'We're almost there, just a little further. Then I can meet Luana.'
That was the only motivation Legion had to continue moving. For several days he couldn't sleep or eat properly. Legion was well-trained and wouldn't collapse easily, but he was still human. He could feel he became exhausted but had no desire to stop.
"I think we will find her soon."
That's what the ranger has reported.
"Have you been hiding in this place?"
The place where the kingdom's death squad hid was at the edge of a particular mountain range. Rangers identified the terrain, and knights took the lead. He couldn't bring many knights because he was in a hurry, but this level of force was already a threat. Wasn't there even the best swordsman in the empire?
Legion gripped the handle of his sword. Now, he was going to attack the death squad as soon as the ranger told him about the situation. But before that, there was someone who had come to him.
"The vassal of Marquis Livre greets the Grand Duke."
The knight bowed his head deeply. Legion pondered for a moment, then remembered who Marquis Livre was. Before the kingdom was destroyed, he betrayed his homeland faster than anyone else. Legion heard he got considerable power from his betrayal.
Legion could assume several situations about what Marquis Livre would say to him, but the contents of the letter the knight handed him were different from what he thought.
[I found a witch.]
When Legion saw that phrase, he looked at the knight who was still bowing. The witch was the name he once hated, but now that name came different. He briefly glanced at the mountains. Luana was obviously taken away as if kidnapped by the kingdom's death squad. Naturally, there would have been many places where she was, but the sense he usually felt on the battlefield says otherwise.
The witch that Marquis Livre is talking about is Luana. Legion asked without hesitation.
"Where is she?"
The Marquis' knight answered,
"She ran away. But it wasn't that long ago, so she wouldn't have gone far. Marquis Livre said he would do everything in his power to cooperate to capture the witch."
'She ran away.'
As soon as he heard that, his anxiety soared with relief. The marquis didn't see the witch positively when he listened to the marquis' knight speak.
'What the hell happened while we were apart? Is Luana safe?'
He crumpled the letter from the marquis in his hand.
"Lead the way."
At that words, the knight sprang up and took the lead. And at the same time, the ranger returned and reported.
"I found the trace."
If he follows the ranger, he can find the death squad according to the emperor's order, and maybe he could take Ingrid back, but Luana wouldn't be there. There was no hesitation in Legion's subsequent actions.
"Let's split up. Some follow the death squad's trace, and some will follow me."
In a way, it may be an absurd command, but no one could stop him. They swore allegiance to the emperor, but Legion was the absolute one on the battlefield. The belief that he couldn't do anything wrong moved them.
***
Marquis Livre roamed nervously around the room. He had already put someone to search for Luana, but there was no news. The knight he sent to the slayer also hasn't returned.
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