MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 183 - 173: Ambush from All Sides_2

Chapter 183: Chapter 173: Ambush from All Sides_2

"You all are really annoying!" Piao Miao was truly angered, she hadn’t expected to be so surrounded on her journey, and she no longer concealed her peak strength as the frigid ice crystals spread outward from her, continuously expanding in every direction.

"Thunderclap Annihilation!" With peak powers came peak responses; a Third Transition Storm Priest from the military cast his spell, the violent power of the thunderbolt like a wild dragon unleashed from the sky, assaulting Piao Miao as it descended toward her.

"Pure Water Shield!" Piao Miao wasn’t foolish, ordinary ice spells were conductors, only pure water could insulate against electricity.

"You witch, take my strike!" The Storm Priest, riding the lightning, approached and his hammer struck Piao Miao’s water shield, forcing her back several steps.

"Towar the Brave Thunder," Piao Miao recognized the man, a hint of wariness rising in her heart.

Towar was a very famous figure in the border army; although the empire and the Eagle Alliance appeared to have no frictions on the surface, who could make clear how many secret clashes there had been? Towar alone, with his hammer, had forged a resounding reputation on the frontier, considered a thorn in the flesh by the Eagle Alliance.

Also a Third Transition Peak master, Piao Miao admitted she was no match for Towar; setting aside the gap in actual combat, the very professional suppression the Storm Priest had over ice mages already made her hesitate to act freely.

"Today, you will undoubtedly die," Towar declared, hammer in hand, stepping closer to Piao Miao.

"But I don’t want to die," Piao Miao said gravely. "I am a core member of the Xinlei family; you can’t kill me." Under the threat of death, she could no longer be concerned about the exposure of her identity.

As she spoke, she unfolded an identity document from the Eagle Alliance. This put Towar in a bit of a bind, for the document indicated that Piao Miao was a member of the Eagle Alliance’s Xinlei family, under the protection of the Alliance. If she committed any crime within imperial territory, she was to be dealt with by the Alliance, and the empire was not to exert private punishment.

What to do now?

Do it!

Towar was never one to waver; indecision would only lead to chaos. This was a command from Her Majesty the Queen, and should any issue arise, the queen would be responsible, not him; he just had to obey.

Seeing Towar proceed to move against her, Piao Miao gasped alarmingly, shouting quickly, "Towar! Consider this carefully—are you trying to provoke a war between two nations?!"

"If there will be war, then war it shall be. I might even get some extra military merit out of it." Towar’s hammer roared out, and as Piao Miao received the blow, she tumbled to the ground, coughing up blood.

"Such tender skin for a lady; can’t take much of a beating, can you?" Towar spat contemptuously. Just as he was about to finish her off, a Black Guard suddenly stood in his way.

Of course, Towar recognized the Black Guard. "What? You want to protect her?"

The Black Guard said sternly, "We have just received a decree from His Majesty; this woman must not die."

"Damn it!" Towar cursed. "The Queen wants her dead, now the Great Emperor wants to protect her; whose orders should I follow?!"

"Of course, you follow His Majesty’s," the Black Guard replied proudly. "Would you dare to defy the will of the Great Emperor?"

"Hmph! Just make sure to increase my pay afterward!" Towar, being in the military, was well aware of Konstantin’s influence in the empire. Most of the high-ranking officers from the Shaxie family, who had been in position before, had already been covertly replaced by Konstantin. When choosing between the queen and the Great Emperor, it was clear that offending the queen was the lesser of two evils.

After stopping Towar, the Black Guard turned to help Piao Miao up. "Lady Piao Miao, Duke Xinlei has already negotiated terms with His Majesty. The empire won’t interfere with your return to the Alliance. Whether or not you can make it back lies in your own fate."

"...," Piao Miao didn’t know what kind of agreement her mother had reached with Konstantin, but it was certain that Duke Xinlei had suffered a great loss.

Suppressing the thunderous power Towar had sent surging into her, Piao Miao stepped toward the outskirts of the city. This was the closest city to the national border, merely a hundred miles from it lay the boundary of the Eagle Alliance, and it was Piao Miao’s final obstacle.

Due to the decree of the Great Emperor, the soldiers in service reluctantly made way, watching Piao Miao depart.

However, danger always lurks just before dawn. On the boundary line of the frontier, stood three mages with wooden staves, their green robes easily betraying their allegiance.

Now Piao Miao was angry all over again, "I could deal with the Black Pupils, I could even accept the Hell Faction, and the Queen turning against me over the matter with Yuanying is something I’ll take, but now, I want to know where I! I, Piao Miao! Have managed to offend you Natural Faction?!"

She had planned for her subordinates to mislead those from the Black Pupils that were chasing her, and hoped to evade any assassination attempts from the Queen easily enough, but plans failed to keep up with changes, leading to this moment of utter embarrassment. She swore, this was the most disheveled and vexed she had ever been.

The three Naturals didn’t speak, only watched Piao Miao in silence, their meaning clear—the way was blocked.

"Ice Extreme Shards!" Piao Miao attacked furiously with hatred, countless ice crystals transforming into sharp blades, shooting toward the trio.

"Iron Imprisonment." An elderly mage chanted deeply, and clusters of plants sprung from the ground; with a sweep of their branches and leaves, they deflected Piao Miao’s assault. Then with a puzzled tone, he asked, "You’re injured?"

"Hmph!" Of course, she had suffered a severe injury, but it wasn’t inflicted by Towar; it was a backlash from researching the Heart of the Lion bloodline. The Divine Legacy Vein was a taboo, and the previous eighteen experiments had damaged her essence. Otherwise, with Piao Miao’s temperament, how could she have been so devoid of fighting spirit, focusing only on escape?

"No matter, we’ll just take her back to the superior," another from the Natural Faction gestured with his staff, as a vine shot straight toward her.

Just at that moment, the Sky-Crossing Flame Blade suddenly appeared, slashing fiercely at the trio, surprising the Naturals who had to abandon their attempt to capture Piao Miao and defend themselves instead.