After I died, my personal maid rebelled.

When the seven men of the night arrived at the city gate, they discovered that a large number of knights had already gathered there and been waiting for some time.

The knights, numbering no less than a hundred, drew their longswords as one, and their sudden display of killing intent forced the people in the night to stop in their tracks.

Each of these Night People possesses the formidable fighting ability to take on three or four knights single-handedly. However, once the number of knights reaches thirty or more, their fighting prowess becomes negligible in the face of a well-trained battle formation.

The atmosphere became tense for a moment. The knights did not take the initiative to step forward. Under the vigilant gaze of the man in black, they all turned around and moved to the left and right, as if deliberately making way for them.

However, with the appearance of two figures, the man in the darkness's heart sank to the bottom.

"Ahem!"

Luna helped Oswald out. Oswald was indeed in poor health, and every step he took was difficult, but that did not mean he took these Night People seriously.

"Just this many people?" Oswald coughed again, a wry smile on his face. "It seems the city gate was just a smokescreen."

"So you're planning to use teleportation magic to take them away? Ha, what a clever scheme."

As the words fell, Oswald's hand trembled slightly as he drew the Spirit Wind Sword from his waist. The system said the sword had high stats and suited him well, so he decided to test its feel.

Seeing this, the men in the darkness also raised their knives, their bodies tense, ready to face the battle.

Even if the person in front of me is weakened, he is still a strong person who can accomplish the feat of slaying a python alone. They may not be able to block this sword.

"Luna, look closely, don't blink."

Oswald gestured for Luna to release her hand, took a step forward, and a sudden gust of wind rose around him, only to subside in the next second.

As the dust settled, Luna brushed aside the wind-blown hair from her face and heard only the sound of a sword's cry. By the time she realized what was happening, her brother was already standing dozens of meters away.

One corpse after another fell, but the men in black remained focused, gripping their knife hilts tightly, yet without exception, they died in the battle they hadn't even noticed.

Blood flowed slowly, and Luna then realized that their wounds were all on their necks, and it seemed that something had rushed into their bodies, churning wildly, causing a disgusting mixture of blood, flesh, and internal organs to flow out.

Oswald sheathed his sword. The system really favors him; this sword truly possesses a beauty derived from its numerical values.

Luna quickly ran forward to support her brother and honestly reported, "Um, brother, I didn't see clearly."

"Because you blinked."

"oh."

From then on, all the men in black in the city were eliminated, leaving only the golden and silver puppets struggling to hold on.

The two had already achieved their strategic goals, but Yani was still struggling with whether to leave.

"She's an idiot!" The golden golem's broadsword was knocked away, and then it was stabbed through the chest by Elene. It roared and collapsed to the ground.

Seeing that its energy was running low, the golden golem disregarded everything else and took this opportunity to transform into liquid metal one last time, surging and enveloping Elin's forearm.

"Idiots, a bunch of idiots!"

The hoarse and irritable voice stopped abruptly. Elena was stunned and knelt down on one knee with a thud. Only then did she realize that the golden golem had lost all its energy and turned into heavy gold, trapping her in place.

She tried to pull with all her might, but she was helpless against the huge piece of gold.

Elena...

Jenny couldn't help but laugh out loud. It was the first time she had ever seen Elena get the short end of the stick, and her sulking expression was rather cute.

Having gained the upper hand, Jenny lit up magic circles in front of her, and countless beams of light swept through the silver golem, giving it no chance to recover.

With its magic repeatedly interrupted and having lost the cover of its companions, the silver golem was no match for Sister Janet in a battle of offensive magic alone.

"Notify the soldiers that there is a large magical energy fluctuation in this area. Tell them to find and destroy the magic circle as soon as possible."

"Um."

With one hand bound, Elena hurled her long knife out of the house with the other, and it landed with a clang in front of Red.

Reid reacted quickly; whatever message Eleanor conveyed, he had to prepare for the worst.

"All troops, attack the Marquis's mansion!"

"yes!"

Shouts shattered the silence of the night as the knights, divided into several fighting groups, surged into the Marquis's mansion from all directions.

After news came from inside that it was safe, Red personally led his troops into the main gate, the area where the fighting was most intense.

When he saw Elena kneeling on one knee, trapped by a large piece of pure gold, he chuckled as well.

Alene ignored him. Jenny, who was finishing dissecting and analyzing the silver golem, snapped at Red, "Stop wasting time! Go destroy the magic circle!"

"Understood." Red's expression changed, and he rushed upstairs, immediately arranging for soldiers to send orders to search for the magic circle.

Room after room was broken into, oil lamps were lit, and soldiers passed torches around, leaving no possible corner unexplored.

Although the magic circle was not found, many people who had been hiding in the Marquis's mansion were captured. From the old man to five- or six-year-old children, they were all terrified and cried bitterly.

However, upon hearing the crying and the footsteps outside the door growing closer, Annie, without hesitation, closed her eyes, two lines of clear tears falling, and stepped into the magic circle.

"Teleportation magic?"

Jenny was the first to look up in bewilderment, only to see a beam of light shoot into the sky, illuminating the clouds and lingering for a long time.

"I'll remember you, nun."

As the ethereal voice rang out, the silver puppet suddenly lost its luster and turned into a lump of extremely pure silver.

Stopping her magic, Jenny breathed slightly; although her magic power was not exhausted, her physical strength was already depleted.

The puppeteers are a warrior and a nun of the same status. Why are they using such expensive metal puppets to take someone away from here?

Add to that the black-clad men, each one exceptionally skilled; to put it bluntly, anyone who could sneak into Ice City with weapons right under Oswald's nose must be no ordinary person.

"Are you injured?"

While Jenny was still pondering, Oswald, who had walked in unnoticed, sliced ​​open the gold nugget with a single sword stroke.

Alene stood up, rubbed her arm, and shook her head, saying, "It's nothing, it's just Annie..."

"It's alright, this day will come sooner or later."

Oswald stood leaning on his sword, his expression profound. It seemed that more people knew about the past than he had imagined.

Neither of the other party intended to communicate, nor did Oswald; everyone made their own appropriate choice.

Jenny silently pulled up her hood, having overheard their conversation clearly. Since Eileen hadn't moved an inch, she was certain that it was Annie who had used the teleportation magic. What exactly were they...?

"Your Grace, we found a magic circle and this in Miss Annie's room."

A knight approached and respectfully presented Oswald with the colorful jewels he held.

"This is?"

Oswald reached for it, but Eleanor quickly stepped forward to support his other arm. As for Luna, she had already pounced on the gold nugget, leaving bite marks on it.

"High-purity magic stones are only possessed by the Magicians' Guild and are not available on the market. They are probably used to provide energy for magic circles."

Jenny walked over quickly, answering Oswald's questions while keeping her eyes glued to the Philosopher's Stone.

Oswald chuckled twice and offered it to her, saying, "If the nun likes it, she can have it."

"What do you mean I like it?" Jenny Shi gave Oswald a rare glare.

"What I mean is, this is a very special magical medium. If I modify it, it should be able to suppress the Duke's body..."

Because there were still unsuspecting people present, Jenny didn't finish her sentence, but both of them understood what she meant.

Oswald suddenly heard his father's voice in his mind: Remember your father's words, use magic to defeat magic.

The chaotic night ended, and the next day the whole city was talking about what had happened the night before, but most people believed that the Marquis's mansion had rebelled.

Oswald has already issued a gag order to all soldiers regarding the fact that the Night Men are the royal city's assassins. This news must absolutely not be leaked.

He could almost definitively say that these assassins had nothing to do with King Frank, and that Oswald himself had underestimated Princess Diana's courage.

More than thirty assassins, two expensive metal golems, and an invaluable magic stone—they've thrown in all that trouble just to take Annie away from me.

To be honest, Oswald was starting to worry about Frank's safety. Frank became king through a coup, and since he dared to do that, Diana could easily follow suit.

If Diana were to become queen, with a fully-equipped squad of heroes and 250,000 central troops... Oswald could only shudder at the thought.

"You should have taken Annie's Wishing Star." Early in the morning, as soon as Oswald got out of bed, Eileen couldn't wait to come in, helping him get dressed while she began to review the situation.

"If she takes revenge on us with her prayers, it will be difficult for us to guard against."

Oswald remained silent; he no longer wanted to trigger any further changes to the timeline.

What if, just as I'm about to take the Wishing Star, Annie suddenly makes a wish to go back to the time before she was imprisoned...?

Go ahead and stir it up, just keep stirring it up!

Sigh, time travel is just too useful; it can basically solve all problems. So Oswald still doesn't know who triggered that next timeline shift.

Was it before he transmigrated from his previous life, or after he died after completing his role-playing mission?

Even in the original storyline known to the system, only two of the five Wishing Stars were used.

Oswald dressed and, with Eleanor's help, went out. "Don't worry," he said, "if she could curse me to death, the grass on my grave would be three feet tall."

Alene sighed. She didn't understand why Oswald was so determined to fight Alene to the death. "No matter what, she's still your fiancée, sir. Sometimes, you really can be quite heartless."

Oswald was taken aback, then smiled. He could actually empathize with many of the abstract actions Oswald took in the original work.

"This has nothing to do with personal feelings, Elena. You only need to understand one thing: half of the farmland in the Northern Territory is in the East, and eighty percent of the land in the East belongs to the Marquis. She is our fiancée, whom we Charles family have been forced to acknowledge."

"If I really marry her and have children, the Northern Territory will change hands in a few years."