The Hero in Exile

Snapped!

Bourne angrily punched the table in front of him, making a hole.

"What? Tell me again?"

The soldier in front of Born replied with a pale face, "Reporting to the general, the hero died in the battle with the demon king. After our support troops entered the demon king's castle, they successfully conquered him."

The soldiers lowered their heads and dared not look up to see Bourne's expression. The reason for all this was that after the victory, Bourne received such a notice in his tent.

"I can't believe it."

Born looked unexpectedly haggard as he leaned against the table.

"Are you okay, General?"

The soldier brought a chair from the side and brought it in front of Bourne. After Bourne sat down, he sat on the chair like a statue, motionless. The soldier did not dare to be negligent and stood in front of him waiting for instructions.

"You go out first, I...I need to rest for a while."

"Yes, sir. I will stand guard at the door until I receive new orders." After bowing, he went out as if relieved.

Bourne sat in the chair and thought a lot. Lingyu defeated the powerful subordinates of the Demon King, and defeated the sea monster and saved a ship of people. This is what people often say that you will miss something after you lose it, Bourne thought.

After many experiences, this paladin closed his eyes and had a good sleep for the first time in a peaceful manner.

"Is Bourne in there?" a voice broke the silence.

"Master Phil, Master Bourne has ordered you to rest inside and I hope you will understand."

The soldier lowered his head with an embarrassment on his face. He didn't expect that just when he had dealt with the one inside, another one came outside.

"Do you know who I am? I am a senior magician of the empire and the apprentice of the president of the Magicians Association. How dare you stop me?" Phil didn't have the time to deal with this imperial soldier. He just wanted to see Bourne as soon as possible.

"Can…"

The soldier was ready to say a few more words.

"That's enough." Born walked out of the tent. "Phil, come in. Soldier, go patrol outside to see if there are any remaining demon forces."

Of course the soldier understood what he meant, saluted again and hurried away.

Seeing him walk away, Bourne took Phil to his temporary residence, took a chair and placed it in front of Phil, and Phil sat down.

"I know what you want to say. You're here to ask Lingyu, right?" Born said calmly.

Phil didn't say anything, which was considered as his agreement.

"Phil, I'm sorry, but Lingyu might really..." Bourne couldn't help but show a painful expression.

"Do you really believe what they say?!"

Born looked at the girl who stood up and expressed her emotions excitedly.

"Think about it, Bowen. You've lived for so long, and you probably haven't met many people stronger than Lingyu."

Born thought.

"There really aren't many, maybe only the magical ones."

Thinking of this, Bourne's eyes became more determined when he answered.

"Then why can the Demon King Paladin who Lingyu can't defeat? And there is no corpse."

“This… is also what confuses me.”

Phil raised the corners of his mouth with a smug expression, "So I concluded that Lingyu might not be dead."

"But I'm really sorry, Miss Phil. Although I don't know whether the hero died or not, we can confirm that it was the Paladins of our church who defeated him."

Without either of them noticing, the shadow walked in silently.

"Oh, I'm afraid your few paladins can't even withstand a few of my fireballs."

Phil didn't treat him well, always appearing and disappearing, and often trying to pull Lingyu to the church, saying that it was ridiculous that the Paladin had defeated the devil. After that, he silently chanted a spell and summoned a fireball from his palm to provoke Shadow.

"Hey Phil..."

Seeing the smell of gunpowder gradually rising in the air, Born hurried forward to stop it.

"I'll keep my words short, both of you." Shadow didn't bother to pay attention to Phil next to him. "When we went in, we found that the hero had been defeated. We defeated the Demon King because of the ancient magic circle that the Pope gave us to prevent accidents."

"Ancient magic circle!"*2

The two of them showed incredible expressions one after another. That thing appeared during the first war. Things like this had long been lost.

"Yes, this has been deciphered by our church's internal staff. Although it cannot fully exert its effectiveness, it can still exert some of its effects. It has successfully sealed 80% of the power of the Demon King, so there is nothing to fear." Shadow said this calmly until the end, as if everything was planned. "As for the explosion you saw later, it was caused by the Demon King before he died, but unfortunately, we were not able to rescue the hero before the house collapsed."

As if delivering a letter, the shadow once again silently left the tent, leaving Bourne and Phil at a loss.

"Is what he said true, Born? You are also a member of the church. Have you heard of that magic circle?"

"what…"

Born smiled bitterly.

"I've never heard of it. After all, I'm the Grand Paladin, but even I don't know." Bourne was incredulous at what Shadow said.

"I hope Lingyu is okay now."

Ah sneeze~

"Is someone calling me?"

Lingyu was walking peacefully in the jungle when she sneezed for some reason.

"Hey, walk faster. Do you think you'll be eaten by the wild animals around you when it gets dark?"

Moran, who was walking in front, was impatiently urging Lingyu behind him.

"Hmm? Is there any wild beast? Wait, I'm coming right over."

As soon as Lingyu heard the beast, he instantly increased his speed and followed Moran.