Sacrifice: Time of Mine

Chapter 183: Evacuation and Separation

In the Gon Butcher Guild.

"Our mission is not to stop the giant but to evacuate the survivors!"

Unlike the other buildings, the guild was still standing strong. Guild Master Gon wouldn't let his own guild be easily shaken. Inside the hall of the guild, almost all of the Riskers were there.

"Go! Save as many people as you can and you will be rewarded! For every commoner you save, you get one cren! For every noble, you get five giant crens!" as soon as the Guild Master dropped his hand, war cries resounded and Riskers stampeded out of the guild.

One giant cren is equivalent to ten crens or one thousand bronzes. One life for one cren seemed so little but the Riskers' job is as easy as carrying as many people as they can to the safe area and bring them to the healers.

Rank Eehs carry at most three bodies at a time, Rank Dihs can carry up to twenty people if they have the right elesp. Rank Cee, just by sheer physical strength can carry ten people, it can be more if only the commoners can handle being stacked on top of each other. This still excluded if they have the proper elesps!

Those who have Transport Elesps felt like they were mining gold mines.

Streson and Houie have received this message. Aren't they on the resort where most of the important nobles are right now?

They might strike rich after this!

With such a giant reward, the Riskers were filled with fire within them. Even those who are not registered at the guild were working hard, this is an emergency mission after all.

Staff like Mettany were stationed in the evacuation area, keeping tabs on every Risker. Although inappropriate at a time like this, these Riskers wouldn't work without benefits!

Well, to not be pessimistic, not all of them but rather, most of them.

Under the Guild Master's guidance, the guild was fast to act.

On the southwest of the capital, one of the major battles was happening between the Karan Royal Couple and Galion Romen.

The ground rumbled and the nearby area was either completely obliterated or have become a sea of flames or ashes.

The Plant Element was at a disadvantage against the Fire Element. King Isero was not faring so well either even though he is somewhat immune to fire. Against Galion's Rank Ey Fire Element, Rank Cee Fire Immunity is not enough.

This made Galion dominate the battle. His eyes fiery and his body was enveloped with flickering flames. But if compared to Kalin, Galion seemed like he was getting poured by some gasoline from time to time.

On the Royal Couple's side, giant trees would come from the ashes and fight as branches extend and leaves were thrown like blades. At the end of its life, a giant tree will stretch itself and try to hit Galion with some mass and speed.

The Guild Master's fist would be broken if he were to fight this incoming wood with a full-force punch.

And it was not just one giant tree, there was a forest of them!

However, the layers of ashes on the ground thicken as there was white smoke everywhere, reaching for the skies.

Galion's firepower alone was the ultimate defense against this attack. Before it even reaches him, they would turn into ashes. But sometimes, there would be smaller branches that would breakthrough his veil of flames and would try to pierce him.

This was King Isero's additional attack, supporting the queen. However, he is only Rank Bih, albeit already strong, if compared to these Rank Ey monsters, he was weak. Coupled with his new weaker soul, he couldn't release that much energy.

So Galion would only flinch when these attacks successfully hit him. The most successful one only scratched him and made him bleed. But that's it.

"I'm about to exhaust all of my energy!" Queen Teresa gritted her teeth as she waved her hands up, making giant trees come out of the ground.

King Isero's face was dark.

"I think you know what you need to do."

The king looked at his wife who was smiling at him. He felt another pierce on his heart.

"As we said earlier, our little girl can revive us, right?"

Tears came out of the king's eyes. His own words were used against him but he could not retaliate. He only said that earlier so that the princess will let them go, but they knew, it is not as easy as that. 

A second soul should already be a work and a third soul, needless to say, is not absolute to be successful.

The princess was already in the king's arms while the queen is at the front. King Isero just needs to turn around and let the queen impede Galion's movement.

The king's help was only those small attacks, at least small for Galion. Even without it, the Rank Eybi Elementalist would still be kept busy by Queen Teresa's Outre Elesp Battlefield, Attack Titan Woodland, something that could destroy King Gregor's Sea Monster Summoning Battlefield on the first cast.

While the princess is on his shoulder, the king went to his wife, his beautiful wife that he had already been with for more than a hundred years.

The time they have been together crossed the king's head. Waking up to see her next to him. Just one roll of the eyes to see her beside him on the throne. The way they play with their daughter.

After this, those scenes may never come back again.

Even though in concentration, Queen Teresa accepted his husband's deep kiss one last time.

Their tears came together as their lips touched. A moment later, they separated, their teary eyes looking at each other with longing.

"I love you, dear..."

"I love you too..."

But they have to separate.

The king turned away and jumped. They were still quite far from the walls of the capital, but with his speed, he should be able to get out of the capital within minutes.

[Stupid man, trying to escape with our target!]

Meanwhile, in the evacuation area, Mettany abruptly stopped writing on a table.