259 – Too Obvious Event (3)
Princess Maria seems to have stiffened at the sudden appearance of the assassin.
Well, no matter how hard Maria trained her swordsmanship and studied military science, she would never have fought and shed blood in real combat.
In order to attend her banquet, we both disarmed her and she didn’t even have a dagger at her waist for self-defense, so she must have been even more scared.
However, the assassins moved as quickly as we were scared.
“Find that princess! Kill that b*tch! “If we just kill that b*tch, we can save our lives!”
They are very cruel people.
And some of the assassins have quite high level Aurors?
‘No matter how much I am an expert swordsman, I don’t have a sword… So it’s a bit dangerous, isn’t it?’
“He said she was a redhead with big breasts!”
“Don’t worry about anyone else but that b*tch!”
“Hurry before the escort knights come to their senses!”
The only people here who are armed are a few guard knights, and the number of assassins who suddenly attack is greater than the knights.
The guard knights rushed towards them, wearing armor and holding swords.
“Protect Her Highness Maria! “Kill the assassins!”
As the clash between the assassins and the guard knights began, some nobles rushed to do something.
There were also people approaching the direction where the princess was.
“Your Highness the Princess, this Baron Brown will protect you even if it means sacrificing my life!”
Some people picked up candlesticks scattered around and prepared to fight just in case.
“Cowardly assassins! “I will capture all of you and expose them.”
Some brave people were seen running out of the banquet hall and rushing towards the banquet hall door to bring reinforcements.
“I will bring other knights!”
“Your Highness, please run away!”
“Holy sh*t! “What on earth did the escorts do?”
Anyway, the assassins engaged the guard knights and killed several nobles in the process.
“Die, you filthy noble bastard!”
The situation was not overwhelmingly unfavorable to us, but if we continue like this, the princess could die.
If that happens, all the work I have done so far will be in vain.
I had to save this princess at all costs.
Is it because this is Maria’s first time experiencing a crisis like this?
I was unable to give proper instructions and stopped and thought about it.
Since an assassination attempt has suddenly occurred targeting her, it is not surprising that she is scared and just falls down, but rather than being scared, she is trying to do something.
They say that being willing to do something in a crisis is a quality a leader must have…
‘Because she is like this, nobles would follow her without hesitation, even if it were a woman.’
“Your Highness Maria, your priority right now is to avoid her body.”
Currently, assassins are swinging their swords at some nobles, but they are just killing the nobles while dealing with the princess forever.
I picked some mulberries on my way to see you.
“But if I run away, the other nobles…”
“We must run away to save the nobles. “I tell you what they want to kill anyway, they are not the nobles here.”
If this were a battlefield, killing a noble would have the effect of completely collapsing the command system of the unit led by that noble.
Normally, if you kill a baron, the baron’s spirit will not explode.
If the Baron himself dies, there will be a successor who will inherit the estate.
‘When I die, Hilde will probably become Baron of Cologne…’
Lucia will say that she is just a wizard and cannot manage her territory, and Karin will say that she cannot do such difficult and complicated things.
But if Her Royal Highness Princess Maria dies, who will succeed her?
If a fight breaks out over that, this faction is essentially over.
“You are right. “Then how do you plan to escape?”
First of all, there are many assassins in this banquet hall, so it is very dangerous, and there is a high probability that there are quite a few enemies in the mansion as well.
Therefore, it would not be easy to simply leave the banquet hall and go outside through somewhere in the mansion.
“Is there a secret passage?”
“Of course there is, but it seems difficult in the current situation.”
After saying that, Maria pointed to the inside of the banquet hall.
At the location pointed to, a large number of assassins could be seen slowly pressuring the guard knights.
If reinforcements arrive, they will be quickly suppressed, but it will be very difficult for them to make an emergency escape right now.
It’s really not easy to find a way to do this.
Then we have no choice but to jump to the place where our soldiers are stationed.
‘If I escape there, I’ll be able to catch them off guard.’
“Your Highness Maria, please carry me on your back. “I will run to His Excellency the Marquis Schweig’s camp near here!”
It is the closest to here in terms of distance and has the most soldiers stationed there.
In addition, he is the most powerful person in the first princess faction, so even if other people do not know, this person would never have participated in the assassination of the princess.
If you do something like that, it’s like turning a dragon’s head into another dragon’s tail.
Maria looked embarrassed after hearing what I said.
“Ha, but.”
Normally, I would have waited until I fully understood the situation, but I don’t even have a sword, so if I delay like this, I could die before reinforcements arrive.
“Excuse me?”
I hugged the princess in her princess hug.
She then took steps to jump off her balcony, circulating auras throughout her body.
“Her Royal Highness, hold on tight. “Otherwise you’ll fall!”
When Maria heard those words, she hugged my neck tightly.
She felt a warm touch all over her body and a very nice scent reached her nose, but she was long past the age of getting excited about such things.
‘I’m not a pity.’
“Jump!”
The assassins behind me shouted something at me, but I couldn’t hear what they were saying.
When I jumped from the balcony and landed on the ground, a fairly large shock hit my legs.
I jumped from about the height of a three-story building, so it wouldn’t be surprising if I broke my leg…
“f*ck, it hurts quite a bit?”
When Maria looked at me with worried eyes, she heard a voice shouting urgently from above.
“The princess ran away! Chase the princess. Kill it! “Just leave the nobles alone!”
Just as I expected, everyone started chasing Maria at once.
“Hold on tight, Your Majesty.”
I’m an expert, so even if I hit a lot of rocks and fall, I’ll end up with a few bruises, but Maria is an ordinary person.
So, if you fall while traveling at a speed of tens or over 100 kilometers per hour, you will either die instantly or suffer equally serious injuries.
Meanwhile, Maria asked with a look in her eyes that showed she was worried.
“Are you sure it’s okay? “No matter how strong you are, it won’t be easy to carry me and escape the assassins’ pursuit.”
Nothing in life is easy.
No, in order to survive, even if it is difficult, you must persevere through evil and persevere.
If you can’t do that, you’ll be left out anyway.
‘Since something like this has happened, I should try to use this as an opportunity to gain as much favor as possible.’
“Her Highness Maria, didn’t I tell you? “I will be loyal to the happiness of Your Majesty, who has guaranteed my family, vassals, and territory.”
“It was like that.”
“That oath is never false. “I will protect you, even if it means losing my life.”
If it had been said in Korea in the 21st century, I would have heard people say that I was in the terminal stages of my second year of middle school, so I ran wild without listening to the answer.
Although she did not wear armor, no matter how light the princess was, it was still heavier than the mithril armor, which weighed about 24 kg.
Thanks to the princess-hugging posture, my center of gravity shifted forward and I couldn’t use both arms… It was truly a terrible experience.
“I’m dying…”
But that didn’t stop me from running.
“Go after that son of a b*tch!”
At first, they spread the distance as fast as possible, and then they run at about 40 to 50 kilometers per hour and move to the military camp of the Marquis of Schweig.
Whether arrows rain down or magic flies, you should never look back.
“Shoot the arrow! “It doesn’t matter if the princess or that bastard die anyway!”
At the same time as those words were said, arrows came flying from all over towards me and the princess.
Someone came out from behind a tree in the garden and fired a crossbow…
“Die, damn it!”
If I ran for a while and thought I had beaten him to a certain extent, a magic spell would come out of nowhere.
“It’s a fireball, be careful!”
I had to run while avoiding it at all costs.
Thanks to my high level, I can run at high speeds, so my only advantage is that my pursuers cannot catch up with me.
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“That bastard, look at the speed he runs. “He is an expert level knight!”
“At least throw the spear!”
As the attacks continued like this from unexpected places, no country could avoid them.
“Ugh, ten…”
An arrow came from an unexpected place and hit my thigh.
Nevertheless, I kept running.
I have to save this woman somehow, so I can do anything, whether it’s using her subterfuge to stab the princess in the back, or making her princess’ dream come true… Anything.
After running for about ten minutes while squeezing out my aura, I was slowly running out of stamina.
“That’s the Marquis Schweig’s military camp!”
The soldiers of the Marquis Schweig were seen where Maria pointed.
I wasn’t contacted, but the soldiers saw the princess and I rushing and realized that we were in a critical situation, and prepared to annihilate the pursuing assassins.
A small formation was formed, the wizards chanted magic… And the light cavalry prepared to go out.
“Now I live.”
And I immediately put Princess Maria down on the ground.
“Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty.”
“No, it is a wonder.”
Just when I was about to sink down in relief that the worst of this damn assassination had been avoided…
From a distance, I saw an arrow flying towards Maria’s heart at high speed.
I don’t know how far away the shot was shot, but at that level, her archery skills are on a similar level to Karin’s.
‘Are you even surrounded by the wind? ‘Holy sh*t.’
Even if I tell her to bow down, the princess will not be able to escape.
“This is a different story…”
I squeezed out the last remaining aura and covered the princess’ body.
“Baron Cologne?”
When I heard her calling me, blood was gushing out of my body.
Her arrow aimed at the princess’s heart did not pierce my heart due to the height difference between her and me, but it seems to have inflicted a significant fatal wound.
As I thought about that, I felt my consciousness gradually becoming hazier and I finally collapsed.
And the sound I heard was…
“Baron Cologne, Baron!”
The voice of the princess who was worried about me who sacrificed herself for her…
“Kill all those bastards! “We must rescue His Excellency the Marquis of Schweig immediately!”
There were thousands of soldiers running out of this military camp.
*Maria von Rhine-Palatinate illustration (AI)