After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

In short, Auchinleck was actually dead, which caused his already complex army to fall into chaos and leaderlessness.

Coupled with his and his guards' infection, a second infection area was created in the military camp, making the already bad situation worse.

This is an opportunity for Heidi and the current Wangdu.

"It's really ugly. Never mind. Let me do it."

As she spoke, Heidi threw away the sword that was not convenient for her to use, kicked the officer's fallen sword from the ground, and grabbed it tightly in her hand.

Then he flew and leaped, passing directly through the gun formation formed by the guards and landed among the group of blood slaves.

He raised his hand and swung the sword lightly, and the Duke of Auchinleck, who had become a blood slave, was easily killed to the ground.

This caused the guards who were fighting and fleeing to fall into silence for a moment, and they all looked at Heidi who suddenly appeared.

"Everyone, move forward and destroy these monsters! Don't be afraid, I'll attract their attention!"

With that, he plunged his sword into the ground beneath his feet, closed his eyes, and began to concentrate.

Then, golden light appeared out of nowhere and quickly enveloped his entire body. Strange energy fluctuations spread around like ripples.

In an instant, all the blood slaves stopped moving at the same time as if the pause button was pressed.

Then they all changed direction in unison and rushed towards Heidi madly and recklessly, drowning her in the deformed crowd, scratching and biting her madly.

Heidi, on the other hand, remained expressionless and motionless, allowing the opponent to attack her without falling.

Fortitude Shield is one of the standard skills for tank-type heroes.

At the cost of being unable to move, the survival shield greatly enhances defense while also having a taunting effect on surrounding enemies.

The more brainless the enemy, the better the effect, and it is especially effective in battles against clusters of monsters.

And blood slaves happen to belong to this type.

This situation instantly boosted the morale of the guards who were afraid of being injured and executed, and even those who tried to escape turned around and came back.

Almost in an instant, this group of high-level blood slaves, including the Duke's guards, were completely wiped out.

After finishing, Heidi, standing in the pile of corpses and covered in blood, used her skills, lowered her head to look at the blood and scars on her body, as well as her tattered armor, and sighed softly:

"Before, I couldn't use the Divine Shield, and I thought the Hero's Protection was gone. But now it's fine! Even my skills can still be used. What happened?"

There was no point in thinking about it now. She turned to the officer who was standing there in a daze, walked forward, and ordered with a blank expression:

"Immediately send someone to investigate the various troops stationed there and the spread of the blood plague, and report back. Also, provide me with a list and map of available combat forces."

"Uh, no..."

The officer blinked and came back to his senses:

"Your Highness, are you...taking over command of the army?"

"if not?"

"No...isn't this inappropriate?"

The commander looked troubled.

"Although Lord Auchinleck is dead, we still belong to the Auchinleck family. As the head of the royal family, I'm afraid you are not qualified to directly... uh, issue orders."

The so-called vassal of a vassal is not my vassal, that’s about it.

In addition, the relationship between the Auchinleck family and the royal family is very delicate. As a worker, he naturally dare not agree to such a thing casually.

Heidi had certainly anticipated this.

She sneered softly and said:

"The Auchinleck family? After this incident is over, are you sure there will still be a so-called Auchinleck family?"

"You...what do you mean?"

"You said you mobilized a large force to surround the capital in order to prevent the spread of the blood plague. Fine, I'll admit that for now, and the other two dukes agree. But what about the siege you launched against me in the nearby mountains a few days ago?"

The officer looked embarrassed for a moment and scratched his hair nervously.

But he quickly forced a smile and replied:

"No, there was no siege. I don't know..."

"Don't know? There were so many people involved in the siege. This kind of thing would be known through interrogation. You absolutely can't hide it. Guess what the other two families would think if they knew about this?"

Heidi's true intentions are revealed.

No matter how this incident ends, the situation in the kingdom will inevitably change fundamentally.

Although Auchinleck was in the lead, his choice to fight to the death in the capital prevented him from participating in the division of the Brian family's resources.

As a result, its strength relative to the other two will inevitably be greatly weakened, and the original triangular structure will become unsustainable.

At this time, as long as they are given a handle - such as Auchinleck's conspiracy to assassinate the princess, they will be happy to join hands and squeeze out as much oil and water as possible from Auchinleck after Brian.

Therefore, in Aize's original plan for Heidi, she was asked to take advantage of this opportunity to win the support of the Bertram and Trenchard armies that still remained in the royal capital.

Use this as a powerful external aid to pacify the situation in the royal capital that has gotten out of control.

However, what Aize did not expect was that due to a series of coincidences and wrong decisions, Auchinleck actually killed himself.

Heidi at the scene decided to change her plan.

He reversed the instructions given to him by Aize and did not go to negotiate with the other two families. Instead, he directly used this matter to threaten the leaderless Auchinleck army.

This saves a lot of negotiation time and allows us to move on to the next step more quickly.

The disadvantage is danger.

If Auchinleck was not actually dead, or his men were die-hards determined to carry on his legacy, then Heidi's move was tantamount to walking into a trap.

Fortunately, there is no sign of this so far.

After all, Heidi knows the nature of these nobles too well.

"Before coming to your place, I informed the Bertram and Trenchard families about the attack and near-death experience. They haven't said anything yet, but do you think they'll take any action after this incident is over?"

"Assassinating a royal family is no small crime. Now that Auchinleck is dead, what do you think his family will do? Will they shoulder the responsibility themselves, or will they take advantage of the fact that there is no evidence to prove their wrongdoing and shift the blame onto you, the people who worked for him? I think it's the latter."

First use threats to intimidate the other party so that they will not dare to kill you to silence you.

State the pros and cons again, take advantage of the information gap, and unconsciously cut off their retreat.

In the few years before Aize's arrival, Heidi had always used a similar style of play to maintain a balance between the various nobles.

Now that I have decided not to rely solely on Aize, it is time to pick up these skills again.

Plus one last thing:

"Also, you have no idea what's happening in the capital right now. If you want to leave alive, you'd better do as I say."

"what?"

Just as he finished speaking, a loud noise was heard from the direction of the royal capital.

Under the dark sky, a figure with a huge red trail rushed from the ground to the sky and hovered there strangely.

The light emitted by the spread blood wings looked like an alternative and strange sun in the eternal night, and the inexplicable pressure made people dare not even look directly at it.

This is the scene where George, who discovered that he had been deceived by the puppet, broke through the ground and rushed out of the tunnel.

Such an alarming situation made the officers and guards all stand there in a daze, at a loss as to what to do.

And that’s not even the end.

As another figure rushed towards the sky in the darkness, the two sides began an extremely fierce chase and fight in the air, and soon attacked towards the direction of the military camp.

The attacks thrown randomly by the red figure exploded all over the earth, with flames and tremors everywhere.

Even a few strikes that accidentally fell into the military camp were enough to instantly turn hundreds of people into dust without even having the chance to scream.

Then he flew away again, not even willing to take a second look at the tens of thousands of troops.

This is George chasing Aize.

Aize deliberately took him for a short walk near several military camps, just to let these soldiers see with their own eyes the outrageous combat effectiveness of this thing, in order to provide the most powerful argument for Heidi's empty talk.

Sure enough, the officer was completely stunned, and it took him nearly a full minute to react.

"...What is that? What is that?! I've never seen anything so outrageous!"

"That's... my father."

"……ha?"

Heidi muttered softly, but he didn't hear it clearly - it wasn't meant for him anyway.

Earlier in the royal mausoleum, Heidi lost consciousness after learning the whole story, and of course did not see the subsequent battle.

Therefore, she didn't know what her father's current condition was.

However, in the message Aize gave her, he mentioned that the late King George had become an unstoppable monster that would lead to a truly annihilating crisis for both humans and demons.

At the time, Heidi didn't understand what this specifically meant.

Now it seems that this is indeed the case.

This is what his father expected.

This is the power that his family desires.

Nausea.

The red-haired princess watched the red figure disappear into the horizon and silently clenched her fists.

Then he turned to the officer again:

"What are you waiting for!? Go!"

"Yes! Yes! I'll go right away!"

After seeing such an outrageous thing, he didn't dare to complain anymore, and happily followed Heidi's instructions to carry out the task.

Soon, the map and combat force list were delivered to her, with several areas where the blood plague had spread marked on them.

Heidi immediately deployed and commanded, and personally led the team forward to suppress the spreading mutant blood plague at the fastest speed and with the least loss.

After stabilizing the situation, the remaining senior officers who had not escaped were gathered together.

Then explain the situation.

The monster that threatens the world is his own father.

If such facts were to be made public, it would deal a devastating blow to the royal family's prestige. The resulting riots would be uncontrollable, and the difficulty of seeking help would increase exponentially.

So, even though Heidi herself wanted to confess the truth, Eize firmly refused to allow her to do so in his message.

As a last resort, I had to omit this part and only repeat Aize’s description.

And these contents alone are enough to make everyone drop their jaws.

The tent where the meeting was held fell silent for a moment.

Finally, a woman dressed as a knight broke the silence and asked with a sullen face:

"So, what does Her Highness want us to do?"

"I want your entire army to attack immediately into the capital. Cooperate with the remaining forces in the safe zone and eliminate every blood slave you can."

That ancient ritual bound over 100,000 blood slaves in the capital to the late King George, and by continuously extracting magical power, made them invincible.

Therefore, to kill him, we must first cut off the source of the problem.

Eliminate as many blood slaves as possible and unplug his power cord so that you can have a chance of winning the subsequent battle.

But it is impossible to eliminate so many monsters in a short period of time with only the combat power in the safe zone.

Therefore, Aize hoped that Heidi would ask for help and use the Duke's army outside the city to achieve this goal.

For this purpose, he even took a deliberate risk and transferred George away from the capital to make it easier for Heidi to take action.

However, things are not that simple.

"I object!!!"

An officer dressed as the Duke's guard almost immediately jumped out of his eyes.

"You are not allowed to enter the capital. This is the order given to us by Lord Auchinleck! Even if he is dead, we must not act without authorization until the next head of Auchinleck gives the order! Even if it is the order of the princess, we cannot act without authorization!"

The Duke's guards are the Duke's die-hard loyalists.