Cornflower Witch
Chapter 265

A Bewitching Dream

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Purple rays shatter armor, silver lance Penetration flesh and blood

The man was thrown on his back, his bones were shattered and his body was broken.

Monsters scream, blood surges and flesh bursts

In this night's fierce battle, the elites of Anti experienced their biggest losses since the demise of Regas. Many elites were killed by the rays of the Evil Eye monster, and a large number of soldiers died from the weird and evil eye skills. Even after a night of fierce fighting, they did not defeat the Trident Forest. The battle had to be ended after both sides left a large number of corpses.

The army of Anti temporarily withdrew from Trident Forest to regroup and rest, while the personnel of Hundred-Eye Cult also took Prince Jabs and moved out of the forest.

In the next two months, towns and cities all over Regas knew the result of this war. Anti's elite troops were greatly damaged, but Prince Jabs still survived.

Such a result immediately changed the minds of Regas people, and Prince Jabs began to send a large number of messengers to communicate with hidden force members in various places, and once again gathered the power to resist Anti Kingdom.

Thanks to the victory of Trident Forest, many people began to believe that Jabs could really return to the country, so more people began to gather around him. But this time was different from the last time. There were not many loyal guards left around Prince Jabs. The entire team was controlled by Hundred-Eye Cult. Whenever someone came to defect, they were quickly seduced and absorbed by Hundred-Eye Cult.

In this way, with the help of Prince Jabs and the name of Fuguo, Hundred-Eye Cult's power began to expand like a snowball, and began to establish hidden branches in various cities to secretly obtain information and recruit personnel.

On the other side, in Trident Forest, Kachis finally went into battle in person and fought against the leader of the sect. Unfortunately, he did not win, but only had a slight advantage. He himself was slightly injured, which delayed the follow-up pursuit.

In the next two months, although Prince Jabs was hunted down and traced, Prince Jabs's traces disappeared under the cover of Hundred-Eye Cult. Guiwu, repeatedly let Kachis fail, and his prestige also declined further, so that other Anti nobles in Regas no longer respected him, and some orders were obeyed and violated.

In response, Kachis took out the royal authority and publicly hanged several Anti nobles who had violated the law, finally arresting the downward trend.

After recovering from his injuries, "Hellhound Baron" finally calmed down. With his careful planning and intelligence search, the true traces of Prince Jabs began to be exposed.

"This time, we must be fully prepared to capture Jabs." This time, he was no longer as careless and reserved as last time.

The reason why he wanted the nobles of Valley City to take action before was to stain them with the blood of Jabs, making them unable to turn back. Then let these people spread and persuade the remaining hidden resistance forces to surrender, and continue to divide and draw together. Finally, the resistance forces in the entire Regas territory could no longer trust each other and join forces.

Unfortunately, the current Prince Jabs no longer relies on the nobility and loyalty of the former Regas. The Hundred-Eye Cult around him has a stronger ability to win over people's hearts, and those believers are better commanded and can even allow them to carry out fatal missions. This is something that ordinary armies simply cannot do.

As the situation changed, the situation in Valley City was gradually forgotten. The elites under Kachis had already been transferred from here and went to the front line to pursue and search for traces of Prince Jabs.

"So, can we leave now?" Sylutia asked, standing in front of the officer Valley City who was staying behind.

Sylutia has been staying here for two months, and even with her good temper, she can't bear it anymore.

"Sorry, Miss Sylutia, I can't let you go without Lord Kachi's handwriting." The temporary city lord of Valley City, who is also a Knight and officer in the Anti army, shook his head in refusal.

"That's it..." Sylutia thought for a while, and then continued to speak.

"It seems that you won't let go no matter what, right?" She asked again to confirm.

"This... yes, unless Lord Kachis orders it." He looked at the extremely beautiful girl in front of him, firmed his mind, and continued to refuse.

"I understand." Sylutia stopped reasoning and turned around to leave with the others.

Seeing her decisively leaving, the officer was quite surprised, but at this time he had no good reason to ask questions.

After leaving, Sylutia recruited important personnel from the accompanying caravan.

"Kachis won't think of Valley City in a short time, so we can't wait any longer." She told these people her plan.

"I have also asked the officer who acts as the city lord. According to his wishes, he will not let go unless Kachis personally orders it."

"I understand that he is afraid that Kachis will blame him if he agrees, so he dare not allow it and take this responsibility."

"So, we don't need to pray or embarrass him, we can just find an opportunity to leave." She told everyone the results of the analysis.

"You guys start packing your things."

"Yes." Everyone present was a little irritable waiting, and they were particularly excited to see Sylutia make a decision.

Soon everyone left, except for one person who stayed where he was. He looked at the girl, lowered his head, and stopped talking.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Sylutia noticed his hesitation.

"Thank you, Mr. Tia, the thing is like this..." He slowly said what was on his mind.

"I would like to ask your lord to take a prisoner in the city with you when you leave." He mustered up the courage to say this somewhat unreasonable request.

"That prisoner is not a bad person. He is my uncle. He has traveled to many places before. However, a few months ago, he participated in the Prince Jabs rebellion. He was caught by the Anti people during the fight and was imprisoned in the Valley City dungeon. He suffered a lot of torture."

"Fortunately, the situation has changed now. Those Anti people don't care much about the prisoners in the dungeon. They are as if they have been forgotten. I can barely bribe the guards and go in to visit."

"His name is Haines. My mother is his sister. My grandfather's ancestors were Knight who followed "Knight King" and "Regard" to conquer the world. So when Prince Jabs started to gain momentum some time ago, he joined in according to his ancestor's oath."

"It's a pity that Jabs, who was entrusted by my uncle, was not as wise and brave as his ancestors. During the Valley City defense battle, he abandoned the city and ran away. My uncle and other Knight descendants suffered a huge loss of morale. They lost in the chaotic battle and were defeated by the Anti people."

"He was injured. There is no doctor in the dungeon. Even if he can rely on his own strength to resist, his condition is getting worse due to the harsh environment and lack of nutrition. If he cannot come out, he will probably die in the dungeon soon."

"I don't have any skills. I don't know how to bring him out of the dungeon. This is all the money I have saved. I know it is insignificant. It is also rude to ask you for money."

"But I really can't find a way, so... I can only do this." His words were a little out of order, and he didn't know how to express himself, but tears slowly flowed down his face.

Seeing this, Sylutia shook his head slightly.

"Okay, don't cry now, let's continue talking about the details." She wanted to know more about the other party.

"My uncle used to love to go on adventure trips since he was a child. Every time he came back, he would bring all kinds of new and interesting things to my mother and me. I often listened to various stories around him when I was a child..."

"He didn't get married. He said that people like him were destined to wander around like the wind, unable to make long-term promises to others."

"Unexpectedly, he still joined Prince Jabs, trying to find the glory and legend passed down by his ancestors."

"I know his character and cannot bear to live a mediocre life. It is inevitable to join Jabs's army this time."

"I'm very grateful to my uncle. My grandfather's family is in a poor family. After my mother married into Scorched Stone City, she had to do a lot of work to support the family. When I was a child, I always looked forward to my uncle coming to see me. He would bring some good wine, sit in the house with my father, drink, and then tell our family about his experiences during this time."

"I have always admired that cheerful look, so when I grew up, I also joined a caravan, hoping to make a living and travel around."

"When I heard that Valley City had fallen again, my family was worried about his safety. So when Master Tia said he wanted to go to Valley City, I rushed to sign up and joined the caravan just to find his traces."

"In the past month, after various inquiries, I learned that he was being held in a dungeon. When I went in to visit, he was already in a coma. Fortunately, the inmates were also former comrades, so he did not die so early."

"But his condition is very bad now. If he can't come out soon, I'm afraid..." He said, his voice became sad again.

"Yes, I understand." Sylutia nodded and told him not to worry.

Is it called Haines? Sylutia remembered this name silently in his heart.

Although she has no feelings for Prince Jabs, she still has respect for those Knights who loyally and bravely followed Regard to open up the country of mountains and forests in history.

The scene she once saw at World of Shadows, the sacrificed Holin Knight, the Morick Knight who sent her to the Woodland, and the Cassius Knights leader of World of Shadows all left a very good impression on her.

If he is also a Knight, or a person with the ancient Knight spirit, Sylutia is still willing to lend a helping hand and pull such a person out of despair.

It was night, Sylutia dressed up a little, wearing a black dress and black veil, and stepped into the night.

In the past two months, she had free time to concentrate on improving her various abilities, and also expanded the plants controlled by "Autumn Garden" to the fifth type, and this time she chose "Illusion Mushroom", a mushroom with illusionary abilities.

In the night, the girl was walking on the cold street with a lantern in hand. There were no candles in the lantern, but beautiful fluorescent mushrooms with different colors, like a kaleidoscope. When Sylutia walked by, tiny mushroom spores floated out from the lantern, causing the soldiers and residents along the way to fall into a deep sleep.

Not long after she left the settlement, the members of the caravan also wore masks and led their horses out. Their masks all contained White Camellia Tea Leaves that Sylutia had given them in advance to detoxify and weaken the effect of the illusion.

However, if they were exposed to this kind of mushroom spores for a long time, they would still be infected, so in order to hurry up, they moved as fast as possible and followed the girl towards the city gate.

"Who are you?" On the city wall, the patrol captain saw the team preparing to leave the city and asked in confusion.

Before he could call his teammates to alert him, there was a series of falling sounds behind him.

When he looked back again, he found that his companions who had been chatting and joking just now were lying on the ground in a mess, and he himself felt a deep sleepiness.

In a hazy state, he tried to cheer up and pinched himself with his fingers, but his eyelids were still unbearable and his body was unsteady.

Finally, he looked at the blurry figure standing in front of him and slowly fell down.

He could never remember who that figure was. He only remembered that the figure in his hazy vision was extraordinarily beautiful, like a dream.

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