Sword Sorcery

Chapter 60 Choice
"Oops~!"

Aaron murmured inwardly, and swung a blade of light with all his strength to kill the soldier!
But seeing that the soldier seemed to accept his fate, he just gave up his futile resistance, raised his head and laughed loudly: "It's useless, the signal flare has already been sent out, and you will definitely not be able to escape the siege of our large army."

The sword shadow all over the sky directly smashed the soldier to pieces, completely drowning out his next words, but it couldn't make Aaron feel a little relaxed. He looked solemnly at a red firework that was blooming in the sky ——

The whole firework is in the shape of a crimson orchid, and the whole is gorgeous, beautiful, dazzling and has a lingering
bloody! ! !
"Aaron~! What the soldier released just now was a flare?"

An Geli looked at Aaron anxiously. Obviously, she also thought of the real function of this firework, and her clear and sweet voice could not help but tremble a little.

Aaron nodded solemnly: "That's right, what the soldier released should be an emergency signal flare, there must be their troops nearby, and after seeing the signal, they will definitely come directly in this direction. "

"However, our carriage team is not moving fast enough, nor is it far enough from here."

Thinking of this, Aaron took a deep breath, and told An Geli: "Lily, you run back to the carriage immediately, and ask Steve and the others to leave me a steed in the Iron Ring Forest." As for me, I will find a way to hold them back!"

"No~! How can I let you go alone!!!"

An Geli exhaled anxiously, and resolutely objected: "All of this is my fault, if I hadn't been discovered by them, if I hadn't asked you to walk away on purpose, maybe you would have been able to successfully stop him from sending out the signal flare Already!"

As she spoke, An Geli couldn't help crying, scolding herself with tears in her beautiful eyes: "I'm just an idiot! I'm a hopelessly stupid idiot!!! If it wasn't for my willful outburst, this Nothing will happen!"

"How can I let you bear the consequences instead of me? It's all my fault, all my fault"

Just as An Geli was lowering her head and constantly blaming herself, she suddenly felt herself being embraced in a warm embrace, and a calm and gentle voice of relief came——

"No, I can't blame you for all this!"

Aaron stroked An Geli's smooth silky hair, and explained softly: "Lily, you don't have to take everything on yourself, even if you weren't noticed by those soldiers, those soldiers were clearly scattered. What targets are they searching for—at the slow speed of our carriage, it’s too late to get out of their detection range.”

"At that time, our carriage team will also be discovered by them, and they will be chased by their large forces outside the Iron Ring Forest. Since the carriage team has lost the cover of the forest environment, it will be the worst situation for us. .”

"You don't have to blame yourself anymore. Hurry back to the carriage and get out of here as soon as possible with Viscount Steve and the others. That will help me the most."

While comforting An Geli, whose eyes were red from crying, Aaron smiled confidently: "There is a star wind lake on the way to the Kingdom of Yisi, it is about half an hour away from here, where are you waiting for me?" All right—and I'm going to delay those pursuers for a while, lest they catch up directly with the huge carriage team, and when the delay is almost over, I will catch up with you on a fast horse."

"With my strength as a half-peak knight, it is almost impossible for ordinary soldiers to stop me in the environment of Iron Ring Forest—don't cry anymore, making me seem really It’s like going to die.”

Aaron made a joke in a teasing tone, and finally stabilized An Geli's mood. Seeing this, Aaron finally breathed a sigh of relief secretly, leaned close to her ear and whispered——

"Lily, don't worry, I will definitely come back."

"Well~, since we have agreed, you are not allowed to go back on your word~!"

An Geli reluctantly showed a smile, and said the same words that seemed to be similar to when she asked Aaron to move away a certain distance when she was "relaxing" before——

The same agreement, the same non-repentance
However, this time, there was a hint of crying and worry in the tone of her speech, proclaiming the struggle and anxiety in her master's heart, and also showing her true nature that had been disguised under the arrogant and indifferent appearance.

However, An Geli had no other choice. She knew that the greatest help she could do to Aaron at this moment was to leave this place with Steve and the others as soon as possible, so that Aaron could fight alone with peace of mind—

"I will wait for you, I will always wait for you. You must not go back on your word~!"

An Geli held back her tears and yelled, then turned around and ran towards the direction of the carriage again, leaving only traces of crystal water droplets scattered in the air.
Looking at the back of An Geli's departure, Aaron sighed reassuringly, and slowly raised the blood-stained cross sword in his hand, looking at a handsome and charming face reflected on the reflective blade, the whole body The person opened his mouth gently, and murmured a sentence——

"Even if An Geli and I fled immediately in a carriage, the enemy would definitely track down our carriage without being disturbed, and then we were forced to fight the enemy once we broke away from the cover of the forest. Fight!"

"According to the situation of the Karas Empire, even an ordinary army has an astonishing number of soldiers, not to mention that the armor on the three soldiers looks of good quality, and they definitely belong to an elite army. Therefore, if we If we are encircled and suppressed in the wild, even if we can win the final victory, we will definitely pay an extremely heavy price."

"It's better to let me, a strong knight who can't be stopped by ordinary people, create commotion and interference, hinder them from finding the carriage team, and turn their attention to me, so as to delay the enemy's large army."

"Although Viscount Steve's strength is good, he is not as good as a formal knight after all because of his hidden injuries, let alone my strength - calling Steve over will only hinder me."

"Besides, with Steve's character, if he is called to stop the enemy's large army with me, I'm afraid he will leave me at a critical moment and run away, or he will cause a lot of unexpected troubles due to his lack of strength. It's better to let Steve protect the carriage team and leave together, so that I can feel more at ease about An Geli's safety."

"So, my current action should be the most reasonable choice"

Speaking of this, Aaron couldn't help but a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, because he already knew in his heart——

these words
It's just a 'reason' to tell yourself.

The most 'reasonable' choice would be for Aaron to leave the Iron Ring Forest alone on his steed, and leave Angoli and the others in this place, letting them use their lives to block the footsteps of those enemy troops. Is the most 'reasonable' choice.

Even though he already knew the most 'sensible' choice, he still couldn't make such a move, as if something was holding his fingers, and he made the current decision involuntarily.
"When 'reason' encounters something irresistible, will it make a seemingly 'stupid' choice?"

Aaron murmured something in his heart, shook his head with a wry smile, then turned his eyes, and took a deep look at the direction An Geli left. The next moment, he turned and walked into the shadow of the dense forest, as if He is a warrior who is about to go to the execution ground, but there is no trace of hesitation or hesitation on his face.

Because, Aaron already knew the answer circling in his heart——

"Perhaps, this is the 'feeling' that overcomes 'reason'."

(End of this chapter)