After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Heidi waved her hands to indicate that she was fine, but she noticed something strange.

In the past, when dealing with these matters, Elena would bring a whole team of royal knights.

There was no need to say anything. Just stand there with your shining sword and armor, and most of the troublemakers, whether guards or civilians, would retreat.

After all, these elite iron cans are not very good at speaking, and they can only use fists, feet or swords to make things right.

This kind of deterrence is much more effective than words.

However, this time, Elena came to the scene alone.

"Elena, where are the other knights?"

"Your Highness, Lord Aize has just issued an order that all guards and knights, except for the minimum number of personnel, must enter the infected area to clear out the blood slaves. The knights have all been dispatched."

"Oh, that's what happened."

Heidi nodded, and without asking any more questions, she walked straight towards the people who were arguing.

As soon as they saw Her Royal Highness the Princess arrive in person, both sides of the commotion almost immediately stopped what they were doing, and dozens, even hundreds, of eyes were cast towards her.

"What happened?"

The queen came to the guard who started the quarrel and asked seriously.

"Report to Her Royal Highness, these unruly people..."

"Your Highness, Your Highness! These soldiers are withholding our food rations and want to starve us to death!"

"How can this be enough for my child to eat? My child is almost starving to death!"

"That's right, look at these fat, white bastards. They obviously stole our food!"

"Your Majesty, please be fair and just!"

Before the guard could finish her words, the refugees rushed forward, and the noisy chatter instantly drowned her out. The guard rolled his eyes and looked helpless.

Heidi glanced at the food the guards were distributing.

Whether it is the size of the hard bread or the consistency of the thin oatmeal, there is no problem and it meets the quota standards. There should be no food withholding as the refugees claim.

But then again, in order to sustain the situation for as long as possible, the amount of food rations was only meant to ensure that people did not starve to death, and it was true that it was not enough for adults.

The refugees' accusations do have some basis.

How to do?

You can't just tell them that? That they deserve to starve?

That's not human language.

It's quite funny to say that Heidi was very eloquent when faced with the various outrageous demands made by the nobles.

He uses all kinds of rhetoric, even using exaggerated language to confuse right and wrong, and rarely runs out of words.

As a result, today, faced with the most simple requests from civilians, I have nothing to say.

It’s really ironic to think about it.

Sensing her master's intention to attack, and knowing that this mess was doomed to have no easy solution, Elena hurried forward and mercilessly ordered the guards to drive the people away.

Then--

"I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death!"

"Give me back my parents!"

"Wait, stop!"

Due to a guard's negligence, several ragged children suddenly rushed out of the crowd and rushed straight to Heidi, raising their skinny arms and hammering and hitting her.

Elena and other guards wanted to stop them, but they were entangled with the adult refugees and could not get away for the time being.

"The vampires are coming for the royal family. You are the one who caused the death of my parents!"

"It's because of you that the dukes won't let us leave the city. You are the murderer!"

"The criminal! The murderer!"

A powerless blow.

Even the first child twisted his hand the moment he threw the first punch because of Heidi's strong defense, with a look of pain on his face.

But even so, they did not stop.

Heidi's brain had almost stopped working due to the excessive workload at the grassroots level.

But she at least knew that if this continued, the children would end up hurting themselves and becoming half-crippled because of beating others.

Let’s remove the defense buff first.

So, Heidi suppressed her Hero's Divine Protection as she had done before.

Then, at this moment, the guard who had just let the child come over due to "negligence" suddenly drew out his sword and stabbed Heidi in the chest at the fastest speed.

Chapter 107 Selective Stop

From the day she obtained the right to inherit the throne, assassinations of various sizes and types against Heidi have almost never stopped.

Thanks to this, Her Royal Highness the Princess is extremely sensitive to this kind of behavior, and an assassination like this, which is almost a direct shot, is child's play.

It should be so.

After going through a lot of mess, it is not an exaggeration to say that Heidi is sleepwalking now.

Her reaction speed dropped significantly, and she just stared blankly as the other party drew his sword and stabbed her.

"Your Highness!!!"

Realizing that something was wrong, Elena almost became hysterical and wanted to pounce on him.

But it was too late. The opponent's sword was still approaching within a few centimeters of the princess.

Then--

Accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking through the air, several gray tentacle-like objects suddenly stretched out from the side, entangled the opponent's hands and weapons in the air.

The tip of the sword was almost touching Heidi's chest, but no matter how hard the assassin tried, he couldn't get rid of this seemingly fragile object.

I couldn't help but widen my eyes and break out in a cold sweat.

“What? What is this…Aaaaaaaaaaaa——”

The tentacles suddenly exerted force.

Accompanied by the sounds of broken bones and torn muscles, the assassin's arm was easily crushed and pulverized like a sausage stuffed into a meat grinder, turning into a pool of blood mixed with fine solids.

Naturally, the sword fell to the ground amid the scream.

"Please be honest, or you'll get hurt."

The owner of the tentacle, Alicia, revealed herself from behind the bushes nearby.

He said this expressionlessly to the assassin who was kneeling on the ground and screaming.

The scene with such a strong contrast made the guards and civilians at the scene stunned.

The first one to react was Elena.

There was no time to think about why Alicia was here. She got rid of the civilians and jumped up, pinning the assassin to the ground.

This was to control him and also to prevent him from being killed by other potential accomplices.

Sure enough, almost at the moment she pounced on the assassin, a refugee in the crowd suddenly raised his hand and threw a dart at the assassin.

Then he turned around and ran away, his movements were so fast that it was unimaginable, and he disappeared from everyone's sight almost instantly.

Fortunately, the dart was blocked by Elena who was prepared.

The guards who had come to their senses also rushed forward, pulled the screaming and bleeding assassin up from the ground, formed a human wall to surround and protect him, and moved him to a safe place to prevent him from being killed again.

As for Heidi, the moment the opponent's sword was stopped by Alicia, she realized what had happened and quickly restored her Brave Protection.

In this way, it would be almost impossible to kill her by assassination.

The princess who had escaped death breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Alicia, bit her lip, and lowered her head.

"Thank you so much for your help, Miss Alicia! Without your help, I would probably be a corpse by now."

Elena got up from the ground and came to her master and bowed her head.

"Um?"

Faced with such a scene, the pink-haired girl was stunned and blinked.

Then he quickly smiled and waved his hands, saying:

"No, no, no, don't thank me. This was Aize's instruction. I was just following it."

The princess raised her head in surprise:

"Aize's instructions?"

"Yes, he told me that there might be some riots in the safe zone, and that at that time, we must ensure the safety of His Highness the Net Name... that is, you."

The cute girl in a maid outfit said:

"In the end, there was no riot, but an assassination attempt... Hmm, do they seem to be the same thing? Anyway, I followed his instructions and saved you. I'll thank him later."

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Aize had no idea why the blood slaves suddenly stopped their collective actions.

It could be a trap, or something else, but it must be an opportunity.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Aize can use the excuse of clearing out the blood slaves to reasonably withdraw a large number of combat forces from the safe zone in one go.

In this way, an internal emptiness is deliberately created.

If someone is up to no good and wants to cause trouble, they will definitely not let go of such a big loophole.

If the blood slaves' inactivity was a trap, they would definitely react.

Fishing and being fished, that's the situation.

As a result, the assassin in the safe zone lost his patience and was caught by Alicia who sneaked back to lie in wait.

The second assassin who was responsible for silencing the witness but failed escaped from the palace quickly with his extremely flexible body and unimaginably fast movements.

He passed through the unguarded safe zone, jumped over the wall of the defense line, landed in the infected area outside which was full of ruins, and ran towards the city wall.

As long as we get there, we will have escaped.

however--

"What!!!?"

Just after rushing out a dozen steps, the pattern of a magic circle appeared on the ground under his feet.

Then, the assassin watched in panic as a circular glowing wall rose up, trapping him and several surrounding buildings inside.

Cage Technique, a technique widely used by the human armies of this world.

The basic principle is quite simple and even beginners can grasp it easily.

Experts can even adjust the amount and form of magic power to make it stronger, while also preventing some strange spells, such as stealth, from taking effect.

The cage that the assassin stepped on now was set up by the royal magicians in the army under the command of Aize.

In terms of ability, these people are not even worthy of carrying Violet's shoes, but they are still the elite among human magicians.

The cage they created was practically indestructible to assassins who specialized in stealth and surprise attacks and were less adept at brute force and destructive techniques.

No matter how the assassin knocked on the barrier or used stealth to turn himself into a shadow, he could not escape.

Upon learning that the trap he set had successfully captured the prey, Aize quickly brought his men over and watched the other party struggle inside like watching a wild beast in a cage.

"Lord Aize."

An elderly and senior royal magician stepped forward and asked:

"Should we lower the barrier now and capture this guy alive?"

"Don't worry, wait until the knights are in position."

Because the enemy's size was unknown, the range of the cage technique was set to be quite large to ensure that even a small army would be trapped inside and unable to escape.