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  "How... did this thing end up with you?" Xia Ya grabbed the fire fork and grasped it in his hand, instantly feeling a sense of relief. With this sharp weapon, even if Hei Xing came back, he would have a chance to fight back.

  He then immediately stuck the dragon scales close to his body and put them inside his clothes to block his chest, only then struggling to get up.

  The woman's face was cold and expressionless, and she pointed to the Tian Gong beside her. Xia Ya didn't understand what she meant, so the woman furrowed her brow, suddenly pulled out a short knife and threw it at Xia Ya, then pointed again at the Tian Gong.

  Xia Ya understood and shook her head: "No! It saved my life."

  The woman slightly furrowed her brow, humming softly, this was the first sound she made, the voice was crisp and pleasant, but also as cold as ice to the extreme.

  She no longer paid attention to Ya, turned around and took out a flint from the leather bag behind her back, casually picked up some hay and gathered it together, quickly igniting a flame. Then she took out a cloth package, untied it, revealing an object about the size of a chicken egg, originally hard as stone, with a bright green color. After being roasted over the fire for a while, the object softened into a sticky paste. The woman picked up a short knife and used the blade to scoop up a small piece, handing it to Xia Ya and pointing to his injured area. Xia Ya understood, spreading the sticky substance evenly onto his wound. Instantly, the originally burning pain was replaced by a soothing coolness.

  Xia Ya's mind was filled with confusion, and she wanted to speak up several times, but the woman's face was as cold as an iceberg - not just her face, but even sitting next to her, it seemed like you could clearly feel the chilling aura emanating from her body. Although this woman only showed half of her face, and that appearance was so ugly (by Xia Ya's standards), Xia Ya wanted to speak up several times, but was deterred by the woman's apathetic gaze, and immediately swallowed her words back into her throat.

  When Xia was about to give some of the medicine to Tian Gong, this woman finally showed a hint of dissatisfaction, looked at Xia with eyes full of blame and coldly threw out a short sentence: "This medicine is precious."

  The woman's voice was originally very pleasant. It's just that the tone is as cold as a dead person, without any warmth. It doesn't carry even half a bit of enthusiasm.

  She carefully wrapped the remaining ointment in a piece of leather and tucked it into her bosom. Then she picked up a few dry branches and lit the fire, making it burn brightly. She sat down beside the fire heap just now.

  After a while, the heat from the fire dissipated. Her pale face, as white as jade, finally showed a hint of blood color. She also seemed to have more vitality. Xia Ya summoned up her courage and asked: "That... may I ask who you are?"

  The woman took down the bag, pulled out a few meat pies and placed them on the tip of her knife to roast over the fire. She hummed in response, not turning around. Coldly she said: "No need for idle chatter, I know you are Xia Ya, Rodoria's cavalry team, Imperial Guard Camp's riding instructor, right?"

  "It's me." Xia Ya hummed: "Who are you, after all?"

  The woman didn't respond, but gently rotated the knife, letting the meat pie on the tip of the blade be evenly roasted by the fire. She slowly said: "I've been following you for two days. When Hastings took you out of the city, I knew it then. I just didn't expect him to be so fast. I almost lost you."

  Follow me? Xia Ya couldn't help but feel a little curious. To be able to keep up with Hastings, this woman is no ordinary person!

  "You were caught by this earth spirit, I followed behind all the way, but Blackstone was too formidable, so I didn't dare to reveal myself rashly, otherwise..."

  Xia Ya smiled and said, "Didn't you scare that guy away?" He couldn't help but glance at the longbow on the woman's back, which was wrapped in a black leather case.

  "It wasn't you who scared me away." The woman glanced at Xia Ya and said coldly, "He's much more formidable than I am. If we were to fight head-on, he could defeat me in ten moves at most, and behead me within thirty moves."

  Xia Ya stuck out her tongue.

  Ten moves to defeat, thirty moves to behead?

  Think about it, he has faced Hastings several times and has fully experienced Hastings' strength. If it were himself, let alone thirty moves, Hastings could kill him with just three or five moves!

  It was as if she had seen through Xia Ya's thoughts, and a strange gleam flashed in her icy eyes: "You don't have to be surprised, with your strength, you can withstand a few shots from him without dying, which is already quite impressive! Hastings is known as the number one master of the Odin army, his strength has reached that of a high-ranking ninth-level warrior. Such skills, looking at the entire continent, there are only about ten people who have reached this level." She looked deeply at Xia Ya again: "Hmm, your strength has also reached mid-rank."

  Xia Ya shook her head: "I'm not clear myself."

  The woman handed over a piece of roasted meat pie, Xia Ya hesitated for a moment before taking it with both hands, saying thank you in a low voice. He was really hungry and didn't care about the heat, swallowing it down in two or three mouthfuls. The woman looked at Xia Ya eating so sloppily, only slightly furrowing her brow, then turned around to continue roasting the meat pie.

  Xia Ya's mouth was full, and she muttered vaguely: "So, why did that Hei Stin run away?"

  The woman hummed and said coldly without turning her head, "You're quite curious... He and I know each other, we've dealt with each other before. Hmm... he owes me some favors, but since this matter is settled today, it's considered repaid. Next time we meet, it'll be a fight to the death."

  "Who are you? Why did you save me?"

  The woman hummed and threw the last piece of meat pie to Xia Ya. Xia Ya quickly caught it with both hands, held it in her hands, hesitated for a moment, tore half of it off, and shared it with Tian Gong beside her. Tian Gong was already weak and pale, looked at Xia Ya, didn't say a word, and started eating the meat pie with big mouthfuls.

  "If it were up to me, your life or death would have nothing to do with me. However, since you are a member of the Rodoria Cavalry, I couldn't bear to watch you die no matter what. So, don't thank me, if you must thank someone, thank the fact that you are a member of the Rodoria Cavalry." The woman said this and suddenly let out a soft sigh.

  The woman stood up and looked around the vast wilderness: "Let's set off after eating. I'll send you back to Wildfire Town, and my task will be done... Let's go! I can't waste time with you! If you can't walk, then crawl!"

  Although Xia Ya was injured, she could only endure the pain and stand up. This woman's temperament was extremely cold, and she actually lifted her leg and left. The swaying back of her fell into Xia Ya's eyes, and a surge of pride suddenly rose in Xia Ya's heart. This woman had lost a leg yet was still stronger than herself with two healthy legs?

  He endured the pain and followed behind, but after walking for a while, he turned his head to see that the heavenly attacker was limping behind him with one hand covering his chest, his muscles twitching wildly, his expression extremely ferocious.

  Xia Ya sighed and turned back to shout: "Hey! Stop chasing! Go back to your tribe yourself!!"

  He didn't respond, his face set in determination, and continued walking.

  Xia Ya frowned and took a few steps back: "I'm going back to Ye Huo Town, what are you following me for?!"

  Heavenly Sword finally shook his head: "Wife! My wife!"

  Looking at this earth spirit's persistence, Xia Ya couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

  If the usually calm and collected Akatsuki leader had been so infatuated all along, even if it was a stubbornly persistent attitude, it would have been enough to make Xia Ya feel a few pangs of sympathy. But what Xia Ya knew was that the "wife" that Akatsuki's mouth kept repeating was actually a handsome earth spirit man... Thinking this way, the feeling in his heart became strange and unfamiliar.

  Xia Ya quickened her pace, thinking that if she could just get away quickly and shake this guy off, he would naturally give up.

  He followed the woman for hundreds of meters, turned his head to look back, and saw that Tian Ge was still stubbornly following behind. The green blood from the medicine had already flowed profusely on his bare chest, but this earth spirit still looked ferocious, gritted his teeth and continued walking forward.

  After all, Xia had some misgivings in her heart, and finally stomped her foot and scolded: "Forget it! I owe you a life! Can't watch you die like this!"

  He turned around and ran over, helped Tian Ge up, and shouted: "I'll tell you, I'll take you back to Wildfire Town, but that old woman is not willing to follow you. I can take you to see her, if she's willing to go with you, I won't stop you. If she's not willing, you're not allowed to force her."

  Tian Gou let out a cold snort and remained silent.

  The woman led the two of them forward for a while, until they reached a forest they had passed through before. The woman pulled out two horses from within the forest, clearly having made preparations beforehand.

  She turned around and glanced at Xia Ya and Tian Gong, the woman's expression was clearly somewhat impatient. The half of her face that was exposed had a layer of frost on it, although she was beautiful, but seemed like an ice sculpture. Suddenly, she pursed her lips, turned around and walked back over, took two steps closer, suddenly drew out a short knife and spoke, then suddenly stabbed forward with the knife!

  The blade flashed brightly and stabbed into the neck of the heavenly general!

  Xia Ya suddenly changed color, and with one hand, she pushed Tian Gong away. With her other hand, she drew out a fire fork to block the attack. "Ding" - the woman's knife tip was cut off by the fire fork and flew out. Xia Ya angrily shouted: "What are you doing!"

  The woman's expression didn't change: "Kill him."

  "Why?" Xia Ya asked angrily.

  "...a burden." Every word this woman spoke was as cold and biting as a shard of ice.

  Xia Ya was furious and stood up with a pitchfork, saying: "No way!! It at least saved my life!"

  The woman frowned, staring tightly at Xia Ya, her eyes filled with cold air without a hint of emotion. Xia Ya stiffened his scalp and stared back at her for a while. Finally, the woman turned around, silently putting away the short knife: "If you're willing to bring this earth spirit, then share a horse with it. If you can't keep up halfway, I won't wait for you. If Hei Xing comes after us, I'll run first too."

  Xia Ya's chest was choked with anger, and he was so enraged by this woman that he couldn't speak. He let out a hum, then mounted his horse, carrying Tian Gong with him.

  The woman said she wouldn't wait, and indeed didn't wait. All the way, she galloped her horse at full speed, without considering Xia Ya's situation behind her. As a woman, she was naturally lighter in build, while Xia Ya and Tian Gong were much heavier than her, so their horses gradually fell far behind. This woman seemed to be completely unaware of this, single-mindedly rushing along the road. Xia Ya was miserable beyond words, not even having time to stop and rest. After a long time, the horse's jolting movements caused his wound to split open again. When that woman stopped to rest, she looked at Xia Ya hurrying over from behind, but showed no sign of sympathy or concern. Once she had rested enough, she mounted her horse and left, not caring about Xia Ya's life or death in the slightest.

  After two days of continuous travel, Xia Ya had hardly slept or rested, and didn't even have time to eat or drink. He was barely able to keep up with the woman's pace, following behind her until finally, on this evening, he saw in the distance the outline of the city walls of Wildfire Town on the horizon. The woman suddenly stopped her horse and waited for Xia Ya to catch up from behind, panting heavily.

  "We're here."

  The woman suddenly said coldly: "I'll send you here, now get off your horse and walk back yourself."

  Xia Ya had been holding in her anger for the past two days, and if it weren't for the fact that this woman had inexplicably saved her life, she would have already started scolding.

  He dismounted with a gloomy face, pinning Tian Ge to the ground. Only then did he stand up and look at this woman, taking a deep breath: "No matter what, please tell me your name, let me know who I owe a life to."

  The woman sat on the horse, quietly gazing at the distant Wildfire Town city wall, yet seemed somewhat distracted, as if for an instant, a faint hint of sorrow flashed across her face, only to quickly dissipate.

  After a while, the woman took a deep breath and looked at Xia Ya's eyes, which turned cold again. She reached into her bosom and pulled out something to throw on the ground in front of Xia Ya.

  Xia Ya lowered her head and looked down, and she couldn't help but be stunned.

  This is a badge! Brass material, with a layer of gilding wrapped around the edges and corners, six-petal flower pattern, and the embossed pattern on it is the insignia of the 13th Cavalry Regiment!!

  "Tell Adelric for me." The woman smiled coldly: "I, Viya, have fully repaid my debts to the 13th Cavalry Regiment and to him, Adelric!! From now on, I am no longer a Rodrian! Nor am I a Byzantian!"

  Finished, the woman suddenly waved her hand, and a short knife shot down, making a "ding" sound, inserting into the ground, directly pinning the badge in two halves!!

  The woman let out a cold laugh, no longer looking at Xia Ya, took the reins of another horse and shouted loudly, riding away slowly, never turning her head back again.

  Xia Ya stared blankly at the badge on the ground that had already been torn in two, and it took her a while to come back to her senses.

  Via...

  Hooray!

  Why?

  Is she Via? The former captain of Adrick's personal guard?

  Via... is actually a woman?!