Pillar of Yita

Tianlan hastily nodded, wiped her painted face with the back of her hand, and breathed a slight sigh of relief: ”Hmm...”

She then added, ”The Captain has quite a few of your posters, or something... limited edition collector’s items, personally signed...” She nodded her little head and immediately sold someone out.

Ye Hua chuckled in disbelief, finally realizing the identity of the other party. He didn’t expect that the little girl he saved on a whim would actually be a member of the Seven Seas Brigade. However, he secretly admired her; the team that little fellow built was just like herself, utterly fearless.

This battle had nothing to do with them, yet standing up in the face of enemies hundreds of times their number, how much courage does that require?

”Are you from the Seven Seas Brigade, the brave Miss Poet?” Ye Hua immediately noticed the model of the Magic Guided Reactor behind her — the level was a bit low, but not lacking in courage, that was roughly his first assessment.

Tianlan nodded gently, but a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes. ”Can’t really talk of bravery, compared to everyone, I can’t help at all... When it’s usually time to level up, I just sneak away, and when the moment comes, it’s too late for regrets...”

”Aren’t you the Invoker of our region?”

Tianlan looked up at him, seeing this wasn’t surprising — she hadn’t chosen a non-human race like Parker, mostly maintaining her Earth’s appearance. But she didn’t quite understand what he meant by asking this question now; the Ten Kings, he didn’t seem like someone who liked to speak nonsense.

Or to put it more clearly, none of the Ten Kings would easily waste time.

Ye Hua smiled, ”I actually know someone who is quite similar to you.”

”Someone similar?”

”A poet, with almost the same personality as you, perhaps you could learn something from her.”

Tianlan was slightly stunned, ”Really?”

Ye Hua nodded.

”Her name is Shiduo.”

...

Mahazar was looking in that direction, with deeply furrowed brows, his gaze seemed to interrogate everyone, ”What happened over there again?”

But no one could answer his question.

The King of the Sand Thief associated it with the airship that caught fire earlier, guessing there was reinforcements behind them, but the numbers shouldn’t be too many, which gave him some peace of mind. He turned around, swung his long whip forward, ”Ignore that side, keep advancing—”

The Sand Thieves let out a strange cry. Victory was already within reach, whether it was the Princess or the countless wealth beneath Kashan Palace. When massive temptation is so close, even ordinary people would see red, let alone these bandits who represent greed.

The Sand Thieves gathered on both sides of the battlefield, even disordered, like a tide surging through. If there was still a fresh troop belonging to the Princess’s side on the battlefield at this moment, it would surely give these chaotic rabble a heavy blow, but unfortunately, the slumping trend of one side was so obvious that this rare opportunity couldn’t be seized.

Despite their absolute numerical advantage, the chaos of the Sand Thieves instead formed an overwhelming momentum; looking around from the battlefield, except for the gap caused by the previous big explosion, there were thieves on all sides, surging in a swarm.

At this moment, in everyone’s hearts, almost only desperation resonated—

The Royal Guards, Androma, and Marlan’s Knights had not yet collapsed, purely because the Grand Princess and Aleph, two members of the Royal Household, were still on the battlefield, battling alongside them. Even Rupert herself, her heart was gradually sinking at this moment, no hope in sight, perhaps she could only make a final effort...

Fortunately, her sister wasn’t in the city.

She sighed and gently put down her sword.

The light of the distant explosion had vanished, the entire battlefield shrouded in a layer of misty dust, the previous scenes made her think of some things, but those things seemed to have no use here. The only impression left in her heart was roughly the appearance of the other party— the boy named Ade, she gently shook her head.

”Retreat to Kashan Palace.”

The Guards were slightly stunned, ”But Kashan Palace also offers no secure position, Princess.”

”At least can delay some time, distract the Sand Thieves’ attention here, let more people escape the city.”

She looked up at the sky, under the gaze of that dark red light, there was a moment when it seemed like her thoughts suddenly became clear—

”Let them come.”

She whispered.

”The Sand Thieves may not be able to leave this city. They are just a pawn of the Blind Followers.”

But then what will happen?

Once you had redeemed everything, saving everyone on that island, but can you still save this city, save Quistack...Mr. Ade, or rather, Fenris’s...Savior?

The Grand Princess gripped her sword tightly.

The dark red light seemed to extend countless tendrils down from above the clouds.

...

Smoke had not yet dissipated, surrounding everything in a thick fog.

Fang Hong coughed heavily a few times; after so long, he still hadn’t adapted to the choking smell, especially in a place like Quistack where there was more dust, after an explosion, the raised dust almost covered the sky. The dust floating in the air mixed with the breath of Fire Elemental Ether, inhaled into the lungs, carrying a faint burning sensation.