Chapter One

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Phoenix? Their collars bear the insignia of the Phoenix, the Qin family's royal guards. The uniform of the guards twenty years ago was...ugly, to say the least. The patterns and lines were strange, reflecting the aesthetics of a different era.

"Miss, since your friend has woken up, let's quickly move to the border city! If the defensive barrier of the border city isn't closed in time, it will endanger everyone in the city!" The guards stood in front of the Nofice barrier, resisting the enemy forces. They couldn't afford to leave Nofice behind, especially as soldiers.

"Master!"

"Wow, this pretty girl is actually..."

These soldiers, fighting and gossiping at the same time? They really are something!

"Nofice, tell me what's going on." I sat up, my head buzzing with a distracting noise.

"The Othrie Empire border, the position of the frontline in the war. They're asking us to retreat with the army."

"Retreat? What's going on? If I'm not mistaken, the current time is twenty years ago, during the border war! The battle where my father was injured?"

"Master, I did hear that the Duke was injured!"

"I must go help him!" I stood up, brushing off the dirt on my clothes. I had no idea how long I had been lying there; my clothes were so dirty.

"If you intervene, history..."

"The history we speak of is the memory of the world. According to the law, the world's memory flows backwards in units of days, with a maximum of twenty-four hours. Everything has infinite possibilities. But we have already gone back twenty years. Whatever we do will become history, and it's already a war we will win. It's even because of our presence that we will be victorious!" My thoughts were jumping all over the place. And now, as White Qin Yang, my thoughts were different from Black's. He chose to protect the people he cared about, while I also wanted to protect innocent people, the people behind Osley. If we fail here, a massive attack will follow. Don't call me pretentious, but that's who I am as the Saint Dragon. It's just that Black's thoughts are a little narrow-minded.

"Hey, I'll give you some time to slip away. It's fine if you're ungrateful, but don't say that about me! I'll give you a move to deal with them, or else your body will be mine!"

"Look how stingy you are! I'll show you how one move can take care of them!"

Black, every time we merge, our bodies and dragon souls synchronize even more. The power we unleash is far greater than before. These are just the large-sized magic soldiers that were eliminated twenty years later.

"Hey, soldiers up ahead, why don't you retreat first!"

"Huh? No, even though your girlfriend's barrier magic is impressive, as soldiers, we cannot agree to your request!" The reply came from the captain of this guard squad, resolute and determined, with no intention of retreating before the last civilian.

"The forward sentries are reporting! The Heavy Magic Infantry of Dù Dùn is approaching. Captain, if we don't leave now, we'll really..."

"The Duke gave us the mission to hold the rear. We must complete it!"

The Heavy Magic Infantry is equipped with heavy armor and shields, standing five meters tall. They wield rifles with large calibers. Heavy armor is already slow in terms of mobility, and it becomes even slower when paired with large-caliber weapons. The semi-mechanical magic soldiers of Dù Dùn are all drones, followed by a set of well-equipped command models. The drivers are all inside, making it the main target of attack.

"Dù Dùn must have been too eager in pursuit, so eager that they skipped the regular troops and sent the heavy infantry into battle. Their mobility is poor, making them easy targets!"

The guards suddenly turned around, sensing a surge of Light Magic.

"The Incinerating Demon Sword" was already stabbed straight into the ground, holding the sword, I no longer felt the same weakness and dizziness that I felt the first time at the Azure Sky Academy. This meant that my magic power was primarily channeled into it.

"In a few days, 'Burning Demon' will create a sword scabbard that perfectly matches yours, to celebrate our ability to fight together again."

The humming sound of the 'Burning Demon Sword' made it happy. The sword danced in my hand as I pleased. Nofice removed the barrier, and my figure appeared in front of our army, leaving smoke behind my feet. After observing the situation ahead, I sprinted forward, releasing a horizontal sword strike with sword energy flying in all directions. I accelerated my footsteps and jumped, using the first wave of sword energy as a springboard. In mid-air, I released another horizontal sword strike, then jumped again with great force, propelling myself out of the battlefield. From above, I could see the enemy command machine about 700 meters away, a red dome-shaped mechanical mage, with its eye lenses glowing with magical patterns. All the magical power of the mage troops came from this machine.

"I found it. The person is in the left and right compartments. Victory can be achieved by splitting them in the middle without causing any harm!"

Two sword energies on the ground spread far and wide, creating a smokescreen in front of the mage troops. Before they could react, their shields, located on the surface of their armor, were cut open along with the machinery inside. The disabled mage troops fell one by one. The soldiers were stunned. The heavily armored mage infantry, which they had been unable to overcome, had suddenly been decapitated and crippled?

For the final strike, I swung my sword upwards, and a mysterious white sword energy rushed towards the command machine.

"Front... front, a large number of Light Magic is approaching, heavy mage infantry... Everyone, keep silent. It's terrible!" The observer on the command machine reported in panic to the higher-ups.

"Two large groups of Light Magic are approaching and need to be avoided!" Originally, the enemy's retreat should have been cause for joy for Duzun; however, the sudden appearance of the Light Magic broke their celebration.

"Boom!" After three sword energies, all the drivers on the command machine jumped out one after another. A wave of heat rushed towards me. Duzun had some humanity left, as all the mage troops had self-destruct mechanisms. Even if they were dismembered, they would not explode immediately, giving the soldiers a chance to escape.

"This..." After one of Duzun's pursuit units was wiped out, the rear units began to retreat. It seemed that this battle would take a temporary pause. However, I was most concerned about my father. I needed to ensure that he would not sacrifice himself in the war so that I could be born! Just as this thought crossed my mind, I remembered my mother... Oh yeah, I should have the opportunity to see my mother as an adult. Ever since my mother was transformed into a ten-year-old girl, she no longer remembered what she looked like before.

"Master, where do we go next?" Nofice asked.

I returned to the ground and brushed off the dust from my body. It was too dirty!

"Let's go to the border city with them!"

"Elena, Lilith, Nana, and Perra, they are all in the border city."

"What... what? Isn't it just you and me?"

"They were brought back to the border city before by the front. They said girls have priority, so they left you here."

"Well... if they are all there, it may take longer to replenish enough imperial power to return to our original time." I rubbed my temples. I had been negligent. I needed to quickly grasp the instructions. It was really troublesome.

"Black, what do you think about what that person said?"

"We are exiles. The Dragon Clan is probably not a native race of the Three Realms. He is the only clue in the Three Realms. He knows what we don't remember. However, I'm curious why the other Dragon Clan members don't know about being exiles!"

"Perhaps each Dragon Clan member has undergone a process of being sealed or having their memories wiped before being exiled!"

"Why? Finally, we have a clue, but it has become so complicated!"