Chapter 1435 Escape
Annara could vividly feel her head hurting as she thought about her current situation. She was currently being detained by the dark elves together with the other half-blood magus.
When she looked around, she could see that among these people there were Grand Magus Shan's disciples as well as master Grand Magus Zenonia's henchmen from the Bat bloodline.
Fortunately, none of them knew that she had betrayed them, so without the slightest hesitation she quickly played the role of innocent junior. As for the white-haired girl lying on her back, the excuse she told them was that she was her master's personal captive which she needed to keep safe.
Apart from the eight dark elf magus who were standing in a circle around them, there were dozens of elven warriors who were busy sweeping around and inspecting the compound.
To her surprise, they caught someone she recognized, The Nephilim brat, Eeshoo. She saw his unconscious body being carried by a dark elf magus like a precious treasure.
As she continued to watch those dark elf magus check for survivors, Annara could hear her heart beating fast. At this moment, she desperately hoped that they wouldn't find anyone who knew she had betrayed the elves and the half-blood traitors.
She was anxious enough that she almost jumped to her feet when one of the half-blood magus called her.
"Annara!! Do you know where your master is?!"
After calming herself down, she quickly told the half-blood magus what the elves had said earlier. Apparently, it wasn't just her master; Grand Magus Shan of the Tiger bloodline was also confirmed dead by his own disciple. He was killed by a certain half-blood grand magus of the Wolf bloodline.
"Then doesn't this mean we are screwed?!"
If things really turned out like that, then this meant that Annara and the other half-blood magus were in dire straits. Without the presence of their two grand magus, they were simply nothing to the elves – an annoyance even. ｂｅ𝚍𝚗ｏｖｅ𝚕．𝚗𝚎𝚝
It's no wonder that they were treated this way. Now that the half-blood side had lost their powerhouses, the arrogant elves would most likely not care about the alliance any longer, which meant they would be captured or at worst, killed.
Given their situation and the fact that there were only eight dark elf mages guarding them, before more elves arrived, they really should take action for their own sake.
Fortunately for them, thinking that this scenario might occur, their masters had secretly prepared a spaceship for them to use to escape. It was hidden not far from this area, right inside one of the buildings a few miles away.
"We have to get out and leave this place! Let's go find Lord Esbern. He will know what to do."
Seeing that this was her opportunity, Annara quickly suggested a plan to them. Being the one who knew well about piloting the spaceship, and being the least threatening among them she would be the best candidate to go to the ship, and go undetected as they would hold off the dark elves.
The half-blood magus, who were her seniors of the Bat bloodline, agreed with her plan. However, the same could not be said on the Tiger bloodline side.
One turned towards the unconscious girl lying on her back and spoke with suspicion in their tone. "What about that girl?! Just leave her here and you'll be able to move faster."
Annara quickly responded, "Do you know who she is? She's the princess of a powerful faction of the Serpent bloodline. My master told me to never leave her out of my sight!"
The way the red-haired girl spoke was very convincing. Not only that, their situation was extremely dire. She also didn't give these half-blood magus time to think by saying, "We really have to take action now before more elves come!"
Those words were the final nail that sealed the coffin. Fighting once again broke out in the compound as the six half-blood magus shot at the eight dark elf magus in unison. At the same time, Annara rushed towards the building where the spaceship was hidden.
It was one of Zodiac city's small size space ships, the Gemini. Entering it, she put the still unconscious Silva at the back before she quickly fiddled with the spaceship's control panel.
[Initiate Power, Select Destination]
As soon as she saw the words appear on the control panel, Annara decisively entered the required trajectory and confirmed her choice as she loudly said, "Get us out of here!!"
A minute later, the fighting that was happening within the compound came to a temporary stop when they suddenly heard a loud noise from a distance. They turned their heads and saw a ship burst out of the building.
The eyes of the six half-blood magus lit up seeing this, but quickly changed when they saw what happened next.
Instead of heading for the compound where the fight took place, it directly went up at full speed into the sky.
The six half-blood magus could only roar loudly in anger at the realization that they had been fooled by the young girl.
"I'm sorry. Consider this as my official declaration of quitting the group."
As the Gemini's spacecraft continued to climb, Annara kept her eyes on the surrounding space.
It was fortunate that the previous battle destroyed all the elven fighter ships and also grounded their Battlestar flagship. Other than that, she was just one acolyte – an insignificant figure compared to the escaping grand magus and the missing supreme being.
Hence nothing prevented her timely escape as her spaceship traveled away from the planet.
Nevertheless, traveling beyond the planet was one thing, while crossing the border was another entirely. Especially with the incidents that happened on the planet and the thousands of acolytes who fled.
Taking everything into consideration, and with her knowledge about the area around the planet, Annara decided to hide the spaceship on one of the rock debris floating aimlessly in the vast space.
"I should lay low for a few days before taking further action."
Now that they were temporarily free from all the chaos, Annara finally had time to check on the serpent girl.
"You better not die. You are my ticket to escape from all this."
A frown appeared on Annara's face as she sensed that her life-signs seem to be failing. But then, on further inspection, she was surprised to find an energy deep within that kept her signs from dissipating completely.
A shining soul lay inside that kept her alive.
With a chuckle, she said, "Is that you, hero?, you just would not die would you?"