After seeing the scene inside the room, Maggie's pupils contracted sharply.
Although Eve's face was turned toward the door, her body was completely held in the arms of another man with a deathly expression.
Most of the items in the room were damaged; teacups were broken and scattered all over the floor, curtains were torn down, and there were large water stains, skulls, and bone clubs on the floor.
You can tell how fierce the battle was just now.
Upon closer inspection, the man was none other than Joyce, who had vanished right under Platinum's nose.
Maggie's face suddenly turned cold, and her tone became much more frightening when no one was around.
Do you know what you're doing?
She was speaking to Joyce, but he only gave a strange look and stiffly tugged at the corners of his mouth.
"Your Highness, do you still remember...?"
Before he could finish speaking, Maggie already knew he was going to bring up old grievances, so she simply interrupted him.
"I remember, I killed him with my own hands, so what?"
Maggie's tone was extremely cold, as if the person who died in her hands was not a person, but a small insect that she could crush at will.
Joyce's already near-dead face turned incredibly ugly in an instant, and she gripped Eve's hand even tighter.
"Your Highness is far too arrogant. Do you think you are invincible just because the Temple of Light protects you?"
Eve's face flushed red at a visible speed, and she had difficulty breathing, but even so, she looked at Maggie with longing and anticipation in her eyes.
Maggie didn't spare her attention, instead quickly surveying her surroundings while answering his question, albeit in a sarcastic tone.
"How come I didn't know the undead could be so rampant?"
She was simply stating a fact, but it immediately made Joyce's emotions become volatile.
"What do you know! How could the young lady of the Zefnia family understand our suffering!"
Maggie raised an eyebrow and glanced up and down at Joyce. This young man didn't seem like a poor man lacking food and clothing, so where did he get such resentment?
only.....
She couldn't find the location of the teleportation array core mentioned in the comic.
"Your Highness..."
Suddenly, Eve, who was being choked and couldn't breathe, managed to speak. Joyce thought she was asking for help, so she loosened her grip a little.
Maggie's gaze returned to Eve, and she asked in a calm tone.
"how?"
Maggie harbored some resentment towards this disobedient princess, and even regretted not killing her.
However, she wants to speak; perhaps there will be some clues that we can listen to.
"After..."
Eve had barely uttered two words when Joyce immediately tightened her grip, silencing her completely.
His expression was one of annoyance and fierceness, and his tone was sinister, as if he regretted letting her speak.
"If the princess wants to live, she should shut up."
After he finished speaking, the black mist on his body gradually spread, and it was clear that some of the objects in the room were being tainted by the aura of death, decaying and weathering, which looked extremely terrifying.
Maggie could sense that his level after transformation would probably reach that of a necromancer lord, which was indeed more powerful than a mage.
Eve was so affected that her face turned deathly pale, all the color draining away from her face from suffocation, and her gaze remained fixed on Maggie.
It contains a kind of trust that Maggie doesn't understand.
Joyce didn't notice that after Eve finished saying those two words, Maggie glanced at a corner of the air.
No one saw that there were two elemental spirits moving freely.
However, their expressions were full of disgust, because to the elemental spirits, the aura of the undead was truly unpleasant.
Maggie looked down at Eve, her heart stirred slightly, and she parted her lips slightly.
"You can tell me your purpose, but don't harm the princess."
Joyce's subordinate paused, looking somewhat suspicious, as if he couldn't believe that Maggie, who had just been completely indifferent to Eve's life or death, would say such a thing.
"Want to save her? Fine, then you'll become today's sacrifice."
He didn't think deeply about it; the intelligence of a person about to become an undead is based solely on their existing memories, unlike the extremely flexible thinking of a human.
Joyce has become a solidified being, a soul sealed in the past.
Simply put, they have no brains.
"Can."
Maggie nodded happily.
Upon hearing this, Eve immediately shook her head frantically, even though she was being held back and could barely move.
Ignoring her movements, Maggie cautiously and slowly walked forward in Joyce's direction.
He even left his staff where it was, looking completely unguarded, like a lamb to the slaughter.
Joyce grinned, seemingly pleased with Maggie's compromise, and loosened his grip on Eve slightly.
It wasn't until Maggie and the little ghost, who had reached the back of the room, exchanged a glance that they finally understood.
The little ghost pointed with its short finger to the clock hanging above.
Maggie, who had already reached Joyce's side, suddenly unleashed her magic.
Joyce thought Maggie was going to attack him, and instinctively raised his hand to cast a spell to defend himself, but he didn't expect the light arrow to fly towards the clock.
Joyce's expression changed drastically, and she immediately turned around to look. Maggie also took the opportunity to grab Eve by the collar, cast a jump spell on her feet, and carried her away from Joyce by two meters.
The light arrow pierced the clock with a 'bang,' revealing the core of the teleportation array inside.
But it appeared completely unharmed.
Joyce visibly relaxed, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth, his voice sinister and terrifying.
"He's just a mid-level mage, he can't even destroy the core, and I still fell for his trick."
Perhaps because he was certain that Maggie posed little threat to the teleportation array, Joyce became visibly smug. However, he failed to notice that the light arrow, which should have dissipated, remained stuck inside.
When he completely lowered his guard, Maggie's fingertips glowed with dark magic, and all the 'dark marks' attached to them were detonated.
With three consecutive 'bangs', Joyce didn't even have time to save it before the teleportation array was destroyed on the spot by Maggie.
His expression froze for a moment, then he instantly erupted in rage.
"You! How dare you?! How can you use dark magic?!"
Maggie reacted quickly, covering Eve's ears so she wouldn't hear what she said next.
"Because you're ignorant."
At the same time, she didn't forget to make a sarcastic remark.
The crisis is halfway through. Although Perkin and the court magician still haven't arrived, she has completely destroyed the teleportation array. Now, all she needs to do is escape with Eve, and the crisis should be over.
But Maggie's unease grew so strong that instead of running away immediately, she stared intently at Joyce.
As it turns out, Maggie's sixth sense was terrifyingly strong.
Joyce, who had been furious because the plan had failed, suddenly collapsed to the ground, completely exhausted, with an incredulous expression on her face.
Countless thin lines connected to his body from the teleportation array above.
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