11 Escape

At the age of fifteen, when she first picked up an arquebus, she was fascinated by the combination of explosiveness and ingenuity, and she deftly reloaded the arquebus with gunpowder and pellets faster than a well-trained soldier. As a member of the Akayi family, she had the opportunity to take lessons in marksmanship, and her musket skills were even higher than those of the army's senior commanders, when she was not yet twenty years old. She loves the bolt-action rifle she used for experiments, rhythmically reloading, pulling the bolt, and pulling the trigger, a process that has a flowing beauty, and when each bullet hits the target in a slight arc, her heart is not the thrill of killing, but the sense of accomplishment of completing a perfect work of art. She was fortunate not to be thrown into the meat grinder of war between humans and djinns, and her lack of combat experience was her greatest regret, as her bullets at gunpoint never killed anyone, and even animals did not have a chance to eat her bullets......

This time she turned the gun on her fiancé, and the bullet was already out of the chamber.

The loud noise echoed in the not spacious room, shaking the eardrums of the three people very uncomfortable, and Erin herself couldn't stand the loud noise, her eyes were closed, she pressed her head with her hands, and opened her mouth to wait for the body's adverse reactions to end - she had never fired a gun in the room, and she didn't know that the sound would shake her ears in a small space. Apparently prepared for the consequences of such a shot in the house, the wind chimes quickly recovered from the loud noise and immediately confirmed the condition of Sevia on the other side - as she expected, the bullet did not penetrate the magical barrier cast by Sevia! Wind Chime had already realized that Irene's attack would be defused by Sevia, and she did not relax in the slightest, setting up a magic shield to prevent Sevia from taking advantage of it.

"Stupid woman!" Saivia did not have the rampant and smug before, but returned to her usual appearance.

"Didn't hit?" Erin, who was barely opening her eyes, said weakly, one hand still holding her head hard, covering her ears to make it feel better.

"A magic barrier that can hold your bullets at bay." Wind Chime explained, but didn't look at Erin behind her, still staring at Sevia in front of her, in case he took the opportunity to attack.

There was a noise outside the door: "This room! Fast! "Be careful, there are muskets!" "Tell the patrol team, it's all here!" The loud gunfire drew the guards in the castle. The sound of Sevia knocking furniture away was not heard outside, but the sound of gunfire could be heard in the houses outside the castle.

"Stupid woman!" Sevia said again, "As soon as the guards in the castle come in, your charges will not be cleared!" Sevia's words instantly reminded Erin, at this time she had a weapon in her hand, and there was an unidentified magician in front of her, and Sevia appeared as an adjutant, almost no one would think that he could use magic, and anyone who saw the three people in the room would think that it was two women who wanted to disadvantage Sevia. She began to panic, as if she had made a big mistake, forgetting what to do next, and the gun in her hand began to be aimed wildly, swinging back and forth between Sevia and the door.

"Erin, are you afraid of heights?" Wind Chime asked calmly, his eyes still fixed on the front. Erin didn't answer, her body was stepping back a little, the hand holding the gun was shaking, and the wind chimes began to slowly retreat......

The room was kicked open, and a group of castle guards rushed in, and the situation in the room was in front of them, and several bright long swords were drawn in an instant, pointing at Erin and the wind chimes.

"Put down the musket! The guy of Wanyuan Sect! One of the guards shouted.

"Erin, don't be impulsive, lay down your arms!" This was shouted by Saivia, who had comfortably switched to the upright chief lieutenant, making the guards around him think that he was a victim in this conflict. Erin had been forced to retreat to the wall, there was no way out, and after hearing Sevia's words, she completely understood: her fiancé, whom she had always loved deeply, could betray her so easily, no matter what he was for, she was a person who could be sacrificed at any time in her eyes...... Thinking that this was not the Sevia she had hoped for, she somehow got the courage to raise her gun again, ready to fire.

The guards in the room raised their steel shields, ready to defend against the bullet, but then they heard the sound of glass shattering and scattering on the ground—

The wind chimes suddenly turn around and pounce on Erin, breaking through the window with her and falling outward!

Falling from the top of the castle, Erin's bolt-action rifle hit the ground and fell in two......

Seeing this sudden change, the guards and Sevia immediately rushed to the broken window, and they looked down, and in the dark night, there was no sign of Erin and the wind chimes......

"Quick! Let's go down there and find their bodies! The guards assumed that the two had fallen to the ground, but Sevia did not react......

Suddenly, everyone by the window felt a strong wind blowing in front of them! A few of the guards were even blown aside by the wind, and they hurried to find the direction where the wind was blowing, only to see a huge black shadow rushing up quickly from below! The shadow scurried past the window, and the wind that followed swayed the guards, and they could see clearly that the shadow was a giant eagle!

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot it down! Not only did the guards in the room start to shoot their bows and arrows from the window, but even the guards on the city walls noticed the eagle, and they also noticed that there was a man on the eagle's back, Irene Akayi, who was riding on the eagle's back and grasping the feathers of the eagle with both hands.

The giant eagle circled over the castle, and the surrounding guards fired with bows and arrows and muskets, but due to the darkness, the giant eagle quickly rose high into the air and disappeared into the dark night sky......

Sevia looked out into the deep blue sky, the Exploration Circle had been out of work after dinner, and he seemed to regret not setting up another one soon, otherwise the wind chimes would have turned into canaries and infiltrated the castle and would have been discovered.

Now that Erin and Wind Chimes had fled, no matter where they fled, it would not have a detrimental effect on him at the moment, and he arranged the guards' defense duties and began to think about his next steps.

One thing is certain, however, Irene Akayi's name will be printed on the Empire's wanted notice.

……

The early morning sun melted the mist in the trees, and the yellow leaves on the trees swayed in the breeze, leaving dappled shadows on the ground. In the shade of a large tree, Erin leaned against the trunk of the tree and fell into a deep sleep. Her face was pale and her lips were purple, which was a clear symptom of hypoxia. Erin's clothes had been cut by arrows and projectiles in several places, but it was fortunate that she didn't suffer a flesh wound, and she curled up her legs, her arms naturally spread out on her body, and she fell into a fainting appearance.

Slowly waking up, Erin slowly opened her eyes, and her consciousness told her that this was some jungle, and instead of looking around immediately, she slowly tried to stand up, but did not exert much strength. Her eyelids were heavy, and the adverse effects of hypoxia hadn't completely faded, and she struggled to remember how she got here—

All she remembered was that she fell from the castle and rode on the back of the eagle all at once, and the higher she flew, the castle in her eyes became smaller and smaller, and finally there were only a few sparks left, and her breathing began to become difficult, and she finally fell unconscious in the air......

Gentle footsteps approached from the side, Erin didn't turn her head, her body stiffened, and she could barely move slightly.

Wind Chimes put fresh fruit and spring water collected from leaves in front of Erin, "Awake? Eat some first, you need to get some rest. ”

Seeing this, Erin wanted to pick up the fruit with her hands, but she couldn't use it at all. Wind Chime understood, she stuffed a wild fruit into Erin's mouth, and Irene, who had a dry mouth, tasted the moisture nourishment of the wild fruit, and instantly felt that her body had recovered a lot, and she began to move slowly. With the help of wind chimes, the fruit and spring water were swept away.

"This is ......" Erin's face and lips improved, and she regained her ability to speak.

"This is the jungle on the west side of the Desperate Desert, north of Anseison City, and the main road is not far from there, but I'm afraid someone will find out about us, so I'll leave you here. Don't move, get some rest first. Wind Chime replied that she had no intention of hiding anything from Erin.

"What's wrong with me?" Erin asked again, her voice more powerful than before.

"Last night, I turned into a giant eagle and escaped from Anseison City with you. I flew very high to avoid the attack, and it may have become very difficult for you to breathe at that point. Soon after I flew into the air, you began to fall unconscious, so I decided to settle here first in order to give you a good rest. Wind Chime said slowly, believing that Erin would not misunderstand her kindness.

Erin nodded, and touched her side with her hand, but not what she wanted: a musket. "I threw it away......"

"Weapons can be found again." Wind Chime comforted.

Erin nodded again and sighed......

"Not just the beloved weapon, but also the fiancé...... It's gone......"