The Hero in Exile

"How long will it take for Moran to arrive? I'm so tired."

"It should be ready by tonight. I've been studying for a long time."

After leaving the village, I started heading towards Ruilin City. Along the way, I didn't see many people except for a businessman who wanted to try his luck in Ruilin City.

Moreover, he did not expect that the distance he had to go was so far that he had already used up all the dry food he brought with him and could only survive on game every day. Originally, Moran had the confidence to make it out, but...

Moran looked back at the guy who was dragging his feet and said, "Can you walk faster? We can get there before dark. I don't want to sleep on rocks and trees outside anymore."

When I think about what happened on the stone every night, it was all okay. The most critical thing was that one time a snake fell directly on me from the tree. When I think about all this, I have to go into the city before tonight.

Goo-goo-goo-

"Moran, please walk slower."

Lingyu walked weakly, dragging her hands. She had only eaten wild fruits these days. The only time she had eaten meat was when Moran got a snake from somewhere in the morning and roasted it.

"Hey, Lingyu, you'll be there soon if you work harder. Just think about how much food we can eat with three gold coins in the city."

Moran hopes to ignite Lingyu's fighting spirit with words.

"How many times have you said this? I really can't walk anymore."

Lingyu no longer had the strength to stand up, so she just found a flat stone and sat on it. She didn't know why she believed this guy's nonsense.

"Then you sit here first and I'll go take a look at the front."

He shook his head, not knowing why he had run into this kind of thing. He found a tree trunk that looked pretty tall and should be able to see the current situation clearly from the top.

"I know. Don't go too far away and come back. If I had known, I wouldn't have come..."

"Is that a flag? Yes, it's the flag of the Empire. Ruilin City is in front of us."

Moran stood in the tree canopy and surveyed the flags flying not far above him. There was no doubt that there was a black sword in the middle and pure yellow surrounding it. Thinking that he could finally sleep in a big bed tonight, he couldn't help but feel much better.

"What's coming? It's just in front, right?"

Lingyu stood up excitedly. Moran felt something was wrong and seemed to be muttering something. "Speed" she guessed what it was by looking at the lip shape. She broke out in a cold sweat. Although she was unreliable, it had come to this moment.

"stamping!"

Lingyu ran as fast as an arrow of light, and Moran was already prepared at this time, not prepared to catch up but mentally prepared.

"Lingyu, I'll ** you**."

In the forest, you can see a young girl running through the forest at an extremely abnormal speed, and a man teleporting in the air above your head. This is a strange sight.

It slowed down only when Lingyu's magic power was about to run out.

"Oh, I'm so tired. By the way, where did that guy go?" Lingyu looked back but didn't see Moran.

puff-

"My butt." Moran, who fell from the air, stroked his poor butt. "Lingyu, can't you go slower?"

"I was excited at the moment, I'm sorry."

Although he was not afraid of Moran normally, he did something wrong this time. And looking at Moran's appearance, the only way to describe him is to be in a state of embarrassment.

"Forget it, I won't bother with you anymore."

Moran didn't say much, just dusted off his body and could only blame himself for being unlucky to have such a deceptive teammate.

Continuing forward, the road gradually became brighter and there were many people around coming to Ruilin from different roads. Finally, after a while, the appearance of Ruilin City appeared completely in sight.

"How should I put it? It's a bit shabby."

The walls of Ruilin City have become dilapidated after the baptism of war, and the flag representing the empire hanging on the wall also looks extremely old. Not to mention the city gate, it seems that it has not been repaired yet and only imperial soldiers can guard the door.

"Indeed."

"You are the least qualified to say that." Lingyu complained.

Looking back at the city gate, there were finally some conspicuous people in the crowd, those guys carrying weapons and wearing plate armor.

"Who are they?"

"Just some adventurers. They might have come to see if there's a chance to make some money since Ruilin City has just started to recover."

"Hey, look what that is."

Lingyu discovered that everyone who entered would take out an iron plate, and the imperial soldiers would take out a piece of amethyst and place it on top before letting them pass.

"I have some impression of that thing. It seems to be the identity certificate of the people of the Empire. The crystal is used to detect whether there are traces of holy light. After all, the relationship between the Empire and the Church cannot be better."

"It means we can't get in without that thing, right?"

Moran pretended to think for a moment, "That's true from a universal point of view."

This is no different from not saying anything. Just as the two were worrying about this, a small stone came from nowhere and hit Lingyu's feet.

"Hey, hey, two guys over there, you can't get in, I have a way to get over here."

A man wrapped tightly in a black cloak called out. Moran and Lingyu made eye contact and although they thought it was a good idea, they could only go over and take a look.