Volume 2: The Magic Tower Chapter 21: Lilia's Calamity

  The next day, Anka teacher disappeared from the law tower again. I and Tissen didn't think much of it. I was immersed in the joy of becoming a magician, while Tissen was making final preparations for his second trip to the coveted floating city. He planned to travel around the mainland first, gain some combat experience, collect materials to make a good magic wand, and then go to Larsen to take the advanced magician exam.

  But plans never change as quickly, on the fourth afternoon, an old man stumbled to the Fa Master's Tower to find Tiesen, changing this rhythmic life.

  That day, Tissen and I were browsing through the magical books in the teacher's study when the alarm magic set around the Magic Tower suddenly sounded rhythmically. I lit up the crystal ball and saw an anxious old man stumbling towards the Wizard Tower. I said to Tissen who was concentrating on reading beside me: "It's an old man, his expression seems very anxious, don't know what happened? Want to go take a look?"

  Tissen raised his head and came over to the crystal ball. He took a look, then threw down the book in his hand without even greeting me, and rushed straight down.

  I saw Tyson's anxious look and hurriedly followed him down.

  As I rushed to the door, I just heard Tyson shouting at the old man: "Village chief, what happened?"

  The old man who was called Village Chief by Tissen said: "Lia... is Lia..."

  As soon as I heard it was about Lila, I perked up my ears. Had the bandits come to raid the village again and taken Lila away?

  Only Tyson's urgent voice changed, anxiously asking: "What's going on, what happened to Lilia?"

  "This was Lilia's father, and I felt a sudden realization in my heart. But before I could think more about it, I heard Lilia's father say: 'At noon, the lord of Santuo City passed through our village and wanted to eat at my house. I had no choice but to take out the best food and entertain him personally. However, when he saw my daughter, he got up with ill intentions and insisted on taking my daughter Lilia away. He even threatened me that if I didn't agree, he would let his men slaughter the entire village. My daughter desperately resisted, but was knocked unconscious and taken away on horseback. I couldn't stop him, so I came to ask for your help. Please, you must rescue my daughter! I've already lost one daughter, I don't want to lose Lilia too...' By this point, the village chief was sobbing uncontrollably."

  "Whoa!" With a sudden movement, Tyson had already turned around and rushed into the stable beside the mage tower, pulling out a horse. It seemed he was going to chase after Lilia. I hastily ran out of the doorway and grabbed onto Tyson: "Tyson big brother, wait for me! You're alone and no match for them, I'll go with you."

  Tissen shook his arm hard, but didn't shake me off. With a cold face, he said: "Get out of the way, attacking nobles is punishable by hanging, aren't you afraid? Besides, what can you do to help?" I stubbornly grasped his arm and said: "Lia is also my friend, and my father is a general in the empire. Nobles are nothing to be afraid of. Moreover, with me here, two people are stronger than one." Tissen looked at me very seriously and said: "Go get a horse, let's go together."

  As soon as I heard Tyson's words, I immediately went to the back and led a horse out. Just in time to see Tyson asking the village chief about the direction where Lilia was taken away. Tyson saw me coming out and immediately mounted his horse, and the two of us left the village chief behind in a cloud of dust.

  The two of us rode neck and neck, the wind whistling past my ears, the scenery on both sides flashing by in a blur. The horse's speed had reached its limit, I didn't expect Tyson's riding skills to be so good, having been pressed onto a horseback by his father since childhood, I almost couldn't keep up with his speed.

  The two of us galloped across the endless plain for more than two hours before we saw a group of over a hundred people slowly advancing in front of us from afar, which should be the team of the lord of Santuo City.

  "Do you see that small forest in front of them?" Tyson said, pointing to a small forest in the direction ahead of the troops.

  "Hmm, I see them, shall we go there and ambush them?" I asked.

  "No, you go alone. I'll sneak around to the front and intercept them. If the lord is willing to release him, you won't need to appear at all. If a conflict arises, use your bow and arrow to take them out from within the forest, don't use magic, it will expose your identity." Tissen said with a shake of his head.

  "What about you? Aren't you afraid of revealing your identity?" I asked.

  "I'm leaving anyway, this time I'll save Lila and take her with me. If something like this happens once, it will happen again, I won't let Lila get hurt anymore." Tison's eyes flashed a moment of pain, I knew he was thinking of Lila's sister again.

  Soon, Tyson returned to his cold and icy demeanor, patted me on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, I'll be fine, we'll all be fine, go!"

  I nodded and was about to set off when Tyson suddenly stopped me. Meeting my puzzled gaze, he grasped my hand and said sincerely: "Alec, thank you!"

  I smiled at him and cracked a loud whip, urging the horse towards that grove of trees.

  When I arrived at the forest, the team of Santor City's lord was still about two to three kilometers away from this piece of forest. During this time, I set up several traps on the edge of the forest. If a real fight breaks out and they discover that I'm shooting cold arrows from the trees, dozens of people will rush in, and I'll have to think of ways to resist them. Although it's very likely that the main force will be heading towards Tissen, I also need to guard against him, otherwise, if nothing comes out of this, it would only serve to distract Tissen.

  I got everything ready, took a deep breath, and climbed up a big tree that was closer to the road with a wider view. Alas, I didn't expect that as a magician, I still had to rely on my archery skills to deal with the enemy, it's really a bit ridiculous.

  The clamor of the horsemen gradually approached my location, and from a distance I heard Lilia's angry shout. After being knocked unconscious and waking up, she seemed to still be full of energy, vaguely as if using her rich imagination to meticulously curse the ancestors of the lord of Santoville. The language was so vicious, the words so powerful, and the imagination so rich that it was truly breathtaking. Meanwhile, the lord of Santoville seemed extremely patient, allowing Lilia to scold without stopping or getting angry. A large group of people chatted and laughed about Lilia as they slowly walked over.

  I took a deep breath, placed an arrow on the bowstring, and aimed at the middle-aged bald man in the luxurious attire who was slowly entering my field of vision.

  Tiesen, why haven't you shown up yet? That bald head is so clear in front of me, I can even see the lewd smile on his face clearly, I couldn't help but want to shoot an arrow into that bald head's neck!