Her Majestic Battle Cry

Chapter 1260

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Violet saw how much weight Carissa had lost–she couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep.

Heart aching, she pulled Carissa into an embrace, pressing Carissa’s head onto her shoulder. ” Lean on me. If crying makes you feel better, then let it out.”

But Carissa suddenly shoved her away, scrambling to her feet and jumping over the stream. She ran a few steps forward, stopping at a tree.

Carved into the trunk of the tree was a clear and detailed orchid.

Carissa ran her fingers over the smooth lines of the flower, but her heart didn’t lift. While the blossom was complete, the condition of the tree and the carving itself suggested that this was the mark Travis and Kyle had found.

It was a discovery, but it was also like finding nothing at all.

After a moment of quiet contemplation, she spoke. “Vivi, why don’t you all head back down the mountain first? I’ll stay here and keep looking. Since there’s a mark here, there must be more further ahead.”

Violet gave her a light tap on the head. “What are you thinking? We’re in this together. If we leave, we leave together. If we stay, we stay together.”

“But our provisions are running out,” Carissa said.

her. “I’m sure His Highness and

wild fruits around, so survival now meant hunting

western slope of the mountain, two men with scruffy beards sat in a small cave, gnawing on freshly roasted wild rabbit. Their clothes were covered in dirt and grease, and their hair was disheveled. They had just washed their beards in a nearby mountain spring, making

caught in the hair. At night, when they took turns sleeping, ants would crawl onto their faces, nibbling at the scraps. Generally, the ants weren’t too bad, but when they came across a nest of poisonous ones, their

with those red, swollen bumps. Luckily, they had brought along some of Sebastian’s antidote pills. Otherwise,

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Chapter 1260

to hold back a curse. “Once we catch the next supply

lightly. “Stop scratching. You’ll break the skin, and

gracefully. His face was clearly dotted with

does itch,” Rafael said, taking a deep breath, his face growing even more red and swollen. ” But scratching just makes it worse. Between pain and itch, I choose itch. This is also a

rubbed his whole face on

wandering around the mountains without much progress. Going down the mountain was too

ago when they discovered the small cave. Below it, hidden by a tangle of dry grass, was a larger cave. It was artificially dug, and it was deep and vast.

had found it by chance as someone had been bringing food down the mountain to the village. So, they snuck in at night to investigate and noted that the

the supply delivery was expected again in the next 10 to 15 days, at which point the hidden entrance to a tunnel would be opened. It

a tunnel in