The villain daughter did all kinds of things

Yulia pouted, showing no embarrassment whatsoever about the sneak attack:

"That wicked Xia Sha is always acting all coy and pitiful to Amelie, she's wicked! But you sneaking into Locke City in the middle of the night to assassinate Xia Sha, that's even worse! I don't care what grudges or who's right or wrong you two have, daring to cause trouble in Locke City, the only outcome is that you'll both be beaten up and then face Amelie's judgment!"

"...Good, good, good. As expected of the heroine of Locke City, so this is how you maintain the security of Locke City. No wonder Locke City is the safest city in the entire Federation."

Machira laughed in exasperation, uttering a sarcastic and mocking remark:

"Miss Hero, have you never considered that you might wrongly accuse an innocent person? Aren't you going to use your power to help others? What about the people you accidentally hurt with your power?"

"Heroes aren't gods, heroes make mistakes too... Anyway, I'm not very good at using my brain, so it's normal to make mistakes occasionally, right?"

Yulia, however, remained unmoved and stated quite calmly:

"Anyway, Emerald's holy magic is very powerful. As long as I don't kill anyone, Emerald can heal them... As for compensation, that's not a problem at all. My Emerald is so rich that all she has left is money. So no matter how badly I hurt those people, they will all forgive me in the end, and even thank me."

"you……"

Machira was utterly speechless, then her body began to tremble with anger:

"Alright, alright... I thought the famous Heroine of the Federation was some kind of noble person, but it turns out she's just a spoiled little girl playing a hero game... Well then, today I'm going to teach that spoiled brat a lesson!"

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Machira also became serious, her aura surging dramatically as she unleashed her full power, which was equivalent to level 700 in the original game. The immense magical pressure instantly awakened all the mages in Locke City.

Even Yulia's gaze suddenly turned serious, and her legs trembled slightly. Facing a formidable enemy made her somewhat excited.

brush!

The ultra-high-speed compressed water blade that once sliced ​​through the giant demon soldier like tofu reappeared, slashing towards Yulia's legs.

Yulia had seen Machira's move in the port area of ​​Sphingard that day and knew how powerful it was.

Instead of fighting head-on, she took off to dodge and then charged at Machira, intending to drag the battle into her favorite close-quarters combat.

Unfortunately, Machira had been the supreme commander of the merfolk army for hundreds of years, fought many small-scale conflicts with the merfolk, and wiped out many ferocious sea monsters. She had a wealth of combat experience.

Machira had already figured out Yulia's best fighting style, so she naturally wouldn't let Yulia easily drag the battle into a rhythm that was favorable to her.

So when Yulia punched Machira again, it only caused a splash of water, shattering one of her water clones.

The scattered water droplets did not disappear immediately, but instead transformed into six Machira around Yulia. Each Machira possessed a powerful magical pressure, and the three-pointed double-edged spear in her hand gleamed with a cold light. They all looked real, at least Yulia could not tell the difference in a short time.

Brush brush brush brush!

Each of the Machira once again wielded its three-pointed double-edged spear, launching ultra-high-speed compressed water blades that not only directly attacked Yulia herself but also blocked her evasion routes in advance.

This time, Yulia couldn't dodge it. Even though she was very fast, she was no match for Machira's superb martial arts skills and was hit by the water blade three times.

Sizzle sizzle!

One of the attacks was blocked by the automatic defense of the magical artifact cloak, and the magical cloak that Uri left for the inheritor was as powerful as ever, still able to block the attack for the wearer even though the combat intensity had risen to the third stage.

Unfortunately, the blocking range was limited, and Yulia's legs were still hit by the water blades. Her white stockings were instantly torn, and her skin, which was stronger and tougher than alloy, was also cut open, and blood flowed out, staining the white silk stockings a large area of ​​crimson.

Fortunately, Yulia's physical attributes were quite extraordinary. Before the blood that flowed out had been completely absorbed by the white silk, the two wounds had already begun to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was almost as if she had permanently imbued herself with a mid-level healing spell.

Even so, the difference in strength between Yulia and Machira is still obvious. Unless the world consciousness gives her a cheat code, it will be difficult for her to stop Machira from killing Shasha. She will even have to suffer a beating herself.

Just as Emerald was secretly observing and considering how to make a cool entrance, Julia surprised her with another performance.

Faced with six identical Machira, Yulia carefully observed them and, after confirming that she really couldn't find any flaws, suddenly clapped her hands forcefully.

Snapped!

The sound was crisp and loud, but it wasn't dangerous; it only made a brief noise.

But in the next instant, Yulia suddenly rushed towards one of the Machira, and accelerated a second time during the charge. Her figure was so fast that even Emery, who was observing from the shadows, could hardly see her. This speed had exceeded the image capture limit of the monitoring magic device.

Machira was even more surprised, and the one that was being charged was clearly the real body, so she could only rely on her martial arts skills to block with her gun.

Yulia had not systematically learned any martial arts techniques, but her own exceptional combat intuition and talent were the best techniques, giving her a sense of "no technique is better than any technique."

Despite Machira's superior martial arts skills and marksmanship, Yulia's chaotic attacks dragged the battle into close-quarters combat.

Yulia's punches came faster and faster, leaving Machira no time to cast spells and forcing her to concentrate entirely on dealing with the attacks.

Her battle-hardened intuition told her that she absolutely could not let Yulia's fist hit her vital points, especially her lower abdomen, or she would be finished.

Meanwhile, watching Yulia who seemed to have the upper hand from the shadows, Emery's eyes flashed with a strange light, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

She truly deserves to be called the chosen one favored by the world's consciousness; her cheat codes are just outrageous.

Emerald knew very well that before she went to the Eastern Kingdom, Julia's strength was only equivalent to level 250 in the original game.

I thought Yulia was only around level 300 at most, but I didn't expect her to have already broken through level 400 and was heading towards level 500.

If it weren't for Amelie acquiring a second fusion organ and greatly increasing her strength, she might have been overtaken by Yulia.

After observing carefully for a moment, Emery's face showed a look of sudden realization. She understood why Julia had grown up so quickly.

Simply put, it's similar to what happened to Su Lina back then.

As the movie became increasingly popular in the Allen Federation, the heroine Yulia had long become a household name in the Allen Federation.

People gradually associated the name of hero with Yulia, making Yulia the embodiment of the hero's image.

Therefore, all of people's aspirations and longings for heroes will be transformed into the power of faith and absorbed by Yulia to a certain extent.

Unlike those who truly walk the path of faith, Yulia's body is essentially a black hole that endlessly devours magical power to strengthen itself. Regardless of the attributes of the faith power she absorbs, it is all absorbed by Yulia's body as simple energy and nutrients.

This allows Julia to enjoy the benefits of faith without being affected by it like Mondoly, which is practically cheating, making even Emerald envious.

Moreover, Yulia's previous move in recognizing Machira's true form is enough to prove that Yulia's combat intelligence is also growing.

It must be that after fighting Mondoly, she gained a new understanding of the concept of vibration. Yulia just identified Machira's true form by the difference in vibration frequency.

After all, no matter how realistic Machira's clone was, it was essentially just magic and water. This clone could perfectly disguise its appearance, life force, and magic fluctuations, but it could not disguise its physical vibration frequency, and was ultimately cracked by Yulia.

Yulia performed exceptionally well.

But... this should be Yulia's limit.

Yulia's strength lies in her ability to suppress enemies by a large margin of combat power, but her weakness is also very obvious. Once she is caught by an enemy, even someone weaker than her can make her suffer.

With Machira's combat experience and wisdom, she should have already realized this and understand how to deal with Yulia... at least she can temporarily control Yulia.

as predicted.

After being suppressed by Yulia for about 5 minutes in close combat, Machira once again unleashed powerful magic and made a new move.

Machira's main body was still struggling in close combat with Yulia, but her five clones surrounded the two and began casting spells.

Yulia sensed the danger and increased her speed once again, launching an even more ferocious attack, wanting to finish the battle quickly and defeat Machira before she could complete her spell.

But it's not that easy. After all, Machira is the strongest of the mermaids and an army commander who has experienced countless battles.

When she calms down and focuses on defense, even though Yulia has an advantage in strength and speed, it is difficult for her to break through her defense quickly.

In the end, it was Machira's five clones who completed the spell first.

"Water and Cloud Vortex!"

With a shout from Machira, a large amount of water appeared out of thin air, enveloping the two of them and spinning rapidly like a tornado, forming a giant waterspout with a diameter of over 20 meters.

As a mermaid and a spellcaster, Machira was naturally unrestricted within the waterspout; in fact, she was even more agile, like a fish in water.

Yulia, on the other hand, was greatly exhausted just from resisting the vortex's suction force and was no longer able to continue attacking Machira, and was temporarily trapped by the water tornado.

Of course, with Yulia's combat talent, this waterspout won't hold her for long. Once her body adapts to the waterspout, she'll be able to move around inside as nimbly as Machira.

But Machira's goal wasn't to do anything to Yulia; her only purpose in coming here was to kill Shasha.

So when she saw that Yulia was temporarily trapped in the waterspout, Machira broke free without hesitation, brandishing her three-pointed double-edged spear and charging at Shasha, determined to kill her completely.

Xia Sha, who was pretending to be unconscious, immediately jumped up and tried to escape into the river in Locke City.

Unfortunately, her magic was not as strong as Machira's, and manipulating water was an innate ability of any mermaid—Xia Sha, who wanted to jump into the water, was bounced back to land by the river.

The three-pointed double-edged spear struck again, determined to pierce Xia Sha's heart.

"May she receive God's protection."

At the crucial moment, Emery finally appeared and used the incredibly powerful Holy Shield spell to block the attack of the Trident Spear once again.

"..."

Feeling the endless stream of powerful holy magic emanating from the tip of the spear, Machira's expression turned solemn, knowing that the worst had happened—that willful young lady had returned.

In stark contrast to Machira's expression, Shasha was so happy she was almost crying.

She didn't even see any of Emerald's people, but just heard Emerald's voice. Xia Sha's sense of security instantly surged, and she was no longer afraid at all.

"Are you alright? My lovely ornamental fish?"

Meanwhile, Emery, dressed as the Winged Saintess, quickly descended from the sky, landing beside Shasha and touching her cheek.

"Hmm, still so beautiful. Looks like you're not injured... Very good, very good."

"Wow! Miss, you're finally back... That's wonderful!"

Xia Sha immediately hugged Amelie's leg and rubbed her face against Amelie's hand:

"I'm sorry, Miss... I've caused you trouble."

"It's alright."

Emerald, however, coldly withdrew her hands and legs, took two steps forward, shielding Shasha behind her, and looked at Machira:

"So it was you, fish, who trespassed into my garden, damaged my flowers, and even tried to kill my ornamental fish? This isn't something you can resolve by kneeling down and apologizing... I suppose you're prepared for the consequences, aren't you, you little fish?"

"..."

Machira took a deep breath and even bit her tongue to suppress the urge to curse or even start a fight.

This young lady is indeed as arrogant, domineering, and unreasonable as the intelligence reports suggested.

“It’s not what you think, Miss Emerald.”

Machira chose to try communication first:

"The mermaid you took in is a traitor to our mermaid race, colluding with the devil. She is extremely dangerous and will only bring misfortune to people... Killing her is the right thing to do."

"No, I actually knew about this a long time ago."

Emery smiled and shook her head:

“I knew from the beginning that Xia Sha wasn’t telling the truth, and I also knew that the mermaid you had a bounty on her for was Xia Sha.”

"then you……"

"Miss..."

Machira and Shasha were both dumbfounded, and Shasha was so frightened that she started trembling.

"But so what?"

Emery shrugged dismissively, her attitude becoming even more arrogant:

"The fish that I picked up and kept in the aquarium is my ornamental fish. I don't care whether she betrayed her race or colluded with demons before. I only care whether she is beautiful and obedient."

"And the result is that Xia Sha is very beautiful, so beautiful that I like her, and she is quite well-behaved in front of me—that's enough."

"You...you're simply..."

Machira was even more speechless at Emerald:

"Didn't you ever consider that this traitor was just putting on an act to deceive you?"

"I've thought about it, but it doesn't matter."

Emerald still gave a dismissive chuckle:

"Who am I? There are too many people who deliberately act and flatter me, but so what? I don't care about sincerity or pretense. As long as an actor can satisfy me for a lifetime, I will still dote on and protect her."

"You...you are truly beyond saving!"

Machira was furious, but her mind raced, and she quickly came up with a new excuse:

“But I have already signed an agreement with your Allen Federation government. For the sake of peaceful coexistence between the Allen Federation and the Merfolk, you have an obligation to assist me in eliminating this traitor!”

"What does the agreement between the federal government and you have to do with me, Emery?"

Emerald's disdain deepened:

"Our Allen Federation is a country of freedom and democracy. Every citizen has the legal right to protect their private property. Even the federal government has no right to dispose of my private property! You don't actually think our Federation is still a backward feudal country like yours, do you?"

"How dare you humiliate our Mermaid Kingdom?"