Thea's impression on Rogge has always been calm and composed, but Rogge caught a hint of tension in her last sentence.
Are they in trouble?
Also, they have now sneaked into Cartagena, surrounded by enemies, and the risk of exposure is high.
There are only a lot more king-level and saint-level strongmen in the Orc Alliance than in the Nalan Empire. According to Thea's intelligence, they are basically all gathered in Cartagena now.
Rogge couldn't figure out how Thea and the others were able to hide their whereabouts under the eyes of the dense enemies and many powerful men, and he couldn't help but worry.
"Brother, Thea and Sonia will be fine, right?" Ofina retracted her little hand that was touching the sound transmission green leaf.
Thea can only communicate with people who hold the green leaf of sound transmission. If you don't touch the leaf, you will only hear the "chirping" of Cuiyu. Ofina is not worried about the pervert brother whispering to the beautiful Thea, so the whole process Listened in.
"Thea's side doesn't know what's going on yet, but she's so strong, and Sonia is also very reliable, so nothing will happen to her."
"That's good." Even though she knew it was a comfort, Ofina still felt a lot more at ease.
Charles tapped his fingers on the table and said with a serious face: "Princess Thea's intelligence proves that the intensity of the Orc Alliance's attack is extraordinary. It is an unprecedented invasion that brings together all the tribes. We should also use all our national strength to fight to the death. ! This battle will determine the fate of the empire!"
"Matilda, please stop running around. You need to be in charge here."
Matilda put away her lazy big sister look and turned into a brave female general in an instant, "I know, what about you?"
"I'm going to drive away all those people with unknown origins."
…
After receiving the news from Thea, Charles left Matilda behind and prepared to talk all night long to discuss the war. Rogge and others retired first.
Everyone returned to the guest room of the Lord's Mansion, where An An and Winnie, who had not gone to see Charles together, were here.
An An was looking around the window. The girl was very curious and was very interested in the war-filled Hofla Fort.
Winnie held a cup of hot tea in both hands and took a sip. Her pale face looked much better due to her fear of heights.
Seeing everyone returning, An An took the initiative to say hello, while Winnie put down her tea cup and lowered her head uneasily, like a child who had done something wrong and was waiting to be scolded.
During the time when everyone was meeting Emperor Charles, An An had already told Winnie about the Curse Garden. Winnie felt very guilty and felt that she had brought trouble to everyone.
"Winnie, what's your expression? We didn't bully you." Ofina circled Winnie three times and stared at her funny.
Tears began to well up in Winnie's eyes, and she hurriedly bowed to Ofina, "Senior Ofina, I'm sorry!"
"Why do you have to say sorry to me? Straighten up!" Ophina patted Winnie's butt gently. It felt good and elastic.
Winnie held her butt and remained silent.
"Okay, Nana, stop teasing her." Filia handed Winnie a handkerchief, "Winnie, you are not wrong at all. The Curse Garden took over your body and hurt Nana. It has nothing to do with you. We have never complained about you, otherwise we can still save you?"
"Senior Filia, wuwu..."
Rogge sighed softly. She was a little girl after all. Curse Garden was so terrifying. Being possessed by her and making her do so many bad things with her body, it was abnormal to have no thoughts in her mind.
Filia stroked Winnie's back and said softly: "Winnie, stop crying, your eyes are about to turn into peaches. Sit down, we have something to ask you."
Winnie sat on the chair obediently, holding the corners of her clothes tightly with both hands, her lips trembling a little.
"Pfft~"
Seeing Winnie's embarrassment, An An laughed out loud, strode to her side, put her arm around her good friend's shoulders, "Winnie, don't be so nervous, you don't know how capable the seniors are." good!"
An An jumped up to Filia and took her arm affectionately, "Senior Filia looks beautiful and sassy, but she is actually gentle. I love her so much!"
An An came to Ofina again and presented her with a fruit platter, "Although senior Ofina loves to joke, she is actually very kind. I love her so much!"
An An looked at Rogge shyly, "Senior Rogge is smart and calm, and I don't know how he developed his brain. I..."
"You can't love him so much!" Ofina jumped up and covered An An's mouth.
"Ha..." Looking at the warm scene, Winnie finally smiled and rubbed her eyes, "Senior Filia, if you have anything, just ask, I will definitely tell you everything."
"Well." Filia pulled up a chair and sat down, "Winnie, what's the last thing you remember?"
Winnie frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Before the academy started, An An and I took on the adventure mission of clearing out monsters in the Twilight Forest. When we stayed in the forest, I got up... and met a woman."
"What kind of woman?"
"I...I didn't see her face clearly. It was too dark in the forest. I only remember that the woman had dark purple hair and black tattoos on her arms."
"It's a curse pattern. This woman is a curse garden." Rogge said.
Filia looked at An An, who nodded, "We did take over the mission, about six months ago. I slept in a daze that night, and I seemed to have asked Winnie what she was going to do."
"You did ask, but you turned around and fell asleep." Winnie said.
"An'an, did you feel anything was wrong when you saw Winnie the next day?"
An An thought for a while and said: "Her behavior is quite normal, nothing special... Ah, yes! It seems that Winnie likes to hum songs more, and it is a song whose lyrics I don't understand, it sounds weird .”
Curse Garden Like to hum songs? Doesn't seem critical.
"So it seems that the possession of Curse Garden was six months ago, after the battle in Twilight Forest?" Filia frowned slightly and thought for a while, "But why did Curse Garden target Nana?"
The curse that possessed Winnie worked hard to collect the gold and silver coins that Ofina had touched, which shows that she had already started targeting Ofina.
But why would she do this? This is the question that Rogge and Filia are most concerned about and confused about.
Ofina was the magician. Although she was very strong, she would not be able to enter the sight of the strange demon and let a strong man who ranked twelfth on the kill list of the demon hunter organization personally curse her.
To say that she performed well in the Twilight Forest battle, the strange demon was trying to strangle her, but Rogge and Filia's performance was not inferior to hers in the slightest.
Rogge defeated Wang Gui and Terror Zhe in succession, and Philiya even broke through to the king level during the war, inflicting heavy damage on the swelling, but judging from the battle performance, the two were even better.
But the target of the Curse Garden was Ophina, and it was very clearly targeting her alone, which was unreasonable.
The strange devil will not do useless work, there must be a deeper reason.
Everyone brainstormed but couldn't come up with a reason. Ofina clapped her hands and said loudly: "Hey, don't think about it! Maybe they are afraid because Nana is so good? Brother, we agreed to make takoyaki." Give me something to eat, go, go, go!"
"I'm here to help!" An An became more energetic as soon as she mentioned cooking.
"I...I can also help." Winnie weakly raised her hand.
"Okay, you two come on."
Just like An An was shocked at that time, Winnie was also shocked by Rogge's cooking skills, and then like An An, she asked Rogge to accept her as his apprentice.
Rogge agreed. Since An An and Winnie walked together almost everywhere, it would be effortless to teach one more.
Winnie did really well.
She was also an orphan who grew up in an orphanage. In order to eat well, she became an adventurer early. She met An An during an adventure and joined the Sky Knight Adventure Group.
When the adventure team goes out on a mission, Winnie and An An are responsible for the food, and Winnie is also the chef.
After the hot meal was served, Winnie looked at the smiling faces of her seniors and good sisters, and listened to the laughter at the table. She felt that the six months she had missed had been filled back, and she couldn't help but shed tears again.
"Winnie is a crybaby!" Ofina made a face at Winnie while eating takoyaki.
"Pfft~"
The gloom in Winnie's heart was swept away, and she smiled from the bottom of her heart.
At this moment, a wisp of black energy at the position of her heart, which neither Ofina nor Xiaoguang could detect, disappeared silently.
…
Early the next morning, while Rogge was doing his daily training, he saw a burst of energy at the top of the city, and Charles streaked across the sky like a meteor, heading straight for the space barrier of the Iron Wall City.
At the same time, dozens or hundreds of messenger soldiers set off from the castle station and flew to various territories of the empire.
You use all the strength of the whole country to attack, and I use all the strength of the whole country to defend. There is no way for both sides to retreat.
Speaking of which, Charles is tired enough. As the emperor of a country, he probably travels here and there more than most dukes and marquises.
There is nothing he can do about it. He is the strongest person in the empire. When the empire is in turmoil, some things must be done personally.
For example, to drive away the strong men in the space barrier, with the terrifying strength of Blood Wolf and Julius, he really had to go there in person.
Speaking of driving away the powerful, a war with the Orc Alliance is imminent. In fact, a better way is to find ways to win over them. It would be a good choice to ask the Adventurer Association to issue a military commission.
Rogge believed that with Charles's wisdom, the military commission was probably posted on the Adventurers Association's task board, and the reward would definitely be the most generous one.
After all, if this battle is lost, the empire will be devastated and very likely to be destroyed, so it will be useless no matter how much money is left.
But Charles still has to go.
Showing the demeanor of an extremely strong person can attract more people. This is one of them.
This is the second step to deter the Blood Wolf and Julius who are always trying to cause trouble.
Only when there are not so many strong foreigners in the rear areas of the country can we feel at ease during the war.
"Whoosh!"
It didn't take long for Charles to fly over the entrance to the space barrier, and he immediately saw his two daughters staring eagerly at the entrance, as if waiting for someone to come out.
Who are you waiting for? Of course it was Rogge who had escaped.
Charles sighed, "You two are such silly girls, I don't care about you."
Although Lao Cha had scolded Rogge a hundred times in his heart, he still kept his eyes on one person, a person hidden among the huge rocks in the mountains, but in his eyes, the blood in his body was extremely strong.
Someone who wants to kill the potential princess "consort" within the empire.
Blood wolf.
