Let's start over, Your Majesty.

Chapter 100 The Princess's Wish

"Caesar! Caesar, where are you?!"

Yumilia pushed her way forward through the panicked crowd, shouting as she did so.

When she finally managed to run back into the venue, she found it cordoned off, and police officers were blocking her way.
"There's fighting going on inside! Civilians, evacuate immediately!"

"My child is still inside!" Yumilia cried out anxiously.

But her words were cut short by a burst of gunfire, and those around her immediately dropped to the ground.

No one expected this to happen. So many attackers had infiltrated the venue and, taking advantage of the lax inspection of the exhibits, hid weapons and ammunition inside a solid wooden horse statue.
Now they pulled out these hidden weapons and opened fire indiscriminately on the surrounding crowd, screams and gunshots echoing throughout.

"Get out of here!" the officer yelled at Yumilia.

"But...my child."

"Someone will rescue him! Civilians, get out of here!"

Guards have already entered the area and forcibly removed Yumilia from the combat zone. She stares at the distant building, her pupils trembling.

Mika, who hadn't managed to escape, was hiding under the stall, huddled up with her hands covering her head, trembling. She was only holding a small kitchen knife in her hand.

"I wanted to pack everything up and take it with me, but I didn't have time, meow, I'm going to die here today, meow."

Bang bang bang!
A series of gunshots rang out nearby, startling her so much that her tail bristled and stood on end. She jumped up, raised her hands, and screamed in terror:

"Eek! I surrender! I surrender, meow! Don't kill me, meow!"

The masked attacker, who was holding a gun, looked at her comical appearance, sneered, and was about to raise his gun and fire.

Suddenly, a bullet flying from afar struck his shoulder. He cried out in pain, dropped his gun, and fell to the ground.
Mika was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, grabbed the knife and pounced on the attacker, kicking him to the ground before he could recover, and then stabbing him in the chest repeatedly.

"I'll stab you to death, you meow! I'll stab you to death, you meow!"

The defense personnel of the Finn military are entering the venue, and the mages of the Krall Bureau are setting up barriers around the venue to lock onto all attackers. Spell missiles are coming from all directions, accurately hitting the locked rioters.

"It's dangerous here! Leave immediately!"

A soldier pulled up Mika, who was still stabbing herself. She seemed startled and immediately dropped the blood-stained knife, then pushed the cart containing her belongings and ran away.

The conference room door suddenly opened, and the secretary quickly walked across the conference table full of people, came to Enled, and whispered something in his ear.

Enled's expression changed and darkened.

"Take the King into the underground fortress and inform the Royal Knights to prepare for the attack, as well as to prepare the Eye of Obora defense system," Enled immediately ordered.

He looked at the bewildered attendees at the conference table, his face extremely grim, and said in a deep voice;
"Gentlemen, someone is now declaring war on the Kingdom of Fein!"

On top of the building.

"Get out here, all of you!"

A burst of bullets struck the ceiling, and the students inside screamed in terror. Faced with the guns of a dozen or so thugs, they shakily emerged.
Some people who saw the bodyguard's corpse on the floor were so terrified they burst into tears.
"Shut up! Don't cry! Anyone who cries will get shot!" the thug roared.

Caesar stood in the crowd, his face solemn.

Should we take direct action? That would definitely expose our identities, not just for these children. After something like this happened, there's bound to be surveillance equipment set up outside.
Moreover, if they were to fight in such a confined space, probably few of these students would survive.

He waited for an opportunity. He calmed himself down.

The only thing that reassured him now was that Yumilia was unharmed outside and had retreated into the safe zone, a fact he had discovered after using his Domination ability to pinpoint her presence.

Was it a terrorist attack? And they deliberately chose to do it on this kind of holiday.

Caesar surveyed the thugs and, based on the information he had gathered from his command, discovered that they all carried a kind of magical spell.

It's like a technique that causes someone to self-destruct upon death.
"We've encountered a reckless madman."

The leader of this thug was talking to his men, and Caesar heard them say:
The report included statements such as, "The army has been mobilized, Kate's forces have been almost completely wiped out, and the entire building is now surrounded."

“The plan is going very well,” the thug leader said, looking at the young students. “We have the children of many of the kingdom’s high-ranking officials in our hands. If they don’t want their precious children to get hurt, they will have to negotiate with us.”

"Oh no, how could something like this happen that even movies wouldn't dare to portray?" Leon's barely audible voice whispered in my ear. "By the way, is being killed by terrorists covered by insurance?"

At this moment, among the students, Tess stood up shakily. It was clear she was trembling violently, but she still mustered her courage and spoke to the thugs:

"You can't do this. The entire capital is under the control of the Eye of Obora. Even if you use us as hostages, the Eye of Obora will kill us from a distance."

The Eye of Obora is a Tier 6 Guardian Artifact in the Royal Capital. It takes a certain amount of time to activate. To put it simply, it can eliminate threatening targets within the Royal Capital at specific locations. Its effect surpasses that of the Rhine Bureau's Overseers. It will not be used except in special emergency situations.

The thug leader looked at Tess and chuckled, "You know about the Eye of Obora, so you're probably the daughter of a high-ranking official, right?"

“Tess Warrens, the granddaughter of the president of Giant Rock Industries,” Tess said tremulously.

"No wonder." The thug leader sneered. "But do you think we didn't take any countermeasures?"

These words puzzled Tess, but Caesar immediately realized something.

Those people who threw paint at the venue earlier!

They must have used this as a cover to set up a magical barrier in the venue to defend against the Eye of Obora.

"Squat down now! If you say another word, I'll throw you down! I don't care which family's rich lady you are! To me, you're all pigs!" the thug leader roared.

Tess was so frightened that she immediately squatted down.

“You’re quite brave, Tess,” Leon said in a low voice.

"Stop talking!" Tess's panicked voice was barely a slit.

But at that moment, another figure stood up.

That was Sia, dressed in a gorgeous evening gown. Ignoring the menacing glares and gun barrels of the thugs, she stood up and spoke:
“I am the last princess of the Eldaria Empire, the owner of the crown forged from gold, and the adopted daughter of the kingdom's prime minister, Enled,”

“My role is more significant than anyone else's here. You can use me to negotiate for higher terms, but you'll need my cooperation.”

Sia swallowed hard, then said:

"So, release everyone here, let me stay, and I will cooperate with all your actions."

All eyes were on the petite girl. Caesar noticed that Sia was trembling, but it didn't seem to be from fear.
But excitement.

It was a feeling of exhilaration, of finally being free and at ease after shedding all the pressure, that almost made her tremble with excitement.

(End of this chapter)