272: Chapter 272 The Saintess's Message! Caroline's Target! Rowan's Invitation!

Aksai City, Duke Weiduns Estate.

Delia hurried to Niss's study. As soon as she entered, she said directly:

"Niss, the Saintess just sent me a message saying that a Red Moon Proxy has appeared!"

"Right in the Will Province in the eastern part of the Northern Territory!"

Behind the desk, Niss was organizing a list of resettlement plans for the northern remnants.

Hearing this, she suddenly raised her head:

"Has Father succeeded?"

Delia's expression shifted, but she did not give a definitive answer immediately.

From the Saintess's message just now, she also hadn't learned exactly who had become the Red Moon Proxy.

She could feel that the Saintess herself was filled with deep shock and confusion.

She hesitated for a moment, and in the end, could only vaguely reply: "Perhaps... yes?"

But this vague answer was enough for Niss at this moment.

Her eyes lit up, and she could no longer hold back.

She knew the destination where the army would head after setting off—

Gino County!

She needed to personally verify this news!

So, she walked around the desk and quickly went to Delia, saying solemnly:

"Delia, you will come with me to Gino County. We must immediately verify this news in person!"

Hearing this, Delia nodded directly:

"Alright!"

The two did not delay any further. They packed simple luggage as quickly as possible, then hurriedly left the Duke Weiduns Estate and headed towards Gino City.

...

Outside Gino City, on the battlefield.

Twilight hung low, shrouding the entire wilderness in a blood-red afterglow.

The air was still filled with a thick smell of blood. Dried corpses lay scattered across the ground, most of them soldiers brought by Duke Witton.

Garuvi stepped over the carnage and walked step by step to the side of the corpse wearing the Duke's cloak.

Duke Witton had also turned into a dried corpse.

All the energy in his body had been absorbed by the wizard formation in the sky, his skin clinging tightly to his bones, presenting an extremely grey and defeated appearance.

If it weren't for the armor inlaid with golden patterns, no one would believe that this was the former ruler of Will Province, Duke Witton.

Garuvi stood before the dried corpse and watched for a while.

Eventually, she drew her long sword and cleanly chopped off Duke Witton's head, placed it into a pre-prepared box, and gently closed the lid.

She had prepared four such boxes.

Back then, when her father died and Cangyuan City fell, there were four people most directly involved—

Knight Kallen and the Rending Shadow Knight of the Blood Barbarian Tribe were the executors, and Duke Witton was the mastermind behind the scenes.

And her brother, now Marquis Lance, Richter... was the traitor!

Of the four boxes, two were already filled; one was Knight Kallen's, and one was Duke Witton's.

She put away the wooden box, then raised her head and looked towards the direction of Cangyuan City.

That land she had once sworn to protect with her life was now still shrouded in the lingering remnants of the blood-colored light screen.

She had to go there to fill the third box.

But before that, she needed to return to the city first to see that person.

She knew she owed that person a lot.

After the Cangyuan City matter was settled.

She would be ready to slowly repay the debt.

Slowly, slowly repaying it.

Perhaps, she would use all the time remaining in her life...

Thinking of this, she no longer hesitated, turned around, and walked into Gino City.

...

Inside Gino City, in the Wizard Tower.

Rowan watched Aurora, who had risen and was walking towards him.

After breaking through to a Rank 5 Wizard, the already beautiful face of this young witch had become even more radiant.

He casually scanned her score.

[93 points!]

It had increased by one point compared to before.

Very good!

Following this trend, when she advanced to a Rank 6 Wizard, she should be able to reach 94 points, the same as Garuvi.

"Perhaps it's time to consider the matter of her getting pregnant," he thought to himself.

However, he quickly moved his thoughts away from this matter and turned to another more important thing.

He looked at Aurora, his brows slightly furrowed, and asked:

"Aurora, do you know what's going on with the Mess Mountains?"

"Today on the battlefield, I could feel a gaze spying on this side from over there."

Hearing this, Aurora was startled. She stopped in front of Rowan, thought about it seriously, and then said:

"The Mess Mountains have always been the territory of various magical beasts because of their complex terrain and harsh environment, which are not suitable for human habitation."

"They have their own rules and territorial divisions, and humans rarely interfere deeply."

"As far as I know, there are several King-level existences in the depths of the mountains. The strongest among them is a legendary dragon that has lived for over a thousand years, but that one travels around the continent all year round and rarely stays in its lair."

"So, the one spying here today is most likely a Sky-level magical beast King from the mountains."

Speaking of this, she said a bit embarrassedly:

"However, I don't know exactly which magical beast Kings there are or what their habits are!"

"I used to be active mainly in Ascalon, and my understanding of the Mess Mountains mostly comes from books and rumors."

She paused, then added:

"However, I can ask my father when I have time. He traveled on the edge of the Mess Mountains for a period when he was young and should know some of the situation."

"Since the other party didn't make a move at the last moment, then I suppose they don't intend to continue interfering in this matter."

"After all, that legendary dragon senior has signed some contracts with most of the surrounding forces to restrict high-level powerhouses on both sides from making moves."

"This time, if it weren't for Duke Witton's active invitation, I suppose they wouldn't have made a move."

"Hmm, is that so." Rowan listened, nodded thoughtfully.

Nowadays, because Duke Witton had mobilized troops, the city defenses of major border cities were empty, and magical beast tides had taken advantage of the void to run rampant, causing heavy losses to many border cities.

This matter definitely needed to be dealt with after this.

But the problem was that the border army had basically been ruined by the joint efforts of Duke Witton and the wizard Hurley, and he was severely short of manpower.

He had a headache for a moment about how to clean up this mess.

After thinking for a moment, Rowan shook his head, put these matters aside for the time being, and prepared to wait until he could discuss with Vanessa and the others later to see what was best to do.

His attention returned to the young witch in front of him who had just broken through.

A faint blush from after the breakthrough remained on her fair face, making her look exceptionally charming and moving.

He looked at her and chuckled:

"Aurora, are you free tonight?"

"Tonight, I would like to celebrate your successful breakthrough to a Rank 5 Wizard at the top floor of Golden Flame Castle!"

"Ah?!" Aurora suddenly raised her head to look at Rowan, her face instantly turning red.

She had been in Gino City for some time now.

She already understood very clearly what kind of person Rowan was.

Therefore, she was very sure that she had not misunderstood his meaning.

Her heartbeat began to accelerate, and her hands twisted together unconsciously.

She lowered her head, looking at her toes.

After a long time, she made a barely perceptible response, filled with shyness and panic:

"Mm..."

Rowan looked at her nervous appearance, couldn't help but smile, then turned to look at the used wizard formation on the ground.

After the blood origin main vein was extracted, the runes of the wizard formation had dimmed by more than half, but there was still some residual energy that needed to be processed and recycled.

"Then I'll leave the cleanup here to you for now. I also need to go handle some follow-up matters."

"We... see you tonight..."

Rowan gently hugged the young witch and pressed against her hot cheeks.

"Mm..."

Aurora still kept her head lowered, her voice extremely soft.

Not until Rowan's footsteps gradually faded away did she dare to raise her head, look at the setting sun outside the window, let out a long sigh, and begin to daze...