Chapter 22: The Days of Separation
On September 5, 1686, in a small town near the ruins of the village of Serre, Alice, Ishnova, and Lyle bid farewell to their companions and set out on the road to the Avenger camp on the edge of the Elven Forest, but due to the effects of the war and the infiltration of the Inquisition, the three of them were delayed on the road for a long time, and they did not reach the border city of Shangri-La until September 20
In the past few days, they have encountered robbers many times, on the road, they are constantly fighting and fleeing, the three of them have long been tired, fortunately, Shangri-La is close to the elven territory, the bandit has not spread here for the time being, the city is still relatively peaceful, the feeling of going home is particularly cordial, the three of them who have collapsed in a hotel in the city, and they have slept for more than twenty hours
After waking up, the three of them were almost in good spirits, and Alice was anxious to go home, she had a lot to say to her grandfather, and she was afraid that she would not be able to finish the experience in the Elven Forest and the Underworld in the past few months, while Lyle and Ischennova planned to directly retrieve the Gagarin airship hidden in the mountain col on the outskirts, and then rendezvous with their friends, return to the Snowy Federation with the Star Key to solve the mystery of the Federation's upheaval
Alice warmly invited the two siblings, Ischenova and Lyle, to go home with her to meet the old marshal, but Lyle didn't want to go, because the strict atmosphere in the camp made him very depressed, and the old marshal gave him an invisible sense of fear in the battle outside the camp a few months ago, so Lyertiyy, the two siblings did not go to the Revenge camp, stayed in Shangri-La City, and waited for Alice to finish the matter, and then left together on the airship, but under Alice's warm invitation and her sister's strong persuasion, Lyle finally agreed to follow the two girls and came to the Revenger camp very reluctantly
The only difference in the Regent camp was that the Supreme Leader of the Regents, the old marshal Olkid Duszk, had not appeared in front of people for a long time, and the anxious Alice rushed into her grandfather's bedroom, only to find the old man lying on the bed, delirious, extremely poor, panting, and the whole person was so thin that he had completely lost his former heroism
Leonard and Lynx, who had been guarding the old marshal's side, said that after a fierce battle with his companions who had escaped from the camp in the woods outside the camp that day, the old marshal's body deteriorated, and the cough and asthma that had been cured by Sophia with magic spells had another attack, even more severe than before, and in the following months, his condition deteriorated rapidly, and in the last month or so, the old marshal has been unable to get out of bed, completely lost his ability to take care of himself, and even eats. The old marshal was in a semi-comatose state most of the time, and even if he occasionally woke up, he quickly fainted again, and even the best doctor in the camp said that the old marshal's life had reached its limit, and that the pain, illness, and overload of work in the past had completely dragged the old knight along
Leonard and the lynx's narration and what she saw with her own eyes made Alice completely collapsed in an instant, she lay on her grandfather and burst into tears, crying all night long, wet the quilt on the bed, seeing Alice who was usually alive and kicking like this, the Lyle brothers and sisters didn't know how to comfort her, so they had to stay behind her silently until dawn
The next morning, Alice, who was pale in her face, told the Lyle brothers and sisters, if they saw Sophia, please tell the princess, the old marshal is Alice's only relative, and Alice should stay by her grandfather's side and wait for him to finish the last journey, for which Alice could not continue to follow the journey of Her Royal Highness the princess, and could not be by her side to protect the safety of the princess, which made Alice feel extremely ashamed, please forgive Alice for what she had done, and Her Royal Highness the princess should take care
Because Alice's spirit is very poor, when she says this, her tone is weak and slow, and Lyle and Ishnova, who have also experienced bereavement, can deeply feel the grief in Alice's heart, and Ischennova is even infected by Alice's love, and she cried on the spot, and the two girls hugged each other and cried
It is true that Lyle and Ishnova will not be able to do anything if they stay here, and Alice will have to be distracted to take care of them, so leaving is the best option, and after they wet each other's shoulders with their own tears, the two close friends finally separated, and the three of them cherished each other, and under Alice's personal send-off, Lyle pushed Ishnova's wheelchair and left the Revengen camp
The siblings arrived at the place where the airship was hidden that day, due to the remoteness and inaccessibility of the col, under the cover of the giant invisible magic cover, the huge Gagarin was not discovered, and when Lyle ripped off the magic cover that had covered the airship for months and gradually lost its invisibility effect, an unexpected person appeared in front of the two siblings: Leonard Green, one of the four generals of the Avengers
Leonard said that Alice asked him to protect Her Royal Highness in his place, and that he was going to go on the road with the two siblings, at first Lyle objected, and he felt that it was not necessary, but Leonard explained with a smile and a pleasant face that he was a knight of the throne, and that his combat ability was several times stronger than Alice, and that he could not only protect Sophia during the journey, but also bring great help to the team, because he also had another identity: the deputy head of the Lion Mercenary Regiment, Marcas, and he could also let the mercenary group come to support him if necessary
The so-called smiling person Leonard's smiling attitude made Lyle unable to shirk, and what the middle-aged uncle said was indeed very reasonable, and there was no danger waiting for them in the Snowy Federation, so if there was a strong man in the team, there would be more strength, and Ischennova also agreed, so the three of them entered the long-lost cabin of the Gagarin together
The airship slowly rose and disappeared into the sky under the piloting of Lyle
A day later, they came to the place where they had broken up with Sophia and the others: the town near the ruins of Serre Village, they did not find Sophia in the town, but they got a message from the innkeeper that Sophia and the others had left the town, and they were going to the capital Hansa to do something very important, and it might take some time to meet everyone
When they were about to arrive at Hansar City, Leonard pointed to a place on the map and asked Lyle to land there, Leonard explained that if this behemoth from the Snowy Federation appeared near the capital of a Holy Light Cult country in full view, it might cause another war, so it was best to find a secluded place in the suburbs to hide the flying ship first, and then look for people in Hansar City, and the place Leonard was looking for was in a forest with many snakes in the southern suburbs of the city, and there was a small lake airship landing on the lake, they hid the Gagarin, and then came to the hotel in the cityNakazumi began to inquire about the whereabouts of Sophia and the others, but after searching for several days, he did not find any useful information
Over the past few days, Leonard's unsparing appearance in the search for Sophia and the others, as well as his polite and caring attitude towards Lyle and Ischennova, made the two siblings think that although the middle-aged uncle looks fierce, he is actually a good person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside;
The person who spoke and talked to Leonard was a close confidant of the Bobcat, and it turned out that Leonard followed the two siblings on the road, Alice didn't know what Alice asked him to protect Sophia in his place, it was complete nonsense, in fact, in order to avoid panic and frustration in the camp, Leonard and Bobcat put the doctor under house arrest. Blocking all information and deliberately concealing the fact that the old marshal was critically ill, since the old marshal was a banner of the team of the regents, once the flag fell, the cohesion of the ranks would dissipate, the restorers would fall apart, and the great ideal of recovering the homeland would never be realized; Princess Sophia, the only remnant of the royal family, like other extreme Zionists, Leonard and Bobcat always believed that Sophia's abandonment of the Kingdom was not her real idea, she was misled by those companions like Joika around her, and Leonard and Bobcat felt that the old marshal suddenly became seriously ill because he was injured in the fierce battle a few months ago, and those guys must be inescapable of being responsible for this, so extreme Regents like Leonard and Bobcat have more and more misunderstanding and hatred for Joyka and others, Leonard followed the Lyle brothers and sisters on a journey in the name of Alice, and their real purpose was twofoldThe first is to use the Lyle brothers and sisters to find Sophia and bring the princess back to the camp of the Revengers, and the second is to get rid of all the poisonous insects around the princess who are inspiring poisonous thoughts into her, only in this way will Her Royal Highness's thoughts not continue to be poisoned, and after patient guidance, Her Royal Highness the Princess will definitely understand the great ideals of the Revengers, and lead everyone to drive away the invaders and restore the homeland
Lyle heard their conversation, and broke out in a cold sweat on the spot, he understood what it meant to remove the poisonous insects around the princess, and the frightened Lyle hurriedly woke up Ishnova, who was asleep, and secretly escaped from the hotel with his sister, but Leonard had already noticed that someone was eavesdropping outside the door, and the brother and sister escaped from the hotel less than a block and were intercepted by Leonard's subordinates, and then Leonard knew that Leonard actually hid from the two brothers and sisters, and gathered more than 30 subordinates of the lion mercenary group to lurk in Hansand City, once he found Sophia's whereabouts, he immediately took Sophia away, and at the same time cleared up Jojka and others
After the truth was revealed, Leonard no longer wore a mask with kind eyebrows, and the nightmare of Lyle and Ischennova finally began, at first Leonard was not too embarrassed by the two siblings, he took away Lyle's magic battle and Ishnovava's bottles and cans, and put them under house arrest in the hotel, and ordered people to guard them day and night, although the brothers and sisters lost their personal freedom, they were not mistreated in any way, because for Leonard, these two brothers and sisters still have use value, first, if Her Royal Highness the princess refuses to return to the national camp, he can use the two brothers and sisters as a bargaining chip to coerce Sophia into giving way, and secondly, because Lyle will drive the airship, he can take the princess back to the camp as quickly as possibleAvoid the great troubles and unforeseen dangers that arise from taking the road route
A few days later, on October 2nd, another incident occurred, when the Tower of the Seven Sins descended, and at the urging of the soldiers of Duris, Leonard and his men had to take Lyle and Ischennova to the common people. Feared by the strong winds and the howling of a large number of monsters, he evacuated Hansar City, although after more than ten hours, the incident was quelled, and the people who fled to the wilderness returned home one after another, but Hansar City fell into a half-month curfew and military control, and the whole city was under extremely tense martial law, Leonard was worried that his men would be arrested under martial law and their identities would be exposed, so he withdrew his stronghold from the city to the suburbs, and came to the lake where the airship landed to re-encamp
A few days later, Leonard took 10 people out to find the Thunder Gull Mercenary Group, which has a long-term cooperative relationship with the Lion Mercenary Group, entrusted the other party to go to Hansha City to capture a bounty hunter named Joica, as long as he can find Joica, he can find Sophia, and even if the Thunder Gull Mercenary Group fails and Joica's identity is discovered, this kid will not immediately think of the Restoration and the Lion Mercenary Group, which is convenient for Leonard to plan another plan of action
At the same time, Leonard left with one-third of the people in the stronghold, so that Lyle saw a golden opportunity to escape, that night, Lyle cast a spell with his bare hands, seriously injured two guards guarding them, and then he picked up his disabled sister and ran desperately to the floating ship parked more than a hundred meters away, as long as he could escape on the flying ship, those mercenaries could only be out of reach, but their escape operation ended in failure, Lyle was originally weak, carrying a person on his back and not running fast, the brother and sister were surrounded less than ten meters away from the flying ship, Lyle gritted his teeth and sent a large fireball into the crowd, killing two soldiers, burned more than a dozen people and was caught red-handed
The next morning, when Leonard returned to see the wolf's stronghold and his dead and wounded men, he was furious, he hung up Lyle and beat him severely, and ordered the two siblings to be tied hand and foot and imprisoned in a tent
In the following twenty days, Leonard successively increased the strength of this small stronghold from more than 30 to more than 60 people, he needed to have an absolute numerical advantage in strength to ensure that the operation was foolproof, and Lyle and Ishnova were miserable, Ishnova's wheelchair was destroyed, in order to prevent Lyle from chanting magic spells, those mercenaries also fed him to drink poison that could make people dumb, and even more excessively, Leonard actually ordered someone to push the Gagarin airship down the lake and sink to the bottom of the dark lake, completely ruining the hope of the two of them to escape, because more than a dozen comrades were killed and wounded by Lyle, the soldiers used the two as punching bags, as long as the slightest displeasure went wrong, they punched the twoFeet add up
I don't know when this hellish day will come to an end, and the brother and sister even want to die from now on, it is better than living in the world
Fortunately, on this day, Lyle, who was imprisoned in the tent, heard the sound of an extremely fierce fight outside, and faintly he seemed to hear Joyka's voice, which made him feel refreshed, and then he sensed that the water element in the air produced violent fluctuations, and the frequency of this elemental fluctuation was quite familiar, and Lyle immediately recognized it as Cassius's technique
Joyka and Cassius both arrived, indicating that the others were nearby
Knowing that this was the only chance for the two siblings to escape the clutches, Lyle took advantage of the soldier's inattention.......