"Quick... hurry up, teacher and the others seem to be unable to hold on any longer!"
When the elemental barrier collapsed and a large group of soldiers poured into the valley, three mages were walking forward in a dark tunnel beneath the valley.
Feeling the vibration coming from above, the short mage pushed the tall mage's back and urged anxiously.
"Why are you panicking? Don't forget, we are guardians now and shoulder great responsibilities." The tall mage knocked off the other party's hand and turned around and said, "The teacher said that no matter what happens, we must not Panic!"
The short mage was stunned for a moment, and suddenly showed an aggrieved look: "But...but...will the teacher be killed by them?"
"How could it be? What are you thinking? The teacher was shot by bullets and didn't die. How could he be killed by people from the church? People in the church are trash, that's what everyone says."
"Hmm... That's right, let's go quickly." The short mage nodded and said, but suddenly showed a panic expression, "Wait... where is Elizabeth? The teacher asked us to protect her, why is she missing?"
When the tall mage heard this, he was also stunned and began to look around in panic.
At this time, a voice came from not far in front of the tunnel.
"Stop looking. You guys are walking too slowly. I've already walked ahead." The blonde girl poked her head out from the corner in front and shook her head helplessly.
"Elizabeth, you almost scared us to death!" The two men immediately showed happy expressions and ran over, "Don't run around. Without us, who will protect you?"
"Yes Yes Yes… "
Elizabeth turned her head and continued walking forward, even her teeth looked a little helpless.
However, soon, a heavy look appeared on her face.
As she walked along the tunnel, she couldn't help but raise her head and look at the wall above that shook from time to time.
The war...has it come this far
Elizabeth suddenly regretted that she should probably stay. No matter what happens next, she must live and die with the Silent Academy. However, thinking of what everyone said to her a few hours ago, she still lowered her head and walked forward at a faster speed.
She...must live.
Whether it was for the expectations of her fellow mages, or because as a noble, she could not be caught by the church and harm her parents in the royal capital. Elizabeth's eyes fell on the dark space ahead, and there seemed to be a tide of emotions in her chest, just like the day she left Havenright in a carriage.
Although she never understood what people meant when they said she was "chosen", at this moment, she really felt her destiny.
—My own fate, and the fate of the dying mages above.
She has carried the fate of those people.
Just like that, I walked in the darkness for an unknown amount of time. Suddenly, the short mage spoke, breaking the somewhat depressing silence, his voice filled with uneasiness.
"Elizabeth... do you think the teacher can really survive?"
Hearing this, Elizabeth took a deep breath and nodded.
"That's good, even you said so, we will definitely see the teacher again in the future!" The short man said with some force, but his voice did not sound as high-spirited as expected.
Soon, they fell silent again.
I don't know how long this tunnel is. The old mage didn't say anything to them when he opened the entrance and sent them inside. Elizabeth only knew that this was an extremely old tunnel, built with the establishment of the Silent Academy, and had never been used before.
Where will it lead
Hope for a better future.
One hour, two hours... In the darkness, their sense of time became much duller. The tall man and the short man were afraid of silence and would say a few words from time to time. But more often than not, they walked forward in silence, as if they were in another world.
As we move forward, the vibrations above gradually disappear.
They didn't dare to guess whether the vibration disappeared because they walked out of the range or for some other reason. They just kept walking forward.
I don’t know how long it took, but finally, Elizabeth tried to continue walking forward, but she touched the stone wall in front of her.
"...We're here." She was shocked, came to her senses, and said softly.
The two mages behind her also stopped at this moment.
Elizabeth took a deep breath, recalled what the old mage told her, groped the stone wall, and finally found the switch that opened the secret passage. So, she was ready to fight, touched the switch, and pressed it lightly.
With a soft sound, the stone wall suddenly opened from the middle, revealing a small opening. The outside was surrounded by lush bushes, which blocked the exit.
Elizabeth poked her head out of the bushes.
I saw that it was already dark, and it still looked like the mountains outside. Fortunately, the surroundings were quiet, and there was no sign of the paladin or priest.
call…
She breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
"Let's go, there's no one outside."
She said something to the two people behind her, and then squeezed out through the small opening. The opening was a bit narrow. Seeing this, the two of them also lay down on their stomachs and spent some time carefully climbing out of the tunnel.
"It's so uncomfortable to stay in there." The tall mage stretched his muscles and said with a frown.
"Is there any?" The short mage looked puzzled.
Elizabeth ignored them, but turned around, closed the tunnel exit, sprinkled some soil on it, and covered it completely with bushes. After doing all this, she stood up, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, let's go quickly."
They climbed out from between the bushes and came to a mountain road.
However, at this moment, several figures suddenly appeared at the corner of the mountain road.
Elizabeth was shocked.
"Why can't we participate in the siege of the Silent Academy, instead of staying in a corner like this? If we don't get any merit, our future in the church will probably be difficult to compare with those of those people... "
I saw two young men wearing priest robes walking around the corner while talking to each other.
At that moment, like a bolt from the blue, Elizabeth and the two mages were stunned.
Oops…
The two priests came over and quickly discovered the three Elizabeths. Suddenly, they looked wary, stared at the disgraced Elizabeth, and asked coldly: "Who are you?"
The two mages, tall and short, looked at each other and were about to say something when Elizabeth suddenly jumped in front of them and walked towards the priest.
"Are you... are you a priest? Great... we are finally saved... great..."
Her expression twisted, and her tears stayed like a floodgate. Combined with her tattered clothes and the dirt on her body from the tunnel, she looked like a crazy woman.
"You... what's going on with you? Don't come closer... "
The priest immediately showed disgust and took a few steps back, trying to push Elizabeth away. However, she was crying and throwing herself at the priests. The priests were caught off guard and were suddenly caught by Elizabeth.
"Father...you must save us..."
The priest had no choice but to use his professionalism, help Elizabeth stand up, and said, "What's wrong? Why are you here? Don't worry, God will save the most faithful believers."
However, Elizabeth was crying and turning her hands, revealing two daggers in her sleeves, one for each person, and stabbed the priest directly into the stomach.
"you you… "
The distance between them was too close, and the two priests were unprepared, so they fell straight down.
Elizabeth also stopped crying and backed away slowly. She took a deep breath and looked at her blood-stained hands with a somewhat complicated expression. She seemed to wake up from a certain state and couldn't even believe what she had done.
Both the tall and short mages were shocked.
"Elizabeth... you... you killed them all?"
Elizabeth was silent for a moment, turned her head, and her pale face showed a bit of determination.
"If I don't kill them, they will kill us." She pursed her dry lips and said in a hoarse voice that she had never heard before, "Go quickly, it's not safe here."
The short mage was stunned when he heard this.
After staying for a moment, he came back to his senses and said with an expression of shock and confusion: "But... where can we run to?"
Elizabeth lowered her head and thought for a while, then said, "Let's go abroad."