207. Pursuit

This was probably the darkest day of Christine's life. She was just taking a walk on the beach when she was kidnapped by a group of human prisoners...

She was dragged into the woods, and Christine tried to shout for help, but the bearded prisoner slapped her twice, rendering her unable to make a sound.

She was dragged by the prisoners to a tree, where Christine, utterly desperate, made a final, feeble struggle.

The prisoner's trousers had been pulled down to his knees when suddenly a dull thud was heard. His head lolled to the side, as if all his strength had been drained, and he collapsed onto Miss Christine...

Christine screamed, but found that the prisoner made no further move.

Moreover, thick blood kept gushing from the prisoner's mouth and nose.

Perhaps because Miss Christine screamed repeatedly, a burst of laughter came from the clearing in the woods where the campfire was burning.

Sabrina glanced back at Roy, then, with her Heavy Sword in one hand, she moved the prisoner who had been knocked unconscious by the Hammer of Punishment aside.

Miss Christine saw Sabrina standing in front of her, dressed in leather armor, and quickly covered her mouth.

Roy strode over, this time giving the elven boy no chance to speak. He had witnessed the brutality of these Slave Traders in Malaga. He drew a dagger from his waist and slit the prisoner's throat, blood spurting out...

Jeff, the Main Sail, had his throat slit by Roy, and he didn't even see Roy's face as he died.

Sabrina used a dagger to cut the ropes binding Christine's hands and feet.

The three of them were not so arrogant as to rush into the forest clearing and fight with the other prisoners.

Sabrina helped Christine straighten her disheveled clothes and then pulled her into the dense forest...

Roy and the elf boy worked together to drag Jeff's body into the bushes where they had just hidden, and planted a few Thorn Seeds along the way before trying to take Christine to a safe place and then go to Pattington Town for help.

Miss Christine knew that the three of them were no match for the prisoners, so she didn't make the foolish decision to ask them to rescue Ji Jilu.

She tried her best to follow behind the three of them, and hid in a patch of grass again.

Roy saw that Christine was able to run with everyone in the jungle, so she was obviously not injured...

"Sabrina, you and Miss Christine return to town as soon as possible and ask the town guards for backup. Tell them there's a group of prisoners who have smuggled themselves over from Parraram Island. We'll keep an eye on them and see if we can rescue Ji Jilu as well," Roy said to Sabrina.

Sabrina looked at Christine's torn dress and multiple abrasions, but didn't argue with Roy: "Okay, you two be careful."

She also glanced at the elven boy.

The elven boy looked confident and patted his chest, saying, "Don't worry, I'll take good care of him."

Sabrina tugged at Christine, then led her along the path they had come from, running out of the dense forest.

In the dense forest, the prisoners gathered around the campfire discovered that the elven girl had only struggled and cried out for a while before falling silent.

At first, no one thought anything of it, but this period of silence has been going on for quite a while...

"What happened? What's wrong with Jeff? He's been gone for so long..."

Some prisoners have already started to worry...

One of Jeff's men stood up and said:

"I'll go take a look."

Another companion immediately stood up at the same time as him and said, "Let's go together."

As they spoke, the distant jungle grew even more silent.

Benjamin, looking somewhat worried, stood up and tossed a dagger to the sailor, saying, "Take this..."

The sailor caught the dagger, and while he was at it, he cut off a tree branch next to him, chopped off the forked branches, and turned it into a wooden spear.

The two sailors crept one after the other toward the direction Jeff had disappeared.

Benjamin and Abbott, who were huddled together studying a nautical chart in a clearing in the woods, exchanged a glance. They both realized that something was wrong. After all, this was an elf island, and it wouldn't be strange if an elf suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The crew waited for a while longer in the clearing in the woods, enduring hunger and thirst, but the two sailors who had gone out to look for the Main Sail Jeff also disappeared without a trace...

Moreover, their companions who went to the rocky reef area to look for food have not returned for a long time, all of which indicates that the surrounding area is full of danger.

Perhaps an elven army has already secretly surrounded them.

Benjamin suddenly stood up and said to everyone:

"We need to move..."

The sailors knew things were going badly; having lost Jeff, they naturally obeyed Benjamin's orders.

Benjamin sighed silently to himself and decisively said, "Let's split up and meet at the dock. We'll work together to steal a boat and then leave this place."

"Abbott and I will take this burden with us at the back. If any of you are caught by the Elven Guard, we can use you as hostages to exchange for you."

Benjamin pointed to Ji Jilu, who was tied to a tree, and said to the sailors.

At this point, the sailors couldn't care less about anything else. They immediately turned into the dense forest in twos and threes and broke out separately.

Not long after, they abandoned Benjamin and Abbott in a clearing in the woods.

"They've lured most of the Elven Guard away, let's escape that way..."

Benjamin pointed to a completely opposite road and said to Abbott.

Roy and the elven boy hid in a tree, silently watching the prisoner run past below; neither of them moved.

The two of them planned to keep an eye on the prisoner controlling Ji Jilu. With Black Crow as their eyes, they knew that Ji Jilu was still in the same place.

Just now, the elven boy successfully bound two prisoners with Thorn Seeds. Roy wanted to kill both prisoners, but the elven boy stopped him.

"Roy, this goes against the laws of nature. We need to respect all life."

The elven boy grabbed Roy's arm and said to Roy.

"But once they escape, they will threaten our safety."

Roy looked at the prisoner bound in the Thorn Vine and said to the elven boy.

"My Thorn Seeds aren't so easy to break free from, don't worry!" the elven boy promised Roy. "Come on, follow me..."

With the help of the flower vines, the elven boy hung the two prisoners from the tree.

Then, the elf boy pulled Roy up into the tree as well, and the two of them squatted on a horizontal branch of a large tree.

The elven boy continued to share his vision with the two black crows.

When sharing vision, the elven boy's eyes are completely black, and his perception of his surroundings is reduced to a minimum. He can only use this secret technique when he is hidden in a secluded place and protected by someone.

The Druid Boy recounted the situation from the other side, albeit haltingly:

"... They seem to have realized something is wrong... They've even put out the campfire... They're preparing to split up and escape, what should we do?"

The elven boy suddenly opened his eyes and anxiously asked Roy.

"Ignore everyone else, just focus on the people who took Ji Jilu away!" Roy said quickly.

"Good."

The two had agreed on their plan and waited in the tree until the elven boy tugged at Roy and whispered, "Your companions were led deeper into the forest by those prisoners; they seem to be heading up the mountain..."

After saying that, he jumped down from the tree. Roy didn't have his skill level, so he could only carefully slide down from the tree.

He wore Thick Leather Armor and wasn't worried about being rubbed by the rough tree bark.

The elven boy led the way, while Roy could barely keep up from behind, and two black crows flew rapidly through the forest.

At night, the dense forests of Pattington's Outer Island are difficult to navigate, with thickets of thorns everywhere...

The prisoners who rushed out first did not encounter Elven Guard. Following Benjamin's orders, they ran out of the dense forest and headed straight for the island's dock.

However, the island's docks were still piled with a large amount of goods transported from the Pattington Plane, and almost a third of the town's guards were stationed at the port.

The sudden appearance of the prisoners startled the Elven Guard, who initially thought that thugs were planning to rob the supplies at the docks. However, they soon discovered that the humans were almost all unarmed and not wearing any armor.

The Elven Guard immediately stood together, shields raised, and placed their longswords on top of the shields.

If these thugs dare to charge, we will deliver the heaviest blow to them.

The prisoners dared not charge the Elven Guard, especially since there were so many guards on the docks...

Before they could even mount a powerful assault, the group of prisoners quickly scattered onto the beach.

The Elven Guard didn't give chase; instead, they watched over the goods on the dock and fired signal flares toward the town.

Roy followed the elven boy through the dense forest for a long time, and he even cast a ' Strength Blessing ' on himself.

The elf boy was also panting heavily from exhaustion after the journey...

The forest was dimly lit, and Roy couldn't see who was in front of him, but he could already hear the footsteps of two people fleeing in panic.

The two people in front probably couldn't run anymore, so they chose to stop in a place with their backs against the rocks.

The elven boy also stopped in his tracks.

He gestured to Roy that the two people were just ahead and whispered to Roy, "There are only two of them, one of whom should be a magician. I saw him just cast a spell..."

After saying that, he was about to walk out when Roy grabbed him.

"Don't go out, stay in the shadows... that's more advantageous for us!" Roy said.

Benjamin and Abbott were running with all their might, but unfortunately they had to drag along Ji Jilu, whose hands were bound, so they didn't get very far before they realized that some Pokémon were chasing them.

They had no choice but to stop at the foot of a cliff. Abbott held a dagger to Ji Jilu's neck and shouted into the dark forest behind them:

"I don't care who's following us. If any of you catch up, I'll send him to the Spring of Life right now!"

A familiar voice reached Roy's ears, and Roy's heart skipped a beat.

"Abbott, is that you?"

Roy stood in the bushes and asked.

As he spoke, he walked out of the dense forest alone.

As the distance between the two sides closed, Roy finally saw clearly that the elf who was forcing Ji Jilu with a dagger was none other than Abbott.

"Roy, what are you doing here?... Have you been looking for me?"

Abbott asked in a dry voice.

His hand was even trembling slightly, and the trembling dagger pressed against Ji Jilu's neck, causing beads of blood to flow out immediately.

"I just happened to be passing by, I never expected we would meet again!"

Roy held the Round Shield shield on his arm to his chest, gripped the Holy Scepter in his hand, and approached Abbott step by step:

"Abbott, just surrender. This time, I'm not letting you go no matter what..."

Roy walked slowly because he was still watching the magician who had hidden his face in his hood.

The last time I was attacked, I was injured by a fireball...

Ji Jilu's eyes widened. His mouth was gagged and he couldn't make a sound. Seeing that Roy didn't care about his safety at all, he protested with 'woo woo woo'.