Lance "fucking s****, What the heck is this smell" shouted, covering his nose he went towards the nearest tree and started vomiting
Lucas and Darren ignoring the smell as they shifted the people to the other side and Lucas then again locked the cave with an illusion spell,
Lance calmed down when the smell disappeared, he checked the pulse of the people they rescued and sensed their weak pulse puzzled he checked their hands and legs which were covered in wounds if they are not treated as fast as possible, they are going to die and the kid they saved was already in his last breath.
Lucas helped Lance with Carrying them to the carriage, after they finished Darren came to them with an empty Bamboo scroll, he handed it to Lucas and said "I can't see anything on this scroll, it's up to you to figure it out"
Lance didn't bother to glance at the scroll and hoped at the coachman's seat "they need to be treated as soon as possible I can't delay anymore and also its best to destroy the cave if not it can cause an epidemic and leave before the thing you said arrives, it's dangerous here"
Saying he left on the way that's leads to the beast kingdom, Lucas sighed loudly surprising Darren
"Hey you, okay?"
Lucas gave him a glare and said "I want to rest but I had to deal with this cave, after dealing with cave I may faint, take worry about me then"
Darren gave him an awkward smile and stood aside as he watched Lucas dealing with the cave, after a few good amount times everything along with the surrounding cave cleared pretty neatly leaving ashes and rumbling rocks as Lucas destroyed the cave, he then fainted on Darren.
Darren lifted him on his shoulders like a sack and walked towards the earlier place where they left their horses, when he noticed Lance horse was missing, he didn't give much thought and tied Lucas to his horse as he get going.
In SYSTEM SPACE
After successfully pestering Elmo and Rex with all the information she wanted to know Estelle made her own training routine along with the help of the great dragons, for next 2 months
Rex expression became quite complicated when he saw how happy and energized Estelle is about her new routine, Elmo patted him on the shoulder and said "don't think too much"
Rex shook his head a little "it's not me thinking too much the situation outside already complicated enough, now that we lost contact with the Beast emperor, I am afraid of the dangers she has to face"
Elmo "even though we are restricted to help humans, but if that thing called dark emperor comes back, we have to take action, if that's real going to be the situation in the future then I won't care about the rules"
Rex sighed a little saying "well we can't afford our naughty little disciple to get hurt"
Elmo chuckled at him, he halted his search for the beast emperor and the fake caves for Estelle since she wants to train hard for the next two months in the system space and have to wake up in 2 days in the real world before things get out of control,
Rex and Elmo completely focused on Estelle, for next two months in System space
In the Kingdom of DRAGAO
In the study of former king study, Herald was in a meeting with his ministers about the refugees camping at the border area of the kingdom, the door to the study suddenly burst opened by Duke Cole and Duke Zen from south and one of the four powerful ducal families, they came in hurriedly, herald was about to ask him what happened but paused for a second before excusing the ministers.
after they left both Dukes sat on the sofa and one wearing a serious face while the other wearing a grave expression, they waited for Herald to speak, Herald noticing the tension in the room he waved towards the window, suddenly a red fox came from the window and pounced on Herald as it handed him the bag it is biting and then sat next to him silently,
Both Dukes were surprised to see the familiar, as they spoke at the same time
"isn't it Darren's familiar...?"
"isn't it General Ryker's...?"
they both glanced at each other and then turned to herald who was reading the message Darren sent to him, Herald paused after he read the letter, he then questioned the Both Duke's,
"The matter at my hand has to be taken action immediately so both of you state your business now, I judge which should be taken care first"
Duke Zen glanced at Duke Cole when the other nodded he the stated "Your Majesty the refugees have grown quite a number which we can't afford and there are some rebels who are taking advantage of the situation they occupied the mana stones mine of the royal family, before I could salvage the situation, they took my daughter as the hostage"
Duke Cole "how can the rebels possibly entered the Wiley duchy?" asked surprised by the news
Duke Zen sighed "my daughter usually visits the nearby temple and helps them with some of their collateral works, apparently she goes to the Temple in disguise, there was a mole in the mansion"
Duke Zen shook his head in frustration as he was out of his wits and the concern for his daughter is clearly visible,
Herald then asked Duke Cole "Princess Estelle is responding to the treatment she may wake up sooner than estimated, also the army returned except for Darren and Lucas"
Herald nodded his head as he handed over the letter from earlier to Duke Cole he turned to Duke Zen and said "have you asked for the Paladin to help, they are the only people who can subdue them apart of soldiers from the Duchy"
Duke Zen's expression became ugly as he said "that's the first thing I did but the High Priest requested the royal family to give up the mine to the temple only then would they help, the chief of Paladins is also agreeing with the High Priest"
Listening to him Herald and Cole's face frowned in displeasure, Duke Cole got enraged as he replied Loudly, "the nerve they have!!"
Herald was about to speak, but their conversation was interrupted by the sudden intruder, Herald shouted angrily at the Intruder "what the f**** are you doing here?"
Hilbert the present king didn't mind his father scolding an inch as he took a seat on the single sofa at side, he smiled at his father saying "relax mom's minions are not around I came after making sure of it"