The dilapidated laboratory, the corpses strewn across the floor, the weak and horribly battered Golden Fairies—Kudrlyat and the others were speechless for a moment.
Did they deserve to be treated like this?
Kudrlyat herself could not say. Golden Fairies were consumables, weapons meant to protect everyone. Others had always regarded them as special secret weapons. A weapon was a weapon. Should a weapon have thoughts of its own? Ideas of its own?
They had never considered such questions, nor had they had the time to. They were always fighting, fighting, then fighting again.
Fang Zheng stretched out his hand. Soon, a beam of Holy Light descended from above and fell upon the injured Golden Fairies, swiftly healing their wounds.
"Let's go. We're leaving."
Fang Zheng beckoned, then leaped out through the hole once more. The Golden Fairies were placed inside bubbles and followed Fang Zheng out. Seeing this, the three girls exchanged glances and hurried after him.
When the four of them left the castle with the Golden Fairies, they immediately discovered that several airships had surrounded them in the skies above the castle.
"What exactly are you trying to do? Winged Army!"
The voice coming through the loudspeaker sounded furious.
"This is the royal city of Alphes. You barged in without authorization..."
"Ignore him."
Fang Zheng did not even spare the airship a glance. He simply left with the other Golden Fairies. Kudrlyat and the other two followed behind in silence. They had not needed to come along in the first place. Fang Zheng had said he would be back in no time. Yet now, they had not only come for nothing, but had also gotten tangled up in a troublesome situation. None of the three knew much about politics, but they understood that casually invading another country and