The Forbidden Magic Laws of a Fallen Princess

However, it is also known as forbidden magic and is included in the Forbidden Magic Handbook, so it must be something that ordinary people absolutely cannot unleash...

And so, with a heart full of impatience, I watched as the enormous ball of lightning, the Netherworld Lightning Explosion, descended upon the massive camp of the Demon King's elite army.

The next second, I was completely stunned.

Suddenly, a piercing sound, like millions of bees buzzing in one's ears, was followed by a pillar of lightning that exploded from the center, shooting straight into the sky and perfectly enveloping the tent without leaving a single gap.

Holy crap... It really is that kind of ultimate move used to raid enemy camps. Otherwise, I would never have imagined it would have such power and such terrifying magic before the explosion.

No wonder it was included in the advanced magic laws... because its explosion was truly terrifying!

But this is just right, because in theory the explosion range shouldn't have reached the Demon King's main camp. It's probably because of the blessing of my Alice Staff that it just completely covered everything. Sure enough, even the range estimated by the forbidden magic laws is much larger if you use the Alice Staff.

"Damn it!!! Who dared to raid my camp?!"

In an instant, a piercing roar came directly from the pillar of lightning, followed by a powerful burst of magic that shattered the pillar. Then, an elite lieutenant of the Demon King's army flew into the air and glared angrily at me, who was also in the air.

As expected, this elite adjutant lived up to his reputation as one of the elite; he was not so easy to deal with.

Chapter Thirty-Six: Searching for Captured Hostages

At this moment, the elite deputy general of the Demon King's army was panting heavily, glaring at me with an angry expression.

I could see that he was covered in wounds, and his left arm was probably used to cast a magical defense instinctively, but it didn't completely block the attack, resulting in some very obvious deformation of his arm.

At the same time, I am certain that apart from him, the rest of the Demon King's elite troops were wiped out in the instant of the explosion.

However, this elite deputy general of the Demon King's army has such powerful insight that he would indeed be a rather troublesome opponent if they were to truly face each other.

Therefore, although a sneak attack may seem like an unfair victory, it is indeed the most appropriate way to eliminate them.

"You brat, if you're so capable, prove yourself to me and fight me. What kind of skill is a sneak attack!"

At this moment, his anger seemed to have reached its peak, and he had also lost his composure. He raised the spear in his hand, which had been deformed by my ultimate move, and charged towards me.

The current elite adjutant of the Demon King's army is practically a completely different person from the one who was calmly sitting there eating just now...

However, this approach is riddled with flaws and there's no need to be wary of it at all.

Because he had already lost the moment he drew his gun.

Just as his spear was about to pierce me, I dodged lightly to the side, then threw the Staff of Alice in my hand into the air, drew the Aurora Blade from my waist, and swiftly slashed at his abdomen.

In an instant, I separated his upper and lower body into two parts and he began to slowly fall from the sky.

As I fell, the elite deputy general of the Demon King's army was still cursing, as if he was quite dissatisfied with my actions.

Unfortunately, this world is based on the principle that the winner takes all and the loser is condemned.

Therefore, the fact that his negligence led to his swift annihilation can only be attributed to his lack of caution.

In this way, I completely annihilated this elite deputy general of the Demon King's army, along with all the elite Demon King's army troops in the camp.

At this moment, I was in the air and took down the nameplate of this elite deputy general of the Demon King's army. That's right, this thing is the symbol of their identity. Even if their bodies turn to ashes, the nameplate they should have cannot disappear. Therefore, this can be considered a great achievement in defeating a prominent figure in the Demon King's army.

However, this plaque is only bronze; it seems there are silver and gold plaques as well. This means that while this guy looks impressive, he's not actually that strong. It seems there are definitely more powerful, unknown enemies waiting to appear on my mask.

Since the Demon King's elite troops have been wiped out, and the nearby tents were undamaged, it means that the power of my magic this time was just right.

Of course, this time there were no restrictions on casting magic, so it felt about the same as casting three or four fireballs.

That's right, I don't feel tired or weak at all.

As expected, lifting the restrictions of forbidden magical laws is indeed very beneficial to me.

And so, I slowly flew toward Lila and the others who had already hidden themselves, and then began to head toward the center of the camp to search for any captured hostages or anything like that.

"It smells awful."

As soon as we arrived at the main camp, which had been blasted into complete darkness by my new magic, Little White couldn't help but cover his nose and complain.

Of course, Angelize also covered her nose with her hand to prevent the extremely unpleasant smell from entering her nostrils and causing her to faint.

Indeed, a strong stench of decay and spoilage emanated from within. Perhaps it was because even though the Demon King's army had died and turned into black ash, they could not hide the strong, pungent smell of death.

While one or two might not have such a strong smell, there are twenty-six of them here, so naturally the smell becomes much stronger.

In addition, since Xiaobai and Angelize are beastmen, their sense of smell is extremely acute, so they must find the smell much more unpleasant than humans.

"Yes, it really does smell so bad..."

At this moment, Lila couldn't help but fan her slightly chubby little hands and said rather unhappily.

"Alright, bear with it for now. Let's go rescue them first. If there are any Demon King's troops left, kill them without mercy. But we also need to be careful and cautious to prevent being ambushed. Do you understand?"

"learn!"

And so, we all scattered and began searching the surrounding area to see if there were any people left with the goods.

I chose to search the tents surrounding the charred camp, while Lila and Otoha searched the area outside my search zone. As for Shiro and Angelize, their sense of smell was too acute, so to minimize their discomfort from the stench, I sent them off to search the outer tents and listen carefully for any reinforcements arriving. If we rescue everyone, only to have a large group of Demon King's reinforcements arrive, realize something was wrong, and then try to call for reinforcements, that would be troublesome…

At this point, I began searching the two tents closest to the main camp.

I entered the first tent with great caution, and then began to make arrangements.

Because I'm afraid that among these elite soldiers there might be an enemy who can conceal their presence, and that they would naturally hide whenever I launch an attack.

If it were me hiding, I would take them down one by one, at least to satisfy my temporary pleasure.

This is what's called "Old 6"!

When I entered the first tent, sure enough, there was no trace of the Demon King's elite army. Instead, there were some simple supplies, which must have been looted from the surrounding villages.

However, there weren't many valuable items; most were just ordinary iron and bronze objects. It's hard to imagine what these demon king's army wanted to do with these things...

The second tent should have been a meeting room, because I saw a simple wooden table with blueprints on it.

Hmm? Blueprints?

Suddenly my eyes lit up. If there were blueprints, it meant I could find out where all the Demon King's troops were encamped in the surrounding area.

However, not all of the Demon King's army units are this type of management unit. Therefore, as long as I obtain the intelligence, I can slightly alleviate and save the current situation of the Kingdom of Edra.

Hehehe, I'm really smart!!

So I picked up the drawing, which wasn't too big or too small, and examined it carefully.

Sure enough, this was the Demon King's army deployment map of the Kingdom of Edela.

Furthermore, it can be seen that there are at least three tribal camps of the Demon King's elite forces, six more tribal camps of the Demon King's forces, and one location marked by a red star.

This might be... the main camp of the Demon King's army?

If that's the case, then the Kingdom of Adela is indeed quite dangerous.

Perhaps they are gathering even more of the Demon King's army; otherwise, even the goddess Lanis, the Great Goddess, said this trip was extremely dangerous.

That means there must be a powerful figure lurking near the Kingdom of Edla, and perhaps that red star is...

Forget it, let's not think about it anymore. The most important thing right now is to save people. We can discuss everything else later.

So I put the blueprint into my magic bracelet and headed towards the remaining tents.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Orcs Who Vowed to Guard the Tent Gate to the Death

After searching several more tents, I still found no clues.

Aside from some looted farm tools and some broken weapons, there wasn't much else inside...

If we continue forward, we should be in the area that Lila and Otoha should be searching.

It seems there really is no place to hold hostages here.

Just when I was feeling helpless and wanted to go find Lila and the others to see how they were doing, my Divine Eye seemed to start to react.

Yes, the reaction was very weak, but I could sense that there was something nearby.

But there was nothing around me, which made me feel a little strange.

At this moment, with the faint reaction of the illusory divine eye, I slowly walked forward, and the further I went, the stronger the sensation became.

Yes, I saw a curse mark that looked a bit like a scribbled symbol appear in front of me.

Furthermore, the talisman was emitting a faint glow...

Heh, it looks a bit like a barrier.

However, no one has found any clues so far, so this place is currently uninhabited, which means that sending a signal now would not be a problem.

As I spoke, I picked up the whistle from before and blew it with a "toot".

Soon after, Lila and the others rushed over in a panic.

"What's wrong, Ivy?"

At this moment, Lila asked me with a puzzled look.

"Look at this."

As I spoke, I quickly pointed to the glowing talisman in front of me.

However, after looking at it for a long time, we still couldn't figure out the solution.

This shows that we are troubled by this thing.