Chapter 254: The Price of a Miracle
Even with Anselm opening the way, the group didn't get far before they retreated into the room—they were stopped halfway back by Gilbert and his guards. The old prime minister told them that the people outside had finally calmed down a little, and that it would cause another chaos if they let them see Ed again, and suggested that they wait for the crowd to disperse later, and then let the guards escort the "Lord Reverend" away.
"I'm not sure where they're going to 'escort' you. ”
Lady Berian said with a frown. Gilbert once said that she and her knight could leave safely, but she didn't hesitate to follow Alan back to the room with them.
Alan was silent. This unexpected miracle did cause them a lot of trouble, and they had to get out of here as soon as possible, and preferably as soon as possible......
"Do you need to gather our people?" Anselm asked.
Anselm Boomer was a middle-aged knight of nearly half a hundred years old, but he was not at all steady, and he was still enthusiastic and impatient like a young man. He wasn't the only knight Madame Gryan brought into the city, but none of the others entered the Colosseum.
"No, please don't!"
Before Mrs. Grean could speak, Alan hurried to stop her. The last thing he wanted at the moment was to involve Selene and the Grean family. He could have fled with Ed and the others, and the Grians would have to survive in Anktan.
He wished Scott was here. Although Iss said that his teleportation skills were quite unreliable, he still hadn't stuck himself in any wall, at a time like this. Maybe you can still count on it......
The walls behind them suddenly began to shake, dust and small pieces of rubble fell, and Anselm warily drew his sword—it was clearly not a tremor from the noise. It's more like someone is smashing a wall.
"Uh...... I don't think we need to be nervous. Naria said. She could barely guess what was going on.
Alan shook his head helplessly. Anselm put away his sword suspiciously at Madame Grean's motion, and stared at the sturdy stone wall that had stood for centuries. Under some great force, several of the stone bricks began to loosen, and Nalya began to pile the stone bricks outwards in a hurry, and it was clear that someone outside had caught them, not letting the sound of any of them falling to the ground alarm the others.
It didn't take long for a large hole in the wall to appear enough to pass through. A big face appeared outside and waved happily at them. Immediately after, Tess's fiery red hair came out.
"Sweetheart!!!" she cried out happily, "I'm here to save you!"
Naria laughed and motioned for Tess not to be too loud. While pulling Ed through the hole, he shoved it out.
Everyone crawled out of the room from the cave and exited the Colosseum through several remote passages led by Is. Ingris's book contains secrets from many of the ancient buildings in Llewellyn, and Iss glanced at the secret passages under the Black Castle as he searched for them, but he didn't expect them to come in handy.
The Duchess could not refuse to put Ed into the carriage of the Grians, and swaggered out of the city with everyone, galloping all night to the Limestone Castle.
"They don't dare to have a conflict with the Grean family at this time, even if they know that I took you away?" said Selene Grean with a sneer.
Alan stroked his beard and smiled wryly.
And Norway and Tess even quickly slipped back and took their luggage.
"There are guards guarding the door. Norway told Alan when he returned. "But it doesn't look like there's time to search yet. ”
"I'm sorry......" Ed kept apologizing, looking pitiful, without the strong and confident momentum of the stands.
“...... Were you possessed by something?" Tess snapped his face and slammed it. "Like Akan in the elven home city?"
The elf wasn't in the carriage, and no one stopped Tess, so Ed honestly let her play around.
"Anyway, we need to get out of Anktanen as soon as possible. Alan said, thinking uneasily of Is, and couldn't help but look out again. It was confirmed that Isis was still riding a horse and following behind.
He's still there -- he's been silent and unusually calm since he came out of the Colosseum. That only made Alan even more worried.
"You can stay in Limestone Fort. "I'd like to see who dares to come to Limestone Fort and arrest people." ”
"Unfortunately, our 'friends' are not confined to the walls of Blackcastle. Alan sighed, "The news will spread quickly......"
Baie and his mercenaries were lured elsewhere by him, but if they heard about it, they wouldn't care about the power of the Grians. And Sean Fletcher...... If he had heard of a "priest of the god of water" who had brought the dead back to life in Anktan, and who had never been recognized by any of the temple of the god of water, he would have sent someone to find out, and possibly even done it himself—one of those figures he would never want to provoke. What's more, if Shaun learns about Scott's current situation, he will definitely not let Scott go, plus Is......
The thought of this mess gave Alan a splitting headache.
He looked at Ed, and the young man was watching his face cautiously, shrinking back in fright at the first sight of his gaze.
- I can't seem to blame him for that.
"We stayed at Limestone Fort for one day to inquire about the situation and left the next day. ”
Alan made a decision. If it weren't for the fact that Selene would not have agreed, he would have wanted to turn to the Karnak Mountains now, he knew that there was a road in the mountains and forests that led to Karnak Village, and as long as he returned to Crissus, even Sean would not be able to break into the castle and ask Vala for her son, and Baie would not dare to go so close to the Temple of Collins.
He also has some friends...... He could even ask Fili to help go directly to the Sage Felicity......
But before that, he had to convince Isse to leave with them, instead of stubbornly staying alone and continuing to search for Scott.
"I don't know what happened to Borena. Tess was tired of playing with Ed, and suddenly remembered the guy who came back from the dead, "They don't always say that this one doesn't count, and they will do it again, right?"
"There's never been a precedent like this, and I guess they don't know what to do for a while. "I heard that they had brought Borena back to where he had lived, to his friend whose surname was Crofeller, but had not allowed him to leave." ”
She glanced at Ed.
"With all due respect, although you saved his life...... But whether he will survive is still unknown. ”
"Do they dare to disobey God's judgment?" asked Naria, confused.
"Maybe not blatantly, but secretly...... They may even dare to kill God's servants. The Countess was blunt.
"Let them try, our 'wallets' are awesome now!" Tess smirked at Ed, "Do you have any spells? teleportation or something...... Oh, we can use teleportation now!"
Ed smirked at her.
He didn't dare tell her—he didn't dare tell anyone, he probably didn't even have the ability to heal a single scrape now, and probably won't......
He clutched the locker box on his chest—the small crystal ball still lying in the box.
The soft sound of it shattering was clear to his ears, but he didn't even have the courage to open the box to confirm it.
Ed doesn't regret trading it for another person's life...... He only worries that that's not the only price.
"You're alive, Mistress Borena!!!" Falbor jumped on top of Borena like a child, ignoring the height and weight of his grown man, even though he was almost a big kid in terms of age.
Borena took several steps back to catch him, a smile on his face that was still in a trance.
Gunner looked even more dazed than he was, just repeating, "I thought you were dead...... I thought you were really dead this time......"
Borena touched his blood-soaked clothes, convinced that he had really died once - and then came back to life.
Not like the undead awakened by the necromancer, without breath and heartbeat, without a will of their own...... His heart was beating strong and powerful, and the blood was flowing warmly, as if it had never gushed out, taking away all his temperature.
He also remembers everything. Everything at the mouth of the Kuz, everything about Llewellyn, how his father died before his eyes, how he stood in the Colosseum, how he died at the last moment because of hesitation......
He just doesn't remember how he got back to life.
"Maybe a miracle will happen. That's what he seems to have said to Ed Singall.
But he couldn't believe that a miracle could actually happen to him.
"May your good fortune last. Ethan stood far aside, "Because your troubles can't end here." ”
Borena grinned and opened her arms, "Come on, Ethan, come and hug! I've heard that embracing someone who has come back from the dead brings good luck!"
"It's you and not me who needs good luck!" Ethan was slightly annoyed, but took a step back.
"My good fortune is completely dependent on your good fortune. Borena said cheekily and shamelessly. There's obviously no way he's going to get out of here, and the only one who can help him is Ethan.
Ethan glared at him for a moment, the expression on his face unpredictable.
“...... Go back to your room!" he finally growled, "but don't close the door. ”
He hurried away again, leaving not even a single explanation to Borena.
Borena obediently rolled back to his room to change his clothes, staring at the blood stain on his abdomen for a moment, suddenly remembering that he had forgotten to ask Ed what was wrong...... Let's hope Kazia won't trouble him.
But after all, he is the priest of the water god, and he has a lot of powerful friends, so there shouldn't be any problems.
He threw his blood-stained clothes far into the corner, only to suddenly feel a familiar chill.
He turned slowly, unconsciously holding his breath.
In the corner of the room, a gray mist was wriggling silently.
(To be continued)