Volume 2 Running Ambition Chapter 185 The Illusion of Rain
Avi and Fan fled with Twelve to the area below the city walls, with many soldiers of the Eastern Oguna Empire along the way, but they all got out of the way when they saw the intricately patterned longbow on Twelve's back. Avi had known for a long time that this longbow was the favorite longbow used by Saresa, the Python of the Wasteland, and all the attacking forces of the East Oguna Empire had also received information that there was no doubt about the possession of the longbow.
The rain began to subside, but everyone was already soaking wet. The three of them were still able to run because they didn't have much heavy armor on their bodies, and most of the hoplites who passed by them were already struggling. But in the face of thunder and lightning attacks and torrential rain, they still lined up and prepared to attack the city wall, because they knew that one of the culprits of the division of the Oguna Empire, the Holy Maiden Golia, was on this city wall, calling for some mysterious demonic powers, and if this woman was not captured, the division of the Oguna Empire would continue.
There were also soldiers and captains who stopped Avi and asked about the situation above. Both Avi and Fan said that the above situation was controlled by the widow mercenary group, and it was estimated that with the mercenary union's outstanding mercenaries, they would soon be able to solve the saint Golia standing on the high platform. Both Avi and Fan clearly understand that they are lying, but they also realize that now is not the right time to tell the truth. Telling the soldiers that someone above them will use terrible magic to devour their own soldiers will shake the morale of the soldiers.
Completely ignoring the soldiers around her, Girl Twelve left the city wall area with Avi and Fan, went directly to the center of the square, and then returned to the underground palace.
In the dungeon, some officials of the East Oguna Empire were pacing back and forth, looking anxious.
Twelve finds one of the guys he knows, and the other party is the military and political officer next to Saresa. After Twelve finished communicating with the other party, she immediately returned to Avi and Fan's side and informed Avi of the current situation.
It turned out that Saresa personally led all the good men in the East Oguna Empire's attacking army to rush into the inner city, including many high-ranking and high-ranking guys. They have only one purpose, which is to find the son of Electrium IV, the little prince of Manfret, as soon as possible. It turned out that before the siege, Electroxholm IV had asked Hollow to hand over a personal letter to Saresa, making sure to rescue the little prince Manfret at all costs. And it is absolutely impossible for the regent Xiumo to take the little prince out of Doret City and continue to move and escape to the north.
As early as a month ago, the spies hiding in and out of Doret had informed Saresa that the soon-to-be-seven-year-old prince Manfrett had not moved elsewhere and should be under house arrest in the inner city of Dorret. Moreover, the official just now secretly told Twelve that although the little prince of Manfret was only less than seven years old, because the little prince was gifted, he looked eleven or twelve years old, and he was a genius, and his understanding and knowledge of many things surpassed that of children of the same age. That's why the emperor of the empire attaches so much importance to his own prince, after all, letting a genius royal family inherit the vast land of the Oguna Empire is definitely a strong contender to rule the entire continent.
Ah Wei and Fan were both surprised, if a child is actually only six years old, but he already looks like eleven or twelve years old, and has the comprehension and cognitive ability of seventeen or eighteen years old, then such a person is indeed a genius. Avi recalls that he had only learned to bathe his horse at the age of six and had ridden it for the first time. There were not many children who could ride horses at the age of six, and at that time their playmates showed envious eyes, but unfortunately those playmates were all future knights, and he, who had learned to ride horses early, was only the son of a lowly and fatherless groom.
"Now we have two choices, either we can move out of the city first," Teenage Twelve gestured to Avi, "so that we can first ensure our own safety and get out of the battlefield, and second, we can go to Saresa, because Twelve is very worried about Saresa's sister's safety, and if we go to her, we may be able to help her." ”
Of course, Fan raised his hands and agreed to leave here immediately, but the twelve only cared about Avi's opinion. Avi thought about it for a long time, although he felt that it didn't make much sense to enter the inner city again to find Saresa, and it was impossible for the three of them to help the commander of the army to find the little prince, but looking at Twelve's worried expressions, he still came up with a compromise solution.
"It's better to do this, let's wait somewhere high between the inner city and the main city, anyway, after Saresa rescues the little prince, she will turn back from the same way, why don't we stand guard somewhere near the square," Avi twisted his hair, and Twelve followed his example, twisting the rain out of his hair, but the heaviness of his body still didn't disappear, "so that even if something happens, we can quickly escape back to the dungeon, and then follow this secret passage to break away from the battlefield."
This proposal was of course premised on the premise that the southern sub-city was still in the hands of the Eastern Oguna Empire's attacking army. Although this didn't actually help Saresa much, it already made Girl Twelve very touched and grateful, and the other party immediately nodded a few times and agreed to Avi's suggestion.
"You have nothing to do with yourself," Fan didn't twist his hair with his hands, but shook it casually, "Isn't it okay for us to escape first?"
Although Fan was sneering sarcastically, his legs still followed Avi, and the three of them returned to the central square of Doret City. At this time, there were still battles taking place in various parts of the square, but compared to just now, the attacking army of the East Oguna Empire had already established several lines of defense, guarding the entrance and exit connecting the underground palace, and formed a stalemate with the defenders of the West Oguna Empire who were surrounded from all sides. The section of the road leading to the southern sub-city wall was controlled by the attacking army, and although the connecting gate between the southern sub-city and the main city was still defended by the defenders, everyone did not dare to act rashly, but only set up defensive lines for each other, waiting for changes in other areas to change the stalemate in the city.
"How's that tower?" Avi pointed to a tall building on the side of the square, the top of which was where the bell rang, and some Scouts from the East Oguna Empire Invasion Army had already walked up, taking advantage of the excellent view there. Fan looked around, although there were more enemies defending the city than when they first came out of the dungeon, the solid thick shields and armor of the hoplites of the attacking army played a strong role, and the ironclad defense line guarding the key crossings allowed the soldiers of the East Oguna Empire to continuously reinforce here from the dungeon, and the situation was still very stable for the time being.
Twelve nodded in agreement, and the three of them ran to the place.
When Avi and the three of them were standing on the highest point, Avi suddenly noticed that there was a man sitting on the edge of the wall at the back of the high platform where Golia was! No one knows how he got there, and no one knows his identity.
"Look!" Avi pointed at the man, and both Twelve and Fan immediately saw the man holding the cat.
"Is it a madman? Looks like neither a soldier nor a mercenary? I guess it's a mad civilian!" Big Nose Fan saw that the man's clothes were shabby, but interestingly, the rain "ducked" from the man's side, and the man's hair and clothes were dry and strange.
As if suddenly remembering something, Avi stretched out his hands and tried to catch the rain dripping from the sky. When he was almost full of two hands, he immediately drank the rain into his stomach.
"Why are you mad?!, aren't you thirsty like this?"
After Avi drank the rain in the palm of his hand, he suddenly couldn't hear the sound of the rain, but the sky was still dark and raining heavily. He continued to take the rain, and drank it into his stomach until he drank it five times, only to find that the clouds were gone, and the rain was gone, except for the lightning strike from the sky.
"The children can be taught and draw inferences from one example. Ben Nicot's voice came from Avi's consciousness. Avi realized that in the middle of the siege battle, the dense dark clouds in the sky, the bad weather that followed, and the strong wind that appeared in the middle were all the transformation magic used by the Holy Maiden Golia!
The world in the eyes of Twelve and Fan was still raining, and the sun and sky were still obscured by dark clouds of lightning and thunder, but Avi's world was back to the wind and sun. It was already afternoon, it was almost dusk, and more than five hours had passed since they launched their all-out attack.
Avi looked at the man holding the cat again, and what he remembered just now was nothing else, it was the memory image he saw in the hedron tomb - Ben Nicott enclosed in the hedron, the sorceress Golia, and the man called "Cat's Eye"!
The man sitting on the edge of the city wall in the distance is the "cat's eye"! Avi trusts his instincts and can "escape" from the heavy rain of the transformation system, and the man who can be in the chaos of the battlefield but no one can find it must be a simple guy.
But the strange thing is that Bennicott, who is in his own consciousness, shouldn't he notice the existence of the "cat's eye"? Why didn't he react at all.
At this time, the "cat's eye" that was seen by Avi slowly stood up, "That boy also noticed me, and he cracked Golia's magic. "Cat's Eye" said to himself, and although the cat in his hand was old, he still remained attentive and listened to his owner's words.
"Sure enough, he is a young man with great potential, and it is rare that he has a relationship with Ben Nicott, so that Ben Nicott's spirit can continue in his life, and maybe he will do earth-shattering things in the future. ”
"Meow!"
"Alright, it's almost time for us to make a move," Cat's Eye soothed the hungry Folded Ear Cat, "This is the last time I'll remember my feelings back then, help Golia." ”