CHAPTER 223: GOING BACK

After Carlotta and the other two left Island 1, they planned to return to the Northern Continent.

However, before that, Carlotta made a detour and took the heads of wanted individuals like Black Goat and White Goat to Island 2, which was responsible for such matters, to collect the deserved bounties.

This process naturally shocked the relevant personnel on Island 2. This incident will undoubtedly become a hot topic of conversation in the days to come.

Only then did Carlotta truly depart.

Carlotta still has some plans for what to do next. She first needed to return to the Wendell Empire to resolve some urgent matters.

However, flying back to the Wendell Empire on her own will be a long journey, so not long after leaving Island 1, Carlotta took out the Alchemical Airship. The group immediately boarded the airship and headed back to the Northern Continent.

Although the New Moon could now travel beyond the ocean, it could only navigate on land and not fly in the air. The Alchemical Airship was still more convenient at the moment.

Inside the cabin, the three sat down, and through the portholes, they could see the scenery of blue skies and white clouds outside.

"Your Excellency is truly amazing. I never noticed it before, but today I realized that Your Excellency can already speak our world’s language fluently."

Carlotta praised the High Priestess.

The High Priestess glanced at Carlotta, "I’ve been speaking your world’s language for a long time."

Carlotta’s expression became subtle upon hearing this. She really hadn’t noticed such a thing before, perhaps she had overlooked it.

Of course, this was an unimportant matter.

She asked the High Priestess if she had anything to do in this world, and the High Priestess’s answer was very direct.

"I’m waiting for you to activate the Lion’s Key."

This was the High Priestess’s goal.

Carlotta smiled slightly upon hearing this.

What did this signify?

It meant that no matter what trouble or danger she encountered next, the High Priestess would have to intervene for her.

Carlotta had great faith in the strength of this person, who was considered the foremost under the Second World’s deity. The fact that she could fight the Demon King to a standstill was enough to demonstrate her power.

And this was after her body was severely injured.

So, Carlotta planned to return to the Wendell Empire and faced all the troubles there. Anyway, no matter what difficulties arose, with the High Priestess and the Tier 2 New Moon, she wasn’t afraid of being unable to resolve them.

Besides solving problems, it was also time to visit the Fenwick family and meet Amelia’s family.

Thinking of this, Carlotta couldn’t help but glance at Amelia.

Amelia also happened to look over. With just a glance, Amelia knew what Carlotta was thinking, and her face couldn’t help but flush slightly.

"If you meet my family, don’t say anything inappropriate."

Amelia quickly reminded.

She knew Carlotta well and knew that Carlotta often made bold statements that always made it difficult for her to cope. She only hoped that such overly bold words were reserved for just the two of them.

Carlotta blinked and chuckled, "How did you know what I was thinking?"

Amelia couldn’t help but roll her eyes, "My understanding of you might be far beyond your imagination."

Carlotta playfully said, "That’s okay of being my Amelia then, but I also know you very well, for example, you’re ticklish here."

"Oh, stop it, don’t mess around."

Amelia quickly tried to grab Carlotta’s hand, her face flushed.

Not far away, the High Priestess wondered if he shouldn’t be here.

Did these two little girls even know there was someone else here?

For the High Priestess, whose age was unfathomable, Carlotta and Amelia could indeed only be considered little girls.

The Alchemical Airship quickly traversed the Swan Sea, reached Swan Port, and then, without stopping, continued its journey further away.

In a blink of an eye, several days had passed.

Carlotta didn’t rush back to the Wendell Empire immediately, as she was concerned that her return speed would be faster than the spread of news. If she arrived at the imperial capital of the Wendell Empire, before news of her arrival had spread, many matters would undoubtedly be more troublesome to handle.

So, after returning to the Northern Continent, she wasn’t in such a hurry. For many days, she took Amelia on excursions to scenic places.

Both the Sun Moon Federation and the Wendell Empire had many beautiful places worth visiting.

Unfortunately, in the past, for various reasons, Carlotta had never had the opportunity to accompany Amelia on such outings.

Much of their time was spent on the endless, unchanging ocean, and they had somewhat overlooked the land scenery.

But now, the world was vast, and it seemed they could go anywhere.

During this process, Carlotta learned many new magic and knight paths, and even made some progress in the Path of Creation.

As for Amelia, she had undoubtedly entered the correct cultivation path. Besides memory magic, she also began to master various other spells. She didn’t divide her attention to learn knight path or the Path of Creation, not possessing Carlotta’s ability to multitask.

But even just mastering various types of magic was a huge improvement for her.

Traveling and improving.

This was a rather satisfying process.

And during this process, news of what happened on Island 1 finally swept across the entire Northern Continent like a hurricane.

Starting from the Sun Moon Federation, then the Wendell Empire, and even the more northern Velmoria Empire, no one was unaware of this matter.

As for the vampire nations in the west and the Elven Homeland, they also couldn’t ignore these events.

Carlotta’s appearance, in a short time, shocked everyone.

Those who didn’t know Carlotta were fine; they merely discussed it with interest, as someone whose name spread throughout the world would always appear every now and then. It was just that this time, the person was more talented and provided more topics for discussion.

But those who knew Carlotta felt a sense of dread.

In the Farell Kingdom of the Sun Moon Federation, the most prominent noble family was the Shepard family. This family had repeatedly clashed with Carlotta, and even at Swan Port, they had come into conflict with Carlotta in her identity as Moon. The animosity between them was indeed not small.

When news from the Bass Archipelago arrived, and they learned that the Moon had become such a terrifying person, even backed by an Exalted, the Shepard family was scared.

Let alone the Shepard family, even the Farrell Kingdom itself couldn’t help but feel anxious and afraid at this time.

Carlotta, who could kill a high-tier Weaver, was enough to make people wary and scared.

And the existence of an Exalted was like a dark cloud, making an entire kingdom tremble with dread.

In the Brandon Kingdom, the newly crowned Queen, Olivia Garcia, sat in her palace, stunned by the news about Carlotta.

Of course, she wasn’t familiar with the name Carlotta itself, but she knew the person’s other identity, Moon, all too well.

If it weren’t for Moon, she would have been the top-ranked person on Sky Island. But because of Moon’s appearance, she had to settle for second place.

Although the reward for second place was still astonishing, she had used the Sky Castle to force her elder brother back, becoming the new Queen of the Brandon Kingdom. She even used this to attract alchemists from all over the world to the kingdom to study the Sky Castle together, bringing unprecedented prosperity to the Brandon Kingdom.

She had received thousands of benefits, so she no longer yearned for the Stellar Workshop.

However, many times, she couldn’t help but wonder, if the Sky Castle could bring such immense benefits, what kind of role would the Stellar Workshop play?

She still didn’t know the purpose of the Stellar Workshop, but she had learned more about the Moon. When she heard about Moon’s astonishing and brilliant performance, her heart was in turmoil.

"Fortunately, I didn’t choose to become her enemy back then."

The newly crowned Queen murmured softly in her palace.

...

Over in the Wendell Empire, those who knew Carlotta were stirred into a storm upon hearing the rumors about her.

Clorinde Austin, the co owner of the Austin Merchant Guild, one of the six major merchant guilds in the Wendell Empire, was a mature and charming lady who had provided Carlotta with considerable help in the past.

As news related to Carlotta spread, Lady Clorinde couldn’t help but be stunned.

"Is that the girl I helped back then?"

Clorinde was a little lost in thought.

She and Carlotta had a good relationship until Carlotta went to Grand Duke Francis, and their paths diverged. Later, when she learned that Carlotta was the one who killed Soren Carlisle and was wanted by the Empire, she felt a sense of regret, but at that time, she was powerless to help Carlotta.

She never expected that when she heard about Carlotta again, it would be such news.

And the noble ladies and young women who had participated in the Elven Knight Gathering with Carlotta were all shocked when they heard the news and confirmed that this Carlotta was the Carlotta they knew.

As for her former classmates at Caerwyn Academy, Camella and Doria O’Connor, no one was not dumbfounded.

Camella was also Amelia’s relative and had once accompanied Amelia and Carlotta to the Principality of Francis, where she was even regarded as a big "lightbulb" by Carlotta at the time.

Later, because Carlotta’s killing of Soren was exposed, she and Amelia left in a hurry, so they couldn’t say anything more to Camella, and their connection was severed after that incident.

Camella never would have thought that after such a long time, the news she heard about Carlotta and Amelia again would be so explosive.

The Carlotta she had even challenged back then could now even kill a high-level spell weaver?

Was she crazy, or was this world crazy?

After the shock, Camella, who had returned to the imperial capital, couldn’t help but murmur, "You... should be back soon, right?"

At Caerwyn Academy, Mentor Estelle Marlow, who had once highly regarded Carlotta and gave her a lot of guidance, was also dumbfounded. Was this a student who came out of their academy?

Too many people were in shock, such as the three guards who were once responsible for protecting Amelia.

The three Guards had been responsible for protecting Amelia for a long time until Amelia and Carlotta left by sea.

At that time, they could no longer follow and protect them because they needed to stall the Carlisle family members. They parted ways with Carlotta and Amelia then, and there was no news for a long time.

They had actually been entangled with the Carlisle family members in the outside world for quite a long time. Wherever the Carlisle family went, they will follow, engaging in endless entanglement.

However, some time ago, the Carlisle family members suffered a great upheaval in Swan Port, and many excellent descendants died, so the remaining Carlisle family members retreated to their family, and they followed them back.

At that time, the three of them thought they were lucky that the Carlisle family members were killed by someone who suddenly appeared and was called Moon.

But looking back now, how was this luck? Everything was traceable!

That Moon was Carlotta!

"Her growth rate is simply astonishing."

Julia and the other two looked moved and extremely shocked.

The person who once needed their protection had, in the blink of an eye, become someone even they could only look up to.

Countless people cried with emotion.

An apprentice who was initially ignored by everyone, in just an unguarded moment, had actually become a towering mountain, making people deeply sigh with emotion.

For several days, Carlotta was the most talked-about topic in the imperial capital, Kaeslothm.

Various achievements of Carlotta were also circulating wildly.

...

In a magnificent palace, Emperor Alex Lancaster of the Wendell Empire had been having trouble sleeping recently.

He held the intelligence report about Carlotta, looking at it left and right, over and over again, unable to understand how such an inconspicuous person could have grown into such a towering tree in such a short time.

Achilles had been frantically trying to deal with Carlotta, and Alex, seeing that one side was his noble and the other an inconspicuous small figure, chose to help Achilles without thinking twice.

But now, Achilles had been slain by her, and she possessed an undeniable power.

Would this girl come back to settle scores with him?

Although he believed that he hadn’t done anything particularly excessive and shouldn’t be targeted, he still needed to be prepared.

"Has Lady Elora not arrived yet?"

Alex said to the guards outside the palace.

A guard quickly reported, "According to the news received not long ago, Lady Elora has returned from the Central Ruins and will be back in the imperial capital soon."

"That’s good, as long as she’s been contacted."

Alex breathed a sigh of relief.

Even as an Emperor, if he had faced the threat of an Exalted, he would feel a headache.

Exalted should be dealt with by Exalted.

Elora Thorne, a famous powerhouse in human history, had improved the elven knight path into a human version. She was the Exalted of the Wendell Empire!