My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

At this time, the walls of Saint Laurent City had been controlled by the Allied Forces. Because the war broke out in the city, not many soldiers paid attention to the situation outside the city.

At this time, a soldier saw the neatly arranged army outside the city and shook his companion curiously.

"Hey, do we have any reinforcements getting here?"

The companions around me were slacking off. Their job of guarding the gate was the safest and easiest now. When they heard what was said next to them, they turned their heads away.

Then he froze.

"These are not reinforcements at all! Their formation is clearly intended to fight us!"

Having said this, the soldier shouted:

"Enemy attack! Close the city gates!"

The soldiers nearby heard the shout and had not yet reacted before countless arrows shot towards the city gate. Several soldiers were caught off guard and were shot to the ground in an instant. The others also realized something was wrong at this time, so they came to the city gate and quickly closed it.

"Hurry up, report to the commander, we need support! We need support!"

The captain guarding the gate hurriedly ordered a soldier to go back and report.

And such scenes are happening at the four gates of Saint Laurent City at this moment.

Arthas was sitting in the palace hall when Langdon walked in.

"Your Majesty, we originally expected the enemy to launch an attack today, but they haven't launched it yet. Not only that, the number of the enemy has even shrunk."

"I understand, please step back."

Arthas said this, smiling for the first time.

Chapter 64: Doubt

"Every gate we control has been attacked by an unknown army, and two gates have been lost. They are marching into the streets."

In the coalition headquarters, Litt reported to the senior officials present what had happened at the city gate.

"We have already transferred a large number of troops back to defend the outer side, but this sudden army is very powerful. Unless we give up attacking the palace and concentrate all our efforts on dealing with them, even then, victory cannot be guaranteed."

After hearing Li Te's report, everyone present fell silent.

Lucius spoke first.

"Do you think this scene looks familiar? The strange army is very powerful... Is it similar to the army transformed by the cultists that appeared in the Duke of Naples before?"

After hearing Lucius' words, everyone who had experienced the second half of the Battle of Naples was enlightened.

Martin also spoke at this time:

"Yes, but logically speaking, people from outside the 'Eternal Night' area cannot enter. How did this army get in?"

"Is there a possibility that this army did not come from outside at all?"

Orson spoke at this time.

"But when we attacked, we made sure there were no enemies around..."

Martin looked at Orson in confusion.

Since they didn't come from outside, how could such a small place hide so many troops?

"Leet, have we captured any weapons or armor from the enemy?"

"That's true." Li Te nodded.

"Then take those things out quickly."

"Ok."

After a while, a set of armor was brought to the hall.

Lucius was the first to react. He came to the armor and carefully observed its paint and style. Then he said:

"This is not the armor of the Imperial Army. At least, I have never seen this kind of armor in the Imperial Army since I joined the army."

"It's not any duke or earl's armor, because there is no family crest on the chest, but the royal military emblem."

"Then..." Orson also stood up at this time and walked to Lucius.

"Father, is there a possibility that this is armor from before the empire?"

"Impossible..." Lucius narrowed his eyes upon hearing this.

"I don't know about other things, but as for armor, unless there are major advances in casting technology or design, the style of most armor will not change much for hundreds of years. Orson, are you saying that this is armor from hundreds of years ago?"

"How is it impossible?" Orson said, pointing out the window.

"Aren't there many cemeteries outside Saint Laurent City? In addition to the burials of the people of the Empire, aren't the majority of them the soldiers who died in the battles of the Empire?"

"So, what you mean is... this army crawled out of the cemetery?"

"Ah."

Orson nodded.

"It seems that this is the only explanation at the moment, right? After all, Saint Laurent City itself is a huge magic circle. The empire has been prohibiting the research of a series of forbidden magics for thousands of years, and naturally confiscated a lot of forbidden magic research materials. Can you guess, is there any forbidden magic that can bring the dead back to life or change time?"

After hearing Orson's words, everyone present seemed to be thinking about something, except Elsa, who looked unhappy.

She was also a member of the royal family, and even if Orson's words were not meant to be sarcastic, she felt very uncomfortable in her heart.

It was at this time that several people's eyes were focused on Elsa.

"Your Highness, as a member of the royal family and a magician, do you have your own understanding of this?"

William asked at this time.

"Feel sorry……"

Elsa shook her head.

"Although I am also a member of the royal family, this matter involves forbidden magic, and there are special people to deal with it. My father never lets my brother and I get involved in it, so I don't know about it. But after my brother ascended the throne... he should have the power to access forbidden magic. What he gained from it, I have no way of knowing."

Elsa lowered her eyes, but there was no falsehood in her words.

In the end, it was Orson who stepped forward and rescued Elsa.

"Forget it, now that things have come to this, what we have to do is to resolve this matter as soon as possible."

"Since the magic circle has been activated, maintaining such a huge formation will definitely require a large amount of magic power. We only need to destroy the few array points that supply magic power, and the magic should stop."

As Orson said this, he came to a map hanging on the wall of the hall.

"I had someone find a map of Saint Laurent City, and I discovered a pattern in it."

Orson said this, and under the gaze of everyone, he pointed to the four corners of Saint Laurent City.

"There is a tall tower at each corner of Saint Laurent City. It is usually used to store food, but it can become a watchtower in times of war."

"At the diagonal junction of the four towers, I don't know if it's a coincidence or something else, it happens to be the largest central square in Saint Laurent City, which is also where the late emperor was assassinated."

Having said this, Orson found a pen and connected several locations.

"Then coincidentally, I have discovered a pattern in some of the taller landmark buildings in Saint Laurent City. Please take a look."

After Orson made his final stroke, everyone saw that those locations formed a hexagram, and the center of the hexagram was the central square of Saint Laurent City.

"It's beautiful, but it's also very regular, isn't it?"

……

On the other side, the Cathedral of Saint-Laurent.

Since the first day of the Eternal Night, the priests and maidens of the church began to pray. They believed that this was a divine punishment from the Goddess of Life after seeing the wars and conflicts in the world, so they hoped to alleviate the divine punishment through prayer.

After all, if the sky stayed dark all the time, the harvest would be poor, leading to things like famine.

On this day, Pope Levi led the priests in routine prayers as usual, and after the prayers, Saint Lilia found him.

"What's wrong?"

Levi looked at Lilia's solemn expression and asked doubtfully.

"I heard that the unusual movement of the celestial phenomena this time was caused by the royal family using forbidden magic..."

"Forbidden magic?" Levi raised his eyebrows when he heard these four words.

"As I recall, the royal family has always resisted forbidden magic, right?"

"Yes, so once forbidden magic is discovered, it will be dealt with by the royal family, but it is unknown whether it will be destroyed, preserved, or studied separately." Lilia said.

“…” Levi heard this and nodded.

"In this case, I must go to the palace and ask His Majesty in person."

Having said this, he prepared to rush over with a few priests.

Lilia said with some concern:

"But... Your Holiness, if it was really done by His Majesty the Emperor, what are you going to do?"

"If he really did it, I would naturally follow the old method."

"Are you going to excommunicate the Emperor?"

“That’s all I can do.”

Levi said this, put on his robe, and prepared to go out.

"Then...if His Majesty the Emperor falls out with you..."

"In that case, you will bring the Vatican Guard to join Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"..."

Lilia nodded after hearing this.

"In that case, then... take care on your journey."

"Yeah." Levi nodded, then walked out of the cathedral.

royal palace.

Arthas received Levi in ​​his own chamber.

"Your Holiness, please take a seat."

Arthas said respectfully.

In the empire, although the imperial power is greater than the religious power, both sides have always maintained respect for each other. At this moment, even though Arthas had a grudge against Levi because of previous events, and Levi was dissatisfied with Arthas because of forbidden magic, the two of them behaved quite harmoniously.

Levi heard this, nodded, and then sat down.

Then, he smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, do you know what happened in Saint Laurent City recently?"

"You mean the sky is always dark?"

"Yeah." Levi nodded.

"At first, we thought that Goddess Hela was angry, so we led our devout followers to pray day and night. But later, we heard that... this situation was caused by forbidden magic..."

Levi stared into Arthas' eyes and asked:

"Your Majesty, are you clear about this? After all, for so many years, after the forbidden magic was sealed, it was handed over to the royal family for handling. I think the royal family has the most say in forbidden magic."

"..." A hint of fierceness flashed across Arthas' eyes for a moment, and then returned to normal.

Levi's implication was very simple, that is, he suspected that it was you, Arthas, who was secretly behind this.

Since suspicion has reached this point, it is natural that Arthas will no longer be kind to Levi.

"I'm sorry, Your Holiness. The royal family really has no say in this matter. We don't know either."

Chapter 65: One on One

Hearing what Arthas said, Levi was stunned for a moment, then he laughed.

"Haha, Your Majesty, you might as well ask your subordinates again. What if your subordinates have second thoughts and take the opportunity to use the forbidden magic that they have confiscated? What should we do then?"

"You are right. I will ask them today. If they really have evil intentions, I will definitely not forgive them."

"In that case, I feel relieved." Levi nodded with a smile, then stood up.