My Husband Has Changed - Chapter 152



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#152. Ambush
2024.02.29.

Adele poured warm water on her face and neck, brushed away the dirt, and thoroughly soaped her entire body.

Since the bathtub didn’t have enough water, instead of enjoying the bath, she distributed the water well and washed her hair cleanly.

Was it because her body felt refreshed? Even her mind, which had been tormented the night before, felt clearer.

She rummaged through her bag and changed into clean clothes. She

magically cleaned the clothes that smelled like horse manure, folded them neatly, and put them back in her bag.

“Your Majesty. Are you done?”

“Yes. I’ll go now.”

She draped her cloak over her shoulders, carefully checked that she hadn’t missed anything, and then went out of the tent.

As she hurriedly followed Donovan to the center, she saw soldiers gathered under the flags of each noble family and the imperial family.

As soon as he stepped into the gap, the horn signaling the start of the battle rang out.

“This way.”

Donovan took her pack from her shoulder and tied it tightly to his horse.

He then grabbed her waist and lifted her up onto Hazel.

After making sure Adele was still in position, he quickly climbed onto his horse.

“I have a few things to tell you.”

He whispered, pulling his horse close to her.

“I’ve been looking into the information you gave me yesterday, and it seems to be reliable. There seems to be a passage leading to the watchtower. The scouts have verified it.”

“That part was already on my mind.”

“The problem is that the watchtower is so wide that if we don’t know its exact location, it could be dangerous for us too. That’s not a problem since His Majesty the Archduke can sense you, but… … . Is that okay?”

Adele nodded with a pale face.

“I feel more hopeful than before.”

“That’s really reassuring… … .”

Donovan muttered with a face that seemed not at all relieved, and roughly brushed back my disheveled bangs. Then he looked at the army and explained with a displeased expression.

“First, after talking to the person in charge, he said that the goal of this battle is to eliminate the monster colony centered around the central ruins. Fortunately, some of our routes overlap. We’ll move together with them and then leave when the battle begins.”

“Understood.”

Adele nodded.

Donovan opened his mouth as if he was going to say something more, but he closed his mouth when he realized that the surroundings were getting noisier.

The dust was thick, so it was difficult to read the shape of lips.

Adele looked around to see if there were any other people Donovan had brought, but there was no one in particular that caught his eye. It seemed

that they had failed to recruit new comrades. After all, who would want to follow them?

‘Depending on your perspective, it’s no different from going beyond danger and committing suicide… . . ’

Adele tried to control her thoughts that were about to drift into negative thoughts. These thoughts were not helpful at all.

Now was the time when she needed courage more than ever. She swallowed dryly and tightened her grip on Hazel’s reins.

Her horse seemed to have quickly realized that Adele was not a skilled rider.

As she snorted in discomfort, her already tense body became even more stiff.

Adele gently hugged Hazel’s neck and whispered,

“I’m sorry. I’m so clumsy… . I’ll try to get used to it as quickly as possible. So that you can ride well.”

Hazel nodded her head obediently as if she understood what she was saying.

Donovan, who had been glancing at her from the side, intervened as if it was the right moment.

“You shouldn’t put too much strength into your thighs. You shouldn’t lean too far forward. You shouldn’t be too stiff, and you should practice releasing and releasing your strength in accordance with the movement. No, that’s not it… .”

Adele tried various positions on the horse according to Donovan’s instructions.

Donovan, who had been pouring out advice on how to hold her waist and how to hold her thighs, nodded with satisfaction and gave her final advice.

“You must maintain that position. You must not let go of the reins at any moment.”

Adele tensed up at Donovan’s words and held on to the reins tightly. She

remained frozen like that for a while. Soon, the rear unit they were in also began to move forward little by little.

Adele slowly drove Hazel to follow them.

At first, it was difficult just to hold on to the horse’s back, but once she relaxed, she was able to quickly adapt to the movement.

“Take this.”

Donovan came next to her and handed her some hard jerky and a water bottle.

When she saw the food, she was surprisingly hungry. Adele cut the jerky little by little to appease her rumbling stomach.

When she had almost finished eating a palm-sized piece of jerky, the central ruins came into view.

The huge ruins, the pillars scattered here and there, the foundation stones… … Adele could vividly recall the time when those huge ruins were intact.

The memories of her past life in her dream were somehow becoming clearer as she got closer to the ruins.

“That’s strange.”

She was about to ask what was strange about Donovan’s muttering, but she quickly noticed a sense of discomfort.

Despite all these people gathered, not a single monster was in sight.

She had found traces of monsters a few times, but had not achieved any significant results.

As the time went on, the tension grew more and more intense over the plains.

“We have to get out of here.”

Adele, who had been looking around nervously, suddenly came to her senses on her horse when Donovan caught her. She

was about to slowly pull away, holding the reins.

“Underground!”

With someone’s thunderous shout, the ground on both sides shot up into the sky as if it had been hit by a cannonball.

The monsters that emerged from the ground used their long arms to knock people off their horses and attack the soldiers’ legs.

“Ambush! Ambush! The enemies are hiding underground!” “Retreat

! There aren’t many enemies!”

“Get in line and attack!”

As the monsters flew over the horse next to her, Hazel started to run wild with fear.

Adele hugged Hazel’s neck and started to panic along with her.

At that moment, Donovan whipped Hazel’s buttocks and shouted,

“Run at full speed to the western ruins! “The ground might collapse, so we have to go to the ruins!”

Donovan’s voice came out like a thunderbolt amidst the confusion.

Adele grabbed the reins and ran after Donovan absentmindedly. Rather than riding a horse, it was more like barely riding Hazel’s back as she ran wild.

“Head!”

When she reflexively lowered her head at his shout, Donovan threw his dagger with all his might and pierced the face of the monster that was rushing at her.

The hot bodily fluid of the monster splashed out, causing terrible fear. Adele screamed and clung to Hazel’s nape.

“You have to keep running! Get as far away as possible!”

he shouted as he kicked away the monster that had started to cling to his horse.

Every time the monsters rushed, Donovan cut them down with precise sword skills.

Adele rode her horse toward the nearest ruins without time to think about it.

As Donovan had judged, the number of monsters rushing toward them decreased significantly as they moved away from the main force.

They continued to run toward the western ruins while maintaining their speed.

Unlike the center where the buildings remained in their proper form, this side had huge pillars stuck in the ground here and there like sunken ships. When

Donovan, who was running in front, pulled the reins to stop his horse, the clever Hazel also slowly stopped beside him.

“Are you okay?”

Adele barely nodded, not even having the strength to open her mouth. Was she getting motion sickness? Her head was pounding and her stomach was strange.

Adele grabbed Donovan’s hand and got off her horse. She moistened her lips with the water bottle he gave her before she came to her senses a little.

“We barely made it.”

He muttered, glancing in the direction he had come from, as if he couldn’t believe what he had accomplished.

He took the water bottle from Adele and took a sip of water himself and asked,

“Do you have the note you showed me yesterday?”

“Yes. It’s here.”

Adele rummaged through her bosom and handed over the note. He walked back and forth through the ruins, examining the contents of the note and the positions of the pillars, and then returned to say,

“As expected, you used the direction of the shadow as your coordinates. We need to wait until the sun rises. Before that.”

“Go ahead.”

“First, we need to make it clear that our purpose is to search. We are not a rescue force. Once we find the knights of Ansgar and the location of His Highness the Archduke, our role is to immediately join the main force and inform them of the location where we can begin the rescue operation.”

He threatening again with a cold and stern face.

“If you do not agree to this role, I cannot enter with His Highness.”

Adele bit her lips.

Donovan’s words were rational, if not reasonable. If Valentin and the knights of Ansgar were in great danger, then nothing they could do would be enough just by joining them.

Adele nodded with a pale face.

“I understand.”

Donovan’s expression brightened slightly at her confirmation.

They shared the rest of the jerky and waited for the sun to fully rise.

Finally, a ray of sunlight poured down on the ruins, piercing through the cold northern air.

“That’s the way.”
　

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