"For Lani, I turned into a werewolf. For Lani, I became crazy."
Li Ang walked leisurely ahead with the Valkyrie on his back, humming a little tune.
The female knight Finlay covered her ears and followed behind, shouting in a broken voice: "Stop singing, what the hell are you singing? It's so ugly!"
At this time, the three of them were heading north along a relatively remote path by the lake.
Lienia is a basin with high terrain on all sides and low in the middle. The highlands on both sides surround the entire lake like a dam. The environment is complex and diverse, including dense forests, swamps, wetlands, and islands.
However, what is more complicated than the environment is the intertwined forces here.
Although the shattering wars of the kings have ended, the Kallian War that belongs to this region is still in full swing.
On the east bank of Lienia Avenue, you can see a large number of camps and flying military flags.
In addition, Marlenia's southern expedition almost penetrated Lienia. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Leon and Finley could only choose to enter the village quietly.
"Your ears are blocked by corruption. Doesn't this sound good?"
"Your ears are blocked"
Fenlei was about to retort when he saw Li Ang sniffing the air around him and signaling her to be quiet: "There is a group of soldiers in front of them. They are walking heavily. They should be in full armor. One of them is injured and bleeding a lot."
"No, the injured one is a woman."
Upon hearing this, Finley immediately drew out his sword and dragged him back into the dense forest behind him.
"Hide first and wait for them to pass."
Li Ang didn't understand why they, a black light demigod and a borderland Zhao Zilong, hid when they encountered a dozen ordinary soldiers, but the regiment commander must have his reasons for doing so.
Just after hiding behind the tree, human voices and messy footsteps sounded together.
Fenlei glanced at the man and couldn't help teasing: "The nose is so good, I don't need a dog even if I have you at home."
"You're scolding me, right?" Li Ang spoke while looking at the movement ahead.
The visitors were a group of heavily armed knights, wearing bright feather helmets and holding large shields and spears. The cuckoo bird pattern was engraved on the chest and shield. They were escorting a young woman wearing a blue robe, and her steps were hurried, as if she was rushing somewhere.
The woman was seriously injured, covered in blood, her head drooped, and she had to be dragged forward.
"The Cuckoo Knight and the Academy Magician, it's just dog eat dog." Finlay commented pertinently.
Li Ang replied dissatisfied: "Just say what you say, see what I do."
Finlay said plausibly: "Nonsense, I don't care who you look at when I talk to you!"
Then, she asked: "Do you think we should save her? She looks quite pitiful."
As a woman, the tough female knight could not help but feel sympathy.
Li Ang looked at the team that was about to leave: "Put aside helping others and respect the fate of others. Besides, don't you want to cause trouble?"
At this time, the soldiers' conversation reached their ears.
"Boss, this woman is not bad looking. It happens that there is no one nearby, so why don't we"
The cuckoo knight, known as the leader, didn't say anything, but he didn't refuse either.
Li Ang and Fen Lei looked at each other and took out their weapons in unison.
"You come and I come?"
Finley replied angrily: "I'll do it! It's happened that I haven't done anything for a long time, it's time to stretch my muscles. I've heard before that the Cuckoo Knights are a group of high-level bandits, and they are indeed well-deserved. Why didn't they all be killed before?"
After saying that, she walked out of the dense forest with a gloomy face and sword in hand.
The sudden appearance of the female knight made the cuckoos confused: "Zunfu? What are you, the homeless dogs, doing in Lijenia?"
Finlay sneered and replied: "Let her go, then straighten your neck and wait for me to chop you!"
The cuckoos were about to ridicule the female knight for committing suicide when they saw the tall Li Ang and the dazzling red hair behind him.
"Mallenia!!!"
Before he finished speaking, Fen Lei instantly turned into a stream of light and rushed into the crowd: "How dare you call my Lord by his name!"
Most of the sword skills of the Rotten Knight are inherited from the Valkyrie's flowing sword technique, and Fenlei is one of the best. This sword technique is characterized by its agility, elegance, and extremely fast speed, making it look like a beautiful dance when performed.
Li Ang watched with gusto, but the cuckoos were in bad luck.
Usually you only see an elegant and precise arc passing through your eyes, and then nothing else.
In just a few minutes, the battle was over, leaving no one alive except the female magician.
Finley wiped the blood off the sword without blushing or panting.
Li Ang came to the half-dead female magician and checked her injuries.
There were many fractures on the body and many injuries from sharp objects. The fact that he was still alive even though his blood was almost drained was a miracle.
Judging from the thick mud on his shoes and the oil stains on his hair, he must have been on the run for several days.
She does have a pretty face, no wonder Dujuan has evil thoughts.
Finley, who had cleaned up the battlefield, came over and patted him on the shoulder, joking: "Are you fascinated?"
"That's not the case." Li Ang said calmly: "I have better ones around me."
"I'm just thinking about what we should do with her. We can't take her with us on the road, right?"
Finley was a little confused. Who was beside him? Himself and Marlenia. By better, does he mean two people or one person?
Although there is a slight gap between himself and His Highness, he is still a member of the Knights.
There are still many people following it over the years.
As long as he is not blind, I will definitely have a share in the better ones!
Thinking of it, the female knight became silly and happy.
"Alas, let me ask you a question! How should she deal with it?" Li Ang woke up from his sweet dream.
After coming back to his senses, Finley praised: "You are quite knowledgeable!"
Then he took out a palm-sized golden vial from the interlayer of the armor: "It contains Dettol from the Holy Tree. Let her drink it. When she wakes up, she can decide whether to stay or not."
Li Ang took the bottle and said in surprise: "Holy Grail bottle, how come you have this thing?"
The female knight said matter-of-factly: "Why can't I have it? These things are everywhere in the house. If you like it, I'll give this to you."
Li Ang thought the same thing. From now on, everyone who has faded will have one, which proves that it is not a rare item.
"Thanks!"
He unceremoniously took the Holy Grail bottle as his own, pinched the female magician's chin open, and poured Dettol into it.
The effect was immediate, the wounds on her body healed quickly, and she slowly opened her eyes.
Li Ang suddenly held down her hand, covering the shining light in his palm: "Do you like to use magic to greet your savior?"
The female magician stared into his eyes and remained silent.
Finley came to the rescue and said: "She doesn't have a staff as a catalyst, so she can't release a powerful spell. She is probably frightened."
Only then did Li Ang let go of her: "What's your name? Why was she arrested by the Cuckoo Knight?"
The female magician turned her head and glanced at the corpses on the ground, and said calmly: "Thank you for saving me."
Her voice was quiet and gentle, with an inexplicable calmness.
But after saying this, she remained silent again, refusing to reveal her identity at all.
Seeing this situation, Li Ang was too lazy to ask again and said bluntly: "It seems that you don't need us, so just ask for your own blessings."
After that, he greeted Finlay and planned to leave.
"Wait a minute." The female magician stopped the two of them: "Is that Valkyrie?"
With this sentence, Finlay had already begun to consider whether to silence him.
However, what the female magician said next made her very surprised.
"Can I follow you? I'll leave as soon as I leave Lienia."
Finley wanted to ask why, but Li Ang spoke first: "What's your name?"
The female magician thought for a moment before replying: "Se Lian."
"Magic Cube Witch-Se Lian?" Li Ang asked again.
The magician who called himself Se Lian hesitated again and again, but finally nodded.
At this moment, Li Ang finally confirmed that this was the serious and responsible magic teacher in the game. He would not have recognized it without the glowing stone cover.
"You can just follow us."
He remained calm on the surface, but in his heart he was ready to squeeze the teacher dry: "In return, teach me magic on the road."
There was a little astonishment on Se Lian's face: "Teach you magic?"
"That's fine, but I'm not sure if you have the qualifications to learn magic."
Li Ang replied: "What you taught me, it's not my own business to learn."
"Okay." Se Lian reluctantly agreed.
After the two people negotiated the terms, Fen Lei immediately asked Li Ang impatiently: "Who is she?"
When she heard the answer 'source magician', she suddenly realized and whispered: "No wonder he is being hunted down."
Source magic, as the name suggests, studies the origin of magic.
It is considered taboo in the land of Lienia, for the simple reason that this school of magic invites the caster's own destruction.
But this was not the reason why Se Lian was hunted down.
The real reason is that in the process of her obsession with origin research, she cruelly killed other magicians, and in large numbers.
Therefore, it is called the most troublesome disaster in the history of Kallia Magic Academy.
However, there is no substantial evidence that Se Lian killed other magicians, and more ambiguous words like "planted in her hands" are used.
The fate that originally awaited her was to be banished forever and prohibited from using any magical means.
As a result, he was rescued by Li Ang and Fen Lei by accident.
As for Serian committing such a serious crime but not being executed, the reason is that she has a unique 'immortal' attribute and can be resurrected even if she dies.
Finley was not interested in these messy things. She just wanted to find out some information to determine what to do next.
"What is the situation in Lijenia now? Is the war still going on?"
Se Lian did not hide anything and told everything she knew about the situation.
"The two sides are currently in a stalemate. The academy imprisoned Queen Kallia and sent Dujuan to attack the royal territory of Kallia, but was repelled by the large-scale array laid by the Kallian army."
"And I heard that the Princess of the Moon and her servants are back and are secretly providing help to the royal family."
After hearing this, Fen Lei suddenly frowned, and the road ahead would be difficult.
There are two roads leaving Lienia, one on the north bank of the lake and one on the east bank.
But now, to the north is the royal family of Caria, who is strictly guarding it, and to the east is the Cuckoo Knights who have assembled a heavy army.
So she was ready to listen to her companion's opinion: "What can you do?"
"Yes!" Li Ang said matter-of-factly: "Either help Dujuan defeat the Kalia army, or return the queen to the royal family, won't we be able to get over it when the war is over?"
"I suggest choosing the second option, which is easier."
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The timeline of Se Lian's expulsion is not clear in the game, so I followed the one I set.
(End of chapter)
