On Christmas Eve, Hansar City spent the night in a solemn atmosphere. After clashes with the defending troops near the city gates, the soldiers were wounded in vain, searched for most of the night, and hundreds of suspicious people were checked, but not a single real mob was arrested. Ironically, the next morning, when the exhausted soldiers returned to the barracks, they found that their barracks had been ransacked by a group of pirates who had not docked for several years, and the intruders seemed to be deliberately showing their presence, making a mess of the barracks, and all the food in the kitchen was missing, questioning the veterans who were guarding the barracks, but no one knew what had happened last night, and none of them heard any unusual noises, and its mysterious feeling sent chills down the back.

However, despite such an incident, the royal family decided to go out on Christmas Eve morning and still proceed according to the original route.

In the early years, there was still a large number of people in Hansar who were still attached to the old dynasty, and when the king and queen appeared on the streets, they would close the doors and windows of their homes and express their silent protest in a non-cooperative manner. Durris pretended to be blind to what could be considered "rebellious", and devoted himself to governing the country of his own volition. Gradually, fewer and fewer people chose to fight coldly, and more and more people agreed with the rule of the Heather regime, and with the abolition of tithes, the King's Christmas Eve this year was greeted with a record number of people pouring into the streets to celebrate and bless him, approaching the pomp and circumstance of the Madanan era.

After lunch, King Duris I, along with his Empress Catherine and the lovely Princess Dieucalyptus, appeared on the streets as scheduled. As in previous years, the family of three did not wear grand royal formal attire, but the casual attire of ordinary nobles. He was followed by four attendants who were also dressed in civilian clothes.

Although I don't know how many guards are hidden in the shadows, but in such a high-risk time, people dare to drag their families out to get close to the citizens with only such a small number of people, and people can't help but sigh at the courage and courage of King Duris, even the kings of the Madan Dynasty, who were deeply loved before, have the protection of hundreds of soldiers when they go out with their families. Of course, the four retinues who can be taken by King Duris, each of them has unfathomable strength, and among them is the captain of the Praetorian Guard, Sakoros.

While enthusiastic citizens flocked to get up close and personal with His Majesty the King, the Queen, and the Princess, the conscientious Captain of the Praetorian Guard was quite nervous, and swept over everyone who approached with a more vigilant gaze than in previous years, as if to identify the killer who might be hiding inside from any ordinary person who seemed unremarkable. He knew very well that after His Majesty stabbed a big stab and abolished tithes not long ago, the Central Church would not rest on its laurels, especially now under the control of the "holy terror" created by the "purifiers", and those madmen could do anything.

"Relax, Sakoros. No sooner had he shaken hands with a chubby bakery keeper than the king turned his head a little, and said to the nervous captain of the guard behind him in a low voice, "The way you do not do your job any good, but only add unnecessary tiredness." ”

"I see. Sakolos replied softly.

After years of following Duris, Sakoros knew that Duriss was not as easy as he himself said. Yesterday His Majesty had told Sakras that the Assassins would appear, but he did not know the form of the assassination. In fact, His Majesty was more nervous than ever, otherwise Duris would not have taken Princess Di Yu with him, knowing that an assassin was about to assassinate him, because there was no better place for this father to keep his daughter safe than by his own side. But on the other hand, such a loose defense on the surface is obviously the opposite, and it is possible that Duris is trying to lure the snake out of the hole and catch the turtle in the urn. This unfathomable king will never be guessed.

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"And what about the thugs who appeared at the gates? The ordinary garrison of the city is completely helpless, Your Majesty, do we really need to send out our Praetorian Guard?"

"There's no need to pay attention to those guys, the real assassin can't be so high-profile. Duris said.

"They're not assassins, who could it be?"

"Look at that style, who are they, don't you know in your heart?"

"Could it be them?

After His Majesty mentioned this, the Captain of the Praetorian Guard thought of the princess of the former dynasty who gave him a great headache, and the group of companions around her who were more strange and difficult than the other. After several contacts, Sakoros's hostility towards this group was not as high as it was at the beginning, but he was still very vigilant, not because of the shame that the young men had asked him to make coffee, but because the identity of the princess of the former dynasty was in fact a threat to the rule of Duris, and if there was any danger to His Majesty, he Sakoros would not hesitate to take action, even if it was at the risk of his own life.

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At this time, on a clock tower a few meters away from the street, several young people were condescendingly watching everything below.

According to common sense, there must be soldiers stationed at such an important commanding height, and it is impossible for ordinary people to approach it, but these young people are not ordinary people, they always have their own methods.

The thin black young man who had been waiting on the top of the bell tower early had already gnawed a few mint leaves to the point of losing his taste, he turned his somewhat stiff neck and spit out: "What a waste of time, isn't that guy from Duriss very powerful?

But as soon as the words fell, he was hit the back of the head.

"Are you crazy, Miss!" Touching the bag that had just risen on the back of her head, Joyka angrily lashed at the girl who had struck him at him.

"Who told you to talk nonsense!" Alice crossed, unimpressed by her violent behavior, as if she had taken it for granted.

This surprised Joika, how could Alice, as the core high-level of the Restoration, suddenly speak for Duris.

However, when his eyes fell on the disgruntled look on Sophia's face sitting next to him, Joyka finally understood why. In the final analysis, these actions of Duris are all emulating Sophia's ancestors, and Joyka's ridicule of Duris on the surface actually hurt Sophia's father.

In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, Joyka changed the subject: "By the way, Sophia, hasn't that Owen guy been in contact with you yet?"

"Nope. Sophia shook her head a little disappointed.

"Hmph, what the hell is this guy thinking!" Joy said.

There was silence on the bell tower.

After a few moments, Alice suddenly said, "Huh, what's that?"

The other two looked together in the direction she was pointing, only to see wisps of white smoke rising from a large dense residential area in the south of the city.

"There's a fire in the slums!" said Sophia's face changed, the area was small, but it was home to tens of thousands of people.

"It's coming, it's finally going to begin. Joyka, on the other hand, was looking forward to it, and the long wait finally came to fruition. He took out a mirror from his pocket and reached out where the sunlight could shine, reflecting the sunlight one by one, signaling to another group of friends in the city.

Originally, Cassius also wanted to climb to the bell tower, because he could better observe Ray's movements from a high place (if he was also in Hansand City), and after some period of hellish physical training, Cassius lost weight, his body was much stronger, and climbing the tower was no longer as difficult as before, but Ishnova, who was inconvenient with her feet, couldn't, as for Lyle......

In retreat, Cassius could only form another group with Ischenova and Lyle, blending in with the crowd and keeping a close surveillance.

The slum south of the city was far from the main street in front of the palace, and the news of the fire had not reached here for the time being, so the mood of the people on the main street was still very high, but the three Cassius could clearly see the code sent by Joyka from the tower.