Volume 4 Chapter 55

Volume 4 + Chapter 55: Master of A Hundred Weapons

Swish!

A flash of white light, and then the vines binding Xia Yi were all severed. Freed from her restraints, she began to fall through the air.

“Huh?”

Xia Yi was somewhat astonished. Someone had saved her?

Who could it be, at this moment, and with the ability to even destroy those vines?

Then, a figure descended from above, catching Xia Yi in a princess carry, landing smoothly on the ground while holding her steadily.

This person was none other than one of the royal maids Xia Yi had brought on her trip to the Crimson Empire—

Atiya!!

“Atiya!!” Xia Yi’s expression bloomed with genuine delight.

Atiya smiled gently, set Xia Yi down, picked up the high-heeled shoe that had fallen to the ground, and thoughtfully helped the little princess put it back on, all while performing an elegant curtsy.

“My apologies, Your Highness, for letting you be frightened.”

Xia Yi was quite surprised, utterly impressed by this serious, proper version of Atiya.

She was truly like a different person compared to the usual scatterbrain.

“Ahem, another dragon clans’ member?”

Elizabeth observed from the side.

“What a professional maid. Her strength even seems to surpass Xia Yiyi’s.”

“Atiya, where were you before?” Xia Yi asked curiously.

Seeing Atiya now, she couldn’t help but feel the maid had received some secret order and had been carrying it out in the shadows.

Hearing this, Atiya scratched her head and gave a silly laugh, instantly breaking the serious image.

“Oh dear, Your Highness, I got lost on the way! How embarrassing!”

“Ah?” Xia Yi hadn’t expected it to actually be like what Serra said—she really had gotten lost.

“But, I ran into Serra on the way. She told me to come find you first, as she seemed to have something urgent to attend to…”

“And then?”

“While I was looking for you, I saw flashes of light here. I thought there were fireworks, so I came to take a look, and ended up witnessing… an unexpected situation,” Atiya explained.

Although the whole process had too many points one could complain about, all that mattered was that the royal maid was here to protect her.

“Atiya, this vampire is my enemy now!” Xia Yi stated.

“You won’t lay a finger on Her Highness.” Atiya looked at Elizabeth, hostility surging within her.

“Is that so? And if I insist on being naughty?”

“Then you’ll have to step over my corpse first!” Atiya declared.

“Well then, let’s see about that.”

Elizabeth manipulated the rose monsters, causing them to converge towards Xia Yi and Atiya, surrounding the pair.

“Your Highness, from here on… please leave it to me!”

Atiya proactively shielded Xia Yi, stepping in front of her.

Xia Yi also understood that she had expended too much stamina in the earlier fight and couldn’t perform at her normal combat level. Forcing herself to join would only hold Atiya back. So she nodded, leaving it to her maid.

Facing the rose monsters, Atiya gave a flick of her skirt.

Numerous weapons flew out from beneath the maid’s skirt, landing on the ground—too many to count easily.

Swords, blades, spears, hammers, staffs, axes…

Dense and numerous, over a hundred weapons were scattered around the two of them.

“Atiya, how can your skirt hold that many things?!” Xia Yi was utterly bewildered.

She had been amazed before seeing Serra pull things from under her skirt.

But Atiya was even more exaggerated. Was this maid skirt a fourth-dimensional pocket?

“Your Highness, don’t mind the details. Watch my performance!”

Atiya slapped the ground hard, causing all the weapons to be jolted into the air. A hundred weapons hovered aloft. Then she opened her mouth and let out a dragon’s roar that shook the very air.

“ROAR——!!”

The Blue Dragon’s roar stunned the approaching rose monsters. The sound wave sent all the weapons flying out, piercing through the bodies and cores of the rose monsters, eliminating most of them.

Atiya charged forward, grabbed two one-handed swords, swung them to unleash sword energy, cutting down the rose monsters before her. Then she clamped a long blade between her teeth, shook her head to send it whirling, severing vines attacking from behind. Simultaneously, her tail coiled around a long spear and hurled it, piercing the air and skewering three rose monsters in one go.

What happened next left Xia Yi utterly astonished.

Not only were her mouth, hands, and tail manipulating weapons, but even as she continuously slew enemies, the number of weapons on her person kept increasing. Short blades were tucked into her elbows, other weapons adhered to her feet using magic energy…

While utilizing the brief hang time after attacking with one weapon, she moved other joints to attack with different weapons, creating an interwoven, cyclical pattern.

This style of combat was simply breathtaking.

Atiya was like a harvester incarnate on the battlefield, continuously spinning and slicing through the horde of rose monsters, performing reaping art of combat.

In Xia Yi’s eyes, this could truly be called art.

Without exceptional combat talent, achieving this level would be impossible. This fighting method had an extremely low margin for error, allowing no room for breaks in timing. Conscious thought simply couldn’t keep up, it had to rely entirely on pure instinct and masterful control over the weapons.

This reminded Xia Yi of how Atiya had once referred to herself in front of her as the “Master of a Hundred Weapons.” It seemed there was real substance to that title.

“What an entertaining performance. Even though they’re supposed to be enemies, I can’t help but start to applaud.”

Elizabeth began to clap, as if she were a guest who had come to watch a show.

“Gie gao!” (Take this!)

Due to the objects clenched in her mouth, Atiya’s shout was muffled and unclear. After disposing of all the minor foes, she charged straight at Elizabeth.

“Divine Age Blood Magic: Whale Song.”

Elizabeth summoned the blood whale from beneath the sea of blood.

“Atiya, be careful!!” Xia Yi yelled a loud warning.

However, Atiya had charged too fiercely and was already right in front of Elizabeth. It was too late.

The whale’s song rang out, causing Atiya’s movements to freeze. Then the blood whale surged out from the sea of blood, lunging at her.

Fortunately, Atiya’s cultivation level was higher than Xia Yi’s, and her reactions were quick. The instant Xia Yi warned her, she focused her spirit to respond. Relying on her willpower, she briefly broke free from the restraint, avoiding being swallowed by the blood whale, and was only knocked flying instead.

“Wah wah wah! That’s cheating!! How can you suddenly summon without an incantation?!”

Weapons scattered all over the ground as Atiya scrambled to her feet, complaining.

“This isn’t an incantation-less summoning. It was merely lying in ambush, difficult to detect,” Elizabeth’s smile held a hint of provocation. “Aren’t you going to continue your dance, Xia Yiyi’s maid?”

“This woman…”

Atiya frowned, her eyes changing. She narrowed her brilliant blue eyes.

“Your Highness, step back. Get far away from me.”

Xia Yi initially obeyed, but after a few steps, she sensed something was off. She turned to look at the Blue Dragon maid, asking in surprise:

“Atiya, what are you planning to do…?!”