Chapter 234 - Hidden Enemies (1/2)

Surrounded?

Apart from Queen Andonara’s somewhat nervous expression, no one had any reaction.

For one, they were players: they wouldn’t really die, and the worst that could happen was that they would lose equipment and experience.

Secondly, they still had backup—Schuck and the dragoness were just a short distance away.

Roland sighed and said, “Looks like we’ll have to get Schuck over here to help.”

However, Husseret waved his hand and said, “No hurry, let’s wait and see. I think the enemy will slowly surround us, and maybe even communicate with us. There are some things I would like to ask.”

Roland shook his head slightly. “But our first task is to protect the queen and escort her to safety.”

Upon hearing this, Queen Andonara suddenly looked at Roland, her pretty face wore an expression of utter surprise. She seemed to have misunderstood the meaning of Roland’s words about the quest, and thought it meant something else.

None of the men present noticed the expression on Queen Andonara’s face at this point, only the audience watching in the livestream did.

“Oh sh**, that subtle expression on the Queen’s face, she’s truly fallen.”

“All on her own?”

“This… why can’t I have such good luck? I hooked up with a wife and got my banana peeled by her husband[1].”

“Wait! The brother upstairs, you’re the famous flayed man.”

“Encountering the real person, how lucky.”

“Can you tell us how you felt at the time?”

Then the conversation sidetracked, and the interests of the players in the livestream were focused on the flayed man. Women were not as interesting as gossip! Not to mention this was an extremely rare kind of gossip.

And here on the scene, Husseret said to Roland, “Why don’t you take the queen and leave first, while the others stay with me. I’d like to see who is so impressive that they have calculated our escape route so accurately.”

Oh… so it’s Husseret who’s in a sour mood.

He had been a bit stubborn since he was a kid and didn’t like it when people guessed what he was thinking. He had planned this escape route and now they were surrounded by people, so naturally, he wanted to figure out what was going on.

Roland thought about it and said, “Why don’t the postman and Betta escort the queen away first, and I’ll stay behind too. With a spellcaster around, you’ll at least get good support.”

Andonara glared coquettishly at Roland.

Husseret’s gloomy face revealed a rarely seen smile. “No need to be so troublesome, the queen probably only trusts you. Besides, if we stay, we can also bring up the rear.”

The postman was tempted to say that he too wanted to escort the queen away with Roland first, but he looked at the queen’s coquettish expression and immediately understood what was going on.

It was quiet around them, and getting quieter by the minute.

Roland knew that if he didn’t leave, it might be too late. He nodded and said, “Okay, then I’ll take the queen and leave first, you guys be careful.”

“Don’t worry.”

Husseret made an OK gesture, and the others gave Roland a thumbs up, which seemed to have a strange encouraging meaning. Roland felt a little bewildered and wondered what they were encouraging.

Roland then retreated and left with Queen Andonara.

He threw down three magic spiders and summoned a s.h.i.+eld-wielding doll.

The three spiders didn’t go into the gra.s.s, moving forward in sync with him, but separately monitoring the front, left, and right for any approaching enemies.

The s.h.i.+eld-wielding doll, on the other hand, protected the queen.

They walked slowly through the woods, Roland’s expression was somewhat heavy as the net was definitely shrinking and he would have to make a run for it through the gap in the rear before he was completely surrounded.

However, Andonara’s expression was rather relaxed—very relaxed.

She followed Roland’s lead, her face full of smiles.

It was as if they were not on the run, but instead having a romantic night out.

Thanks to the advanced vision of the three magic spiders, Roland avoided the encirclement, and using the magic spiders, Roland saw a heavily armored infantry regiment that was quite well-equipped slowly completing the encirclement.

These were not the city guards under Antis, they were definitely royal guards.