The group reached the palace in no time, even though they had no carriages or horses.
The more time they spent on the road, the more they would have had to see the people literally dying and struggling at the end of their wits; thus, they all moved fast.
For someone like Sylvia, who's a knight who takes pride in protecting her people, seeing the very same people suffer like this is the greatest form of torture she can suffer.
She would rather prefer dying in a completely outnumbered battle than keep living and see her people get tormented by miasma like this.
This is the reason why she dared to take such a big risk of inviting humans to the empire.
If she doesn't take this risk, the nation will get destroyed anyway. After taking the risk, if things go wrong, she can at least be sure that she tried her best.
"Uh, the Elf Queen is missing, so we can't organize a proper royal welcome, but we have prepared rooms for you…"
