Chapter 41: Shattered Dreams

  Princess Yilian gazed out at the battlefield, having just been stunned by Ao Jiao's pride. Now that she had calmed down and taken stock of her surroundings, she finally realized the cruelty of the battlefield. The princess, who had often been brainwashed by knights, would frequently fantasize about a white knight riding a majestic horse to bravely rescue her from the clutches of monsters.

  Everything is perfect, there are monsters, white horses, although there is no prince, but at least it's a big lord with the strength of a prince. But why does it feel completely wrong? That's because the person riding on the White Wind Horse is just a lustful bandit!

  But then again, this shameless scoundrel - no, that's not right, actually he's a bold and daring scoundrel who dares to defy the princess and pull himself down from the clouds. And yet, she can't bring herself to hate him... because his words are harsh and unpleasant to hear, but in fact, she knows he's right!

  At this time, Lin Tian felt that since he had already fallen out with the beauty princess, it couldn't get any worse. So he simply ignored her, riding his own Little White (Difeng the horse king was crying, can't you see?), directing the cleanup of enemy weapons and equipment, and pushing the corpses into a large pit to prepare for mass cremation, not even sparing the equipment on the human knight's corpse.

  Yilian saw and hurried over to stop him, knowing that the man in front of her would not give herself face. She had prepared a large pile of reasons, just as she was about to speak to the bad earl, but before she could open her mouth, she heard this guy who ignored her praying in a low voice: "May the brave and fearless knights ascend to heaven early! People are born without bringing anything with them, and they die without taking anything away. The relics you leave behind, I will be responsible for helping you find suitable new owners, who will inherit your legacy and carry on your will to fight bravely against the enemy! Your martial valor will surely resound throughout the universe!"

  A certain princess stretched her cute mouth, watching a certain person busily directing the digging of holes, burying their own guards one by one, making wooden tombstones and piously touching these tombstones, feeling suffocated. Perhaps, she was indeed too naive, Princess Yilian was dazed and quietly stood there... but completely didn't notice that someone in the corner turned around with a sly smile.

  Hey, do you really think he's given up? Too naive! Don't you understand the tactic of "luring in by pretending to retreat"? From his days as a shut-in nerd to now, with power at his command, his mindset has long since changed from being weak and harmless to having strong desires and being overbearing. Although not entirely bad, his methods and cunning have indeed improved significantly. This 100% beauty has already been secretly marked as his prey! It's just that forcing himself on her would be too boring, heh heh!

  He waited for her to come back to her senses, but found that she was hiding behind a tree with no one around doing something? Hmm, it's really making me curious, this pervert has some thoughts that are not suitable for minors, he who always thinks with his lower body, just turned around and experienced life... What made him disappointed was that nothing happened, it was just the princess herself using a water ball technique, using her good magical control power to slowly wash away the dirt on her body with the water flow, and then controlled a small fireball to slowly dry herself... The degree of women's love for beauty is not something that ordinary men can understand.

  The Earl didn't expect that such a sweet girl would have the talent of dual water and fire magic, looking at her magical control, it's obvious that she's already quite skilled. No way, I've got to check out this future wife's underwear... oh no! Check out her bottom!

  "Your Highness, I didn't expect you to have the rare water and fire dual-system magical talent. Forgive me for my ignorance!" A slightly awkward remark that sparks conversation.

  "Hmph, this princess still has a talent for light magic, if it weren't for my magic being depleted, my guards wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties, sigh!" She seemed to be thinking of the many knights who had fallen in battle and felt a little down.

  "What department are you majoring in? What year are you?" Taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

  "All 6th level, no main major, my three majors are all top-notch talents, unfortunately, my total magic is not outstanding. Otherwise, with just 6th-level holy light magic, I wouldn't be so miserable... Why ask so many questions?" Finally woke up, silly girl!

  "Haha, just curious and asking. Your sister, three-tier top talent, all of them are already level 6; compared to the original owner's low-level fire talent, it's really two completely different worlds, can I scold people?"

  She hastily caught it and then froze again... Can your freezing point be any lower?

  "Ah! High-grade magic potion?" How could you be so reckless?! Drinking it openly like that? I'm actually a bit worried that your slippery throat might get choked, do I need to sacrifice my dignity and give you CPR or chest massage later? Ridiculous......

  He could feel his magic power gradually filling up, from being depleted to finally filling up nearly half of it. "What a wonderful magical potion, what a powerful recovery ability! My magic has actually recovered by almost half, heavens!"

  "That's because your magical limit is too low, girl... Ah no! Your Highness!" The trash-talking mode didn't get turned off in time.

  "Do you have a high-ranking alchemist under your command? How many of these potions do you have?" The young girl thought that if there were many of these potions, the prospects for restoring their country would be promising.

  "I have it, but not much! Alchemist's stuff, it's a secret, won't tell you. 200 gold for one bottle, take it or leave it!" Uh, the dream of restoring the nation has come to an abrupt end!

  Yes! Why should others tell you their own secrets, why should they provide you with rare medicines for free, and why should they use their own strength to help you restore your country? Restoring the country is just my one-sided wish. I am a weak woman, let alone the illusory restoration of the country, even my own life safety cannot be guaranteed, where will the future go?

  After handling all matters, Lin Tian only retained 20 Knights Templar, 20 Imperial Guards, 40 Archers, 20 Royal Griffin Lions, and 10 Divine Priests to maintain a presence. All other troops were put on reserve.

  This is also a consideration for the princess's face, after all, can't let the lord go back home alone with his tail between his legs. At least she is the princess of the Lion Eagle Kingdom, welcoming the princess will have a great impact on one's reputation, and it can even be predicted that Xianlin County will usher in a peak period of migrant influx in the future. Otherwise, do you think Lin Tian's equipment for killing people is for nothing?

  The troops that can be obtained from the system every week have been fixed, which has become the backbone of one's own strength. However, if you want to further develop, the indigenous forces must also be utilized. In the previous battles, the volunteer army played a remarkable role, although the losses were huge, but it was also for its own divine troops to take the knife.

  With this in mind, the cunning Earl is willing to create momentum for the princess's return!