Leaving the temple once again, Maggie was completely at peace, with few emotions swirling within her.
All that remains is expectation.
They eagerly anticipated seeing the Duke again, his twisted and furious expression.
Under the cover of night, Maggie then set off. Instead of using the temple's carriage, she borrowed an ordinary one to prevent any accidents.
If the Duke learns of the situation beforehand, he might desperately try to ambush and kill her.
Although the possibility is small, it's not impossible. With victory in sight, Maggie naturally has to be extremely cautious.
What she didn't expect was that Rabai, whom she hadn't originally planned to take with her, had actually left the temple quietly as well.
And it appeared in front of her when she arrived at the pre-prepared teleportation array.
The woman was tall, with long, straight legs standing in front of her. If Maggie didn't look up, she could only see up to the woman's chest.
We should be thankful that the Earth God, whether male or female, doesn't have breasts, otherwise it would be very embarrassing right now.
"How could you..."
Maggie instinctively opened her mouth to ask, but then abruptly stopped herself. She was a little annoyed, having almost forgotten that Rabaii couldn't speak or hear anything yet.
She took Rabai's hand, sighed silently, and wrote on it.
'I'm going to do something very dangerous, you know that.'
Maggie was actually very conflicted.
[This one wants to come too... but...]
Rabai looked at her with a very clear gaze the whole time, as if she knew everything Maggie had written.
'I want to help; I'm the best intelligence agent.'
She blinked and wrote in Maggie's palm with her hand.
Maggie paused.
That makes a lot of sense, and it's true... but...
She was still hesitant, mainly because Rabai was still too weak. Maggie assumed that Rabai had only temporarily awakened her abilities, although she didn't know where her information came from or why she knew what Rabai was going to do.
But Maggie still subconsciously regarded her as a pitiful little thing.
After all, when they were in the border city, Rabai looked pitiful and was bullied, which didn't seem fake.
[She only awakened the ability to communicate with plants; she's too weak in other aspects. She did help me, though, so I can't treat her like this.]
Although they theoretically have the protagonist's halo, it's still not good if their strengths are too far apart.
But unexpectedly, Rabai seemed to have seen through Maggie's thoughts and continued writing in Maggie's palm.
'I'm strong, stronger than all of them.'
After she finished writing, she glanced innocently at the men accompanying Maggie. Judging from her expression alone, no one would know that she had actually said something so sarcastic.
The men were also baffled, suddenly feeling an inexplicable malice, but they couldn't pinpoint its source.
Maggie was also stunned by her words, her whole body stiffening.
So you were lying to me all along?
Her resolve was broken.
No, I rescued her out of kindness... she didn't actually need me to save her at all!
After Maggie finished writing the question, Rabai hesitated to act, but an apologetic look appeared on her face. Few could resist the look of guilt and sadness on the face of such a beautiful woman.
Moreover, she bent down, trying to beg Maggie's forgiveness in a bowed manner.
"..."
Maggie met Rabai's eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then looked away.
It wasn't that she accepted the fact that she had been deceived, but rather that time was tight and she didn't have time to dwell on Rabai's motives. Since she was going along, she would go along with her.
'Can. '
Maggie wrote down those two words and then turned and stepped into the magic circle.
Actually, she was in a bad mood. After all, it was hard to accept that anyone she rescued had ulterior motives, or might even have deliberately approached her.
However, Maggie is quite open-minded; as the saying goes, "If it's offered to you, you might as well take it."
Besides, they did indeed help her.
Even after receiving Maggie's consent, Rabai didn't show much joy on his face.
She had originally decided to stay at the temple and wait for Maggie to return, but for some reason, she had a vague sense of unease and felt that she would regret it if she didn't come this time.
So even at the risk of Maggie becoming estranged from him, he still showed up here.
Labai completely ignored the gazes of the other men and followed Maggie into the teleportation array.
Finally, a group of people entered the makeshift teleportation array.
As Xiu was the last to step in, the teleportation array disappeared completely. The extremely high cost of its construction caused Maggie to suffer a heavy financial loss, and she even had to hire people from the Continental Mage Guild.
The result can only be used once.
These are toys for the nobility.
They are rarely seen on ordinary days.
...
When the group landed again, they found themselves in a forest not far from the demon village.
This was a location that Maggie had deliberately chosen. If it were any closer, it would be easy for the alert mercenary groups to spot it; if it were any farther, it would be inconvenient to move around. This place was just right, with the perfect concealment distance.
"Wait a moment, the people from the temple will be here soon."
The Holy Knights and Holy Mages had all set off several days earlier than Maggie. She was studying the magical artifact book in the temple and landed here just as the main force of the temple arrived.
After waiting for a while, we finally saw the temple's unique soft light in the distance, which was very noticeable at night.
Maggie's pale golden eyes narrowed slightly, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
She wasn't going to resort to a sneak attack. Putting aside whether it would be effective against the vigilant mercenary group and demon cultists, she had already borrowed so many people; it wouldn't make sense not to launch a full-scale attack, would it?
Before launching a full-scale attack, creating some minor disruptions for them is a very good option.
“Perkin, Nesser, your abilities are better suited to creating chaos. Head straight to the slave market and start indiscriminate killing in the streets.”
Maggie's orders were cruel, even cold-blooded.
But how many of those who come here dare to say they are innocent? As the oppressors, they should have long expected that they would be killed one day.
Mercenary groups are especially like this; they live on the edge every day, so they probably don't mind dying, right?
Maggie thought happily.
"Yes, Master."
"Okay, sister!"
Ever since she learned that Nesser wasn't a truly naive elf, Maggie has been ruthless in using him, even entrusting him with killing without a second thought.
As for Nesser, he had no objection to this at all, and would always happily carry it out.
With Perkin and Nesser gone, not long after, the area to the northwest of the village—no, to call it a village, but in reality, this area had grown to the size of a small town.
A terrifying scream suddenly erupted from the northwest corner of the town, and chaos ensued.
Perkin and Nesser worked together very smoothly because they had been with Maggie all along; one of them used vines to string together the strands, binding the ones that couldn't be threaded through.
A quick harvest, and incidentally, dealing with the mercenaries bound by vines.
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