Reject me, you damn woman.

"Mercy, may Mother Earth allow this poor creature to rest in peace."

"Hey! This is the Moon God's duty, you're overstepping your boundaries old man!"

"You two, stop embarrassing yourself! I mean... ahem, Your Highness Novi, it seems like you need us now, right? Ahem, I mean, when can you let us touch that thing? No, let us even take a look at it!"

Looking at the eager expressions on the three big faces and the burning desire in their eyes, Novi's disgust and coldness became even stronger.

She turned her back, took out the communication device, and called her only contact:

"Brother, it has been confirmed that the enemy is the Demonic Army and a large group of shadows."

"Well done, Novi."

In the banquet hall, standing in the midst of the panicked crowd, Lin En nodded silently while holding the other half of the communication artifact.

Is it the Phantom Scourge, the Queen of Demons Mordiana?

For me, it’s a winning number.

He glanced at the heroic spirit Lily next to him who was curiously observing everything around him in a way that no one else could see, and smiled silently.

But now, I am definitely a bad sign for you.

"Oh, by the way, Novi, you can give that thing to the three priests. We will need their help in the future. Remember to be nice."

"Okay, brother, don't worry, that..."

As the call was about to end, Novi's cheeks turned slightly red and her voice became softer.

"what happened?"

"Okay, can you give me a kiss as a reward? I didn't even attend the dance tonight..."

"sure,"

Lynn laughed.

"But only after the fact."

"Okay~"

After cutting off the communication with satisfaction, Nuo Wei saw three big faces looking at her eagerly, and her face turned dark instantly.

"No, Your Highness Novi, we didn't hear anything. We kept a good distance!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Me too!"

"Shut up, you three pieces of trash, come and get them yourself!"

With a cold face, Novi took out three huge suitcases from the storage ring. Amid the cheers of the priests, she kicked the locks with her leather boots, breaking them and revealing the dangerous objects inside.

Three six-barreled revolver machine guns, flashing with the coldness of steel, gleamed brightly under the lights of the castle.

.........

Chapter 122: An Order That Cannot Be Refused (5k)

After Mordiana's arcane covered the sky, the people in the castle reacted immediately, but their reaction was cheering.

After the climax of a dance music, the night darker than the night itself suddenly covered the stars and the moon. The sky and the earth were pitch black, with only the lights of the castle shining in the night.

This romantic scene made many people think that this was some big event that was prepared in advance by a court arcanist. Everyone cheered and rejoiced until the first scream of an evil spirit pierced the night sky, and then everyone realized how wrong this was.

Countless demons and monsters rushed out from the shadow world, running and trampling, shaking the earth. Their distorted roars were extremely shrill, as if the evil spirits in hell who had carried thousands of years of suffering were roaring at the living to demand their lives.

Quinn could no longer laugh. She had always thought that this confrontation would be a gorgeous dance in the shadows. Here, the men and women dancing at the party were graceful, while in secret, the shadow knights and the assassins who came to kill her were causing a river of blood in the shadow of the castle.

But now it seems that she was completely wrong. This was a fucking assassination, it was basically a war!

What's even worse is that in this social banquet that gathered more than half of the powerful people in Zijinhua, out of respect and trust for Her Majesty the Empress, most of the nobles only brought one or two followers, and those powerful private guards were left in the city.

If the nobles were able to remain calm at first, then when they discovered that the guards were out of contact, panic really began to spread. The only thing they could do was to...

Quinn also immediately sent an emergency signal for help to the Red Dragon Legion, but as expected, it fell on deaf ears. The night that isolated the castle seemed to block all magical signals.

"Don't try, sister,"

Lynn's voice was transmitted into Quinn's mind through the private magic band.

"That thin layer of night is actually the embodiment of the shadow world. It is basically another dimension. It is not easy to use communication magic to cross the dimensional wall. Moreover, I am afraid that from the outside world's perspective, this place is still a scene of brilliant lights."

Quinn frowned and looked at her brother, who seemed to be the only one who was truly calm in this commotion.

"Brother Lin, it seems that you know more than I thought."

“I just found out about it.”

Lynn was telling the truth.

The rebellion of the eight clans was a plot that was supposed to happen in the very late stage of the original novel, but perhaps because of the pressure that he and the empress jointly put on the eight major families, it caused a butterfly effect, causing this plot to be triggered ahead of time.

Fortunately, Lin En was also cautious. He guessed that the attacker in the plot that was triggered in advance might not be the same as in the original book, so he asked Novi to follow the garrison guards on patrol so that he could get the news of the attacker as soon as possible.

As expected by Lin En, the powerful ring-level warrior who was good at arcane arts such as plague and death and was originally going to cooperate with the eight major families to launch the attack in the plot did not come. Instead, the one who came was the Phantom Calamity Mordiana who was good at mutated space magic, that is, shadow magic.

This is consistent with the Demon Bell Tower's vengeful nature.

In the later stage of the Cup of Spring, Lin En asked Soljana to fill the mage tower of the psychic arcanist who tried to control Novi with magma from an entire lava dimension, and burned the bastard to ashes alive.

In return, the Magic Clock Tower also sent out Mordiana, who was best at summoning magic and mutated space arcane, that is, shadow magic.

Demon spirits are distorted monsters that are created by the fusion of magic power and living things in the real world, and the shadow interface itself is a twisted and entangled plane. Not all creatures can master the way to travel through dimensions.

Mordiana only needs to pick up some things at random and throw them into the shadow interface. When she summons them out, what she gets are demons that have been tortured to madness by the crazy shadow world and the twisted magic that has penetrated deep into their brains.

However, this can be considered a blessing in disguise. The magic system and the weapon called Maxim are actually Gatling's weapons, which are also effective against the Shadow Queen.

The roar of the demons was getting closer and closer, and the roars and sounds of soldiers killing were heard outside. Quinn took a deep breath, and her plump chest rose and fell violently.

Although she should have many questions for Lin En at this time, in the end, she suppressed her curiosity and asked:

"So, Brother Lin, you have a way to deal with those monsters, right?"

"Of course."

Lynn nodded.

"Just hold it off."

Quinn was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

This place is near the imperial capital of Purple Gold Flower. Even if Mordiana can cast dimensional magic to cut through space and make the castle lose contact with the outside world, once the castle loses contact with the outside world for a period of time, both the imperial capital and the Red Dragon Legion will immediately send people to investigate the situation.

As long as one party learned of the predicament in the castle, the ruler of the shadow world would face the wrath of the entire Purple Gold Flower Empire. Quinn alone knew that there were more than five strong people near the imperial capital who were no less powerful than Dean Solgana.

In the original book, the great necromancer also used some method to cut off the connection between the castle and the outside world before launching the attack.

If the Shadow Queen does not want to face the attack from more than five Eight-Ring Warriors at the same time, her best option is to launch a sneak attack and then withdraw immediately, or something like that.

But here comes the problem: it is easy to say "drag it on", but it is so difficult to actually implement it.

The garrison forces in the castle are extremely limited. Even with the shadow knights brought by Quinn, they are not enough. However, the number of the demon army is almost endless. Are we going to let these noble lords and ladies fight those demons to death?

"There is still a way."

As if seeing through Quinn's thoughts, Lynn showed a sly smile, as if everything was within his expectations.

"This is the bedroom prepared for our honorable mother. How could there be no measures to prevent attacks?"

Lynn's advice was like an epiphany for Quinn.

Yes, this is the royal palace where the Queen will stay and rest during the summer vacation. According to Zijinhua's regulations, the palace where the Emperor often travels must be equipped with... a city-level arcane barrier!

Although it cannot be compared with the national defense barrier of the imperial capital, it is a barrier built by several great arcanists and countless craftsmen of rare items, and is definitely enough to defend against attacks.

In addition, a certain amount of magic stones that can support the deployment of the barrier are usually stored in the castle.

He immediately sent his shadow knight to activate the barrier. Just as Quinn was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Lin En say:

"It's still not enough, sister,"

Once again, Lynn anticipated Quinn's reaction and his expression became serious.

"The opponent is a ring-level archmage. Her combat experience and the amount of magic she masters are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. If we simply open the arcane barrier to protect the city, she will definitely change her strategy, or simply use a frenzy of attacks to speed up the consumption of the barrier. If we can't hold on for a moment, this line of defense will be over."

"You little guy~"

After being pulled by Lin En several times, even Quinn was a little angry. She came forward with a smile on her face, and pulled Lin En's cheeks with both hands:

"You can't do this or that. Are you still teasing your sister at this time?"

"calm down,"

Lin En gasped in pain, and finally broke free from the restraints. The corners of his lips curled up, revealing a wicked smile:

"Normally, it's impossible to defend, because the demons' attack frenzy won't stop. But wouldn't it be great if someone could curb the demons' attack?"

"......"

Quinn thought the words sounded familiar.

In order to prevent these nobles from going to the battlefield, it is necessary to deploy a city-protecting barrier; to deploy the city-protecting barrier, someone is needed to suppress the attacks of the monsters; to suppress the attacks of the monsters, guards and shadow knights are definitely not enough, and these guys have to go to the battlefield.

"No need, sister. I can assure you that as long as you give me 50% of the magic stones in my inventory, I will be able to stop the attack of the demons."

Seeing Lin En's confident look, Quinn frowned and shook her head:

"No, to expand the city protection barrier, the amount of magic stone required is already half of the standing magic stone. If I give you the remaining magic stone, who will maintain the barrier?"

"Haha, that depends on whether our great Queen can hold on."

A smile of unknown meaning appeared on the corner of Lin En's lips.

"As the strongest person present, it shouldn't be a problem for her to pay for the magic power and maintain the consumption of the city protection barrier, right?"

"Sister Quinn, please convey my request to His Majesty. It's just that time is tight, so please try to be quick."

After hearing this, Quinn felt that the real purpose had been revealed.

It turned out that everything Lin En said was to pave the way for the Queen to pay the price for releasing the city-protecting barrier.

Or maybe this guy came here for this from the beginning.

The consumption of the city protection barrier is extremely terrifying. If a low-level arcanist is used to supply magic power, no matter how many people there are, they will be drained dry in an instant. Only powerful knights or arcanists can afford this consumption.

And the Queen is indeed the most suitable candidate at this time.

However, with such a large amount of magic power output, the empress would be defenseless and as vulnerable as an emperor sitting on a golden toilet.

But at this moment, Quinn was in hesitation.

As a person who enjoys fun, she has no choice but to accompany Lin En in torturing her mother. However, at this critical moment of life and death, as the commander of the Shadow Knights, she knows that Her Majesty the Queen is more important to the empire than all the nobles in this castle combined!

She was about to refuse when an indifferent voice interrupted their conversation:

"Sure, Quinn, tell him that I can pay for the cost of the city protection barrier, but I also have a condition."

Mother? !

Quinn looked at the Queen on the throne with some surprise. She was looking over here. She didn't know how she had heard the conversation between her and Lin En.

But the Queen wants to change the conditions?

Maybe there is some backup plan.

While Quinn was thinking silently, she heard the Queen continue to send messages:

"The condition is that you don't have to keep the other half of the magic stone. Give it all to him. I will bear the cost of deploying the barrier and maintaining the barrier alone."

"no!"

Before Quinn had digested this information, Lynn's voice rang in her mind again:

"You... Sister Quinn, tell her that this condition is unacceptable. She is not a pure arcane class to begin with. Asking her to pay for all the expenses, does this lunatic want to be squeezed dry so much?"

How come brother Lin En seems to be able to hear the voice of Queen Mom?