Sokka said, "Of course I can prove myself. Lord Xiao Chen told me a secret. It was about the incident when you used charm magic together. The target of the charm magic was originally Miss Serinda, but the magic was reflected to other people, so it caused a mess, right? So I can prove that I was sent by Lord Xiao Chen, right?"
Regarding the matter of the charm spell, Xiao Chen told everyone that it was just a magical accident, and almost no one knew the real reason except Li Jia and Serinda. When Sokka said this, Li Jia knew that he was telling the truth, but this truth made him even more angry. Li Jia's voice was full of confusion and anger as he asked: "Are you saying that Xiao Chen actually let me abandon so many people and run away alone? Serinda handed this place over to me, how could I just turn around and leave?"
Sokka was a little scared when facing the angry Li Jia, but he still tried to calm himself down. He said, "Master Xiao Chen asked me to tell you that as long as there is any way to save it, they will not sit idly by and watch the situation of their allies. But the sudden intervention of the Temple of Nature has caused the situation to deteriorate rapidly. It is really too late to save the army here. Since there is no hope of saving this place, there is no need to perish with the rest of the people. He does not have the ability to save everyone here, but he must save you."
"Don't say such stupid things. I won't leave." Li Jia said firmly.
"Then I'm afraid we will have to take you away by force." A magic halo appeared in Sokka's hand. This was a powerful sleeping spell that he had prepared long ago. They planned to knock Li Jia unconscious if he resisted.
"I'm afraid you guys are far from enough." After Sokka's magic was launched, before he could knock Li Jia down, an arc-shaped light curtain appeared around Li Jia, blocking the light ball outside. He had seen the situation was not right before, so he was naturally prepared.
"Farot, Milo, Loreto, take action!" Sokka cast dispelling magic to attack Li Jia's shield while commanding the other three warriors to rush towards Li Jia. They were afraid of hurting Li Jia, so they did not take out their weapons, but instead infused their fists with fighting spirit to hit Li Jia's shield.
"Get out of here, or I'll hurt you." Seeing that these people were not ready to give up, Li Jia also began to release attack magic. As a high-level magician, it was not difficult to deal with these mid-level magicians who didn't even dare to take out their weapons. He quickly prepared a mental blast magic, intending to teach these guys a good lesson and then throw them into the dungeon.
Then, just when Li Jia was about to cast a spell, he suddenly felt a magical wave coming from behind him. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and was shocked to find that Nina, whom he had always thought was just an ordinary person, actually pressed a pair of hands wrapped in magical fluorescence on the back of his neck.
Just now, Li Jia was worried that the magic aftermath during the battle would hurt her, so he specially wrapped her and himself in the same shield. Therefore, he had no defense against her sneak attack. He could only watch the hand pressing down and feel the magic energy flowing into his body. "Nina, you actually betrayed me and Serinda..."
"No, I may have betrayed the young lady, but I never betrayed you," said Nina.
It was also a powerful sleeping spell. Li Jia felt dizzy and then his body fell down. In the daze of falling asleep, he vaguely felt that he was tied up with a rope and carried on someone's back. He didn't know anything after that.
Unconsciously, Li Jia seemed to have a dream, reviewing his life again. He seemed to have been lonely all the time. Although many people hurriedly passed by him, some people seemed to ignore him, and some people might stop their eyes on him, but in the end, they did not stay and accompany him. The reasons for leaving are always various, but the results of leaving are so similar, making him feel extremely lonely. Only that pretty figure stayed by his side, making him want to give everything for her.
He also saw Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen's figure at this moment somehow overlapped with that of his overly strict father, making him look hideous.
He questioned Xiao Chen many times in his dream, but Xiao Chen scolded him even more harshly. Li Jia felt a surge of anger in his heart, but he couldn't let it out.
He hated this feeling.
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In the communication room of Holy Sword City, Xiao Chen closed the communication array, sighed, and said to Luo Ling beside him: "I think Li Jia will hate me to death now."
"What you did is really like a parent who controls too much." Luo Ling rubbed Xiao Chen's head. "I often do impulsive things, always giving people the impression that I am reckless. Now that you control others, you are serious."
"That's a matter of life and death. I know that Li Jia will hate me for doing this, but for his life, he can hate me. You know, I never liked Serinda, but Li Jia was fascinated by her and married her. After the marriage, he obeyed her every word. This time, what made me most dissatisfied was that everyone judged the danger of staying in Lagos, but Li Jia turned a deaf ear to it and insisted on being a hero there!"
Luo Ling asked, "If I were in Serinda's position and you were in Li Jia's position, what choice would you make?"
Xiao Chen said: "I will not let the situation fall to this point. First of all, I will not use the crude method of Serinda to organize a ragtag army. Secondly, even if I fall into their situation, I will not defend Lagos City to the death. I will choose to withdraw my troops and retreat to Ariak City, and then seek help from the Tower of China. Otherwise, if I defend the enemy city that I just captured, wouldn’t that be self-destruction?"
Luo Ling curled her lips, obviously not satisfied with the answer, and said, "You may also be ambushed by the Temple of Nature on the way."
"That's better than being locked up in a city and being beaten up by others. And I can split the troops into small groups and move closer to Ariak, so that the Temple of Nature will just hit the air with its fist."
"As long as their main force withdraws to Ariac City, where there is city defense and popular support, this battle can be fought, but that woman Serinda is greedy!" (To be continued)