The Holy Light Kingdom’s border defense stretched for thousands of miles. Yet these magic beasts chose to break through at Fallen Leaf Town, where the defenses were incomplete, and after killing everyone there, they could still precisely locate her detachment.
If there were no traitors guiding them, and if there wasn’t a high-level magic beast commanding from behind, this would be absolutely impossible! Fallen Leaf Town wasn’t just breached; it was crushed.
And the purpose of crushing it was to show it to her specifically.
This was no accident, no chance encounter. This was a hunting trap.
Someone was pulling all the strings behind the scenes.
The moment this thought crossed her mind, Seraphina felt a chill she had never experienced before spreading from her spine to her limbs. She actually felt fear.
Thinking of this, Seraphina suddenly turned her head. Her eyes fell on the little silver-haired dumpling behind her, who was holding a fried chicken leg and looking at her with a confused expression.
Yisela. Seeing the grave look in Seraphina’s eyes, a look she had never seen before, Yisela was so startled that the chicken leg almost fell from her hand.
She keenly sensed that there was actually something in her sister’s gaze…
Regret?
“I knew it! I shouldn’t have brought you here.”
When Seraphina said this, her voice was low.
She wasn’t regretting loving Yisela; she regretted bringing her to a place where she herself might not be able to protect her.
She even had a fleeting thought—if she handed her over to the Temple Master, that might be the safest option. The Temple Master should be trustworthy, right?
Regret.
As soon as this thought surfaced, she almost reached out to slap herself.
How could she have such a thought?
Hadn’t she sworn to keep Yisela by her side?
Although Yisela didn’t understand much about warfare, she did pick up the words “high-level,” “magic beasts,” and “massacre.”
Seeing Seraphina’s tense demeanor, those golden eyes that were usually gentle as water were now filled with fear and… She stood there, her small hands clenched into fists, her ruby-like eyes fixed on Seraphina.
Then she stepped forward on her little legs. Instead of throwing a tantrum and demanding to go with her like usual, she just lifted her small face and said in a hushed voice.
“Saint Sister, you have to promise me you’ll come back alive.”
Seraphina snapped back to reality. Looking at the little one in front of her, her worries eased considerably. She crouched down, held Yisela’s face in both hands, and her eyes were unusually serious, even carrying a hint of pleading.
“Yisela, listen to your sister.”
“This time is different from before. The ones coming this time aren’t low-level magic beasts. They’re high-level ones that can swallow you in one bite.”
“I need to concentrate on setting up the defenses. I don’t have any spare energy to protect you.”
She pointed to the core array in the middle of the camp.
“You stay put inside the camp’s core.”
“The camp has the Holy Light Purification Array I set up, and I’ve given you a Holy Light Protection.”
“Staying inside the core array’s eye will make it hard for them to use illusions to control you like last time in the alley.”
“Promise me, stay inside. Don’t come out.”
“This is your sister’s last line of defense.”
Yisela was silent for a few seconds, then looked up.
“If the ones coming are just low-level magic beasts, you have to take me with you.”
“Don’t sneak off and finish the fight without me.”
Seeing her acting fierce to hide her worry, Seraphina almost laughed. She bent down and kissed her hard on the forehead.
“Alright, it’s a deal.”
“If there are some low-level magic beasts, I’ll leave a few for you to practice on.”
She straightened up. Golden holy light gathered behind her, forming massive wings of light.
“Pass the order!”
“Full combat readiness!”
“Knights, form the front line! Priests, protect from the rear!”
“Maximum power to the core array!”
Her face still full of worry, she deliberately said in a stern tone:
“Yisela Frostscale, you stay inside the array. If you dare take one step out, when your sister gets back, I’ll lock you in the Holy Maiden Tower for a hundred years and give you no fried chicken.”
Yisela watched the backlit figure and replied firmly.
“I know.”
“Stupid sister.”
“If you dare die out there, I’ll draw big turtles all over your holy robes.”
“You promised me you’d come back alive.”
“You can’t lie to me.”
Hearing Yisela’s voice from afar, Seraphina’s worry melted away, and the corners of her mouth lifted involuntarily as she led the Knights Order to the barrier.
Yisela obediently walked into the glowing circle of the core array and sat down cross-legged.
Her ruby-like eyes stared fixedly at the dark forest outside the camp.
The scales on her tail had secretly bristled, ready for combat at any moment. She said to the trembling villagers behind her.
“Don’t worry!”
“If it’s just small fry magic beasts, this Princess will protect you!”