Chapter 36 Flames
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The flames, wailing and howling accompanied by smoke and rolling heat, mixed with the gloomy and terrifying decay and fishy smell, as if it was an inflated bubble. Leo felt like they were trapped in it, becoming increasingly unsustainable, almost suffocating. The screams of the horns and the banshee, and every whisper of the ghost was more like a death note than every moment before, and the approaching steps of the god of death. They had to go out. [bsp; "Leo left, leave quickly, don't worry about those monsters!" Leo shouted loudly.
He didn't know what was going on with the others. The thick black mist blocked his sight, and only Neanderthal shouts were used as guidance. He greeted the female swordsman beside him, grabbed the bachelor's lady and ran towards them.
The Neanderthal howls seemed to have some magic power. The monsters retreated one after another, and they finally had a chance to breathe.
"Miss." Asha shouted in tears while surrounded by the guards. As soon as she touched Leo's sight, she buried her head in Naliya's arms like a frightened ostrich. "Don't come over, don't come over." She said loudly.
Leo had to stop. No matter how he explained Asha's dream, she always believed it.
On the other side, the Red Dove Eugene seemed to be a puppet who could be tricked, with a dull face. Several times, Leo could see that the guards and the Red Robe wanted to secretly throw him down and let him die. He was stimulated, Leo knew, but could this be greater than the sorrow of losing a loved one? His performance was not even as good as the two little princesses of Prince Oberon.
Nianta, who was unconscious, was injured in his arm, and Princess Namelia's back was also hit by the drowned pirate's saber, dripping blood. Although the little princess was intact, she was almost frightened. Their faces were covered with spots of blood, and they looked like vicious ghosts. The guards who protected them were almost injured, and several people never followed. But they did not cry. They remained silent and followed their steps with all their efforts.
After a brief rest, the captain of the guard shouted loudly and they moved forward again. Half the journey was still there, the enemies ahead were waiting for their hard work, and mortals and magic seemed to be thick city walls that were difficult to knock down. There were still several stone bridges waiting for them to capture. Through the obstruction of the smoke, Li Ou determined the direction in the flames. He looked around and thought that he didn't know how many of the people who followed them could escape in the end.
There were flames soaring into the sky, monsters screaming wildly, and enemies who were robbing the palace. They had done their best to kill the enemy, but there were too few people who could save them. The maids and followers who were powerless had already killed the enemy under the sword and were bullied. However, they were all mortal bodies, small and incompetent, and they could do very little, not enough to reverse the situation, let alone change the world. Therefore, they should be dragged down by the kindness of praise, their kindness made them more tired, but their destination was farther away. The praise they received after death was meaningless.
"We can't save everyone." Leo said, "If this continues, it's not just them, but we will die here." He looked back at the female swordsman. She frowned, with a clear dissatisfaction on her face. But whatever you think, I have to take you back, instead of dying from a meaningless fight for the so-called chivalrous spirit.
"The selfish devil!" A guard panted and scolded.
"Don't forget your top priority at this moment." Li Ou reminded them, "Princesses are your hope."
The guards were silent for a moment and hesitated.
"Uncle Yahan." Princess Namelia spoke, "Don't worry about us."
However, her words were like a basin of cold water poured into the heart of the captain of the guard. He stood there for a moment, "Let's go." He finally made up his mind.
"team leader……"
"Go!" he shouted loudly.
The fire became more and more surging, and the sea of fire at the pier gradually became connected with the flames of the palace. The dark sky was filled with an orange halo, as if it was the scene of the arrival of the doomsday. The famous name of the Thousand Lakes City-State may no longer exist from tonight. The lake water has become a flame.
Houses collapsed beside them, splashing strings of Mars. "Back, back!" A guard who was behind suddenly shouted loudly in horror. One house made a terrible moan before his death. "Run, run!" Li Ou and the captain of the guards shouted in surprise, "Go back!" The burning stones and beams fell to them like a huge wave, completely swallowing up several guards who could not avoid them.
They stood there, but they had no time to mourn their dead companions, because the collapsed houses blocked their way.
"Where should we go?" asked a red robe helplessly.
In front of it was a sea of fire. The flames were like a greedy monster, sticking out their tongues and licking the corners of their mouths. It opened its bloody mouth and vowed to swallow them all into their stomachs. Everyone was nervous and didn't know what to do. The Leo and their monsters could chase after them again at any time, but it was obviously not wise to pin their hopes on the desolate Neanderthals. Under the light of the fire, everyone's face was filled with despair.
"We have to take a long way." said the captain of the guard with difficulty.
However, a sudden loud bang completely swallowed up his guidance.
The alchemist looked back in horror. The palace of Running Water seemed to be the last iceberg that began to collapse in the sky. A tower cut off from it, splashing Mars all over the sky as if it fell into the water. The roof of the round house fell for a while, and then the blackened white stone collapsed one after another. Even the most solid castle could not withstand the scorching fire, melting, crystallizing, and collapsed in the flames. The heat waves mixed with dust seemed to surging sea tides, pushing the bell in the bell tower in the distance to ring the death knell that declared the death of the prince.
"Father, father..." Princess Namelia whispered in pain, tears gushed out.
The little princess asked uneasily, "Sister, will my father come?"
"The gods called him away." She hugged her sister tightly.
Leo sighed. The prince taught him many things, and each one benefited him a lot. However, it was not the time to be sentimental. The whole palace was about to be swallowed by flames and ghosts. "Go! Get out of here!" The knights and Neanderthals listened to his orders, but the Valians did not move. "Do you want to die? Sir Captain! Fuck, speak! Move!"
The team was silent for a moment, and suddenly a man raised his arms and shouted, "Avenge the Prince."
After a brief silence, countless arms raised up. "Avenge the Prince!" They responded in unison, shouting shocked the sky.
Hell! "Did you forget how the prince begged you? You are disobeying the order!" He pulled the captain of the guard hard. "Say something, don't be stunned here, let them go, and go back to die? Do you think there are not enough deaths?"
"No!" The captain of the guard shook his hand away. He pulled off the cloth strip hanging from his right hand and threw it on the ground.
He was crazy.
"You must follow me." Li Ou looked directly at each other.
Yahan's breathing was turbid, "Go to your mother."
"Get out of your mother, White Devil, what qualifications do you have to point fingers!" The guards cursed loudly. "We want to take revenge and let the White Devils bury the prince!" Some of them raised their weapons, turned around and rushed back with a fever.
"Damn it, let them come back!" Li Ou shouted at the captain of the guards, "I pricked up my ears and listened, the death knives have already ringed. What's the point of doing this? Aren't you obeying the order? The last order from the prince was to escort the princess out of here! Instead of taking them to die. See how the maids died along the way? Do you want the princess to become like that and suffer humiliation?"
"Shut up!" the captain of the guard shouted, "Shut up!"
Leo was also not willing to be outdone. His throat was almost completely rotten. "I shut up and you follow us!" It was really crazy, he thought, but it was better to be crazy than to fail. Failure means death and shame. "Otherwise, you go and die and the princess will give it to us. We do better than you!"
"It's not your turn to do it!"
"Because you can't do it!" he said, "You say we are the devil, the devil is treacherous, the devil is selfish, but what more do you have than us?"
These words greatly humiliated the captain of the guards. He waved his axe and brought out a sharp wind. The hot axe blade stopped beside the alchemist's neck. "Then what should we do?" He said in a muffled voice, "There is a sea of fire in front and a flame behind. We can't leave. I can't let everyone be buried in the fire. Instead of doing this, it's better to avenge the prince and kill one!"
The captain of the guards had already let go, and all the Valias were silent. He trapped them with words. We kept our promises and defended glory, and you should do this. Otherwise, you would think that you were not as good as the white devil. A group of fearless believers were not as good as the selfish and unbeliever.
However, regarding the fire in front of him... Li Ou discovered early in the morning that both the guards and their captains were afraid of being avoided, and they were deliberately choosing a road without fire. If it weren't for their duties, they would have probably jumped into the water. They lived on the water, and they were afraid of fire. Li Ou realized that he had to find a way to rush through this sea of fire that was blocking the way.
He touched the skin bag, which had several potions inside, but it was obviously not enough to dispel the flames. "Mr. Ansel, I need your help." After receiving the other party's affirmative answer, he pulled out a potion. However, he knew that their chance was very small, and this was their only chance.
"I will not shout long live the prince, he is dead. I will not shout the names of the gods, I do not believe in them." He told them, "So the flames will kill me, just like you once punished wizards. I, a white devil, are not afraid of flames, what are you afraid of? My duty is to take my people away, and your duty is to take the princess away. Come with me and jump over this flame!!"
Li Ou twisted the mechanism, and the two separate ingredients quickly mixed. The thick bottle trembled in his hands. He threw the bottle high with all his might. The ice-blue light bloomed in the air, and the magic consultant's light arrow hit the potion bottle accurately. The cold mist instantly seemed to the frozen cereal blooming in the air, and then quickly turned into a thick white and blue fog. A sudden gust of wind blew it towards the sea of fire in front of them.
Time seemed to slow down, and the layer of silky flocculent mist freezes the flames and solidifies them into a lump of ice.
"It's now!" Li Ou shouted, "Follow me!" He pulled the bachelor's lady and the female swordsman toward the frozen flames. He knew better than anyone else, and a little hesitation would be enough to kill them.
The crystalline ground under their feet suddenly shattered like a spider web at their feet, and the cracks spread like dominoes, and everything around them poured out and shattered in destruction. The fired building behind them had long turned into ice crystal fragments, and the stone bridge under their feet gradually began to turn into pieces and collapse downwards. Within half a minute, Li Oumo calculated the time. They were enough to pass the stone bridge, but what about the others?
He thought they followed, but he never dared to look back.
Chapter completed!