Far away in the air, Luo Ling and Li Tianrui were observing the conversation taking place in front of Heimu Pass. A small magic that Luo Ling left on Figueras transmitted back the sound of their conversation, which was then shared by Luo Ling with Li Tianrui.
Li Tianrui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "These guys finally arrived safely. What I was most worried about at the beginning was encountering a general who wanted to kill deserters. If he is killed now, then our efforts will be in vain."
Luo Ling said: "So we have to leave a mage behind. No general would execute a mid-level mage just because of a rout. But if it was a low-level warrior or beast, they might push him out to shirk the blame, or even kill him as a warning to other troops not to escape easily."
“And this guy is quite good at seizing opportunities. He actually found a chance to show off in front of the top leaders by gathering the defeated soldiers and analyzing our intelligence. This time, maybe he will have a chance to catch all the top leaders of the empire in one fell swoop.” Li Tianrui said.
"Don't think so. The emperor, elders and great nobles have the best magic and medical resources. They have all kinds of life-saving magic props and holy weapons, and can even invite saints to help. The probability of curing diseases is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers." Luo Ling said.
"Alas, it's like this in every world." Li Tianrui sighed.
"It's different. Most people believe that fairness means allocating resources based on ability rather than bloodline or origin. However, no matter what system it is, it is just a balance between the two. On this axis, no one can go to the extreme left or right. But what is certain is that we will be better than them in the future."
"Haha." Li Tianrui chuckled twice. "How much stronger can they be? Some guys in the committee just want to stand closer to the cake when it is distributed. If they can hold the knife, it will be perfect. Do you think what they did to Xiao Chen and Tang Feng is really much better than the imperial people?"
"These are two different things. There will always be some people who will do whatever it takes to fight for power." Luo Ling watched Erestor and Figuras walk into the Black Wood Pass, then she cut off the little magic attached to Figuras and said to Li Tianrui, "Now, we should prepare a follow-up plan."
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Erestor and Figueras had the opportunity to meet with Emperor Alfred the next day to participate in a strategic meeting.
The two met almost all the bigwigs of the empire who were in Blackwood Pass in the conference room. As a mid-level wizard, Erestor had the opportunity to meet the emperor before, but Figras never had such an opportunity.
Therefore, until Emperor Alfred asked about the battle and the two were asked to leave the room, he was still trembling slightly. As soon as they left the room, he asked softly: "Sir Erestor! I actually spoke so much in front of His Majesty the Emperor today. This, this is an opportunity I have never had before. Is there anything wrong with what I said?"
"Look how excited you are." Erestor pointed to his head and said, "You just described what happened at that time, but I also expressed a lot of my own opinions."
Figueras said: "Aren't you excited? I see your legs are still trembling slightly!"
"Trembling?" Erestor looked down at his legs. They were indeed shaking constantly, as if he had been running for a long time and was extremely tired. It was also a bit like being seriously ill and weak all over. But Erestor knew very well that there was no reason for him to tremble to this extent. Whether it was what he thought in his mind or what he felt in his body, something was wrong. He pinched his legs, but the shaking did not stop. Instead, his hands and feet began to tremble slightly.
"Mr. Erestor? What's wrong with you?" At this time, Figueras also realized that something was wrong and walked over to support him.
"I, I seem to be feeling a little uncomfortable. Maybe it's because I was too tired when I stayed up late last night thinking about this information." Erestor said.
"How about I help you back to your room?" Figueras asked.
Erestor waved his hands and said, "No, no, if His Majesty has something else to ask us, we can't leave. I'm just a little tired and can hold on."
"All right."
It turned out that Erestor was right. Emperor Alfred called them in twice more to ask about the details. When they came out the second time, Erestor was no longer trembling, but his steps were a little erratic.
At this time, he finally felt that he could not hold on any longer, so Figueras sent Erestor back to the room first.
Figueras returned to his room and no one looked for him that day. He was escaping the day before and attending a meeting the day after. In fact, he was very tired. After eating and drinking some wine with some colleagues in the evening, he went back to his room early to sleep.
The next morning he went to visit Erestor again. After knocking on the door, Erestor did not open the door for him. Instead, he said to him through the door: "I feel like I can't get up. My body is weak and I have no strength. What's going on?"
Figueras hurriedly jumped in through the window and found Erestor lying weakly on the bed. He was completely different from the energetic man he was yesterday morning. Not only had he lost a lot of weight overnight, but some small black spots began to appear on his face and body.
Figueras said, "Sir Erestor, something seems to be wrong with you. This is definitely not caused by fatigue. Small black spots have begun to appear on your face."
"Black spots?" Erestor suddenly began to look at Figueras, "Are you talking about the black spots on your face?"
"Me?" Figueras was shocked. He hurried to the corner of the room, where there was a water tank, which was used by Erestor to wash. The person reflected on the water surface of the water tank was completely different from what he remembered. All the adjectives he had just used to describe Erestor could be applied to himself.
"Are we sick?" he asked.
"Yes. It must be a very serious disease to change our appearance so quickly," said Erestor.
"Then should we report to Lord Moret and His Majesty the Emperor immediately?" Figueras asked hurriedly.
"No, no, no! If we report this disease now, they will definitely blame us for bringing it here yesterday, or even bringing it to His Majesty today. Our merits are not worth this crime! Do you want to be arrested?"
"No, of course not, but what should we do now?"
"I know a little bit about healing spells. I think we should first study whether we can cure this disease with spells ourselves." (To be continued)