Chapter 163 - Chapter 31: Overwhelming #4 (2/2)

“Noona, we need to hurry.”

Anastasia nodded as In-gong rode over on White Eagle. They had to hurry in order to catch up with the central fortress defenders. With In-gong at the forefront on White Eagle, the party ran forward again.

Some time passed by. They found the central fortress defenders where they were running, and In-gong moved to the front of the line on White Eagle. While holding the flag of light, Carack shouted,

“Prince!”

Carack’s stamina and endurance were comparable to In-gong’s. So, his face and voice were filled with welcome instead of fatigue. However, the soldiers around them were different. Everyone’s expressions showed that they were suffering. Below the King’s Flag and Protection of the Wind weren’t enough. In order to move faster than the wind, recovery magic was necessary.

“Anastasia noona! Please!”

In-gong shouted as Anastasia barely reached the front. Anastasia’s expression became momentarily tearful, but she soon restored her expression. She repeatedly cast the recovery magic over the 3,000 central fortress defenders.

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“Um, I am exhausted. Prince is really too much.”

After the frantic sprint, the central fortress defenders were able to reach the 12th base. However, the price was great. The central fortress defenders seemed like they had their souls sucked out, while Anastasia was lying on the back of her unicorn. She was sweating and gasping for breath.

“I had a feeling this would happen.”

Felicia, who had arrived at the 12th base first, said while staring at Anastasia. Anastasia was an excellent magician in many ways, but this was probably the first time she had collapsed due to magic power exhaustion.

Felicia stared at her with sympathy and then gazed at In-gong with narrowed eyes. In-gong just grinned and pretended not to know.

“I’m here, Felicia noona. Were you worried?”

The bright smile made the most of his gandharva beauty, so Felicia couldn’t help laughing.

“You aren’t hurt anywhere?”

“I’m fine.”

In-gong knocked against his chest, and Felicia sighed with relief. She had been very worried about In-gong. So, she was glad that he had returned safely.

Felicia covered her face with a fan and said,

“Let’s settle this situation first. We need to greet the troops of the 12th base.”

The 3,000 soldiers were collapsed on the ground. In-gong nodded at Felicia’s words and gazed a little further away. The lizardman Makkulpin, the leader of the 12th base, was running this way.

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Berkintox, who arrived at the central fortress, felt more confusion than anger.

The central fortress was empty. He understood up to here. Berkintox had been expecting it to some extent. There was no reason for Anastasia to be sitting in the central fortress when Actius had loosened the encirclement.

However, he hadn’t thought it would be so empty. It wasn’t just the troops of the central fortress… The warehouse was completely empty. There was no evidence of the food, weapons or other goods which would have been stored in the central fortress.

Surely, they hadn’t brought the items with them while running away? It was crazy. Emptying a warehouse wasn’t easy. The central fortress was the supply base for the fortresses near the Western Limit Line, so it stockpiled a tremendous quantity of supplies. Just taking them out of the warehouse and packing them would take a full day.

There was a problem even after the warehouse was cleared. As the amount of supplies being carried increased, the movement speed would slow down. Wasn’t it better to lighten their body as much as possible in order to run away?

Yet surprisingly, Anastasia had done it. Moreover, they had escaped the western part of Curtis in just one day, so Berkintox wondered about what type of magic had been used.

Every one of the fortresses, which had missed Anastasia, said the same thing through the communicator.

Their movement speed had been too fast; the marching speed of the infantry hadn’t been normal. Therefore, they hadn’t been able to block the infantry properly due to their unexpected speed.

Now, Berkintox could only laugh. 4th Princess Anastasia Nekrion…

He had known she was capable, but he hadn’t expected this. She far surpassed his expectations.

Berkintox controlled his emotions. It was just a change in order, but this way, he could bring all the Paran clan members together.

‘I can use this time as well.’

The Paran clan warriors were already gathering from all over the place, and the number of Hwarin members who had pledged allegiance personally was over 100.

Berkintox gave orders to each fortress and base in the western region.

“Hit the 12th base. Smash it so that not one trace remains and show our strength to all of Curtis.”

The troops of the western area all obeyed Berkintox’s command. Except for the barbarians led by Actius, all the forces of the west started moving.