Me and my fantasy world

Late at night, outside the royal city of Andressa, in a small town.

The originally quiet and peaceful ancient city wall was now splattered with scarlet blood. Countless corpses lay sprawled on the top of the city wall, occasionally sliding down from the top due to gravity.

A cold wind blew by, carrying a few fallen leaves. When it blew to the broken city gate, a strong smell of blood gushed out from the city gate, lifting the fallen leaves high up and scattering them. There was no one at the city gate, only a guard patrolling back and forth.

However, at this moment, there was a rustling sound from the bushes at the edge of the city. A hand, resisting fatigue, came out of the bushes and fell to the side of the road. The fist was clenched, as if holding a piece of letter paper.

……

Hot blood flowed down the snow-white arm, and as the biting cold air passed through, a "gulp" sound of collision came from the inner room.

The door opened, and a soldier walked out slowly, arriving at a courtyard. The courtyard was also horrible, with blood almost staining the entire ground red. When stepping on the floor, the soles of the feet always felt extremely sticky.

There were only four people standing in the yard: the soldier who had just walked out of the inner room, the guard standing guard at the door, a cat-eared girl, and a general wearing golden armor.

The general stood under the bright white light, and with the help of the faint moonlight, he reviewed the charred fragments of the scroll that remained in his hands.

The golden armor slowly disintegrated from top to bottom, turning into tiny specks of golden dust. Putting down the fragment, the Second Prince stared at the ground with a frown on his face. "I didn't expect that the Ramo organization has already infiltrated the Imperial City for a long time. With just this fragment of paper, they can get a glimpse of it. Big brother, the Imperial City must be in danger now."

Hearing this, the cat-eared girl Doudou leaned over to the second prince and asked, "What's written on it?"

The second prince clenched the fragment in his hand, and it was obvious that he was very angry. He wished he could throw it away immediately and return to the palace in anger. But when he saw that the person who came to question him was Doudou, who had informed him of the incident in the imperial city, the second prince suppressed his anger and handed the fragment to Doudou.

Doudou stretched out his hands to take the fragment. The fragment had been ravaged by the second prince beyond all recognition, but a little bit of it could still be discerned. Unfortunately, the left half had been engulfed by the flames, leaving behind dark burn marks, making it impossible to see the entire original text.

But only half of the content was enough to make Doudou's eyes widen. It recorded the dates, personnel, and equipment of the rebels passing through the town.

Although the amount of money entered was small, the time was long. The earliest entry date of the palm-sized fragment in Doudou's hand was a month ago, and there were traces of ink before this record. It seems that there were traces before this record. This shows that they had planned it for a long time.

"We must act without delay and make plans to return to the imperial city." The second prince gave the order without hesitation.

Doudou hurriedly called the Second Prince, "Wait a minute. The Imperial City is now surrounded by 100,000 soldiers. With your current strength, forcing a breakout and joining the First Prince is like trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm. Not only will you not be able to counter the rebels, but you will also end up killing yourself."

"Are you going to let me just wait here?" The second prince roared at Doudou.

At first, he was skeptical about Doudou's news, and he returned to the imperial city only because he was vaguely worried. Now that the evidence was conclusive, the Second Prince naturally couldn't bear the anger, so he yelled at Doudou.

Doudou didn't look particularly surprised after hearing the Second Prince's roar. Because before meeting up with the Second Prince, Lingyi had already told Doudou what might happen, and Lingyi had already anticipated that the Second Prince would roar out in anger because of the humiliation of the siege of the Imperial City. At this moment, the Second Prince was at his most reckless, and he must not be allowed to collide head-on with the 100,000-man army.

Unless, I get news from him...

Although Doudou was mentally prepared, it was impossible for him not to be frightened. After all, the Second Prince was a veteran warrior. After taking a deep breath to calm himself, he said calmly, "I know the humiliation and reluctance you feel at this moment, but please believe me, now is not the best time."

"I have been on the battlefield since I was ten years old and have not been defeated in the past six years. It's just a matter of defeating a larger force with a smaller one. How difficult is that? Look, I can break through his 100,000 rebel troops with only a hundred cavalrymen!" The second prince was obviously blinded by anger and was anxious to walk out of the courtyard.

Doudou rushed forward and stood in front of the Second Prince to block his way. This blocking caused the guards and soldiers present to draw their swords and point them at Doudou.

Doudou stared at the Second Prince and replied calmly: "I know you are very anxious now, but please give us some time. The time Xiaoyi mentioned will come soon."

"It's Zero One again..." the second prince said tirelessly.

Although the talent displayed by Zero-One is indeed commendable, Doudou has mentioned Zero-One almost all the time since they met up with Doudou, as if Zero-One had already been "deified" in Doudou's heart. Doudou is like a cult missionary, and every word he says is about Zero-One.

The Second Prince naturally had no opinion about Lingyi, but anyone would feel disgusted by such nagging day and night.

The second prince stared at Doudou and said word by word: "Get out of my way!"

"Absolutely not!" Doudou responded to the Second Prince without hesitation, "Xiaoyi said that in a short while, he can help you bypass the 100,000-strong army and successfully reunite with the Imperial City. This is also the purpose of my coming here."

"Screaming one by one..." the second prince said angrily, "He does have some skills, but he is not able to remain calm and win a battle from a distance. The battlefield is ever-changing and anything can happen. Relying on him? I would rather trust my deputy general!"

As soon as the Second Prince finished speaking, he immediately raised his hand and pushed Doudou's shoulder. Doudou quickly flipped a few steps backwards so as not to let the Second Prince touch him. His pupils slowly became sharp, and his eyes of different colors, dark blue and fluorescent yellow, gradually glowed, as if he was the king of the forest hidden in the darkness, staring at the Second Prince.

"If necessary, I can even use illusion to trap you. Even if you are Xiaoyi's friend, if you hinder Xiaoyi's plan, I will not show mercy." Doudou stared at the second prince with cold eyes, his whole body relaxed, his arms hanging naturally, without any posture.

However, the powerful aura emanating from Doudou was completely different from this flawed appearance, as if he could take action instantly to counter the Second Prince in the next moment.

But the Second Prince did not underestimate the enemy. His whole body radiated golden light. The golden light that had originally turned into dots of light condensed again on the Second Prince's body, causing him to put on a layer of golden battle armor again. He nodded slightly and said, "I should be the one saying this. I will not show mercy to you just because you are a woman!"

As soon as the second prince finished speaking, he drew the sword from his waist, flashed in front of Doudou, raised the sword high and slashed at Doudou's shoulder.

But Doudou still stood there motionless, looking like he had not reacted at all, but his heterochromatic eyes kept following the actions of the Second Prince. There was no murderous intent in his Leng Shuang's eyes, but a sense of ease and comfort, as if he was not afraid at all of being injured by the Second Prince.

At this critical moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, causing the Second Prince to immediately retract his strength. The sword landed on Bao Bao's shoulder, but did not chop him down.

"Urgent news! Urgent news!" A soldier's desperate shout came from the end of the sound of horse hooves.

The second prince also stopped his speed immediately after hearing the sound, and turned towards the source of the horse's hoof sound in a daze. He saw a soldier riding a black horse in the dark night, with his right hand raised high, a piece of letter paper in his hand, and galloping towards him.

Doudou turned his head to look at the soldiers rushing over desperately and said coldly: "I guess the news Xiaoyi mentioned has arrived."

"Hmph, Lingyi actually has this magical power? If it is really the information you said, I want to see what he can bring me." The second prince's tone was still impolite, but he retracted the sword, and the attached golden armor faded away again, and walked out of the courtyard.

But Doudou gasped heavily, patted his chest in fear, and said softly: "It was a close call, I was almost overwhelmed by his aura." After a few seconds of calming down, Doudou also walked out of the courtyard. The soldiers and guards in the courtyard also followed him out and followed behind the second prince.

The second prince stood on the road, staring at the galloping horses, and said slowly in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"

"Urgent report, urgent..." When the soldier on the horse was about to explain his purpose, the horse under his crotch suddenly could not withstand the fast gallop and suddenly fell forward, and the soldier on the horse also fell off the horse.

The second prince was slightly startled. All the men he brought with him were soldiers who had returned from the battlefield, but he did not bring any new recruits with him. Logically speaking, they had seen the world enough and would not be so panicked even if there was urgent news.

It was at this time that the Second Prince gradually felt something was wrong. He glanced at Doudou beside him and thought to himself, "It can't be sent. It must be news related to the Imperial City."

But the second prince did not hesitate too much. He wanted to rush forward to help up the soldier who brought the report. However, the soldier ignored his injured thigh from falling off his horse, and instead limped and crawled to the second prince in a panic, leaving the second prince dumbfounded.

The second prince hurried forward and half-knelt in front of the soldier, asking with concern: "What's wrong? What happened?"

The soldier raised his head and sobbed, "Report, report to the general, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been captured by the thieves..."

"What? Big brother actually..." The second prince's face turned red with anger.

The soldier handed the crumpled letter to the Second Prince and said, "This was just delivered by a wounded spy outside the city. The spy only left the news that the Crown Prince had fallen into the hands of thieves, and then..."

The second prince was already furious because of the eldest prince's misfortune, but the moment he stood up suddenly, he recalled what Doudou said, looked down at the letter in the soldier's hand, hurriedly took back the letter and opened it.

The second prince was stunned again when he saw the contents of the letter.

It was a square map about one meter long, which showed the outskirts of Andressa and all the enemy camps. The 100,000-strong army was divided into four routes, setting up camps on all four sides of the imperial city of Andressa, surrounding the imperial city tightly.

But there are still traces to follow. The map details several secret passages between the four camps. These passages are almost all naturally formed and extremely difficult to find. By following these secret passages, one can indeed merge into the imperial city and reunite with the people in the imperial city quietly.

The Second Prince was stunned when he saw the map, and Doudou was also stunned when she heard that the First Prince had been captured. She only knew that Lingyi had instructed that he would send news that the Second Prince would safely return to the Imperial City, but he did not say that the First Prince had been captured.

At this time, Emperor Andreza has not recovered yet. If something happens to the eldest prince, who will be the successor of Andreza? The second prince who has no interest in politics, or the frail Fia?

Doudou was obviously panicked, his eyes rolling around in confusion as he wondered what to do.

In contrast, the Second Prince was much calmer. Perhaps it was the effect of this intelligence that gradually gave him confidence in Zero One's arrangements: "We absolutely cannot let go of the intelligence that our spy brothers exchanged their lives for. After a short rest, we will set off immediately. Our destination is... the Imperial City."

"Yes!" The guards and soldiers behind the second prince responded immediately, and then the soldiers went to various camps in the city to pass the message, and the guards hurried to the pharmacist with the wounded soldiers.

The second prince took a deep breath, turned around slowly, and looked at Doudou: "Doudou, can you do me a favor?"

"Me?" Doudou was still immersed in the news that the eldest prince had been captured, and was a little flustered.

"After seeing this intelligence, I realized that perhaps I underestimated Lingyi's ability. My abuse of you and Lingyi was out of ignorance and impulse. I apologize to you." The Second Prince looked at Doudou guiltily, "You are very agile. It only took you a moment to come from the imperial city to my army to deliver the message. I would like to ask you to go to the enemy camp to check and see how my brother is doing and whether he is in good health."

Doudou looked at the second prince's self-blaming expression, and her panic eased a little. She nodded affirmatively: "Of course, I also want to know how the eldest prince is doing now."

The second prince smiled with relief and said, "Okay, we can't stay here for long. Looking at the map, we are only a little distance away from the enemy camp. The news of the capture of the city will surely reach the camp in no time. By then, the reinforcements will surely trap us in the city. We must act as soon as possible."

Doudou nodded: "Indeed, then after we separate now, let's meet up in the Imperial City."

"I understand. Please be careful. I'm leaving my brother in your hands." The second prince clasped his hands in front of his chest and bowed slightly to ask Doudou for help.

Doudou also hurriedly helped the second prince up: "Don't be like this, I told you I'm also worried about the eldest prince's condition. Even if you hadn't asked me to, I would have gone to check on him. There's no time to lose, I'll leave right away, take care of yourself."

"Take care of yourself."

……

Late at night, the palace.

In front of the golden bronze mirror, the queen was alone, wearing a gauze, combing her long hair in front of the mirror. Her face looked a little haggard, and there were even some dark circles under her eyelids. Perhaps it was because she had been moving Emperor Andressa around during this period of time and had not had much good sleep.

A cold wind slowly blew across the queen's back. The cold feeling made Fia shiver. She looked up at the open window beside her and was about to get up and close the window.

With a click, the originally intact comb suddenly broke, startling the queen. She turned around and ran to the bedside. On the bed was Emperor Andressa Feren. She put her hand to Feren's philtrum and found that he was still breathing, which made the queen feel relieved.

"It seems that I have worried too much." The queen said to herself.

As soon as the words fell, a female voice suddenly rang out in the room: "No, your concerns are correct."

"Who?" The queen immediately stood up and looked towards the dressing table where the sound came from.

There was a woman standing at the dressing table. She was pretty, but had a pair of long, sharp ears standing high above her head. Her pair of fluorescent yellow eyes stared at the queen. She was wearing an ancient cheongsam and appeared silently in the queen's bedroom.

"You, you are... Xiaojiu?" The queen recognized the woman at first sight. Wasn't she Xiaojiu, one of the women who had always stayed by Lingyi's side when Lingyi was unconscious?

Xiao Jiu also nodded and said, "In order to prevent you from being frightened by what happens next, I came here to tell you."

After hearing this, the Queen asked in confusion: "Frightened? What do you mean?"

"First of all, the imperial city is now besieged by thieves, led by an underground organization called "Ramo". The identity of the current leader is unknown. We only know that they have gathered a hundred thousand troops to besiege the imperial city." Xiao Jiu spoke the current situation of the imperial city without reservation.

When Xiaojiu told her that the imperial city was under siege, the queen did not look surprised. But when she heard that the enemy numbered 100,000, her jaw dropped in shock: "What? 100,000 troops? Could they have miscalculated?"

"There is not enough time, so I will only tell you some important things. Xiaoyi and the eldest prince Feizheng can handle the 100,000-man army, please rest assured." Xiaojiu did not directly answer the queen's surprise, but continued: "Secondly, the eldest prince has now fallen into the hands of the enemy, and his life or death is unknown."

"What?" the Queen asked in surprise, "Zheng'er, how could Zheng'er fall into the hands of the enemy?"

Xiao Jiu shook his head: "Don't worry, the eldest prince has his own arrangements, I believe he will be able to save himself."

The queen nodded, but she clutched her palms anxiously: "I know Zheng'er is resourceful, but now he is risking his life, and as a mother, I am a little worried."

"Finally, and most importantly," Xiao Jiu closed his eyes and continued, "Starting tonight, you and the emperor may be assassinated by the assassins planted by Ramo. I will arrange for people to protect you, so please rest assured."

"Is that so? Now that A Zheng has fallen into the hands of the enemy, the target has turned to us." The queen said to herself, "What about A Wu? And A Ya?"

"We have also made arrangements for Fia. As for the second prince Feiwu, he is on his way to the imperial city and will be able to join us soon." Xiaojiu answered the queen briefly.

"Is that so... Then, what about A Zheng..." The queen looked at Xiao Jiu hesitantly. It can be seen that after learning that her son fell into the hands of bandits, the queen was anxious and panicked as a mother, and had to rely on her helplessness to remain calm.

Xiao Jiu smiled and said, "Please rest assured. We have contacted the eldest prince before he set out. He has already made a backup plan. As long as the time is right, we will go to pick him up. So the most important thing for you and His Majesty the Emperor is to protect yourselves and never let anything happen to you. We will also send people to assist you secretly, so don't worry."