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Death’s Daughter Chapter 183

“Author: FoodLovingPanda”

CHAPTER 183: FACE OFF WITH BLACK BARON

***VITOU’S POV***

As soon as she blew that whistle my Naoko became frantic. A fire was lit in her eyes as she was preparing for the fight. I glanced at Nakamura, who alongside Ishikawa was guarding my father, but right now he seemed to be backing away not daring to look at Naoko. He seemed terrified. I need to ask him about this later on.

She kept looking towards the east and the storm moving towards us. No, it was not a storm, because no storm can travel that fast. I soon realized it was a dragon. I couldn’t believe that she would dare threaten the army and not listen to a word I was saying when I tried to calm her down.

A familiar lightning bolt struck missing her by a hair’s breadth. Before I could even ask her if she was alright, another man that I never saw spoke up.

“My bride, you sure got yourself into some mess. I have been bored and was even thinking of visiting Princess back home in Orzak.”

His bride? HIS BRIDE? How dare he address her like that in front of me? Why does she even allow him to call her like that?”

“Fulgy, you can go all out against all that mess outside the walls. Also meet Elyra, she’s new. I’m sure you will get along.”

What the hell Naoko, don’t tell you actually like this guy? But why? I was staring at him, why does she like him? He’s not anything special and his eyes are not normal, they look like slits. No matter how you see it, it is not normal.
Then it hit me, the reason why I was angry before and why she wasn’t protesting. She had that title [Dragon’s Bride], didn’t she? This must be the dragon in question. How dare she betray me with someone that isn’t even human in the first place? I wanted to confront her immediately, but she disappeared and along with that all her monster pets moved out and went for the undead army.

“Shit! Let’s go Sharpbeak.”

The Archduke already followed behind her. I urged Sharpbeak who was unwilling and trembling, but after some Wind Magic he was forced to fly. The first clash occurred. From the above the phoenix and the dragon were striking the undead army while the others were using their pure strength to break through. Naoko was nowhere to be seen.

“She’s quite striking, don’t you think? Oh, I’m taking this seat, it has the best view.”

By following the Archduke’s gaze I was able to find her fighting the human commanding the army. She wasn’t using magic at all and was fighting purely with swords. However from what I was seeing, she seemed to be overwhelmed. That was odd as I had never seen her overwhelmed to this point.

“I told her not to be reckless. The Black Baron is no joke. We should help her.”

“Why? She told us not to meddle; besides, she’s doing just fine. She will definitely come back stronger from this fight.”

“Fine? Where do you see her doing just fine? She’s losing and nobody is helping her. Aren’t you worried about her? She is your sister after all.”

“Of course she is losing, you would also be like that if less than half your attention was on the battle itself.”

Less than half? What is he talking about? There was no movement in magic nowhere near her, I don’t care what she says, I am going to help her. I sent a wind blade to cut the skeleton that was closest to her into countless pieces, but the very next moment a whole barrage of attacks from her monsters arrive at me. I was barely able to evade them.

“Whoops… I told you so. She doesn’t like having things taken away from her.”

Another attack from Naoko herself arrived exploding before it reached and a message appeared. ‘The earlier attack was just a warning. I told you to stay out of it!’ How the hell was that a warning, I would have died if I didn’t avoid it.

“What the hell did you do to make her into this battle maniac? Wit, how did you meet her in the first place since she’s from Earth.”

“Oh, I know. I met her through my father. He knows her and funnily enough she’s kind of my little sister because of that, as I said before. It’s just that she has absolutely no idea how true that statement is. But that’s enough. Things are finally starting to begin.”

***NAOKO’S POV***

That spineless stealing idiot prince, what gives him the right to take away my prey. Hehe, the guys are taking out undead much easier than I thought, the only problem was this man in front of me.
“Preposterous, how does a Light Magician dare wield the most powerful Dark Sword? Hand it over now, it belongs to us and our lord.”

“Oh zip it already. This sword is mine. Amethyst is no cursed sword, so what you are talking about must be something else. Also make sure to tell your boss that if he wants something, next time he should be the one to come and get it.”

This man was not called elite for naught. His proficiency in both magic and sword has been trained beyond what you would call well. I guess he should be on par with Ishikawa and Nakamura at their best. Also his danger perception was beyond normal and I couldn’t find a single opening that I could take advantage of. At least not while I was focused on making a huge ditch below all the undead.

“How dare you look down on our leader? He is the most powerful man in this world. “

“Sure he is, that is why he sends his lackeys to do his job for him. And he keeps a curse on you all to prevent secrets from coming out is also because he is the strongest and has nobody to be afraid of. He’s just paranoid and is afraid, that is why he does it.”

I wanted him enraged and distracted completely. I wanted him to make as many mistakes as possible as well as reveal a thing or two about Black Hand that I did not know before.

“The secrets we keep are that great. I cannot be shaken by your words. I am proud to bear that mark.”

“So the secret is that great? Could it be that he doesn’t want the knowledge about him having a Life Vessel to be spread out?”

He stopped mid move. I was right on the mark, I used [Blink] and closed the distance in an instant and swung my swords. It would have been right on the mark, but a black bullet was shot from behind him and I had to change the trajectory of the sword and use it to cut the magic aimed at me. I don’t know what magic was that, but if I had been hit, I don’t think I would be breathing right now.