Thea Saint Laurent is missing.

Together with his guardian knight Carol, when Iloh attacked Saint Laurent with the main force, she took the opportunity to leave the city of Saint Laurent, and disappeared for a while.

"Generals, generals. ”

Adjutant Yiluo stepped forward nervously and said: "It's all the fault of the lower officials, if the lower officials leave a team of mages to watch Her Royal Highness the princess, they won't let the two slip away so easily, I will send someone to look for them, and I will definitely arrest them back." ”

Vega didn't speak, he raised his hand to stop Iro.

"General, it may be too late to send someone now......"

"Stand down. ”

Vega waved his hand: "It's no wonder you, Thea's disappearance was my own mistake. ”

"Yes, General. ”

"Wait. ”

As Iroh walked to the door, Vega stopped him: "You keep this news off for the time being, especially not letting the people and the recruit corps know, and at the same time allocate funds to Mennonite to expand the size of his naval army in Saint Laurent City and control public opinion." ”

"The next official will do it. ”

When Iloh heard this, he immediately went out and did as Vega had instructed.

But Vega in the office frowned, because he knew very well that this matter could not be concealed for too long, and even if there was a navy to control public opinion, he would be ganged up in two months at most.

And it was not above board, so that Thea was crowned emperor in Saint Laurent.

Then the plan of the Vega to recruit troops, and the idea of using patriotic feelings and the appeal of the empress to attract the high-ranking forces of the surrounding dynasties to regain their allegiance, could not be realized.

"It's a big problem. ”

Vega realized that a crisis greater than the threat posed by the United Kingdom had emerged.

If he didn't find Xiya in a short period of time, then he could only flee back to the empire in disgrace, not to mention swallowing half of the Holy Dynasty alone, and not thinking of blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, even if it was a bottle of awakening potion, it was estimated that he would not be able to get it.

"But what was Thea's motive for fleeing here?"

This is something that Vega can't figure out anyway.

Returning to the west and being crowned emperor at Saint Laurent is obviously more seductive than being crowned emperor in Saint Laurent, and anyone who is smart should know that there is absolutely nothing wrong with choosing the latter.

What if you choose the former?

Not to mention the fact that to get to the port city you need to cross one kingdom after another to occupy the city, even if you reach the port city and safely cross the Donbu River to the west bank of the river, can the current helmsman of the dynasty stay in Xia Shia?

To this day, Vega thinks the two of them can understand a little bit as well.

Could it be that he saw through his preparation to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes?

Not to mention that this plan has just been launched, even if you see through it, you should understand that the two of you must rely on him now, and if you don't have him, you may not even be able to keep the identity of the Son of Heaven.

Precisely because there is no motivation to leave.

Vega was relieved to leave Xia in the safety of Shenghui City, and did not order people to keep an eye on Carol and Xia.

But reality slapped him in the face, and Thea and Carol actually left openly.

Fortunately, Vega is not the kind of person who sits idly by.

He decided to take it upon himself to bring back Thea Saint Laurent, because ordinary mages were no match for Carol, and if he wanted to deal with Carol, Vega felt that he had to do it himself.

So on the next day.

Vega ordered the abandonment of the city of Divine Radiance and the reduction of its forces to the city of Saint Laurent.

Gather a squad of elemental mages and several shadow mages and follow him south in search of Princess Thea and Knight Carol, whom Vega must retrieve before they can cross the river.

If the two of them were allowed to cross the west bank of the river, then everything would be in vain.

"If you take one wrong step, you will lose everything. ”

On the way south with the mage team, Vega frowned and worried.

Xiya's departure can be said to have disrupted all his plans, forcing him to surrender Shenghui City back to the Kingdom Army, because once the troops are divided into two places, when the main force of the Kingdom port arrives, it will only be a useless sacrifice.

As for the Yves Saint Laurent defense system?

Vega didn't dare to expect anything from it.

He only hopes to find Thea within a month now.

Although the Kingdom Army had 200,000 reinforcements from the port, under the strong fortifications of Yves Saint-Laurent, it was possible to delay for two months with only 20,000 men.

As long as Yves Saint Laurent is around, Vega thinks there is a chance to turn the tables.

Even if he waited for him to go back and face the encirclement of the three layers outside the kingdom army, and even the chance of victory was less than one percent, but this was the only way out, and if he didn't find Xiya, there was no hope of one percent.

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Half a month later, the water city of Nila.

It is a port city south of Yves Saint Laurent.

To the west of the famous Dunbu River of the Holy Dynasty, it was a medium-sized city that relied heavily on fishing and commerce.

The commerce of the water-city city of Nila mainly relied on cross-strait trade communication, so there were many commercial vessels, and the large ships transporting goods and going back and forth between the banks of the Dunbu River were close to 100 per day.

As water commerce is the lifeblood of the city.

In order to prevent the entire city from being overrun by the closure of the port, the United Kingdom does not restrict the movement of commercial vessels between the two sides of the strait, but it has very strict inspections, which are basically carried out one by one.

Carroll set the city to cross the river here.

Due to the impact of the loss of Yves Saint Laurent, the troops originally stationed here have gone to support, and the inspection of the port has been more than a or two percent slackened compared to the original.

"Your Royal Highness, I won't let you wait too long. ”

Carol knelt on one knee and reported: "Although it is impossible for us to evade the detection of the kingdom army and get into the merchant ships, I have written a letter asking the merchants to hand over to the royal family on the west bank, which explains our current hiding place and situation, as well as the emptiness of the kingdom garrison, and believes that they will soon send troops to attack the water city Lou Nila to welcome back His Highness." ”

Thea turned her head to the side, not looking at Carol.

Carol seemed to be accustomed to being treated like this by Thea, so he continued: "When Your Highness returns to the West Bank, then you will be completely safe, and then we will recuperate and recuperate, and it will not be too late to seek to seize the East Bank." ”

"Say no more!"

Xia stood up angrily and said, "If you still think that I am your princess, let me go back to General Vega at once, and for my own safety, I can't do such a thing as abandoning him to fight alone in Saint Laurent." ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, even if you want to put me to death when you go to the West Bank, I will definitely not resist. ”

Carol stood up and said firmly: "But now is not the time to be willful, that little imp is completely killing himself, even if he captures Yves Saint Laurent and crowns you emperor?

"Since ancient times, those who have become great things have no informality. ”

Carol said to himself: "Sacrificing a person who is bent on seeking death can return you to cross the river to the west bank safely, I think that little ghost died a well-deserved death, if you are really ashamed in your heart, you can wait until you cross the river to posthumously crown him as the Grand Duke of the Dynasty." ”

"Carol, please get out!"

Thea pointed to the door, and Carol sighed and walked out of the door.

Squeak –

When the door was closed by Carol, Thea's eyes immediately clouded with water.

Thinking of Vega's death, she felt a cramping pain in her chest.

She clutched her chest in pain and said: "General Vega, everything is Xiya's fault, you risked your life to help me be crowned emperor of Saint Laurent, and now Saint Laurent has been taken into your hands, but Xia has broken her oath and abandoned you alone on the front line, and even used you as a bait to attract the kingdom army......"

Thea understands that apologizing is useless, and she doesn't dare to ask for your forgiveness. ”

Princess Thea's eyes showed determination, and she muttered to herself outside the window, "But please persevere." ”

She knew she had been forcibly taken out by Carol and couldn't go back now anyway.

So she made up her mind, and uttered words as firm as an oath from her mouth: "When I return to the West Bank, I will definitely order the army to rescue you, and please hold out until that time." ”