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Third Person POV
Toussaint.
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"Are you sure we can keep casting spells into the sky?"
"In one of the places a little outside the duchy."
"We can't let them escape, the emperor is furious after confirming that his envoy ended up having his mind altered," another replied.
"But in that case, why don't we go after them?" the companion asked.
"We can't search the entire duchy... If they're gone, we won't get anything. We need to draw attention and have some luck for them to come to us..." said the leader of the sorcerers.
"Just do it!" another sorcerer said, pointing his hand upward before casting a light spell after some ancient elven words.
The explosion continued in the air more than 40 meters high, as if they were fireworks.
"Look! A horse is coming this way!" One of them pointed to one side of the road, and it was true, as the horse charged toward them.
"Wait... a woman... She has a sword in her hand!" one of them murmured, seeing who was riding the horse — a woman by her figure, even wearing a cloak and hood.
"Shoot her! Whoever she is, she's interfering in an imperial operation against Madara Uchiha!" he said, pointing forward.
"They already noticed me... I guess I still need to improve my concealment magic..." Ciri complained as she saw several sorcerers pointing at her while she galloped at high speed toward the group.
She no longer needed to keep her appearance hidden and removed her hood as her horse's mane streamed with the wind.
"That white horse!" The leader immediately widened his eyes upon seeing who was coming — there was only one woman with white hair and so young in the entire continent.
"Stop! Stop!" The emperor's orders were clear — the girl should not suffer even a scratch; otherwise, it was better to flee the empire, because execution was guaranteed, considering that Princess Cirilla was a fundamental piece for expanding the empire northward, and she was necessary to control Cintra and secure its best strategic point for upcoming conquests.
However, it was too late, for as the spells were immediately cast, fireballs and lightning surged toward the girl galloping on her steed without hesitation, the leader paling at the sight.
And before he could even see, Ciri shone together with the horse, disappearing from the path of the spell just a few meters before it was about to hit her.
A flash erupted in the middle of the mages, and they were startled when the same girl appeared along with the horse, returning at the same speed as before. The prince-sorcerer she had encountered only stepped back in fear as Ciri moved her sword and completely decapitated him.
Blood spurted as the head was severed, the next one panicked and tried to run, while another became the next to meet her sword, being beheaded with a cut far faster than a girl like her should be capable of.
"Stop her!" they shouted as Ciri vanished once again.
She reappeared elsewhere in the group, running in another direction, killing more sorcerers.
The sorcerers there, no less than nineteen of them, were terrified when their third man died and Ciri vanished along with the horse, glowing like a firefly before disappearing once again, and another scream came before the sound of flesh being cut.
"She's teleporting! Use the ground and try to knock her off the horse!" the leader shouted, trying to stop the girl. The princess was important to the emperor, so they could capture her.
Ciri vanished and reappeared beside a fourth sorcerer, killing him before he could do anything else. The ground began to ripple as another one of them tried to stop her. Ciri disappeared before he could catch her.
She continued like this, killing the Nilfgaardian sorcerers until her eighth victim out of the nineteen.
It was then that three sorcerers launched more violent attacks at her, which Ciri dodged, but soon lost her balance along with her steed when the terrain began to sink.
"You must return." Ciri only hissed as she touched the horse, and only he glowed before she landed on the ground, falling on her feet with her sword in hand.
There were another eleven sorcerers around her, all still quite cautious, with Ciri standing there with her sword in hand, staring at them.
"Are you Princess Cirilla? I didn't know she had magical abilities, I've never seen anyone teleport like that..." the leader of the sorcerers said, studying the girl before him.
"So what? You think you can chase me, me and my husband... I'll make you pay for what you did in Cintra." Ciri replied in Nilfgaardian.
"You are surrounded, yet still as fierce as the stories of your grandmother. Oh, the great Calanthe." said the sorcerer, beginning a silent spell. He also seemed worried about the surroundings — Madara Uchiha should have been with her the entire time, which meant he was somewhere around there.
"Don't you dare speak of her! It is an insult to her and to everyone in Cintra to hear her name coming from the mouth of a Nilfgaardian." Ciri spat fiercely as she glared at the group before her.
"Tsk. You will come with us, capture her." he said as all the sorcerers prepared their spells.
"You're good... I noticed you were reciting a spell the entire time while distracting me with your words..." Ciri said, looking at the leader, who was surprised she had noticed. However, his spell was already ready.
"Unfortunately... that doesn't work on me." Ciri declared, and in the next moment the sorcerer cast something at her, but she glowed and did not disappear. Instead, her body moved flying forward, leaving a trail of light behind her body, and she reached the first of the sorcerers without being hit by the spell the other had cast.
She cut the first one and soon glowed and advanced toward another with a green light, killing him in milliseconds.
Ciri danced through the place, killing more than six sorcerers in a second, leaving a line of light behind her as she advanced toward the next victim.
"When she stopped, a trail of deaths was left behind. Ciri had killed more than fifteen sorcerers since she arrived, and only five of them remained.
"What?!" they all exclaimed in fear, while the leader swallowed hard.
"Retreat... Retreat!" he shouted immediately, creating a portal to save his life.
However, as soon as he conjured the portal, it began to appear only to vanish with a crack. The portal had failed.
"No..." Doubt and fear took over the man as he looked at it. How was it possible? His portals were not forming.
Some dozens of meters away, Madara was watching the fight with his arms crossed; at his feet, a line of fūinjutsu circled the entire area, which he had placed himself.
"Looks like it worked... This will be interesting for those arrogant sorcerers." he said, testing his new fūinjutsu that prevented sorcerers and mages from escaping.
Either way, it didn't affect Ciri, who teleported to each of the remaining sorcerers, killing four and leaving only the leader alive.
Madara simply bent his knees and jumped forward, heading toward where Ciri was. He landed near the leader, who was crawling on the ground, staring at Ciri in terror, unable to imagine the girl was so powerful.
The man looked at the newcomer and saw his red eyes. In the next instant, Madara searched through all his memories, scanning his mind within seconds and leaving him paralyzed, turning his attention back to Ciri amid that field full of dead mages.
"Let's leave him alive. At least he'll tell what happened here, and it won't involve the duchess." Madara said, and Ciri nodded, sheathing her sword, which vanished in light.
"Shall we go then?" she asked.
"Yes." Madara said, stepping away from the area before using the summoning jutsu. The green dragon appeared once again. Its eyes searched for the summoner immediately — it would once again serve as a mount, as it had a few hours earlier, but it couldn't complain.
"Take us north." Madara said, and the dragon said nothing. Ciri and Madara climbed onto it, and the dragon flew into the sky, leaving Toussaint behind.
The sorcerer remained there paralyzed, able to see everything that happened. In the end, he would only report that Madara and Ciri left the duchy after the emperor's own daughter massacred about eighteen sorcerers alone. That would leave her father with much to think about.
Back at the castle, the clone Madara had sent earlier was with Anna at that moment, while she sat on the bed.
She looked surprised, as anyone would, seeing Madara jump onto the balcony. "You're here..." she said, worried and cautious.
"Yes... I came to know if you've already thought about it. My original was leaving the duchy, and Nilfgaard doesn't seem to be a problem anymore..." he informed her, staring at Lady Harriet.
"What were those explosions? Was it you?" she asked suspiciously. Even being far away, it was impossible not to see the explosions happening in the distance.
"From what I saw..." The clone hadn't seen the battle and had already been summoned when the explosions happened. Even so, he climbed a tree and saw his original body and Ciri heading toward the distant location, so he didn't concern himself further and went to the castle. "It seems to be Nilfgaardian soldiers, and if there are no more explosions happening right now, it means my original body has dealt with them." Madara said.
"Original body?" That sounded bizarre to Anna. Only now did she realize he had mentioned it earlier as well.
"I am only a clone... You must have heard about my abilities." Madara shrugged.
"That... yes, I don't know why I'm so surprised..." she murmured carefully.
"Either way, you would have needed my help here. You would have been forced to sleep with that noble — he planned to do it, with or without your consent." Madara said, leaving Anna horrified.
"He would never do such a thing!" she said, but frightened, after all, she had been locked in a room, and Madara stared at her, activating the Sharingan, showing her the memory of the conversation and leaving Anna even worse upon hearing it.
"They would do something like this! The duchy has always been loyal!" she exclaimed in anger, which alerted the guards.
"My lady! Are you alright?!" The door opened, and Anna looked surprised before turning back to where Madara had been, but he had disappeared.
"I'm fine... you may leave me alone." she said in the end, and the men left her alone in the room, though still cautious.
"You need to control yourself." She heard the voice from above and saw Madara hanging from the ceiling only by his feet, with him upside down. Anna was left speechless as he dropped down, turning his body and landing gracefully on her floor.
She truly couldn't stop being surprised by this man, and she stared at him in silence for seconds.
"I need your answer, Lady Harriet." Madara's voice made Anna blink and nod, coming out of her daze.
"Forgive me for that, Lord Madara... I was just surprised. Anyway, you protected me... I saw that. I accept your agreement! I will give you any property you want in the duchy." she declared with a dramatic gesture, though she didn't shout since Ciri wasn't here to create a sound-blocking spell.
"Great. I'm thinking of wanting the land of the former Viscount Visurus, who passed away, and whose sons want to sell it. I will pay in gold the eighty thousand coins they desire." he said, while Anna looked surprised.
"How do you know that? I don't know if I can use northern currency; it would look too suspicious... So I will pay with my own gold and forge your name. You can repay me later... But still, how did you know that? Were you there?" She was shocked that he already had a location in mind without hearing anything from her.
"I have a spy here inside. He read your documents in your office and saw the properties available in the duchy's property cabinet... Your Modorno seems to have a talent for organizing documents, I admit." Madara said.
"What did you do?!" She seemed horrified by that.
"There is nothing I cannot see in your castle or any other castle. I have clones even in the heart of the empire at this very moment... So don't be surprised." Madara mocked, leaving Anna speechless.
"Anyway, let me introduce the clone that will stay in the duchy." the clone said as another Madara appeared, this one wearing Akatsuki clothing.
"I will remain here in the castle, like a shadow. If you need me... you may call, and I will be here to listen, but also to take care of the duchy." the Madara in black clothing said, then left a moment later.
"With that, our business is finished. I will stay a bit longer and make sure Nilfgaard causes no further problems. My original will know everything once I disappear. Farewell, Lady Harriet." With that, the other clone vanished just like the first, and to Anna's eyes, it looked as if they had teleported due to their speed, while the duchess was left speechless.
She now had to prepare her part of the agreement. He already knew which property in the duchy he wanted and would be there watching her and everyone else... She just didn't know whether she should feel safer or more worried about that.
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