The Forbidden Magic Laws of a Fallen Princess

That smile must have been forced out by Mi'er... After all, her beloved brother was never coming back. If she could still give a genuine smile, wouldn't that be too cold-blooded?

The power of the arrow that Mi'er had just fired was not diminished much; it even pierced through the roof of the Minotaur King's temple and disappeared into the sky.

Sure enough... its power is definitely several times stronger than my Astran's Thunder Spear. After all, it's a professional bow and arrow weapon, while I threw it with my Aurora Blade. How can they be the same?

Gradually, Mi'er closed her eyes wearily, and the tear stains on her face were still there, though they had dried.

Then, with a "thud," King Minotaur's body crashed to the ground, creating a shallow crater.

Immediately afterwards, the Minotaur King's knees hit the ground, and he collapsed.

The headless Minotaur King's blood was splattered on the ground like water poured on the ground.

This shows that even if King Minotaur had extraordinary abilities, he could not possibly come back to life.

And indeed, Mia truly killed King Minotaur single-handedly.

But at that moment, we seemed to hear something stirring outside the Minotaur's palace...

"This is bad. If King Minotaur is dead, the Minotaur race will definitely find out. So, we can't stay here any longer. Let's retreat quickly."

At this moment, Yuzu pressed her ear to the ground and hurriedly shouted at us in alarm.

"By the way, Yuzu, you're the fastest, hurry up and get the essence blood of King Minotaur."

"Oh, yes."

Honestly, Yuzu and I almost forgot the purpose of our trip. Of course, it was to obtain the essence blood of King Minotaur. Otherwise, wouldn't our trip have been meaningless?

"learn."

At this moment, Wenya quickly picked up an empty bottle and threw it with all her might at Youzi, who was running forward.

Yuzu caught it with agility and skill.

Then, she picked up a dagger and stabbed a small hole in the kidney of the Minotaur king's corpse, and quickly filled the small bottle.

"Alright, we've got the essence blood. Let's hurry and get out of here. Lira, come quick."

At that moment, I shouted loudly to Lila, who was standing there stunned, then picked up the unconscious Mia and rushed out of the main hall.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Hiding in the Minotaur King's Prison

Sure enough, Mi'er's body is really quite light. If my estimate is correct, she probably weighs only about 60 pounds. In addition, I am quite strong, so I can hardly feel any weight when I pick her up.

"Ivy's arms should only hold me, you wretched little sprite..."

At this moment, Lila, who was running behind me, showed a displeased expression, as if she was still a little sulky.

"Hmm, could it be that Lila is jealous?"

I quickly flashed a mischievous grin and looked at Lila behind me.

"Hmph, no way, how could I be jealous? You're joking."

Instantly, Lila's cheeks flushed red, and she turned her large golden head to the side, beginning to sulk.

But that's fine too. When it's time to sleep at night in this desolate place, where else can you sleep beside me?

Then, it would be nice to do some naughty things, haha.

However, after we escaped from King Minotaur's palace and returned to the room where King Minotaur imprisoned prisoners, we found that it was getting more and more noisy outside.

That proves that all the Minotaur minotaurs who were resting have now woken up and are on alert.

If they were to rush out at this moment, they would surely be surrounded and attacked by a dozen or even dozens of Minotaurs. Therefore, the best course of action now is to lock the two doors of the room where the Minotaur King is imprisoned and the mortals are imprisoned, so that no Minotaur can break in.

"This is really troublesome. I never expected that the King of the Minotaur would have such a rare and powerful technique as mental linking."

I couldn't help but put Mi'er down from my arms and let her lean against the wall. Then I went to lock the door, while Yuzu locked the door leading to the Minotaur King's Palace from the inside out.

In fact, the craftsmanship of these two doors is clearly special, so even if the Minotaur tried to force his way in, they would not be easily opened. Therefore, this place is indeed a pretty good place to protect ourselves.

Once things have calmed down, we can find a chance to sneak away. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?

"Wenya, how long will our food last?"

After locking the door, I quickly ran towards Wenya.

Actually, our food is mostly kept by Wenya. How long we can survive here depends on how much food we have.

"Hmm... Originally, our meals were enough for six people and would last about a week, but now there are five of us..."

"Oh, no need. This food will only last us a week, and maybe one more day at most."

It's true, Lila's appetite is actually getting bigger and bigger, but the most amazing thing is that she doesn't gain weight.

So where exactly did she hide all this food...?

Could it be that they're all hidden on her big golden head?

"Huh? Ivy, is there something on my face?"

At that moment, Lila seemed to notice that I was watching her the whole time, and asked me with a puzzled look.

"No, no, Lira, I guess you're hungry?"

Seriously, to break this conversation, I have to bring out some food, otherwise, this easily suspicious blonde, silly little girl, Lila, will definitely start asking all sorts of questions again.

"You know what, I haven't really eaten anything properly since I woke up, so I'm actually a bit hungry."

At this moment, Lila touched her seemingly shrunken belly (which wasn't shrunken at all!) and said with a silly grin.

"Alright then, everyone, let's get ready to eat."

At this moment, Wenya took out a bunch of delicious food from the props she had brought, which were very similar to the ones we use to summon familiars.

Lira's eyes lit up the moment she saw the food.

If I hadn't been there for her, she probably would have pounced on her without saying a word.

"It looks delicious, Ivy, can I have some?"

At this moment, Lila seemed to be asking for my opinion.

"Okay, let's get started."

Even if I don't let her eat it, she'll definitely eat it anyway... because that's just how she is, she can't resist food.

And so, we lay in this room, full and satisfied.

Sure enough, the walls in this room were made in a very special way, as if they were specially manufactured to prevent sound from leaking out.

If there are prisoners inside, no matter what kind of torture they are subjected to, or even if they are blown up by a bomb, it would be very difficult to hear them from inside the house to the outside.

Furthermore, the walls and floor are incredibly sturdy. I once tried to pierce them with the Aurora Blade, and apart from the floor, the walls couldn't be pierced at all. It's really hard to believe that this was actually man-made.

So I stayed in that room for about four days, and finally, we heard a knock on the entrance door.

Instantly, the few of us who had been lazily relaxed became tense and alert.

Mi'er remained asleep and frequently had nightmares, but with Wenya by her side casting relaxing magic on her, she was able to calm down.

Lira, Yuzu, and I went to the gate we had come back from the main hall from earlier and pressed our heads against it.

Perhaps it's because there's a small hole in the door, and a tube inside the hole? Something like that... so you can basically hear the knocking and loud talking outside.

"General Bazata, are you inside?"

At that moment, a rough sound rang out; although the sound was very faint, it was still audible.

"Ha, General Bazata must be too busy being obsessed with that intoxicatingly fragrant blonde girl to care about us."

Then another voice suddenly came from outside, but this voice seemed to know General Bazata's habits quite well.

“But our king is dead… General Bazata couldn’t possibly not know that.”

"I think this general is only obsessed with beautiful women and doesn't care about the king's life or death at all. Let's not disturb him and hurry up and leave."

And so, the back-and-forth singing outside was like a comedy routine, until then the sound of footsteps began to fade into the distance.

Indeed, saving Lira was the right decision.

If... if we hadn't saved Lila back then, we might not even have had a place to hide.

However, after killing the others, we have a place where no Minotaur dares to enter. In that case, once this heavily guarded area is cleared up, I can sneak away.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Escape from the Minotaur's Lair

Indeed, this place was a good place. I stayed here for more than a week. Although a few Minotaur came to inquire, none of them dared to enter.

But we can't stay here any longer...

The main problem is that we don't have enough food left to last much longer; it'll only last for one or two more meals at most.

Furthermore, although General Minotaur's body was charred, it was also emitting a very unpleasant odor. If we stayed here any longer, we might very well be poisoned or suffocated by the smell.

So I sent Yuzu out first to explore around the small door to see if it was day or night and to determine the approximate time outside.

You could say Yuzu was an assassin after all.

However, the best time now is actually midnight, when you can sneak away from here.

Moreover, we have already killed quite a few Minotaur along the way, so much so that their numbers have been reduced to the point that they can no longer deploy their forces to defend the area where everyone is resting.