From the very beginning, Shadow never thought of being able to break through the defensive position formed by Alicia and the others. In order to facilitate quick and covert movement, Hannah led a team of nimble thieves, agile warriors, and a small number of marksmen, and there were no mages who would affect the speed of the entire team. As a sabotage reconnaissance team behind enemy lines, Hannah's approach is indeed quite wise, but this team also has a fatal weakness, that is, it is not good at frontal combat.

Without magicians, they are like a guerrilla army with only light weapons, and they are asking for trouble when they fight against regular troops with heavy firepower.

What's more, although the shadow side has an overwhelming advantage in numbers, there are a few specifications on the opposite side that can suppress the existence of the entire army with the power of just one person. Not to mention breaking through the opponent's defenses, I'm afraid that if the time drags on, I and the others will be completely wiped out.

Only these fanatics who have been brainwashed by the demons since childhood will not hesitate to charge in the face of the overwhelming barrage of death, and then be bombarded into slag, no one would do this for ordinary people, this is simply suicide!

These vicious men are all elite, with a way that ordinary soldiers and adventurers can't match, and there are relatively few firepower output points on the opposite side (since Icarus and Kezi didn't attack), so it stands to reason that they should be able to successfully get in front of the little queen after paying a certain price of casualties. Although it is likely that Elijah, who is guarding her side carefully, will be beaten into a pig's head with a heavy sword without even touching the girl's skirt, at least they pose a threat to Alicia. That's enough.

However, the wishes are beautiful, and the reality is cruel. A three-headed demon dog that came out of nowhere relied on its high magic resistance to run rampant on the battlefield filled with various magic barrages, stirring up the team. Many people were forced by it to disrupt the original rhythm of dodging. It disappeared in the light and shadow effects of the spell on the spot, and some of the powerful tried to slash it, but the creature was too big, and the hasty attack that dodged the spell only scratched its fur.

"What the hell is going on with that three-headed dog?" Shadow said as she scratched her scalp hard in annoyance, "I didn't receive any information that Alysia has that kind of summoned creature." ”

"Probably her classmates'. One of the subordinates next to him immediately replied, "Lord Shadow, we have already suffered such heavy casualties before the other party has let the black dragon show its true body, do you want to pause the offensive for a while?"

Shadow immediately shook her head categorically, "No!" Hannah, she was making a detour back to the rear of Alyssia and the others, preparing to assassinate her target this time. If we stop the offensive, she'll be spotted right away. ”

"Understood, I will continue to arrange for the organization of the attack. ”

A few minutes later, Alicia, who was forbidden by everyone to take the lead in the charge, so she could only pout and watch the play in the middle of the team with a bored face, suddenly showed a suspicious expression: "The situation seems to be a little wrong. ”

"What's wrong. Isn't there something wrong?" Ilya, who was standing beside the girl, hurriedly turned her head to look at her.

Although Alicia is usually mischievous and bold at times, she never jokes with her own lives in serious battles. Ilya believed that the little queen must have discovered something, and he was ready to be sent.

Just as the boy had thought in his heart, Alicia frowned and carefully looked at the enemy's ranks, and then pulled him by the arm: "Sister Mamei." You take my command! It's all a layman in charge, Hannah isn't there at all!Elijah, let's go, Hannah will probably go back behind us and assassinate Uncle Berg. ”

"Wait a minute, master. At the very least, let Icarus follow......" Asami replied after stopping the musket fire around her, but Alicia had already dragged Elia out of the way.

In the rear, Hannah had found Berg among the shivering convoy members. As the girl had expected, there was a pitiful amount of combat power here. Almost negligible. She cautiously approached the crowd, trying to hide her aura. I tried not to make the slightest sound, and I came to a place about ten meters away from the crowd in a circle.

Can't go any further. Stealth in the field and stealth in buildings are completely two different concepts, although the former has no cover, which can clearly confirm the location of the target, but at the same time, it is relatively without any cover, even if you accidentally step on a few grass, you may be discovered by the other party, and then exposed.

Hannah, who was still in her club, was waiting for an opportunity, a chance for everyone to focus their attention elsewhere.

Hannah was cautious, but not to that extent. With level 6 strength, when she faced these scum with only 5 combat power in front of her, what she had to do was to directly show her body and kill all sides, and hijack Imrith to leave safely when Alicia hurried, instead of playing some kind of hidden dragon spy like a real thief.

But a certain intuition in her mind told the girl that if she did this, she would be killed on the spot, and she couldn't help but feel like a mouse that had been spotted by a cat.

Imrith was trying to tiptoe to observe the battle in the distance, but unfortunately the little girl was shorter than her sister, and she almost had a cramp in her ankle and couldn't figure out why.

"Mi woo, it hurts so much. Imrith crouched down and rubbed her numb ankles and said, "No, I can't see it at all." If only Ise could grow a little taller. ”

Michelle next to her smiled and touched the girl's head: "If that's the case, Sister Ellie will definitely make a lot of noise and say, 'My sister is the most terrifying existence in the world'." Sister Eth, don't you provoke her too much in this regard?"

After staring at the natural stunned for a long time, Xiao Yisi sneered in a cold sweat: "Honey, Sister Michelle." Are you sure you're not in the Black Sister-sama, and what's going on with that 'again'......"

"Woo, I said it before I knew it. Michelle covered her lips with the tip of her right finger and exclaimed in a low voice.

I'm sure you didn't do it by accident. Imrith wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and stood up: "This is the end of the topic about my sister's figure. Now, my sister has brought all the combat power to the front. Doesn't it really matter if you're the only ones left?"

Of course it doesn't matter, as an evil god, the combination of you and Michelle's big Hert Hiltier will give you a headache even if Locklip sees it, even if the Great Demon King comes, he will not want to take you back so as to deceive the brave to come to the crusade.

However, neither of them was aware of the power in their bodies—just as Alicia was unaware of her status as the queen of the Birea Empire—and they took it for granted that they were a soft girl with a light body, and they couldn't help but feel very uneasy about the situation in front of them.

Michelle also became a little nervous when she heard this, but she soon realized that this would make little Ace even more scared, so she hurriedly pretended to be peaceful and smiled at the collar of the blonde Lori and said, "It's okay, Sister Ace." Surely you won't let an enemy come. We are safe here. ”

"Not necessarily. After finding out the existence that threatens me and ruling it out, I will be the first to ...... you Well, let's kill that Berg guy first. This girl is better to save for the second best. Hannah stuck out her tongue and licked her somewhat dry lips lightly, thinking to herself. It's a pity that until now she hasn't been able to wait for any good opportunities, and she hasn't figured out where the threat is coming from.

Hannah felt a little agitated, knowing full well that her troops would not last long under the ravages of Alicia and the out-of-spec group. Everything has to be done before then!

That's when it happened. A figure hurried over from a distance. It was Ilya. I saw him waving his arms to everyone and shouting, "Hey, Michelle, Imrise, be on guard of your surroundings, Hannah is probably nearby!"

The teenager's voice was loud and managed to attract everyone's attention. And Hannah was waiting for just such an opportunity!

She gently put away the dagger in her left hand, then pulled out a small bottle from her bag and threw it straight into the crowd.

Throwing it at the feet of Imrith and Michelle to be exact, no matter what kind of guards Alicia had arranged here before leaving. He or she will not be able to continue to hide in the shadows when the little queen's precious sister is threatened, and will definitely take the initiative to show up.

Really. A girl suddenly popped out of what seemed to be empty nearby, and rolled Imrith and Michelle to the side before they could react. The bottle shattered to the ground immediately afterward, and a large amount of purple smoke suddenly came out, but seeing that the surrounding weeds did not wither, it seemed that the smoke was not poisonous.

The dizzy Michelle rubbed her head and looked at the girl who suddenly popped out, and her eyes widened in amazement: "Ge, Granna!? Aren't you supposed to be with Sophia?"

“...... Actually, I'm the slime of Elicia's master. The girl replied with an embarrassed face, but her expression soon changed, "Oh no, I was fooled!!"

Fearing a possible sneak attack, Alicia arranged for the slime to take the form of Grana and sneak around to protect everyone. The lurking thieves are always the most dangerous existence, and it is not impossible for them to assassinate a level 6 saint when the subject relaxes their vigilance, which is why Hannah feels dangerous - as for why the little queen chose Siggs, who is known as the number one thief in the Western Continent, and chose the cute girl, well, I can only say that it is all because of love.

However, when the Thief deactivates his stealth state, his threat decreases significantly. Hannah successfully tricks the slime into revealing himself with a smoke grenade, causing panic and confusion among the team members.

"This time, I won!" Hannah suddenly appeared near the panicked Berg, and swung her right short sword at him fiercely, shouting, "Your life ......"

"You can't take it yet. With a familiar and sweet voice, a wooden knife like a toy poked out of the void, just in time for Hannah's short sword.

With a bright gothic dress, long flowing blond hair, a peerless beautiful face, and a petite Lori figure, isn't it the girl who makes Hannah grit her teeth with hatred?

Berg, who had survived, took several steps back in shock. His face was pale and he subconsciously muttered, "Thank you, thank you." ”

Guessing that I'm going to get back behind, you sneak over first, and when you get there, let the boy deliberately pretend to be in a hurry to attract everyone's attention, so I'll take the opportunity to cause chaos and take advantage of the chaos to kill Berg, and all you have to do is wait for him to jump out. That's right!?

Hannah, who understood everything in an instant, couldn't help but grit her silver teeth fiercely and roared in a deep voice from her throat: "Alicia? Harris!!"

The blonde girl urged her fighting spirit and swung a knife with great force, forcing back Hannah, who was a little messy. Covering his face, he seemed embarrassed and replied: "Oh, don't call it so intimately, it will make our little friend mistake me for a lily complex." ”

The slime, who was about to help Imrith and the two up, fell to the grass again.

Hannah didn't choose to continue the attack. Not to mention the funny thief girl next to her, Hannah and others have collected information about Elijah, who is a descendant of the God of War, in great detail, so she knows that the other party has the ability to transform into a superman in three minutes. Although it wasn't enough to defeat Hannah in three minutes, it was still possible to hold her back and wait for a strong reinforcement like Icarus's.

The cold girl, who did not intend to take risks, resolutely suppressed the strong urge in her heart to rush over and cut Elicia's pretty little face to shreds with a short sword. After urging the fighting spirit, he stepped out of a big hole on the ground and retreated.

"Sister, aren't you going to chase after you?" Imrith asked as she walked up to Alicia and weakly tugged at the hem of her skirt, "The design model of the main battle tank should still be in her hands." ”

I rubbed it on my sister's head. Alicia shook her head and said, "No, that guy is a level 6 agility warrior, and he can also use stealth skills, even Icarus can't catch her if he really wants to escape." If I rush to chase after me alone, I may be killed by her. Forget it. ”

Ilya also hurried to the girl's side. He looked her up and down and said, "How's it going, Alicia." Are you hurt?"

After waving her hand casually, the little queen put away the wooden knife in her hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's okay." This is not a life-and-death struggle, and Hannah, who is as important as her teacher's own safety, will naturally not stay and fight with me. But little Ease, what is that purple smoke that Hannah threw at you before, is it poisonous?"

"Don't mention it, master. The slime in Grana form walked over with her head hanging her head, "It's just a normal smoke bomb." Deliberately made a poisonous purple color to scare people. It's ridiculous that I jumped out of the way because of this kind of thing......"

"Well, you also care about little Iss. Alicia patted the slime's arm and motioned for it to care. "Don't be upset that even the real Grana can't help but jump out to protect Sophia when she sees a suspicious object flying straight towards her. Anyway, we'll gather the team and check it out to see if Hannah has sent someone in after the battle. ”

"Okay, I got it. ”

After the slime turned to leave, Berg, who had triggered the attack, came back to his senses and leaned over to thank him again, "Well, thank you so much." I was just trying to get out of the control of the funders, but I never thought that they would send someone to get rid of me, is it necessary for them to do such a desperate thing?"

"It seems like you don't know how valuable the research you're doing is to them, and how much of a threat you can pose to them when you decide to reach out to the Coalition officials. Alicia pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed softly, "Uncle Berg, you can indeed be called a genius in your profession, but you are completely a waste in other aspects. ”

"It's too much to waste people or something, please call me a tech nerd!"

The people around couldn't help but burst into embarrassment when they heard this, and Alicia also had a crying and laughing expression on her face: "In a sense, it's really not wrong to be like this." Alright then, tech nerd, I'll be merciful to tell you right now that the attackers were indeed sent by mysterious patrons to kill you, as you think. However, the other party is not a big family hidden in the shadows that secretly develops forces and wants to set off a bloody storm on the mainland, and you are not an important role in handing over a super weapon developed by yourself to the protagonist to save the world at a critical moment. To put it bluntly, they are all from the Dark Empire. ”

A large amount of cold sweat instantly slipped down Berg's cheeks: "Hey, what did you just say?"

"The other party is a spy of the Dark Empire, and you are a poor creature who has been used by the enemy and doesn't know it!" Alicia unceremoniously pointed at Berg's nose and said loudly, "You guy never read the newspaper news? The Dark Empire is most proud of cultivating and manufacturing Warcraft, and this happens to be your specialty." The other party could have used psychic magic to turn you into a puppet and take it away, but your constitution is very special and completely immune to psychic magic, so they will use the method of funding to obtain your research results. Do you understand what I mean?"

But Berg, who felt dizzy, could no longer bother to answer the little queen's questions. (To be continued......)