Chapter 19: Departure
The next day, at Ed's insistence, everyone finally agreed to remove his gauze, and found that the wound had completely healed, and there were no scars left on the new muscles, which everyone attributed to Delia's superb healing skills, which confused the girl herself.
Ed ignored the other party's inquiring gaze, looked at his smooth skin and strong muscles, and smiled in his heart, no one would have thought that he was not a knight but already had a bronze-level **, and his ability to resist attacks and restore fù were strengthened many times, which was not at all comparable to the black iron level of ordinary people.
At this time, since they had killed the knight sent by Ingier to attack, the three of Ed were ready to return to the road after discussion.
Fort Amera, having already sent messengers to send news of the battle, should be able to attract the attention of the senior knights in the rear and add to the defense of the area before the enemy attacks again.
Charlotte led a group of non-commissioned officers to send the three out of the gate, and several Andalusi horses were presented to them, which were thoroughbred horses in the army, usually only for scouts, and of course there were plenty of supplies to show their appreciation.
When parting, Charlotte gave Ed a gorgeous kiss in public, which made everyone look sideways, the two said cherished to each other, and they didn't say too much reluctant words to each other, there is no room for children to grow up in troubled times, and it is enough to leave a good memory.
After Ed walked away, he couldn't help but look back at the fortress again, the gate was tightly closed, and the back of the lady official had disappeared behind Xiongguan, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in his heart.
Last night was a good night, Ed didn't forget to let the engraving establish a fantasy when the other party was confused, and tried to help the other party get out of the predicament of the pseudo-knight according to the psychological treatment methods in the data, and when he woke up, the other party probably only thought it was a dream, and there was not enough time to see what the specific effect was.
Everyone has their own way to go, and in the midst of war, they may not even be able to protect themselves, let alone protect others, and after all, it is the reason for Ed's own lack of strength.
The three people who participated in the defensive battle of Fort Amera this time have gained some things.
Needless to say, Ed has obtained the most important psionic cultivation method, ** reaching the bronze level, and if he explodes with all his strength, he can be comparable to an ordinary psionic knight.
For the first time, Delia used the power of magic in battle, and did not choose to escape according to her heart, which can be said to be an important step in her own mission journey.
André, on the other hand, learned a lot of military knowledge from the commander, made some connections, and most importantly, he saw the hidden power of Deria, about which he had important information that even Ed didn't know about now.
However, for him, this intelligence commission is too alarming, and the specific situation needs to be further verified.
After leaving the area of Ameraburg, the three of them took advantage of the time to eat and began to discuss their next move.
Andre skillfully took out the map and put it away, if Ed is good at force, he is biased and resourceful, recently Andre has spent a lot of effort to inquire about the intelligence of the war in the Roland Kingdom, even if most of it is just a few words, but also let him have a general plan for the next action.
"Now we are at Amera Fort, southwest of the city of Auare, to the east is where the enemy's logistics hub is preparing to attack, and the pleas for help from the fort are also going in this direction, and our target is the rear of Prince Charles, which is further south, but if we go directly to the south, we will probably pass through an enemy-occupied area. ”
Andre confidently analyzed the shape.
"In other words, we will either go east to the rear of Auvaray City and then south, or we will go straight south through this dangerous area?" Ed quickly understood what André meant, and the location on the map to the west was the wide Vaal River, and to the north was their path, the territory of the Ingirs.
"I built yì directly south, although this area has been occupied by the Ingiers, but in order to take Ovare, most of their troops have been transferred to form an encirclement, and the danger should not be great. On the contrary, to the east, there was not only the next target of the enemy, but I heard that many young people there were forcibly drafted. Andrei continued.
"We're probably going to run into trouble from our own people there, isn't it, it's funny, we have to choose to go through the enemy-occupied area in order to avoid our own people, and those lords must have a wonderful face if they know!" Ed didn't have much respect for nobles.
With that, both André and Ed looked at the girl, who had promised to protect and help her realize her divine will, and now it was time to hear her opinion.
"The city of Owareh should not be abandoned by the kingdom, but we alone cannot change the tide of the war, and we can only get more strength from the crown prince. On the way, we should be careful to avoid the large army, and it shouldn't be a problem to have Ed in the rest of the thieves. ”
Delia thought for a while, she was actually very smart, to save Ovalé was not to be recruited as a soldier to protect the city, sometimes the most direct way is not the best way.
After the battle of Fort Amera, Ed's force is already recognized as the strongest among the three, and he himself is very happy about Di Lia's trust, maybe it is because the son of the plane naturally has a full score of affinity, and Ed will not want to pay attention to the original engraving asking him to kill Di Lia.
For him now, gaining strength is the most important thing, he doesn't care how the world changes, since Delia wants to quell the war, then help her get the peace she wants!
The discussion was decided, and the three of them continued on the road, although they had Ed's protection, and Andre was very sure that there were not a few psionic knight-level beings in this enemy-occupied area, but the path they chose was still based on concealment as the first element, and no one wanted to cause unnecessary trouble.
However, things often don't go as smoothly as one might expect.
Towards evening, the three of them came to the vicinity of a small village, because of the fertile land of the Roland Kingdom, there are many remote places where a group of people who rely on the land for food can gather villages, and the village of Remi, where Ed and them are located, is also like this.
From afar, you can see a small amount of black smoke rising, which does not look like cooking smoke, but rather a sign of a fire that has burned out.
The three of them discussed, and Andre quietly went to the front to reconnoiter under the cover of the bushes alone.
After waiting for a while, Ed and Delia also rushed to the vicinity, only to see Andre standing in front of the ruins of a small village with a blue face, a fire almost burned all of them, and there were charred marks everywhere, the only thing that could barely be distinguished was a few charred corpses twisted and fallen to the ground, and the pungent stench was still emanating.
This qiē reminded André of his burned village, where many people he once knew had died in that fire, and where the cruel Ingirians went, they always left behind such atrocities that it was like hell on earth.
Delia also silently shed tears, clenched the shepherd's cane in both hands, and prayed to the gods, and the desire to end the war was even stronger.
Ed also frowned in disgust, looking at the condition of the corpses, it was obvious that several people were consciously burned alive, the boy could accept taking the life of the enemy in battle, but such a senseless atrocity was really disgusting.
I don't know who said, "Sooner or later, they'll pay the price." ”
This is the common voice of the three at this moment.
After some time to dispose of the bodies, they continued along the country road a little further before dark, away from the ruined ruins and camped.
Andre took out the prey he caught in the jungle when he was on the road today and made them a delicious meal, smelling the meat, Ed's saliva was about to stay, and he spent a lot of time on the road, and he was almost tired of eating dry food, he had not yet adapted to this adventurous life, although there were thrills and thrills, most of the time it was boring and difficult.
The three of them chatted for a while, and Delia told her life in the mountains, which was very hard but very happy to be close to nature, and Andre had many stories, and what he had seen and heard in the city of Ovare for a few years had broadened his horizons a lot, and he was eloquent, and he took out a little processing at any time to make the hearts of the two companions yearn for it.
Ed is gagging most of the time, asking André for some details, his own story has nothing to say, the experience of the original world has been erased, the memory of this world is not his own at all, he can remember it but can't be substituted through a layer of screen like watching a movie.
The gloomy atmosphere dissipated a lot in the chat, and the companions became more cordial to each other, arranged the order of the vigil, and the three of them fell asleep one after another.
It was almost dawn when it was Ed's turn, and he thanked Andre for waking him up, perhaps worried that he was still a wounded, and the other party obviously shared some more time for him.
Andre smiled tiredly as he signaled what he should do, and then slipped into his sleeping bag lightly, and after a while there was the sound of steady breathing.
Ed listened for a while, and all around him was silent, the animals that preyed on the night had returned to their nests, the first birds were still sleeping, and Ed seemed to be the only living creature left in the world awake.
Taking a deep breath, Ed shook his hands vigorously, a qiē is not a dream, this is a real world! The people he killed can't survive, and he is probably gone if he is killed, love, hatred, hatred, and the bonds between his companions are flowing in his heart, Ed's heart seems to have a little more understanding, and the fit of the world engraved in his heart has unconsciously risen a little.
Ed then cleaned up his mood and summoned the power of the seal to help him cultivate his spiritual energy.
Unlike ordinary people who have to spend time exercising their minds every day, Ed doesn't need to pay special attention to slowly improve his spiritual energy through guò engraving, so every day he increases his spiritual power several times that of others.
However, even compared to his peers, Ed started many years late, and his own psychic energy was still very weak in terms of both quality and quantity, and he could barely match the captured psionic energy by consuming it, but in terms of time, it was extremely short.
Ed knew that he had to make up for this shortcoming, and that he would one day suffer a big loss by always relying on the means of consuming psionic energy, so he focused on cultivation at every opportunity, which could greatly increase the growth rate, and with the help of the seal, he would not be too attentive and ignore the movements around him, killing two birds with one stone.
The sun slowly rose to dispel the mist in the forest, and Ed woke up his companions to tidy up and continued on the road, but found lodging corpses on both sides of the road one after another, looking not civilians.
The wounds of each corpse were fatal with one blow, and it was obvious that the perpetrator was a ghostly killer, and the road was not calm, and the three of them couldn't help but raise their vigilance.