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The saintess, a symbol of power for the upper class, and the nobles, symbols of power for the upper city, now kneel on the platform, awaiting trial by the people who yearn for freedom.

What could be more exciting than this?

Vatrian looked at the excited expressions of the crowd below, nodded in satisfaction, and raised his longsword high once more.

Listen to the roar of freedom, and let this moment become the beginning of the history of the destruction of the principality!

Just as the knife was about to fall, "snap, snap..."

A sudden burst of applause came from above.

"Wonderful, wonderful."

Vatrian paused abruptly, frowned, and looked upwards.

But then they saw a tall, thin man sitting on the railing, his hands clasped together, a mocking smile on his face.

"I have to say, your presentation just now almost fooled me."

"But I have a question: if you kill these two, how do you plan to deal with the retaliation from the Tyron family?"

"And what are you!?"

Vatrian looked at the man of unknown origin, who was completely unfamiliar with him. He was getting impatient with being interrupted and executed time and time again.

"Thanks to Miss Tanya for fussing around for half a day, I finally managed to come to my senses."

Ye Xiao leaped down from the building, landing gracefully in the middle of the crowd.

The crowd dispersed, clearing a space for him, while the surrounding bandits rushed over to surround Ye Xiao.

"There are generally only two situations when you do something like this without leaving a way out... one is that you are already prepared to make sacrifices, and the other is that you have been tricked by someone."

As Ye Xiao walked, he said, "At first I thought you were the first type, but after listening to your speech, I realized that you don't seem to be planning to die either."

"You're a smart person, not the kind of guy who would risk everything for his ideals."

"So, perhaps you should consider what the real purpose of the person who instructed you to do this is?"

Ye Xiao finally realized what was wrong with the whole thing.

As he had said before, with such a large mine and so many people, there was no way they could have escaped the principality's borders after committing this crime.

All that awaited them was destruction. Windsor was indeed the daughter of the Duke of Tyron, but she was nothing more than a daughter.

Even if Duke Tyrannosaurus is devastated, it will not affect his status; it will only drive him even more insane.

The magic cannons, the collars around the prisoners' necks, and the firearms used by the bandits—upon closer inspection, one would find that most of these items were standard Loren equipment.

Those captured happened to be nobles who had just returned from the Western Frontier campaign. It was almost self-evident where the duchy's wrath would be directed after the rebels slaughtered and captured these noble offspring.

It can be said to be a rather ruthless move. After suffering a major defeat, the best way to maintain the fighting spirit of the nation and its people is to incite irrational hatred.

"A bunch of nonsense."

Vatrian snorted and gave the order to his bandits, "Kill him."

"Hey, this is such a discriminatory treatment. The pretty girls can go up directly, but I have to get ganged up on first, right?"

Seeing the bandits rushing forward with their knives raised, Ye Xiao decisively pulled the trigger of the whistle she was holding.

With a sharp bang, the whistling arrow shot up to the top of the cave, leaving a trail of fire.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening roar came, indicating that Raymond's side had begun bombing the mine, and the entire cavern began to shake violently.

The bandits who had surrounded them stumbled and fell to the ground.

"What's going on!?"

Vatrian's eyes widened, and then he saw the cave entrance on one side blown open, and a group of noble guards who had been imprisoned in the other cave rushed out in single file.

"Come on!"

The commotion immediately threw the cave into chaos. The bandits rushed forward in a frenzy to try to stop the soldiers who had rushed out, while the unarmed crowd scattered in panic.

"Damn!!!"

Vatrian was instantly enraged, abandoning all pretense of civility. "Do you know what you're doing?! You noble's stray dog!!!"

"Don't make a fool of yourself. You speak righteously, but you don't actually care about the people you're talking about."

Ye Xiao walked through the chaotic crowd, his tone calm and firm.

"Killing Windsor and Tanya will only exacerbate the conflict and will have no bearing on the ruling position of the Duchy's leadership."

"I don't know what your backer promised you, but do you really think that sacrificing the people here will bring you the meteoric rise they promised?"

"Antonye!"

Vatrian ignored Ye Xiao's sharp words and waved his hand, commanding the giant dragon lying behind him to take off and stop Ye Xiao.

The giant dragon spread its wings, flew high into the cave, and then swooped down, its sharp claws aimed directly at Ye Xiao's tiny body.

The enormous figure instantly engulfed Ye Xiao's figure, and sand and gravel rose up, filling the field with a large cloud of dust.

"Bad breed!"

Vatrian, seeing the increasingly chaotic situation, no longer cared about the ceremonial nature of the "celebration" and raised his sword to strike down Miss Windsor, who was kneeling on the ground.

The poor girl looked up, her black, gem-like eyes reflecting the falling sword light, her small body shrinking into a ball in fear.

"don't want……!"

With tears welling in her eyes, she pleaded and cried out helplessly; in that instant, the despair in her heart reached its peak.

But the next second, a crow's caw rang in her ears, and a strong, powerful arm embraced her frail body, pulling her away from the deadly blade at the last second.

The longsword struck the hard ground, leaving a sparking crack. Vatrian turned his head in surprise and saw Ye Xiao holding Miss Windsor in his arms not far away, her flowing clothes still showing the shape of being blown up by the air after the sprint.

"Damn it, they started chopping without even giving a warning. You're really obsessed with getting promoted."

Chapter 106 Metal Master

What a great speed.

Vatrian was slightly surprised that this unassuming-looking man could actually dodge the red dragon's claw attack.

This made him slightly more cautious; he held the sword horizontally, his gaze becoming serious.

With his left hand tucked Miss Windsor under his arm, Ye Xiao spread his five fingers with his right hand and released a gravity spell that directly pulled the knife from a bandit's hand into his own.

The way he held the girl was less like embracing a soft jade and more like carrying a sack, hardly elegant at all.

But for Miss Windsor, who was now nestled in his arms, the strong, powerful chest only brought her a sense of security amidst her fear.

Her two small hands clung tightly to Ye Xiao's clothes like cat claws, her head, with its long, dark purple hair cascading down, trembled as she buried it in his chest, not daring to lift it.

However, Ye Xiao paid no attention to the girl's posture in his arms. His gaze passed over Vatrian and remained fixed on the distraught Tanya.

This time, we still have to figure out how to carry these two burdens; it's really difficult.

In the blink of an eye, Vatrian had already made his move again.

The longsword in his hand suddenly twisted and transformed like a snake, turning into a soft, thin arc and stabbing towards Ye Xiao in an instant.

Ye Xiao was surprised by this strange attack method. He raised his sword to block, but unexpectedly, the curved sword tip suddenly split into two pieces the moment it touched his blade.

The isolated segment of sword light seemed to have a life of its own, moving freely in the air, and with a flick of its tail, it slashed towards Ye Xiao's throat.

Ye Xiao immediately leaned back, hugged Miss Windsor tightly, and rolled to the side, but the separated sword blade was relentless, breaking into several smaller, cold rays that chased after Ye Xiao's figure.

Helpless, Ye Xiao had no choice but to use the tip of his knife to flick the floor, channeling his magic to lift up an earthen wall that blocked all the small sword blades.

He finally managed to deflect one wave of attacks. He was panting heavily, but before he could catch his breath, the knife in his right hand came to life like a snake, twisting its body and turning its head to stab itself in the chest.

Fortunately, he reacted extremely quickly, dropping the knife with his right hand and immediately jumping backward, barely avoiding having his heart pierced.

This guy's abilities seem somewhat strange.

Ye Xiao wiped the bloodstains from his chest, his eyes reflecting Vatrian's figure beneath his disheveled bangs.

The man spread his hands, and the swords and knives in the hands of the surrounding bandits flew up like controlled snakes, turning into streaks of white silk that swirled around his body.

"As the young lady's personal guard knight, one must have the ability to defend her from swords with one's life."

Vatrian stepped onto the high platform, gradually approaching, his expression cold and sinister.

"My ability is a talent that is one in a million among the elite knights of the Tyron family. My specialty is dealing with assassins who wield swords."

As he spoke, the swords and blades surrounding him all pointed their tips at Ye Xiao, hundreds of weapons gleaming with a cold light, like stars in the sky.

Ye Xiao's lips twitched as he looked at the dense white light, and he glanced down at Miss Windsor in his arms.

"I'm saying, doesn't your family have any evil methods for controlling subordinates? Like runes that explode your head if you don't obey your orders?"

The girl bit her lip, raised her tear-filled face, looked into Ye Xiao's eyes, and shook her head.

"No...no..."

"Tsk, they have absolutely no awareness of being an evil force."

Ye Xiao pursed her lips.

"Die here, you lackey of the nobility!"

At the same time, Vatrian pointed at Ye Xiao in the air, and hundreds of weapons behind him instantly emerged like snakes from their nest, rushing towards Ye Xiao in dense streams of light.

As the flashing swords and shadows transformed into a net that descended from the heavens, a deep red magic array suddenly unfolded beneath Ye Xiao's feet.

"Om-"

A buzzing sound, like high-frequency vibrations, emanated from the ground, with tiny electric arcs leaping within it, and a powerful magnetic force suddenly emerging.

The flying weapon was instantly grabbed from the air by an invisible hand and firmly stuck to the magic circle that had been opened on the ground, unable to move an inch.

Magnetism is a unique branch of force field magic.

This strange magic array was obviously not Ye Xiao's move. He raised an eyebrow and then turned to look at the source of the magic power.

But then he saw Da Shan, a company player wearing a cloak, waving at him with a silly grin on the mountain path not far away.

"Damn it!?"

Vatrian was unable to control the swords that were firmly stuck to the ground. He tried to pour magic into them to forcefully pull them up, but a dozen or so fireballs, trailing flames, hurtled towards him like meteors.

In an instant, the earth shook and the explosion was filled with flames. A ghostly rope-like figure fell from the sky.

Ye Xiao looked up and saw Miss Mo Feng with her long, flowing hair standing in a cave at the top, one hand holding the top of a rope, the other hand raising two fingers to wave to him in a dashing manner.

"We're not too late, are we, little brother?"

"Not bad, you deserve credit."

Ye Xiao curled the corners of his lips, then tied Miss Windsor in his arms to the end of the Phantom Rope.

"Woo..."

Miss Windsor broke free from Ye Xiao's arms and immediately clung to his clothes like a kitten about to be abandoned.

"Don't be afraid, they'll take you out. I'll be there in a bit, okay?"

Helpless, Ye Xiao could only pat the other person's head twice and speak to comfort them.

Miss Windsor then released Ye Xiao's clothes and was hoisted into the air by the phantom rope around her waist.

"Don't even think about running!!!"

With a roar, the dust that had been raised not far away was swept away by the invisible shockwave.

Upon seeing Miss Windsor being carried to the top of the hole, the agitated Vatrian burst out of the smoke and dust.

Raymond's fireball did leave some burn marks on his body, but his body glowed with silvery-white magic, like translucent crystals that blocked the remaining explosive force.

Sure enough, it really is a metal-based magic affinity.

Seeing this scene confirmed Ye Xiaowang's suspicions.

Metal-affinity magic is a very rare type of constitution. It can control any physical metal that is attached to its magic, and the magic it releases can also form metal.

This is still a transcendent level, and it can indeed be said to be one of the ultimate nemesis of professions such as swordsmen, assassins, and warriors.

After all, if the opponent were to use their magic power even slightly, they could melt the vital weapons in the hands of these professionals.

Fortunately, the mountain range used a magnetic array to control Vatrian's weapon in one fell swoop. Now, he can only charge forward with the metallic magic attached to his body.

While attaching metal magic to the limbs can create power comparable to swords, it is still tantamount to a dimensional reduction attack against a swordsman who has lost his weapon.