Mayne moved her long, sturdy legs and ran rapidly through the trees. Flodeau had told her about a path back to Cheyendia without having to go through the levels. Usually there are still people on duty there, but at this time, Xia Andia is in a mess, and even if there are people, it shouldn't be Banner's faction.

"I'm sorry Flodo, I can't go to Beta City with you, I still have something to do. If I just give up, I'll regret it for the rest of my life. ”

Mayne said this to herself, but she was still a little scared when she thought about the consequences of doing so.

Gronia would definitely hate herself and scold herself, and although it was for her own good, Mayne really didn't dare to imagine that kind of scene.

My feet are running, and my heart is a mess. As she approached the ridge, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her, causing her to stumble on her left foot and her right foot, and she fell to the ground and rolled for a long distance.

"You're still like a monkey, frizzy. ”

The man helped her up, a familiar voice saying familiar words.

When she escaped from Alanis and traveled through the mountains to redstone, she was often counted out like this.

However, the tone has changed greatly, it used to be worried and complaining, and now it is tired and helpless.

"Ge, Gronia!?"

Mayne's heart shook violently, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at her.

"I know that although you are cowardly, once you decide something, you will be like me, and nine cows will not be able to pull it back. ”

Gronia said faintly: "When we were young, we were shepherding, and a sheep ran towards the place where the wolves were infested, and you had to chase it, but I didn't listen to any persuasion. At that time, I watched you run and run on those long legs, and really drove the sheep back. ”

"After we joined the Order, the mentor said that you are not strong-willed and talented, and you can't be a holy warrior. Although I was helping you, in the end, you completed the trial on your own. You've always fainted when you see blood, and that time you were bleeding all over the ground and almost died, but you happily shook my hand and said we could be together again. ”

"You're still scared of pain, but after we were caught by slave traders in Redstone, you provoked the guards by changing your way to prevent me from being insulted, and you were still laughing when the guards whipped you......

As she spoke, Gronia burst into tears: "Anyway, Mayne, I really don't want you to come back, but you still come back, why? Why don't you listen to me?"

Mayne was still full of trepidation, but when she heard Gronia talk about the past, her heart was bitter and she had the courage.

She shook Gronia's arm and said, "Then why don't you listen to me? Why do you have to bear such a fate? Why can't we be together and live a new life happily together?"

The sadness on Gronya's face gradually dissipated: "So, you decided to act? You just saw my reaction was scared, right? You have already decided to do what you want...... Save me? You know what you're going to do is going to make me angry?"

Mayne was speechless, and Gronia continued, "You're still the same as before, always doing something frizzy, and then starting to regret it again. Always like to make decisions for me, and when I have my own ideas, you think it's not right. Mayne, are you taking my fate for granted?"

"I've never thought of it that way!"

Mayne said angrily: "Since I was a child, you always didn't care about other people's feelings and always caused trouble, I'm just used to taking care of you!"

"Take care of me?"

Gronia sneered: "Go and tell Nama to tell her that my princess identity is fake, tell her that I used deception to win over Banner and Esther, and tell her that I am deliberately dividing Cheandia?

Mayne shrunk back, that was indeed her plan.

Glaring at Gronya, she suddenly had a heart again: "Isn't this right? It's all true! I won't let you continue to sink Gronya! I said it, I'm responsible, it all started with my unintentional words." ”

"It's true that red hair is a trait of the royal family of Alanis, but there are several red-haired girls in our Order alone. You are indeed an illegitimate daughter, but your mother will never have anything to do with the royal family! You should know that the royal family has no taboos against illegitimate children, and they will never deny such a gifted and beautiful illegitimate daughter like you! More importantly, Princess Freya has come to our Order, has she looked at you differently? No, no!"

"Gronia, go back, or I'll really tell Nama all this! It will be a great shame for you to do so, but I won't leave you, let's start all over again, okay?"

Gronia sighed: "Mayne, don't talk about other things, the royal bloodline is recognized by the scales of Tyr, you just happened to tell the truth, why don't you believe it again?"

"The scale of Tyre measures the determination to give everything to fulfill the vow, not the insight to discover the truth!"

Mayne was still struggling: "How can it know if you have the royal blood of Alanis in you?" It only knows if you are lying, as long as you firmly believe that it is true, it will take it as true!"

"Huh...... Hehe......"

Gronia chuckled nervously: "You really won't give up, you really think you're qualified to arrange my fate." ”

She sighed heavily, "Mayne, what do you need me to do to dispel such thoughts?" ”

She looked at Mayne's eyes deep and sad, "Do you want me to slap you again? or something even more terrible? Don't force me to do that, please, Mayne, I really don't want to hurt you." ”

"I lied to you about that before, and I still see you as a good friend, my best friend. If I hadn't been burdened with such a fate, I could have given everything for you, and I know you think so too. ”

Mayne gradually straightened his chest, it was a battle of wills. It is true that her will has always been weak, but in this matter, only this thing, she is not willing to lose to Gronya.

The black-haired girl pursed her lips and said firmly, "Kill me, Gronia! There is only one way to stop me from doing this, and that is to kill me!"

With eyes intertwined, seeing a resoluteness in Mayne's eyes that she had never seen before, Gronia suddenly panicked, and even began to fear.

When Mayne's pupils suddenly constricted and she let out a groan of pain, Gronia realized that she was holding a long sword, and the small half of the sword had sunk into Mayne's chest.

A faint golden light penetrated Mayne's body from the sword body, cracking the heart with precision, without wasting a trace of righteous divine power.

It's a beautiful blow, and Cheyenne will definitely praise her for improving again.

Distracting thoughts slipped through my mind, and then panic swept over my body and mind like a raging wave.

"No ......"

Gronia woke up like a dream, let go of her hand and stepped back again and again, shaking her head in disbelief, what did she do!?

Mayne looked down and touched the wound on the sword's chest and raised his hand to look at the blood on it, as if to understand what was happening.

"Gro...... Nia ......"

Mayne opened her mouth, blood pouring out of her mouth, muffling her voice.

She reached out to Gronia, her arm trembling, and told Gronia to take another step back.

"I ......"

Mayne fell to her knees, her hands on the ground, and she tried to hold her head up, with no hatred or fear in her eyes.

"I ...... Reluctant to ......"

Before she finished speaking, her eyes were glazed, her body went limp, and she fell down. The hilt of the sword hit the ground, and the sword pierced through her back until it was out of the handle, causing her to let out another low grunt.

"No, it's fake, it's ...... Dream ......"

Gronia muttered, turning and fleeing.

After a while, Gronia hurried back. She gasped, but her expression was slightly calm.

Mayne was on the ground, breathless, blood soaking the dirt around her.

Gronia flipped Mayne over and drew her sword with her eyes closed. When she opened her eyes, the face was frighteningly white in the moonlight, and her eyes were still half-open, like blades, and she shivered.

"It's your fault, Mayne, it's yours to say it yourself. ”

Gronia muttered, closing Mayne's eyes.

She took a deep breath and raised her long sword, the golden light on the sword flowed, but it couldn't fall.

"No, I can't do it, even if it's your corpse, I can't bear to hurt ...... again"

Tears rolled down her eyes, and Gronia choked and lowered her arms.

Then she began to dig holes......

"Mayne, you lie here for a while. Later, I will bring you back to Alanis and build you a mausoleum that is more luxurious than the king's. Your coffin will be big and spacious, and I will come to accompany you, I swear!"

"Yes, I'll be with you! When Arranis recovers, when the Queen of the Blood Crown is bowed, I'll be with you! I won't covet even a penny of extra time, I swear!"

The red-haired girl kept chattering, her movements becoming more and more fluid, and her expression becoming more and more stable.

As the night darkens, the stars shine, and the woodland beneath the ridge regains its tranquility.

When the moon passed through the small half-canopy of the sky, two figures squeezed out of the air, a halfling and a human maiden.

"What's wrong, Katie?"

Frodo was surprised, "Before we reached Shaandia, Mayne must have gone back the same way I told her." ”

Katie, the deceased, frowned: "Don't you smell blood?"

Flordo was shocked, sniffled, and his face suddenly turned pale: "Oh, no, don't ......"

"I'm looking for ......"

Katie knelt down on one knee and closed her eyes, a faint halo of crystal light flowing over her body.

After a moment, she pointed to a piece of ground in the distance where she couldn't see anything and said, "There." ”

The earth was dug open, and the black-haired girl lay quietly inside, with a deep sword wound in her chest, and blood soaked her upper body.

Frodo sat on the ground as if his spine had been removed, hiding his face and sobbing: "No...... Mayne ......"

"Don't cry just yet," Katie said, "since I can find her, it means she's not dead yet." ”

Frodo lifted his tear-stained face: "Not dead?"

"Much worse than what I've experienced before," says Katie, who was once so close to death, calmly, "but the soul has not dissipated, and it is not without hope." ”

She skillfully took out various small bottles and jars from her body, and Flordo also had such a set of first aid kits for the Crimson Church, which contained a high concentration of holy water, life potion, wound bandages, and Lingzi water to replace blood.

"Stimulate her soul first, and don't let it go down the River Styx, for I hope she isn't favored by the gods or the lords of any other plane. ”

Katie tended to Mayne's wounds, and Frodo poured holy water and potions on Mayne.

Seeing that the black-haired girl didn't react at all, Katie was also a little panicked: "It must be sent back to Beta City as soon as possible, as long as Her Highness Karin is here, she still has a chance to live." ”

Flodo said anxiously: "But even the fastest carriage will take a whole day, and Mayne will definitely not be able to teleport like this." ”

He spun around in a circle irritably: "Why don't you send it to the adventurer's colony first, and look for any clerics who can use advanced healing techniques there?"

"She's ...... like this"

Katie sighed, "It's a corpse, unless it's resurrected." ”

Then her face changed, and the Bilible boy on her wrist vibrated slightly silently.

Holding down the button, Katie checked a magic text message and said in surprise: "Here, Her Highness Karin is here on a floating ship! ”

Frodo was stunned, how could it be so coincidental?

"The cardinal is here too", Katie looked in the direction of Cheyendia, faintly heard the commotion, and she whispered, "It must be for the paladin." ”