"Do you think she still has a chance to come back?" Dark Scripture Jeros asked Queen Aeseth beside him, though it sounded more like he was talking to himself.
After all, this mission was already considered a failure for the Black Scripture.
Counting this operation, three missions executed in the Kingdom recently have almost all ended in failure.
The first time, they encountered a vampire from who-knows-where halfway through, resulting in three deaths and the mission objective not being achieved.
The second time, they coincidentally met Blue Rose again and let them escape. To avoid intelligence leaks, the team could only retreat. That time, Astrology Thousand Miles was also injured… Fortunately, it was only a minor injury.
The third time, which was this time, another person died. Although the deceased was someone borrowed from the Windflower Scripture, none of the main objectives were completed.
However, this time could still be considered to have some gains: the new member of Blue Rose, the one who could directly contend with Death Knight, was controlled before the Witch died.
Originally, just bringing her back would have been enough to report success, but they didn't expect her personality to be so earnest. Even without her memories, she still wanted to reclaim her honor.
What's more, after seeing the gigantic demon beast summoned by Ainz Ooal Gown, she didn't even show fear and directly charged in… To some extent, that person is indeed a talent.
It's just a pity that in that situation, charging in headfirst was basically no different from seeking death. This mission, even if it failed after witnessing such terrifying magic and summoned demon beasts, would not have been blamed by their country.
If they could have brought that person back to the country, it might even have been considered a meritorious deed. However, she rushed to her death. Now, he deeply regrets not having stopped her then.
"There's probably no chance, right? Even Miss wouldn't stand a chance against someone like that, would she? We should have stopped her then!" Queen Aeseth said.
"Indeed… we should have stopped her. This is indeed my mistake as well." Gelos took the blame upon himself, but how could he have stopped her in that situation? Everyone was scared senseless by those several colossal demon beasts, including himself…
Don't wait anymore, let's go back… Just as Gelos had this thought, a loud explosion suddenly echoed from afar! The distance wasn't too far!
"Alert!" Gelos immediately ordered them to be on guard. Their current position was quite concealed. Although this area was very close to the border between Theocracy and Katz Plains, it was a densely populated area for undead creatures. Basically, no normal person would approach here. Even Adventurers wouldn't run to the border to hunt. So, there was only one answer.
It must be related to her. So, how should they handle it? Rescue? Or just escape?
The previous explosion was clearly caused by high-level magic. Does that mean? She clashed with Ainz Ooal Gown?
And she even chased him to this place? Gelos was conflicted. One must know that if they were to face Ainz Ooal Gown directly, several lives wouldn't be enough!
So the safest course of action now was:
"Retreat!"
Preserving the integrity of the Black Scripture was the top priority! Gelos thought so.
Everyone nodded in agreement. In fact, after seeing Ainz Ooal Gown's magic and summoned demon beasts, the others had already wanted to flee, if it weren't for Queen Aeseth bringing up something about his sister Clementine.
"Unmatched Warrior Mokoredd, hurry and retrieve Qianli's magical tools. Garell and I will be responsible for guarding the surroundings. Queen Aeseth, use your flying summoned demon beast to be on alert!" Gelos immediately assigned tasks to everyone.
Queen Aeseth immediately summoned a skull floating in mid-air. Although this thing had no combat power, it was very stealthy, and when it encountered a living person, it would automatically stick to them and let out a wail. It was an excellent summoned demon beast for warning.
Less than ten seconds after the skull summoned by Queen Aeseth floated out, Queen Aeseth said nervously.
"It was eliminated… Gelos! My floating skull was eliminated! There are enemies nearby!"
"Prepare for battle!" Gelos dared not be negligent in the slightest. At this point, there was no need for Queen Aeseth to remind him, because from the nearby grove, they could already hear the sounds of someone approaching.
Although they didn't know what kind of monster they would face in a moment, would it be Ainz Ooal Gown himself? Almost everyone tensed their nerves, looking in that direction with extreme tension…
"Oh! You're all still here. My apologies! I encountered a situation halfway and was delayed." A wild "Clementine" jumped out of the grove…
"…" Everyone in the Black Scripture widened their eyes, then looked at each other with a hint of awkwardness. Then, seeing Gelos nod, they all lowered their guard.
"Huh? What's wrong with all of you? Are there enemies?" This "Clementine" asked, puzzled, looking at their tense expressions.
"Ah… yes, we just encountered an attack from an undead monster. We're a bit jumpy." Gelos replied with a smile.
"Indeed, there are many undead monsters nearby. Just now, I was attacked by a group of undead monsters. It was too troublesome to clear them one by one, so I just blew them all up, which caused a slight delay." That Clementine replied.
"Blew…" Queen Aeseth was speechless. He had thought this little sister was a warrior-type… He didn't expect her to be able to use powerful magic as well?
He remembered that time they met in Wu Da Forest, she did indeed use strange magic to control him and then teleport away at the end. It's just that the impression of her fighting Death Knight without falling behind was too deep, and he hadn't noticed that she could actually use magic.
"Then let's hurry and go! This place is not suitable for staying long. I wasn't careful controlling my magic just now and made too much noise. I'm afraid it might attract enemies. I suggest we leave quickly." Clementine said.
Didn't control her magic well? Was it the influence of Falling Beauty of a Nation? Indeed, it was found in previous multiple uses of Falling Beauty of a Nation to control people that those who were completely dominated did have their combat power affected. After all, Falling Beauty of a Nation was a divine artifact left from the past, so not understanding its reasons was natural, Gelos thought.
"Then let's leave quickly! The plan is inconvenient. Unmatched Warrior Mokoredd, you go retrieve Qianli's tools." Gelos continued to give orders.
"Qianli's tools??" This Clementine tilted her head, indicating her confusion.
"She's another member of our team, the Seventh Seat Astrology Thousand Miles! Her real name is Qianli!" Queen Aeseth blurted out Qianli's name, causing Gelos to glare at him.
"Oh! So she's a companion. Uh… Amnesia is really inconvenient! My apologies!" Clementine seemed not to care much.
Gelos looked at the current "Clementine" with a complex expression. He always felt this child was quite easy to deceive, and he sensed that she seemed to have no suspicion whatsoever about her lack of memory.
A normal person encountering amnesia would more or less feel flustered or uneasy, right? Although she did show uneasiness when he didn't deceive her at first, after implanting the false information that she was Clementine, she didn't take the amnesia too seriously.
He felt that, to put it nicely, this person's original personality was very broad-minded. To put it harshly, was this person too thick-skinned? Or, to be more direct, too stupid?
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