After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Including those adventurers who intended to assassinate Aize, they sneaked in easily.

This is not normal.

Even if the withdrawal of guards has left the place understaffed, and even if the influx of refugees has resulted in a large number of people and a crowd of eyes, in theory, as long as the defensive spells are still in operation, their actions are likely to trigger alarms or even traps.

But in reality, this did not happen.

Aize felt strange at the time, but he just thought that the city defense system had malfunctioned. Besides, there were too many other problems to deal with, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

It was not until Villian mentioned the matter of magic just now, and combined with the historical documents related to the palace that he had read before, that Aize remembered this matter.

I also thought of another possibility besides the failure.

In other words, the magic circuits originally used to drive defensive spells were diverted for other purposes.

As it turns out, it is true.

Now, it has been confirmed that the magic power extracted from the blood slaves has been gathered into the magic circuit built into the palace.

The next step is to determine exactly where in the palace it is.

Violet raised her hand with great enthusiasm.

"Give me some time, and I should be able to track the target point of magic power transmission through these circuits."

"No, no need."

Aize shook his head.

"I know the location of the center point of the palace's magic circuit. I learned about it when I was researching how to break through the palace's defenses."

"...Huh? Why would you research something like this?!"

Heidi, who had just understood the current situation, was stunned again because of this sentence.

As a princess, she knows less about her own palace than an outsider like Aize, which is outrageous in itself, not to mention that these defense-related contents should still be confidential.

How did he know?

And the purpose of him knowing all this was actually to figure out how to deal with me?

A little scared.

In response, Aize simply dealt with it casually:

"Nothing, just out of interest, let's go."

After saying that, he hurriedly took Alicia and Villian away, not wanting to continue this topic.

After all, it's not easy to say, "I'm fed up with being tortured by you, and to vent my anger and change my mood, I'm working on a plan to kill you and your whole family."

Anyway, the group followed Aize to the unopened area of the palace and entered the throne room.

Violet raised her eyebrows:

"Is this the convergence point of the magic circuit?"

"From a design perspective, this is where all the defensive spells in the palace can be controlled. It should be the convergence point."

"Well... you'll know if you try it."

The witch and the pink-haired girl immediately set to work, dug a hole in the wall in the same way to check the circuit inside.

But unlike the previous corridors, as the core and symbol of the kingdom's power, the walls here are covered with exquisite murals praising the achievements of the country.

But at this moment, Heidi didn't care about these things and let them take action.

Soon, there were results.

"Aize, there!"

The witch lady was pointing at the stairs below the throne.

"There's an abnormal reaction down there."

Aize glanced at Heidi and gave her a look asking for permission.

The latter gritted his teeth and nodded with a painful expression on his face, and Alicia immediately took action.

After tearing up the carpet, smashing the tiles, digging up the stones, and using various parts of the monsters to cause severe destruction, a tunnel appeared at the dug hole.

The tunnel is quite spacious and can accommodate several people.

The ceiling, floor, and walls were covered with magic circuits of the same type as those just seen. The magic power gathered from the victims of the entire royal capital was flowing through them, and along with the tunnel itself, it extended into the darkness with no end in sight.

Aize glanced at Heidi.

Her Highness the Princess was also extremely panicked at this moment. She pointed at the tunnel almost at a loss and said tremblingly:

"I...why there is a tunnel under the throne? I...I don't know. I've never heard of it..."

At the same time, Villian had summoned a familiar in the shape of a crow and put it in to investigate the situation.

After a moment, she sighed helplessly:

"It's very deep. We won't be able to find the bottom for a while. What should we do? Should we go in?"

"No, no hurry."

Looking at the tunnel in front of him and the densely packed glowing patterns on it, Aize shook his head:

"Arthur is most likely hiding inside, gathering people and making preparations. Today, everything will be done!"

Chapter 113: Deep into the Darkness (1)

The combat environment is a narrow and cramped tunnel, and the enemy's information is unclear. There may be high-level combat forces including hybrids and even brave warriors.

In this situation, it is unrealistic to bring a large army in. Therefore, it is necessary to form an elite team as much as possible.

In addition to Aize and others, twenty top elites were selected from the knights on both sides. Together with Charlotte and several of her subordinates, they made up the complete members.

When it comes to high-level combat power, we naturally cannot avoid Heidi, who is both a princess and a hero.

"I'm going too! Arthur... if that guy is truly the mastermind behind all this, then as the princess and head of the family, I have an obligation to personally pull him out of that dark cave!"

The red-haired princess herself spoke with astonishing force, her determination unwavering and unyielding.

From Aize's perspective, he was very worried that after she went down, she would see something terrible that would cause her to lose her mind or even lose control of her behavior.

But I really couldn't persuade her, and had no choice but to agree to let her participate in this operation.

Therefore, when Aize and others were gathering their men, Heidi took the opportunity to return to her room and began to prepare for battle.

Elena, the leader of the Royal Knights, rushed over as soon as she heard the news.

When she knocked on the door and entered, several maids were helping Heidi put on her armor.

"Your Highness, this armor is..."

"This? I asked someone to get this, the standard equipment of the Royal Knights."

As a hero, in addition to her iconic holy shield, she also has a set of armor that comes directly from the Supreme God Realm, just like other heroes.

However, the armor was lost when he fell into the water and was attacked by monsters during the previous trip to seek help, and there was no time to recover it.

Now we can only use mass-produced equipment.

As they were talking, the armor was put on, and the maids bowed in unison before leaving.

Only the master and the servant were left in the room.

Heidi stretched her body, raised her hand, and gently tapped the breastplate a few times. With a slightly unhappy expression, she said:

"Really? I asked them to find the smallest size, but they still ended up with so many empty ones. Are those guys really trying to make fun of me?"

Unlike the specially customized divine armor, the armor designed for strong knights was obviously difficult to fit Heidi's childlike body.

It's normal for it to not fit.

Of course, this is not a big problem.

After all, the armor might not be as resistant as Heidi's own flesh.

She raised her head, looked at Elena and asked:

"Did you bring what I wanted?"

"Your Highness, I have brought it."

The Knight Commander said this and made way for the two knights who were traveling with her, who immediately pushed a small cart in from the corridor.

On it were placed various sophisticated weapons and a shield as big as a wall, decorated with golden patterns and unknown gems.

Holy Shield, Heidi's exclusive weapon as a defensive hero.

Its status is equivalent to the holy sword in the hands of Leah and others. When activated by the user, it may be the strongest object in the world, without a doubt.

Before leaving to seek help, Heidi gave it to Elena for safekeeping.

Now is the time to pick it up again.

"Thank you for your hard work."

While thanking him, Heidi picked up daggers, one-handed battle axes, meteor hammers and other weapons from the weapon rack and fixed them in place one by one.

Seeing her master like this, the expression on Elena's face became more and more conflicted.

After hesitating for a while, he said:

"Princess, how about... you stay on the ground? The task of arresting Lord Arthur is originally my job, so I can do it..."

"Elena, stop talking."

The princess calmly interrupted the other party.

"I have to put an end to this matter myself, so I have to go, as you know."

The obvious answer.

Rather, it is unreasonable to dissuade her from going under such circumstances.

Elena couldn't help biting her lip, but she didn't want to give up, so she said:

"Then please at least let me go with you..."

"No, aren't you responsible for commanding the ground? This is an important responsibility. Who else can do it besides you?"

Considering that Arthur might have the ability to control blood slaves, Aize believed that it was necessary to consider the possibility that he would use a direct and full-scale attack on the safe zone in order to fight to the death.

Therefore, after they go underground, the personnel remaining on the ground must immediately prepare for the highest level of combat.

Although Constantine is capable of taking on the command task, he is a foreigner after all. Once the situation becomes urgent and some special decisions need to be made, he is likely to encounter resistance.

Therefore, the heavy burden of being the top ground commander fell on Elena.

Because of this, she missed the opportunity to arrest Arthur personally.

But even though she understood the truth, Elena, who had witnessed the fall of a royal family, could not accept emotionally allowing Heidi to enter a dangerous situation again.

His expression was therefore extremely ugly.

So Heidi smiled gently:

"What, are you worried?"

"..."

"What's there to worry about? Your princess is the most difficult person to kill in the world, not to mention that a considerable part of my fighting skills were taught by you. It's fine if others don't believe me, but don't you believe me?"

"But……"

"No buts. Return to your posts, Knight Commander. We all have work to do."

Calling someone by their title instead of their name signals the end of the conversation.

After wearing the main, secondary and spare weapons, the battle preparation is officially completed.

Heidi also sighed softly, then reached out and raised her own shield from the shelf.

Almost at this moment, her expression suddenly changed.

The smile disappeared instantly, his face turned pale and bloodless, and even cold sweat began to condense at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then flowed down his cheeks.