"Ah ha, you've actually guessed my na, how remarkable!" Queen Mary ceased her dancing steps and flashed a sweet smile, clapping her hands as if Chen Yu guessing her na was a truly remarkable feat.
And with her clapping, a large group of masked nobles also appeared around her, issuing various acclaims, so bowing toward Chen Yu and even noble ladies and young noble girls casting coquettish glances his way.
All this seed so lovely and joyful, like a sweet invitation beckoning Chen Yu to join Queen Mary's banquet, to beco her dance partner, and then to dance with her for all eternity.
Perhaps compared to the ferocious and mad Mary Tudor, Marie Antoinette seed so harmless and adorable, yet for those facing her, the latter was far more dangerous than the forr.
The threat posed by the forr is obvious, one that you could face and resist with enough courage, but the sweetness brought by the latter is exactly what's hardest to resist.
Which is more dangerous, a nightmare or a beautiful dream? If it's a nightmare, you would do everything possible to wake up, but with a beautiful dream, you would only think about how to make it last a bit longer.
Marie Antoinette is no different, her power is not in apparent fangs and claws, but everything she presents is far more dangerous than Mary Tudor before her.
Once you touch the cakes and desserts, you're assimilated, turned into new confections; once the ball begins, it never ends, and when you stop dancing, it also ans life has co to a halt.
Compared to tangible attacks, such intangible temptations are far deadlier dangers.
Fortunately, Queen Mary had not taken the final step to beco a demigod; what she displayed was rely a half-finished domain, her seductive power limited and incomplete, allowing Chen Yu to resist such temptation with ease.
Otherwise, even as a demigod, Chen Yu would have had to face a truly sweet dream, a slightest slackness would have plunged him into its depths.
Although Chen Yu could resist the temptation with the power of a demigod, Jounouchi Hiromi was still only legendary; although she had the power of Chen Yu's domain to help her resist Queen Mary's influence, she was already sowhat affected.
That cake looks like the limited edition one I saw last ti, I really want to taste it! That was my favorite snack as a child, I feel like having it again! That was the birthday cake I had on my last birthday, I love the taste of the nuts on it! That's our wedding cake, I haven't tried the cream figurines on it yet!
Even knowing that her thoughts were dangerous, Jounouchi Hiromi couldn't help being tempted by the pastries and cakes floating before her eyes, unable to stop the wave of delicious flavors that filled her mind, even knowing that they had been disgusting mutated insects just monts ago.
In such a situation, she naturally struggled to control the Blood Orochi she had summoned; the eight snake heads, originally coiled together, were now sowhat loose, and gaps appeared in her defense.
And in the instant a gap appeared in her defense, countless cakes and sweets surged towards her like a storm, instantly tearing open the slight gap in her defenses.
If it hadn't been for Chen Yu swiftly striking out with his sword to intercept the storm of cakes and pastries, and using the Domain of Death to "kill" the other desserts hurtling towards her, Jounouchi Hiromi would have undoubtedly been overwheld by them.
Jolted awake from her fantasy about the sweets, Jounouchi Hiromi felt a chill of fear and truly realized just how terrifying Queen Mary was, and just how mighty a Demigod could be.
Although the battle between Chen Yu and Queen Mary seed simple, with one conjuring a Grand Statue and the other summoning a Court Ball and a host of pastries, there was no clashing, no flashes of weapons shattering the heavens and earth, and not even a Magic bombardnt. In fact, the scene was less spectacular than the earlier spectacle of the palace being flooded with blood or the summoning of the Blood Orochi.
Yet in terms of danger, whether it was the grey glow surrounding Chen Yu and the Angel Statue or the pink domain around Queen Mary and the palace she stood beside, if they were to unleash their full power, they could obliterate the city beneath their feet in an instant.
Queen Mary's pink domain seed different from the previous blood-colored one, and Jounouchi Hiromi wasn't clear on its specific effects. However, having almost been seduced by those pastries and nearly transford into a pastry person herself, she clearly recognized the peril. She feared that if the power of this domain were to be unleashed...
A city built of cakes and candies in fairytales is indeed dreamy and beautiful, but if the sweets you're eating are transford from living people, it becos truly horrifying.
As for Chen Yu's Domain of Death, that held the power to kill anything alive in an instant.
Not with swords or Magic, nor with soul extraction or the like, but literally death – the direct transformation of anything living into death.
When Jounouchi Hiromi was almost hit by a cake earlier, she saw with her own eyes how a piece of tempting cake, inches away from her, instantaneously disintegrated. Although everything seed normal, she knew, that piece of cake was dead.
This was the utmost masterpiece of the Necromancy School, the true power of the divine creation, the Underworld Feather Angel – spreading the Nether God's wings and bestowing upon all creatures the equality of death.
However, right now the power of both domains was being used in opposition to one another, and it was apparent that Chen Yu's domain was more dominant. Although Queen Mary, having transford from Mary Tudor to Marie Antoinette, had gradually stabilized her situation and even managed to sneak attacks on Jounouchi Hiromi, it was clear she couldn't hold out like this for long.
Despite her smile remaining sweet and her dance steps light, her urgency was palpably increasing.
After all, she was rely a Legendary Peak, infinitely close to a Demigod. While she could contend with a true Demigod thanks to her unique powers and the special environnt here, this confrontation ca with a price and a ti limit, and Marie Antoinette was not adept at frontline combat. With her main abilities ineffective, she was already preparing to switch faces once again.
By this ti, Jounouchi Hiromi had already dismissed the summoning of the Blood Orochi, realizing that while her Legendary Spell indeed had formidable power, it still fell short of shaking a being almost on par with a Demigod.
However, the unwillingness in her heart made her clench her teeth. She didn't want to just hide behind Chen Yu, relying on his protection. Chen Yu had already bestowed her with such great power; if she needed his protection on top of that, she would be too useless.
Jounouchi Hiromi decided to take a gamble and elevate herself from Blood Knight to Crimson Empress.
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