Chapter 923 (1/2)

Chapter 923: A Deliberate Provocation

Translator: TransN Editor: TransN

A shrill alarm rang and grabbed everyone’s attention.

“Woo—woo—”

Everyone stood agape.

It was the highest alert again!

Wendy was the first one to recover from the shock. “Your Majesty, please retreat to the castle right now!”

However, Roland did not move since he was greatly surprised by Tilly and Ashes, who came close to him swiftly after hearing the alert. The Extraordinary stood in front of them and Tilly grabbed his wrist.

He felt something as cold as a metal around his wrist.

He looked down and saw the ring on Tilly’s finger shining a bright blue light. Obviously, she was ready to fly with him down into the mining area in case of emergency.

Somehow Roland forgot about the danger and focused his mind on Tilly.

Unlike Nightingale who trusted him wholeheartedly, Tilly had not yet recognized him as her brother.

She was too smart to be deceived.

She called him brother just to maintain good relations with him.

In fact, there was still an invisible barrier between them, and because of Tilly’s attitude, Ashes always seemed a little restrained in front of him. He was unable to explain to Tilly that what Prince Roland had done to her back in the palace had nothing to do with him. Given that, he had lied to her and never expected much from her. However, now he felt relieved.

He found that he had already won her trust and recognition as an ally, even if she might still have a doubt about his identity.

“Yes, this place is too close to the city wall at the border. Your Majesty, please leave here as soon as possible!”

“Guards, where are the guards?”

“Come, clear the way for His Majesty!” The officials also came to their senses now and started to shout.

The people’ voices, together with the alert, turned the scene into pure chaos.

The noises recalled Roland from his reflections. Seeing such a tense situation, he could not help knitting his eyebrows and thought, “Maybe the frontier guards have already spotted some demons?”

He looked to the west and was lost in thought. “Now that Sylvie is on the watch for demons, the alarm can’t be false. And the frontier guards’ highest alert must be about the demons. I heard that they should remain dormant for some time since they don’t have enough Red Mist. Did their supplies arrived at the Taquila ruins recently?”

He wanted to go to the city wall to have a look personally, but he quickly gave up the idea. He did not want to increase the burden for the frontier guards since Nightingale and the main force of the First Army had not arrived yet.

When they walked down the North Slope Mountain, he summoned Wendy and said to her, “Regardless of the situation, send me any news from the City Wall as soon as you receive it.”

“Yes,” Wendy promised with a solemn face.

…

Watching the enemies approaching quickly, Sylvie felt her hands were wet.

It was not the first time for her to see demons, but they still made her feel stressed out.

“One, two, three, four, five, six.” She counted the number of the Devilbeasts who were flying toward Neverwinter in a horizontal line. In the Eye of Magic, every detail of the enemies was clearly discernible. Just like Alethea had mentioned, not every Devilbeast took a Mad Demon on its back. Two of them looked just like pack horses and carried bone vessels which looked like bumps on their backs.