Thus, the Farsight Mercenary Corps could not intercept the four of them by surrounding the roads. On the contrary, the buildings provided cover, making it more difficult for the Farsight mercenaries to find them.

Donald, mounted on a Griffon, circled in the air. He stared down at the urban area below, his expression turning very ugly.

He hadn't anticipated that the four Elves would be so hard to catch. And how did they know the paths between the residential buildings?

The residences inside Nuta City lacked a uniform plan or style; they were essentially built however the people pleased: new, old, renovated, and abandoned.

Most residences were not interconnected, but there were always broken walls, holes, and openings. However, these passable spots were mostly known only to nearby residents; outsiders would have great difficulty knowing about them, let alone so many.

Donald felt he had underestimated the Rose Court. The Assassin's Guild had conducted a thorough investigation of Nuta City's interior.

The Farsight Mercenary Corps' pursuit of the 'Elves' became difficult. Several residents, chased out of their homes, also severely distracted the mercenaries' attention.

Could it be that he would let the Elf Envoys escape right under his nose?

Donald called for more mercenaries. He intended to form the same encircling net they had at the beginning of their search for the Elf Envoys, and then search from one house to the next.

At that moment, Li Jiya, following right behind Yan Xing through the residential areas, was equally amazed at his familiarity with the terrain.

It was as if he had deliberately walked through this residential district once to find this smooth and unobstructed route.

Now they were out of sight of the Farsight mercenaries, moving from house to house for cover.

It had been some time since they had seen any Farsight mercenaries.

"Lord Terence, have we escaped?" Li Jiya couldn't help but ask Yan Xing, who was walking ahead.

Yan Xing reached a low wall, agilely scaled it, and flipped over.

He first contacted Chui Chui to confirm the surroundings before saying to Li Jiya, who had climbed over the wall, "The Farsight Mercenary Corps is gathering troops to set up a blockade. We need to speed up and get out before they have the blockade in place. Otherwise, you might end up trapped like your Elf friends. Stand against the wall, there's a Griffon coming."

Li Jiya and the scouts quickly followed Yan Xing's lead, pressing themselves against the wall and using the shadows cast by the wall to hide.

Then, a Battle Griffin carrying a Farsight mercenary slowly flew past overhead.

The spot where Yan Xing and his group were hiding was exactly in the mercenary and Griffon's blind spot.

How had he seen the Griffon coming from that direction? Li Jiya had yet another question about Terence.

"Let's go..." After the Griffon had flown past, Yan Xing kicked open the door of a house and entered.

Upon encountering the residents inside, he used Magic to put them to sleep.

Just now, to distract the Farsight mercenaries, he had driven all the residents he encountered outside.

Now, he couldn't let these residents give away his current location.

When Li Jiya and the scouts entered the house, they saw not just a few civilians who had passed out but also that Yan Xing had already opened a hole in a wall.

With Chui Chui's assistance, Yan Xing, as if he had x-ray vision and the ability to phase through walls, avoided the pursuit of the Farsight mercenaries by threading through house after house.

He led Li Jiya and the scouts out of the Farsight Mercenary Corps' encirclement.

When Li Jiya regrouped with all her subordinates, she found that not a single one had perished.

She was aware that, having gathered her people, she had prepared herself for a complete wipeout while going to rescue the Elf Envoys.

Now, under Yan Xing's leadership, not only had they rescued the Elf Envoys, but there had been no sacrifices at all. Too powerful!

Standing on the outskirts, watching the Farsight Mercenary Corps conduct their search, Li Jiya couldn't help but laugh and say, "I wonder what expression Captain Donald will have when they search the last house and find that we are not there?"

Yan Xing, standing beside Li Jiya, said, "If your Elf friends aren't foolish, they should have run away by now. My task is complete, so settle the account whenever."

Li Jiya replied, "Lord Terence, the mission we hired you for was to rescue the Elves being hunted by the Farsight Mercenaries. Right now, the Farsight Mercenaries are just searching the wrong place; the hunt for the Elves continues. You need to ensure the Elves' safe departure from Nuta City for the mission to be considered complete."

Was that the mission? Yan Xing reminisced. Whatever... After all, the North Gate of Nuta City is under my control, and helping a few Elves out of the city is a piece of cake. To the north is my turf; it would be no problem to let the Elves head north through the Thunderous Swamp to the Elf-controlled area. Of course, I definitely can't let the Elves pass through the Thunderous Swamp. Since Rose Court managed to get the Elf Envoys through the human-controlled area to Nuta City, they naturally have a way to send them back. I just need to escort the Elves out of the city. Two hundred thousand Gold Coins easily in hand.

"I know a section of the city wall's detection Enchantment is malfunctioning. I can take the Elves out of the city."

"Really?"

There are many arrangements on the city walls to prevent heroes from freely entering and leaving. There are Battle Griffins on patrol in the sky and Magic Eyes for surveillance. There are detection Enchantments and Magic traps on the walls. So, silently crossing the city walls in and out of the city is not an easy task.

What's more, a riot was happening in the city, and the wall's defenses were at their highest level, with dedicated Mages overseeing and repairing the city defense Magic systems. The City Defense Force was still in Count Theodore's hands, and the troops were loyal to him. Even with Rose Court's extensive reach, it would be difficult to send the Elf Envoys out of the city without alerting the City Defense Force under these circumstances.

The fact that Terence knew a safe exit route out of the city was definitely good news for Rose Court. If Prince Elrado could return to the Elf-controlled area sooner, he could organize an attack on the Orcs all the faster. And since the Temple knew that Lady Karol had had a secret meeting with the Elves, it was even more imperative to send Prince Elrado away quickly. Delay could lead to mishap.

"Let's go find our Elf friends right away."

Li Jiya took Yan Xing to find Prince Elrado, while a group of spies vanished into the darkness.

The Farsight Mercenary Corps continued their ostentatious search for the 'Elves.'

Yan Xing didn't side with Count Theodore on the matter of the Elves. As he had previously told Count Theodore, the key to this incident did not lie with the Elves. It lay in whether Marquis Anderson could both fend off the Orcs' attack and maintain control over Storm City. If Marquis Anderson lost military power and I betrayed the Elves here, in the end, only the Orcs would benefit. If the Orcs took Storm City, my days would be difficult. Therefore, sending the Elves out of the city quickly was also in Yan Xing's interest.

Rose Court's spies had their own unique ways of communication. Li Jiya led Yan Xing through the city, taking several complex 'Z' routes, and finally found the Elves in a ruined house near the city wall.

When an Elf, dressed in a green army coat, actually stood before Yan Xing, the corners of his eyes twitched violently.

Although Yan Xing had seen Elves wearing coats in candid photos before, actually seeing them with his own eyes this time completely overturned his imagination of Elves.

In Yan Xing's mind, Elves should look like Legolas from "The Lord of the Rings," or Illidan, Maiev, or Tyrande from Warcraft; or perhaps the elven lady from a well-known online game ad.

But for you to turn out like this, that's really too much. Both are princes, so why is there such a huge gap? But thinking about it, it makes sense. The Elves in film and television works, after all, are heavily artistically processed. In this Magic World, Elves have a hard life. If they can't even fill their stomachs, where would they find the energy for art? With the level of civilization as it is, even a prince's aesthetic standard wouldn't be that high. Thinking back to how the older people in the family dressed during tough times, all in green, it indeed was the fashion of their times. Now looking at these Elves in their army coats, each one of them appears quite spirited. Once I've delivered all two hundred thousand army coats, they will certainly form a unique landscape in the lands of the Elves. I must take lots of photos then.

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