Act 450 Awakening III

About an hour later, the knights finally sent news from the front: "We found an exit above, Your Highness the Princess."

"It seems that we have found the right place." Antitina also saw the nervousness of Her Royal Highness the Princess and said with relief: "Although the process is a bit tortuous, at least we have not completely lost hope. Judging from the reaction of Grand Duke Lantonilan in the letter, Look, at least they are still on our side, with the military power of Valhalla, and these conspiracies can only stay at the stage of conspiracies."

"Thank you, Antitina, I understand, I'm just worried about Haruze."

"He is the Lord's student. The Lord not only taught His Highness Haruze swordsmanship, but as a sister, perhaps Her Highness the Princess should have more confidence in Eruin's future King."

The eldest princess of Eruin nodded.

The knights quickly controlled the exit of the secret passage outside. As expected, the exit was already in the misty forest. It was said that there was a hunter's wooden house nearby, but it had been abandoned for a long time. The knights of the White Lion Guard found many standard military weapons in the wooden house. Although it had long been rusted, it seemed that this was the secret stronghold of the Denel family, and its appearance was just a cover-up.

After confirming this, Antitina and Princess Griffin finally felt at ease. Under the care of the knights, Freya was the first among the three to walk out of the secret passage. Then the Valkyrie took the princess's hand and helped her out.

Although the elves' eyes can quickly adapt to changes in strong and weak light, Princess Griffin couldn't help but subconsciously squint her eyes when she suddenly came under the sun.

At this moment, she suddenly heard a sharp whistle in her ears.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

She heard Freya scream, and then something heavy hit her. The huge momentum made her fall backwards, and her vest hit the wall of the secret passage heavily.

Then there was a burst of noisy sounds outside, one of which should be the sound of wind and fire, and then the screams of people. Finally there was the sound of weapons clashing.

She heard the Valkyrie let out a muffled groan, and then all the sounds were silenced. Only then did Her Royal Highness see what was pressing on her body - it was actually a corpse, a white lion knight who had lost his body. The corpse of the head. Blood was pouring out from the broken blood vessels in the neck and trachea, which made people feel nauseated.

Griffith resisted the urge to gag, and she kept shrinking back, and Antitina also pulled her back hard in that direction. But things couldn't be controlled by the two of them, and soon a pair of cold iron gloves stretched out from outside the cave. Grabbing the hair of Her Highness the Princess, Griffin let out a scream and was dragged out by the latter.

She screamed and dug at the wall with her hands, her fingertips were bruised and bloody, but she was still pulled out and thrown aside.

Griffin opened his eyes and saw Freya lying next to him with her eyes closed, a long wound on her chest, and she didn't know whether she was alive or dead.

Princess Griffin's heart tightened suddenly, and she subconsciously held Miss Valkyrie's cold hand - luckily. She could also see a warm pulse. But before she could say anything, the pair of iron gloves grabbed her slender neck and pulled her up, then shouted towards the direction of the cave:

"Everyone inside, please come out, or I will kill these people."

Griffith felt that her face that had been hit earlier was swollen and painful, and she could hardly open her eyes. However, she still saw the staff lady and two other knights slowly walking out of the secret passage.

Among the more than ten people accompanying him, it seemed that only a few were left in an instant.

Princess Griffin saw the cold corpses lying on the ground, including the female officer of Antitina. This girl, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, had an arrow in her chest. His empty eyes stared directly into the sky above the forest.

She thought that not long ago, this girl was applying makeup to herself one stroke at a time, praising her beauty.

I couldn't help but closed my eyes in pain.

The opponent's strength was beyond her imagination.

The White Lion Guard left by Brando is already one of the best in Eruin. Even if the private soldiers of ordinary local nobles have ten times the number, they may not be able to gain the upper hand in a frontal battle. But now these enemies killed almost everyone in a matter of seconds.

She noticed that most of the people who took action were wizards.

There were seventeen or eighteen people in total, all wearing gray robes with their faces hidden under hoods. So many spellcasters are exactly the same as the rebellion in Lantonilan described by the Highland Knights in their letters. This is definitely not something that the local nobles in the south can come up with.

"Who is that princess?"

The black-armored knight who captured her. He asked angrily in a rough tone.

Griffin was slightly startled, and she raised her head in confusion - these people who came to arrest them didn't even recognize her identity? Are they really the nobles of Eruin?

"Take all the women away. There is always someone among the nobles who knows her." A voice replied.

"No," but the wizards shook their heads: "These people cannot be seen by the nobles. They are our prisoners. Don't worry, we have our own way to confirm their identities."

As he spoke, he motioned to one of the wizards to take out a gem. Griffith almost screamed when he saw the gem. That is the Golin Gem. Legend has it that it was once part of the Lion's Heart Sword, but the late King Ek used it to cast a crown. This crown has always been the most precious treasure of the Sifah family. That gem has the same identity as the Lion's Heart. A sword-like ability - to confirm the legitimacy of the Eruin royal family.

The crown has always remained in the Sifah family, but after the Ampelsel War and the series of turmoil in the Sifah family after that, the crown and the gem were also missing. She specifically inquired about this. His brother Levin Onneson, but the other party obviously didn't know much about this matter.

But how did it end up in these people’s hands?

Who are these people?

Griffin was filled with confusion for a moment.

Antitina obviously saw the gem at this time, and a trace of surprise also flashed in her eyes. And when she saw the black-armored knight taking the gem from the wizards, he suddenly took a step forward and interrupted these people:

"This is the Golin gem. It is the most precious treasure of our Eruin. How come it is in your hands? Who are you?"

"Huh?" The wizard was slightly startled. He glanced at Antitina and suddenly threw the gem over like a worthless stone. Then he said sternly to Antitina: "You, take it. pick it up."

Antitina silently glanced at the gem that rolled to her feet.

Then she raised her head and looked at the bruised and bruised Princess.

"You let go of my maid first. I have the right to ask you to do so."

"Interesting." The wizard snorted, and he gestured to the black-armored knight, who immediately let go of Griffin. The half-elf princess fell to her knees, and she held her in tears. There were purple marks on his chest and neck. He could hardly speak and could only gasp for air.

Antitina glanced at Her Royal Highness the Princess unbearably. She hesitated for a moment before slowly bending down and picking up the gem.

"Antitina, no." Princess Griffin was so anxious that she was speechless and could only use her eyes to desperately signal to the staff lady. These people are extremely cold and ruthless. If they find out that Antitina is deceiving them, they may tear her to pieces in an instant.

Miss Freya's life and death are unknown at the moment. If Antitina dies here again, she doesn't know how to explain to Brando.

But at this moment, the eldest princess suddenly froze.

In everyone's eyes, the flawlessly cut Golan gemstone was slowly burning in Antitina's hands - a flame seemed to light up in the center of the gemstone, and it slowly expanded outwards, and finally became It is bright and flawless, emitting soft light in all directions.

"It's so beautiful," the wizard couldn't help but admired when he saw this scene. Then he bent down, bowed his head and saluted the lady of the staff: "Your Highness, the respected princess, I can only trouble you to come with us."

"This Golan gem?"

"You can take it," the wizard replied politely, turning away from his previous arrogance: "It has no more use for us than this."

With that said, the wizard turned around and ordered all the black-armored knights in the forest: "Clean the battlefield, leave this place, take away all the people who are still alive, and don't forget the lady and her sword. "

He pointed at Freya and the Lionheart Sword on the ground.

Antitina held the Golin gem in her hand and just watched this scene silently.

She slowly moved her gaze to Princess Griffin aside, only to see the half-elf girl looking at her blankly, with a look of pity and bewilderment in her silver eyes.

…

What awakens from all darkness, ignorance, and chaos is often the dream of mortals.

When Griffin opened his eyes tiredly, what he saw was still darkness. The tent blocked the bright night sky and the shining stars in the misty forest. The sound of insects' wings could be heard outside the tent, squeaking and squeaking. A nocturne.

The sound of women screaming and crying came from the distant camp, and the princess's heart tightened involuntarily. She seemed to have entered another nightmare from one nightmare, but the latter was more real, like a knife cutting open her heart. She heard her heart pounding, which was proof that she was still alive. She was afraid of distinguishing the cries of the staff lady from those sounds - but fortunately, as a more important prisoner, Antitina is currently being held captive. Carefully protected.

Thinking of this, Princess Griffin got up from the ground regardless of the pain on her body. As the maid of Her Royal Highness, she received preferential treatment. The rebels prepared a blanket for her and Freya, but it was only That's all.

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