Chapter : 64

Yan Yunqing did not know that at this moment, Alice had already taken his plan to kill Feu as the first whetstone for her teacher to test her.

At this moment, Yan Yunqing was really a little nervous. He was not sure if Alice would turn around and report him, so he used the plan to kill Feu to test Alice.

If Alice really lured the person over, and he killed Feu, Alice would be completely tied to his ship, and Yan Yunqing could also feel at ease and tell Alice everything.

If Alice failed, or simply reported him, Yan Yunqing, holding his teleportation skill, could run away at any time. It was just losing an opportunity to kill Feu, not much of a loss.

Anyway, in Alice's eyes, Yan Yunqing had only revealed the identities of two of his personas. His innermost core was still well hidden.

But in that case, he would have to consider avoiding Alice in the future. The effect of that Eye of Truth was too much of a bug, a natural counter to an onion person like him!

Yan Yunqing took out the Jade Shadow from his backpack. A few days ago, he had taken the time to learn how to use a bow and arrow from Lilian.

With the assistance of [Bow and Arrow·Absolute Aiming], the special training effect was very ideal. Yan Yunqing could guarantee that he could take the enemy's head within thirty meters.

He held the Jade Shadow, paying close attention to the movements on the minimap, and his eyes kept scanning the bottom of the clock tower.

Even in the brightly lit royal palace, there were corners that the lights couldn't reach, but this was not a problem for Yan Yunqing's night vision.

He could clearly see the occasional passing patrol of guards. No one had discovered that there was an assassin hidden on the dark clock tower.

Time passed minute by minute. Yan Yunqing frowned. Just as he was considering whether to give up waiting for Alice and return to the banquet hall to lure Feu out himself, a few figures walked over from afar.

Yan Yunqing focused his gaze. It was a somewhat drunk Feu, surrounded by two beautiful girls, their postures extremely intimate.

They were whispering flirtatious words in what they thought was a low voice, and staggering towards the clock tower.

Alice actually did it? But what's with the two girls beside Feu? Are they Alice's people? Or is it a pure coincidence?

Yan Yunqing was a little worried about accidentally injuring friendly forces, but this was indeed a very good opportunity.

He raised the Jade Shadow bow, his right hand gripping the bowstring.

He infused magic into the bow and slowly drew the bowstring—a green arrow condensed from magic appeared in Yan Yunqing's hand.

[Bow and Arrow·Jade Shadow]

This is a beginner's bow and arrow personally crafted by an elf. When used, infuse magic, and drawing the bow will generate an arrow constructed from magic, with a bonus to wood attribute magic attack.

The passive skill [Bow and Arrow·Absolute Aiming] on the skill panel lit up slightly.

As Yan Yunqing gradually drew the bowstring to its fullest, the passive skill also helped him correct his aiming direction.

As Feu got closer, Yan Yunqing counted silently in his heart.

Three, two, one—

The thirty-meter entry in [Bow and Arrow·Absolute Aiming] lit up, indicating that the target had entered the thirty-meter range, with a 90% hit rate and a 40% critical hit bonus.

Yan Yunqing let go. The arrow constructed from magic instantly flew out. There was almost no sound of breaking through the air. It instantly arrived in front of Feu.

His brain was already numbed by alcohol, and all his attention was on the two female companions beside him. It was naturally impossible for Feu to notice this arrow that was rapidly approaching him from the darkness.

With a swish, the arrow passed through Feu's head and embedded itself in the ground behind him.

Feu's arrogant smile was still on his lips, but it was frozen forever.

The moment was too fast. Not even blood had splattered out. It was only after a while that the red and white stuff flowed out from the penetrating wound on Feu's head.

The two female companions being held by Feu didn't react at first. It was only when their hands were stained with the flowing red and white unknown liquid that two high-pitched screams pierced the sky, one after the other.

Yan Yunqing confirmed that the experience for killing Feu had been added to his character panel, and it had even raised him by a small level, breaking through the watershed of level thirty-five.

After planning for so long, the final outcome was completed in such a sloppy manner, which made Yan Yunqing feel a little strange.

Mainly because he didn't expect to get such a great help from Alice after he came in.

However, the most exciting part was yet to come.

Yan Yunqing glanced at the skill panel and finally lit up a skill he had been hesitating about for a long time: [Unyielding Will].

Just looking at the skill name, it seemed like a buff-type skill. In reality, it was a skill similar to an invincibility buff.

[Unyielding Will]

After activation, health and mana are locked. Grants a 120s invincibility effect, ignoring all physical and magical attacks. During this period, no skills can be used.

After the skill ends, the locked health and mana are quickly burned down to 1%, and a [Healing Forbidden] debuff is applied, preventing any form of healing for 30s. Cooldown: 120min. 『Burn your unyielding will, and you will be invincible!』

The effect of this skill was very broken. For two minutes after activation, it ignored all physical and magical attacks, but at the same time, no skills could be used during that period.

In addition, the moment the two minutes were up, not only would you be left with just a sliver of health, but there was also a thirty-second [Healing Forbidden] debuff, making this skill very impractical.

Furthermore, the skill points required for this skill were too immense, needing a total of thirty skill points.

Compared to other skills that only required five or ten skill points, unlocking this skill was too much of a waste.

It could only be used as a life-saving measure, and it wasn't even that useful. After all, the [Healing Forbidden] debuff alone made it lose its life-saving function in many scenarios.

So Yan Yunqing had always been very hesitant about whether to unlock this skill. The level he gained from finally killing Feu provided him with 5 skill points.

Coupled with the matter he had promised Cornelia, Yan Yunqing gritted his teeth and unlocked this skill anyway.

Watching his skill points get completely used up, Yan Yunqing felt like his heart was bleeding.

No, I have to put on a big show later, or it'll be too much of a loss.

The screams of the two female companions below attracted the nearby guards. Upon discovering the bloody hole in Feu's forehead, a guard was startled and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Enemy attack——"

***

The banquet hall was still a scene of liveliness.

Alice stood by the King of Barto's side, a proper smile on her face. Although she had the appearance of a child, every move she made carried the grace of noble etiquette, without a trace of childishness.

Who would have thought that this Eleventh Princess had been raised among the common people since childhood, and had not even received a formal noble education before her magic talent was discovered.

And in front of Alice stood Adrien Sawyer, who was as tall as a small mountain.

Adrien still wore a deadpan expression, while Anthony by his side spoke with great eloquence.

However, this scene was clearly a matchmaking session created by the King of Barto for Alice and Adrien.

However, both parties were very awkward.

In this other world, there was no custom of waiting until adulthood to discuss marriage. Commoners might marry a little later, but nobles were basically set up early.

If there was an intention for a marriage alliance, the two families would have the parties involved start cultivating feelings from the age of twelve or thirteen, and get married around sixteen.

It was just that the age gap between Alice and Adrien was quite large. Even though one was a swordsman and the other a mage, and they were both very young when measured by their lifespans, the difference in their appearances was indeed too obvious.

What's more, Adrien, who was being sounded out, clearly had no such intention. He gave no face at all, putting Alice, who had been pushed forward by the King of Barto, in an extremely awkward position.

She had a smile on her face, seemingly listening to Adrien and the external brain he brought along as they haggled and clashed with the King of Barto over military expenses.

In reality, Alice's entire mind had already drifted away, thinking about whether her teacher had succeeded.

Alice could be said to be very familiar with Feu, this fifth royal brother of hers. After all, his mother consort, the current queen, was the murderer who had killed her birth mother.

Alice had never forgotten this point and had carefully learned about the queen and the three princes she had given birth to.

Feu's weakness was his lust. For the Twenty-third Prince's birthday banquet, the King of Barto had invited so many famous nobles to attend and created such a good environment for them.

Even Feiqi knew to chat with a few nobles from powerful families, while Feu was constantly flirting with beautiful women.

He even brought three beauties to attend the banquet on such an important day, which was a real slap in the face to the Twenty-third Prince's mother consort.

Didn't you see Marquis Rupert's face darken for a moment? The Rupert family, from which the Twenty-third Prince's mother consort hailed, was quite powerful in Bartovita, second only to a few great dukes.

Although they were not as wealthy as the Augreer family, if they were to really compete, it was uncertain who would be more seriously hurt.

Feu was truly as his name implied, a piece of trash.

Alice merely had her palace maid say some ambiguous things by Feu's side, and successfully piqued Feu's interest.

He put his arms around two female companions and left the heavily guarded banquet hall, heading towards the route Alice had arranged for him.

It was just that an unexpected variable occurred in the middle. Alice's gaze inadvertently swept over the sea-blue figure resting on the sofa in the corner.

That woman was clearly brought by Feu, so why didn't she go out with Feu?

A bit strange.

Alice was a little worried. She was originally supposed to follow behind Feu and go out together to ensure that Feu followed her plan to the clock tower.

Unfortunately, just as she was about to leave, she was caught by someone beside the King of Barto. She could only come over and listen to the back-and-forth probing and clashing of these three people.

So boring.

Alice sighed in her heart. This good father of hers really couldn't read the situation. Judging from the current situation on the border front, allocating more funds to transport some supplies would not only fail to feed the Sawyer family's appetite, but would instead win the hearts of those soldiers fighting on the front lines in Skane.

With the hearts of the people on their side, no matter how outstanding this General Sawyer was, he wouldn't go as far as to commit treason—although their royal family didn't have any combat power above level 100, there were quite a few in the nineties. Could Adrien possibly fight one against ten?

But her father insisted on holding back the supplies for the front line, allowing the Sawyer family to win over the people's hearts.

Regardless of whether the Sawyer family's actions were intentional or not, what they did had gradually put the King of Barto on the spot.

If this continued, it would be over sooner or later.

After haggling for so long, Anthony's face was about to stiffen from smiling, but the King of Barto was acting impervious to persuasion, absolutely refusing to mention the matter of supplies, and only wanted to push that Eleventh Princess onto their general.

Anthony was about to go mad with anger, but he could only maintain a smile to prevent the surrounding guards from thinking he was going to assassinate the King of Barto.

Cursing incessantly in his heart, he took a deep breath, his true intentions about to be revealed: "Your Majesty, the situation on the front line is already..."

"Bang——"

Before Anthony could finish his words, there was a loud bang outside the banquet hall, immediately followed by the sound of a commotion.

With Anthony's and Adrien's hearing, they could both hear the guards outside shouting "Enemy attack" at the top of their lungs.

Both of them frowned at the same time. The King of Barto was startled by the loud bang, and the guards around him immediately rushed forward, surrounding the King of Barto.

Before they could react, there were several more explosions.

The lamps on the four walls of the banquet hall exploded in an instant, and raging flames ignited.

The noble lords and ladies in the banquet hall could no longer maintain their noble etiquette and screamed in terror.

"What's going on?!"

"What happened... Help!"

Purplish-red flames blazed up. Some guards had already tried to find water to extinguish these flames, but it was useless.

Ordinary water could not extinguish these strange purplish-red flames; only water balls condensed by mages of intermediate level or higher could barely put out those flames.

However, there were too few mages in this banquet hall. Even if a little was extinguished, the flames from other places would surge over again, following the carpet laid on the floor and igniting the gorgeous and exquisite long tables around.

In just a few short minutes, the banquet hall had actually become an ocean of flames.

"There's an enemy attack! Quickly cover His Majesty and get out of here!" the guards shouted, moving quickly.

Seeing this, Alice knew that her teacher had succeeded. She had personally watched Yan Yunqing set up the things that exploded in the lamps.

She also put on a panic-stricken expression on her face. The surrounding guards had not forgotten that there was still an Eleventh Princess here, and several of them immediately cleared a path for Alice in front.

Adrien looked at the flames burning around him, his brows tightly furrowed.

Anthony asked Adrien in a low, somewhat nervous voice, "General, someone is targeting the royal family. Should we make a move?"

Not only was Adrien a level 100 great swordsman, but even Anthony, the external brain sent by the Sawyer family, had reached level fifty-three, considered one of the best among the younger generation.

The two of them were also seasoned on the battlefield. Faced with these grand-looking flames that had not actually hurt anyone, they were not flustered at all.

Adrien pondered, then shook his head lightly, "No need."

With so many experts in the royal family, where was the need for them to act? Besides, he just didn't like those convoluted matters, which didn't mean he didn't hold a grudge.

The King of Barto's constant dodging of the subject all night had successfully annoyed Adrien.

It wasn't an enemy attack aimed at him, so why should he help?

Hearing his general say so, Anthony followed behind the general with a clear conscience, walking slowly behind the panicked crowd, exiting through the only door that was not surrounded by the purplish-red flames.

Cornelia blended into the crowd, looking at the flames burning around her, knowing that Yan Yunqing had begun his move.

Strange, why couldn't she see Yan Yunqing's position at all? Could it be that he had turned into a cat again and sneaked in? ...A cat would be very conspicuous here too, right?

She couldn't worry about that anymore. Since Yan Yunqing had already started his move, according to their agreement, Yan Yunqing could at most delay for fifteen minutes, or even less.

She had to start her own move.

Her gaze fell on the short, stout figure in the middle of a group of guards, and her eyes gradually grew cold.

As if looking at a dead person.

The flames were spreading too quickly, and the thick smoke that rose gradually covered the entire banquet hall.

The group of minor nobles on the periphery were the first to find the escape route and had already rushed out.

The major nobles behind them were not so lucky. Because the guards outside were all trying to rush in to protect the King of Barto, and the people inside wanted to rush out, the two groups of people crowded together.

Those who wanted to come in couldn't get in, and those who wanted to get out couldn't get out.

Coupled with the thick smoke, some people had already started coughing incessantly, finding it difficult to breathe.

Standing on the roof of the nearest palace, I watched all this, rubbing my fingertips, and once again detonated several devices fixed to the walls of the banquet hall.

These were the [firecrackers] that Lilian had made. Unlike the Fire Emblem, they wouldn't produce flames that were difficult to extinguish.

After a few loud bangs, another escape route appeared in the banquet hall, but this route looked extremely dangerous, and it was even unknown if another explosion would occur.

A few who were extremely scared couldn't care less anymore and rushed straight towards the ruined exit. They were tripped by a falling stone and fell right out.

"Cough cough cough—" The King of Barto clutched his chest. He was afraid of death, and in such a situation, his breathing would naturally quicken.

Inhaling too much black smoke at once, he now only felt a tightness in his chest, and was momentarily dizzy.

"Father!" Prince Felton, who had finally found him, nervously supported the King of Barto's arm, "Are you alright? What's wrong with you?"

Behind him followed Queen Augreer in her magnificent clothes. Always maintaining a dignified posture, she now looked somewhat disheveled, with a few black marks on her face.

She looked at the King of Barto, then noticed Alice by his side, frowning as a hint of displeasure crossed her eyes, "What happened? Is His Majesty injured?"

The guards looked at each other. They had rushed up to protect the King of Barto at the first moment, giving him no chance of getting hurt at all. How could the King of Barto be injured?

When Felton got no answer, he glared at the several guards around him, "This is how you take care of my father."

The several guards all lowered their heads. They were all high-level guards, and the thick smoke had little effect on them.

Therefore, among them, only the King of Barto's condition looked very poor.

Felton patted the King of Barto's back, "Father, don't worry, I will always be by your side to protect you."

Alice watched all this with a cold eye and coughed softly twice.

She was also choking badly on the thick smoke, but thankfully, her mana was circulating in her body, so nothing would happen for the time being.

Alice pointed to the newly blasted exit and said, seemingly in a panic, "Why don't we get out from there? There's too much black smoke here, I can't breathe."

Felton disagreed: "No, there was an explosion there once, and there might be a second one. We can't put father's safety in jeopardy."