Two days later, the Radiant Legion led by Alvin finally trudged out of the deep mountains and arrived at the border of Karsus.
Of course, it is the former border.
Now this place has long been reduced to a war zone where the empire and Karsus are fighting each other. They are not sure which side this area belongs to at the moment, so they have to take a temporary rest in this high mountain with tall and dense vegetation.
On the way here, after the battle with the Empire's Blue Dragon Knights, they encountered a lot of troubles along the way, such as endless barbarians, evil monsters, and various beasts in the dense forest.
Therefore, after forced marches and continuous battles, at this moment, their glorious legion, which was originally known as more than a thousand people, had less than 600 people left.
At this point, it can be said that they have lost more than half, and they are still exhausted. And more importantly, the purpose of their trip, the holy sword, has not been seen after all.
"..."
Standing under the shade of the dense trees, feeling the coolness between the trees, and feeling a chill in her heart, Shirley looked around and looked at the team that she had led out. She couldn't help but feel sad for a moment. She didn't know what to say. What to order.
When she came out, she also swore to her father that she would be able to complete the task beautifully and obtain the crucial holy sword to fight against the Empire's Emperor Barnhardt and the terrible evil sword.
But the result...
This time they gained nothing except losing troops and generals!
The more she thought about it, the more angry and sad she became, so she couldn't help but subconsciously glance hard at the back of the legendary magician Jessica.
Then, her originally sunny and carefree eyes gradually became obscure.
Shirley knew that person. He claimed to be the legendary great magician, but what was the result?
He went to grab the dark wand, but the wand couldn't be taken out. Then he went to grab the holy sword, but the holy sword was snatched away by the enemy first. From the beginning to the end, the opponent basically didn't play any role, and he didn't even fight. At that time, the opponent's strength was far inferior to Hain's. She didn't know whether the legendary great magician who couldn't even open his own seal was really the real deal!
or……
Is the other party really trying to help their Karsus Kingdom?
Thinking of the fact that the other party was obviously the teacher of Egbert, the leader of the Empire's Black Dragon Magisters, but every time the empire had allowed the empire to complete each conspiracy before them, she couldn't help but start thinking about it, and gradually, she looked at the other party His eyes became a little different.
"Hello!"
"Shirley?"
"??"
"Shirley, what are you thinking about?"
At this time, Alvin gently patted Shirley on the shoulder from behind, finally bringing her back to her senses.
"ah!"
"It's Alvin..."
Shirley almost kicked him in the back without realizing it.
However, when she saw that the person coming was Alvin, she reluctantly gradually relaxed and stopped tightening the string in her heart.
"Give!"
"are you tired?"
"Drink some water first!"
Alvin shook his head, then stretched out the water bag in his hand and handed it to the other party.
"Thanks……"
"!!"
"Ahem!!"
Shirley was not polite, she took it directly, raised her head and took several long sips, and didn't stop until she choked.
"ha!"
"I just called you several times, but you didn't respond. What are you thinking about?"
"Can you tell me about it?"
Alvin first looked around at the soldiers who were sitting on the mountain col, looking at the members of the 'Legion of Radiance' who were lying or sitting on the ground in extremely miserable shapes. He remembered when he had just set off from Karsus. All the heroic words and guarantees they had said, could not help but flash a trace of sadness on his face.
To be honest, facing this skinny reality, at this moment, Alvin wanted to find a gap in the ground and crawl in.
"It's nothing..."
"I was just thinking..."
"How should I explain to my father after I return to Karsus?"
After a pause, Shirley sighed again.
"There were more than a thousand people when we came out, right?"
"They are all elite veterans of Karsus, and now..."
"There are only a few hundred left..."
"I even lost the holy sword. I will definitely get scolded when I go back!"
After handing back the water bag, Shirley simply sat down on the grass aside and stared blankly at her feet. She did not tell Alvin that she was actually doubting the identity of the great magician Jessica just now. things.
In fact, if she hadn't had a certain fondness for Alvin around her, and Alvin had been on the front line against the empire, and even killed a lot of imperial soldiers, contributing to Karsus If it was too big, she might have even suspected Alvin just now.
"Moreover, the empire has obtained the magic sword, and now it has also obtained the holy sword Langulissa. What do you think we, Karsus, should do next?"
"Woo..."
"I'm really an idiot!"
"Good-for-nothing fool!"
"Fool!"
As she spoke, Shirley began to sob and sob softly.
She thought that although she was the princess of the Kingdom of Karsus and a member of the royal family, she had failed to fulfill her obligations and responsibilities. In the past, she often sneaked out of the royal city to travel arrogantly, and did not learn her skills properly, but she did everything she could. Keith, her teacher, had a headache, but now she is fine. When the national crisis hit, she was shocked to find that her existence was so insignificant and her abilities were so weak. If she could be stronger, how could she Reduced to this state?
"..."
Alvin opened his mouth, and there were thousands of words in Alvin's mind, but in the face of the cruel facts, he didn't know what to say.
"Do not worry!"
"This is not entirely your fault, I am also responsible..."
"I will explain it to the lord."
"Besides, their sacrifices are all worth it. I believe that even without the Holy Sword, we will have other ways to resist the empire!"
"Everything will get better slowly."
"I promise!"
In the end, Alvin could only say these empty words against his will that even he himself was not willing to believe.
But think about it, now the only holy sword that can fight against the magic sword and the empire is gone. When Karsus faced Emperor Barnhart holding the magic sword and Leon, the leader of the Blue Dragon Knights holding the holy sword, they What should we do to resist?
To be honest, in Alvin's opinion, even if the leader of the Blue Dragon Knights does not have a holy sword, he can almost drive a group of them and beat them up by himself, and he doesn't even carry a second sword?
And after the other party has the holy sword, he can't imagine how terrifying it will be.
"..."
Shirley didn't respond to Alvin, she just buried her head deeply in her arms and between her legs, never wanting to raise her head and look at the tired soldiers around her and the same expression on their faces as hers. Expressions of sadness and despair.
She knew that Karsus was really going to die this time...
Even if the useless legendary magician Jessica really contacted the surrounding countries and asked them to unite with Karsus to fight against the empire, it would be useless, because there is simply not enough time. Judging from the current speed of the empire's attack, I'm afraid that the city of Karsus would have fallen before the other party could win over and unite the surrounding countries!
In fact, the last time, Karsus City almost fell.
If the Imperial Army hadn't advanced so fast that the logistics couldn't keep up, and if Alvin and the others had attacked her from behind and hit her hard from behind, she would have become a poor and ruined country. Princess now.
"Shirley..."
Seeing the helpless look of the other party, Alvin wanted to reach out to hold the other party in his arms and comfort him, but he saw Leah in front of him who was concentrating and working hard to use magic to treat the wounded. Na, looking at the back of that slender but strong nun, in the end, he had to take back his outstretched hand.
"well……"
Then, all the words turned into a short sigh.
"Well?"
Is there a situation? !
Just when Alvin was about to visit and greet the wounded soldiers, suddenly, he looked up and discovered: ahead, two of the Karsus soldiers who were originally assigned to watch on the hillside were now. Shi Ran quickly ran down towards them with a panicked look on his face?
"!!"
"The enemy is catching up?!"
At this time, Shirley suddenly jumped up. Then, she didn't bother to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. She opened her eyes wide, took the lead and ran forward and gritted her teeth and asked.
"No, not the enemy!"
"Anyway!"
"Princess!"
"Lord Alvin, and General Keith!"
"You'd better come up with us quickly and take a look!"
As he said that, he looked at the generals and mages gathered around him. The two soldiers didn't hesitate, turned around and took the lead, panting, and ran towards the top of the hillside in front of them.
"!!"
Shirley didn't hesitate, just stamped her foot, picked up her weapon and chased after him.
"Hello!"
"Shirley, wait for us!"
There was no other way. Upon seeing this, Alvin, Hain, Jessica, Liana and others no longer bothered to appease the soldiers who stood up on guard and looked confused, and followed Shirley directly. Go up.
soon!
After climbing over the hillside and reaching the top of the mountain, without the barrier of the mountain, and looking through the sparse tree canopy in the direction indicated by the soldiers on guard, Alvin and the others were horrified to discover:
It turns out that, I don’t know when, there was a huge floating island floating in the sky between the white clouds? !
"ah!"
"The goddess of light!"
"That……"
"What the hell is that?!"
Liana was the first to scream in surprise, but soon she reached out to cover her mouth and just continued to watch with her eyes wide.
"!!"
Shirley didn't speak, but her eyes were full of shock and disbelief like everyone else's.
"I know!"
"Is that a floating city?"
"I heard that the mages in the magical country to the north are studying a device called the Floating City. It seems to be called..."
"correct!"
"It seems to be called 'Tisreo'?"
"Did they finally get it done?!"
At this time, without waiting for anyone else to comment, Hain, who had studied everywhere and was very eager for knowledge about magic. He had also followed a lot of the situation in the magical country in the north and knew many secret things, suddenly exclaimed and shouted. stand up.
"No!"
"That's not Tithreo!"
However, before he could continue speaking and clarify everyone's doubts, the legendary magician Jessica on the side suddenly interrupted him.
"Tisreo's progress is not that fast, nor is it that big!"
"I have been to the construction site of Tisreo and participated in the construction and planning of the floating city. However, from here, it looks at least ten times the size of Tisreo!"
"The shape is also wrong, so it definitely can't be Tithreo!"
After first stating that she had participated in the construction of Tisreo, Jessica then firmly stated her opinion.
"Not Tithreo?"
"Then which force's floating city is it?"
"It's not from the empire, is it?"
Hearing this, Alvin also hurriedly asked with an ugly face and exclaimed.
"I have no idea……"
However, Jessica shook her head slightly.
"I have never heard of any plans or actions by the Empire or Egbert to build a floating city. It is a big project, as can be seen from the construction of Tisreo."
"but……"
"I can't guarantee whether it belongs to the empire or not."
"You also know that there are quite a few demon forces active in the empire's army, and with that demon sword..."
"There are various signs that the empire and the demons have a cooperative relationship. If the demons are secretly helping the empire, with Egbert's knowledge, it shouldn't be impossible to spend a few years secretly building a floating city. ?”
The more she analyzed, the more ugly and frustrated Jessica's face became.
Because she thought that the past few years were the most critical period for her to prepare and use the art of reincarnation, and it was also the time when her ability to monitor this continent was at its worst, and if Egbert and the empire secretly let the demons secretly If the clan cooperates to build a floating city, then it doesn't seem completely impossible?
"That is to say..."
"Maybe it's from the empire?!"
Hain screamed, his face turned pale in an instant, and he didn't have much hope in whether they could win the empire.
"But!"
"You can't be 100% sure, right?"
Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was gradually becoming desolate, Liana, who had finally climbed to the top of the mountain with Alvin's help, quickly let go of her hand and comforted her with a forced smile.
"I have no idea……"
Jessica shook her head painfully.
"snort!"
"What's the use of talking about this here?"
At this time, Shirley, who had been hit many times, had gone to extremes and felt self-pity, and had planted the seeds of distrust towards the great magician Jessica, finally broke out.
"It's not hard to know who it is!"
“You’ll know if you go up and take a look?!”
So, after loudly refuting those guys who only talked on the sidelines, she turned around and rushed down the mountain quickly.
"!!"
"not good!"
"She wants to force her way in?"
Of course Jessica heard Shirley's intentions and the dissatisfaction in her words.
However, in her opinion, regardless of whether the huge floating island belonged to the Imperial Army or not, judging from the fact that the other party could operate such a huge floating island, the person on it must not be a small player.
Anyway, even in Jessica's heyday, if she wanted to operate such a huge floating island, she would need at least the support of a large group of powerful mages!
"quick!"
"Alvin, go and stop her!!"
Therefore, knowing that Shirley would face some terrible consequences if she rushed in recklessly, she hurriedly urged Alvin.
"yes!"
First, there was a shock, and then, without any hesitation, Alvin jumped out from Liana's side and chased down the mountain at an extremely fast speed.
Unfortunately……
Not long after, everyone on the top of the mountain was shocked to see: Shirley rode her big white eagle into the sky, and flew towards the floating city at an extremely fast speed regardless of the situation.
Behind her was Keith, who was also riding the other and only white eagle in the team.
Obviously, Alvin failed to stop Shirley.
As for whether he failed to catch up or was unable to stop him, it is currently unknown...
Therefore, everyone on the top of the mountain could only watch the two eagle knights in the sky flying farther and farther until they completely disappeared from their sight.
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