In the night, Alvin and his group were like a group of tireless animals, each with their own thoughts and running around in confusion.
In every tired and stiff face, there is a story.
The most vivid ones should be Alvin and Onian.
Alvin felt despair and depression flowing around him, as if the bleak night would last endlessly. He couldn't tell whether the night was like this or whether he wanted it to be like this. He felt that his gums had been hurting for a long time, and he must have been extremely tired. But he knew that there was no chance for him to rest now, and he did not believe that Resa would let his group go easily. So now even the sad mood is tightly suppressed by him.
He didn't dare to think about his father at all. When people dare not face reality, they will begin to selectively ignore it. But Lao Fei's body on the saddle reminded him all the time that something had happened. Regardless of whether he thought about it or not, the figure that looked back at his father at that time always remained in his mind. Reality was lashing and ridiculing him endlessly. He even wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy, beg for reality, and beg for himself, but these two people just refused to let him go.
But if it weren't for the support of these desperate moments, he would have fallen long ago. Ever since "Two New Moons", he had been wanting to fall asleep. If the tragic scenes in his mind hadn't repeatedly stimulated his nerves, he probably wouldn't have cared about life or death.
Just when he wanted to scream into the endless night, he saw her empty eyes beside him. In the past radiant golden eyes, there was only a deep despair, bottomless.
At this moment of despair, he found someone beside him who was more desperate than him. This made him even more desperate, and he suddenly didn't even want to make a sound. Perhaps the most desperate thing in the world is that when a person is in deep despair, he has to hold up his face to comfort another person next to him who is more desperate than him. For some reason, he remembered what the "skin philosopher" Lan Li said - life always pushes us forward, and there is no time to stop without recalling it.
"How about burying them?" Alvin looked at Onian and asked tentatively.
Onian didn't seem to hear it and continued to drive the horse on her lap.
"I said, let's bury them." He took the reins from Onian's hand.
Both men's mounts slowed down, and the entire queue also slowed down. Everyone took the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief. After all, they had to travel so long immediately after a big battle, and many people were already wandering on the edge of confusion.
Onian looked at Alvin blankly, as if she still didn't hear what he was saying.
"Let's go and bury them." Alvin said again.
Onian's eyes widened and she looked at Alvin in horror, as if the man in front of her was a devil who brought death.
Alvin looked at her quietly and sighed in his heart, knowing that she was also desperately resisting reality.
Maybe Alvin was too vague about who "they" meant.
"Xia Ye, make some arrangements. Let's rest where we are and then hit the road later." Alvin ordered, "Oh, by the way, find two more mercenaries who are still strong enough to follow me up the mountain."
Xia Ye looked around and saw that everyone looked dumb. He thought to himself that he would just follow Alvin.
Alvin didn't bother to care so much at this time, and just lifted Lao Fei out of the saddle. He glanced at Onian, and Xia Ye quickly stepped forward to help her, but the princess had already neatly carried Master Piro on her shoulders.
At this time, Junyun Youyou woke up behind Kaiba. Through the dim light from the firewood, she saw the two young men carrying people on their backs. At first she looked confused, and then she couldn't help but feel sad. Tears rolled down Kaiba's back.
The two young men carried their teachers on their shoulders and trudged up the mountain. Xia Ye followed awkwardly behind.
In fact, using some magic to lift people and dig holes can reduce a lot of work, but these two people are useless to each other. Xia Ye looked at the two young men digging holes with their staffs and felt a little at a loss for a moment.
"Old Fei, this place is surrounded by mountains and sea, and the scenery is pleasant. Students can only do so much." Alvin said, looking at Fei Timo's pale face in the pit.
Onian, on the other hand, didn't say a word and stared at Master Piro without any expression.
In fact, these two people are extremely reserved people, and they will not be hypocritical in their crying and grabbing things. Only stupid people are good at lying to themselves, but for truly honest people, the indigestible emotions in life have already been integrated into their characters.
Both of them knew in their hearts that this was no longer a simple funeral, but a farewell to the past. It can be said that after the battle of Mallord, these two people no longer have the protection of their fathers. The future, life or death, all depends on them.
"Let's go, we have to continue our journey." Alvin took off his coat and put it on Onian, turned around, and no longer looked at the two tombstones behind him.
A tablet reads "The pillar of the country, Grandmaster Haiyu."
Another piece simply says, “Good teacher, helpful friend.”
The reason why Alvin left these four words was not that the relationship between Lao Fei and him was that of both teacher and friend, but that he had vaguely guessed the relationship between Lao Fei and his parents.
So he also began to have endless conjectures about the origin of the "Laws of Space and Time" and why it was handed over to him through Lao Fei.
After Onian said goodbye to his mentor, the three of them walked out of the forest.
Kaiba immediately pulled Alvin aside, obviously wanting to ask him something.
"What are you going to do?" Kaiba glanced at Onian.
"What can we do? Let's go back to Saryuxi first. As long as the princess is here, I believe there should still be a lot of people on our side. In addition, the city of Saryuxi is high and deep. Even if Resa and the others want to force it, It may not be possible to capture it in a short time. Once the war drags on for a long time, we will have a chance. For a traitor like Reza, if he cannot defeat it quickly, he will have to face those who are loyal to the royal family and come from all directions. Come to King Qin’s army,” Alvin said.
"But, aren't there flying dragons on Resa's side? Are they really unable to attack Saluhi?" Kaiba asked worriedly.
"Lesa wouldn't be so mad as to use flying dragons to attack the city. After all, he still wants to be famous. If he really wants to burn down the century-old capital and turn the millions of people in Saluhi into barbecues, how can he, the throne of Can you still sit still?" Alvin asked.
"I hope so." Kaiba said solemnly, "It's just that I think you are too optimistic. There should not be many people who will side with the princess."
"Is there anything you want to tell me?" Alvin turned his head and looked at Kaiba.
"No, no." Kaiba paused.
"Did you see your father when he was on the battlefield?" Alvin asked, staring at Kaiba.
"I don't think I saw him." Kaiba replied, avoiding Alvin's eyes.
"Have you not seen Chen Zhu's father?" Alvin asked next.
"Are you kidding? There are more than 200,000 people on both sides. It's such a huge crowd. How can I have time to identify each one?" Kaiba said angrily, "What exactly do you want to ask?"
"It's nothing, I just feel that you seem to be very light-hearted." Alvin said lightly.
"What exactly do you want to say?" Kaiba was a little annoyed.
"It's nothing." Alvin waved his hand, "But no matter what, I want to thank you. Thank you for accompanying me on this damn battlefield."
When Kaiba heard what Alvin said, he was stunned and didn't know how to answer for a while.
But Alvin glanced at Miss Junyun, who was still heartbroken, intentionally or unintentionally.
"What should I do with this girl? Her father is Reza's sworn enemy." Alvin asked.
"I don't know, I haven't asked her yet. To be precise, she has been unconscious."
Alvin thought for a moment and patted Kaiba on the shoulder, "It's not easy for you too."
Kaiba looked at Alvin inexplicably when he heard this.
"Let's go, get to Xi Tuo City and have a good rest." Alvin said and walked towards his mount.
Kaiba looked at Alvin's back and felt that this guy seemed to have aged a lot overnight.
Thanks to the road construction they had done a few days ago, the journey was quite smooth. But most of those who built bridges and paved roads were killed on the battlefield. Is this another interpretation of "there are no corpses in building bridges and paving roads"?
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At dawn the next day, this group of people had already arrived at the foot of Xituo City.
Looking from a distance, Xituo City looked the same as when they left. There were only two teams of people guarding the city gate, and the city gate was wide open. However, the road up the mountain has almost been repaired. Alvin thought that no one had brought news from the front line yet. After all, they were on their way non-stop, and the military report coming from Yiling Bernard might not be faster than them.
Even so, he still chose to leave everyone at the foot of the mountain and let Kaiba follow him into the city. After all, he had no way of knowing what these Maine generals were thinking, so he had no choice but to prepare for the worst. But Onian was worried and insisted on going with him. Alvin couldn't resist her, so he had to agree. He began to worry that if a fight broke out, they might not be able to escape unscathed. After all, none of them had a good rest after yesterday's battle. Especially himself, he felt that his magic power and physical strength had not recovered much.
As for why he had to come to Xituo City, it was because he always wanted to seek confirmation from the two brothers who had been with him for many years, even though he already knew the answer.
Of course, there is another reason, and that is the unconscious Miss Junyun.
After Miss Junyun woke up last night, she originally wanted to insist on riding a horse by herself, but there were not so many horses. In desperation, he could only ride with Kaiba.
She was injured to begin with, and even though Jiu Zhan's sword didn't use enough force, it still stabbed her through. After running around all night, her injuries were probably aggravated, and now the girl had fallen asleep holding the horse's neck with a pale face. If it weren't for Kaiba holding her waist behind her, she would have fallen off the horse.
Alvin looked at Kaiba's frowning expression and was glad that he had done nothing wrong. If we continue to take this girl on the road, I'm afraid she will die in a day or two. If she was left here for treatment in Xituo City, her identity would have to be hidden, otherwise she would be in danger of losing her life.
"I'll go and see if Kui Qing has left in a while. If she hasn't left yet, let her send Juan Yun back to Salyuxi." Alvin said to Kaiba. If he hadn't been rushing back to Saluhi at this moment, he himself would have wanted to take the airship back. God knows how much he wants to sleep at this time, but he also knows in his heart that he is too exhausted now, his brain starts to work extremely excitedly, and even if he is sleepy, he cannot fall asleep.
Just as the three of them arrived at the city gate, they heard a familiar voice.
"Your Highness!"
It turned out to be the city guard Feng Yu. I saw him jumping down from the top of the city, and his eyes were a little moist under his enthusiastic face. He had no idea that the princess would come back alive. Just now he was wondering if his eyes were wrong. He looked at the dozen riders running in the distance and the figure with swaying snowy hair, and he felt like crying several times. He originally thought that Onian and others would turn directly to New Inn City, but he never expected that she would also come to Siduo City.
Onian was unmoved. She was obviously wary of this officer under Reza.
Feng Yuan roughly guessed the outcome of the battle on the front line as soon as he looked at Onian's expression.
The city guard looked at Onian sincerely and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will never have other thoughts in my humble position."
Onian didn't respond.
Alvin asked directly to Feng Yuan: "Master City Guard, where are the two Dukes Jisugi and Nanton? Are they still in the city?"
"The two dukes left for New York City the day after you left." Feng Yuan said in a calm tone, but it was clear that he did not have any respect for the two old guys.
"My two brothers also followed?" Alvin asked.
"Yes, we went together." Feng Yu nodded.
Alvin pondered for a moment and couldn't help but want to laugh, and sighed softly: "Everyone is in a hurry to celebrate."
"What about our airship? Is it still in the city?" Alvin then asked.
"It's still there. It seems that something has been modified in the past two days." Feng Yu thought for a moment and replied.
"Then let the city guard take us to the airship." Alvin said, "Oh, by the way, we have to ask the city guard to prepare some dry food and horse grass for us, and just drag the things to the foot of the mountain."
"Why don't we go into the city together? Do you think I can't trust you?" Feng Yuan said helplessly, and then turned to look at O'Nian.
"Prince Reza has openly rebelled. There are so many Maine elites in this city. To be honest, I am still afraid that you will kill us all in exchange for rewards." Alvin said with a bitter smile. , "Of course, the princess's head should be the most valuable."
"Your Highness, no matter what others think, Feng Yuan will always remember your kindness in rescuing Xituo City that day." Feng Yuan immediately knelt down on one knee, burst into tears, and swore an oath to O'Nian.
Alvin and Kaiba were dumbfounded at this moment.
"Get up, it's my duty to rescue Xi Tuo City." Onian said calmly.
Feng Yu saw Onian's cold expression and knew that it would be useless to talk more. After sighing bitterly, he had no choice but to lead a few people to the camp where the airship was located.
"You guys, please hurry up and stop dawdling here. Is it possible that you don't want today's wages?" Before entering the camp, Kui Qing's clear voice was heard.
I saw this little girl with her arms akimbo directing seven or eight craftsmen to dismantle the armor on the airship.
"Little sister Kui Qing." Alvin waved towards the airship.
The little girl could hardly believe her ears. When she turned around, she already looked like she was about to cry. She looked at the man on horseback who was covered with dust on horseback as the morning sun shone down. After not seeing each other for a few days, he had actually lost so much weight. Although there was a smile on his lips, his face was very pale. She had never seen the tiredness in her brows before. She was keenly aware that it was not just fatigue, but a look of frustration and hopelessness. In her impression, Brother Alvin always had that naughty look with raised eyebrows and teasing. Why did he suddenly become like this?
Although this girl is young, she is also Linglong's beloved master, and she can probably guess what the fighting will be like on the front line.
