The Knights Guarding the City of Laita

Now, looking in the direction of Laita City, it was filled with a blood-red light.

This indicated that some unknown change had occurred in Laita City.

Unease flickered in Isa’s eyes as she stepped forward and said, “Your Highness, be careful.”

She knew she could not change Her Highness’s mind and could only urge her to be careful.

“Don’t worry, there won’t be any problems. Isa, you can just find some Sequence Two magical beasts here to practice with. Remember not to be lazy and complete the goal of ten or more.”

“I will.”

Isa noted Su Ran’s words.

This was the purpose of her coming here, to master the power of Sequence Two.

With Philly protecting her on the side, Isa could fight the magical beasts with more confidence and boldness.

Su Ran, who had returned to the sky, was now rushing towards Laita City.

Not long before Philly had just learned Flying Magic, Laita City was enduring several rounds of fierce attacks from magical beasts.

The city wall, originally known for its hardness, had developed a small but not insignificant breach under the repeated impacts of the magical beasts.

Thanks to the reinforcement of the magic array, there was no need to worry about its collapse for the time being.

However, with each round of the magical beasts’ impact, the collapse of Laita City’s wall was a future that could be predicted with the naked eye.

At that time, the civilians in the city would be fully exposed to the frenzied beast tide.

“Your Highness Yuffie, another Sequence Four magical beast has joined the beast tide’s ranks in the southwest direction!”

A knight’s report came from outside the tent.

Yuffie concealed the fatigue hidden in her eyes and responded calmly, “Don’t worry, I’m coming now.”

Yuffie had rushed to the city wall to assist the knights in defending against the beast tide after escaping from Shadow.

She had not stopped to rest properly until now.

Even closing her eyes had become a luxury.

In the entire Laita City, she was the only Sequence Five who could deal with these mutated Sequence Four magical beasts.

Fearless of pain, with a higher desire to attack… with these two enhancements…

Even Yuffie, with her Sequence Five power, found it difficult to kill these magical beasts easily in one go.

Not to mention that she was the only Sequence Five in the city.

If she were to fall, the remaining highest-ranked knights, who were only Sequence Three, would have no hope of defending Laita City against the mutated magical beasts.

Thinking of this, Yuffie sighed helplessly, got up, and walked out of the tent, preparing to head towards the southwest direction of Laita City.

She couldn’t let the mercenaries and knights responsible for defending the city wait too long, otherwise their morale would be gone forever.

Morale was especially important in a siege defense.

The Sequence Four magical beasts that appeared seemed to be under command, with one appearing every so often.

The purpose was to consume her stamina, preventing her from getting adequate rest.

At the same time, it was to make the defenders feel despair and to break them down from within.

From this, it was not difficult to guess that the commander behind these magical beasts was definitely that shadow witch who had infiltrated the Church.

“What are you doing here? Why did you leave your defensive positions without permission?” Yuffie asked with a frown after walking out of the tent.

She had stopped in her tracks.

Before her were the only six remaining Sequence Three knights in Laita City.

Led by Kold, they all knelt on one knee without exception and said in unison, “Lady Holy Maiden, please give us the remaining Holy Stones.”

“It’s not a matter of life and death yet. I’m still standing here, and we have already contacted the Church. We only need to hold on for one more day for reinforcements to arrive in Laita City.”

Hearing this, Yuffie’s face turned pale.

It was clear she understood they had the idea of ingesting the Holy Stones.

Yuffie tried to dispel this dangerous thought from the knights’ minds.

Even if the Sequence Three Kold ingested a Holy Stone, he would gain the magic essence amount of a Sequence Four for a short time, but this did not mean he would truly become a Sequence Four.

And as a price, all those who consumed a Holy Stone, without exception, would die after the power of the Holy Stone was exhausted.

“Lady Holy Maiden, when we joined the Church, we all swore an oath under the gaze of the divine.”

“Our swords are for the enemy!”

“Our shields are for the people!”

The knights behind Kold shouted in unison.

It was clear that when they came before Yuffie’s tent, they had already prepared themselves to face death.

“Your Highness Yuffie, even if you are a Sequence Five, after fighting non-stop for a whole night without recovery, your magic essence consumption is also reaching its limit.”

The leading Kold was merciless, directly pointing out the predicament Yuffie was currently facing.

Just as he said, after fighting continuously with multiple mutated Sequence Four magical beasts for a whole night without proper recovery, the amount of magic essence in her body was secondary.

The main point was that Yuffie’s spiritual power was about to bottom out.

“So please give us the Holy Stones, and then get some good rest. After you’ve rested, you can take over from us and continue to resist the beast tide outside Laita City until the reinforcements arrive.”

“There are no more Holy Stones.”

Yuffie’s answer made the knights abruptly raise their heads, “Lady Holy Maiden?”

“There’s no need for me to lie to you. The beast tide outside the city is being controlled by the shadow witch. I have already used the last of the Holy Stones in the team to bind her.”

Yuffie concealed the part about the shadow witch being unaffected by the Holy Stone chains and told the knights present everything else about the process of burying the Holy Stone in the Church and waiting for the fish to take the bait after the beast tide began.

Just as the knights were digesting the information Yuffie had given them, Yuffie put on a confident expression and continued to speak.

“This current situation is exactly what I wanted. Even you all think my magic essence is exhausted, so the witch on the other side will definitely think so too. Later, after killing the magical beast in the southwest direction, I will launch a surprise attack on the witch. As long as I kill her, the beast tide problem facing Laita City will be solved.”

The knights kneeling in front of the tent were half-believing and half-doubting the plan Yuffie described.

However, under Yuffie’s repeated assurances, they still cleared the way forward and dispersed to their respective defensive areas.

Only Kold followed behind Yuffie, returning to the southwest city wall where he was stationed.

“Your Highness Yuffie!”

Kold’s voice came from behind.

After much hesitation, Kold still called out to stop Yuffie’s steps.

“Is there a problem with my plan?”

Kold’s left hand pressed on his sword hilt, his right hand clenched into a fist.

In the end, he still made up his mind and asked, “Are there really no Holy Stones left at all?”

Yuffie, who had not stopped for long, started walking again, leaving only two words for Kold behind her, “Of course!”

Yuffie hadn’t finished her sentence.

The Holy Stones carried by the team were indeed used up, but as the Holy Maiden, she still had one last Holy Stone in her hand that she hadn’t used.

At this moment, Yuffie was holding the Holy Stone in her hand.

As long as she could lock onto the shadow witch’s position after killing the mutated magical beast later…

Yuffie would ingest the Holy Stone, kill the shadow witch, and thus resolve the threat of the beast tide.

‘Taking a step back, even if I can’t deal with the shadow witch, the power generated by the Holy Stone is enough to help me wipe out all the magical beasts near Laita City.’

‘I, Yuffie, am not a Holy Maiden who needs knights to die for her to survive.’

Thinking of this, Yuffie gripped the Holy Stone in her hand a little tighter.

This was the last hope for defending Laita City.