One of the killers spotted the glow of a creeping fire on a distant ridge and shouted:

"! Oh no! Boss, look over there, the gendarmerie is coming! ”

The leader of the killer took out the monocular lens and looked towards the ridge:

"It could be worse, maybe the Count's personal guard.

All of them! Stop attacking! Meet in the courtyard, keep an eye on all the windows, and don't let the target run! ”

There were no more enemies in the holes in the floor and in the windows, and the Earl of Langford threw his pitchforks on the ground and sat down by the window exhausted.

He wanted to take another look at the light of hope on the ridge, but as soon as he looked in, several projectiles whizzed in, swept through his gray hair, and hit the window lattice, causing him to fall to his knees in fright.

The Earl crawled to Madame's side and helped her to bandage the gunshot wound in the shoulder.

The Countess finally relaxed, and threw her heavy saber to the ground, the sharp tip firmly nailed to the floor, the blade covered with curls and gaps.

Exhaustion and pain weakened her voice: "Husband...... They seem to have given up on ......".

I only heard a rough voice from downstairs, and it was the leader of the killer who took the lead to speak:

"Humph! I've heard of the name of the Midnight Family's Princess in Costume for a long time, and I thought it was a propaganda method of the principality, but it turned out that she still had some real skills, and she actually held off our onslaught.

But, you pretty little girl, don't be too happy! For now, your helper is far away!

Little princess! Even if you're a demigod mongrel, you're just a pussy after all! You can't escape the palm of my hand! Go to hell! Aha! ”

After a burst of laughter, the footsteps of a large number of people were heard in the courtyard, which gradually became noisy.

The Earl of Langford ventured down and saw the killers gathering downstairs, busily piling up firewood and sprinkling fire oil.

"Oh! Oh, my God! No! No! No! They're going to set fire! ”

(Everything...... Is it all going to end? He thought desperately.

(I have been in the business world all my life, and I have no regrets, only pity my beautiful and noble wife...... and the child in her womb. Oh! Oh God! I will give everything in exchange for their peace! ）

Langford prayed desperately, but God did not answer his plea, the smell of burnt and pungent wafted from the window, and the first floor of the mansion was completely engulfed in flames, and the attic suddenly became warm.

The body is warm, but the heart is cold, the rescuers are still far away, but the deadly flames are close at hand, and all hope for life has been cut off, and only despair remains.

"Honey, I'm sorry I didn't protect you, it's all my fault! We should live in a castle, not in this mansion on the outskirts.

It's my fault, I didn't think it through, I'm sorry, at least...... In the end...... Give me a hug and let's hit the road together. ”

The Earl of Langford squeezed out a bitter smile, warm tears flowed, and he slowly reached out and hugged his beloved wife into his arms.

After hugging, he said calmly, "A cold blade is better than a flame burning, let's kill ourselves together, at least we can suffer less, and use your saber." ”

He reached for the bloodstained hilt of his knife, but was stopped by his wife.

"Husband, my saber is used to kill the enemy, and my father once told me and my brothers that suicide is a manifestation of escapism, cowardice, and meaninglessness."

"But...... The way I died scorched by the flames was too painful for me to bear......"

Princess Salantos Midknight's eyes widened, and she looked down at the floor, her husband's words as if she were reminded of something painful.

She murmured, "Husband, believe me, no one knows this better than me, and he was burned alive...... What a pain, that's how my mother went. ”

He held her husband's big hand:

"There's something I haven't told you all along.

I inherited my mother's name, and her memory, that kind of pain...... Ay! ”

She sighed softly, and soon raised her head again, and her tone became resolute:

"No...... No! I will never let that tragedy happen again, and I will never let my husband ...... And our unborn children...... Burned by the flames...... No! We must not continue that tragedy! Never! ”

She suddenly took off the quaint three-color collar around her neck, which was left to her by her mother, the collar was made of three materials, black iron, holy gold and mythril, and it was engraved with ancient runes, which looked mysterious and solemn, and she twisted the golden part of the collar with her fingers, and recited the ancient language in her mouth.

As she chanted, a rune on the holy gold material glowed, and the entire collar seemed to come to life, and ancient power poured out of it, and the collar trembled slightly in her hand.

"Madame, what did you just say? I don't understand...... You...... This is? What's going on? Why does this thing glow? This lap ...... Isn't it your dowry? ”

The princess ignored her husband's question, and concentrated on the task at hand, and when she had finished the ceremony, she put the collar around her neck again and placed her right hand on her husband's shoulder:

"When I was a child, my mother told me that I had only the strong physique of the demigod race, but I had no talent for ancient magic, and that I had to use powerful magic weapons to cast spells.

This circle was a parting gift from my mother, and as you can see, I had three chances to perform ancient miracles, but only at the cost of life force, and with caution in using them.

I thought, it's time to take the plunge, hold on to me! Husband, I want you to concentrate and think about the harbor where your fleet is anchored, and not to have any other distractions."

The strange sight in front of him shook the heart of Earl Langford, he knew that his wife had the blue-blooded divine blood of the Midnight family, and he knew that she had a powerful body that was beyond mortals, but these bells and whistles spells and magic were completely different, completely beyond all his knowledge of the known world.

He didn't understand what his wife was talking about, and he opened his mouth wide and was astonished to the extreme, as if he were in some strange and magical dream.

(God, is all of this true?) Is this a dream? He thought.

Princess Saranitos saw that her husband was in a trance, and her tone was slightly annoyed and reproachful:

"Don't be cranky! Do as I say, just think about your fleet, think about the docks! ”

The raging flames had spread to the fourth floor, and the entire mansion was about to collapse, and just as she was about to collapse, Princess Salantos grabbed her husband and shouted the last of her ancient incantations:

“KDOOLA MISDISS TONOOVA ENPIDAS！”

A warm golden light gradually enveloped the couple, and in an instant they disappeared from the attic without a trace, leaving only pitchforks and sabers on the ground. Moments later, the mansion collapsed, ash and flames splattered, and the surrounding night sky was an orange glow.

All he remembered was that he was in a strange tunnel, and his wife dragged him through it......

When Earl Langford came to his senses, he was astonished to find that the cold sea breeze was blowing on his face, that there was a mighty Free Trade Alliance fleet moored in the harbor, and that his wife's eyes were closed, and her long eyelashes were full of tears, and her face was pale and haggard.

"This ...... This...... This is Puerto Santa Casrella! Oh, my God! What's going on? This is a miracle! We are saved! We are saved! ”

Although he didn't know what was happening, he guessed that the gods must have heard his prayer, and at this time, his wife next to him suddenly fainted, and he hurriedly held on, holding her head with one hand.

Blue blood flowed from her thin lips, and the light of the collar around her neck gradually dimmed, returning to its usual dull state.

His wife had always been full of energy, far from injuries and illnesses, and had never seen her so weak and powerless, as if something had sucked her vital strength away in an instant.

"Oh! Oh, my God! Are you okay? Wake up, darling! Don't fall asleep! ”

The Count was anxious, fearing that his wife would die from blood loss, and that she must not be allowed to lose consciousness, and he shook her body vigorously.

银灰色的眼睛慢慢睁开，惨白的面庞有一种病态的美，她朝着丈夫艰难地挤出一丝微笑，口中呢喃：

"I ...... Did it work? Cough! Cough! She coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood and continued, "I just didn't expect it to be so huge, where are we now?" Is it safe? ”

"Haha! It's good that you're okay! Of course, we're safe, dear. Gods forbid! I dare say that even the Pope has never seen such a great miracle!

Those bastards are gone, and we're now in the port of Santa Casralia, where my mercenaries and sailors, and the entire Free Trade Alliance fleet is mine! No one will dare to hurt us anymore, and when I'm done with you, I'm going to send my capable men to catch those thugs and the ones who commanded them, and I'm going to make them pay!" I swear! ”

"Luckily, it worked...... With my ability, I can only teleport so close. Princess Salantos was relieved and stood up with her husband's support, only to feel that there was no place from the bones to the internal organs to the skin that was not in severe pain.

It was a great price to perform this ancient miracle, and the severity of the damage to this god's body was unknown to mortals, only she would understand.

The Earl of Langford helped his wife along slowly, and in order to prevent her from falling asleep, he kept saying:

"See the building over there? My fleet commander is there, take it easy, slow down, slow down, don't rush. I'll carry you there.

God forbid! Our kids will be fine! ”