Time seemed to be frozen at this moment, the boy's cry and the war cry of the tribal warriors were intertwined, which was harsh and heartbreaking.

At this moment, two voices emerged in Solandel's mind.

The first voice told her - there is no time, give this child a knife to end his life and pain, so that he will no longer despair, and you can leave.

The second voice told her - this is indeed the wisest thing to do, but if you do this, you will no longer be who you used to be.

Faced with the two choices, Solandel was extremely hesitant. Her first reaction was... Why should I choose? Why should I bear this choice? Isn't there any way to get the best of both worlds?

And when she saw the bloodthirsty looks of the tribal warriors in the distance and the helpless tears of the young man, the cruel reality told her: "Yes, no. The best of both worlds belongs to the powerful, and the strong can do whatever they want.

.You can only blame yourself for the current situation. The reason for this unfortunate decision is all caused by your weakness."

All because of weakness...

If you have the power...

If you have the power!

Garrot grabbed Solandel's arm and dragged her back, shouting anxiously: "Let's go! It's too late!!!"

"Save one more..." Solandel murmured, once again devoting her faith to the great Sun King.

"Boom!" The divine seal that had just been awakened not long ago lit up again in the center of Solandel's brows. Her strong faith gave her unprecedented strength. She struggled to break free from Garrot's grasp, rushed to the young man's side, and used

His shoulders held up the huge wreckage pressing on him.

"Save one more...let me save one more..." Solandel kept murmuring, her body covered in gold and fire making a final struggle with the wreckage.

Slowly, stone chips flew down, and with Solandel's hard work, the stone weighing hundreds of kilograms forced her up.

Seeing this, Garrot could only make a desperate move. He rushed up and grabbed the young man's wrist and dragged him out.

When several tribal warriors who were the first to cross the gap in the city wall saw this scene, they let out wild war roars and waved their weapons, preparing to rush over and kill people.

At this moment, a sharp neighing sound sounded, and the pure white unicorn passed by Solandel, rushed towards the menacing tribal warriors, raised its strong front hooves and trampled wildly on the enemy formation.

The bodies of unicorns and horses are very similar in appearance, but they are actually not the same species. Even the thinnest unicorn is several times stronger than the strongest war horse.

Moreover, unicorns live in the warm forests of the south. The tribal warriors who have settled in the far north ice fields for generations have never seen them. They were so frightened by the sharp horns on their foreheads that they screamed, and their strength was even more difficult to compete with.

, once stepped on, either death or injury will occur.

Driven by the unicorn, several tribal warriors who had just crossed the gap in the city wall were driven back again, and collided with their comrades who rushed up from behind. Angry curses were heard everywhere, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Taking advantage of this gap, Solandel and Garrot finally worked together to rescue the boy. She whistled to call back the unicorn, threw the boy onto its back, and slapped it hard on the leg: "Run!

"

Gupi

The unicorn neighed, carrying the boy and running towards the back.

Garrot also quickly picked up Solandel, boarded a war horse with her, and quickly fled the war zone before the tribal warriors rushed over.

The last soldiers who stayed here were all equipped with war horses in order to evacuate quickly at the last moment. They had already tried their best to complete the rescue mission and retreated to a relatively safe pass.

However, the soldiers who had completed their mission were unwilling to leave. They eagerly pressed against the city wall, prayed and watched. It was not until they witnessed Solandel escaping with their own eyes that they burst into loud cheers and guarded her closely.

Be beside Her Royal Highness the Princess and leave with her.

By the time the vanguard of tribal warriors crossed the gap in the city wall in large numbers, Solandel and others had already disappeared.

...

After Solandel rendezvoused with the retreating army, after a personnel count, only less than 4,000 of the more than 7,000 people left behind survived, and nearly half of them died directly. The rest were basically injured, and the losses were indescribable.

Not tragic.

But compared to the fact that everyone was hacked to death by tribal warriors and their heads became trophies around their waists, this is already an extremely optimistic result.

Now that the people and horses were exhausted and exhausted, the forced march was too inefficient. Solandel led everyone to escape dozens of miles and found a high ground to temporarily station themselves, allowing everyone to rest and recuperate temporarily.

The high ground has a wide field of vision, and enemies can be detected in advance. Moreover, Solandel also left guard posts along the way as double insurance. If the tribal warriors really forced a march to pursue them, they could escape as soon as possible.

After the team stopped to repair, it was already nightfall. The exhausted soldiers wrapped themselves in blankets to maintain body temperature, fell to the ground and began to sleep.

Solandel was also exhausted, but fortunately she did not participate in the frontal battle much. The fatigue was mainly mental. She could bear it physically, so she leaned next to the unicorn to keep vigil for everyone.

The unicorn clung to Solandel docilely and covered her body with its mane-filled tail to keep its owner warm.

Solandel kept smoothing the unicorn's hair, holding a topographic map in her hand, studying the next retreat route by the light of the fire.

At this time, a figure slowly approached. Solandel looked over and quickly recognized it: "Ah, it's you. Are you feeling better?"

The visitor was none other than the young man Solandel rescued from the ruins.

"I'm much better, Your Highness." Facing the high-ranking Princess who saved his own life regardless of safety, the young man looked very shy. He handed a piece of bread in his hand to him and stammered with a red face, "I

...I'm here to thank you, Your Highness. I thought I was dead at that time, but I didn't expect that you would risk everything to save me...I really appreciate you...Thank you..."

Solandel covered her lips and chuckled, and said kindly: "No need to thank you, this is my responsibility. You can take the bread and eat it yourself. The supplies are seriously insufficient now, and each person can only get one piece of bread every day. You

Give it to me and you'll be hungry all day long."

The young man quickly shook his head, insisted on passing the bread forward, and said seriously: "Your Highness, my parents have taught me since I was a child that I should know how to repay kindness. You saved my life, and I should repay you. I have nothing on me now, but this piece of bread

This is the only thing I can use to repay my kindness, please accept it!"

Solandel thought for a while, motioned the boy to sit over, moved the unicorn's tail towards him so that he could keep warm, then took the bread in his hand, broke it in half from the middle, and gave half to him

, gave half to himself, smiled and said: "Half for each person~"
Chapter completed!