remaining survivors,” said Princess Charlotte looking towards Glaze as she descended and dropped him on the ground.
”Alright , take care” said Glaze to the Princess who flew away to fight that old man, ”This Princess is seriously broke” thought Glaze as he walked towards the Burning Palace remains with a smile while everyone else in the area was running away from the area.
This was the first time they had seen a Master Stage being fight and it turns out it was the Princess who had recently leveled up. They were scared out of their minds as this fight was happening in the middle of the city.
”Agh, ugh, go on ahead, run away to Neverwinter,” said a man coughing blood as he dragged two girls along with him trying to run away from the black flames, his body was scarred with burn marks and his armor was completely destroyed, the girls' condition wasn't any better.
”Trying to run away are ya ?” said Glaze with an evil smile as he walked towards them, he had never truly let loose since he came here, and he was now itching to shed blood.
The man was Level 19, the girls were Level 16 and Level 17 respectively. The trio was, in terms of Levels, stronger than Glaze, they couldn't take him down but could at least get away from him, or so they thought. They started to channel their magic to the fullest in this life or death situation as this might very well be their last fight.