Chapter 501: Chapter 33: Sudden Change

It was night, west of Dusk Town, in a dense forest.

“Da-da-da!”

The urgent sound of hooves echoed through the forest. In the depths of this late night, a carriage team was racing deep into the forest.

Inside the carriage, Julia was leaning on the sofa with her eyes closed, resting. The social engagements over the past few days had left her somewhat fatigued, and soon after boarding the carriage, a wave of drowsiness swept her into sleep.

“Clatter!” Just then, the wheels rolled over a tree root lying across the road and jolted violently.

And with this jolt, Julia inside the carriage awoke.

“Ugh!”

Julia rubbed her sleepy eyes and opened them to look outside the window. The inky night and the pitch-black forest came into view. The surroundings were eerily quiet, as if plunged into a land of the dead.

Julia frowned, suddenly more awake.

She instinctively asked, “Where are we now?”

“Your Highness the Holy Daughter, we are now in the Silent Forest. Pass through here, and ahead lies the Ivory Tower.” The answer came from an unfamiliar voice.

Julia was taken aback.

She turned her head to look outside, only to realize that the Light Knights who were supposed to protect her had disappeared at some point, replaced by several knights of unknown origin.

The speaker at this moment was a middle-aged knight in black full armor; faint rune patterns could be seen on the parts of his body not covered by armor, and one could sense spiritual power coursing through him. He was clearly a Transformed Knight.

Julia instantly became vigilant.

She questioned, “Who are you? Where’s Kael?”

The middle-aged knight quickly replied, “Your Highness the Holy Daughter, my name is Alex, and I am the Guard Knight Captain of the Ivory Tower.”

After a pause, he continued, “You mean your guard knight, Kael, right? He and his team are exhausted, so I took it upon myself to let them rest, and now I am taking over the duty of protecting you.”

Julia’s face stiffened, immediately realizing something was wrong.

The Light Knights selected to guard her were chosen from the best among the Light Knights in terms of strength, character, loyalty… each was absolutely a top-tier existence among the Light Knights.

During an assignment, especially one as critical as the mission to protect the Holy Daughter, they would not leave Julia’s side even if they had only a breath left, let alone hand over protection due to mere fatigue. How could they so easily abandon their duty?

Julia immediately said, “Stop the carriage, let me see Kael!”

The middle-aged knight ignored her, casually responding, “Please wait a moment, Your Highness the Holy Daughter. We will soon reach the Ivory Tower. Once there, you can properly rest, can’t you?”

Julia became enraged, “I told you to stop the carriage!”

With her roar, a burst of golden radiance erupted around her, intertwining swiftly and igniting into golden flames around her body.

As the figurehead of the Church, the role of the Holy Daughter of Light could not be inept.

For this reason, Lynch had specially tailored an entire cultivation system for her.

The Meditation Rules were a specially crafted Advanced Second Rank Meditation Method “Rain of Light,” and the spell inheritance she cultivated was a very advanced Wizard Inheritance “Holy Flame,” both constructed on the top-tier Five Rings Truth “Light” rule system of the Light Element. Lynch had exchanged for it from Fran at considerable cost. Check latest chapters at NoveI~Fire.net

The combination of top-tier Second Rank Meditation Rules and top-tier Wizard Level Inheritance was undoubtedly supreme within the wizard rank.

Even though Julia’s Spiritual Field only reached the Low-level Wizard stage, her overall combat power was not inferior to that of a typical Mid-level Wizard, and unless she encountered an exceptionally powerful High-level Wizard, she could hold her own.

At this moment, Julia’s external spiritual power fiercely ignited, transforming the carriage interior into what seemed like a gigantic golden fireball, which after a brief pause, erupted outward—

“Rumble!”

Amid the deafening explosion, blazing flames instantly engulfed the carriage and expanded outwardly to a diameter of hundreds of meters. Within this hundred-meter radius centered on the carriage, everything was swept up and incinerated by the golden flames, leaving a deep crater in its wake and a colossal golden fireball several hundred meters in diameter rising up.

The previously pitch-black night was instantly illuminated brightly by this immense golden fireball, resembling a sun suddenly risen from the ground, dispelling the night like the dawn of day, making the entire nightscape radiantly clear.

“Damn!”

The knight order surrounding Julia was instantly consumed by the golden flames, leaving only the middle-aged knight Alex barely withstanding the powerful flames, but nonetheless driven far back by the force.

He couldn’t help but curse angrily, standing up, while behind him, more knights hurriedly gathered and encircled the area tightly.

“Whish!~”

Yet, before Alex could take further action, a sudden whoosh broke the silence. From within the blaze, a streak of golden light shot skyward, revealing Julia’s form within it.

She now bathed in golden light, wielding a long two-handed silver rod, with a pair of pure white wings sprouting from her back, resembling an angel of legend.

“Foolish blasphemer, be destroyed!”

She shouted furiously and swung her silver rod; immediately, the golden flames, under her command, surged skyward and spread out, turning into countless fine threads of golden fire raining down upon the earth like a firestorm.

“Defend!”

Alex hurriedly ordered.

The knights immediately raised the shields hanging on their horses’ flanks. The seemingly ordinary kite shields suddenly unfolded a transparent barrier, and the incoming firestorm struck with a crackling sound but was entirely deflected.

“Bitch!”

After the firestorm had ended, Alex yelled in furious rage, “You dare defy me, well then, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

With that, he began to compress his body downward, crouching his legs.

As he moved, the muscles in his legs started twitching irregularly, veins bulging out prominently, and the blood vessels on his body visibly swelled, his whole being transforming monstrously.

After a brief pause, he, like a spring, suddenly launched his compressed legs upward, propelling his entire body straight into the air.

In that instant, an ordinary human was soaring dozens of meters, rocketing towards Julia in the sky!

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