Pillar of Yita

A short spear was thrown like lightning from the hand of King of Sand Barbaltan, piercing through an Alchemist’s chest, ’thunk’ as it pinned the person to the tree, the tail of the spear still trembling.

The remaining Alchemists turned to flee, but most were felled by Ye Hua’s arrows. ”Leave a few alive.” Fang Hong shouted at this moment, but actually, it wasn’t necessary for him to remind, the arriving Imperial Knights had already joined the battlefield and captured a batch of people.

On the battlefield, the defeat of the Alchemists’ side was already certain. The Alchemist’s Commander retreated a few steps, turned around, but a narrow sword blade was already at his throat. He trembled slightly, glanced along the blade, only to find the Sword Bearer was an indifferent young man, holding the sword in one hand, yet dressed in an incongruous combat Mage attire.

However, he quickly understood why the other party was dressed in such attire. The young man gently swiped his left hand, expertly casting a pile of spells: dispelling protection, unlocking, force field hand, then the Magic Guided Reactor on him automatically detached, ’crash’ flying off, hitting a sandstone, and turning into a pile of scrap metal.

Then the young man, only spoke with a faint voice:

”Really pathetic.”

The Alchemist’s Commander was confused.

But he could roughly hear that these were not good words.

Gita’s spell was dispersing, the desert was turning back into a forest, but the forest was also visibly withering at eye speed.

The combat quickly settled down, besides the dead, the King of Sand’s Imperial Knights herded each of the surviving Alchemists up, forcing them to lower their heads, knelt in a row. Most of the once-arrogant Fallen Alchemists, at this moment were trembling, looking pale.

Except for the Commander captured in the Xiangzi, who remained somewhat calm.

More Imperial Knights returned.

Luo Hao, who was protecting Princess Afeifa, also among them.

The Little Princess ran over from afar, in the crowd she found her father, like a swallow plunging into the woods rushed into her father’s arms. The King of Sand held his little daughter tightly, at that moment any plans and ambitions, seemed like a heavy burden lifted from this king, he was just an ordinary father, only hoping to look after his daughter long-term, to continue looking after her.

Until they achieve their own happiness.

He gently caressed his daughter’s hair with rough hands, tears had long dried on the day his beloved passed away, yet his chest still flowed with burning and sincere emotion, which was heavy and silent love.

After a long time, he released his daughter, led her by the hand, and came before Fang Hong. This king silently looked at Fang Hong for a while, then spoke: ”It seems Aleph has made an extraordinary friend, but at least my eye is still the same as in my youth, thank you, young man...”

But Fang Hong remained unmoved, with a sense of being indifferent to honor or disgrace. Barbaltan seeing this, couldn’t help but appreciate him more.

Little did he know, this guy was just unable to move due to prior exhaustion. Twelve Energy Angels, including the one for replica operation, there were eleven, even though Energy Angels for him were considered lower-level Constructs, there were simply too many. After all, these were Main Battle Mechs, not Scouting Mechs like the Clockwork Fairy—

Earlier when focused he didn’t feel it, but once the combat tension passed, his head throbbed, like a spike penetrating it. He didn’t grimace and bear his teeth, showing great restraint.

Princess Afeifa quietly thanked him:

”Thank you, Captain Ade.”

Fang Hong forced a smile: ”We are friends, Little Princess.”

This made Afeifa bite her lip, looking at him gratefully.

The King of Sand also smiled.

And after a moment of silence, the Little Princess with a blushing face approached Luo Yu, and softly said: ”Thank you, Luo Yu.”

Luo Yu hurriedly nodded to the Little Princess respectfully, as Tianlan made him now afraid of this Little Princess.

Soon a voice came from the crowd: ”Found Miss Afeifa!”

Fang Hong looked in that direction.

...

Luo Hao had previously described that Afeifa was taken away by four Alchemists.

And since no one escaped from this battle, the Miss Arcanist was naturally intercepted by the Imperial Knights. Fortunately, those Alchemists didn’t get desperate, but that doesn’t mean the Arcanist girl was in great shape, in fact quite the contrary—

Her state was very poor.

When the crowd discovered the girl, she was already almost in a coma, eyes tightly shut, her whole body feverish. She was biting her teeth, seemingly oblivious to everything around her, occasionally only letting out a painful groan.

The Little Princess looked at this girl with the same name, somewhat curious. But she did not have any malice, instead felt a sense of kinship—she had learned the whole story from her sister, looking at this girl she only had a strange feeling— Is this what her mother looked like as a girl?

She stretched out her hand to test the other’s temperature but quickly withdrew:

”So hot.”

Fang Hong also placed his hand on Afeifa’s forehead, frowning. The other’s body temperature was frighteningly high, almost like a heatstroke, if this continued even if she survived by luck, her brain might be fried. He looked back, the King of Sand had a traveling physician with him, Barbaltan also reacted, summoning a knight to convey the order—