Beginning as King of Elden

Chapter 154 Going to the Royal City
"Did you...come to save me again?"

The world turns upside down.

Pain turned into nutrients, nourishing the scarlet flower.

Li Lin slammed the holy seal of the hunting god on his waist.

[Prayer: Black Flame].

This time, the black flame that hunted the gods ignited directly from his body.

This is the pain of burning nerves. Even the knight with inhuman will immediately knelt down and let out a pained roar that was not like a human voice.

"Hey! Are you okay!"

The hellish scene in the prison shocked Neferi.

She thought that she was used to facing this kind of hell.

But when she saw this scene again, she still became furious uncontrollably.

Why?The weak always get raped?Must the strong dominate the weak in this way?

Millicent had lived in the Ionian swamps since she was a child. She was used to seeing all kinds of twisted and terrifying creatures, but the scene before her still made her feel strongly uncomfortable.

The knight who suddenly ignited black flames woke them up. The two surrounded them at the same time and asked Li Lin nervously.

"...I'm fine."

The world has returned to normal, and the black flames in the body have gradually extinguished.

Because of the extreme pain, his body was shaking uncontrollably, and even his voice was out of tune.

fine……

This was a way to curb corruption that he had just thought of not long ago.

Sure enough, this can have some temporary effects.

Before the trembling of his body subsided, he activated his magic and opened the iron cage.

The knight stretched out his scorched right hand and opened his palm.

In the palm of his hand is a silver necklace wrapped in a silk handkerchief.

"I'm sorry." The knight shook his hands slightly, and hung the necklace on the girl's slender neck again.

"Really sorry."

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After leaving the Magic Academy, the four of them could not calm down.

"Please don't feel sorry for me."

Sitting in front of the knight, Irena comforted him.

"I hope from the bottom of my heart that I can become your witch, and that you can have the protection of my fingers."

"Those previous experiences may be the only way for me to become a finger witch."

"He already has the protection of two fingers."

On the other horse beside her, Nefeli corrected Irena's mistakes in her words.

The blind witch did not argue with her, but continued to say to the knight, "May you see the lights on the other side. Before that, I will guide you on the way."

Witches... are they the ones who can say these incomprehensible words?

Millicent thought silently in her heart.

She seemed to have some memories related to the word "witch".

But because of the corruption disease, she couldn't remember those clearly.

The large amount of lost memories made her feel slightly inferior. Although she no longer lost her memory after the golden needle was inserted and the corruption in her body stopped squirming, the large number of blank spaces in her mind still made Millicent feel sad.

"Um...thank you."

Li Lin rode his horse and led the way in front of Nefeli and Millison.

He didn't even dare to lower his head, because he was afraid of seeing the burn marks on the yellow-haired girl.

Just now, he had asked Millicent to change Irena's clothes, and he also tried to heal Irena with prayers.

However, the recovery prayer of the Golden Law could not heal the burns on her body, and the ugly scorched marks still stubbornly stayed on the girl's exposed skin.

Irena said that as long as she reaches the place where He is, she can guide Li Lin to the path of the gifted flame.

He... refers to the god represented by the Chaos Fire.

Teacher Serian said in her letter that the people she imprisoned were witches who believed in the fire of chaos.

...Teacher, why do you have to do this?

In addition, the knight can only find the way to the royal city by himself.

Now, he doesn't have enough time and fighting ability to obtain the two talismans that can activate the Dedas elevator leading to the king's city.

Fortunately, the snake girl who had helped him at Lake Lienia told him a shortcut that could reach the royal city directly without the need for talismans or large elevators.

When traveling to Lienia, Li Lin chose to travel from the cliff because Millicent didn't like swamp-like lakes, and it was indeed difficult to move there, and she would encounter more monsters.

Surrounded by dense and tall woods, although the war horse under Neferi's crotch was an excellent breed with noble blood, it was unable to perform at its fastest speed in this environment.

Seeing Millicent looking around curiously, Neferi asked Li Lin, "Where did you find her?"

"It's not like picking... She picked me up. Millicent saved my life. Afterwards, because my body was temporarily unable to adapt to the battle, I asked her to protect me until I arrived at the royal city."

"It was you who saved me." Millicent corrected, "Without you, I would have become a mass of rotten meat."

"Okay." The knight stopped Millicent from continuing, "The road ahead will be rough, and your horses don't have the ability to fly over walls, so be careful."

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After walking through this rugged cliff, Li Lin once again realized how important the spirit horse was to him.

The ruggedness of this mountain road is beyond the reach of even the most powerful mortal horse—even if the physical performance of the horse at the junction is far superior to any horse breed in his previous life.

In the end, Millicent and Nefeli had no choice but to dismount and march, jumping between the mountains with their flesh and blood stronger than horses.

It took several times longer than the original time, and the group finally crossed the mountain road and returned to the main road of Lienia.

"Please go to the left."

At the forked intersection, Irena spoke to the knight.

Li Lin was a little confused, but no matter whether he walked to the left or to the right, he could walk down the cliff in the end. He followed Irena's choice.

Standing in the middle of the team, Irena looked far into the distance on the right road.

Her eyes cannot see.

But at this moment, she saw the burning village.

"are you OK?"

A girl with a heroic voice asked her with concern.

According to the knight's introduction, her name is Millicent, and she is a kind and powerful swordsman.

Irena nodded politely towards her and continued to follow the knight walking at the front.

Because they could only walk, it took the four of them two days to reach the end of the cliff.

"Walk down this cliff, and you will find the Dedas Elevator." Li Lin said, "But our goal is to go to the Yatan Plateau through the path next to the elevator, through the cliff of the ancient ruins."

I saw a faint look of fatigue on the faces of the girls who had been running around for several days, especially Irena. Even if she summoned a spirit horse to carry her forward, she was already so tired that she could hardly walk.

The knight pointed to an abandoned church not far away.

There, there is a guiding light of blessing.

"Just rest there for the night. Tomorrow morning, we will set off again to King Rodel City."

(End of this chapter)