Chapter 656 - 593: Cocoon (Part 2)

Reina asked, a little puzzled, "Li Wei knows me, so why would he tell you?"

Gu Sewei smiled. "Because I’m his wife."

Reina looked at her in surprise. "What? You’re Li Wei’s wife?"

She hadn’t known about Li Wei and Gu Sewei’s relationship.

Their relationship was only a piece of gossip circulating within a small circle in Maple City.

Naturally, it wouldn’t appear in valuable wartime intelligence reports.

Reina only knew that Maple City currently had two combatants at or above the Legendary Level.

One was Gu Sewei, the new Tower Master of the Maple City Mage Tower.

The other was Li Wei.

Gu Sewei’s strength had been confirmed to be that of a Legendary Level Mage.

Li Wei’s strength was currently uncertain.

Even Otz didn’t know what level of Mage Li Wei had reached.

He was at least Legendary Level or higher.

Therefore, in the intelligence report given to Reina, Li Wei was also marked as having the strength of a Legendary Mage.

This was the only confirmed information known at present.

Li Wei had defeated Rose’s avatar and forced the Underworld’s Dark Race Legion to retreat.

This further solidified the fact that Li Wei was immensely powerful.

Exactly how powerful, no one knew.

Otz knew Rose’s avatar was strong, but he didn’t know to what extent.

He only knew that several Legendary Professionals within the Dark Race Legion had obeyed her every command.

After calming her surprise, Reina composed herself and sized up Gu Sewei.

She said, "This is certainly a bit unexpected. Can you tell me how you met Li Wei?"

Gu Sewei gave a faint smile and said, "Of course. After all, Miss Reina is an old friend of my husband. You must be curious about what he’s been through all these years."

Reina looked at her, an inexplicably complex feeling stirring in her heart.

It wasn’t envy, disappointment, jealousy, or regret.

Suddenly, she was struck by the feeling that while the scenery might be the same, the people had changed.

’People really do change.’

She was no longer the Reina from twenty years ago.

And Li Wei was no longer the promising Mage Apprentice from twenty years ago.

Recalling the past, she felt quite emotional.

There were things she wanted to say, but the words wouldn’t come out.

Reina could only sit quietly to the side, listening as Gu Sewei recounted the story of how she and Li Wei met.

After hearing Gu Sewei’s story, Reina said with a laugh.

"You and Li Wei really got to know each other through a fight, hahaha... But why is that guy always so rough with girls?"

Gu Sewei looked curious. "Why do you say that?"

Reina smiled and said, "The first time I met Li Wei was also in a battle."

Reina began to tell the story of when she had challenged Li Wei to a duel.

The two chatted in the room, and laughter could be heard from time to time.

Although it was their first time meeting, they both enjoyed the conversation.

Perhaps it was because they had a common topic of interest.

In the end, when Reina learned that Li Wei was in secluded Cultivation, she offered to come back another time.

She didn’t want to disturb Li Wei’s Cultivation.

Once Gu Sewei understood that Reina just wanted to see an old friend,

her attitude became very friendly, and she even invited her to explore Maple City together when she had time.

Reina happily accepted.

"Reina, when you have time, let’s explore Maple City together. There are so many places in the city I haven’t been to yet," Gu Sewei said.

Reina replied, "Sure! I haven’t been back in a long time myself. Maple City has changed so much, I’d like to walk around and get a good look at all the changes."

"Goodbye, then. I’ll head back for now. You’re welcome to visit me at Golden Shield Manor anytime."

"Okay, I’ll definitely visit when I’m free."

Reina left the Mage Tower and went home.

Because they had sided with Otz, Reina’s family, the Golden Shield Clan, had long prospered in the Beixuan Kingdom.

Later, because Reina had gained the high regard of the Ninth Prince in Central Earth,

the Golden Shield Clan leaped to become a Hereditary Earl Clan, becoming the most powerful noble family in the Beixuan Kingdom, bar none.

However, the patriarch of the Golden Shield Clan had always been extremely cautious and prudent.

The Golden Shield Clan was also a Knight Clan, upholding the knightly virtues of honor, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and integrity.

Therefore, despite becoming the number one noble family in the Beixuan Kingdom, they were not suppressed or ostracized by other factions.

Instead, they became an object of courtship and recruitment for various powers.

The Golden Shield Clan was universally well-regarded.

The Knight heirs trained by the Golden Shield Clan were popular and sought-after candidates wherever they went.

This further cemented the Golden Shield Clan’s status in the Beixuan Kingdom.

In the political arena, the patriarch of the Golden Shield Clan fully supported Otz, and the family enjoyed the prestigious title of a founding family.

They enjoyed the status of a veteran family that had helped Otz establish the kingdom.

While many other noble founding families had already perished, the Golden Shield Clan remained as unshakable as a mountain.

Now, with Reina’s Return to Maple City as a Legendary War Knight,

the Golden Shield Clan’s position was even more solid and unshakeable.

There were even faint signs that their influence was beginning to surpass that of Otz himself.

This should have become a grave concern for Otz.

No Sovereign would want a subordinate faction to be even more powerful than themselves.

However, because the Golden Shield Clan was a Knight Clan,

Otz wasn’t worried that they would threaten his control over the Beixuan Kingdom.

The Golden Shield Clan had long since sworn allegiance to him.

At least, as long as the Golden Shield Clan enjoyed its reputation as a Knight Clan, it was impossible for them to do anything that violated the knightly code of ethics.

Reina was also aware of the Golden Shield Clan’s current situation.

’Unless we leave the Beixuan Kingdom, given the clan’s current trajectory, we will sooner or later invite disaster.’

’The Beixuan Kingdom cannot accommodate a Legendary Level Knight Clan.’

’This pond is too small to raise such a big fish.’

This time, Reina had returned to Maple City not only under the Ninth Prince’s orders to support the Beixuan Kingdom,

but she also had the idea of relocating the Golden Shield Clan to Central Earth.

The Northern Territory was, after all, a backward and desolate land.

Its various resources were far inferior to the prosperous and abundant Central Earth.

At best, the Golden Shield Clan could only ever be a Hereditary Earl Clan here.

However, these were all matters to be considered only after she had resolved the predicament currently facing the Beixuan Kingdom.

On the fifth day after Reina arrived in Maple City with her reinforcements,

the Underworld’s Dark Race Legion began to stir.

A large number of Dark Race soldiers poured through the spatial rift and launched an attack on the Beixuan Kingdom’s defensive line.

This time, the assault was exceptionally fierce. They threw all their forces onto the battlefield with a do-or-die resolve, heedless of the cost.

The Beixuan Kingdom was reeling from the attack.

Fortunately, the reinforcements led by Reina had arrived in time.

Under the aura of the two War Knights, the Beixuan Kingdom’s army barely had the ability to resist the Dark Race Legion’s massive offensive.

Reina made an assessment. Based on the current intensity of the battle,

the Beixuan Kingdom’s army could hold out for one day at most.

After that, the defensive line would completely collapse.

Left with no other choice, Otz went to Gu Sewei, hoping she would intervene to resolve the crisis.

Gu Sewei was a Legendary Mage, and her impact on the battlefield could be even greater than Reina’s.

A single Forbidden Curse could completely change the tide of the war.

When Gu Sewei appeared on the battlefield and was about to cast a Forbidden Curse,

she was targeted by an enemy Legendary Level Assassin.

The Legendary Level Assassin’s attempt put Gu Sewei in grave danger.

Thanks to the protection of Li Wei’s Divine Power, Gu Sewei was unharmed by the first assassination attempt.

However, Gu Sewei could no longer cast a Forbidden Curse so openly.

She gazed at the distant battlefield, which had already turned into a meat grinder.

An unsettling premonition crept into Gu Sewei’s heart.

BOOM!

Suddenly, a massive tremor and a loud noise erupted from the battlefield.

Gu Sewei focused her gaze and saw more than a dozen Tier Seven Underworld Magic Beasts appear on the battlefield.

The Tier Seven Magic Beasts joined the battle.

The morale of the Beixuan Kingdom’s side instantly plummeted to rock bottom.

The two sides were on completely different levels.

The Tier Seven Magic Beasts were unstoppable on the battlefield.

The Beixuan Kingdom’s side lacked the means to deal with so many Tier Seven Magic Beasts.

Whether it was the Legendary Mage Gu Sewei or the Legendary War Knight Reina,

both had already been targeted and surrounded by the Underworld’s Legendary Professionals.

They had no spare energy to deal with the Tier Seven Magic Beasts that were rampaging across the battlefield.

With no other option, Gu Sewei could only call out to Li Wei.

Li Wei sensed Gu Sewei’s call and rushed to the battlefield immediately.

The moment he appeared, a vast number of silk webs materialized in the space around him.

The dense webs formed a giant cocoon, enveloping Li Wei within it.