That's a relief... Burns let out a sigh of relief and took the lead to head back.
You have to know that they were far from a time of comfort.
The King, Queen, a Princess, and a Prince of the Holy Flame Kingdom were still alive, and as long as Qi'an Kingdom wasn't stupid, they would undoubtedly send troops to pursue!
Suddenly, Burns's footsteps faltered, and he raised a hand to signal Polly and the others behind him.
At first Polly was startled, then a trace of fear flashed through her eyes, she covered Gallagher's mouth, and carefully stood still.
Although she had just confidently said those words, the chaos in her heart was unavoidable when real danger approached—they still remembered the appearance of the maids and knights who had died gruesomely earlier that morning.
The three of them stood silently in place, not moving an inch.
Polly listened carefully, aside from the wild beast's roars coming from somewhere, she did not hear any other noises.
She didn't relax but continued to stand still as Burns had signaled.
After a while, still no sounds came through, and Burns in front of her made no move.
A flicker of doubt crossed Polly's eyes.
A suspicion arose in her mind... Could it be that Burns, because of the words spoken earlier, harbored a grudge and intentionally stopped to frighten them?
Beside her, Gallagher, who had initially stood quietly in cooperation, now seemed unable to persist any longer and began to pry Polly's hand away from his mouth.
It was at this moment that Burns slowly turned around, his brow furrowed in confusion, he murmured:
"It seems I heard wrong."
Just now, he had faintly heard a feeble sound similar to the clash of steel, but after he stopped, he did not hear it a second time.
Burns turned back around and continued forward.
He did not see Polly behind him, staring at him with ice-cold eyes.
To Polly, Burns's actions clearly confirmed her last suspicion...
'That bitch Daisy's lackey! I am the Queen; how dare he!'
Polly seethed inwardly.
She wanted to explode right then and there, but looking at Burns's tall figure.
She weighed for a moment and chose to swallow her pride for the time being, deciding to settle the score once they got back to the cave.
Otherwise, if Burns became furious and did anything disadvantageous to her and her child, that would be disastrous.
After all, they were still some distance away from the cave, and here it was just them and Burns… They had to be cautious.
"Wait."
They had walked a bit further when Burns suddenly stopped again and turned back to give a low command.
Again?!
A visible trace of anger flashed across Polly's face.
"Burns...!"
She hadn't finished speaking when she saw Burns dashing into the nearby woods on the left.
Then there were several muffled sounds of bodies colliding.
Burns dragged the corpse of a Knight wearing light armor out of the woods.
Polly's complexion changed drastically!
"Is this... Qi'an Kingdom's pursuers?" she asked hesitantly, lowering her voice involuntarily.
"Judging by the armor, it should be."
Burns nodded, then looked down at the corpse again.
Apart from being ordinary, the nose on the corpse's face was eerily strange... as if it were a dog's nose?
Perhaps it was a natural deformity... Burns didn't care much.
With a grave expression, he murmured his speculation:
"No other knights were found around... this might be a scout of Qi'an Kingdom's pursuing forces."
"But in any case, the pursuing forces of Qi'an Kingdom must have caught up... we need to report back to the Wizard at once!
Otherwise, it will be troublesome if Qi'an Kingdom beats us there."
Having said that, he hoisted up the corpse and began to walk briskly forward.
Obviously, the body could not be left here; he planned to move it elsewhere to deal with it.
"Burns." Polly called out to him from behind.
Burns, with the corpse on his shoulder, turned around in confusion.
Polly smiled and said:
"With that Wizard there, what are a few Qi'an Kingdom pursuers?"
"Just leave the corpse here... there's no need to bother that Wizard with this news."
Watching Burns's puzzled face, Polly lost her patience, the smile gradually fading from her face, she said coldly:
"This is an order, Burns, just follow it!"
If Qi'an Kingdom couldn't catch up, they would really only be able to proceed to the unknown fate of Merredith City.
But if Qi'an Kingdom did catch up and dragged that Wizard into the conflict, forcing him to confront Qi'an Kingdom...
Perhaps, they could use the power of the Wizard to recapture the Holy Flame Kingdom!