Chapter 43

Gongsun Murong smiled after hearing Nalasha's words and said, "Actually, you had the chance to act when the purge was happening in the duchy. Why didn't you kill all the members of their family?"

"Ugh! They are all bad guys, but they sent their children to give me gifts. The youngest one was not even two years old. They struggled to hold up the candies and give them to me, how could I kill them?" Nalasha said resentfully.

Indeed, it was like that at the time. The people from the Bobo and Derek families came to give gifts, bringing a group of children.

Gongsun Murong and Nalasha hated them to death but ultimately didn't take action.

Those children were too young, one of them was only one year old, just learning to speak, and giggling at everyone, opening his arms for Nalasha to hold.

Nalasha could have frozen everyone with a single ice spell, but at that moment, she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Instead, she used an instant plant spell—Spring of the Four Seasons—to make many flowers bloom, making the babies laugh, and she laughed along with them.

So she was very frustrated, and her brother Murong also didn't take action.

"Brother Murong, I hate encountering such situations. It's better in the desert, where a disagreement leads to a quick draw and a satisfying life," Nalasha grumbled.

Gongsun Murong nudged Nalasha's forehead with his and said, "That's why we are happy. Killing someone is easy, but having the thought to kill is not. What did the butler say?"

"I'll think about it. Oh, right, 'If they don't offend me, I won't offend them; if they do, I will eliminate them completely.' But Grandpa Butler never taught us what to do when the enemy sends little babies to deliver things. A baby who was just a month shy of his first birthday kissed me hard. How could I kill him? It's so annoying! Hey? There's a fight up ahead."

Nalasha was complaining when she suddenly sensed some battle fluctuations and immediately warned.

Gongsun Murong didn't think much and shouted, "Let's go quickly, it must be our people from the Gels duchy fighting with the enemy."

Although he knew he didn't belong to this planet, or even this star system, he was willing to do something for this place because he had received help from the duchy.

"How much of our strength should we reveal?" Nalasha's first thought was actually this question.

"Based on saving our people," Gongsun Murong put away his particle cannon and switched to a few magical items.

Because using the particle cannon was too wasteful.

More importantly, if the enemy wasn't locked on or couldn't withstand the impact, the particle cannon's power would spread.

The particle cannon Gongsun Murong now had a one-kilometer by one-kilometer attack range, which is one square kilometer.

Ordinary people might think this range is small, but in reality, it's one million square meters, and everyone in this area would be attacked in an instant.

According to calculations, anyone below the third level of combat energy in this range would disappear, unable to resist.

But if the enemy absorbed the energy, there would be no trouble, as the energy would be absorbed by someone.

Gongsun Murong didn't think the people fighting the duchy could withstand it.

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Susan Helen was a third-level grand mage in the Gels duchy's combat team.

She could instantly cast many spells.

She was assigned to patrol the Soul Lake today.

She always thought she could handle all problems.

But what she encountered today made her feel so powerless.

A second-level grand mage might be powerful within the duchy, but the enemy she faced today revealed her level to be too low.

They had two second-level and one third-level grand mages.

Today, she noticed magical fluctuations in the lake and went down to investigate.

Who would have thought that she would be surrounded and attacked by three grand mages at a depth of less than 500 meters.

Susan Helen wasn't thinking about how to defeat the enemy but how to survive and pass the message to others.

But even this small wish couldn't be fulfilled.

The three grand mages took turns casting water spells, making it impossible for her to escape easily. The only thing she could do was maintain her defensive position and withstand the enemy's attacks.

"Beautiful lady, we really don't want to kill you. Tell us your name, perhaps we know each other, or we can have a good chat, but please stop your futile resistance. Do you really think we can't kill you?"

One of the attackers was speaking, but the speaker wasn't the main attacker.

Susan Helen gritted her teeth and held on. She understood that the enemy wasn't really trying to make peace but using a tactic. If she relaxed even a little, she would be killed.

This tactic was already described in the textbooks. The textbooks said that true death comes not from strength but from the mind.

When you believe the enemy's words and give up your counterattack, you are dead.

Susan Helen didn't want to die, so she ignored the enemy's words and tried her best to dodge and defend. Even if she couldn't escape her fate, she wouldn't let the enemy have it easy.

She felt she had done her best, with little mental energy left. If it came to the worst, she would use her life to give the enemy a final blow.

Four people were in conflict, but to be precise, three of them didn't want to pay too much to torment one person.

Then Nalasha and Gongsun Murong appeared.

They didn't wait.

They didn't wait until Susan Helen was about to fail before taking action, nor did they think that acting at the critical moment of her death would earn them praise or self-glorification.

The moment they appeared, their attacks fell on the three enemies.

At the same time, Nalasha shouted, "Stop, let's talk it out."

She shouted, but she didn't stop.

When the four people in the battle were momentarily stunned, her attack landed.

Yes, it landed.

The three grand mages from the Mitchell Empire found their connection to the water cut off, and the surrounding water suddenly disappeared, replaced by large ice blocks above their heads.

They were still listening to the "stop" words when the ice blocks hit their heads.

In the last moment before they lost consciousness, they knew they were attacked, ambushed, and shamefully ambushed.

"Hey! That Gels duchy lady, tell me, did we save you? Be honest! I'm telling you, we didn't talk a lot of nonsense like the bards say, and then attack. Brother Murong and I attacked first. Do you admit it? Do you admit it? Aren't we smart, not the kind who lack sense?"

Nalasha, who had confused the three people, swam to the duchy grand mage to claim credit.

Susan Helen nodded vigorously.

What sharp means, what sinister words.

This is true killing without mercy.

It's not as dramatic as the bards' stories.

The bards always make the hero appear at the moment someone is about to die.

They always make the hero say a lot of nonsense to build the plot.

But today's little girl and big boy acted completely differently from what the bards say.

They attacked immediately, and their words were to distract the enemy.

Look, the big boy is still finishing off the enemies.

Three cuts, three people, blood staining the Soul Lake.

No mercy, no hesitation.

No nonsense or delay with the enemy.

This is real killing, different from the stories.

"You're foolish, coming down alone. The combat spell ships are already here, do you need a few more people? The enemy is also foolish, if they want to kill, they should just do it, not play mind games. Who dies if they don't? And you, why didn't you run? Why not pay a price to escape? Why engage in a prolonged fight? Do you want to be a hero? A martyr?"

Nalasha was very angry and shouted at Susan Helen.

While Gongsun Murong took the time to strip the three enemies of their clothes, which could be sold for money, as there was no new battle to come.

"Alright, go up quickly, don't come down again, it's too dangerous. Be grateful that you met three fools who didn't kill you when they had the advantage but played mind games. If Brother Murong and I played like that, we would have died many times. Remember my words, either don't act, or act without mercy. Go up quickly."

Nalasha urged.

Susan Helen obediently floated up.

Then she reacted, muttering, "Brother Murong? So that little girl is Sophia Nalasha? Indeed, a genius mage, so strong, really strong, just kill, come and kill, no questions asked.

But why do I feel that her and her brother's methods are more thrilling than the bards' stories? That Gongsun Murong, taking advantage of the enemy's unconsciousness, one cut each, all beheaded, so direct, so reassuring."

Susan Helen decided not to listen to the bards' stories anymore, they were too fake.

In those stories, the two sides could exchange more than six sentences during the battle. Is that possible?

Look at Nalasha's battle, she drained all the water around the enemies in a blink and turned it into ice blocks that fell.

She also spoke, but not to build the atmosphere like the bards. Her words were to influence the enemy.

The moment her words were spoken, the enemy was distracted, and the battle ended.

Three grand mages from the Mitchell Empire fell in the Soul Lake.

Susan Helen rose to the surface.

The moment she emerged, the people on the shore immediately asked, "Grand Mage Susan, have you finished the inspection?"

Susan Helen weakly shook her head, "Genius mage Sophia Nalasha has arrived. Go report that the Soul Lake conflict has begun. Sophia Nalasha and her brother are bravely resisting the enemy. Three water grand mages from the Mitchell Empire have fallen. Send reinforcements from the duchy quickly, or the duchy will regret it for a hundred years."

Someone hurried to inform the mages nearby to set up a combined audio-visual communication device.

Watching their actions, Susan Helen sighed and muttered, "The standard for judging a genius mage is indeed, control and domain."

The previous battle showed her the two people's control over the battlefield and the range of the magical field around them.

But continuing like this is too dangerous.

After all, they are just two children, the older one not yet fifteen, the younger one even younger.

And there are still many enemies.

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