Chapter 165: Chain Reaction
Many elves and druids gathered around Alan and Ainivia, most of the elves looked at Eren with suspicion and hostile eyes, while the druids watched the two with kindness and curiosity, but to everyone's disappointment, the two of them looked normal at the moment, although Alevia's face was a little red, but she was now sitting on the edge of the vine bed neatly dressed, Alan was standing a little away with his hands crossed, and the two didn't even show the intimacy that friends should have.
Liv hurriedly stepped forward to support the princess, and whispered in the princess's ear what had happened when she was unconscious, including the fact that Eren had saved the elf team.
"Thank you for your help, Mr. Allen, not only for me, but for my fellow citizens. Alevia stood up gracefully and saluted solemnly to Alan, her face extremely serious, but there was a hint of banter in the depths of her eyes.
"Talon is a good friend of mine, and the elves and humans have been friends for a long time, even if we don't mention this, the necromantic creatures are our common enemy, and we must work together in the face of a great conspiracy, and it is my honor to be able to fight with you. Alan said to Anivia with a proper salute, and then glanced at Anivia's lips covertly, and Anivia's face turned red again.
"The Great Conspiracy...... Do you know what's going on?" Hearing what Eren said, Alevia couldn't help but feel shy, and she asked with a slight frown.
"Bard is a mole of the demons, and I'm afraid the examiners have been killed. Alan said briefly.
"This ......" Anivia was speechless for a while, the amount of information Alan said was too large, which made her feel a little flustered, she originally thought that the strange situation faced by the elves was just an accident, but from what Eren said, it seemed that this was actually a conspiracy that might involve the entire Lost Dark Domain, and these middle-level students were not even chess pieces, they could only be regarded as small obstacles.
The elves around them also began to squeak and talk after hearing what Eren said, but no one doubted what Eren said, after all, Eren had just saved them, and there was really no need to lie to them.
"Fellow citizens, be quiet, all we have to do now is escort our wounded companions to safety, and if there is anything we can discuss after that. Alevia spoke calmly to her compatriots, and the elves immediately stopped whispering and obeyed the order to check on their injured and sleeping companions.
"......" Elli suddenly felt a little ridiculous, before today, although Anivia had a very high status in the team, but she did not have much say in the team, many times, when facing problems, Anivia always looked distracted, as if she was thinking about something. But in this morning's battle, Ainivia first decisively led the elven mage to cast a spell to trap the large piece of meat in the chaos, and then insisted on being attacked despite her position. And after being rescued by Allen, Ainivia's appearance is more like a transformation and rebirth, there is no longer any confusion in her eyes, and her body faintly exudes the majesty and momentum unique to the superior, and at this moment Ainevia is really like a princess of the elf royal family.
"Elo, can you please direct them to carry the wounded, we need to get out of here as soon as possible. Alevia smiled and said to Aruel, but Aruel felt as if she had received orders from the Elven King Ayr, and a majesty that did not allow for refutation was revealed from Alevia's words.
「...... Yes, Princess. Elo seemed unusually obedient at the moment, only to see him glaring at Eren warningly, and then went to assist his elven companion in his work.
"You guys go and help, too. Talon said to his fellow druids.
"Yes, wolf. The druids led by Guna quickly dispersed, and some of the remaining strength turned into beasts to carry the elves who were not yet awake.
"Now what are we going to do? Alevia asked first when she saw that there were only three of them left.
"Shouldn't we go back to the castle first, there is a magic circle to resist the necromantic creatures, and if we are lucky, we may be able to go back to the Magic Continent directly through the passage. Talon said as a matter of course.
"No, such a big conspiracy, even the examiners were killed, is it possible for them to spare the castle. Anivia analyzed, and Anivia and Talon felt that the situation was a little troublesome, so they looked at Eren together.
"Hmm...... My companions have already gone to check on the castle, and if nothing happens, the castle's safety should be assured. Alan chuckled and said.
"That high-level magician? shouldn't it be enough, right?" Of course, Ainivia had heard that there was a high-level magician in Allen's team, but in the face of a conspiracy that could easily wipe out the examiner, a high-level magician was obviously not enough.
"No, don't worry about that. Alan said confidently, leaving both Talon and Anivia a little confused, but they didn't really have much choice right now.
"My compatriots are ready to move with the help of the druids. At the end of the three discussions, Eloll interjected at the right time.
"Alright, let's head in the direction of the castle. Ainivia said decisively.
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At this time, in the deepest part of the lost metaphor, there is a castle that does not fit in with the surroundings, unlike the stone ash castle, this castle is like an enlarged puppet toy, red, green, blue, all kinds of bright cloth with white stitching, you can barely see the appearance of a castle, but compared to the strong atmosphere of death around it, this bright puppet castle seems a little out of place.
Around the castle, however, the scene is strangely blurry, like a watercolor painting that has been haloed with water, and the surrounding scene is constantly writhing, sometimes pulling away, sometimes closer, only the Muppet Castle is unwavering in the center of the blurred point, or rather, as if the Muppet Castle has caused these blurs.
"Lord Abby, the suppression of the eastern region has been completed, and all the high-level powerhouses have been wiped out. The necromancer with heavy makeup, Noro, did not see the madness of the battle with Eren at this moment, but bowed his head respectfully, and his face was extremely serious.
Surrounded by walls of bright cloth blocks, even the floor under Noro's feet is also made of rags, and in front of Noro is a small room, a gray-haired little girl is playing with puppets in the room, and all kinds of toy puppets are piled up around the little girl, but each puppet is either missing eyes, or missing hands and feet, cotton wool is exposed from the puppet's broken body, like human internal organs, which sets off this originally warm and lovely scene extremely weird.
"Why are you so slow? Abomination! Why do I feel the aura of abomination from you, didn't you let abomination go out and hunt down those students?" a sharp voice said.
In front of the little girl, an arrogant bear puppet was looking at Noro condescendingly, only to see that the bear puppet's stomach had broken a big hole, and the cotton wool continued to flow out of the puppet's body, causing the bear puppet to use one hand to press the stomach when speaking, so that the cotton wool could stay in the bear puppet's body.
"Abomination...... Killed. Noro hesitated for a moment and answered truthfully, Noro didn't even dare to raise his head, he took out a black spar from the package, and held it in both hands for the bear puppet to see.
"Who, who killed Lord Abby's beautiful creation, you actually let this kind of thing happen, even if you die of hatred, you can't die, you know?" said the bear puppet angrily, the two cloth bear claws waving excitedly, and they couldn't even care about the cotton wool flowing out of their stomachs.
"......" At this moment, the gray-haired little girl, Abby raised her head.
The originally excited bear puppet suddenly collapsed on the ground and stopped talking, as if he had suddenly lost his life, and Noro, who was being watched by Abby, was sweating profusely, Abby did not exert any "power", but just by looking at Noro like this, Noro almost felt like he was going crazy, Abby's gaze was like a thin needle, constantly poking his brain.
"I will take responsibility, I will definitely kill all the students in that district, and I will never let them affect Lord Abby's plan. Noro said to Abby as if desperately, but the excited words came out of his mouth and turned into a small voice like the song of a bird, and he could barely hear it.
「......」
After more than ten minutes like this, Abby still didn't say anything, Noro mustered up the courage to raise his head slightly, only to see that Abby had gone back to continue fiddling with her puppet at this moment, and his eyes did not continue to stay on Noro's body.
Noro knelt on the ground, slowly crawling in the direction of the doorway, until he finally dared to stand up until a large red cloth made of the door, Noro exhaled a long breath, although Abby didn't say anything, but just now Nolan clearly felt that his life was almost gone, and he would become the next bear puppet.
"Lord Noro, what did Lord Abby say?" At this moment, a man in a hooded black robe asked Noro anxiously.
"Hmph, why don't you ask her yourself, Mr. Bud!"