It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Qian Teng glanced at him and said:

"Don't die either."

Heji's brows relaxed.

Qian Teng turned and left. Lizardman Ji did not chase him. At first, he did not know why Amifars took action personally, but after thinking about it for a while, he seemed to understand. Most demons thought that this time they came to Yuxi City to attack humans. Only a few demons, including him, understood the real purpose of this invasion.

Since he didn't see the person he wanted to see here, Amifars didn't plan to waste any more time.

Just now, Qian Teng alone killed a small number of demon generals under Amifars. Amifars cannot afford to lose face.

Heji raised his hand, thinking he should say something to the soldiers to boost their morale. But this was not what he was good at. He was born in a noble family, and later he stayed in the peaceful and tranquil sea of ​​clouds with Bai Huang, so he had no chance to participate in such fighting.

After thinking about it, Heji raised the sword in his hand and said:

"Everyone, try your best to survive."

37. I can still run

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The territory of the demons.

Brother Brown took the remaining ten or so demons to Yuxi City.

Before leaving, Lid asked it carefully about the reason for the demons' attack. But unfortunately, Brother Brown didn't know too much, and Amifars didn't explain it in detail.

"Amifars won't tell us the entire plan and purpose. He usually calls us alone and briefly explains what we need to do. If we fight together with him, he might even reveal some information to prevent his subordinates from making mistakes... For someone like me who was responsible for hunting down the city lord from the beginning, Amifars wouldn't tell me a word."

Brother Brown's smile was a little bitter.

Reed believed what Brother Brown said because now he had no reason to lie.

Lid pointed at Delis and asked:

"do you know her?"

Brother Brown shook his head:

"I am also surprised that the city lord would act with an elf girl. The orders I received before did not include her. But I advise the city lord not to let her use the power of the elves anymore. I don't know how much trouble it will cause in the territory of the demons."

Reed sighed, wrote a letter to Brother Brown, and let it go.

The outside of Yuxi City is full of demons, so Brother Brown naturally can't be stupid enough to go directly there. Lid asked him to go to Zhaochen Territory to find Fangyuan first, and then go south to Yuxi City after Yuxi City is settled. This route is naturally not very safe, because Fangyuan is not a reliable ally now. You can count on him to block the Lord of Zhaochen in the north, but you can't count on him to be of the same mind as you.

Fortunately, Fang Yuan is not a fool. As long as he has some brains, he will not kill Brother Brown and turn against Yuxicheng. He may arrest Brother Brown and feed him well. Once Yuxicheng loses or is seriously injured, he will consider killing him and then divide Yuxicheng with Li Yi.

Lid didn't tell Brother Brown about this. He just said that Fang Yuan had an average relationship with him and asked it to be more careful.

After Brother Brown left, Alayya knelt on one knee, her face pale as gold paper, and she could no longer hold on.

Lid helped her change the wound medicine. Alayya could hardly open her eyes. She gently pulled Lid's sleeve and said:

"Hurry up... Master. Those troublesome guys will catch up with us soon..."

She gasped with difficulty, her bloodless lips trembling slightly, and she said anxiously:

"I can no longer lift the sword, so I can't protect you... I will try my best to go south and help you lead them away."

Reed said nothing, but grabbed her wrist, put her on his back forcefully, and said:

"Hold tight."

Alayya's arms fell across his chest, not moving.

Reed said nothing, put Alayya down, and began to unbuckle his belt.

Alayya was stunned for a while.

Lid untied his belt, threw it back, put it around Alayya's back, tightened it, and then tied a knot in front of himself, tying the two people tightly together, then turned around and said:

"I know you've reached your limit. Since you came to Yuxi City, you've rarely overdrawn your body like this, right? Remember, no matter how well you practice kendo in the future, physical fitness is the most important. Look, someone like me who doesn't like sports will also run for an hour every morning and evening. Of the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best strategy. Escape also depends on physical fitness, right?"

He said calmly:

"You have no strength left, but I can still run. Take a good rest. It won't be too late to talk about these things when I reach my limit."

Alayya bit her lips tightly, but she still gently wrapped her arms around Lid's neck, resting her head on his shoulders, and used her sword energy to warm the injured area as much as possible. This would not make her wounds heal much faster, and it was completely different from Delis's healing power. But for Alayya now, even if it was a little faster, she would try her best.

Lid walked to Delis in a few steps and kicked the unconscious Delis twice. He showed no mercy at all and treated her differently without disguising it. Delis opened her eyes, was at a loss for a moment, then jumped up and said in horror:

“Goblin, it’s a goblin——!!”

After she finished speaking, Delis looked at Lid, then looked at Alayya behind him, then looked around and asked nervously:

"Where's the Goblin?"

He held Alayya's leg with one hand, raised two fingers with the other hand, and said to Delis:

"One good news and one bad news, which one should I hear first?"

Delis swallowed her saliva and said:

"I need to listen carefully first."

Lid said expressionlessly:

"We have driven away the goblin. Although it took a lot of effort, it won't cause us any trouble anymore."

Delis placed her hand on her heaving chest, feeling relieved, and said weakly:

"It's good that I'm gone...what about the bad news?"

Lid continued expressionlessly:

"The group of demons that were originally responsible for escorting you have arrived, and my guards were seriously injured in a battle with the goblins, so they can't take action in the short term. I plan to run away with her. Do you want to consider... running in another direction? For example, running south or something like that."

Delis was horrified, and she threw herself forward, holding Lid's arm tightly with both hands, and said:

"You plan to use me as bait?! Impossible, I won't go! I'll go wherever you go, we have business here!"

Lid did not refuse and said:

"Okay. But now I have to carry my guards on my back, so I probably won't be able to spare that much energy to take care of you."

Delis stood up shakily, not even bothering to brush off the dust on her clothes, and said with all her might:

"You don't need to worry about me!"

Despite saying this, the hand holding Reid's arm never loosened.

Lid looked down and saw that Delis's two slender legs were trembling constantly. He sighed and said:

"Let's go."

Delis immediately nodded continuously like a chick pecking at rice.

Lid stopped talking, held Alayya's legs with both hands, pushed her up, then took a step and ran away to the northwest. Delis breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel wet between her legs. She sniffed and felt a strange smell in the air. She quickly glanced at Lid's back, and with a guilty look, she used her feet to smooth out a water stain on the ground, and ran towards Lid's back, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

——Goblin, what a terrifying creature.

As she ran, Delis was still feeling frightened.

She still felt a little weak in the knees, the fear had already taken root. The pride that a princess should have seemed very fragile in the face of such fear. When she thought of the way those demons looked at her when she was escorted by them, Delis couldn't help but spread her legs and ran away desperately.

They were not goblins, but Delis felt that the way they looked at her revealed the same desire as those demons in the picture books.

38. The tip of the iceberg

Little did Delis know that what Reed said, "I can still run", really meant it.

After running seven or eight miles in one breath, Delis was just out of breath at first. She held her stomach and ran for a while, then she fell to the ground.

Reed, who was carrying Alayya on his back, not only maintained a standing posture, but even had the strength to move the tense muscles in his legs and feet.

Delis couldn't figure out why this human boy who looked as weak as herself had such good physical strength, but she knew that she couldn't muster any more strength to run. If she continued like this, she would be exhausted to death before the pursuers caught up with her.

"This palace, this palace needs to rest..."

Delis raised her head with difficulty and said something weakly.

Lid nodded and said:

"Okay. Let's take a break then."

Delis immediately got up, found a sturdy tree, and leaned against it comfortably. Seeing that Lid seemed to be busy with something else, she secretly lifted her skirt and rubbed her sore calves. Lid put Alaiya down. Alaiya was now in a semi-comatose state, lying flat on a bluestone with her eyes closed. Even when she was half asleep, she kept one hand on the hilt of the sword.

Reed looked around, picked up a stone from the ground, and carved an inconspicuous mark on a tree.

He did this often along the way, so Delis was not surprised.

But then, Reed took out a bag from his arms, tied the bag tightly with a look of heartache, cut a half-finger-long slit in the upper part of the bag, then walked in front of Alayya and whispered something.

Alayya raised her hand slightly. She had almost no strength left, but she could still use her sword energy to control the [Scarlet Fire]. The moment the Scarlet Fire was unsheathed, it circled and flew towards the tree that Delis was leaning against. Delis felt something suddenly fall down. She looked up and found that it was a demon that had been knocked unconscious.

The demon was very small, only about 20 centimeters tall, and looked a bit like a squirrel, but the color of its head was blood red, and there was a circle of dangerous needles around its neck. This little guy was probably only at the second level, and even if Alayya was seriously injured, it would be easy to knock it out.

Lid walked towards the demon, tied the bag to its back, and threw it into the jungle. A little bit of white crystals spilled out of the crack in the bag, but only a little bit. Because the crack was at the top instead of the bottom, only when there was a violent bump would a little crystal spill out, and it would not leak out at other times.

"what is that?"

Delis asked.

"Salt."

Reed simply replied:

"Although the mark I made on the tree is not very conspicuous, you can tell it if you look closely. I have been spreading salt on the road when I came here, which is much more concealed... but I think those demons can still find it. With the two of us here, I believe they will think that the mark on the tree is a cover-up, and they may chase the salt grains to find us later."

Delis couldn't help but say:

"What if they're not as smart as you think?"

Lid shrugged his shoulders:

"It doesn't matter. I don't put too much hope on this. It would be best if it works. Anyway, the situation can't get any worse."

Lid didn't say anything. Marking is not just to confuse the demons, it also has other uses. But he didn't plan to tell Delis, because if it really came to a last resort, he would need to abandon Delis at any time and hand her over to the demons who were responsible for hunting her. If that happened, Delis might tell everything she knew out of resentment.

After all, this is the territory of the demons, and Delis is a stranger of a different race, so Reed has to be careful.

Delis naturally didn't know what he was thinking, and asked nervously:

"Then what are you pinning your hopes on? The further west we run, the closer we are to the core area of ​​the demons. If we really reach the demon territory, let alone the Demon King or the Four Heavenly Kings, if we encounter any demon above the tenth level, we will be finished!"

Lid picked up Alayya again, tied her up tightly with a belt, and said to Delis:

"Do we have any choice? This is the territory of the demons, not my Yuxi City, nor your Elven Forest. In a place like this, being alive is good luck, and dying is bad luck, it's that simple. If you really run into them by accident, what can you do? But you probably won't die. At most you'll be tied up and transported to the big shot who picked your card."

Delis said angrily:

"I don't know who could have stretched their hands to the elves' territory, but if I knew, I would go back and gather the army to kill it! Do you really think that we elves are easy to bully? Even if I die, I don't want the demons to touch me. It's disgusting just thinking about it!"

Lid smiled and said:

"I hope you can return to the elves alive, because even if Yuxi City alone blocks this round of demon attacks, it is impossible to really hurt them."

"Hmph! You're smart. When I return to this land with the elven army, I'll help you vent your anger..."

Delis became more and more excited as she spoke. She forced herself to stand up on her knees, and she felt her body was full of energy again. Her legs, which had seemed as heavy as if they were filled with lead, now had the strength to continue running.

Lid glanced at her, smiled, turned his head and said:

"Let's go."

Of course, he didn't expect Delis to return to the elves alive and bring the army to fulfill the promise he had just made. That was too far away. But he saw that he had to constantly stir up her anger in order to keep her going. He couldn't let up, otherwise it would be difficult for Delis to hold on.

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Half an hour after Reed, Alayya and Delis left, a group of demons arrived at where they had just stood.

The leading demon sniffed, scanned the markings on the tree, and circled around, picking up a pinch of salt from the ground and sniffing it. Its eyes moved back and forth several times, and said to one of its subordinates:

"Take half of the people and chase after the white crystals. The rest follow me and continue along the original route."

The subordinate frowned, pointed at the tree with the mark, and said:

"Can't we sense that there is at least one human being over there? The princess is most likely over there too."

The leading demon shook his head and said: