The Outburst of Magical Element

The collapsed valley was covered in fallen rocks, and numerous plants were intertwined on top of them.

A few days ago, Lecy and her companions had ambushed the Church’s forces here.

This valley was the fastest passage to Tukulu.

Unless one possessed flight magic like Su Ran and the others, reaching Tukulu would require a detour that took an extra week.

After being attacked by the witches, Yuffie faced only two choices: either take an extra week to go around, or organize the knights to spend three days clearing the valley.

Faced with this simple choice, almost everyone would choose the latter, and Yuffie was no exception.

Due to the use of the witches’ abilities, the fallen rocks in the valley were already tightly bonded with the mountain walls.

To say they were clearing the valley was, in a sense, no different from carving out a temporary passage.

Within the army’s encampment, a personal guard walked into the tent where Yuffie was.

This was not Yuffie’s personal tent.

As soon as she walked in, the personal guard smelled a pungent odor of blood.

The moans of soldiers could be heard from time to time within the tent.

After looking around, the personal guard finally found Yuffie, who was squatting down and treating a knight.

A warm light emanated from her hands.

The knight receiving the treatment closed his eyes, and the tightly furrowed brows relaxed under Yuffie’s healing.

“Your Highness the Holy Maiden, the witches’ power still clings to the stones. We need to wait until tomorrow to use magic on them. For now, we can only rely on the knights to smash the stones open. It’s estimated that about one-third has been cleared.”

Without waiting for Yuffie to stop her work and get up, the personal guard reported the progress of clearing the valley to her.

After the attack, they had all grown accustomed to this mode of reporting.

In Yuffie’s words, neither side could be delayed.

“How are the troops stationed for defense?”

Seeing the knight’s wounds gradually begin to heal, Yuffie stopped her magic essence, stood up, and rubbed her temples, the weariness in her eyes unconcealable.

Since the witch attack, she had been on high alert, treating the wounded, and hadn’t had a single good night’s sleep.

The troops she was leading this time included not only knights but also some clergy responsible for healing, but their healing skills were not as good as hers, a Sequence Five Holy Maiden.

Therefore, Yuffie personally tended to most of the seriously injured knights.

“The stationed troops have not found any more magical beasts attacking us. The witch who can command the magical beasts probably cannot leave her power behind and needs to be present to use it.”

The absence of magical beast attacks was also one of the factors that prompted them to stay and reopen the valley.

During the attack, besides the falling rocks, the rampaging plants and the magical beasts that actively attacked the team were also the cause of their casualties.

The Sequence Six knight-captain had been tied down by one witch, while the other witches had activated their prepared ambush and then scattered.

Most of the injured knights had been wounded after being attacked by magical beasts.

“These witches actually dare to come to our doorstep. It seems that the small skirmishes with them in the past have made them mistakenly think we are weak and can be bullied, making them fearless of the Church.”

Yuffie looked at the injured knights in the tent.

She had made up her mind to wipe out the Witch’s Society, to complete her mission and teach them a harsh lesson at the same time.

And also to use the Witch’s Society as a warning to other countries about the miserable fate that awaits forces that oppose the Theocracy.

“Go and tell Knight-Captain Gure that after arriving in Tukulu, he must not act impulsively again. He has already exposed his Sequence Six strength, arousing the witches’ vigilance.”

As the knight-captain, Yuffie would not normally interfere with Gure’s command of the legion.

But during the last attack, he had disobeyed her words and rushed out, trying to capture the witch who had come to scout for information.

In the end, after exposing himself, he had still failed to achieve his goal.

Gure’s performance had forced Yuffie to use her status as the Holy Maiden to give him an order.

“Yes!”

After the personal guard complied, she prepared to exit the tent.

Suddenly, not far from the camp, an astonishing burst of magic essence erupted.

It made the knights involuntarily turn their heads, focusing their attention in the direction of the erupting magic essence energy.

The shadow of the witch attack still loomed over their heads.

At this moment, the eruption of magic essence energy made the knights like startled birds, worried that this would be another attack from the witches.

Their eyes were filled with unease and panic, which gradually spread throughout the entire camp.

The fact that the knights in the legion had not yet fallen into true chaos was a testament to their excellent military discipline.

“Silence!”

Yuffie’s voice appeared.

The knights, as if they had found their backbone, all looked at Her Highness the Holy Maiden who had walked out of the tent.

“Everyone, to your posts! Prepare for battle! We are already stationed here. Even if the witches want to attack us, it won’t be as easy as before!”

With Yuffie’s words, the originally somewhat restless knights gradually calmed down, on constant alert for any possible accidents.

“Your Highness the Holy Maiden!”

After Yuffie had appeased the knights, a burly man in armor came up behind her.

“Knight-Captain Gure.”

Yuffie nodded as a greeting to him.

“A magic essence fluctuation just appeared. I feel that the magic essence fluctuation that just appeared nearby is not normal. I was just about to report to Your Highness the Holy Maiden that I am going over there to investigate.”

“No. Knight-Captain Gure, please remain in the camp. If anything happens to you, I have no way of taking over command of the entire legion.”

Faced with Gure’s request to go out, Yuffie shook her head.

“But… are we not going to investigate the magic essence fluctuation that appeared in the distance?”

Hearing Yuffie’s words, Gure’s face showed hesitation.

Having experienced one witch attack, the slightest detection of magic essence fluctuation now made the knights in the camp tense.

Although the knights’ emotions had been calmed by Yuffie for now, the magic essence fluctuation in the distance had not stopped.

As long as the situation remained uninvestigated, the tense atmosphere of being on guard against a witch attack would continue to linger in the camp.

“No, we will also investigate the magic essence fluctuation in the distance.”

Hearing this, Gure’s expression changed, and he looked at Yuffie.

“No, Your Highness the Holy Maiden absolutely must not go personally!”

Besides Gure himself, Yuffie was the only other Sequence Five in the entire army.

Since he was not allowed to leave, then under these circumstances, the most suitable candidate was Yuffie.

“I will immediately send someone over to investigate. Your Highness the Holy Maiden need not worry.”

After speaking, Gure turned around, preparing to have his trusted deputy lead a team to investigate.

“Knight-Captain Gure, you must understand that there is no one more suitable than me.”

Looking at the determination on Yuffie’s face, Gure finally sighed and made his concession.

“Please be careful, Your Highness the Holy Maiden.”