After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Moreover, the opponent's technique seemed to have eyes, and the attacks were extremely accurate.

boom!!!

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

Another one.

This shot landed less than two meters away from Heidi.

The impact, even heavier than before, directly swept her away and slammed her to the ground.

In an instant, she was hit by tinnitus, nausea, and dizziness, and even vomited a mouthful of blood. She could only support herself on the ground and gasp for breath, unable to stand up.

However, the enemy would not give her a chance to breathe.

In the corner of Heidi's blurred vision, dense human figures had surrounded her again.

Chapter 15 You should also be a little careful

"Go, kill her!"

The moment the ritual bombing stopped, far more guards than before surrounded them.

Heidi spat out a mouthful of blood foam and used her sword to support herself and tried to stand up and resist.

But before she could stand firm, a steel gun stabbed at her body and hit her directly.

An ordinary person would be ripped open or even pierced through by this blow.

But thanks to her superhuman defense, this only left her with a not-so-deep wound.

The pain it caused even woke Heidi up from her drowsiness.

Without making even a single cry, she turned around and chopped the opponent to the ground with a sword, then quickly turned around and continued to flee forward.

Of course, it is not so easy to get rid of the pursuers.

They were also chasing at the fastest speed, and from time to time someone would rush out from in front of Heidi, blocking her way, and together with their companions behind them, trying to strangle the princess directly in the forest.

Heidi also gritted her teeth and fought hard all the way forward.

I can’t remember how many enemies I killed, maybe dozens, or maybe more than a hundred.

The armor was dyed from silver to dark blue, then turned black by the flames and smoke in the previous explosion, and turned red in this series of battles.

Soaked with the blood of the enemy and Heidi's own blood.

Heidi herself had dozens of wounds of varying sizes all over her body.

More than half of them would be fatal to an ordinary person on the spot.

But the princess did not fall down, nor did she even utter a wail, she just kept moving forward.

Of course, she also knew that this couldn't go on.

Even though the bombings and attacks just now failed to kill or capture him, they did slow down his pace of action to a great extent.

Now, they must have already set up a real encirclement in front of me, waiting for me to take the bait.

If we just keep going forward like this, we will be dead.

We have to think of a way.

After repelling the attacking enemy again, Heidi stopped and began to observe the surrounding situation.

This forest is located near the royal capital and has long been used as a hunting ground for the royal family.

So Heidi is quite familiar with the terrain.

If you keep moving forward, you will soon reach the end, but there is a high probability that heavy troops are waiting for you there.

If you go right, you will enter a mountain range. If you go there, maybe...

Heidi shook her head.

There was no certainty, so Heidi decided to change her direction.

Time was running out, and the opponent couldn't block all directions, so Heidi's move seemed to surprise the opponent.

Then, the spells that had been quiet for a while began to hit her around her again one after another.

There is no choice but to run.

Heidi was hit by the explosion at very close range at least three times while running wildly. The word "bruised all over" was not enough to describe her current condition.

Burns, concussions, internal bleeding, wounds all over the body, any one of them is enough to kill an ordinary person dozens of times.

But Heidi was still alive, and even continued to move forward despite her broken body.

Even she herself didn't know that her protection was so powerful.

However, the cat-and-mouse game eventually came to an end.

Heidi, who was already in a state of confusion, bumped into the edge of a cliff like a headless fly.

In the forest behind her, the impenetrable shield wall, combined with the dense array of guns, was tightening little by little like a noose.

Behind this wall of despair, someone, presumably the commander, spoke:

"Listen, Your Highness Heidi Yalter! My master, mindful of the past bond between king and subject, is willing to give you a chance. If you lay down your weapons and surrender, you can spare your life! Otherwise, I will immediately dismember you!"

The severe pain all over her body almost made Heidi fall to the ground.

She managed to hold on by chopping the sword, whose blade was bent and even broken, into the tree beside her.

Then, he spat out a mouthful of blood foam and revealed a mocking smile:

"Who is the master of your house? It has come to this, why don't you come out to meet me?!"

The guards were silent for a moment, then replied:

"My master said that if Your Highness lays down your weapons, he will personally escort you back to the capital. Before that, it will be inconvenient for me to meet with Your Highness!"

He disregarded the lives of the people in the capital and directly attacked himself, the legitimate heir to the throne.

Even after it came to this, he was still so timid that he didn't even dare to show his face.

These are the so-called nobles in their own country who talk all the time about honor and responsibility.

It's ridiculous.

Ridiculous.

If her throat hadn't been burning, Heidi would have burst out laughing.

But now, she doesn't have the time.

The red-haired princess loosened her hand, took two steps back, and had one foot halfway off the cliff.

Then, after showing the other party a smile full of contempt and ridicule, he fell backwards without hesitation and let himself fall into the abyss.

The guards then rushed to the cliff edge, but it was too late.

There was a river below the cliff. The princess's slender figure had completely disappeared from sight with the last splash of water.

A figure who looked like a commander leaned over to take a look, shook his head, and turned to report to someone hiding in the shadows of the trees:

"Your Excellency, what should we do?"

The figure known as the Duke waved his hand.

"Humph, I guessed she was going to do this the moment she turned and ran towards this mountain. There's nothing we can do. Time is running out, so we have to go around to the bottom of the cliff. This is the only way."

A few hours ago, the "Duke" learned that an extremely tough red-haired little girl had escaped from his camp, and he immediately thought that the other person was Heidi.

Considering that Heidi acted personally instead of sending subordinates to take her place, he guessed that the person Heidi was seeking help from was not the Church in the Holy City, but Aize in Tafia.

Therefore, a plan of pursuit and encirclement was immediately formulated, which led to this melee.

But Heidi is a brave woman after all, and she is also quite smart.

Despite the severe shortage of time and manpower, she still managed to escape.

The commander asked:

"So, sir, what should we do next?"

The Duke sighed and said:

"She just suffered such a serious injury and fell into the water from such a high cliff. Even she would be paralyzed. Send people around and search along the river immediately."

"Yes!"

"Also, spread out your forces. Every city and town from here to Tafia must be investigated and monitored. Set up a tight net to see how she escapes!"

"Yes!"

The Duke thought for a moment and added a third point:

"Also, send the Black Hound Squad to Tafia. If we can't stop her here, then wait for her at her destination. Haha, I want to see how the little princess plans to escape this time!"

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At the same time, Tafia.

"Lord Edgar, Aize, thank you very much for your assistance."

Standing on the street in front of the lord's mansion, Rosaline bowed to Sheen and Aize in front of her.

According to the original plan, after they contacted Aize and completed the test yesterday, they were supposed to set off back to the Holy City that day.

However, because of the assassination, Colin's physical condition was not suitable for traveling overnight, so he stayed one more night.

By now, the next afternoon, even though he wasn't awake yet, Rosalyn and Wade had to leave.

In response to Rosaline's thanks, Sean also held his chest, bowed politely, and returned the greeting:

"No way! If it weren't for Lady Rosalyn's assistance, the situation would have been disastrous."

"You are very kind. As I said before, this is the duty entrusted to me by the goddess."

As she spoke, the white-haired saint turned to look at Aize, who was standing beside her with a serious expression:

"Aize, what's wrong?"

"...No, it's nothing."

Aize shook his head.

How can there be nothing?

Sheen could not keep the prisoner who assassinated the archbishop, so of course he had to hand him over to Rosaline and the others and bring him back to the Holy City for investigation and execution.

However, taking advantage of last night's efforts, Aize interrogated the assassin before handing him over.

The results of it?

No results.

Ordinary local believers, with no background, no faction, no suspicious records or contacts, do not seem to have any problems at all.

My mind was in a state of constant excitement, and I even wanted to commit suicide many times, so I couldn't get any useful information.

So, the problem once again fell back on Rosaline, the biggest suspect.

However, just like Aize's countless failed attempts over the past two years, there was still no reasonable explanation for her behavior.

As for the victim, Colin, nothing happened afterwards and he calmed down smoothly.

Therefore, Aize had no choice but to give up thinking and observe the situation first.

Rosalyn hugged her staff and said with a smile:

"That won't do. I've already left the team, and I'm still working myself to death. It would be a waste of time, wouldn't it? I should just enjoy my life now."

"Uh……"

These words made Aize very confused.

That's what I said, and that's the truth, but I had a hard time in the team before. Isn't it your contribution, Rosaline?

Why are you acting like it's none of your business now?

However, the situation was unclear, so Aize didn't say much, but just nodded silently.

It was not known whether she was dissatisfied with Aize's reaction or had something else to say, but Rosalyn stared into Aize's eyes motionlessly.