Chapter 11: The Lady with a Sigh (19)

The temperature gradually decreases on this snowy night. The cold made me want to enter the fortress and party with the joyful Eremayans on this snowy night to come. However, I saw something that I didn't want to see.

"We are wanted. I whispered to the few people who had written different things on a snowy night.

The first to react was Firestorm, who rushed over after hearing my words, and also saw the large poster posted on the outer wall of the fort.

"The people of the Dammoth Empire, at a time when we are all united in resisting the invasion of a powerful foreign enemy, our Lord Reading has chosen to betray us at this time. He and his wicked brethren absconded in fear after slaughtering thousands of our brave and fearless brethren in the arid lands. If any of you find out that the enemies of these countries are there now, tell us, and we will let the moths of these countries get the punishment they deserve!"

Firestorm muttered playfully, "Look at these portraits, they don't look like us at all. But ma'am, how did they paint you like this? ”

I took off my hood: "Like an undead?"

Firestorm was very surprised at first, but immediately said excitedly: "I'll just say, as far as I know, there shouldn't be a powerful lady like you in this country, plus you have been wearing this hood, I know that your identity is not ordinary, what I didn't expect is that you are actually an undead! Wait, didn't that old emperor not allow you to step into this country? Why do you choose to help that old man in Reading now?"

"For the sake of the common good, I think we can still work together, right?" I said with a smile, "I didn't expect that you not only didn't feel a little scared about my true identity, but were full of excitement. Haven't you heard of the legends about our undead?"

Firestorm was a little unimpressed by my question, "Please, ma'am, how can I believe in something that only children can believe." You are simply not tolerated by this human world. And it is evident from the fact that you can choose to stand up and help us, that you are in true nature. Moreover, since even your mortal enemies have formed an alliance with you, what reason do I have to fear you?"

Also, I think of the leaders of the three kingdoms. I admire their courage in making this potentially history-changing choice. They didn't choose to just draw us in and annihilate us altogether. And this concern is common to all of our high-level undead. But instead of doing so, they formed a huge army with us, the energy of which could make the entire continent tremble. "Sure enough, you don't see the same as theirs. Also, as a last resort, please don't tell anyone who I am, for you're the first to know that I'm an undead besides Reading. ”

Firestorm shook his head, "I don't think you should let any of your companions think you're a mystery. Since you have chosen to help us, don't you hide yourself so deeply, and although you are powerful, there are aspects that you do not see as clearly as we do. “

"Well, maybe you're right. I nodded helplessly, but I also felt that what Firestorm said also had some truth. So, I didn't put on the hood that I used to hide my identity and came to them. "Guys, I don't think we even get to Iremaya. “

"Why? Oh my God!" Iron Mountain wondered why I had changed my mind again, but the next he exclaimed. "Forgive my faux pas, ma'am, but I never thought you were so pretty. It seems that you should be the most beautiful human on this continent. “

I looked at Tie Shan curiously, I really don't know where he saw that I was human. But I'm also very happy to tell him that I'm beautiful. When such an honest boast is received, no matter who you are, you will be sincerely happy. "Iron Mountain, don't you see, my skin is much paler than any of you. And, my ears. ”

Tie Shan's expression suddenly became more colorful, and he exclaimed: "Oh, God, I just said that a beautiful lady like you should not belong to human beings, but I didn't expect you to be an elf! I have heard legends about you, you are the most elegant race in this world since its birth, so it is understandable that you are so beautiful." ”

"Yes, you're right, I used to be an elf, but now I'm an undead. ”

Tie Shan's smile froze in an instant. "Ma'am, I didn't hear clearly, you, what did you say?"

"I said, I'm an undead. And thousands of years ago, I was an undead. ”

I had expected Iron Mountain to at least behave differently than Firestorm, but what I didn't expect was to disappoint me again. "I really didn't expect that, ma'am, you turned out to be an undead. I see, it's not hard to explain why Lord Redding's bodyguards are dead, but you can still protect him. ”

"You hate me?" I asked.

"No, no, I respect you, ma'am. I thank you for your efforts, so I've decided that I'll always help you get to the Line of Valor to find what Lord Reading is looking for. “

"Thank you. "I thanked him from the bottom of my heart, I thought that the world had always had a prejudice against the undead, but what I didn't expect was that neither Firestorm, that is, Andre III, nor his guard captain Iron Mountain, did not resist me except for being excited. When I looked at Banksys, her eyes were full of surprise. "Ma'am, I, I don't know what to say. The messenger of God who taught me told me that the undead were the evil race of this continent, just like those apostles. But you saved us. So I don't know now whether to trust the messenger or to trust you. But since they all choose to stand with you, I will do the same. ”

Redding, on the other hand, was unimpressed by who I was, as he was the first to know who I was.

I looked at them gratefully, "I thank you. But I still have to explain why we changed my decision again. That is, we are wanted. It was the regent who wanted us. ”

"Ma'am, you mean, what happened the other day?"

"Yes, there is no doubt that this is why they chose to attack us by the regular army rather than by those with special abilities. By sacrificing thousands of ordinary soldiers, he put us completely on the opposite side of the country. Thankfully, the Lord Regent didn't tell them who I really was. So we have a silver lining. ”

"Oh, ma'am. Firestorm pondered for a moment before saying, "I'm not very good at that, but I know that the more exciting things are, the more I'll want to be a part of them." Since you've said we have a glimmer of hope, there's no reason for us to give up that hope, right? And for me, the Danmoth Empire is the enemy who will destroy my country, and killing a soldier is no problem for me, and of course, I hope Reading doesn't have a heartache. ”

Reading said with a wry smile: "What's the use of my heartache, now we are the enemies of the entire empire." Unless we confirm what His Majesty knows before telling him, we are doomed to be here. Ma'am, what are we going to do next?"

"How far is the ocean here?"

"It took about half a month. Reading replied without hesitation, but was immediately shocked: "Ma'am, do you mean that we pass through the sea? It took us five days to be able to sail the distance we had on land for half a day!"

Think about it too. I rejected my idea, but what exactly do I do now? How can I get to the line of courage as quickly as possible without being attacked? Luckily, Banksy helped me with this in the spot. "I think we can fly over. “

"Fly over? I don't think it's feasible. I shook my head: "Although I am not from this country, I know that the air force of the Danmos Empire is the most terrifying army in the entire continent. “

"I'm not saying we're going straight to the Courage Line, we're just going to fly over that canyon. “

Flying over that canyon? It's a good solution. "Banksy, I have to say you're smart. Then I think we're going to have to go back to Eremaya. “

"Why?"

"Because there was what we wanted near Iremaya. “

Without any hesitation, after one last glance at the tall steel fortress, I secretly sarcastically said to the Eremayan soldiers who were enjoying their lives in the fortress, and quickly left the place, and after half a day, arrived where we wanted to go.

This is the central town of Arimaya, the largest and most developed town in this strange province, but it is still a long way from a city. But we're not here for pleasure. In the style of the country, each central town has its own Flying Beast Post Station for convenience and other provinces. You only need to spend a little money to rent a civilian flying beast. The central town of the Eremaya is no exception. And I'm sure that people living here won't be interested in learning about wanted criminals.

Sure enough, in line with what we thought, when we saw that our group matched the characteristics of wanted people in every way, the owner of the flying beast seller only gave us a strange look, but he still sold the five flying beasts to us very happily.

"You know who we are, but you didn't tell the army?"

The boss looked down and counted the money, and replied pleasantly, "What's the point of doubt? I know you don't threaten our safety here, and we Eremayans don't have the heart to care about the outside world." You've given me enough money, and I'll give you my five best flying beasts here, so our direct relationship is so smooth, isn't it?"

"You're smart boss. Firestorm pulled out another large sum of money from his pocket and handed it to his boss. "You're a smart man, so don't leak our whereabouts to the army after we're gone, if you do, that's your reward. If you don't do it ... Firestorm spread out his hand, and a fireball appeared in his hand, as if by accident, Firestorm ignited a stool, and in an instant, the unfortunate stool was burned into a mass of charcoal. But the boss was not afraid at all, but picked up the coke in his heart and said with a bitter face: "What do you think of Erimaya, we will never allow any force to happen in our territory. Now I don't like you guys, you guys go quickly!"

Let's go. Anyway, we got what we wanted. As we left, the boss said, "Forget it, you should rest here for the night." Beasts are not very good at flying at night. After all, this is only a civilian one, not a military perversion. “

"Staying with you?"

"Oh my God, how could I do that. Maybe it's because you're a generous guest. Okay, okay, you're here for a day's rest, but don't let anyone else find out. We Erimaya have always hated hospitality, but only if we are paid enough. Stay here and don't let anyone else find out. Otherwise, I'll fall into it. With that, he led us to a small, empty room, which was a good place to rest, at least for us to rest.

After thanking the boss for his kindness, we put down any precautions and rested until dawn. I believed in everything that this boss promised us, and I also made my companions believe in this boss. In fact, it's worth it. Because the boss did the same as he said, did not betray us. By the time the next morning came, the sky was no longer snowing. After quietly putting the last money in this boss's house, we got on our new mounts and left the place.

After spending more than ten minutes to get familiar with how to manipulate this flying beast that we had never touched before, we were still on our way. The boss was right, this was just a civilian flying beast, so we were able to set out on the way to our destination relatively smoothly. It took us days to get here from that fork in the road, but we passed through the canyon we had feared before at sunset.