Chapter 279 - Another Silvaria

When the entourage arrived at the border, Fatima guided them towards the rendezvous point that she and the Third Prince had agreed upon beforehand.

Just before they got there, Fatima was a little surprised that her two new companions weren't asking questions or getting excited at the chance to meet a prince like her fiancé.

"Uhm, you guys aren't going to ask me any questions about my engagement?" Fatima asked.

"Huh?"

While Lucia only responded with a questioning look, Serilla asked her what was up.

"Why would we, Fatima?"

"Ahahaha, no reason really," Fatima chuckled at the two girls' lackadaisical response before continuing, "Most of the people who get to meet the Prince through me always get giddy in excitement or have some other motive in approaching the Prince."

"Really now?"

"Well, yeah, most of the time at least."

Lucia scratched her cheek and said, "Well, we've had our fair share of princes and princesses so we're not too bothered by it. Oh yeah, you'll have to excuse our disrespect later."

"No worries about that. Rowan doesn't care all too much about formality and etiquette," Fatima replied.

"Haha, great!'

"Lulu, even though Fatima said that we should still be mindful of the way we speak and greet the Prince later! In fact, don't speak! Only speak when you're spoken to!" Serilla reminded seriously.

"Okay~"

Fatima only let out a wink of a smile when she saw the refreshing way these two girls interacted with each other. Even though they were married to the same man, they treated each other amicably and with respect.

Fatima could tell that it wasn't just a front that they put on to impress outsiders. These two were genuinely friends, best friends even. She couldn't help but wonder just which formidable person was able to subdue and chain down these two women.

'Must be one heck of a person, I never got their husband's name though.'

With that thought in mind, Fatima was just about to ask the girls, but suddenly a voice interrupted her from outside the wagon.

"Milady, I believe we've arrived at the rendezvous point, I can see the Prince's entourage, but they seem to be under attack!" Knight-Captain Randolph urgently reported.

Fatima had to shelve her inquiry as she immediately went over to the driver's seat and observed the situation her fiancé had fallen into.

In the distance, she could see the Prince's entourage being attacked by a mix of monsters and humans. If she didn't see it incorrectly, the humans attacking the prince had the Merkruz Principality's coat of arms imprinted on their armor.

"It's an ambush! Hurry! We have to support them!"

"As you command! Men! Charge!" Randolph immediately ordered.

Lucia walked out of the wagon and ordered Sleipnir to follow suit. She had left the wagon on 'autopilot' earlier. Sleipnir was a smart monster so he didn't need anyone to drive him.

Upon receiving his order, Sleipnir immediately let out a loud, excited cry and charged forward.

Lucia flipped up to the roof of their wagon and aimed her finger at the enemies in the distance. Serilla, who had just arrived outside, looked up towards her and reminded, "Lulu! Be careful not to hit any friendlies!"

"Don't worry! I'll use Hyper Sensitivity to guide the laser!"

"What? What is she doing?" Karen asked when she saw the weird stance Lucia was in.

Fatima widened her eyes a little, she was all too familiar with that pose.

'Is she...shooting something?'

In the next instant, a large concentration of mana began to visibly gather at the tip of Lucia's finger. Once she locked onto the monster with the strongest mana signature in the distance, she immediately fired off her Laser.

"BANG!"

In the next instant, a thin, concentrated beam of purple-colored mana shot into the distance. It curved in the air a little before striking true at the monster Lucia had been aiming for.

The Prince and his assaulters had long since noticed Fatima's group arrive in the distance. The attackers had stepped up their efforts, but the purple beam that suddenly struck the S+ rank monster in their midst had put a momentary halt to the battle.

"W-what?!"

Seeing the monster hit by the beam and immediately disintegrating into nothing, the Merkruz Soldiers as well as Prince Rowan's soldiers were dumbfounded.

It wasn't until more lasers began firing off from the distance that the dumbfounded people snapped out of their shock and began scrambling around.

"SHIT!"

"NO RETREAT! WE HAVE TO AT LEAST KILL THE PRIN—" The shouting commander was immediately struck with a laser and silenced in the next instant. With his death, this only hastened the turmoil and confusion within the Merkruz soldiers' ranks.

Prince Rowan's troops capitalized on this opportunity and pressed their attack. Now it wasn't them on the back foot.

Lucia retracted her hand and stretched her body a bit.

"Phew, let's get some exercise in."

"I'll be heading out first~" Serilla said as she eyed her sister.

"Eh? Aww...okay..."

"You've had your fun, Lulu~"

"Fine..."

Lucia immediately sat down and sent her sister off. Karen and Fatima were confused by their actions, it wasn't until Serilla jumped onto Sleipnir and kicked off his back and vanishing without a trace that they understood what was happening.

"L-Lucia?! Are you letting Serilla go out on her own?!" Karen exclaimed in shock and worry.

"Look," Lucia replied as she pointed at the distance.

"!"

Over by Rowan's side, he was surprised to see that a pink-haired lady had suddenly appeared above their formation. He immediately ordered his soldiers to defend and prepare for an attack from the newcomer, but what happened next shocked him.

Serilla had flashed from the wagon to the airspace above where the two sides were fighting with Supersonic, an original combat technique she created. It allowed her to move from one point to another instantaneously.

It was a copy of Cecil's Blink, but instead of using mana to activate the skill, this one used Ki. It was a technique that put a large strain on Serilla's physical body, but she was blessed with high talent in Ki cultivation so her body's physique was already much stronger than Cecil's.

Serilla's cultivation was higher than her husband's, despite him starting long before her. She had caught up and surpassed her husband's cultivation over a year ago and if it wasn't because Cecil had constantly reminded her to suppress her Ki cultivation and let her Mana cultivation catch up, her Ki would have already reached the last stage, Ki Transformation.

Once she arrived in the air above the two forces, Serilla immediately kicked off the air and slammed down onto the ground with her Intent-wrapped Sword.

The ground erupted from her attack and killed all the Merkruz Soldiers caught within her range and the debris caused by her attack injured the soldiers farther away.

"Hello, boys~"

There obviously weren't just men present in the army, but when they saw the gentle smile of the demoness who had just literally descended upon them from the air, the Merkruz forces began to back away in fear. Even the monsters were no exception to this. They only roared and growled menacingly and cautiously at Serilla.

Behind her, Prince Rowan's forces could only halt their advance and stay back so that they would not get caught in the dangerous woman's attacks.

"Watch my sword~"

If Fatima was nearby and saw the stance that Serilla had taken, she would have immediately recognized it. It was a stance from her family's sword arts.

Serilla released her Sword Intent and the immense pressure she was exuding froze everyone around her, this included the Prince's forces. She eyed the area with the most concentrated amount of Merkruz Soldiers and monsters before unleashing her attack.

She wrapped Sword Intent around her body and moved using Supersonic. Serilla slashed out and moved past the Merkruz soldiers, but nothing happened. However, when she flicked her sword and sheathed it, a large concentration of Sword Intent exploded in the air and under the ground of the area she had just flashed by.

The explosion of Sword Intent destroyed the space where Serilla had passed by and as for the people caught within its range, they were all sent to meet their maker. As for the people and monsters in the periphery of her attack, they were struck by the lingering Sword Intent and were either cut apart and died or had a part of their bodies dismembered and were lying on the ground injured, struggling at death's door.

After clearing away nearly half of the Merkruz Forces, Serilla stretched her body and stopped. She wasn't going to massacre every single one of the enemies for the Prince, that'll only scare her allies instead.

She only helped out her new friend, Fatima, and now that her aid was delivered. Serilla nonchalantly made her way to the wagon that had arrived just behind the Prince's forces.

Fatima and Karen had already rushed over to Rowan who was on the frontline of the formation and was shocked to see the devastation caused by the single woman who was walking towards them from the distance.

"I-Ima...is she a friendly?" Rowan asked stutteringly.

"Yeah...she's a mercenary that had just enlisted in our army and she offered us a ride when our carriage broke down..."

"I-I see... she's powerful..."

"Yeah, but most importantly, we should quickly deal with the rest of this riff-raff!"

"Of course! Men! CHAAAARRRGGGEE!" Rowan immediately snapped awake from his shock and immediately ordered his men.

Everyone immediately regained their bearings and started charging towards the remnant Merkruz soldiers and monsters that were now too scared to even do anything.

Rowan was also about to rush into battle, but Fatima pulled him back and made him wait in place.

"Ima?"

"Let the men take care of it. We should at least thank Serilla for her help!"

"Serilla...so that's that woman's name?"

"Yes..."

Rowan nodded and continued to observe the beautiful pink haired lady walking towards them. Serilla had to halt her steps and wait for the prince's army to move out of her way before she could continue walking forward.

She saw the wagon parked in the distance and Sleipnir rushing out to meet her. When she turned to the side, she also saw the trio who were waiting for her.

Serilla walked over to them and Fatima was the first to open her mouth before anyone else.

"Serilla thank you for your help earlier."

"No problem. We're mercenaries remember? Since we've enlisted as a part of the Regulus army, so we naturally must do at least this much."

Sleipnir arrived next to Serilla in the next moment and he nudged at her.

"Ahaha~ sorry, Slei, I didn't bring you out to battle. I promise we'll head out together next time~" Serilla said as she stroked the monster horse's mane.

Sleipnir only nodded in agreement, it wasn't all too sad that his master didn't bring it out to battle.

"Serilla, I guess I should introduce him to you. This is the Third Prince of Regulus, my fiancé, Rowan Regulus."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, milady. Your awesome display of power earlier has left this prince dumbstruck!"

Serilla responded with an elegant greeting of her own. She's been living in Anglaria Palace for a long time so she naturally picked up the royal etiquette of the people around her. Rowan and Karen couldn't help but raise a brow at her greeting.

"My name is Serilla Lunarts—actually; it should be Silvaria now, nice to meet you."

"Huh?"

"S-Silvaria?"

Karen and Rowan immediately turned to look at Fatima, but only saw a shocked look on her face when she heard the name which was exactly her last name.