Chapter 58
In early September of the 4999th year of the 37th era of the Morning Light Calendar, the rebel group led by Grand Duke Lanshi arrived at the capital of the Cornflower Kingdom and launched an attack on the same day. The
150,000 defenders of the capital held out for two days and one night, and finally collapsed under the repeated attacks of the rebels.
One of the two royal dragon knights guarding the capital was surrounded and killed by three dragon knights under Grand Duke Lanshi while defending the city; the other, under the order of the king, tried to take the eldest prince out of the capital to preserve a trace of the royal family.
However, they were discovered in advance by Grand Duke Lanshi, and the three dragon knights led a small team of sky knights to intercept the royal dragon knights in the air, causing the eldest prince to die in the air battle.
On the day the city was broken, the rebels entered the capital, and the nobles of the capital collectively surrendered to Grand Duke Lanshi Eric Soloto, and cooperated with the rebels to attack the Sapphire Palace, beheaded the king, and massacred the royal family members.
That night, the Sapphire Palace was flooded with blood. All the royal family members, princesses, guards and maids in the palace were killed. Only the 15-year-old Princess Isariel Cornflower escaped from the palace and disappeared.
Grand Duke Lanshi was furious and issued an iron order to block the entire city and issue a nationwide wanted order for the remnants of the royal family, offering a million-dollar reward!
Anyone who knew about the crime but did not report it would be killed!
Anyone who protected the crime without authorization would be killed!
Anyone who helped the remnant to escape would be killed!
He was determined to search the entire country to find the princess of the fallen country and put an end to the disaster forever.
However, what Grand Duke Lanshi did not know was that the real reason why this weak and ignorant princess was able to escape the pursuit of the rebels in the city was actually right beside him.
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Just as Grand Duke Lanshi led his army and the nobles of the royal capital into the Sapphire Palace, Alexiel also sneaked into the palace.
Before this, she had learned the details of several legitimate heirs of the Cornflower Kingdom.
The old king had four children in total. The eldest prince, as the first heir, was the focus of the royal family's training. He was unanimously recognized for his humble character and good abilities.
Unfortunately, he failed to escape and died at the hands of the rebel dragon knights; the eldest princess, as a marriage partner, had already married the prince of the neighboring Kingdom of Matt.
She was already an outsider and was not in the Cornflower Kingdom at this time; the second prince was brave and good at fighting, but unfortunately he was also killed half a month ago when he led his troops to fight against the rebels of Duke Hongye; now there is only the youngest princess left in the palace: Isariel Cornflower.
After discussing with Wu Wei, Alexiel's target was soon placed on this little princess.
Alexiel, who masters the extraordinary core of the space system: the Holy Light of the Void, really wants to hide her tracks, I believe no one can detect her existence.
However, the royal family knew that the fall of the city was inevitable, so they would definitely hide the little princess. It was not even certain whether she was still in the palace.
Finding her before the rebels found her was the only problem facing Alexiel.
Fortunately, she was not without means to deal with this situation.
She hid in the dark, pointed her fingers at her forehead, closed her eyes, and her huge mental power spread out like a tide, penetrating every hole and exploring the secrets of the entire palace.
Holy Light of the Sky: Spatial Perception!
Relying on the perception ability enhanced by the skill, she quickly discovered a secret underground network under the palace.
Not only could it be used for emergency shelter, but it could also be used to house and hide people, and even lead directly to the outside of the capital.
At this time, the poor little Princess Isariel was hiding in this tunnel space with her personal guards, trembling.
Seeing this, she was moved and was no longer in a hurry to save her. With a flash, she disappeared from the spot. Alexiel teleported to a secret area outside the city and met with the dragon blood warriors who had been hiding there for a long time.
A few days ago, Alexiel followed Wu Wei's orders and teleported the 50 dragonblood warriors and their leader Hegenif who were on standby in Weiguang Territory to the vicinity of the capital one by one in dozens of times.
Originally, they would be a surprise force when Wu Wei and Grand Duke Lanshi's army went to war, but now that Wu Wei's army has not arrived yet, they can be put to a new use.
After Alexiel told her plan, Hegenif thought about it and decided to do as she said:
"In that case, I'll go."
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On the second day after Grand Duke Lanshi massacred the Sapphire Palace and issued a wanted order, in the underground tunnel network of the palace, the princess's guard chief Mosanna Xifeng, who was dressed in military uniform and had an exquisite and heroic face, suddenly noticed some movement in the tunnel. She quickly woke up the guards around her and woke up the sleeping Princess Isariel with tears on her face:
""Your Highness, Your Highness! Wake up!"
The doll-like princess was not sleeping very deeply, and woke up as soon as she moved:
"What's wrong, Sister Mosanna? Has the enemy discovered us?"
"Don't worry, not yet, but I seem to have heard some movement, I suspect the enemy may have found the entrance to a tunnel," the young but very reliable head guard lady explained calmly, and then immediately said:
"This tunnel may not be safe anymore, Princess, I think we should leave! Only by escaping the capital can we have a chance of survival."The naive little princess was protected too well before, and she had no opinions when encountering things. Moreover, she was suddenly immersed in sadness and her mind was in a daze. Naturally, she listened to whatever was said and nodded immediately:
"Okay! Let's go!"
After making the decision, the group immediately fled in the direction of the tunnel outside the capital.
Thanks to their early warning, they did not encounter any trouble before leaving the tunnel, but they were soon discovered after leaving the tunnel.
After all, the entire capital was filled with Grand Duke Lanshi's men, and he had ordered the city to be sealed off and the whole city to be strictly checked. No matter how careful they were, they would inevitably be discovered.
"Who is that person in front of you? Stop right there!"
"A bunch of women?! It's Princess Isariel!"
"Chase them! Don’t let them get away!"
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A team of cavalry patrolling outside the city soon discovered the princess and her group. They were so surprised that they immediately chased after them, and they did not forget to send someone to report to the higher-ups.
Two legs naturally could not outrun the cavalry, not to mention that there was a burden among them. Seeing that they were about to be caught up, the head guard gritted her teeth and stopped in an instant.
She drew out the special long sword behind her back and shouted an order:
"Take the princess away first, leave this to me!"