490 The Trip (1/2)

After heading to the north along the river valley for several minutes, Lucien told Natasha that they had to change the direction and head toward the east. Using Advanced Flying, Lucien and Natasha flew as fast as they could in the new direction. Meanwhile, Lucien removed the layer of dim moonlight on Natasha.

”You're attracting Demigod-lich's attention so that aunty Camil can leave the city of Husum and go into the desert in the east in safety, right?” asked Natasha. She did not complain at all when Lucien suddenly changed the plan, instead, she accepted Lucien's decision and realized his plan right away. They had gone through fire and water multiple times together. They knew each other well.

Natasha knew that on the east side of the desert was a secret liaison magic circle set up by the Congress of Magic. The magic circle could send voice messages across the ocean to the areas under the control of the Congress.

Once knowing where Lucien was, Fernando and Hathaway could go back to the main material world first and then open another Portal to Alternate Realm to the northern mountains in Erdo Peninsula. This was the fastest route, although it would still cost them a day to come.

If a radiant knight was familiar with all the semi-solidified space barriers in this dimension, he or she would be able to get to the liaison magic circle in the desert within two days; if not, it would take three to four days. Unfortunately, Camil belongs to the latter.

Flying at a high speed in the sky, they could hear the wind howl as it thrashed the coldness into their bones. Lucien smiled. He nodded and said to Natasha via the telepathic bond between them, ”it Demigod-lich can't find our traces when he returns, he will definitely go after Camil, who is the closest person to us that survived the fight. When he gets aunty Camil, we will lose all our hope of waiting for Hathaway and my teacher's help. What's even worse is that he will for sure use aunty Camil to threaten us. We must eliminate this potential danger.”

”That's true. If Demigod-lich can lock on our trace, he will come after us.” Natasha agreed. ”Thus, as long as aunty Camil can hide properly, she will have enough time to recover.”

”In this dimension, even a legendary's spiritual power field only has a radius of three hundred meters. At that time, aunty Camil will have already left the city of Husum. By then, Demigod-lich will have a very difficult time if he still wants to find her. And we all know that following one's track of destiny isn't very accurate.” Natasha added. ”Within a day, aunty Camil will be able to get in the mountains in the northeast, where His Excellency Varantine is patrolling. Unless he loses his mind and wants to challenge the Church right now by himself, Demigod-lich will have no choice but to give up tracking down aunty Camil.”

Natasha, who was flying in the air like a sharp arrow, completely understood Lucien's plan. She told Lucien where Varantine was, in case he would run into Varantine.

To escape by fueling a fight between Varantine and Demigod-lich was not a possible plan, because Varantine could always inform the Church, and then Lucien would have to run away from the entire Church's hunting. The situation would be much, much more dangerous than what they were facing now.

”So we have to keep distracting Demigod-lich for a whole day,” said Lucien seriously.

Natasha lifted her left eyebrow, ”You are not worried that aunty Camil might tell His Excellency Varantine about you?”

”There's no perfect plan facing such a great danger,” said Lucien honestly, ”but after seven days, when Alterna finishes absorbing the pieces, I might be able to survive even facing the Pope. And, I trust you.”

Natasha lips curved into a smile,

”I told aunty Camil that it would only take Alterna four days to fully absorb the pieces. If she chooses not to sell you out and successfully sends the message to the Congress, the Lord of Storm and granny Hathaway will come find you even earlier than you planned. If she indeed sells you out, when the Pope sends the priests here, it will have been three days later. His Holiness will definitely consider how big is their chance of winning when facing Alterna, who will have recovered to the level of demigod. I don't think he will take the risk, especially when he's currently unable to cast God's Arrival.”

Lucien tilted his head and examined Natasha up to down. He was quite impressed. ”I thought you were always very straightforward, no matter when fighting or dealing with things. I didn't expect it at all that you could also be very sophisticated. But… aunty Camil has been protecting you for so many years, won't you feel bad lying to her?”

Natasha grinned. ”Hey, I gave aunty Camil the wrong message because you deceived me in the first place. A dignified knight like me doesn't lie.”

After the joke, the look on Natasha's face became more serious. ”Although I do like to solve problems on my own, as the future duchess, I've always been living in great caution, or what happened to me last time with my cousin Verdi would definitely happen again. I trust that aunty Camil will never betray me, but I am not so sure whether she'd also not betray you. Maybe in her eyes, sending you to the gallows is the best way to protect me from the danger of being hunted by Demigod-lich. I can't count on anybody by simply saying 'I trust her.'”

Lucien saw a true duchess in front of him — decisive, determined, and cautious.

What was even more important was that Natasha still knew what she really wanted.

Lucien smiled lightly. ”We've done this much, and the rest of the things are not within our control. We should head northward and eastward in turns, so that Demigod-lich will believe that we're heading for the desert in the east following an irregular route.”

At this time, the concrete colors black, white and grey climbed onto Lucien's left hand again and then covered his entire body. The flying spell was interrupted, and Lucien instantly fell from the sky.

With a dive, Natasha clutched Lucien. Then she pulled out Pale Justice and swung it at the mix of black, white and grey.

However, this time one single strike turned out to be insufficient. Natasha frowned and kept hacking at it. After three times, the mixture of colors finally retreated.

”Are you alright?” Asked Natasha in concern.

Lucien said calmly, ”don't worry. The fight can get quite intense. When the absorption process approaches the end, there'll be a big one.”