Chapter 2718: Escape

On the east side of the capital's outlying county, a building full of majesty stood tall. This was the Theocracy. It did not worship any specific deity; the things this world worshipped were strange—they worshipped "Techniques." This was similar to the feeling of worshipping fire or the sky.

Having a faith was more conducive to governance. If one worshipped deities, all sorts of problems would always arise, and if things went poorly, religious authority might even surpass royal authority. Worshipping Techniques was different. Were Techniques dead objects? As long as one could draw them, they could respond to everyone. This was a truly existing power of miracles.

On the third floor of the Theocracy, a room of several dozen square meters was very quiet. White curtains were stirred by a gentle breeze; it was neat and fresh.

Sunlight shone in. Two single beds were placed in the room, and several soldiers were guarding outside the door.

Mage apprentice Peipeini leaned listlessly against the head of the bed, her lower body covered by a quilt. After treatment with a Technique, her injuries were roughly stabilized. She was "lucky" because her heart was located on the right side; a fatal blow had been avoided due to her innate advantage.

"According to the opening of a story, I should obtain a power inheritance next, then shoulder the responsibility to defeat the War Demon and become the heroine who saves the Canglong Continent! It would be perfect if I also encountered a few handsome young Imperial officers. Hehehehe... no, no, one is enough, I can't be fickle."

Peipeini's gaze gradually became vacant, and the smile on her face grew increasingly comical.

"Water."

A weak voice came. Peipeini broke free from her fantasies. Just as she was about to get out of bed, she tugged at the injury on her chest, and the pain almost made her burst into tears.

Aside from this time, the most severe injury she had ever suffered since she was a child was falling down on the street. When she was still young, she had knocked out one of her front teeth. Fortunately, she was still young then, and it grew back later.

After Peipeini took a few deep breaths, she felt the pain in her chest subside. The effect of the Technique had not yet disappeared. She went to her mentor's bedside, poured a cup of water, and handed it over.

Su Xiao was, of course, not unconscious. Suppressing his own recovery ability had consumed almost all of his mental energy. Fortunately, a mage had helped him with treatment a few minutes ago.

The mages of this world were different from Spellcasters and Mages; Spellcasters and Mages were combat-oriented, with everyone being a "map cannon."

The mages of this world were basically scholars. They mainly researched Techniques, engraving them onto objects or human bodies. As for their own bodies, aside from healing Techniques and life Techniques, it was difficult to withstand other types of Techniques.

Only the powerful bodies of warriors could withstand combat-type Techniques. Some overly powerful Techniques could not even be engraved on a human body; for example, a Charge Technique could only be engraved on armor, as the human body could hardly withstand it.

Techniques were not the root of extraordinary power; they were more like a way of using extraordinary power.

According to the investigation of the Duoyin Kingdom, all citizens were born with an extraordinary constitution. Age 2 was a key point. Those with talent would have more and more extraordinary power in their bodies after age 2; conversely, they would lose their extraordinary power and become ordinary people. Such people accounted for about 90%.

Extraordinary power would nourish the body, reaching its peak at age 20, but acquired training, techniques, and resources were also key. These determined the upper limit.

It seemed that 10% of extraordinary individuals was not much, but if this was 10% of the total national population, it was terrifying. At the very least, these people with extraordinary constitutions could become low-level soldiers after reaching adulthood.

Furthermore, among this 10%, there will be those with innate talents, and with the assistance of spell formations, their combat power can be imagined.

Therefore, spell formations are not the source of power; they are the method to draw out power. Each person's core spell formation determines their combat style and may even influence their personality.

Su Xiao feels that the extraordinary power system of this world is not complex. The reason is the world's characteristics; the extraordinary power in this world is very gentle, unlike the Dark Prison World, where the extraordinary power is constant in its dark nature, accompanied by erosion, loss of control, heaviness, gloom, and so on.

Sitting up and leaning against the head of the bed, Su Xiao took the glass of water handed over by Peipeini. The glass had medium-to-high transparency and was slightly murky, representing the industrial level of this world.

"Peipeini, leave the Royal Capital's outlying county with me... immediately."

After Su Xiao drank a few mouthfuls of water, his complexion recovered somewhat.

"Shh! Mentor, what are you saying?"

Peipeini was quite frightened. There were guards outside the door, and she was not stupid; of course, she knew she couldn't say these things now.

"Don't worry, the Sleep Spell has taken effect."

Su Xiao was calculating the time in his heart. He had previously used an item, 【Alien Embryo (Epic Grade)】. The alien creature that was rapidly hatched burrowed underground, creating traces along the way to delay time.

Before that alien creature was ferreted out, it was unlikely that the garrison within the Royal Capital's outlying county would focus their attention on the identity he was disguised as. Just a moment ago, he had been sensed over a dozen times; fortunately, the disguise of the 【Ancient Mask】, which used blood as a guide, was flawless.

"Mentor, why are we fleeing?"

"If the War Demon escapes, who do you say will bear the responsibility? The deceased Soldier Captain Jiaba, or Yifendi Giduoer?"

"This..."

Peipeini was speechless. Although she was young and her courage was not particularly great, she was not stupid.

"Mentor, then what should we do? We haven't done anything."

As Peipeini spoke, her voice already carried a sobbing tone. She was an innocent bystander, and the kind who had been shot in the head by a stray bullet at that.

"The Royal Capital is not far from the outlying county; we are going to the Royal Capital."

"Go to the Royal Capital? Isn't that throwing ourselves into the net?"

"We will report everything we saw to the Imperial Royal Family. I have connections in this regard. As long as I spend some money, I can see members of the royal family. By then, no one will be able to easily frame us. At worst, we will be charged with fleeing, but at least we won't die."

Su Xiao's words made Peipeini's brain spin rapidly. When she imagined the scene of herself being unjustly executed, she nodded fiercely.

"Mentor, then how do we escape?"

Peipeini was very bewildered and did not know how to get away. The surroundings of the church were guarded by thousands of soldiers, and there were no fewer inside. This was also the reason Peipeini trusted Su Xiao; this place had been surrounded layer by layer.

Without alerting these soldiers, it was basically impossible to escape through the front gate. Fortunately, Su Xiao had long been prepared; he only needed time, at most half a minute.

Su Xiao tightened the Boundary Line, ensuring that the few sleeping soldiers at the door were still standing straight. After fixing the Boundary Line to the ground with a staple, he took out several items from his bosom and began to draw a formation on the ground.

With Su Xiao's level of alchemy, he could naturally draw a spatial formation. The only problem was that his spatial formation was learned from the Succubus Lilim.

Of those two sisters, the younger sister, Lilith, was a combat-type demon, while the older sister, the Succubus Lilim, knew a little bit of everything.

Regarding the Succubus Lilim's level of spatial formations, in her own words, unless it was a last resort, she would never use them. The feeling of entering a "washing machine" was very bad.

Soon, Su Xiao finished drawing the spatial formation on the ground. Peipeini, who was to the side, was full of confusion; she did not know what this was exactly.

"Stand on it."

"Is it... really okay?"

Peipeini retreated half a step involuntarily.

"You have to trust your mentor."

"O-okay."

Peipeini stood on the formation reluctantly. This time, Su Xiao stepped back a few paces to avoid getting blood splattered on him if the formation failed.

Su Xiao consumed one Soul Crystal (Complete), and the long-distance random teleportation formation activated. With a hum, spatial fluctuations emerged.

"Mentor, I feel very wrong."

Before Peipeini's words had faded, Su Xiao had already leaped onto the formation. As long as there were no problems when this thing started, there wouldn't be any major mishaps.

Zzz—

The Boundary Line was retracted, and the few guards outside the door fell down in succession. At the same time, over a dozen soldiers had already rushed into the corridor; they had already sensed the intense fluctuations.

With a thud, the spatial fluctuations contracted, even emitting a muffled sound. From this, one could see how unstable this formation was. It wasn't that the formation was drawn poorly, but that the person who taught Su Xiao the spatial formation had an unreliable level of spatial knowledge themselves.

Plop, plop—

Two sounds of falling into water came. In a small stream in the wilderness, Peipeini, looking like a drowned rat, knelt on the ground. With a "waa" sound, she vomited up most of her breakfast.

"Mentor, I feel like I'm going to die. The world is spinning in circles."

Peipeini wiped the stains from the corner of her mouth and looked toward Su Xiao. Suddenly, her whole body stiffened, and her contracted pupils trembled.

Su Xiao glanced at the distant Royal Capital's outlying county and took off the Ancient Mask on his face. A thin mist dissipated from his skin, and his appearance and clothing quickly recovered.

"Peipeini, can you tell me now which direction Chimney Mountain is in?"

Su Xiao squatted in front of Peipeini, pressed one hand on her head, and looked at her with a smile. The smile on his face was very kind.