The Hero in Exile

A month later.

noon

"We can prepare for the operation tonight. After rescuing Violena, we can go to the dock and sneak onto the ship. As long as we leave the Empire, they won't be able to catch up with us."

After a month of observation, he found that the number of soldiers around the city had decreased by about half. The soldiers changed shifts every 6 hours, and there would be a gap of about 10 minutes in between for them to sneak in. After observing and inquiring from many aspects, he confirmed that the boy's room was on the right side of the second floor and Bourne was on the left side. Although it was more difficult, it was not a big problem in front of him.

"Well, let me check my stuff again. Ropes, grappling hooks, masks, dry food, water, that's about it." Lingyu confirmed that she had brought everything, packed it into a sack and blessed herself with strength. "It's not very heavy." Lingyu shook it gently.

"Let me try... Your Holy Light magic is really convenient. It can heal, strengthen yourself, and restrain us demons. It's so unfair."

I thought the luggage was not heavy, but I almost fell down after grabbing it.

"Don't blame the uneven road for people's failures. The magic energy of your demons is more convenient. Our magic requires nobles with talent to learn. Your magic can be absorbed by any demon."

"Too."

Moran recalled that this was indeed the case in previous battles. The demons were naturally stronger than ordinary people, and during war they could use their demonic energy to fight one against many, which allowed them to gain an advantage in the early stages.

"Lingyu, can you accompany me to the outskirts of the city?"

Moran called Lingyu, who had just packed her things and was about to go to bed to recover her strength. Although he was extremely reluctant to go out, when he thought of the things on his hands, Moran didn't need his consent at all.

"It's useless even if I refuse. Let's go and you lead the way." Lingyu stood up listlessly.

"Thank you for your help, brave man." Moran said in a joking tone, and took out the food and medicine he had prepared in advance as if he had known about it.

"You, oh, it's my bad luck." Lingyu sighed helplessly and punched Moran in the chest.

A man hurried into the dark church and knelt before the badly damaged stone sculpture of the God of Light.

"Your Excellency has new information."

After saying that, a figure gradually condensed in the darkness in front of him. After fully transforming, the shadow turned around and looked at the man.

Maybe the shadow had no hostility, but his dark and bloodthirsty eyes made people shiver and think about reporting back and leaving the place as soon as possible.

"We found that the Demon King and the Hero have already started packing their bags and are about to leave in the near future."

"Well, they must have realized that we were monitoring them. If they were to escape, they would definitely flee the empire from the ship at the port. Other countries have too little influence on our church, and they would really be unable to catch up with us. You should start to act according to the plan tonight."

"Yes."

The man nodded in agreement, stood up and walked out of the church. The shadow walked into the darkness after the man left.

"Okay, that's enough." Moran threw a dead demon wolf aside with disdain.

"Will we kill too many?"

Looking at the corpses of the demon wolves that had been piled up on a small hill, although I was used to blood and killing, it was still disgusting to see the pile of corpses attracting many flies.

"You know what this means to eliminate harm for the people."

"You? You're trying to get rid of harm for the people." Lingyu shook his head, "You're just trying to absorb the evil spirits from these monsters, but you're so hypocritical."

Moran ignored Lingyu's ridicule, took out a dagger, cut off the left claw of each magic wolf and put them into a small bag. After all, not everyone is rich enough to subdue a magic wolf, which costs a full silver coin.

Lingyu pointed at the blood-stained clothes and sighed, "Don't wash so quickly next time. It's hard to wash so much blood. Take off your coat and give it to me."

Moran was confused for a moment but took it off anyway.

Lingyu took the clothes and silently said "Purification" to the suicide.

Just as Lingyu said, the clothes gave off a slight luster and the stains disappeared. After returning them to Moran, she prepared to go back.

"Thank you, but why don't you usually use magic so conveniently?"

"It's been a very tiring day and I can't recover much mana. And the potions are so expensive, so I have to use them sparingly."

So that's it. Moran suddenly remembered the way Lingyu fought with him before. He could greatly strengthen himself, but he didn't know if he could use it.

"Lingyu, what was the name of the thing that was flying in the sky with wings of light?"

"What happened to the Judge?"

"Can you still use it now?"

Lingyu's brows trembled slightly, and she came to a conclusion by sensing all the holy light power and magic in her body.

"Of course I can." Lingyu showed an embarrassed expression, "But I can only use about 10% of my strength and even if I drain all my magic power, I can only last for ten seconds at most."

"That's it."

It seems that it is impossible to force our way into the city.