"Yes, everything is ready. We will leave soon."
"You can rest assured. I will order people to pretend that you are still in the army to confuse the enemy," Wanda Murong added. Although she had a weak body, she had a sophisticated mind. That was a blessing in disguise.
After dressing up to cover their true identities, Harper and Kile quietly left and headed for their destination. On the other side, Matthew was looking at the map and investigating the road he had found.
"Your Highness, we've been wandering around here for a long time. Wouldn't it be too late for us to go back to Dragon Pass?" Barry asked with a worried face. "Emperor Rolando has reached Dragon Pass. If we can't go back there, I'm afraid that Marquis Shawn will not be able to hold on."
"Don't worry. Felton is still there. He will take care of that," Matthew replied in a flat tone. He didn't worry about Dragon Pass at all. He was now focusing on studying the very path. It was recorded that it led straight to Dragon Pass, but this fact was rarely known. Harper once read the record about this path and shared this information with him. If he could find this secret path, it would be very beneficial to him.
"Mister Felton?" Barry repeated. On hearing this, he remembered Felton who was weak in body yet cunning in mind. Then he fell into silence. Yes, Felton was still at Dragon Pass. What was more, he trusted that his emperor would never allow Dragon Pass to be controlled by Rolando. The emperor surely had already sent people to support Dragon Pass. Even though Rolando led the army to attack in person, it would not be an easy job to take over Dragon Pass.
"Send someone to search for this path again. We must find it!" Matthew immediately gave an order to his men. If they found the very path, they could use this shortcut and arrive at Dragon Pass quickly. That way, they would strike Rolando off guard all of a sudden. Now, Matthew was very angry. He would do whatever he could to Rolando after what Rolando had done to him and Harper.
"Yes, Your Highness."
The secret guards continued to go deep into the mountains, searching for the legendary shortcut. They had already searched for five or six days here, but still couldn't find any trace. They were afraid that they could not afford to waste time searching for that path anymore. Things might go worse.
"What's wrong with His Highness? Why does he have to find this path?" Jack asked in confusion. If it were not for the fact that they were ordered to search for this path, they could have arrived at Dragon Pass long ago.
"He must have his own reason for this. We don't need to guess it. All we need to do is follow his orders," Barry replied as he continued his search. This path should be very important. That was why Matthew had worked so hard to find it.
Jack pressed his lips. "I'm so envious of Fred. It must be very fun to stay with Lady Harper."
"What? Fun?" When Barry heard his comments, the corners of his eyes twitched a bit. He didn't think it was fun to follow Harper all the time. He had heard that the twelve secret guards had been tricked into the Labyrinth Swamp by her once. Although everyone's strength had been improved since then, they all looked frightened when speaking of what happened in the swamp as if they didn't want to go there again. It could be seen that it might be very fun to stay with Harper, but it sometimes meant risking one's life to follow her.
At the moment, Jack was becoming bored and began to beat the weeds with a stick impatiently. "Of course it's fun staying with her. There are always various interesting things happening around her, both dangerous and exciting. That is just so... Ouch!"
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