Chapter 254 : Chapter 254
Chapter 254. The Incident Ends
When Fulan saw the flying unit descend, she immediately gave the signal.
After receiving the signal upstairs, Anna came down carrying the azure chest in both hands. Even the hands holding the chest were trembling slightly.
Anyone who had gone through all of this would inevitably be frightened.
Earlier, when those people had joined forces to surround the castle, Anna had trembled all over and directly suggested to Fulan:
“Let’s escape through the secret passage. If we get caught, that chest will end up in their hands.”
But Fulan had rejected the suggestion. This was what she told her:
“The reinforcements I called are already on the way. They’ll be here very soon. We only need to stall for a little while.”
Anna had been so anxious that her eyelids twitched nonstop. Leaving aside the fact that the Northern Society was five days away by horseback,
how could the people from the Northern Society possibly arrive that quickly?
And with all those people outside, the number of first-tier professionals alone was nearly greater than the number of people inside the castle. On top of that, they were well equipped.
On their side, they only had a few ordinary guards, at best some who had practiced a few Combat Techniques.
The number of first-tier professionals they had could be counted on one hand. Under those circumstances, how were they supposed to hold them back?
She felt that even a single long-range divine art from those people of the Church of the Goddess of the Currents could directly crush them to death.
But she had no way to shake Fulan’s decision, so she could only go along with it and wait to see what method Fulan had prepared.
What happened afterward completely exceeded her expectations. Even in her dreams, she had never imagined that the elf she had met by chance on the road would be this fierce.
That person even possessed some kind of thing capable of instantly killing a second-tier professional.
To be honest, the value of that thing alone, something that could directly kill a second-tier professional, was probably far greater than the ten thousand gold coins the lord of White Dragon Harbor had offered as a reward for this chest. It might not even be something money could buy.
Even if it were merely a one-time-use item, its value still far surpassed ten thousand gold coins.
Anna had never imagined that someone she had casually met on the road would be carrying around a mountain of wealth like that...
Later, when she saw the people from the Church of the Goddess of the Currents gather together and begin praying as a group, her heart clenched tight.
Then, when the blizzard came crashing down from the sky, she had thought at first that it had been summoned by the people from the Church of the Goddess of the Currents.
At that moment, she was so terrified that she went numb. As she watched the blizzard descend from above, the cold it radiated made her feel as though she had fallen into an ice pit.
Only when she saw that the blizzard completely avoided the space directly above the castle did she come back to her senses.
This did not seem to be the work of those people from the Church of the Goddess of the Currents after all.
Because if it really had been them, why would they not simply have directed the blizzard against the castle? The castle had never been fitted with any kind of elemental resistance defenses, so it would most likely have been collapsed outright.
Only after a group of mages descended from the sky riding bizarre-looking things did she understand that this had been the mages’ attack.
And after that realization came excitement. At long last, her plan had succeeded. These past few days truly had not been easy.
Carrying the chest, she walked up to the few mages who had come out, set the chest down on the ground, and then, without needing any reminder from the mages opposite her, directly retreated behind Fulan.
The mages gave the chest a brief inspection, then said to the commanding Zane:
“This should be it. The pattern and color match the target’s appearance very well. I just don’t know why there’s a blackened patch on the bottom. It might be wear and tear.”
“As long as it’s the right one, that’s enough. Load the chest aboard. We’ll leave immediately afterward,” Zane ordered.
Then Zane turned toward Fulan and said in a requesting tone:
“Mage Fulan, the Society President told me to bring you back. This place has become rather dangerous.”
Fulan showed a smile and said:
“Besides me, I also have a horse here, and perhaps one more person. Can those flying craft carry that many people?”
Zane hurriedly nodded.
“They can. We only need to increase the output of the flying craft. Shall we leave now?”
“No, wait a bit. I still have something to deal with. At least one hour.”
“All right then. Please be quick!”
Zane could only agree to Fulan’s decision. If it had been his old hot-tempered self, he might have simply dragged this well-connected young lady onto the flying craft and left, without caring about any of this.
But Elise had told him who Fulan’s true mentor was, and that had made his scalp go numb.
There was no helping it. Matters involving her mentor were simply too serious. He could not very well resort to force.
If he did, and people later accused him of using coercive measures against a mage, that would be a real problem.
Fulan first walked over to Anna and said to her:
“Hey, do you want to come to the Northern Society? You probably don’t have anywhere else to go now, do you?”
Those words made Anna freeze. Only after a moment did she understand what Fulan was doing. She was inviting her to go to the Northern Society.
After handing the item over to the mages, she really had nothing else to do. Logically speaking, she ought to make use of her abilities as a Ranger and head somewhere else to become an adventurer.
But her situation was rather awkward now, because no matter how one looked at it, she should not return to White Dragon Harbor, regardless of whether that lord of White Dragon Harbor knew what she looked like.
And White Dragon Harbor was practically the only gathering place for formal-rank mercenaries nearby. For the moment, she could not find anywhere else to go.
Anna was deeply moved now. She had never expected that this elf compatriot whom she had met by chance would invite her to the Alliance.
No matter how one put it, this meant Fulan was treating her as one of her own.
After all, she knew very well that if you did not have permission, then even a second-tier professional would not be allowed into the Northern Society.
“Of course I’ll go, Fulan. Thank you so much. Otherwise, I really would not know where to go.”
Fulan showed a cheerful smile, looking genuinely happy that Anna had accepted her proposal. In truth, she really was happy.
That was because some of the things she planned to arrange next would require manpower. Anna just so happened to be unfamiliar with the place, and the only person she knew was Fulan. That made Anna the best possible choice for Fulan.
“Then wait for me a little. I’ll go do one thing and come right back.”
Fulan turned and walked into the castle, found Blake, and said directly:
“Blake, where are the monsters I told you to find for me? Take me there.”
One hour later, Blake stood there with trembling legs, watching as the mages rode their flying craft up into the sky. He wiped the sweat from his body, trying to calm his limbs a little.
At the same time, he looked down at the ground, where the corpses of the monsters lay, and he could not quite understand it.
“Why did the mage have me capture these monsters just so they could be killed? This is far too strange. Normally, wouldn’t mages study monsters like these? So why were they just killed outright?”