PS: Sigh, I've run out of rest days this month...... So I had to change it later, sorry

The shadows of the walls are close at hand. The two women, however, felt their knees go limp, and they looked at each other and exhaled a long breath that had been held for a long time.

However, there was no time for them to wipe the sweat off their foreheads, and a voice had already sounded.

"Hey, is this just gone? This agent, um, miss, and our esteemed majesty?"

It was a beautiful voice, a low, magnetic man's voice, with some enthusiasm, like a handsome boy who was inviting a lady to dance with, but in the ears of the two women, the voice seemed to be a spell, making their feet stop, like falling into an ice cave, almost feeling that their bodies were frozen in blood!

"Tut-tut, really, it's not a good habit to blindfold yourself and pretend you're not seen. ”

In the small square, it was as quiet as water for a while...... But it seemed like just two breaths were a lot, and it still made the speaker a little irritated, and with a soft snort, a phosphorescent light pierced the air, causing the transparent ripples of magic to suddenly twist, and then burst into tiny spots of light like blisters!

Maria sighed and turned slowly to face the middle-aged man who had been standing in the middle of the clearing for some time.

"Alright, Your Majesty, the little game is over. ”

Salazie looked a little wolf at the moment, his well-tailored robe was covered in dust, his usually meticulously combed hair was half collapsed, and there was a broken cut under each shoulder, albeit very shallow. But after all, it was still cut by a sharp blade. It's just that even though he was short of breath, the sword master's smile was the same as usual. Even more brilliant: "For your safety, please come back with me...... Yes. By the way, I'm sorry I destroyed your home, but there are a lot of mages here, and I think they should be able to fix it soon, and you won't have to wait long. ”

"Aren't you going to put me in a dungeon, in case anyone else comes and takes me away?" the lady was silent for a moment, then smiled suddenly.

"How could it be? I believe that after this time, there should be no more such chaotic parties that can endanger your safety again. ”

Juggernaut chuckled as well. But then he swung his sword, causing a shrill creak to bury the end of his sentence—a translucent sword light slashed out of thin air, halting a figure in midair. Then hit the house on the corner with a bang!

"Are you still going to struggle?"

He sneered disdainfully, his gaze resting on the figure he had just knocked away—the old knight was panting violently, barely bracing himself up from the smashed wall, red blood sliding down his nose and lips, dyeing his gray beard a shocking red. But the old knight seemed unconscious, and just raised his sword. A succession of hurried footsteps followed, and at the end of the alley several figures of different heights were sent out as they walked through the clearing. In front of the two women, a sparse line of defense was formed.

Salazi was dismissive of this.

"My promise has not changed, as long as you are willing to surrender your sword, I can spare your life. It can even give you the opportunity to serve the Emperor...... But unfortunately, it seems that you must kill yourself?"

"Kill yourself?" replied the old knight softly, "perhaps. But everybody here ...... I didn't care about life or death...... This death is not valuable. That's what we need to prove. And now it looks like we're worth ......"

"What you said is true?"

Loud questions interrupted him. It also made the whole venue suddenly quiet for a moment. Everyone's eyes turned to the woman who was talking at this moment, and watched her step forward: "If we surrender, this matter can be over?

"Of course, with the honor of my family as a vouch, and the wisdom of His Majesty the Emperor as a witness, I can guarantee your safety as well as their safety, as long as they wish......"

"So ......"

“...... The Marquise de Jofroy!"

Before the woman could speak again, Raymond interrupted the conversation with a raised voice.

His voice was hoarse, and the muscles in his face trembled uncontrollably with each note, obviously enduring great pain, but his voice was still calm and powerful: "Thank you for your kindness, but we don't matter, as long as we can fulfill our mission, we can pay any price, and now ......"

But his voice was immediately interrupted by the other person—she seemed to chuckle, but the indifference in her voice was like a blade of ice: "At any cost, and what is your mission?"

The old knight was stunned.

"Of course, to take you, and His Royal Highness the Prince out of here......"

"What if not? What if you have paid the price, but we can't get out of here?"

How are you going to do that?

"Madame......" the agent suddenly whispered.

Her voice was not high, but silent, and the steel needles of her fingertips had flown out towards the baby in the woman's arms a few paces away!, but in the next moment, Maria raised her hand as if she had known it...... The layer of deerskin wrapped in the swaddling clothes was suddenly waved up by her, so the few steel needles that flew towards her were whipped away like this!

The agent couldn't help but be stunned.

"Get out of here!" said Mary, pointing at the other with the dagger she had drawn along with the deerskin, and slowly retreated, screaming in a fierce voice, "Don't come!"

So the agent had no choice but to retreat—not because of the dagger in the hand of the noble lady, but because of a sword that silently cut through the land in front of her. If she retreated a little later, I'm afraid she would have been split in half! But between her steps and retreat, she was already hiding in a straight line between the other party and the Sword Master.

"I'm sorry, ma'am!"

The agent sighed, she didn't carry much of her weapons for the mission she had infiltrated. Except for the dagger, there were only a few flying needles, although the woman in front of her was by no means her opponent. But the potion on the dagger also made her quite jealous. "I think you understand...... This child's life is now related to the entire empire. Do you know what a big crisis it will bring to this world if that monster is really resurrected? He will definitely try to reproduce the original appearance of the empire, and in a war of that level, hundreds of thousands, or even an unknown number of people will die!"

However, Mary shook her head......

The other party's words were very sincere and correct, but for some reason, this correctness was igniting a certain emotion in her heart...... In this moment. The determination in her heart had suddenly risen into flames.

A flame of resentment!

"Hundreds of thousands of people will die? So what?" she sneered.

"Even if they were really dead, could it be the fault of a child who had not yet learned to speak? Could it be the fault of a mother who cherishes her child? Shouldn't it be the damned Elector who usurped the throne of the Empire? Shouldn't it be the ghost of the damned Emperor? Isn't it even the stupid one who let that Tiberius Gracchus get such power and power without curbing it, our Emperor Berino XVII? Does this qiē have anything to do with me and my children?"

She hugged the child tightly to her chest, as if she was afraid that he would disappear in the next moment, but her voice became sharper and louder:

"It's your stupidity. Where are you, the nobles who claim to be righteous, when the king greedily coveted power that did not belong to him, and where were you, the knights who professed justice, when the Elector was frantically plundering power that did not belong to him? And now. All of this is out of control with your connivance, but you have thought of such a 'righteous method', is this your justice, why no one has challenged the source of evil. But to make me, a defenseless woman, let this ignorant child at all. At the cost of life, to bear this ...... What kind of damn responsibility do you have?"

That's ridiculous!

The woman's shrill questioning voice echoed through the space. The friction of the armor, the shaking of the flames, the two swords that were fighting, the swinging hammers and the chanting spells, silenced the entire space for a moment again.

No one spoke, because no one knew exactly how to respond to the question.

Or, there is no need to respond at all......

It was just the silence before the storm.

The battle must continue.

Salazzi exhaled, and in a thin voice, his figure disappeared and reappeared, and in an instant he had crossed thirty feet, and the blade of his sword extended forward to point at an enemy priest...... So far in the battle, their spellcasters have almost exhausted all their spells, and the only remaining combat power is this priest.

Attacking him wasn't to succeed, but to disrupt their formation, and as soon as the female killer started moving, she was Sarazi's only target!

The existence that threatens the resurrection of the Emperor must not survive!

However, a layer of sparkling silver robbed Juggernaut of his vision.

It was the metal that reflected the luster of the flames, constructing the shape of a long sword.

For a fighter like Salazie, this is almost a matter of judgment...... But this sword was so close, the biting cold air penetrated through his neck, and the sharp blade was already up to his throat!

The sword was held in the hand of a person, and the man stood not far from Salazie's side, however, no one noticed where this person came from, so this sword was so fast, as if it had pierced through the void, and came to the front of the Sword Master without warning, pointing straight to the point! The timing was terrifying, as if the Sword Master himself swooped forward and sent his throat up to open the other party!

The person who stabbed this sword could not be the old knight, because Salazi had been paying attention to his movements - although he also raised his sword, Raymond had been knocked dozens of feet away before, and now that the effect of the double acceleration technique had faded, even if he could move, the injuries piled up on his body were probably already making it difficult for him to run, and it was extremely difficult to even keep up with Salazi's speed, let alone stab this sword.

Those enemies further away, even the spellcaster, didn't make any action at the moment.

"You ......"

Salazzi struggled to squeeze out a note. Then he found himself in the middle of the Queen's Leap - acting with the army in the Central Mountains, and subconsciously saved him from the orc fight. The moment his throat was opened, the painful heart in his hand snapped downward. The burst of sword light blasted a large crater several feet in diameter in the ground! The force of the reverse thrust caused his body to roll to one side, and the brilliant blade of the sword also deflected, grazing his neck!

The tingling pain in his neck made Juggernaut reach out and hold it down, and then he felt the sticky and warm liquid expand along his palm, the smell of blood penetrating his nostrils, and the thrilling fear almost blew the pores of his whole body in an instant. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't feel the blood gushing, Salazi would have almost covered his wounds with his hands.

Eyes lifted from the blood on his palms, and the Juggernaut's eyes widened. Look at the long sword that stabbed him...... The blade of the sword is sharp and narrow, about four feet long, and the blade reflects the glimmer of the surrounding flames, as if it is a brilliance, but there is no slightest fluctuation of magic power, only the brass sword and the curved cage handle are the most familiar styles—it is the standard long sword uniformly issued by the knights of Jin Jinhua.

The hand that held the sword was also wearing the metal gloves used by the knights, and underneath it was a thin chain of metal armor that together formed part of the armor. This delicate armor also did not have any magical fluctuations, but thought that the delicate style covered the person's body, outlining the delicate arc of a woman on the chest and waist.

A woman?

And. She is a young woman with a beautiful face that is enough to move the Sword Saint on weekdays...... It was just the flush that appeared on her face when she looked at her that it confused Salazi - she didn't look powerful. No, even too weak...... Her hand holding the sword trembled. Breathing disorders, especially wandering with scattered eyes. If they go head-to-head, Salazie is almost certain he will be able to kill three or four of those opponents in a split second. However, the truth is that it was such an opponent who almost pierced his throat with a sword!

It wasn't really subtle, it was just the simplest one-handed stab, flat and straight, but even twenty years ago, Salazi could have stabbed a sword much faster...... The scary thing about this sword is not the speed, nor the strength, but the opponent with the sword, who appeared at his side at some point, and he didn't notice it in the slightest!

Who exactly is she and how did she appear?

Salazi didn't have time to think...... Although it was only a short interval of less than a breath from the arrival of that sword to his avoidance, it had wasted too much of his time. In order to save himself, the sword he had originally attacked his opponent was wasted, and he did not rush to the original position, let alone kill the maid disguised as the secret agent - for a moment, Salazie's breath almost stopped!

In her eyes, the woman had turned into a shadow, but no matter which shadow held a short sword in her hand!

O Emperor......

The Sword Master lamented powerlessly in his heart for a moment, and almost closed his eyes...... Because it was his good eyesight that allowed him to clearly see that the short sword was less than three feet away from the countess's hand, the baby's body, and at such a distance, if he wanted to prevent the blow of a skilled killer, he probably had to rely on the legendary blessing of the emperor.

Mary also closed her eyes.

In the face of a killer's stabbing and the inevitable sharp blade, as the most normal reaction of ordinary people, it seems that this is the only way...... But in her mind, she wanted to turn her body and use herself to block the enemy's ferocious thrust, and she wanted to throw the baby backwards, hoping that maybe one of the guards would catch him. Or even if it falls to the ground, it's far safer than being stabbed by that blade.

However, she also seemed to know very well in her heart that it was all in vain - the speed of the killer was too fast, whether it was turning or raising his hand, it was impossible to be faster than the other party.

Deep fear is like a piece of cold ice that has been sealed in a qiē, and without appearing, it has already allowed the cold to spread into the marrow of the person, and time seems to be stretched infinitely, and the world has fallen into a deep silence, leaving only his soul to face this qiē alone, only the monotonous and manic heartbeat beats Maria's ear drums.

Again, again......

There seemed to be countless images flashing through my mind...... His once carefree but premature childhood, the once innocent but eventually ended by the old ruler's dream, the chaotic and decadent days, and ...... The terrifying and eccentric young man, but who seemed to have changed himself.

Where would he be, and would he have known about the impending misfortune of this child with whom he had a deep relationship?

The messy thoughts continued like this, until a force tugged at her body. Also put the weight of the body, the noise around it and the flickering firelight...... All the feelings of a qiē were stuffed back into her mind. She heard herself screaming, hysterical, and the clanging of metal, but soon, she noticed something soft on her shoulder, and the warmth through the fabric seemed to banish all the fear and cold!

She opened her eyes, and then she saw the swaddling clothes in her hand.

The wrapped cloth was a little messy, but there was no blood or chip, and the baby's small face showed the package on it, and the little face was red by the surrounding firelight, and he was sleeping sweetly. (To be continued......)