"Do you not have any thoughts? From the looks of it, it seems like the people in the palace won't be able to hold on for much longer."

"What thoughts can I have when I'm trapped in this place? Hurry up and come save me." Tiran pursed her lips, annoyed as she vented through the contract. The suppression effect of the barrier was giving her a headache, and she had to distract herself to maintain the contract communication. It was torture.

"Weren't you considering the possibility of being tricked when you ran over there?"

"..." Of course she had considered it, but first she hadn't expected her own older brother to conspire with the Church, and secondly, the princess had always been undefeated in battle, so she never expected the Temple Church to have a barrier that could suppress legendary heroes. After all, the Church had a thousand years of heritage and was on a different level.

"Oh, by the way, those guys from the Church didn't do anything to you, right?"

"Do what?" Tiran didn't immediately understand.

"Just, you know..." Aya's voice suddenly lowered, "the seeds of the gods... the ones you draw so often in your books? Once you plant one, your body becomes very sensitive and..."

Tiran's face turned instantly red, and she touched her cheek as she thought seriously. It seemed to make sense. In this situation... the once lofty Second Princess, the silver and white Valkyrie, the seventeen-year-old genius knight, was deceived by her older brother and the Church, and then subjected to various training and ultimately transformed into a slut...

She couldn't believe this was the standard plot of those books!

The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. When she recalled the image of the Archbishop, although he looked like a kind old man, he had a lot of calculating and sinister intentions. He undoubtedly played the role of the mastermind behind the scenes in the books.

As a result, the esteemed Second Princess, the White Knight Tiran, was unusually panicked.

"Stupid dragon, hurry up and save me! It's in the last chapel we were in. Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Hey, I was just joking. You didn't actually believe me, did you? Does the Church really have those strange things?" Aya laughed arrogantly, never before hearing Tiran make this kind of sound... it was impressive.

"Stop talking nonsense and come quickly!" Tiran clenched her teeth, saying bitterly.

"Fine... if you call me 'master', I'll come right away." It was a rare opportunity to see her own master give in, so how could Aya let it slip by so easily? She instantly felt buoyant and began to act recklessly.

Tiran's face turned dark.

"If you don't want to call me 'master'... how about meowing like a cat, meow?"

Young lady, do you realize you're playing with fire?

"Meow? Meow, meow, meow?" The oblivious dragon continued to play recklessly.

"Come quickly, right now! Otherwise, with a forced summoning, I'll pull you here and we'll both be locked up together!" Tiran practically gnashed her teeth as she said this, her voice so sinister it sounded like it came from the depths of the Nine Hells.

"It can't be true, right? Just calling you 'master'? " Aya was dumbfounded.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll actually do it. We might as well both be trained into RBQ together!"

"Are you out of your mind?!"

"Okay, okay, here I come. Three, two, one, let's go! Dragon Breath!""Well, what an uncouth opponent." Xiyano snorted disdainfully, and his beloved black falcon blade smoothly cut the incredibly powerful fireball into two halves. The residual flames exploded against the barrier surrounding the demonic tower, causing a series of explosions.

After shooting the fireball, Mimi didn't pause for a moment. Following closely behind the split fireball, her fiery red burning eyes perfectly predicted Xiyano's every move. The silver whip snaked out to block his path, while intense flames began to gather around Xiyano.

As a flame demon, Mimi didn't have the habit of signing up for duels. She only pursued the goal of defeating her opponent as quickly as possible, especially since His Highness's whereabouts were unknown. How could she have the mood for a knightly duel at a time like this?

In reality, Mimi's overall strength was not on par with Xiyano, who was acclaimed as the Sword Saint. However, even a ninth-level knight would have to avoid the edges of the flames from a flame demon's attack, let alone a sword saint so focused on swordsmanship.

Sealing off all possible avenues of escape, Mimi fully unleashed her power to end the battle with a single strike.

The flames gathering in the air reached their limit. With a single thought from Mimi, they lost their form. The terrifying flame storm swept through a quarter of the square, melting even the ground bricks in the scorching heat of The Realm of Flames.

"That was impressive. No wonder you're a flame demon. Brad was right - it's impossible to withstand your attacks, Miss Mimi," a mocking voice sounded behind Mimi, sending a chill down the maid's spine. In that situation, there was no time to defend with such speed.

The red flames spread behind Mimi, trying to force Xiyano back, but once again, they were cut through by a sword strike, and along with it, Mimi's body was cleaved.

Clang!

After a screeching sound of metal clashing, the blade did not fall upon Mimi as Xiyano had intended. Justice, dressed in a black butler's outfit, single-handedly blocked Xiyano's black falcon blade. In that moment, Mimi turned around and threw two flame vortexes, forcing Xiyano back before creating distance.

"Be careful, he's strong," Justice took a deep breath and adjusted his grip on the sword.

Mimi nodded. She really felt like she would have died in that moment. Fortunately, nobody came for safety reasons.

"If I remember correctly, you two are both serving His Highness Tiran, right?" Xiyano wasn't in a hurry to attack, instead carefully examining the two of them with interest.

"…" Mimi hesitated for a moment.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not in a hurry to fight you now," Xiyano shrugged and inserted his long sword into the ground with the tip pointing downward. "I just wanted to let you know that your Tiran might have been manipulated by someone."

"Manipulated... His Highness?!"

"Don't worry, his life shouldn't be in immediate danger. At this point, he's probably confined by the Church using a barrier somewhere. However, I don't know how the Church will handle her," Xiyano said.

"The Church?" Mimi clenched her fist, her expression showing signs of struggle. The commotion made when the magic formation started activated was substantial. It was impossible for His Highness not to have noticed. But the fact that he still hadn't shown up meant that what Xiyano said was likely true.

If she made a calm judgment, the best course of action would still be to defeat Xiyano in front of her and take down the demonic tower. However, the safety of His Highness...

"Go," Justice held onto Mimi's wrist and smirked, his azure pupils remaining calm like a tranquil lake. "Leave this guy to me."

Mimi nodded silently, converging the flame demon's flames around her and swiftly dashed toward the outside of the royal palace.

...

"Finally done. I'm so tired," Aya exclaimed after unleashing her Dragon Fist, breaking the last magic node imprinted on the wall, simultaneously damaging it. The suppression barrier within the guesthouse finally ceased its operation completely.

At first, Aya had no way to deal with this barrier that suppressed even legendary-level powerhouses. Firstly, her own magic power had been sealed, and she couldn't employ the same tactics she used against the Dragon Slaying Squad. Secondly, the barrier suppressed anyone who entered without carrying specific runes, making it impossible to destroy from the inside.

In the end, it was under Tiran's guidance that Aya used violence to destroy the magic nodes on the six walls from the outside, finally lifting the suppression.

"Well, what should we do next?" Aya took off the longswords from the two Holy Knights lying unconscious on the ground and threw one to Tiran while weighing the other in her hand.

"Heh, do you even need to ask?" Tiran swung the sword in the air a few times, his expression sinister. "Of course, we're going to the royal palace to settle the score with our dear brother. He dared to betray even his own sister. I suppose he must have prepared himself, right?"Aya suddenly started to worry about Brad.

But...

When Tiran tried to ignite Chi, he discovered an embarrassing situation.

"What's going on?" Tiran stared at the faint ice blue flame on his fingertips in frustration, with a slight tremor at the corner of his eye. What the hell, this level is not even up to that of a Level 1 Knight!

"Maybe it hasn't fully recovered after the suppression of the barrier...haha." Aya couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing. What goes around comes around, it's finally Princess's turn to experience being sealed.

"Stop laughing!" Tiran glared at Aya angrily, feeling a bit helpless. He could only wait for his power to recover.

However, at this moment, the sound of galloping hooves could be heard coming from outside the villa.

In the capital city now, there can either be the Iron Wall Shield or the Holy Knights Order of the Church. The Iron Wall Shield should be concentrated in the palace, leaving only the Holy Knights Order.

Aya and Tiran exchanged a glance and without hesitation, turned and ran away.

They slipped away.