Chapter 245 (2/2)

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“So the outcome of this entire war had been predicted? We were doomed to lose from the start?” Nyphia muttered, horrified

My heartbeat quickened “What? N-No! I mean—”

“Did the Commander, General Arthur, and General Bairon run away from this battle to save the with controlled rage

“Of course not! They had been attacked by a scythe at the Castle They barelythis sort of reaction

Madam Astera’s head sunk as she buried her face in her hands Her shoulders bobbed up and down as she took deep breaths, until finally she looked back up with a hardened gaze

“Last question, and please answer honestly,” she said, sending a chill down my spine “Did they know?”

My brows furrowed “Excuse me?”

“Commander Virion General Arthur General Bairon Did these three people knoas going to happen here?”

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“No!” I snapped “No one but Elder Rinia, the diviner, knew! No one wastold about all of this They blame themselves more than anyone for how this war ended, but they’re still there because they know it’s the only chance we have in taking back Dicathen!”

After long minutes of tortured silence, Madam Astera let out a breath “I understand So what’s the plan? Did you travel here because the diviner knew our location?”

I bit my lip, unable to answer It was the opposite…I had snuck out here alone on this selfish quest to bring back my parents, only to fail and be chased away and found by Madaroup

“I’ve co as e shelter,” I lied

The only consolation was seeing Herrick and Nyphia smile at each other, excited at the fact that they’d be safe once they were there Even Jast raised his head, his gaze sober and hopeful

Madaardless, they had agreed to go with ht our way to the teleportation gate there All we had to do ait for the rest of Madaroup to arrive

An hour trickled by as aited impatiently for more people to come, but no one did

“They shouldn’t be out there for this long,” Madarowled as she paced back and forth inside the cave “I’ll go take a look alone Stay here”

“Wait,” I called out “It’ll take too long if you go out and search for theet here froether and roup further down, it’ll be en route to Telmore City”

“It will shave off at least half a day, depending on how fast we’re able to locate them,” Nyphia chiht Princess, do you have any experience in tracking or scouting?” Mada fro butood That’ll be useful out there,” she replied, turning to Jast “How do you feel? You had another one of your episodes again”

The boy na a sack over his shoulder “I’m a bit better now Thank you Mada,” the leader said curtly

We left the cave through the se; frolow and several yards apart froh the forest The forest here weren’t nearly as dense or lush as the Elshi+re Forest—even the wildlife was scarce and timid

I missed home, more than I ever did in the past I had spent years in Sapin while I was at school, but the fact that I o back to now really hit rew up in was still there, as the point? My parents were gone

No Not now, Tess I sed and took a deep breath I didn’t have the chance to properlytheir corpses put on display to send a one

I took another breath, trying to calrieve once we’re all safe For now, I needed to focus on getting everyone back to the shelter

Distractingour route

I wasn’t sure how much ti whistle like a bird This was her signal for all of us to stop and lay low

It only took me a few seconds to catch on to what the leader had seen and heard—just a few yards southeast fro of twigs It was too large to be a rodent or hare, and it seemed too clumsy to be a deer

We waited for Mada the reflection of her thin sword She e as her presence was barely detectable even as I atching her

Despite the situation ere in, I couldn’t help but admire her prowess She would be a powerful ally that could help sot settled

I continued waiting—observing—my entire body tensed, as Mada, when she jolted to a stop and gestured for us to coh of relief, we all hurried over to where she was, only to see her crouched over a figure I couldn’t quite ht of the injured soldier He was a mess with his armor and clothes basically dyed with his own blood

Beside asp “That’s Abath”

She ran towards the injured h to hear the last part of what he was saying “…was killed…a boy”

Before I could even get the chance to interpret what he had said, nited and every fiber in my body stiffened

It was as if a heavy blanket of this carnal and unabated bloodlust had fallen over me I was barely able to remain on my feet Both Herrick and Nyphia fell on their knees, tre violently

Desperate, I turned to Mada behindas she muttered, “Y-You…in the battle”

I knew—my entire body knew—that unlike at the city center, it was too late to run away this ti myself to turn around, I saw a person that I hadn’t seen in years A person that I thought had died and had alotten, but a person that couldn’t be more familiar

His name escaped my lips as I stared at him “E-Elijah?”