Chapter 154: A Glimmer of Hope and a Swift Pursuit

Saide’s eyes widened as he mumbled to himself. Resse, astonishment coloring his voice, exclaimed, “That’s right, Laika! Your mother is an Audfoger person, making you the only one among us who speaks their language.”

“If what those two maidens said truly matches the Audfoger tongue, then we have our answer.”

Saide nodded, “Alright, I’ll try to recall…”

A cold sweat instantly broke out on Saide’s body. In the throes of his earlier terror, he had barely registered a word the two maidens spoke.

Yet, if he failed to recall their words now, he knew the consequences would be dire. Though he wouldn’t face death, his life would certainly become miserable.

The Enemies of God, after all, wielded far greater power than the nobles or the Church. If they didn’t, such a multitude would never have rallied to their banner.

Saide’s mind raced, frantically sifting through his memories for the maidens’ words.

‘It seems the first two words they uttered were “Hello?”‘ he thought, uncertain.

He stammered out the phrase, those two words being the only fragment he could grasp. The rest had vanished, lost to his fear.

“Well?” Resse pressed Laika, his voice tight with anticipation. “Is he speaking the Audfoger language?”

His fists were clenched, his heart swelling with a desperate hope. If this were true, they might finally escape the gods’ clutches and venture to a new world.

“Yes, he’s saying ‘hello’,” Laika confirmed, her expression utterly serious.

The moment her words registered, a fervent roar erupted from the assembled crowd.

“It’s true! They’re truly Audfoger people! We’re saved!”

Tears streamed down their faces. A being capable of traversing endless blizzards—what unimaginable power must they wield? Even the formidable Resse did not possess such a feat.

“Moreover, they even greeted us with ‘hello’!” someone exclaimed. “That’s a clear sign of goodwill!”

Yet, the fact that they had let the two Audfoger people simply leave now filled Resse with profound regret.

He swiftly seized Saide’s shoulders. “Quickly, tell me, where did those two go? We must find them at once!”

“If the Church or the nobles discover them, and those two, ignorant of our plight, were to join their side, then we would be utterly doomed!”

“They… they headed towards Kari City,” Saide stammered, fear etching his face. “That’s where I came from.”

Was Kari City truly ruled by nobles? The Enemies of God, by contrast, commanded only a scattering of villages and hidden underground strongholds.

They could only seize control of territories deemed beneath the notice of the Church and nobility. Their collective strength remained pitifully weak against the long-established power of their adversaries.

Among their ranks, those possessing extraordinary abilities numbered fewer than ten. Their individual prowess was utterly incomparable to that of the Church’s elite or the noble families.

Consequently, they were forced to lurk in the shadows, perpetually awaiting their chance.

Their initial strategy had been to patiently await the inevitable internal conflicts within the Church and among the noble families before launching their decisive strike.

However, such a crucial moment seemed far from materializing. Their only recourse was to bide their time, nurturing their strength in secret.

Now, everything had irrevocably shifted. The emergence of the Audfoger people sparked a blazing new hope, presenting a genuine chance to dismantle the Church and the nobility, shatter the dominion of the gods, and guide everyone towards the dawn of a new world.

At this exhilarating prospect, every heart in the room surged with renewed vigor. After countless years, this felt like their closest approach to ultimate victory.

“Quick!” Resse exclaimed, his voice ringing with urgency. “Immediately dispatch a small team to Kari City! We absolutely cannot allow the nobles and the Church to discover those two Audfoger people!”

He yearned to lead the charge himself, yet the headquarters of the Enemies of God demanded a central figure to remain.

If he were to depart, and their base were suddenly assaulted, the entire cause of the Enemies of God would be irrevocably doomed.

“Laika,” Resse said earnestly, “you will lead this team. Those two Audfoger individuals are also women, and roughly your age. You might find more common ground with them.”

“Understood, Teacher,” Laika replied, nodding. “I’ll depart at once.”

She then set off, accompanied by several elite members of the Enemies of God.

Every member of the team was an elite operative of the Enemies of God. While only two possessed extraordinary abilities, the others were far from ordinary, boasting formidable combat prowess that placed them among the very best.

Resse naturally felt assured in entrusting such a critical mission to their capable hands.

‘I hope they can catch up,’ Resse thought, his heart gripped by a tense anxiety. His greatest fear was the two Audfoger people arriving in Kari City ahead of time.

Such an event would undoubtedly complicate matters beyond measure.

Under normal circumstances, if the maidens were simply walking, Resse’s team should be able to intercept them before they ever reached the city gates.

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High in the boundless sky, Bai Yu beat her wings, propelling herself swiftly through the air.

Cradling Ellie Roth Charlotte securely in her arms, she cast her gaze down upon the world far below.

Her altitude was so immense that her figure remained completely imperceptible to anyone on the ground.

Though Bai Yu wished not to alarm anyone with her wings, traveling on foot was an agonizingly slow endeavor.

Since acquiring the gift of flight, she had developed a profound aversion to mundane walking, finding its pace utterly insufferable.

This method was undeniably faster, even if the air was growing uncomfortably warm.

Bai Yu found herself utterly bewildered. Logic dictated that higher altitudes should bring colder temperatures, yet here, the inverse was strikingly true.

The sun above beat down with an oppressive intensity, a stark contrast to the frigid Antarctic continent. Everything about this realm felt profoundly eerie.

‘Is it hotter the closer one gets to the sun?’ she mused, a silent sigh escaping her. ‘But that defies all scientific principles.’

Yet, she quickly realized the futility of such thoughts. This was a world steeped in mystery, where the known rules of science held no sway, and the unknown reigned supreme.

Despite the scorching heat, Bai Yu endured it without a single bead of sweat, though a subtle discomfort persisted.

Below, the landscape stretched into vast grasslands, punctuated by cultivated farmlands and the turning sails of windmills. These sights offered Bai Yu a rudimentary understanding of the local civilization.

The very existence of windmills implied a society far removed from a primitive, “raw meat and blood” existence.

Beyond the fields, Bai Yu observed various individuals toiling amidst the crops.

She harbored no desire to engage with them, knowing a language barrier would render communication impossible.

Their immediate priority was to find a proper town, hoping to discover someone capable of translating for them.

Ultimately, however, their true objective remained finding a way to escape this world entirely.

Bai Yu had already envisioned the local towns as typical medieval settlements.

True to her expectation, after a period of rapid flight, she discerned a vast cluster of buildings emerging in the distant landscape.

Their architecture, a complex fusion of various cultural styles, diverged slightly from her initial imaginings. Yet, she recognized many familiar designs within the intricate sprawl.

To avert any undue commotion, Bai Yu gently descended into a distant patch of forest.

Her wings, after all, were far too conspicuous to venture into a populated area.

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