Time seemed to freeze at this moment, the cries of the boy and the battle cries of the clan warriors mingled, piercing and heartbreaking.

At this moment, two voices came to Solandale's mind.

The first voice told her - there is no time, give this child a knife, cut off his life and pain, so that he will not despair anymore, and you can leave.

The second voice told her that this was indeed the most sensible thing to do, but if you did, you would not be who you used to be.

In the face of the two choices, Solandale was extremely hesitant, and her first reaction was... Why should I choose? Why should I have to make this choice? Isn't there a way to get the best of both worlds?

And when she saw the bloodthirsty looks of the clan warriors in the distance, and the helpless tears of the youth, the harsh reality told her, "Yes, no. The best of both worlds belongs to those who have power, and the strong can do whatever they want. You can only blame yourself for the situation in front of you, and the reason for this unfortunate choice is caused by your weakness. ”

It's all because of weakness...

If there is power...

If there is power!

Garrot grabbed Solandelle's arm and dragged her back, shouting in a state of frustration, "Hurry up!" It's too late!! ”

"Save one more," Solandale murmured, once again dedicating the faith in her heart to the great Sun King.

"Boom!" The Divine Seal, which had awakened not long ago, lit up on Solandale's brow once more, and the powerful faith gave her unprecedented strength, and she broke free from Garrot's grasp and rushed to the young man's side, using her shoulders to push against the massive wreckage that pressed against him.

"Save one more... Let me save another one—" Solandale murmured, her golden-covered body wrestling with the wreckage in a final wrestle.

Slowly, the stone chips fell, and under Solandelle's hard work, the hundreds of kilograms of stones pushed her up.

Seeing this, Garrot could only follow the desperate gamble, he rushed up and grabbed the boy's wrist and dragged him out.

Seeing this, several tribal warriors who had been the first to cross the gap in the wall let out a roar of fierce battle, brandishing their weapons and preparing to rush over and cut people.

Just then, a shrill hiss rang out, and the pure white unicorn brushed shoulders with Solandelle and charged towards the menacing tribal warriors, raising their strong front hooves and stomping wildly through the enemy formation.

Unicorns and horses are very similar in appearance, but they are not actually the same species, and even the thinnest unicorn is several times stronger than the strongest warhorse.

Moreover, the unicorn lives in the warm forests of the south, and the tribal warriors who have settled in the Far North Ice Sheet for generations have never seen it at all, and they are frightened by the sharp horns on the head and scream, and the strength level is even more difficult to resist, once they are stepped on, they will either die or be injured.

Driven by the unicorn, several tribal warriors who had just crossed the gap in the city wall were driven back again, and collided with their comrades who rushed up behind, scolding angrily, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Taking advantage of this gap, Solandelle and Garrot finally worked together to rescue the boy, she whistled to call the unicorn, threw the boy on its back, and slapped it on the leg: "Run!" ”

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The unicorn hissed and ran behind the boy with him.

Garrot also hurriedly set up Solandelle, boarded a war horse with her, and quickly fled the war zone before the tribal warriors rushed over.

In the end, the soldiers who stayed here were equipped with war horses, just to be able to evacuate quickly at the last moment, and they had tried their best to complete the rescue mission and retreated to a relatively safe pass.

However, the soldiers who had completed the task were reluctant to leave, and they eagerly prayed and watched in the direction of the city wall, until they saw Solandel escape, and then they burst into a high cheer, and clinged to the princess's side and left with her.

When the vanguard of the tribal warriors crossed the gap in the city wall on a large scale, Solandale and the others had already disappeared.

...

After Solandale joined up with the retreating army, after personnel counting, less than 4,000 of the more than 7,000 people left behind survived, and the direct death toll was nearly half, and the rest were basically wounded, and the losses were not heavy.

But compared to the fact that all of them were hacked to death by the tribal warriors and their heads turned into trophies from their waists, this was already an extremely optimistic result.

Now that the people were sleepy and exhausted, and the forced march was too inefficient, Solandale led everyone to escape dozens of miles, found a high ground and temporarily stationed there, so that everyone could rest here for a while.

The highlands have a wide field of vision, so they can detect the enemy situation first, and Solandelle also left guard posts along the way as a double insurance, if the tribal warriors really force the march to chase them, they can also flee as soon as possible.

After the team stopped to trim, it was already night, and the exhausted soldiers wrapped themselves in blankets to keep their body warm, fell to the ground and began to sleep.

Solandale was also tired, but fortunately she didn't participate much in the frontal battle, and the tiredness was mainly mental, and the body could bear it, so she leaned on the unicorn to keep vigil for everyone.

The unicorn meekly clung to Solandelle and put its mane-covered tail over her to keep her owner warm.

Solandelle gave the unicorn a hair, and with a topographical map in his hand, he studied the next retreat route by the light of the fire.

At this time, a figure slowly approached, and Solandale looked over and quickly recognized it: "Ah, it's you, are you better?" ”

It was none other than the boy that Solandelle had rescued from the rubble.

"I'm much better, Your Highness." Facing Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was in a high position but had saved him regardless of her safety, the young man looked very shy, he handed over a piece of bread in his hand, blushed and stammered, "I... I have come to thank you, Your Highness. At the time, I thought I was going to die, but I didn't expect you to do anything to save me... Thank you so much... Thank you..."

Solandale covered her lips and chuckled, and said kindly, "No thanks, it's my responsibility." Take the bread and eat it yourself, now the supply is seriously insufficient, and each person can only get a piece of bread every day, if you give it to me, I will be hungry all day long. ”

The young man hurriedly shook his head, insisted on handing the bread forward, and said heavily: "Your Highness, my parents taught me since I was a child that I must know how to repay my kindness. You saved my life, and I deserve it. I don't have anything on me now, this piece of bread is the only thing I can use to repay my kindness, please take it! ”

Solandelle thought for a while, motioned for the boy to sit down, moved the unicorn's tail to him, so that he could also keep warm, and then took the bread in his hand, broke it in half from the middle, half for him and half for himself, and said with a smile: "One person and half ~"

The boy smiled happily, touched the back of his head shyly, took the bread and began to gobble it up.