"Ed Singh. ”

As Ed struggled to stay conscious, Ante's voice rang out from nowhere, "Why don't you ask your friend to stop this useless rebellion, and then I might spare his life...... Let it sleep in some dark cave. ”

Do you sleep in chains? Is, who had been imprisoned, probably preferred to die.

"If only it could obey the king's orders...... Maybe there could have been a better ending. ”

“...... Is your brain broken?" Naria's crisp voice unceremoniously shattered the king's dreams, "he won't listen to you even if he dies!"

Protected between her wings and chest, she was unharmed, and was trying to crawl outward, while angrily tugging at the rope net that had also enveloped her.

The ice dragon didn't have time to answer the arrogant human king. It's biting through the rope wrapped around it with its teeth, and that's useful...... It's just not fast enough.

At Ante's orders, more ropes were shrouded, some of which were swept away by the ice dragon's angry tail, but some of them still landed on it, tangled up in a mess, making it even more difficult to move.

The ice dragon suddenly stopped struggling—but not resisting.

Its massive body shrank suddenly, and before anyone could react, a young blond man was quickly dragging Nalya out from under the rope net.

Before he could turn back into an ice dragon and quickly soar into the sky, Iss had to roll on the spot with Naria in his arms, avoiding a stream of magical energy coming from behind him. Before he could fully stand up, another black shadow fell from the sky. They could only continue to roll among the scattered blades of grass, dodging the rope nets under their hoods.

Morphing out of the rope net seemed like a good idea - but he didn't seem to have a chance to change back now, and fight in human form. He was no match for these well-trained warriors...... I can't protect Naria.

However, Naria may not need his protection. She was already more agile than he was, and with a jumble of wild flowers and broken grass, she threw a stone at an enemy next to a ballista.

Falling in response to the warrior in the middle of the door, Iss threw a long cone of ice condensed at another warrior who ran forward to continue manipulating the ballista...... But he didn't hit the target.

Even in such a situation, Naria couldn't help but throw him a smug smile, as if the small victory was more worth caring about than the danger in front of her.

Shaking his head helplessly, Iss joined her in a straight run for the nearest ballista.

If you are able to destroy all the ballistas. Back in the sky, even if there are a few annoying priests, they still have a chance to turn defeat into victory. But it wasn't easy. Unless......

When the flames burst out in front of him, he stopped in time and with an uncontrollable smile, he spread his huge wings without hesitation. Longtail flicked expertly. Rolled up Naria and threw it on her back.

In the exclamation, nearly ten flames ignited at the same time. The tongue of fire, which was hotter than the usual fire, devoured all the ballistas almost instantly, licking into a mess of grass and pouring into tents large and small.

Billowing smoke filled the air, obscuring people's vision. Frightened horses neighed and scurried through the panicked crowd, and the soldiers hesitated whether to continue the attack, put out the fire, and protect their lord, or simply flee...... Even the king's angry roar could no longer stop the chaos.

Familiar sounds creep into your ears. The ice dragon let out a low roar and rushed into the sky. After settling on Ed and Fili's location, it swooped down, ignoring all the weapons that came at it, and stretched out its huge claws to ...... the two men Grabbed along with one of the hapless soldiers, flapped their wings, swirled up in the scorching currents, and flew south without looking back.

“...... Wouldn't you have done this earlier?"

Instead of expressing any gratitude, the rescued Fili slapped its hind paws and screamed, then relaxed and collapsed into its paws, and began to laugh loudly.

The ice dragon snorted and ignored him—it had intended to do so, but was instantly enraged by the merciless attacks of those who even saw a young girl sitting on its back...... Then the timing was missed.

In the other hind paw, one leg was caught between its claw and Ed's body, and the soldier screaming as if it was being bitten and swallowed by it as if it were being bitten and swallowed by it made it want to throw him straight down...... But Ed, who was motionless and did not make a sound, annoyed it even more.

Of course Ed was still alive - his body was still warm, but it seemed like he had completely lost his life.

"Ed ...... Ed!" Naria exclaimed uneasily, "Are you alright?"

It took a while for Ed to move, and he replied weakly.

"Rest assured, he's not dead. Philip replied on his behalf.

"What the hell is going on? ...... you guys Talks to the king have collapsed?" asked Naria aloud.

"Well......" Filly let out a long sigh, "yes, it's collapsed, it's collapsed." ”

After saying this, even he fell silent.

Naria hesitated, not knowing how to comfort her frustrated friend, and only the upside-down soldier began to hoarse and change his tone, screaming one after another.

"...... Shut up or throw you down!" Filly's impatient threat sounded nothing like a paladin.

“...... Let's find a place to put him down. Naria said helplessly.

The ice dragon flew a little lower, loosening its claws as it skimmed a large tree outside Visa, causing the hapless creature to fall into the leafy canopy.

When it saw the figure on the edge of the Collins Plains looking up, it flew downward, and threw the two men in its hind paws to the grass as gently as it could, and landed aside.

"Scott!" Filly got up and greeted with a grin, "That's the fire you set on fire? ”

Scott curled the corners of his mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"What's going on?" he looked at Ed, who was sitting on the grass in despair, as if he had no strength to stand up. It wasn't until Naria jumped off the ice dragon's neck and ran over that the young man barely got up, but his head still hung down, listless, and half-dead.

"It's hard to put into words. Fili's smile grew bitter, "I should have let you sit there in this armor, maybe you can handle it better than we do...... In short, we can't go back to the temple, at least for now, Ed won't be called a saint anymore...... I've just swept myself out of the house. ”

“...... Then head back to Kriesburg. Scott said.

The name made the dazed Ed jump up as if he had been stabbed with a sword.

"No!" he cried, "I can't go back!"

Scott raised an eyebrow and looked at him quizzically.

"Do you think that if you don't go back, His Majesty won't trouble your parents?" sighed Fili, "don't be stupid, boy, he's probably been thinking about your family's gold coins for years. ”

Ed opened his mouth in a daze—he hadn't thought of this at all.

"To be honest, I thought that even if I closed my eyes and didn't care about it, Ante probably wouldn't really do anything to you, and would probably make a lot of money by asking you for ransom from your father...... But I can't bear it!" Filly tapped his chest in indignation.

"What about Xiu'an-sama and Eric?" asked Scott

"Hmm...... Someone has to stay and clean up the mess, and Lord Xiu'an is certainly more suitable than me. Fili shrugged, his face darkened, "As for Eric...... I had known that I had thrown that kid to the north...... That might be better for him. ”

Ed hung his head again.

“...... Let's go back and talk about it. Scott frowned slightly and waved his hand at Is.

By the time the ice dragon landed in the castle's vestibule, Vala, who had received the news, had already hurried out and stretched out her arms to Ed.

"The gods are above...... Are you hurt?" she asked, flustered and heartbroken.

The wound on Ed's shoulder had healed, but his white robe was stained with a large patch of blood, which looked shocking.

He silently threw himself into his mother's arms, buried his head in her shoulder as he had done when he was a child, and muttered in her ear, "I'm sorry......"

Vala looked at Scott suspiciously, but Scott could only shake his head slightly.

"Go get a change, Ed. He patted the young man on the back, "It's not over yet. ”

“...... It's not a negotiation at all, it's a trap, isn't it?" River stood with a gloomy face, unable to take his eyes off the blood on Ed's body, "Ante, Boford didn't plan to make peace with the temple at all, did he?"

"It doesn't sound like a surprise to you. Philip crossed his waist and sighed, "So...... Are we really stupid?"

"I have a few 'friends' among those nobles. River looked at his son's back as he dragged away, and did not hide the disdain and anger in his tone, "If things weren't that serious, they wouldn't mind selling me a favor and giving me more or less news...... But this time, even if I specifically asked, even the knights of Visa, whom I had been paying for, were vague. You can guess that nothing good will happen...... But how dare he hurt my son!"

Usually looking easy-going and ordinary, almost every businessman with a sense of presence burst out with a fierce killing intent at that moment, which made Scott stop in some surprise.

“...... Even the king has to pay for it. River said coldly.

"He will. Scott looked at him as if he was meeting a man he had never really looked at before, "But you'd better warn the rest of the castle first, and let anyone who wants to leave leave immediately." Ante won't stop there, if you're not going to give in...... There is a risk that this place will become a battlefield. ”.

(To be continued......)