After experiencing a great battle with the Qinglong Knights, the glorious army led by Alvin finally successfully rushed out of the ruins of the ancient Bardia Castle.
Although this battle was not large in scale and not long, both sides killed corpses everywhere and suffered great losses.
But in general, the group of glorious legions led by Alvin and others, composed of the elite forces of Karthas was still a little stronger, and they would not have successfully rushed out of the castle.
However, the imperial soldiers led by Leat, an adjutant of the Qinglong Knights, were a little more, and they occupied the territory outside. Coupled with the several impacts of the cavalry, Alvin and others forced themselves to break out with the support of two mages, but they still lost a lot of troops.
Now, the two sides are basically maintaining an unbeatable situation between each other and confront each other by the lake of the fortress at a distance of two or three hundred meters.
“…”
"Prepare everyone!"
"We'll withdraw later!"
At this time, looking at the cavalry of the Azure Dragon Knights who had been lined up in front, and then, before the enemy was about to launch another charge, Alvin gritted his teeth and prepared to issue an order to retreat.
"But!"
"Alvin!"
"The Holy Sword must be still in their hands. Do we really want to retreat?"
Just now, a fire explosion technique bombed a group of cavalry from the Qinglong Knights' Order into the lake. Now, Hayn was slightly panting due to excessive magic power consumption, and then said to Alvin with some reluctance.
"yes!"
"If you work harder, maybe they will be defeated by us!"
"Then snatch the holy sword back!"
At this time, Princess Kalsas, who jumped off the white flying eagle beside her, was also a little angry and eager to instigate her, as if she didn't plan to go back empty-handedly.
"no!"
"Can't fight any more..."
"Those who are in front of us are not the main force of the Qinglong Knights at all!"
"Although this place is still a border area, a lot of the land here has been occupied by the empire, and they already belong to the rear of the empire. Once more enemy support comes, we will suffer!"
Looking at the highly-accommodating and experienced imperial cavalry ahead, watching them forming a loose but fierce formation and blocking the road tightly, Alvin did not dare to stay here and fight against those fearless enemies.
"Master Jessica, what do you think?"
So he turned to look at the legendary magician who was also very tired beside him.
“Alvin is right.”
"It will be a bad situation if you stay there."
"Get away!"
If Jessica's strength was due to her peak period, then a few hundred imperial cavalry would not be enough.
But unfortunately, her reincarnation technique makes her current magic as tender as her body. When the situation is stronger than that of others, even she has to choose to bow to reality.
"Everyone!"
"withdraw!"
Seeing that the great magician Jessica had the same opinion as hers, Alvin gritted his teeth and raised his hand and issued a retreat order.
"hateful!"
"Everyone withdraw!"
"quick!!"
He looked at Keith on the side. Although he was very unwilling to give up, Princess Shirley of Kalsas still had to repeat Alvin's order and commanded the large army to quickly retreat to the dense forest behind, intending to use the forest to delay the charge and pursuit of the Imperial Cavalry, and then turn to the deep mountains and withdraw from the mountain stream path when they came.
Soon, the group of soldiers of the Glorious Legion, who went deep into the enemy's back and failed to find the Holy Sword, fought several times and several times. At present, only five or six hundred people were left, and slowly retreated into the dense forest under the deterrence of Alvin behind the hall and a group of spearmen.
“!!”
"Adjutant Liat, the enemy ran away!"
"Catch it!"
Seeing that the enemy who had fought with him for a long time was about to escape, an imperial cavalry commander of the Blue Dragon Knights' Order certainly refused, so he wanted their commander, Liat, to order him to pursue him.
"No……"
"They have two mages and many spearmen. With the restrictions on the terrain, if you chase them, it's hard to say what the outcome will be."
Unfortunately, Liat shook his head and rejected the cavalry commander's request with an ugly expression.
The cavalry was not suitable for fighting in the jungle, and they had an absolute advantage just now and blocked the enemy in the castle, but they were still rushed out by the opponent. Now, in this case, if they rashly enter the forest and chase those elite enemies who are mostly light-fitted, then they might all fall into it.
"Ko Holy Sword..."
"What do we have to explain when Captain Leon comes back?"
Looking at the forest, although the imperial commander knew that continuing to pursue and fight was not good for him, he felt a little unwilling to accept the holy sword that had been pursuing for a long time.
“…”
"I will explain to the Leon Leader!"
"go!"
"First treat the wounded, then send someone to search for that castle!"
"besides!"
"Sweep the battlefield and arrest all the Kalsas who are not dead!"
Finally, he stared at the group of enemies in front where they disappeared for a while, looked at the frightened birds flying above the forest, and confirmed that the enemy was going further and further away, then, Leat, who was also unwilling to accept, put away the rifle in his hand in annoyance, and then ordered the commander.
Now, he is going to prepare for the upcoming Leon Commander.
Moreover, he had to think carefully about how he would explain so that he could be responsible for the situation where he clearly led the cavalry to come here first and blocked the enemy, but he could not control the situation, which led to the defeat of the battle and allowed the enemy to escape calmly?
Although Liat also knew that the other party would not hold him accountable in the end, and would even comfort him with lenient words?
However, Liat still felt a little sad and felt that he had let down the leader's expectations for him.
In this way, Alvin and others who were looking for the Holy Sword and the Azure Dragon Knights who were also looking for the Holy Sword fought in front of the ruined castle of the capital of the ancient Baldia Kingdom. The battle lasted for most of the day. With the death and injury of both sides and fearing each other, the battle ended with the successful breakthrough of Alvin and others.
After this battle, Alvin and others' intention to find the Holy Sword was officially declared bankrupt. Then, they unanimously determined that the Holy Gladiator Gulisa, like the magic sword, had already fallen into the hands of the Imperial Army at this time.
And it's all the same!
Leart, the adjutant of the Empire's Blue Dragon Knights, was also upset that the Holy Sword was snatched away by Alvin of Kalsas and others, and planned to inform them of the matter to His Excellency Leon, the leader of the Blue Dragon Knights.
...
In this way, when the people of Empire and Kalsas had fought for the non-existent Holy Sword and thought that each other had snatched the Holy Sword, a bad little girl had already returned to the Rock Peak Valley with Uncle Matthew holding the Holy Sword and Miss Aimeda holding the Dark Wand, and returned to the place where the dragon was captured.
"here it is……"
“??”
"Is it the entrance to the Yanfeng Valley mine pit?"
"Why are you back?"
Jumped off the dragon's back and looked around. Although I had only been there once, Aimeda and Matthew recognized the place where they almost burned to death at first sight.
In fact, they are still in fear until now.
After all, if the terrible little girl hadn't put a dark red lava shield on each of them at the critical moment, the terrifying breath that the giant dragon behind them blew out from the depths of the mine would have successfully burned the four of them into several cokes in an instant.
"Are you going in?"
"But, if you want to enter, you should go in from the cliff on the other side of the mountain, right?"
"The cave here is very small, and the dragon will definitely not be able to enter."
Aimeda, who didn't know what Annie wanted to do, quickly explained, and looked at the huge red dragon behind her, who was lying on the ground and was hurrying to rest and recover.
The hole in front of me was so small, but the giant dragon was so big that I was afraid that my head would not be able to reach in, let alone the huge terrifying body.
"ah!"
"Annie, you don't want to dig those magic crystals to sell money, right?"
Since he has returned to this place, Gniel of course has had the idea of ​​the valuable crystals in the mine again.
Moreover, he believed that no matter how they dig, there would be no danger!
Because, the biggest source of danger inside, the red dragon entrenched in the depths of the mine, has now become one of them.
To be precise, it has now become his exclusive mount for the Dragon Knight Mr. Gniel!
Although the little girl did not really hand over to him, and although he also did not learn how to communicate with the dragon, there was no doubt that the big guy must be his.
"If that's the case, remember to count me!"
Now Gniel is no longer alone. He still has a huge red dragon to support him. His savings over the years are probably not enough for the other party to make a day's salary, so he urgently wants to get a large amount of money as soon as possible, and it must be at the level of fortune.
Just so happens, the mine in front of you is the best choice.
He was already thinking about it. At that time, riding a dragon to smuggle ore will be safe and efficient. No anti-smuggling team from any country dared to intercept him. Moreover, the cargo capacity was large, so there was no better and more suitable idea than that.
"I didn't say I was going to dig crystals!"
(￢д￢.)
First he looked at Uncle Gniel, and then Annie began to look at the mine in front of her and the surrounding mountains.
Then, she even gestured with her hands, not knowing what she was calculating.
"ah?"
“No mining?”
"Then what are you doing when you come back here?"
“!!”
"You might want to release the dragon?"
"That definitely won't work!"
"I'll tell you, you promised me yesterday and said you would give it to me, but you are not allowed to regret it!"
Gniel didn't know if he thought of something bad, and then rushed forward and reiterated something with a look of vigilance and anxiety.
"I didn't say I wanted to release it!"
(?╭╮?)
“Get out of here!”
(??????)
As he said that, Annie impatiently stepped forward and kicked the other person's ankle. When the other person was in pain, she resolutely walked into the dark mine pit.
"Anne?"
"you……"
Seeing that Anne had already taken the lead in, Aimeda, Matthew and Sonia wanted to follow.
"Don't come in first!"
(??ω??)
"It's enough for me to be alone!"
o(*ˉ︶ˉ*)o
As she said that, before Anne could ask again, she carried her bear, Tibers, and disappeared into the dark mine where they had been to once.
"hiss……"
"She is really strong!"
"Hello!"
"Matthew, Aimeda, what do you think she wants to do?"
First, he grinned his teeth and covered his swollen ankles. After a while, Gniel asked with some dissatisfaction at his companions Matthew and Aimeda.
“…”
“…”
However, the two looked at each other but did not answer.
Then, after a while, before Gniel asked again, Aimeda said with some uncertainty:
"I think I should do something about that palace and garden?"
"When she came back just now, didn't she keep muttering words?"
Aimeda first stretched out her finger and pointed her own lips, then pursed her lips, chuckled and guessed unsurely.
"Return to the palace?"
"cut!"
"She also said she wanted to help Sonia realize that wish, but is that possible?"
Gniel mocked disdainfully and did not take that matter seriously at all.
“…”
At this time, when he heard Gniel's words, before Matthew and Aimeda reacted, the Sonia next to her suddenly lowered her head in a little frustrated.
As for what expression she had on her face, it is unknown for the time being.
"Why?!"
"etc!"
"Sonya, don't be sad for now. I wasn't talking about you just now!"
After receiving Aimeda's instructions, Gniel also realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing just now. Then he didn't bother to check his feet and limped to Sonia and explained stutteringly.
“I mean…”
"Anyway!"
"Even if that little guy Annie doesn't help you, I, the Dragon Knight, will definitely help you!"
"I promise!"
Although he had not really received the dragon at all, he didn't know how to control it. As for the dragon knight and other things, he had not even had a single horoscope, but Gniel still patted his chest and promised loudly.
Sudden!
Rumble...
Before Gneil could say more, not long after a terrible little girl entered the mine, she was surprised that the earth began to shake violently, and made such a terrifying, thunderous trembling sound.
‘!!’
‘Moooo?!’
After discovering the abnormality, the red dragon that was originally lying on the ground to rest also stood up in panic and confusion, spreading its wings, and raised its head and looked around, as if trying to see what was going on.
“?!”
"Is it an earthquake?"
"earthquake?"
"No, it's just at this time..."
"not good!"
"Annie just entered the mine. Will she be in danger?"
After discovering that it seemed that it was an earthquake, Matthew and Gniel exclaimed together.
Then, after realizing it, they planned to rush into the mine so that a little girl who had just entered was soon out so that she could save the mine from collapse and buried inside.
"wrong!"
"This is not an earthquake!"
"It's a magic fluctuation, and it's so strong!!"
At this time, Sonia, who was already a half-demon and extremely sensitive to magic, quickly raised her head and exclaimed with her eyes wide open.
Then, like the giant dragon, she began to look around and wanted to see which mage was using the magic that shocked the earth at this time.
"That's right!"
"It's magic!"
“Its origin…”
"ah!"
"It seems to be in the mine?!"
At this time, Aimeda also felt it and also noticed the approximate location where the magic power fluctuations were transmitted. After all, she could be considered half a mage no matter how hard she was.
“!!”
"not good!"
"Not an earthquake!!"
"Goddess..."
"We are flying!!!"
"no!"
"It's the earth, it's the mountains that fly up!!!"
Then, the careful Aimeda seemed to have discovered more, and then she exclaimed in panic again.
It turned out that she saw that the clouds in the sky seemed to be getting closer and closer, while the mountains and forests in the distance gradually disappeared under the "horizon". Coupled with the abnormal feeling of weight-bearing, she didn't know what was going on?
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Chapter completed!