Chapter 167: Halson's Revenge
"I'll go with you. Innellis heard that it was something to do with Erin, and couldn't help but get anxious.
"It may not be safe there......" Regna did not directly refuse Inniris, the little girl is now a mid-level mage. It would definitely break her heart if anything left her out, after all, she worked so hard to make herself a useful person......
"Inni isn't afraid of danger, and besides, with Brother Regner's presence, Innie won't be in danger, right?" Innirith asked Regna with a smile.
"......" Regner looked at the little girl, and finally nodded: "Okay, let's go together!"
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Regner never imagined that this Halson would be so lawless. He didn't expect that this Harson's revenge would come so quickly.
As I said before, the organizers of this annual meeting are the two magic academies, and the scene layout, program arrangement, and personnel reception during the annual meeting are all arranged by the two magic academies. However, they are not responsible for the security of the annual meeting, but the Military Intelligence Department and the Imperial Capital City Protective Guard. To put it simply, the Imperial Capital City Protective Guard guards patrol as a sentry to control the order and safety of the entire annual meeting. The agents of the MIA are secret sentinels, responsible for protecting the lives of important people in the empire from a single point.
The reason for this is not complicated, because the Academy of Magic is training the best people in the world, mages. But so far, they are just a group of teenage students, let them take care of the security of His Majesty the King of the Hawke Empire? Not to mention that Ralvin himself is not at ease, I am afraid that even the Academy of Magic itself does not dare to take this job.
And this is where Erin's business comes in, she couldn't find Anne Lot, and Regner has something to talk about with Alexander. So Irene, who was bored for a while, began to wander around, but fortunately, it was the two magic schools that were in charge of holding this annual meeting. And Erin, as one of the double flowers of the second magic academy, is well-known in both the first and second magic schools.
So Erin, under the guidance of some of the students who were in charge of organizing the annual meeting, wandered around and watched, and unknowingly came to the martial law area of the venue. It was used as a place for King Ralvin and some of the most powerful ministers to rest and talk, and it was an open-air building a few hundred meters away from the venue.
I don't know what the guard who guarded the entrance was doing, but Erin reached the second floor unimpeded. Just as the half-elf was excited to find a place with a wider view, where he could watch the wonderful performances of various artists outside the auditorium. A group of elite guards of the Imperial Capital City who were heavily armed rushed over. They detained Erin and charged her with "possibly a spy for the Stoke Empire".
If according to the laws of the Hawke Empire, the fact that an unidentified civilian like Erin could enter and leave the Imperial Restricted Area at will would itself give the Imperial Capital City Guards enough reason to cut her down.
And the reason why Erin didn't have such an inexplicable mishap was because Regner kept an eye on it. Although in the eyes of others, Erin is an insignificant minor character. But Regner didn't dare to relax in the slightest, even if the Stoke people couldn't target her for assassination, Ragner still didn't want Erin to be affected even the slightest bit because of this kind of thing.
So he sent a female agent in the department to follow Erin secretly, and if there was anything to tell her to inform Regna in time. This was originally just Regner's preparation just in case, but he didn't expect it to really save Erin's life.
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"Miss Irene, please hold on a little longer, my subordinate has already asked my brother in the department to inform Lord Regner, and he will be here in a moment. The MI virgin agent in charge of protecting Erin stood in front of Erin with a dagger, and she looked at the heavily armed Imperial City Defense Corps soldiers in front of her with a blank expression, but spoke to Erin in a warm and soft tone.
Erin blinked at the girl in front of her...... Belch...... In fact, strictly speaking, it is more appropriate to call her a girl. Because the female agent only looked like she was less than twenty years old from the face of her face, and her body was thin and thin, she didn't look much stronger than Iniris. And the relatively large dagger in her hand highlighted her thinness. Compared to her, even Erin looked a little more mature and tall.
However, even such a little girl, who did not seem to be able to give a sense of security at all, calmly blocked herself like a piece of ice, so that the guards with weapons could not approach her.
"I reiterate once again, lay down your arms and stop resisting. The woman behind you has violated the Empire's law and order, and we have to bring her back for interrogation. The captain of the guard gripped the hilt of his sword tighter, looked at the girl in front of him, and said mechanically.
These words are only necessary to say when encountering a recalcitrant enemy who disturbs the peace and is stubborn, and he needs to repeat it three times, and if the other party still does not change his attitude after three times. Then the Imperial Capital City Defense Force has the right to disarm the resistance from action, and if the other party dares to take action against the Imperial Capital City Defense Guard, then he has the right to deprive the other party of his life.
And just now, it was already his third reiteration. However, the teenage agent did not answer, she still assumed a threatening combat stance, and the dagger in her hand never relaxed.
So, the captain of the guard drew his one-handed sword. And with this action of his, the other seven warriors behind him also drew their weapons.
The sharp and cold sound of the blade rubbing against the scabbard made Erin shiver. She finally realized that this time the matter was so serious that human life was at stake. So Erin hurriedly pushed away the girl in front of her, and then said to the guards: "Please don't do it, I'll leave with you!"
"Miss Irene, never!" The girl herself is a level 10 assassin, so her physique is a little better than Erin's as a priest. She hurriedly used her strength to keep Erin in her back, and then said without looking back, "The Elder has given me the task of protecting you from anyone, so no matter what, I can't watch them take you away." Wait, your lordship will be here soon!"
"But......" Erin hesitated.
"Since you are stubbornly resistant, then we can only act according to the law. The captain of the guard looked at him for a moment, and then made a charging gesture to the warriors behind him.
"Damn!" the teenage assassin secretly screamed in her heart, she had just brought out Regner to make these guys fearful. But judging by their reactions, it seemed that they were determined to arrest Erin, and her opening only accelerated the speed of these people's actions.
The girl is not yet twenty years old and already has the strength of the tenth level, and her talent is already considered to be superior. But since these guards on the other side can be appointed to maintain the law and order of such a grand scene as the annual meeting, how many of them will be mediocre? It is no exaggeration to say that any guard in this annual meeting has a strength that is comparable to the regular knights of the Golden Eagle Knights. This means that the eight people she is facing all have the strength of the middle level or above, if there are one or two, the girl can still deal with them for a few minutes, but if it is eight people...... The girl has absolutely no chance of winning.
But since this is a task given to him by the director, then even if it is death, it must be meticulously completed! This is the concept that every MI agent has been instilled in his heart. It's just that this female agent carried out more resolutely and thoroughly. In fact, if you calculate the time, even if you let the guards take Erin away at this time, they will most likely be intercepted by Regner on the way.
But this was not the task that Regner gave him, and what Ragner told her was that at no time should Irene be put in the slightest danger. He demanded that Erin should be absolutely unscathed before she lost her life.
That's what the Elder has given her a mission, and now, she's starting to fulfill her mission.
"Miss Irene, go quickly, hold on a little longer, and the adults will arrive!" the teenage agent pushed Erin away, then rushed towards the guards with a dagger.
"This ......" Erin looked at the chaotic scene in front of her and lost her square for a while, with her temperament, she naturally refused to leave the person who protected her and ran away alone. Therefore, Erin's final choice was to take a few steps back, and then helplessly watched a girl younger than her own age and thinner than herself shuttling through the sword and sword shadow in order to protect herself.
The girl dodged a slash from the guards, and the gaze in her eyes suddenly became a little colder. Originally, she thought that the guards would show mercy to her men for the sake of her being a member of the MIA. And now it seems that she still underestimated the intensity of the contradictions between these institutions within the empire. As long as she reacted slowly to the sword just now, even if it was half a second, her head should fly into the sky. They definitely came to wield their swords at themselves with the determination to kill themselves.
In that case, then why did she keep her hands?!
The girl used her petite body to slip through the gap between the arms of her enemy's sword. She came behind the guard, then brandished her dagger and sent the blade through the gap in the guard's armor. There was a tooth-aching thud between her shoulder blades and the blade, and the girl knew that her blow had made the guy unable to swing her sword for a while. So she's ready to pull out her dagger and go to the next enemy.
However, the girl still underestimated the quality of these guards in the Imperial Capital City. The guards, who suffered from shoulder pain, did not completely give up their resistance because of this. He let out a low roar, and then erupted in a vindictive spirit that was not inferior to that of the girl agent.
The teenage agent was shaken by the sudden vindictive energy, and her body fell backwards due to the huge thrust.
But at this moment, Erin let out a scream. Because in that moment of lightning, Erin saw that there was a guard standing behind the girl agent, holding a sharp long sword in his hand, and the tip of the sword was pointed directly at the girl's waist and abdomen!
Poof!