After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

He grabbed everything he could pick up, whether it was books, vases, cups, or anything else, and then threw them on the floor.

Everything that could be overturned or pushed over, whether it was a bookshelf, chairs, tables, or clocks, was pushed to the floor.

It's really like crazy.

The few guards who remained in the room looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Logically, I should go forward and hold Brian down to stop him from hurting himself.

But Brian gave a strict order that no one could get within five meters of him without permission.

Otherwise, they would be killed and executed on the spot. The guards did not dare to bring such bad luck.

Not to mention his boss's current mental state, it's not impossible for him to randomly kill a poor guy to vent his anger.

I could only watch him go crazy.

At this moment, someone knocked on the wooden door of the study again.

The door opened and a guard walked in, escorting a man.

He was a man wearing the armor of a low-ranking officer, covered in blood and dirt. One could tell at a glance that he had just come down from the battlefield.

Seeing the chaotic situation inside, the new guard was also stunned.

But his high professionalism still made him speak with courage:

"Lord Brian, this is one of the officers who went out with General Osmond last night. He claims to have spotted traces of the brave Aize on the battlefield and...he wants to report directly to you. What do you think?"

Chapter 139 Outnumbered

"Hu-hu-"

Brian didn't respond. He just leaned against the wall and breathed heavily. He turned his head and looked at the two newcomers with his bloodshot eyes that looked like they were about to explode.

Then his body swayed, his head felt dizzy and his eyes went dark, and he sat down on the ground.

Sitting in the mess.

Seeing this, the guard officer who had just entered immediately took a step forward, as if wanting to help Brian up from the ground.

Of course, he was immediately stopped by the guards on the side and was not allowed to move.

Brian continued to slump to the ground.

The outburst just now had exhausted him so much that he almost died from a ruptured blood vessel in his brain.

But thanks to this, he calmed down a little.

Right, what are you panicking about?

It's not over yet, is it?

Although his army was destroyed by the orcs, this was also a good opportunity to clear himself of the suspicion of colluding with the demons.

After all, my belongings were all taken away by the demons, so how could I possibly collude with them? Right?

If you do it right, you can even become a hero against the demons and gain a lot of reputation.

In this way, the throne may not necessarily be lost.

But for this purpose, all those who know his true plan must be eliminated.

Specifically, it was Aize, and the heroes, knights, and half-bloods who helped him.

They must die before they can clear their names.

There aren't many cards left in my hand now, but if I calm down and use them well, I still have some fun.

After figuring this out, Brian took a breath.

He slowly got up from the ground, picked up the overturned tables and chairs, tidied up his appearance briefly, and then sat back in his seat.

Looking at the captain of the guard in front of him, he asked:

"You just said that you found traces of the brave Aize, right?"

The captain of the guards glanced at Brian, then nodded repeatedly.

"Right, right, I... huh, I just saw him on my way back!"

"Oh?"

Brian frowned.

"See him? Where?"

"In the forest southwest of Tafia, he's with a group of... uh, half-bloods and knights."

"...Southwest?"

Brian stood up with a frown, looking at the captain of the guard from a distance.

Then he smiled, opened the drawer, took out a map, spread it on the table, and said to him:

"Very good, very good! Can you point it out to me exactly where it is? Once you succeed, there will be a generous reward!"

"Of course!"

The captain of the guards nodded actively, walked over and looked at the contents on the map.

"Let me see, um...it should be...here!!!"

boom! ! !

The study shook instantly. The enormous force tore the desk and the map on it into pieces, and even destroyed half of the wall of the building like cutting a cake.

Smoke then rose.

Under the guards' astonished gazes, a tentacle-like object emerged from the smoke and waved at high speed in the room.

"Master Brian!"

The guards—inside and outside the room—reacted simultaneously.

He drew his sword and rushed forward regardless of anything, fighting with the tentacles.

The smoke gradually dissipated and the captain of the guards disappeared.

Standing there was the pink-haired girl who had been keeping Brian awake for the past few days—Alicia.

The tentacles that made a mess in the room also extended from her back.

In such a close-range attack, even a brave man would die instantly.

However, at this moment, Alicia's face showed a look of surprise.

Because Brian, who was next to her, was not minced by the tentacles, and even looked intact, without even a scratch on his skin.

What protected him from the fatal attack was a layer of faint light that enveloped his entire body.

"What... happened?"

In Alicia's surprised eyes, Brian proudly showed off an object that looked like a pendant and was worn around his neck.

"This is an amulet I got from the church. It's said to contain the power of the Supreme God Realm. Holding it will make the user invulnerable to weapons."

"……what?"

"Well, since I have to hold it, it's still a headache if I get attacked by surprise. It only lasts a few minutes at most, and then I can't use it for a few days. So..."

The Duke smiled arrogantly:

"I have to thank you, Miss Alicia. If you hadn't fallen into my trap, how could I have had such a perfect opportunity to use it!?"

"Tsk——"

Alicia gritted her teeth, controlled her tentacles and whipped them towards him with the greatest force.

The blow was so fierce that the aftermath even spread and tore the half-destroyed wall further, but it still failed to hurt Brian at all.

Alicia panicked, took two steps back, and asked:

"How did you recognize me!?"

Brian sneered:

"A monster is indeed a monster, just stupid!"

"you--"

Alicia was furious, while Brian became more and more proud.

"It's very simple. First of all, I know the brave man Aize. He is very cautious. If you are really just a guard and you saw him, there is no way he would let you go!"

"Besides, even if you saw Aize, he should have come from the northwest. How could he be from the southwest? That's the opposite direction of the village!"

As he spoke, he clenched the pendant in his hand, retreated behind the guards under the flying tentacles, and ordered:

"Kill her now!"

"Tsk——"

The assassination failed. Alicia curled her lips, turned her head and jumped out from the wall she had broken.

However, it was too late.

The failed attacks just now completely stirred up a hornet's nest. The guards, mages and even the bodyguards who stayed in the house and did not participate in the battle immediately surrounded them from all directions.

The magic shield covering the house became even stronger under the control of the magicians, becoming a real wall, completely blocking her escape route.

Alicia looked around and gritted her teeth:

"Don't underestimate me!"

After saying that, the human figure began to blur, turning into an amorphous, blurry black shadow.

Then, like smoke, it began to grow, twist, and then reshape itself.

The magicians knew that the situation was not good and immediately began to gather magic power and chant spells.

As the guardians of the Duke himself, these magicians are the elite among the elite.

In just one second, more than ten different types of powerful attack techniques flew towards the terrifying black shadow.

However, it's too late.

Huge wings spread out from the shadows like a hatching chick, and inky black scales and claws emerged from the shapeless chaos.

The outstretched tail, neck, and huge body directly occupied a small half of the huge yard.

High-level dragon monster, black-scale dragon.

Apart from humans, there may be no other body that Alicia is most familiar with.

The subsequent attack spells could only leave some seemingly huge smoke on the hard dragon scales, but in fact they could not cause any effective damage.

"Roar!!!!"

Alicia, who had lost the ability to speak, let out a roar that shook the earth and sky.

A breath of fire that was powerful enough to burn down an entire town erupted from the mouth of the monster, engaging in a fierce clash with the dissolution technique constructed by more than a dozen high-level magicians.

Just a little bit of overflowing heat made the lawn in the yard skip the burning stage and turn directly into charcoal, and then turned into ashes.

It was unclear who would win.

And the Duke's guards are by no means mediocre.

"Don't panic, form a formation, and meet the enemy!"

The guards rushed forward fearlessly, their enchanted armor activated by their fighting will, and the several strengthening spells attached to them took effect almost immediately.

The combat effectiveness of these already powerful super elites was increased to an extremely terrifying level, and the defensive techniques also protected them from the high temperature to the maximum extent.

With perfect coordination, they sometimes attacked and sometimes covered the retreat.

During the repeated tugs and pulls, he kept finding opportunities and used the consecrated weapons to leave more and more scars on Alicia's inhuman body.

While Alicia was breathing heavily, she used her claws and tail to fight back, and although she succeeded in killing several guards, her own injuries inevitably accumulated.

This is not surprising.

Before the arrival of the brave man, the humans in this world had been fighting against the demons for more than a thousand years, and even had victories and defeats against each other. It can be said that their martial virtues are extremely abundant.