After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"I see."

Rufus nodded.

"They should have returned to Alicia's village. I know the location. Master, I'll assemble a team now and set off immediately after preparations are complete. This time, we'll definitely solve all the problems!"

Lufasti's request was only partly out of consideration for her master; she also personally wanted to fight with the mysterious witch.

After all, for a witch, it is a great shame and humiliation to have her creation taken away easily and not be able to get it back.

She was also holding back a rage in her heart, and even though she knew the chances of winning were slim, she had to vent it out.

Brian nodded:

"Well, let's do it this way. You have full authority to choose the personnel. Also, bring that Alicia along."

Rufus frowned.

"Take that guy? Won't it be a problem?"

"Hmm, is there a problem?"

Brian twitched the corner of his mouth in disdain and turned his head to look out the window.

"If there's a problem, burn down half of the village right in front of it, and then there won't be any problems."

Alicia's thinking is simple, and this simplicity is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

The shortcoming is that today, he refused to take action against his benefactor Aize no matter what he said.

The advantage is that as long as you put enough pressure on her, you can control her very easily.

This time, he used the village as hostages to force her to kill Aize. This would not only make killing Aize easier, but once successful, it would also further crush its spirit, making it dare not resist him again.

So as to play a greater role.

Brian added:

"Of course, necessary precautions must be taken. Put a magic collar on it. If it's determined to go against us, don't hesitate to get rid of it immediately. I allow you to do so!"

Chapter 116 Convergence

The carriage, which was hired at a high price, was much faster than the inferior horses in the village. It soon entered the long central mountain range and began to shake.

During this time, Aize has been talking to Sheen's mother.

Villian called out a few more black cats as familiars and asked them to play with the children in order to soothe their mental state.

I was also chatting with Sean's fiancée, talking and laughing, I don't know what they were talking about.

It's better than looking sad.

The lady continued to sigh:

"Duke Brian, what on earth does he want to do!?"

After thinking for a while, Aize shook his head and said:

"I believe that the help he provided to your family previously was essentially an attempt to take advantage of Sheen's youth and inability to handle the overall situation, so that he could extend his influence into Tafia and actually control the city."

Although Tafea and the surrounding territory are not large in area, they are not rich.

However, as a key hub guarding the main roads of the Anlin Plain, its strategic position is extremely high, and all human countries are providing additional support here.

Therefore, although Sheen is only a viscount, the resources and power in his hands are extremely great.

Brian must have been jealous of this, so he started taking action as early as a few years ago after Sheen's father died.

Even Sheen's father's sudden death from a sudden illness was a very strange thing in itself. Of course, there was no evidence, so I wouldn't mention it to raise anyone's blood pressure.

As he spoke, Aize looked at Xien and smiled:

"However, Brian clearly underestimated this guy's capabilities two years ago. Not only did he stabilize the situation without relying on Brian's power, he also successfully resisted all other nobles' attempts to infiltrate Tafia. Well done."

The lady smiled, lowered her head, stroked the side of her eldest son's face, and said lovingly and distressedly:

"This child has taken on too much."

Aize nodded, feeling suspicious.

Two years ago, Brian's goal was to control Tafia, what about this time?

If he just wanted to control Tafia, why would he attack Heidi and himself?

Controlling Tafia was probably only part of his plan; his real goal must still be the throne.

But how does the so-called weaker of the Grand Dukes plan to do it?

While I was thinking, the car had already arrived at the foot of the mountain in the village.

Further ahead is the area where the half-bloods are stationed. If a strange carriage goes directly there, it may cause hostility.

Aize stopped the carriage and jumped out with a group of people. After handing the agreed reward to the other party, he ordered:

"You probably can't get into Tafia right now. Let's find a human village nearby and hide there for a while. You can go back in a few days and everything will be fine. Let's go."

“Yes, yes, yes…”

The driver, who had long been frightened by Villian, dared not say anything more and drove away impatiently.

"Let's go."

In order to prevent accidental injuries, Aize and Villian walked at the front of the team, always alert to any possible movements.

However, it does not.

The woods on both sides were silent and there was no sound or presence of any kind.

There was not even anyone who came out to investigate.

This made Aize alert and he said to Villian beside him:

"Be careful, something might happen."

"Ah."

Soon, we arrived at the real entrance of the village.

The forests on both sides disappeared, and the vision suddenly became clear. The scene in front of him made Aize's eyes widen.

It was already dark at this moment, but many torches were lit in the open space of the village, making the surroundings as bright as day.

Several half-bloods - the ones who had spoken rudely to him before - were tied up tightly, gagged and placed aside. Their bodies were covered with bruises, and it seemed that they had been severely beaten.

More half-breeds gathered around, but were too afraid to move forward, forming a semicircular human wall.

In the center of the human wall, there was one person sitting and one person standing.

The person standing there was a knight wearing silver Crusader armor but with a hood. It was Constantine, Aize's adjutant when he was still a hero.

The person sitting there is a black-haired woman.

He was folding his arms, crossing his legs, resting his sword across his shoulders, and lowering his head with his eyes closed, resting.

“…Uriel?”

Sensing Aize's presence, the girl opened her eyes, froze for half a second, then stood up with a movement so fast that it was almost invisible to the naked eye, and pounced on Aize.

"Great! You're okay!"

The movement was too violent and hurt Aize.

"It hurts—it's too heavy—"

The girl ignored Aize and buried her face in his chest uncontrollably, rubbing it gently. Her voice sounded like she was about to cry:

"That explosion... I saw it happen with my own eyes. I knew you weren't dead... but before I actually saw it, I was really worried!"

"It's okay, it's okay. I won't die that easily...Okay, let me go!"

The looks from the people around were a mixture of weirdness, curiosity, and other strange expressions, which was extremely glaring.

After a while of effort, he finally pulled her off him. Villian beside him immediately came over curiously and asked:

"Aize, who is this?"

"Uriel Rainford, captain of the brave team Silver Star, is she considered my...partner?"

Villian rubbed her chin gently with her hand and asked with a smirk:

"Really? Just partners?"

Uriel also took this opportunity to look at Villian, her expression very serious:

"You are the witch next to Aize. Your magic power is amazing. Who are you?"

"Oh, I am..."

"Cough cough cough-"

Aize interrupted their conversation.

The situation is too chaotic and everyone has ten thousand questions to ask, but time is urgent and cannot be wasted, so we must pick out the key questions first.

"Uriel, Constantine, you came here to see me. Is there some emergency? In the Anlin Plain? Or in the Holy City?"

Constantine stepped forward and took over the conversation:

"Boss, we have problems on both sides. Can we find a place to talk?"

"Well, let's go to my room, Vivian. Take them there first. And take Xien and the others there too. I'll be there soon."

"OK!"

After sending them away, Aize hurried towards the half-bloods who didn't know what was going on.

Grote came forward:

"Mr. Ain, what's going on? Why haven't Alicia and the others come back?"

"Alicia has something to do and won't be back until later."

If I really want to make things clear, it will take a lot of time and may cause other troubles, so let's just muddle through for now.

As he spoke, Aize looked at the half-bloods who were tied up on the side:

"What happened to them?"

Grote scratched his head in some confusion:

"After you left this morning, that man and woman came in and said they were looking for you. Since you weren't here, I asked them to wait here for a while."

"And then... well, you know, they don't like humans very much, so they went up to provoke you and said some bad things about you, and then... that's what happened."

"understood."

Aize covered his face.

Constantine is relatively calm and will not act without his own orders.

Uriel was different.

If someone is caught saying something bad about him, even a brave warrior like Leia would get slapped a few times, not to mention these half-bloods with foul mouths.

Aize had also asked her to calm down and not complicate things.

But Uriel used the invincible defense of "I'm not your subordinate, I have my own way of doing things, please don't interfere" to reject Aize's request.

It's quite a headache.

"Just let them go anyway. Don't worry, I'll go talk to them over there."

Aize paused and continued:

"Also, immediately mobilize all capable fighters in the village, spread out sentries, and prepare. If my guess is correct, attackers will arrive soon!"

"Attacker, this..."

"Hurry up! If you don't want to die, just do as I say!"

Aize didn't waste any time. After explaining the situation, he turned around and left, leaving the orc and his companions there in a daze.

The half-breeds, even those who were not so hostile to humans, naturally broke out in a riot.

"Uncle Groot, what should we do?"

"Alicia hasn't come back either. Is there a problem?"