Chapter 691: Luring the Tiger Away from Its Mountain

“Curinus, do you think they’ll make a move?”

“I don’t think so, but you never know.”

In the corner of the last city, Watch City, two Elf Elders responsible for ‘protecting’ Hilia and Elina were chatting leisurely.

The Elf King did not let Hilia or Elina arrange the route for clearing the Beast Tide; instead, the Elf Royal Court was in charge.

This arrangement, apart from a few emergency cities, was mainly to prevent Hilia and Elina from escaping.

Especially the last one, Watch City is on the western side of the Elf Race’s territory, surrounded by the sea and Elf lands; leaving this territory would be incredibly difficult.

However, the last time Hilia was assassinated in Watch City, and Elina disappeared here as well. Choosing this as the last city was not only because the Beast Tide here was weaker and the forces stronger but also due to some special factors.

Candia thought of how Elina used Hilia’s assassination to disappear last time. She felt this might be specifically arranged by the Elf King, giving her a chance to redeem herself.

“No matter what, this time, I will definitely not let Elina disappear, and the same goes for Miss Xi.”

Candia said firmly.

“Don’t worry, I believe they won’t get the chance again.”

“Yes, after leaving this city, we will return to the Royal City. If they want to leave, they probably won’t do it now, when we’re on our highest alert.”

“Alert? Not really, the others are pretty relaxed.”

“Relaxed, deliberately creating an illusion for them?”

“Hahaha.”

The two exchanged smiles.

At that moment, a message came from others.

“They sneaked away.”

Candia saw the message and looked up to exchange a smile with Curinus.

“Looks like they couldn’t resist after all.”

“Let’s go, see how they ‘escape’.”

The two left and quickly reunited with the others.

“How about it? Where did they run off to?”

“They’re heading towards the regular district and even set up a disguise in the room to pretend they’re still there.” The Elder responsible for tracking smiled: “Such a simple trick won’t fool me.”

Candia looked a bit unnatural.

She felt that this Elder was subtly mocking her.

But it wasn’t the time to bother about this.

The group quickly agreed on a plan and moved swiftly, flying towards the departing Hilia and Elina, ready to follow them from afar to see where they were headed.

…

“Can we really escape like this?”

Elina looked at Hilia beside her.

The two were quickly heading towards the outer district, which was the regular district.

They did not fly or run but chose to rent a carriage instead.

At this moment, they were both under ‘simple’ disguises, looking just like normal elves.

This disguise was not Hilia’s Disguise Skill but a fake disguise from Elina, relying on external elements like makeup to achieve the effect.

This kind of disguise could only fool the eyes and not most Mages. However, if at the same time they restrained everything about themselves and changed their behavior style, it still proved quite effective.

“We’re almost there, once we’re there, finding me will be like finding a needle in a haystack. Don’t worry,” Hilia said with a smile.

“Alright, let’s hope so.”

“We can’t leave the city immediately because they might find out we left, causing the City Lord to lock the gates or send people to watch at each gate. So, we’ll stay in Watch City for a while before leaving.”

“Okay.”

Not far above, Candia and the others, using the power of High-tier Mages, completely overheard the conversation between the two.

The Elders exchanged looks and smiled widely.

“Youth is wonderful, the two are so full of energy.”

“However, they are underestimating us too much.”

“Haha, I guess it’s because Elina successfully left last time, so they think us old bones of the sixth tier are nothing special.”

“Hahaha, that’s also true.”

Beside them, Candia’s face darkened.

Damn, they’re talking, what does it have to do with me?

Vaguely, Candia felt something was off.

Since Elina succeeded in disappearing last time, capturing their traces so easily this time seemed too smooth.

“Could the voices below be fake too?”

Candia furrowed her brows, but no matter how much she tried to sense it, she could clearly perceive the two’s aura.

“An illusion? That’s not it, what exactly is wrong? Could it be that last time I was just too careless?”

Candia carefully recalled the previous situation; at that time, like everyone else, her focus was on Hilia, not paying attention to Elina.

That time, City Lord Mornis’s battle with the Shadow Mage disrupted the nearby Magic Power waves, which led to her losing Elina’s presence.

This time, there was no disturbance, so it was easy to lock onto the two’s positions, which seemed normal.

No matter how she thought about it, Candia couldn’t figure out what was off and decided to suppress the feeling.

Soon, they saw the carriage carrying Hilia and Elina stop in front of a building.

It was a hotel.

Not very conspicuous, surrounded by a bustling market, with various vendors on the street.

Watch City was different from other cities. Although it had been attacked by the Beast Tide too, since it was farther away, only a tenth of the Beast Tide reached here. Even if Hilia hadn’t come, the flourishing Watch City could have easily fended it off, albeit with more expenses.

Hilia’s presence helped City Lord Mornis save money, which he was quite pleased with.

Thus, the Beast Tide outside did not affect the city’s markets and activities. Even the port continued its operations unaffected.

Although the external contamination had not been eliminated, within the city it had been cleared, allowing even ordinary people to walk freely, without worry of being corrupted.

“Looks like they’re planning to use this as a foothold.”

Curinus nodded.

“If it’s just this, we can appear in front of them later and invite them back.” An Elder suggested.

“Yes, if there’s nothing else, let’s go and invite them.”

“Wait, there’s something new.”

The two looked and saw Hilia and Elina leaving the hotel, changing into new clothes, and then going to another hotel.

Just like that, the two visited five hotels, opening rooms in each.

Hilia’s voice was heard: “With five different places, it becomes uncertain where we are, and that way, they won’t find us.”

The group exchanged glances, smiled, and then descended, appearing in front of Hilia and Elina.

“Impressive, Miss Xi, we almost couldn’t find you.”

Hilia’s face changed: “You guys…”

“If Miss Xi still wants to play hide and seek with us, we’re happy to oblige?”

“Hmph, caught is caught, I’ll admit defeat.”

Candia glanced at Elina, suddenly startled, “Huh? Where’s Luo Fei?”

“Her?” Hilia blinked: “Oh, she’s gone home.”

“When?”

Everyone’s expressions suddenly changed.