rune hunter

Chapter 362 Heavy casualties
The sun rose from the east as usual, dispelling the dark clouds in the sky.The city that was once named Sword Castle also dissipated along with that cloud.The Baishi Sword Tomb, which towered into the clouds and stood above the earth, also collapsed before dawn, leaving only the incomplete foundation less than 20 meters high.

Maybe thousands of years later, the bards passing by here will weave evocative legends about this ruins, making Sword Castle an unverifiable legend in history books.But for the survivors now, the question they must consider is how to survive.

The girl woke up from the morning sun, only the sound of wheels turning in her ears, and the smell of dry straw in her nose, this familiar feeling made her feel a little relieved.Since he can still go back to rest in that quiet carriage, it means that the situation is not too bad.

Opening her eyes, the flowing holy light flickered in her eyes, and the long-lost divine power in her body made the girl frown slightly.After self-exile, he had to regain his identity as a voter. Even with the tacit approval of Pelor, he still had to pay a blasphemous price.

If you want to use your divine power again, you must use your own blood as a sacrifice. This sounds more like the crazy behavior of ancient evil god believers, but it is a necessary way of atonement.Of course, there is no solution. As long as there is the favor of the true god, returning to the Temple of the Sun and washing her body with divine power can also cleanse her sins, but unfortunately she has no time.

I don't want to go back...

Although there was a price to pay for driving divine power, the divine power already accumulated in her body was not included. Even when she was unconscious, these divine powers were spontaneously healing her physical injuries.Tiana was surprised to find that she was the first to wake up instead.

Laurana, who was lying next to her, was still sleeping at this time, her face was completely bloodless, and her body was covered with blood-stained bandages. She seemed to be in a stable condition but not in good condition, and she didn't know what kind of injury she had suffered.Tiana gently placed her hands on the girl's forehead and chest, a faint holy light emerged in her hands.

Under the treatment of the Holy Light, the girl's pale complexion finally recovered a little rosiness, and her slightly wrinkled brows gradually relaxed.But the effect of the treatment was so far, her injury was only curbed, but there was no sign of improvement.

Withdrawing the divine power in her hand, Tiana quietly helped the girl cover the quilt, stepped over her body lightly, and then saw El lying on the door of the carriage, sleeping like a dead pig motionless.

Tiana gently pushed El's body, but he didn't respond. As a soldier, unless he fell into extreme fatigue, he would never lose even this bit of vigilance.Of course, Tiana is also very clear that with this guy's recovery ability, there is no need to waste holy light by herself.At this moment, she suddenly thought, El and Laurana are both on the carriage, so who is directing outside?
The girl blinked her eyes, opened the door curtain of the carriage and walked out, the first thing she saw was the kobold Apache.

"Good morning, my lord, your complexion doesn't look very good." The kobold holding the rein turned his head and bowed slightly to greet Tiana, with a happy smile on his face.

"Master Apache, what happened while I was sleeping?" Tiana didn't notice the change in Kobold's tone, and frowned as she looked at the surrounding scene and asked.

"As you can see, my lord, we are running for our lives in a hurry." The kobold tilted his head and said, pointing at the convoy whose head and tail could not be seen.

According to past practice, Laurana's carriage should belong to the army's vehicles, but now this carriage is mixed with other civilian convoys.The team is still the same team, but it has lost the calm atmosphere of the past.Tiana looked around in a daze, and found that the faces of the commoners around her were full of panic and confusion.

In just one night, the order she had worked so hard to establish disappeared, and the ranks of exiles were not so much advancing as fleeing—this state was similar to their escape from Istaron. That night was almost the same.

"Where is Mr. Ahmed?" Tiana asked in a low voice.

"The archer? He also seemed to be in a little trouble. Before the sun rose, he caught up with the team, leaving behind a bunch of wounded soldiers. After replenishing his manpower, he went back. It is said that those nasty skeletons are right behind us Refusing to leave." The kobold said shaking his head.

"Then who is directing the team to move forward?" Tiana had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Oh, it's that little lioness. When you and General El left, Miss Laurana appointed that little lion as a temporary commander." Seeing Tiana's ugly face, the kobold patted Slapped the shovel and smiled: "You don't have to worry so much, at least we are still moving forward, aren't we?"

"Yeah, at least we are still moving forward..." Tiana sighed heavily: "Where is Pallanti, I want to talk to her."

"Should be at the head of the line, she is gathering troops," said the kobold.

When Tiana found Pallanti, the latter had assembled all the troops and had chosen a place to set up camp.The kobolds were right. At least the exiles were still moving forward. Even if they lost their leader, they wouldn't be in a state of disunity. This made Tiana very relieved.

What surprised her even more was that she finally saw another side of Pallanti. As the last blood of the White Lion family, this little girl has never shown any talent for leadership. .Both El and Laurana thought that she could only play the role of a warrior.But what was unexpected was that when almost all the top exiles were "killed" in the First Battle of Sword Castle, Pallanti, who came back in time, was able to control the chaos of the team and lead the exiles to move on.

Pallanti's news, however, was less encouraging.

"Miss Ranstadt, we have suffered heavy losses." Pallanti said in a deep voice with a tense face, "Our troops suffered more than [-]% casualties, and civilian casualties were even more severe. When we escaped from Sword Fort, we lost nearly [-]%. One of the convoys, including many carriages. Miss Laurana was seriously injured, General Hank was seriously injured, General El was in a coma, I don’t know what his injuries are, Ms. Media died, and the mercenary leader Quill died in battle... Other losses are now It hasn't been counted yet."

The long list of casualties made Tiana silent for a moment, but she quickly came back to her senses, nodded and said: "Okay, I already know these. How about the other aspects?"

"Sword Castle has been destroyed, and at least a thousand survivors are following our team. After the battle in the second half of the night, I originally wanted to lead the team back to the city. Even the ruins have at least a shelter... But Lord Ahmed encountered the entanglement of the undead scout troops." Pallanti opened the marching map and pointed out in the forest area northeast of Sword Castle: "Master Ahmed found the psychic tower of the cursed sect here, the undead Although the army is still several days away from us, those Cursed Cultists seem to want to call some troops over at any cost. Given the state of our troops at that time, it is difficult to predict the outcome of the battle, so we had to set off overnight."

"You did the right thing, this is a very wise choice." Tiana's admiring tone made Pallanti blush, she shook her head and said: "This is not my idea, but Lord Leonard's Opinion. I don't have this kind of organizational ability at all, and I can't take care of people falling behind along the way..."

"The duty of a leader is to listen to the right opinions. You did a good job this time. None of us are legendary heroes who will never die in the story. Maybe one day we really have an accident, and then you will have to bear the burden." Responsibility." Tiana patted Pallanti's shoulder and said softly: "I'm just a little surprised, why are you stationed here? Did something happen up front?"

"It's not those shameless southerners!" Speaking of this, Pallanti burst out angrily, slapped the table and said angrily: "A legion of southerners blocked the road at the mountain pass and built a road there. No one is allowed to pass through the pass in the name of preventing the plague. They didn’t want to prevent the plague at all, they just wanted to kill people for fun! The corpses of the refugees massacred by them there have piled up like a mountain!”

"A legion? What kind of legion?" Tiana asked in a deep voice. She suddenly remembered that the reason why the Masonry Brotherhood stayed outside Sword Castle was because the way to the south was blocked, but at that time At that time, neither she nor El paid attention to the troop, or before they had time to notice the details of the troop, they were involved in the flames of war.

In retrospect, even if the Brotherhood did not reveal its hidden cards at the time, not everyone could stop the charge of Hercules Hagnan.This southern army may not be as simple as imagined.

"Look at the banner they are playing, it is the Royal Guards of the Kingdom of Auckland, but as far as I know, there is no such a banner in China." Pallanti said with a bitter face.

"Southern Legion...Kingdom Guards? Could it be the private army of the Grand Duke of Menia?" Recalling the secret history of the kingdom revealed by Simaco, Tiana's eyes flashed with a hint of clarity.

"Can't you fight?" Pallanti asked in a low voice with some hesitation when she saw Tiana's expression.

"The question now is not whether they can fight, but whether our troops can fight." Tiana said.

"No problem, our soldiers are waiting for orders!" Pallanti said loudly, patting his chest.

"Then let's go to war, we have no choice." Tiana nodded and said.

(End of this chapter)