Leila finally made a decision based on Jiang Qiao's suggestion.
That is, he would lead a team of three elite soldiers, along with Jiang Qiao and Hai Lan, to track down the law thief.
The others returned to Brand Island to rest with the wounded.
Leila does not intend to let those spell thieves go just because of the powerful creatures on the island, because her self-esteem does not allow her to return empty-handed this time.
If she returned to the warship without catching even one spell thief, as the eldest daughter of the Firisi family... although she would not lose all her reputation, she would still be known as someone who had returned defeated.
Leila has never failed in any of the imperial missions she has carried out so far, and she will not allow herself to fail this time either.
"I'm saying, you're not leading me this time with the intention of committing suicide, are you?"
Jiang Qiao followed behind Leila. Leila's eyes had become extremely terrifying since then.
The values of these aliens are completely different from those of modern people on the Blue Planet. Leila is the type who values honor more than her own life.
Jiang Qiao doesn't understand the values of this kind of person, so he won't comment on it.
"This is just a reconnaissance mission," Laila said, wielding her sword to cut away a patch of grass that blocked her path. "I want to find out where those spell thieves are hiding."
"And then?" Jiang Qiao asked Leila about her next plan, and guided Leila to hire the Holy Spirits to help her hunt down those law thieves.
"I know what you're thinking, but it's my duty to catch those law thieves."
Of course Leila saw through Jiang Qiao's thoughts. Although she had previously entrusted the Holy Spirits under Jiang Qiao to capture the law thieves, Leila still believed that it was her duty to bring all those law thieves to justice.
But the situation on Brand Island deteriorated to a point where Leila's soldiers could not cope with it, and they were risking their lives to walk on Brand Island.
If she asked those holy spirits to assist her...it would undoubtedly be much easier.
"Oh." Jiang Qiao stopped persuading her. If he could let someone else take over his job while he could slack off, Jiang Qiao would be very happy.
Leila is the kind of person who would feel ashamed of this, but her shame would cost the lives of her subordinates, so Leila is very conflicted now.
When Jiang Qiao was thinking this, a young soldier who was exploring the way ahead raised his hand slightly and signaled everyone to stop.
Leila stopped and turned around to say something to Jiang Qiao when the fire spirit floating beside Jiang Qiao suddenly rushed towards her.
The scorching flames came towards her, causing Leila's pupils to widen. She didn't expect Jiang Qiao to suddenly attack her at this time.
But Leila was already wary of Jiang Qiao. A ring on her hand glowed, and the barrier of magic overflowed from Leila's body.
Leila didn't know whether this magic barrier could withstand the attack of Jiangqiao Fire Spirit, but the Fire Spirit's target was not Leila, but the elite soldier behind Leila.
The fire spirit directly hit the soldier behind Leila. The scorching flames bloomed on the soldier's body and then turned into several ropes that wrapped around the soldier.
Fire Bound.
This is a control skill, one of the four unique skills of the Fire Spirit. If used on monsters with thick skin and flesh, they may not feel any pain.
But this soldier was in a miserable state. The moment the scorching flames surrounded him, the high temperature instantly turned his armor red. The flames made a sizzling sound on his body, and he could faintly smell the aroma of barbecue.
The poor soldier fell to the ground screaming in pain and kept shouting.
"You..." When Leila was about to accuse Jiang Qiao, she noticed the soldier's sword fell to the ground and recalled what happened just now.
This elite soldier whom Leila trusted was about to raise his sword to stab Leila the moment she turned around, but Jiang Qiao bound him with the fire spirit at this moment.
"It seems that there are quite a few traitors in your team." Jiang Qiao clenched his right hand lightly, and the soldier lying on the ground let out another earth-shaking wail.
After Jiang Qiao muted the soldier, he looked towards the end of the forest in the distance.
"..." Leila raised the hilt of the sword in her hand and knocked out the soldier who was tied up by Jiang Qiao with fire.
Leila is not as naive as Hailan. She has realized that the soldiers under her command have betrayed her, but she cannot bear to see the soldiers who were once loyal to her being tortured by Jiang Qiao, so she has to use this method to relieve his pain.
Sure enough, after the soldier fainted, Jiang Qiao released the fire spirit's flame restraints, and the aroma of barbecue was still floating in the air.
And at this moment, applause suddenly rang out in the forest.
"You arrived faster than I expected, the eldest daughter of the Feruisi family, but why did you only bring these people? Were all your soldiers eaten by monsters on the way?"
Suddenly, a man walked out slowly from one side of the forest, clapping his hands very slowly. He was wearing prisoner's clothes, and behind him were more than a dozen fugitives also wearing prisoner's clothes. Next to the prisoners was an old man dressed in religious clothes.
"Denxis! Damn it..."
Leila raised the sword in her hand and pointed it at the man. He was the most wanted criminal in the Sun Empire, the leader of the Spell Thief Organization, Densis Psion.
But what made Leila feel a little weird was that... this man and this group of law thieves seemed to have been waiting for her for a long time.
Not only were there waiting for her but also the soldiers under her command who were hunting her down.
It was as if... as if they were the hunters and Leila was the prey.
"Oh, little guy, it seems that you still don't understand what happened? But you don't have to understand. It's better for you to go home and listen to fairy tales. But from now on, only the goddess of death can tell you fairy tales."
The man named Deng Xis announced all this in a sad voice. Leila was stunned for a moment, but when she saw the old man dressed in religious clothes standing next to the man, she immediately understood something.
"Bishop Senna, why are you here?" Leila asked somewhat out of control.
The bishop closed his eyes in pain, then turned his head away and refused to look anymore.
"Don't you understand yet? Little lamb." Deng Xisi seemed to enjoy Leila's confusion.
"Uh... Is it time for a professional commentator like me to come out?"
Jiang Qiao watched from the side for a long time. Leila was the one involved so she couldn't understand it at all, but Jiang Qiao, as a bystander, understood it at a glance.
"What's the explanation?" Leila was out of control.
"It's not this soldier who betrayed you." Jiang Qiao pointed at the soldier who was knocked unconscious by Leila and said, "It's possible that the entire Days Empire betrayed you. To be more precise, some of the high-ranking officials in the Days Empire."
Jiang Qiao knew that there was such a huge amount of energy on Brand Island that no human being could resist the temptation, let alone the top leaders of the empire.
They must have figured out some way to harness the energy on Brand Island that... requires a living sacrifice.
Leila and her pursuer soldiers are living sacrifices!
PS: In view of the bride's hard work, please give her your monthly tickets! You can continue to give her monthly tickets and recommendations in the new day!
(End of this chapter)