Chapter 13 Friend or Foe?
In the eyes of Gail and Iyeta, Robin reads deep fear and apprehension.
From what Erin said before, he already knew something about this character named Heloise-
She is the instructor of these white-clad guards, and the strongest of the priest guards, known as the Whitewing Shield, who has betrayed Itney and thrown herself into the arms of Sekorid.
The two cleric guards exchanged glances with each other, unsure whether to let Heloise in.
"Heloise. How did the enemy retreat?! What about the other companions, how are they? ”
Gail didn't open the door, but asked tentatively.
Robin reacted immediately, according to the previous conversation between Erin and them, it was obvious that the strength of the black-clothed assassins outside was not weak, and Saiya had already decided to abandon Heloise, which showed that they were not so simple.
And now Heloise can actually get out of the way, which is really incredible.
Robin's breathing stalled, and his heartbeat amplified dramatically.
If Heloise really was the enemy, he wasn't sure the three of them would have a chance of winning.
There was a heavy wheezing sound outside.
It sounds like Heloise was hurt.
"My companions have all been sacrificed." Heloise's voice was low and steady, with a hint of sadness, "Those damned Assassins, I saw the people of Sekorid in the distance, I think it's Jered Peg the Dragonwings. So they all withdrew. ”
Robin's heart jumped, and Heloise's words coincided with what Eileen had said before.
His eyes glanced at Gail and Iyeta, who looked equally solemn.
"We've got to get out of here quickly, the people of Sekoridan will be here soon." Heloise urged in a deep voice, seemingly dissatisfied with their delay in opening the door.
"Heloise!"
Gail shouted.
Robin took a deep breath and looked at her with a complicated look in his eyes.
The sound outside the door stopped, and even the sound of heavy breathing disappeared.
"I want to know." Gail's chest rose and fell, and he forced back the tears in his eyes as he asked aloud, "Which side are you on right now?" Itney? Or Sykorid?! ”
Robin and Iyeta's hearts skipped.
At the same time, they looked at the wide, plain and solemn white wooden arch.
There was silence outside the door.
About 5 seconds passed.
A steel axe suddenly smashed the wooden door to pieces.
Heloise held on to the doorframe, her tall figure stretched to the ground by the low-hanging sunlight outside.
Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she gasped—
In the white hall, several corpses lay scattered, the ground soaked wet with blood, and some shimmering ice remained.
The cold wind blew, but everywhere I looked, I couldn't see a living person.
Only in the central magic array, there was still a trace of cold magic afterglow.
……
On the vast grassland covered with thin snow, the blood-colored remnant sun that was about to fall stretched the three figures obliquely.
"See the mountain?" Iyeta pointed into the distance.
Following her lead, Robin could vaguely make out the domed fortress hidden on the side of the hill, and the red brick wall behind it.
Rolling hills in the distance, windmills spinning in the wind, fiery sunsets...... Everything looks so good.
"That's Leona Mountain, and below that is the tower of the Divine Society." "We're not that far from the city of Xebella. ”
There was a faint look of loss in Gail's eyes.
"And how long will it be before we get to Ytenael, as you call it?" Robin asked tentatively.
"If it's really as Iyeta says, it's still some way from actually entering Itney." Gail said.
"It's early." Iyeta replied briefly, "Three days." The fastest. ”
Robin nodded, silently jotting down the message in his mind.
Anyway, this world is completely new to him, and it doesn't matter so much where he goes.
He still has a lot to explore, and he is not in a hurry.
The premise is that –
Just be safe.
"It's a short-distance teleportation circle that isn't oriented." Gale recalled what little magic she had learned, saying, "There are no specific coordinates, and it can't travel far, and it's unknown whether or not you'll be able to reach the teleportation location safely." “
She pursed her lower lip and said with a lonely expression, "But I think that's the only way to do it at that time, with the ability of Lord Saiya." “
Iyeta nodded, but did not speak.
"So what do we do next?" Robin asked.
"It should be this way." Gail put his hand on his forehead, trying to make out something to remember in his surroundings.
After two seconds, she turned to the other side, her palm pointing firmly at this side.
"That's definitely the right direction."
In Robin's line of sight, he saw her take two steps and then turn back.
"Well, I think it's over here." She covered her forehead with her hands, her long, fiery hair tossed from the wind.
"Don't be busy," Iyeta replied coldly, "who doesn't know that you little Gail is a road idiot?!" ”
Gail covered his face sadly.
Robin looked like a wtf.
"Follow me, don't be left behind." With that, Iyeta recognized her direction and bowed her head towards the other side of the mountain.
Robin looked back at the mountains behind him, and at the glowing golden lake in the distance.
The tall white tower still stood in the cold wind, a tiny bit.
He lowered his head and kept up with Iyeta's pace.
……
When Jew Peg and her party arrived at the scene, there was a mess outside the abandoned stargazing tower.
Black and white corpses were scattered across the mountain path below the White Tower, blood spilling all over the ground and emitting a fishy smell.
Jeundpaig's horse's hooves strode past them, and the soldiers behind them turned the prone corpse upside down with their spears to make it easier to identify.
The ferocity of the battle was beyond their expectations.
Here, almost the entire Itnaire Priest Guard was buried on this trip.
Thankfully, none of the dead people outside were Saiya.
She looked up and locked her gaze on the White Tower.
The man in black was obviously strangled ten meters away from the White Tower, hoping that the people inside would be safe and sound.
Jeongde dismounted from her horse and walked up the spiral staircase on the outside.
The brown ponytail knight covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief as he kept up with her.
Seeing the sparsely chopped sawdust at the door, Jiede's heart was shocked, and an extreme sense of unease surged in her chest.
"It's ......"
The horsetail knight in the back quickly recognized that such axe chisel marks and destructive power obviously came from the famous warrior-
"White-winged shield Heroise." She cried out.
Jeonde nodded approvingly, and carefully stepped her legs in.
The horsetail knight clearly saw that the Lord of the Lord, the moment he stepped through the gate, his body trembled involuntarily.
What happened inside was much more serious than she had imagined.
When the Ponytail Knight stood in the doorway with a nervous heart, her head turned sideways, and she looked in no less shocked than Jewde's body.
It's over, the worst thing happened.