Chapter 469: 1 year has passed (1/2)

Seeing Roki one of the strongest men in the Empire, breaking them free came as a surprise for the Redwing members. However, it just reminded them of the crazy story Ray had revealed to them all. It turned out that there might be some truth to it after all.

”Brother, you can't break us free.” Slyvia said with her hands held on the bars.

”What brother would I be if I was to let you rot in a cell like this, and your friends, of course,” Mathew said, giving them a little wave.

It was nice to know they were at least an afterthought.

”You know what I mean. If they find out what you did, with your position in the Alure kingdom army. It will make the Alure kingdom and the Empire enemies.”

”About that, the Queen was planning to break off her relationship with the Empire anyway. We are happy to support and form an alliance with the Redwings. Liz has been worried ever since her son had run off to the Redwings, and with Lenny there and others. We aren't as short-sighted as the other kingdoms, maybe not now, but in the future, the Redwings will be a force that can take on an empire with or without a king.”

In his hand, Roki held the keys, and the rest of the group was free. Waiting down the tunnel and keeping guard were the two contestants of the Alure kingdom and with them, there were many bodies on the floor that had been knocked out.

With Roki's help, it was fairly easy for them to break free. He had prepared everything, even bringing the strange carriage that they had brought with them. With his position, anything he asked for, people would do it without a second thought.

A high official who was also a celebrity, but after today, he would be giving all that up. To go to a new place and his reason for going there, he wasn't even sure if he was still alive.

The rest stayed in the carriage while Roki was out front and of course, even the guards were happy to let him out. They would still note it down as requested, but by the time Alexander woke up and found out, they would be long gone.

Their destination was the Redwing kingdom, and it would take them a while to go through each of the different places just like they had done on the way here. During their journey, they got to know a bit more about Roki.

He was a king sweat man, an older gentleman in his Frites but he looked younger than that. Apparently, he used to work for the old leader in his party, but most of them had moved over to other parties or were killed when the new leader had come into power. Then when she went running away. His party was non existent in the kingdom.

They didn't even get a vote anymore as no one had taken over the seat. Roki being the only loyal follower was offered the position, especially since Alexander thought he had him under his control but Roki refused, thinking he wasn't deserving of it.

Speaking of this, the topic of Ray came up a lot. They were starting to wonder what if Ray suddenly appeared back in the Empire. Had they all just left him there?

With the messaging system as well. It was impossible for him to know how the others were doing, and they just hoped he didn't go on a wild one.

Thanks to Mathew, they were granted safe and easy passage through the other kingdoms. It seemed like his involvement might not have been revealed to the others, but that still didn't change the fact that they had planned to team up with the Redwings.

Eventually, they had reached the Alure kingdom, and it was time for Slyvia to say goodbye to her brother. More than anything, he was deeply concerned about her Shadow eye. Even after all this time, one of her eyes was still black. Covered with an eye patch of course so no one would be scared off when they saw her.

She told him not to worry, if there was anyone who knew how to fix this or what to do with it, she had the best people in all of Bronzeland, Lenny and Bliss.

When they finally arrived at the Redwing kingdom. Roki couldn't believe his eyes. There was a steam like technology, things that he hadn't seen before, yet some things looked a little similar to himself.

”Everyone's reaction is like that when they first see Avrion.” Slyvia said. ”All of this is thanks to our little Dwarf.”

”You guys have Dwarfs?” Roki replied, knowing he knew it. He really had made the right decision in coming here.

Everyone in the Redwing kingdom was excited to hear their tail of what had happened. However, there was a weird atmosphere between both camps. Those from the Redwings were looking at the group wondering where Ray was, and at the same time, Slyvia and the others were wondering if Ray had returned.

A Council meeting had been placed, and this was where Slyvia would tell all. The secret of Ray's disappearance was kept away from most of the Redwing members. The only ones that knew about it were the council members and those that belonged to the original Red Wings, such as Sloth and Badger.