Volume Two, The Fallen Light, Chapter 52: Escape (2…
Yekaterina watched her father die in front of her eyes, her eyes filled with tears. She turned around and stepped into the portal while pulling the stunned Ivan.
Peter was so anxious when he saw this that he only had time to throw the long sword in his hand into the portal. After a flash of light, the portal disappeared.
"Bastard, find them for me immediately. They must be seen alive, and their bodies must be seen dead. Augustus, you take the people there. Master Francis, I'm sorry to trouble you."
After the dark mage Francis nodded to Peter, he quickly used perception magic to roughly locate the direction in which Yekaterina and the two were teleporting, and then led Augustus and his men to pursue them.
After the people who went after him left, Peter said to Helen with a gloomy look:
"Helen, send a message to Master Francis. Augustus must want to do something to my sister. The blood of our Ludendorff family cannot be tainted by any lowly people. Kill them all, leaving no one alive, and then do something to Galil.
The Marquis said that it was Catherine and Ivan who made a temporary counterattack and killed his precious son."
There was no emotion in Peter's voice. He had just killed his father and his heart was as calm as water. It didn't matter if he killed a few more people, even his biological brother and sister.
Even Helen was a little scared of Peter like this. He nodded hurriedly to express his understanding, and immediately used a strange gesture to cast a spell and send a message to the dark mage.
This communication magic is a short-distance communication method developed by the Mensis School. It is extremely concealed and cannot be easily detected. The disadvantage is that the distance cannot be too far.
In an open space not far to the south of the road between the Royal Garden and Waldenhof, a faint blue portal appeared, and then Ekaterina and Ivan rolled out of the portal in embarrassment.
Ekaterina shook her dizzy head vigorously. Although it was not the first time for space teleportation, the earth-shaking feeling still made her uncomfortable.
Why is there no movement from Ivan?
Ekaterina turned her head to check on Ivan, but tears burst from her eyes uncontrollably.
There was a half-sword stuck on Ivan's back. Judging from the style of this half-sword, it was Peter's sword. At this moment, Ivan was no longer breathing.
With tears in her eyes, Yekaterina looked up and saw nothing but the endless night.
Her father, teacher, and elder brother, who loved her most, left her one after another.
She could not forget that when her teacher was dying, he still used his last energy to buy them time to escape.
She could not forget that when her father was killed by Servais, he still cared about her and asked her to escape.
Wiping her tears, she knew that this was not the time to cry. Only by escaping from Albrex could she have a chance to avenge her father and brother.
Although Ekaterina usually has no interest in politics, she also knows at this moment:
It is impossible to go back to Wadenhof to expose Peter's rebellion. Based on Peter's calculations and arrangements, no one will help him. Even if there is, it will be a negligible force. It is estimated that the crime of killing his father will definitely fall on Ivan.
and on oneself.
It is definitely impossible to go to Shire. Not only is the distance far away, but I am not familiar with the political environment there. Moreover, the Principality of Shire is extremely dependent on the empire. If Grand Duke Gros compromises, he may hand himself over.
Besides, Peter would definitely send heavy troops to guard the road to the Shire.
The only place he could go to now was Batoria. His deceased mother was the sister of the current King of Knights, Ryan. Batoria was also a country of knights. Belief in the Fairy of the Lake and abide by the virtues of knights would definitely protect him.
Having made up her mind, Yekaterina hid the sadness in her heart, and after applying the floating technique, feather falling technique and cat's grace (strengthening agility and increasing movement speed) to herself, she headed towards the border between Albrex and Cyril.
Escape.
Fortunately, I came to spring hunting wearing equestrian clothes, not everyday palace clothes, which made the escape much more convenient.
While running, he looked at the items that Teacher Luo Ning gave him before he died.
It turned out to be a simple ring, with words engraved on it that even Ekaterina could not understand, and it was still being circulated.
Putting the ring on her hand, Ekaterina immediately felt the overwhelming magic power contained in it, and it also stored a lot of spells. However, she couldn't use it now due to her strength, but she could use this ring as a magic power charge.
Treasure, the huge magic power inside basically allows her to cast spells without limit.
Yekaterina understood that this was Teacher Luo Ning's legendary ring - the Ring of Dominance.
Seeing things and thinking about people, she felt a little sad for a while. It was the first time in her life that she felt helpless.
She adjusted her mentality as quickly as possible. She knew that the pursuers would not be too far away, and it would be even more difficult to escape Peter's men if they fled after dawn.
On this side, the dark mage Francis led Augustus and a group of dark blade knights to track the place where Yekaterina teleported, where only Ivan's body remained.
"Take His Highness Ivan's body back." Augustus ordered his Dark Blade Knight, and then sighed.
Before he was expelled from the imperial capital, he had a close friendship with Ivan, and he despised Peter as much as he did. Unexpectedly, fate had played a trick on him, and he had become Peter's subordinate and launched a coup.
Soon, Augustus's eyes became hot. After the coup, the Galil family became powerful again because they stood on the right side, and he, Augustus, was about to become a hot young talent in the imperial capital who held great power.
Ekaterina, you are mine.
Augustus licked his lips as if he was hungry.
"Continue the pursuit!" Following his order, the group of people identified the traces of Ekaterina's escape and pursued the princess.
The dark mage Francis, who seemed a little careless but actually turned on the magic tracking, said disdainfully in his heart:
"Who are you, His Majesty Peter? Oh, no, His Majesty Peter has ordered that when Catherine is caught, you will die!"
The group of people immediately disappeared into the darkness, and only heard the rapid sound of horse hooves fading away.
Daylight was about to break, and Ekaterina, who had been on the run for a night, was very tired at the moment and her physical strength was greatly exhausted, but she could not stop because she could already feel that the pursuing enemy was not far away from her.
After crossing a mountain ridge, the scene in front of us suddenly became clearer. It was no longer a rugged path, but a large plain, and there was a jungle not far away.
Hearing the faint sound of horse hooves from behind, she knew that the enemy would soon catch up.
No longer hesitating, Yekaterina did not go down the path on the mountain ridge, but jumped into the air. The effects of the floating and feather falling techniques were revealed.
She seemed to be stepping on auspicious clouds, floating from the top of the mountain ridge, taking advantage of the height difference, seemingly slowly but quickly into the distant jungle.
After floating for a while, as soon as she landed, the mountain ridge she had just floated down from was filled with dark blade knights and dark mages who had been chasing her all night.
After giving the pursuers an indifferent look, Ekaterina walked into the jungle without looking back.
She wanted to get rid of these pursuers here, and then escape to the Xirel Empire before the second wave of pursuing enemies arrived.
Watching Catherine walk into the jungle, Francis smiled:
"This princess seems to be very smart. She tried to limit the power and speed of the cavalry in the jungle. Unfortunately, she met me, a mage from the Holy Land."
"Chase." Francis said a simple word, and a group of dark blade knights immediately rode down the mountain ridge and ran towards the jungle.
Augustus did not act immediately. At this time, he was a little angry:
"It's my subordinate's turn to give orders from you? Bah! These lowly cavalrymen really just listen to his words."
But he didn't dare to say it out loud, he was self-aware.
Regardless of his strength, a holy mage is not something that a gold-level knight like him can provoke.
What's more, with His Highness Peter, he still knew the importance of the status between the two.
Augustus spat and then thought that the target he had been chasing all night was close at hand. His heart became hot and his throat became even more thirsty, so he rode his horse and followed most of them towards the jungle.