The next morning.

If Edward had to find something happy to do, then Amilia's injury might be good news for him.

Because, finally, no one woke up his sweet dreams!

Emilia is so badly injured that she can't do anything to him anymore, and he can sleep as long as he wants!

Hmph, let you disturb my sleep again, Lao Tzu will sleep until noon, sleep until afternoon!

Basking in the rising sun, Edward thought viciously.

"Well, am I having masochistic paranoia? I wouldn't be sleepy without her arguing with me......" Edward yawned, "Ah......hh Amilia, I'm hungry, go get me something to eat. ”

“......”

"Anything, even if it's a half-cooked barbecue you've made, I'm going to starve to death. ”

“......”

"Amilia, do you hear me? Hey, Amilia?"

Edward didn't even respond to several calls.

"Oh, that's strange, what about people? Hey, don't treat me like this, people are very sad......"

Edward staggered to his feet, looking around for Emilia.

Not long after, he found an embarrassed girl behind a tree.

Amilia's eyes were half-open and half-closed, narrowing into a slit, staring warily at Edward as he approached her. Her lips were blue, her pale face was not bloody, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, the coat that wrapped her body was also wet, and the rapid gasping sound was even more distressing.

Sweating profusely, Emilia clung to Edward's coat, as if trying to keep herself warm.

"Hey, are you alright, why do you look like you're going to die, sick?" asked Edward.

"I—I'm fine......" said a frail Emilia on and off.

"You look like you're fine. ”

"Don't worry about it!"

Emilia tries to scold the nasty guy, but her soft, clear voice is more like a coquettish relationship between a young couple.

"No, you can't just die. You're dead, how can my memory be restored?"

"Who cares about you......"

"I haven't learned your human healing techniques either, so what can I do? ”

Edward had the heart to kill the enemy, but he had no power to return to the sky, so he could only watch as Emilia writhed on the ground in pain.

The old wounds were not healed, and new ones were added, not only overdrawing her physical strength, but also being slashed countless times, shedding tons of blood, even if Emilia's willpower was strong, her body could not withstand such torture.

It was nothing short of a disaster.

There's nothing worse than being hit by illness when you're seriously injured. Emilia, who has experienced countless expeditions to the south, knows this very well.

In fact, there are not many human soldiers killed by the demons, and most of the soldiers died from non-combat attrition. Wounded in the damp and cold forest without timely medical treatment, no matter what the disease, can easily take away the fragile life of human beings.

Cold, sweating, weak, sick Emilia is dying, and it is a miracle that we can still quarrel with Edward.

However, she soon could no longer speak.

Serious injuries aggravate the disease, and each of them is fatal.

"What to do, you can't die. ”

"Shut up, it's noisy ......"

"Tsk...... I want to save you. ”

"No need!" Emilia gritted her teeth, propped herself up with all her strength, leaned herself against the tree, and then said weakly, "Demon King, I ask you ......"

"Ah, what do you want to ask?"

"Audley...... They, are they okay?"

Emilia spoke slowly, slowly.

Edward sensed something in her words.

Are they okay? It depends on how you look at it.

The military of the Holy Empire issued a notice two days ago confirming the news of the disappearance of all members of the Wings of Judgment, and had begun to prepare for a search and rescue operation, but today, he and Emilia met Audley in the Silverpine Forest.

Why is this happening? Aren't they in the Everfree Forest? How did they end up here?

The reason is unknown, and Cutie Dehua knows that it is not pleasant to be inexplicably declared missing. Presumably, Audley's situation is similar to that of Emilia, and they dare not easily reveal their identities, for fear of being discovered by the enemy and losing their first-mover advantage.

Therefore, they also choose to hide their identities, avoid the enemy's edge, hide in the shadows and rely on their own strength to find clues, waiting for the day when the mystery is revealed.

As for Emilia's question: are they okay?

"Of course it's good, I can run and jump, and I'm alive and well. Moreover, their luck is much better than yours, although they were also ambushed, they were not injured, and they are in good health. ”

"Oh......"

Are they really doing well?

No, Emilia understood another meaning in Edward's words.

Audrey: They are not really "good", they are just having fun in the bitterness. It's far from that simple.

Emilia prepares to evacuate the Everfree Forest after completing her decapitation mission, but she is mortally wounded when she is ambushed by an unknown enemy along the way. In addition to her, the Ten Knights, who were also members of the Wings of Judgment, and their leader, Audrey, were also murdered.

This proves that the mysterious organization does exist, and that Emilia's worries and concerns are not unnecessary.

But the good news is that Audley is much luckier than Amilia.

In the cabin of the Everfree Forest, Audley attempts to kill the Demon King, but is stopped by Emilia and beaten. In order to avoid the limelight, Audley did not choose to go with Emilia, but temporarily chose another path and changed the original route of the return journey.

This unintentional move just disrupted the enemy's ambush plan, leaving the enemy without enough time to set up an ambush on the new route, and also allowed the Ten Knights to avoid the enemy's strongest ambush circle and escape by mistake.

This idiot can be considered a blessing in disguise.

"There's no way anyone else knows about their new return route......" Emilia said with murderous intent in her tone, "Who leaked it?"

"There is a traitor in the Order of Ten. It was that guy who leaked the return route to the enemy. ”

"Who is the traitor?"

"It doesn't matter who it is, because that guy is dead. ”

“......”

"Don't worry. It is estimated that the enemy did not expect that they would change the route temporarily, and the hastily prepared ambush was not lethal to them at all, so they were not injured at all. Not like you...... Stupidly got into the ambush circle and was almost killed by a big fireball, it's really miserable. ”

"It's all my fault...... I was the one who caused them. Damn ......"

"Hey, don't get along with the tree. Your little fist keeps hitting it, give it up. ”

"Damn!

Emilia cursed as she slammed her fist into the trunk of the tree behind her. The bark scraped her palm, but she didn't realize it, as if breaking the tree would avenge the death of the Wings of Judgment.

"Forget it. Edward persuaded.

"Damn!"

"Didn't I say that no one can force you to take on such a heavy responsibility. It's not your responsibility alone. ”

"Hmph, what do you know?

"Of course I do! You're the one who thinks you're right! Audrey doesn't know how to laugh when you're still here going crazy. ”

"Huh?"

"Like you, they didn't report back to the Holy See, but secretly set up a mercenary group in a small town in the Silver Pine Forest. They live a mercenary life with wine, meat to eat, and fights every day, and they are so happy. ”

“...... Yes. ”

"Now you can rest assured. ”

"......" Emilia withdrew her scarred little fist, retracted her head into her arms, and asked weakly, "They, all of them have become mercenaries?"

"yes, all nine of them went to work as mercenaries. ”

"They...... Nine people?" asked Emilia in a whisper.

"Of the original ten people, one traitor died, but there were only nine left. ”

"Hehe, there are only nine left......"

Amilia's faint laughter was inexplicably sad.

As a core member of the Wings of Judgment, the Knights of Ten have fought side by side with her countless times, going to the battlefield together, and are comrades-in-arms and friends.

The Order of Ten has never recruited new people, and from the day it was founded to the present, it has always been ten of them, and it has never changed. The ten of them are like brothers and sisters, and they can almost be called relatives.

But who would have thought that someone would betray their loved ones.

"I said, are you laughing or crying? Please, don't shed tears when you laugh, it's hard to see. ”

"They...... Are they really mercenaries?"

Emilia quietly wiped away her tears.

"Of course, they've also formed a mercenary group. ”

"Mercenary group?"

"Didn't they call the [Knights of the Ten] originally, but one traitor died, and now there are nine people, what should they do?"

"How, what to do?"

"It's simple, wouldn't it be nice to change the name. Therefore, the name of their mercenary group is called [Nine-Man Mercenary Group]. ”

"Poof......

Emilia was amused by Edward's amusement and burst into laughter, but the smile involved her injured left shoulder, and she had to stop laughing immediately, bowing her head in pain, and not saying a word.

"Hey, what's wrong, don't scare me......"

Edward wanted to say something, but he was surprised to find that Emilia had suddenly fainted, and she was so confused that she couldn't even keep her body balanced.

Injuries and illnesses have taken place, and she has reached her limits.

"No, you can't die! My memory hasn't recovered yet, you're dead, what should I do, wake me up!"

“......”

"Don't pretend, wake me up! Do you have to slap you a few times like I did before before you want to wake up?"

“......”

No one paid any attention to Edward's brevity.

Emilia narrowed her eyes and leaned feebly on Edward's shoulder, her smile tingling with disdain.

Whether it's slapping her mouth or touching her breasts, she doesn't care anymore. Because of her sleep, I'm afraid she won't be able to wake up again.

So, she doesn't need to care about anything anymore.

"Tsk...... Looks like this has to be used. I was going to keep it for myself, but I can't ...... it."

Edward frowned, his mouth pursed high, and he looked very painful.

"Amilia, you are my captive, and you have to give me many, many little demon kings, I will not allow you to die like this!"

Edward slowly pulled out a milky white stone.

"Forget it, Tears of the Goddess, it's good for you. ”

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