After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Due to excessive blood loss, Rufus's vision became blurred and he almost fell to the ground.

He could only sit down against a tree trunk, endure the severe pain, lean his broken arm against it, and then activate the healing technique.

In this world, magic is carried by blood.

Excessive blood loss makes it extremely difficult to gather and control magic power.

It took a long time, but I could only barely reconnect the arm. I couldn't move it at all and had no feeling at all.

It seems that it is impossible to completely restore it to its original state.

After taking a breath, Uriel gritted her teeth and said:

"Damn... why is that guy here..."

Uriel's appearance was not part of Brian and the others' plan from the beginning.

As expected, as long as someone saw Heidi coming out of the house when the explosion occurred on Noble Street, it would be enough to serve as a witness, and it didn't really matter who it was.

Uriel's presence even felt like a pleasant surprise to Brian at the time.

After all, the witness was promoted from an unknown passerby to a brave man, and the credibility of the frame-up was greatly improved.

But after all, she was unplanned. Her actions were not predicted, and it was impossible to monitor her. No one expected that she would track it down on her own.

The result is what it is now.

It's all over.

Rufus sighed, then looked up at the huge fireball still streaking across the sky and smiled bitterly.

If I were to use magic of this level, I would only need to use it twice at most, and even risk my life three times before my magic power would be completely exhausted.

This guy actually threw this thing like a firecracker.

In just this short while, more than a dozen people had left, and there was no end in sight.

That guy, who is he?

"No, never mind!!"

After completing the emergency and taking a breath, Rufus finally gained some ability to precisely control magic.

She immediately looked towards the village and gathered her magic power.

"Alicia, don't think that everything will be alright. We failed, and you won't survive! Go to hell!"

Magical power.

However, nothing happened.

The imagined human head fireworks did not appear, only the fireballs thrown by the opponent's witch continued to streak across the sky one by one.

"Tsk, has it been lifted?"

Come to think of it, it doesn't seem surprising.

That guy could easily hack his own puppet from a distance, so it wasn't surprising that he took advantage of the noise just now to remove his magic collar.

Total failure, better run away.

Just as he stood up with this thought in mind, a huge hand suddenly stretched out from the darkness, grabbed Rufus and pressed him against the tree trunk.

"I've got you! You're the one who's persecuting Alicia, aren't you?"

The orc emerged from the dark forest and stared at the witch housekeeper, who was being held in his hands like a doll, with angry eyes.

Chapter 121 Don’t look

Earlier, in the village——

Alicia had no idea what was going on. She looked at the girl who was hugging her in surprise, and then at Aize who was struggling to get up from the ground. She had no idea what was going on.

"What on earth is this..."

"Don't move, it's not over yet, Vivian, do it, hurry up!"

"Yes~"

The purple-haired girl hiding behind the building flashed out, came to Alicia who was still in a daze, and stretched out her hand to place it on the magic collar.

Then he closed his eyes, injected his magic power and began to check.

"Hmm... just ordinary explosion magic, with audition stealing and hostile stress added on? What is this? It's too crude. Are you looking down on me? Do you think I'm fake?"

As a little light flashed at the fingertips, the glowing collar began to vibrate, and cracks appeared where the fingertips touched directly, and then spread rapidly.

With a "pop" sound, it turned into glowing fragments, fell, dissipated, and was swallowed by the night.

"It's finished. I thought it was no big deal."

Villian stood up, then drew her wand from her waist and said to Aize:

"Well, I'll leave this to you. I'll deal with the enemies outside the village according to the plan, okay?"

Aize nodded:

"Well, don't let any of them go."

"Haha, don't worry~"

Villian smiled, turned around and ran in the direction she had just come from, disappearing behind the houses in the village.

Then, huge fireballs were seen rising into the sky and flying into the woods outside the village.

Alicia stared at all this in a daze, then touched her neck with her clawed hand, then looked at Aize:

"What exactly is going on?"

"What else can I do? Of course I'm going to save you and teach the guy outside a lesson."

As he said that, Aize shrugged.

"Now there's good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first... Never mind, let's just listen to the good news. The good news is that you're fine now, and those guys outside will be dealt with clearly, so don't worry."

Aize had basically anticipated Rufus's actions and the choice Alicia would make.

Preparations have been made for this.

First, Aize waits alone in the village and confronts Alicia.

This was to give Rufus, who was monitoring the situation, the illusion that Alicia had a chance to kill Aize, so as to prevent them from killing each other.

That's why I have to pretend to be talking nonsense.

The goal is to make Rufus think that everything is under control and that talking nonsense is his last resort.

Then, it was the turn of Uriel and Constantine to use their two trump cards.

In order to surround the village, the Duke's army had to spread out in the dark forest.

In this kind of terrain, Constantine, who is good at both fighting and hiding, is already a killer-level existence, not to mention Uriel, who is a real cheater.

After easily and silently wiping out an entire squad, Constantine would disguise himself as a survivor to report the situation, approaching Rufus while also luring away as many of the Duke's guards as possible.

If Constantine takes action, he will not only destroy Rufus's ability to kill people, but also attract a wave of hatred.

Uriel will take the opportunity to attack and kill the opposing magician.

Villian, who has been monitoring the situation, will fire a fireball at this time to let Aize know that the situation is under control.

Then come over and remove the collar from Alicia's neck at the speed of light.

During this period, Uriel will cooperate with Constantine to completely eliminate the remaining magicians.

Once the opposing magician is killed, Villian can give full play to her abilities.

Although she was not born as a true witch, her characteristics are very similar to those of a witch - her body is extremely fragile, not much stronger than an ordinary person, but when her body is not threatened, she can unleash devastating destructive power.

With familiars monitoring and a series of long-range offensive magic bombardments like human-shaped turrets, even if there were twice as many people, not to mention hundreds of them, they wouldn't be able to do anything.

The commander was killed, and he was bombed unilaterally, not knowing what the situation was on the other side. The morale collapsed almost in an instant.

Of course, "not letting any of them go" is just a harsh statement, but if we can make them flee and temporarily defend the village, our goal will be achieved.

To explain this plan, the identities of Uriel and Violet are a topic that cannot be avoided.

Now that everyone is in the same boat, Aize explained everything.

Alicia was naturally stunned when she heard this.

"You've calculated everything... and you've even used the Thirteen Leaders and other heroes. How on earth can you..."

Aize shrugged casually.

"Compared to the great battles of the past, it's nothing. Anyway, this way you don't have to make that awful choice between two options. Just take it all."

Alicia finally recovered from her shock and breathed a sigh of relief, but her expression quickly became serious again.

"However, after suffering such a great defeat, Duke Brian will not give up!"

The reason they were able to win this time was because the opponent was unaware of Uriel's existence and underestimated her. They only prepared for Villian and were caught off guard.

Even though this wave of troops suffered heavy losses and Rufus was killed, Brian still had a huge army at his disposal.

If they attacked, they could flatten the mountain with just their feet.

By then, it would be impossible to rely on Villian and Uriel to deal with it.

In response to this, Aize smiled contemptuously:

"It's me who won't let this go."

"well?"

"What? That guy wants to kill me, the lives of my subordinates, and ruin the work I've done over the past two years. He even stole a city from my friend to do it. Do you think I'll just let it go?"

The pink-haired girl collapsed on the ground, looking at Aize in disbelief:

"But, but, he's the Duke! A Duke with so many troops under his command, how...how are you going to..."

There is a big premise behind Alicia's irrational choice.

In other words, Duke Brian himself cannot be defeated, so he can only find a way to compromise.

But Aize didn't seem to care about that.

He shrugged again:

"Whether or not you want to settle a score with someone depends solely on whether or not they have a grudge against you. So, the current situation is that they do, so you should go after them. As for whether or not they're strong, that's a matter of how you do it, and has nothing to do with whether or not you want to do it."

The enemy is the enemy, and the target is the target.

This will not change whether you are a beggar or an emperor.

Aize is not the kind of coward who, after hating someone, would first look at the opponent's strength to see if he can afford to hate him.

Revenge is inevitable, that's how it is.

Moreover, things have reached a point where they have far surpassed the level of personal vendettas, and Brian must be stopped.

"I already have an idea of how to do it, though the details still need to be refined... But don't worry, I will make sure Brian pays the price, that's for sure."

After saying that, Aize smiled, walked forward and extended his hand to Alicia, who was slumped on the ground:

"The plan may require your assistance. What do you mean? Do you believe me? Can you give me a hand?"

Looking at the brave man in front of him who was extending his hand to him, the strong sense of security finally completely defeated the despair and helplessness of being an enemy of the Grand Duke.

Alicia wiped the tears from her face, nodded vigorously, and said with a smile:

"Of course! I've said it before, I absolutely trust Aize!"

After saying that, he stretched out his hand - or claw, and let Aize pull him up.

Then, he suddenly remembered the conversation he had just had with her and asked curiously:

"By the way, Ain... Aize, you just mentioned another piece of bad news. What is it?"

"Well..."

Aize's expression suddenly changed, and the hand holding Alicia began to tremble.

He had never acted like this even when facing the Duke's army.

This made Alicia swallow her saliva: