Chapter 147 Talent

"You mean...Queen Polly and Prince Gallagher are both dead?"

Colin looked at the tall knight with a gray face and repeated in surprise.

Burns was speechless. Even if Queen Polly brought it upon himself, as the guardian knight of the royal family, it was also his fault.

"Go back first." Colin sighed.

I didn't expect something like this to happen...

"Yes." Burns responded in a low voice, jumped on one leg next to the two bodies of Polly, and picked up the bodies one by one.

Perhaps it was because standing on one leg, this originally simple movement, for him now, almost made him fall.

"Is your foot...injured?" Colin asked.

"Yeah." Burns nodded silently.

Colin pondered for a moment, and the cohesion field grabbed the two bodies of Polly from Burns' shoulders.

He looked at the deep and dark jungle around him and continued:

"Let's go, I'll fly you back."

Without waiting for Burns to respond, he grabbed his shoulders, stood up, and flew towards the cave.

Although he had solved the beast-faced wizard, he didn't know if there was any danger around him.

And Dreiser and others are now staying alone in the cave... It is better to take Burns back as soon as possible and join them to avoid any further accidents.

The wind howled by, and Burns endured the pain. Blood oozed from the wound on his calf, which was then blown away by the cold wind and quickly condensed into little blood beads in the air.

Seeing this, Colin frowned slightly and slowed down slightly.

'After all...if Burns' left leg is disabled, he will have to devote more energy to taking care of him during the rest of the journey. ’

'Unfortunately, I still have too few means. Now that I think about it, I have not mastered any healing witchcraft... Resources, especially knowledge resources, are still too scarce. ’

While thinking, they quickly returned to the cave.

Perhaps there was a fire burning in the cave. As soon as you walked inside, you could clearly feel the difference in temperature from the outside.

The ice edges on the edge of the hole also seemed to have softened a bit.

After a while, the dark and cold cave walls around him gradually lit up, and the orange firelight flickered.

"Colin..." Dreiser was about to greet him, but when he saw the scene in front of him clearly, his pupils shrank, and his head felt as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer, making him feel dizzy.

Elle's expression on the side was as calm as an ancient well without waves.

Colin slowly put down the two bodies of Polly and said calmly:

"Let Burns explain the specific situation to you."

After speaking, he paused and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you have ten minutes to deal with all this."

"In ten minutes, in order to avoid possible new troubles, we will continue our journey and leave here as soon as possible."

Dreiser finally came to his senses, nodded silently, then took a deep breath and began to question Burns.

Colin, on the other hand, turned and walked to the other side, leaving room for him.

"Burns, tell me what all this is about."

"Tell me why Polly and Gallagher are dead, but you are still alive!"

Dreiser's voice gradually rose behind him, his tone filled with uncontrollable anger.

As a guardian knight, Burns should die before Polly and the others no matter what the situation is or what kind of crisis he encounters!

In this situation where the master died but the guardian knight was still alive, he wanted to see how Burns explained it to him!

"Your Majesty, it's Burns who is incompetent..." Burns knelt down on one knee and bowed his head in silence.

Where Dreiser couldn't see him, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes.

‘Everything is for the Holy Flame Royal Family! ’

'Wizard Colin is right next to him... He cannot be informed of what Queen Polly is doing... Otherwise, if she offends the Holy Flame royal family...'

"You!" Dreiser said angrily...

Colin shook his head, silently blocking out their conversation, sat down cross-legged by the fire, and began to study the newly acquired crown ornaments.

Taking out the crown ornaments, looking at the exquisite style and the interlacing of gold and silver, his heart suddenly moved, and he took out the token of the Xisheng School that Dreiser had given him before - the exquisite feather that was also intertwined with gold and silver. badge.

Putting the two in hand, no matter from the workmanship, style, or color, it is obvious that the two are inseparable.

In other words, this crown jewelry is also something from the Xisheng School.

After pondering for a moment, Colin began to use his mental power and magic power to test as usual.

…

Ten minutes passed in a blink of an eye.

Colin slowly opened his eyes, with doubts in his eyes.

I don't know if this crown was damaged or for other reasons. No matter whether he tested it with mental power or magic power, or both at the same time... it was like a cow in mud sinking into the sea, without any feedback.

‘There’s no rush, it’s important to get on your way as quickly as possible now. ’

Shaking his head, Colin put out the fire and stood up with Sister Renee.

"Are you ready?" Colin led the horse next to him and asked Dreiser.

"Ready." Dreiser nodded, his face calm, and there was no trace of sadness.

Ta-ta-ta--

After taking two steps, Colin suddenly stopped, turned around, glanced around, and asked doubtfully:

"Where's Burns? Isn't he coming with us?"

Dreiser looked cold and said softly:

"Your Excellency Colin, he wants to stay and dig graves for Polly and his wife..."

When Colin heard this, he nodded slightly and said nothing more.

It was too common for kings and ministers to die like this... He was not surprised.

"Elle, let's go." Dreiser called back.

At this time, Eliel was turning her head to look at Burns, who was standing silently in the cave, her eyes flickering.

Burns was leaning against the cold cave wall, watching the group of them leave, with the bodies of Polly and her son beside him.

Seeing Ariel's gaze, Burns' resolute face softened slightly, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he said:

"Your Highness Ariel... let's go."

Although the voice is a bit difficult, it is still calm and calm...

"Eliel!" Dreiser said solemnly.

Burns failed to protect Polly and the two, and failed to fulfill his oath of knighthood!

This is the price he should pay!

"Father." Eliel turned her head, hesitated, and slowly said, "Knight Burns...is not what you think."

"No need to plead for him, Ariel."

Dreiser frowned in confusion, but he was not angry, but warned softly.

It seemed... that Elle couldn't bear to see Burns being left alone and felt compassion for him.

But in his opinion, Burns's behavior of living alone was a taboo... He was already very merciful by not executing him on the spot, but leaving him a glimmer of hope.

Elle... still wasn't wise enough.

However, now there are only two of them left in the Holy Flame royal family, and he is already quite old...

Ariel is obviously the only hope left for the Holy Flame royal family... Let’s cultivate her more in the future.

Colin turned around and looked at them with a frown.

"not like this."

Feeling Colin's gaze, Eliel felt slightly anxious and said quickly.

Then without waiting for their response, she folded her hands and put them on her forehead.

Immediately afterwards, invisible mental fluctuations came.

Colin raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.

The next second.

A palm-sized humanoid spirit body shrouded in white light appeared in the cave, and then gradually disappeared into the air the next second, as if water dropped into the sea, leaving no trace.

As if he noticed something, Colin closed his eyes and felt it carefully.

But he didn't notice anything strange.

"Father, Master Colin." Eliel took the initiative and began to explain quickly.

"Tonight, after I got my sister Erica's urn, I discovered that I have such an ability...or, in other words, inspired such an ability."

Colin interrupted Elle's story and asked curiously:

"Is that spirit...still there?"

Without the use of witchcraft, he could not detect the existence of the spirit body with his perception.

"It's still there." Elle closed her eyes.

Uh-huh.

A faint white light appeared out of thin air again, not far in front of Colin.

The white light persisted for a while, then went out again and disappeared, like a flickering firefly losing its light.

Colin was surprised.

When he was on Blackstone Island, he had heard that some people were born with special talents... but he had never seen them.

I didn’t expect Erica’s sister to be such a rare existence.

"You just said... that you just activated your ability?" Colin asked as if he had thought of something.

"That's it, Lord Colin." Eliel nervously stroked the hair beside her ear.

"After the day my mother passed away more than six to seven years ago, I gradually began to find that I could occasionally see a hallucination and hear it make some strange noises."

"Generally speaking, I can't understand what the voices are saying, or in other words, those voices have no meaning, and the main form seen by those phantoms is a white light group."

Ariel seemed a little embarrassed when she said this, and she hesitated before continuing.

"After my mother died, no one gradually chatted with me, and the people around me became fewer and fewer, so I started talking to the phantom...

Anyway, the Phantom remained unresponsive until tonight, when I got my sister's urn...and found that I could suddenly control it. "

"Yeah," Colin nodded, and then added:

"Go on, what do you want to say to Dreiser?"

Ariel's sudden talent made him willing to give it more time.

"Thank you, Lord Colin." Eliel nodded and thanked you, then continued:

"When Knight Burns took Queen Polly and Gallagher out tonight, I suddenly had a thought in my mind and summoned a phantom to follow."

Hearing this, Burns seemed to have a premonition of something. His face gradually became anxious, and he couldn't help but say:

"Your Highness Ariel!"

Ariel just glanced at him and said decisively:

"So, father, I know everything that happened."

"The reason why Queen Polly died cannot be blamed on Knight Burns, but she brought it upon herself!"

Then, she told the true story of the whole thing.

"...That's just the way it is."

Elle said the last sentence.

thump!

Behind him, Burns suddenly fell to his knees and buried his head deeply.

Dreiser on the other side also reacted, his face gradually turned pale, and he quickly knelt down to Colin.

‘Queen Polly did such a thing, even if it was unsuccessful, no one can guarantee what Wizard Colin would think.

The worst case scenario... is that Colin will feel that such a decision is not Polly's idea alone, but the result of their deliberations together. ’

'But it's not easy to explain now that this is just Polly's idea and has nothing to do with them...

After all, if it was self-defeating and Colin thought they were trying to shirk, it would be all over. ’

Dreiser buried his head deeply, his thoughts in his heart were scattered. Big drops of sweat broke out from his forehead.

"Get up." Colin said. He was not surprised by the reaction of Dreiser and others.

But this is obviously Polly's personal idea, and he will not offend others.

"Those who don't know are not guilty. Polly is dead and has paid a sufficient price..." he continued.

After hearing this, Dreiser finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood up and looked back at Burns with a look of shame on his face... He thought of Polly again, but the original sadness in his heart had been replaced by anger and happiness.

"Let's go, don't delay any longer." Colin urged.

After saying that, he took the lead and walked out.

"Burns, follow up." Dreiser said, then hesitated and added, "I wrongly blamed you..."

"No, this is not your fault, Your Majesty." Burns interrupted.

Dreiser paused for a moment, feeling even more guilty. He let out a breath and continued:

"Let's go, Knight Burns."

The group got on their horses and gradually drove away.

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More than a month later.

The chill of winter gradually disappears, and a hint of spring quietly appears on the vast land.

It was morning.

In the jungle, the golden sunlight penetrates the dense green leaves, leaving mottled marks on the bodies of the pedestrians riding horses below.

Renee raised her hand to block the sunlight and looked at the white birds flying among the trees above.

The long, ribbon-like white tail feathers were something she had never seen before at sea.

"We're going to get out of the jungle soon, be careful."

A gentle and magnetic voice came from the front.

Retracting her gaze, Renee looked forward, and a handsome figure wearing a gray-white witch robe came into view.

In front of him, there was gradually light coming... The exit of the jungle was right in front of him.

And if the map is correct, when they get out of the jungle, they will almost reach their destination.

Renee's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but feel anticipation in her heart.

She didn't have to wait too long, just a moment before the group of them walked out of the jungle.

Colin took the lead, followed closely by sisters Renee and Dreiser.

The warm sunshine shines.

The first thing I felt was the wind, a gentle breeze unique to spring.

Immediately afterwards is the tall gray-white city wall that looks like a long dragon entrenched in the distance ahead.

This is Meredith City...the Meredith Kingdom on the periphery.

Meredith City is a city within a nation.

Its periphery is a huge kingdom where mortals and wizards live together, and there are many other kingdoms, large or small, around it.

They are attached to Meredith City and also guard Meredith City.

Colin let out a small breath.

As soon as he walked out of the jungle, he clearly felt that the concentration of magic power had increased... It had reached the previous level at the foot of Black Rock Island.

Although it is not high, it is much better than the places we have passed along the way.

Gently pinching the horse's belly, they drove the horse forward.