Chapter Seventy-Four: Please Come Again in the Morning

  In the end, Scarface still withstood the powerful aura emitted by his subordinates and picked up Eriol in his arms, turning around to say: "Alright, alright, stop staring! If you want to look, wait until she grows up a few more years! Now everyone get back to work!"

  "After the crowd dispersed, Knife Scarface said to the old shopkeeper: 'You lead the main force to launch a surprise attack on the nearby army. If it can be done, don't force a hard attack. I'll gather the remaining people and move overnight. Last time it was the Knights, this time even the border troops from not far away came to join in the fun. The town is about to be exposed, we must seize the time.'"

  "Knights Templar? He can't be referring to the Knights Templar who came to investigate these kidnappings, can he? Looks like that unlucky knights templar entered the town unguarded, what a disaster."

  The old man left with the order, and the scar-faced woman took Eri to a civilian house. Inside, there were many girls who were tied up and unable to move, as well as some female thieves who were in charge of guarding them.

  Scarface hands Little Lori over to the female leader of the guards: "She's a magician, handle her according to the old rules."

  "Wow, Vice-Captain, where did you find such a cute little girl?" The female captain stared at Erihija with sparkling eyes.

  "Cough cough! Seriously, this town is no longer safe, get ready, we'll leave tonight."

  "Don't worry, we can transfer immediately at any time." The female leader said seriously.

  Scarface nodded and walked out. As soon as he was gone, the female leader immediately hugged Eri-chan in her arms and started rubbing her face against hers: "Ah, you're so cute!"

  "You're not a long-lost relative of Huayin's, are you?"

  In the next hour, Eriol was treated as a large figurine by a group of enthusiastic female bandits until someone informed them that it was time to depart.

  "Come on, little sister, drink this." The female leader said, bringing over a cup of milk.

  Alysha took a glance: the milk had honey mixed in, emitting an alluring fragrance; the surface of the wooden cup was wet, indicating that it had been soaked in water before. This chilled milk was absolutely a great product for quenching thirst and relieving summer heat — if it didn't contain a temporary curse that would render one unable to use Qi or magic.

  Elisha, who could easily break through the sacred domain, naturally had no qualms and took it over, flashing a sweet smile at her opponent before downing it in one gulp.

  Why does this method of cursing feel a bit familiar?

  But before she could think much, a group of big men entered the room and began to carry the girls on their shoulders.

  The female leader took out a rope: "Don't move obediently. This is just a necessary measure, you see others are all tied up."

  Alicia pouted and said: "Can't we not tie it?"

  "Uh, even if you say so, I..."

  "Tie her up." Just then Scarface walked in and pointed at Little Loli.

  Eri (surprised): "Uncle, you're a bondage enthusiast?"

  Scarface: "......Are you asking me to tie you up myself?"

  At this time, the old shopkeeper entered the room and interrupted the two: "Sorry, sir. That army seems to have someone in command for some reason. Our sneak attack didn't cause chaos, so we had to return."

  "It doesn't matter, you've already bought enough time. Let's get going."

  Alyssa, who was tied up with five flowers, was carried by the female leader to a large underground room hidden under the wine cellar in the town, and then she was terrified.

  On the ground was carved a magic teleportation array about the size of a round table for twenty people!

  "How is this possible!? Which band of thieves would have something like this?! And after teleporting, they'll definitely destroy the magic circle, so Senpai and the others won't know where we went! What to do?! Are we supposed to take action now?! But the hostages are still in their hands, I won't be able to rescue all of them. What if Vachis... Damn it!"

  Before Eriol made up her mind, the group in front moved into the center of the magic circle and soon disappeared.

  The female leader took a few steps forward and walked into the center of the magic circle: "Come, it's our turn."

  It seems like I'm going to have to resort to individualism this time around.

  I am the dividing line of transmission

  Anqi occasionally raised her head to look at the sky that had already become hazy and bright, with a heart full of anxiety.

  "Don't worry, that little girl is someone who has defeated devils before, nothing will happen to her." Akane patted her shoulder and said, "You go sleep for a while, I'll take your place. Tomorrow you still have to lead the whole army after all."

  Anqi nodded, just about to turn around, but suddenly saw a small black dot flying quickly towards this side. She immediately recognized the identity of this small black dot, because the experience of being thrown down from mid-air by this small black dot and landing in front of soldier No. 1000 was really impressive.

  On the other side, Akane also saw the mercury lamp and had a crying-and-laughing expression on her face. Although she didn't make a big hole in the ground like Angie did because of wearing heavy armor all over her body, her landing posture couldn't be described as elegant either.

  The final landing method of the Mercury spacecraft was always a heart-stopping, thrilling and intense free-fall movement, which couldn't be compared to bungee jumping or anything else.

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  Alright (pulling out the last feather on my head), I shouldn't have taken the train.

  After the mercury lamp fell in front of the two, Angie asked eagerly: "Have you found the hideout of the thief group? How is Lady Eriol?"

  "I don't know." The mercury lamp replied coldly, "That small town is now empty and deserted. The only living thing that can still breathe inside is a starving old wild dog."

  An Qi's face turned pale with shock and she almost jumped up: "What!? But the scouts I sent out didn't report anyone coming out of the town!"

  "So I followed the footprints and found a wine cellar." The mercury lamp hummed, "Underneath it was a hidden room with a destroyed magic teleportation array inside."

  "Can you find out where it was sent?"

  Mercury Lamp shook his head: "I tried to repair it, but the damage was too severe, nothing can be found."

  Akane also furrowed her brow on the other side: "What's to be done now?"

  Everyone was silent, at a loss for what to do.

  If things continue to develop in this way, An Qi and others will miss the event and waste a whole volume of soy sauce. Although it is common for supporting characters to be wasted throughout the story, and An Qi and Ryouko have already gotten used to this point. But please cheer, because there is another supporting character here this time. I am not going to let her waste a whole volume of soy sauce.

  Otherwise I would definitely be beaten to death.

  "Miss Boursic (Anqi's surname)," a scout hastened to report, "we found an unconscious heavily injured woman in the valley. But she is dressed as a warrior, not a magician or civilian."

  "In a place like this?" Angie was stunned.

  "It's probably the escort of some noble lady mage." Akane thought for a moment and said, "Let Ryōten go treat her instead, maybe we can get something out of her."

  Everyone found Long Jiaotian's tent and woke her up. This enthusiastic little shepherdess, as soon as she heard that someone was injured, immediately transformed from a drowsy and lethargic sleepy girl to a spirited and energetic girl, shouting loudly as she rushed into the tent where the unlucky sister was placed.

  The mercury lamp watched the various expressions of the many soldiers who were awakened by her on the way, including being puzzled, having a headache, and bursting with anger. Suddenly, she felt that Long Jiao Tian's choice of profession as a healer was truly correct. Haven't you seen the egg-pained expressions of many people who prepared to take action only to find out that the source of the noise was the only pastor?

  The tent flap was lifted and a mercury lamp flew onto Angie's shoulder and sat down - too short to see.

  The woman lying on the bed was wearing what should have been heavy plate armor similar to Angie's, but that thing was now a large piece of non-flammable trash, and just touching it would cause iron plates to fall off. The parts of her body without armor seemed to have been scratched by branches during high-speed movement, the linen clothes were torn into strips, and the skin underneath did not escape either, with blood-red wounds that shocked the eyes.

  Her body was covered in mud, including her hair and face. It seemed that she had rolled down the steep slope all the way to the valley. She didn't have any weapons on her, nor did she know if they were lost during battle or while playing a rolling game; Her armor was already tattered and worn out, and even if someone tried to identify it, they wouldn't be able to tell what it was for; As for the items that could indicate her identity, not one was found.

  In summary, the woman's identity is unknown.

  But definitely not an enemy - the wounds on her body were at least four or five days old. At that time, Eri was still in Hope Garden making soy sauce, and this unit was still stationed near Kalenga. The thieves' group couldn't have set up a spy so early to use the painful trick on them.

  No one would be stupid enough to get themselves all battered and bruised in the scorching heat, then wait in a mountain forest infested with flies and poisonous insects for a military unit that only heaven knows when it will appear, only to be discovered and rescued by its scouts. Maybe they wouldn't even last until others arrived.

  Long Jiao Tian began to chant the incantation and cast her spell. Soon, a holy glow filled the small tent, healing the countless wounds on the woman's body, restoring her strength, and... eliminating the large number of mosquito bites that had swollen into lumps.

  Compared to Alisha's expensive mosquito repellent, Angie suddenly felt that going to share a tent with Long Jiaotian at night was a wiser choice.

  "It's all right, this sister is fine now." Long Jiaotian turned around and smiled, "She'll wake up by morning."

  At this time, the woman on the bed let out a soft moan and was about to wake up - presumably because of her strong recovery ability as a heavy armor class profession. Then, Long Jiaotian calmly continued to face everyone with a smile, using the cross-shaped staff in his hand to heavily tap the woman's head, causing her to fall back into unconsciousness.

  "Really, I'm saying it's just in the morning that I wake up."

  Everyone (speechless): "......"