Theia, who was holding Hannah at dagger-point, was deeply puzzled by her relaxed smile.
Lin Gui, who had floated down to the ground with Eve, snatched the dagger from her hand.
He quickly spoke to Hannah, who was slumped on the ground, bleeding from the corner of her mouth and heavily injured:
“We mean no harm. We are not your enemies!”
Theia gasped in shock. “Lin Gui, she was the one who attacked me first! And she didn't hold back at all!”
“Why should we let her go?”
Beside them, Eve suddenly knit her brows. Her expression changed drastically, and she shouted:
“Watch out! His attack is coming!”
Lin Gui felt his scalp tingle. Instinctively, he grabbed Eve, who was inexplicably trying to shield him.
At the same time, he yanked Theia in front of him and barked:
“Theia! Use all your energy to protect yourself!!”
Although Theia was confused, her trust in Lin Gui made her act instantly.
The demon energy and physical strength throughout her body erupted, condensing into a dark-red barrier before her.
The next moment—
“Boom!!!”
An indescribably terrifying shockwave of air exploded from the front.
Wherever it passed, ruined walls and broken pillars shattered, collapsed, and disintegrated like paper!
The ground was plowed into a deep trench, sending gravel and dust soaring into the sky.
In the center of the shockwave, Gero stood amidst the ruins.
His right hand was curled as if holding an invisible sword.
Just the residual pressure from his starting stance of “drawing his sword”—
...was enough to shatter every obstacle within dozens of yards into powder!
The barrier Theia had conjured with all her might lasted for only an instant.
The next second, she and her barrier were blasted away, hurtling backward like a cannonball.
“Bang!”
She crashed violently through a three-story residential building behind her, bricks and stones scattering everywhere.
She was buried under the rubble before her momentum finally came to a halt.
Groaning, she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Struggling to raise her head, she stared in horror at the figure in the center of the shockwave.
He hadn't even swung a sword... and this was just the residual force of drawing it?!
Just what kind of strength was this?!
Eve gritted her teeth and tried to rush over, but Lin Gui held her back tightly.
His scalp tingling, Lin Gui stared at Gero in the distance and yelled with all his might:
“We are not your enemies!!”
As he shouted, he waved his right hand frantically.
Activating Levitation, he lifted Hannah, who had been knocked unconscious by the shockwave.
He controlled her body, letting her drift slowly toward Gero.
Gero's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly released his empty grip.
The branch he had been holding as a hilt snapped with a crack and fell to the ground.
Taking a step forward, he gently caught the drifting Hannah.
He quickly checked her injuries and confirmed that although they were severe, they were not fatal.
Moreover, there were no new lethal wounds on her body.
Only then did he let out a long, genuine sigh of relief.
When he looked up at Lin Gui again, the chilling killing intent in his eyes had mostly dissipated.
In the distance, Lin Gui did not dare to get any closer.
If he hadn't used Theia, a Transcendent filled with demon energy, to block the blow just now...
...with his fragile High Rank mage physique, his heart and lungs would have probably been shattered to pieces.
It had to be said that he truly lived up to his reputation as Roger, the genius knight of the Carter Royal Capital.
In just over ten years, he had actually climbed to the terrifying strength of a High-tier Legendary Rank.
A High-tier Legendary Knight...
...could produce power comparable to Transcendent magic with just a single release of his battle qi.
Truly terrifying.
Theia wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, forced herself to stand, and said seriously:
“Lin Gui, let's run. We are absolutely no match for that monster.”
Lin Gui frowned. “Why are you guys suddenly here? Didn't I tell you to watch over the supplies?”
Theia let out a bitter smile:
“Well, we were bored, so I had Eve prophesy the location of Avalon again.”
“As a result... this time, the target locked directly onto that man.”
“The discrepancy was so huge that we wanted to come and check it out...”
She glanced at the distant figure, lingering fear in her eyes.
“And the result was...”
Lin Gui sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose in resignation.
But at least he could now be one hundred percent certain—
...that man was indeed Roger.
He looked at Gero, who was currently fretting over Hannah's injuries, and took a deep breath.
Pointing at Eve, who was currently casting a spell to heal Theia, he called out:
“Hey, over there!”
“We have a very skilled priest here!”
“Do you want to bring her over to help heal her?”
Before his voice could fade...
Gero snapped his head up, his gaze instantly freezing over.
The coldness in his eyes was even more piercing than the sword qi from before.
Lin Gui continued, keeping his voice as steady as possible:
“We really mean no harm.”
“At least, we weren't the ones who attacked first, were we?”
As he finished, his tone grew quiet.
He quietly reached out and pulled the injured Theia closer to him.
He could feel her slight trembling from the pain through his fingertips.
If the other party still didn't respond...
...then Lin Gui had no intention of wasting any more words.
It wasn't just Roger who was angry.
He also had a fire burning in his chest.
A fury sparked by how they had attacked Theia without a word, nearly leaving her gravely injured.
Although the most direct cause of Theia's injury was Lin Gui using her as a meat shield...
...at the end of the day, it was still the fault of that bard who had suddenly lunged at them.
Why did they have to draw weapons right away? Couldn't they have just talked?
In the distance, Gero fell silent for a moment before asking in a deep voice:
“Why... were you secretly following us?”
“Who exactly are you?”
The concealment methods of that demon elf and the priest were quite clumsy.
He had noticed them from the moment they left the cathedral.
But that man...
...had appeared too abruptly, as if out of thin air.
The shock it brought him was unprecedented.
If that man really wanted to leave, with those unpredictable, god-like concealment abilities...
...even he probably wouldn't be able to stop him.
With his High-tier Legendary strength, he couldn't keep two Low-tier Transcendent ranks and one High-tier High Rank from leaving.
The reason was actually that he couldn't see through a High Rank mage's concealment magic at all.
Gero felt a chill in his heart.
In the years since he left the Royal Capital...
...had the magic arts of the outside world already advanced to such a level?
On the other side, Lin Gui naturally had no idea what was churning in Gero's mind.
Facing Gero's question, Lin Gui thought for a moment and decided to be frank.
He cleared his throat and began to sing softly in a low, level voice:
“Beneath the crown where moonlight cannot reach, blood waters the branches of power.”
“Legend says there is a city on the other shore named Avalon, where there is no oppression, and no division between rich and poor.”
“The shadow of demons cannot touch it, and the bells of freedom ring day and night...”
After finishing his song, he stared at Gero, who had suddenly frozen in the distance, and spoke clearly:
“Over ten years ago, we heard this song in the lower rungs of society.”
“It was sung by bards, telling of a free city-state called Avalon.”
“A place where there is no discrimination, no oppression, and no poverty.”
“That is exactly what we came for—”
He paused, gently pulling the pale-faced Theia half a step forward beside him.
“To send my companion to a place that can truly accept her.”
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