The Military Princess Won’t Fall in Love with a Magic Scientist

Chapter 248. Karlsas

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“【Groundfire ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Eruption】!”

Karlsas ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍drove his greatsword savagely into the earth. Centered on him, the land within a three-hundred-meter radius instantly split apart, and pillars of dark-red magma burst upward, burning every magical beast nearby into ash.

Behind ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Karlsas, five thousand elite Sunscorch Heavy Cavalry formed an impregnable wedge formation. These soldiers were generally second-tier extraordinary fighters, while the centurions leading them were all third-tier elites without exception.

Their ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Battle Aura linked together, making them resemble a steel behemoth wreathed in flames as they forcibly plowed a bloody path through the black Beast Tide.

Severed ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍limbs flew everywhere, and black blood splashed through the air.

Every collision was accompanied by the crisp crack of shattering bones. In this moment, the full foundation of Astrelia’s old ace legion was revealed without reservation.

But it was only a bloody path, nothing more.

As the battle dragged on, that purplish-black corrosive mist, clinging like a festering disease to bone, grew denser and denser.

“Cough, cough...” One knight charging at the very front suddenly began coughing violently. He discovered that his once-prized Battle Aura Armor had grown thin under the mist’s erosion, and every breath sent a burning pain through his lungs.

It was not only the soldiers. Even Karlsas sensed that something was wrong.

The Battle Aura within him, which should have surged like a mighty river, had become sluggish and obstructed. A sword aura that once required only thirty percent of his strength now took seventy percent, and even then, more than half of it was swallowed by that damned mist.

His field of vision was shrinking, and his senses were being suppressed.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

The ground suddenly began to tremble in a steady rhythm, heavy as the heartbeat of a giant.

From deep within the mist came an ear-piercing scraping of chitin mixed with low growls, and eleven terrifying shadows slowly tore through the purple fog, descending with suffocating pressure.

Two mountain-like Netherfire Steel-Armored Rhinos, their bodies burning with ghostly green hellfire;

Three bizarrely moving Six-Winged Mantises, their scythe-like limbs flickering in and out of the fog;

Three Bone Dragons covered in savage bone spikes and flowing with cursed black blood, each breath they exhaled carrying the stench of the underworld;

And in the low sky, two enormous Evil Eye Lords, their tentacles whipping wildly as rays of destruction brewed within their single giant eyes.

And... floating at the highest point, that pitch-black silhouette that even made Karlsas feel pressured.

It was a sixth-tier magical beast he had never seen before. It possessed a humanoid torso and tattered black wings, while its lower body was a mass of constantly writhing flesh that radiated a strong sulfurous stench. At this moment, it was looking down on this “hunt” from above with a pair of emotionless compound eyes.

“Damn it... there’s actually another sixth-tier...” Karlsas wiped the blood from his face. His fingers turned white from gripping his sword too tightly.

“Sunscorch, with me! Charge!”

There was nowhere left to retreat. With a furious roar, he madly forced the blazing Battle Aura within his body to erupt, then shot into the air, trying to tear open a gap before the encirclement could close.

“【Blazing Ash Secret Sword · Nine Serpent Flash】!”

Crimson sword light turned into nine falling meteors. Amid the thunderous blasts, the leading Netherfire Steel-Armored Rhino—its hide thick and rugged—did not even have time to let out a scream before its enormous body froze the instant it touched the sword light.

In the next second, a fine red line ran from its brow to its tailbone. The several-ton beast split smoothly into two halves, like butter cut apart by a hot blade. The cut surfaces were charred black, and even the blood had been instantly vaporized by that horrifying heat.

“Die!”

Karlsas did not slow in the slightest. With a backhanded horizontal slash devoid of any flourish, he tore brutally through the air, producing a shrill scream.

The two Shadowkiller Mantises that had tried to launch a sneak attack from the darkness had only just revealed themselves when they discovered in horror that their scythes, along with their upper bodies, were being crushed inch by inch beneath that tyrannical sword pressure, turning into dust that scattered across the sky.

Karlsas was no fake sixth-tier!

As a warrior who had fought his way up from the bottom step by bloody step, his strength could be considered formidable even among those of the same tier.

And to these fifth-tier magical beasts, he was an insurmountable chasm—a pure, crushing force of violence!

However, in the very instant when Karlsas’s old strength had just been spent and his new strength had not yet arisen, the black silhouette high in the sky moved.

There was no wind, no warning. The humanoid magical beast vanished instantly, and when it appeared again, it was already above Karlsas’s head, a claw wrapped in pitch-black death aura stabbing straight for his throat.

“Get lost!”

Karlsas’s pupils contracted sharply. Relying on his battle-hardened instincts, he forcibly twisted the trajectory of his sword. The crimson greatsword swept upward from below and smashed violently into that claw.

Boom—!!!

Red and black energy collided fiercely in midair, exploding into a ring of visible vacuum ripples. Several low-tier magical beasts below were directly shaken to death by the aftershock, bleeding from all seven orifices.

In midair, the two figures met and separated in an instant.

Using the impact, that sixth-tier magical beast flipped lightly back into the sky, and a trace of surprise flashed through its compound eyes with an almost human quality.

As for Karlsas, he crashed to the ground like a cannonball. His feet carved two trenches half a meter deep through the hard frozen earth before he barely managed to steady himself. The tiger’s mouth of his sword hand had already split open, and blood dripped down along the hilt.

“An even match... No, this thing’s raw physical strength is even greater than mine...”

Karlsas’s heart sank. Under the silent pressure of that unknown sixth-tier magical beast, the remaining fifth-tier magical beasts rapidly closed in as if they knew no fear.

The situation was becoming dangerous.

......

At the same time, elsewhere.

Wooo—!

A deep, metallic whistle violently smashed through the snow-filled sky. At the end of the tracks, where there should have been nothing, a steel behemoth suddenly tore through the air—a pitch-black train covered in thick composite armor.

“Stop! Whose formation is that? This is a military restricted zone! Without the Second Prince’s seal, it is strictly forbidden—”

The station dispatcher, carrying a dim lantern and waving the register book in his hand, rushed onto the platform. Behind him followed two squads of fortress guards armed with spears and old-fashioned muskets, trying to stop this uninvited beast.

However, before the train had even fully stopped, the hatches on both sides of the carriages burst open with blasts of white high-pressure steam.

“First Infantry Unit, disembark! Move it!”

Heavy metal military boots slammed onto the platform. Countless Northern Territory soldiers wearing second-generation mass-produced Magitech Armor poured out like a black tide.

“Stop right there! You’re defying military orders! Take one more step and we open fire!” one fortress squad captain shouted with bluster that barely concealed his fear, leading more than a dozen men as they tried to form a human wall and block the exit.

The response he received was a steel-clad combat boot.

Bang!

The Northern Territory officer at the front did not even raise his gun. He simply kicked the squad captain square in the chest. The man flew out like a stray dog on the roadside and smashed hard into a snowbank beside the tracks, unable to get back up for a long while.

“If you don’t want to die, get out of the way.”

The Northern Territory officer withdrew his foot. His voice, processed through an Amplification Spellwork beneath his helmet, carried a distorted metallic coldness, as though he were merely driving away a pack of wild dogs blocking the road.

“Northern Territory reinforcements. Special situation, special handling.”

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