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Chapter 105 Get Out Here

Princess Elizabeth smiled and pointed to the luxurious leather sofa in the center of the living room.

"Mr. Lin, Mr. Pei, please have a seat."

After the two were seated, the waiter brought two glasses of freshly decanted red wine, then skillfully left the room, closing the wooden door behind him. The spacious living room was now empty except for the four of them.

Princess Elizabeth sat in the main seat, her white gown flowing like a lily across the carpet.

She didn't touch the wine glass in front of her, but looked at Lin Ye with serious eyes.

"Mr. Lin, we invited you two here so late at night because we have a very important matter we would like to ask for your help with."

The princess got straight to the point, her voice crisp and melodious in the quiet living room.

"Five days from now is the sword-drawing ceremony of Wulie. I hope that on that day, Mr. Lin can accompany me into that arena."

Upon hearing this, Pei Xiao frowned slightly. He had read relevant information before coming to Wulie and was aware of the danger level of that place.

"Your Highness," Pei Xiao interrupted, "As far as I know, the area where the Stone Sword is located rejects anyone who doesn't have the bloodline of the Wu Lie royal family. Ordinary players will be attacked by sword energy as soon as they get close, and even Chen-level players will be injured by it. It's rather inappropriate for you to let Lin Ye in."

Princess Elizabeth nodded slightly, her expression becoming somewhat solemn.

"Mr. Pei is right. It is a sealed area that is only opened once a year. The entire area is shrouded in the sword aura emanating from the Sword in the Stone. The closer you get to the center, the stronger the sword aura becomes. But precisely because of this, some high-level players can use the magnetic field to step into the outer perimeter of that area, and even into the area near the center. This is why Marquis Austin is here."

Princess Elizabeth continued her explanation.

Besides possessing royal blood and relying on magnetic fields to withstand attacks, the Fog Royal Family also discovered a special case: a very small number of players' magnetic fields seemed to have a natural affinity with that sword energy. These players would not be attacked by the Sword in the Stone, or the attack they received would be greatly reduced.

The short sword at the banquet was actually a poorly made replica of the Sword in the Stone, which the royal family had spent a huge amount of money to create.

Even though it's just a replica, very few players below the Chen level can get close to it.

Lin Ye took down his short sword. Princess Elizabeth had read Lin Ye's information about the Ningchuan branch; he was only at the Moon level, so she believed that Lin Ye was the kind of person who was naturally compatible with sword energy.

Lin didn't offer any further explanation. In fact, the so-called compatibility didn't exist at all; he simply used a magnetic field to forcibly suppress the short sword.

After hearing these words, Pei Xiao's doubts were not completely dispelled. He asked in a deep voice, "Even so, Your Highness's own royal bloodline is not repelled by sword energy. You could easily walk to the center and draw the sword yourself. Why do you need Lin Ye's accompaniment?"

Princess Elizabeth said, "Mr. Pei, you have too high an opinion about the kinship within the royal family. The struggle for the throne in the Mist Alliance has long since become a battle without any bottom line since the arrival of 'Star Abyss,' especially after the appearance of the Sword in the Stone. Every year during the sword-drawing ceremony, many members of the royal family die in it. The officially announced causes of death are mostly backlash from the sword energy or accidents."

But deep down, we all know they died from assassination, at the hands of their own brothers and sisters.

Elizabeth's father, the current king, was seriously injured in a battle two years ago and is now on the verge of death.

The royal family is now in disarray, with no one able to command respect.

All those who aspire to sit in that position place their hopes on the grand ceremony five days from now.

Even if he couldn't pull it out himself, he didn't want anyone else to be able to wield the sword in the stone.

Therefore, she needs to bring as many high-level players as possible into that area, especially those who can accompany her to the center.

"Before inviting you two up, I had already formally sent a note to the Ningchuan branch of Xia Shang Tian Shu."

"As long as you—or Mr. Lin—are willing to help me at the ceremony, and as long as we successfully pull out the sword in the stone, I promise, in the name of the Wulie royal family, that Wulie will establish a series of in-depth cooperative relationships with Xia Shang and Tian Shu in both trade and matters in the supernatural field."

Lin ultimately refused Princess Elizabeth's request.

To him, the power shift within the Murree royal family was meaningless, and he had no interest in getting involved in such a bloody royal infighting.

After leaving the St. George Hotel, Pei Xiao prepared to visit her mother, and the two parted ways at the hotel's main entrance.

It was already late at night, and Lin was walking alone in the dimly lit streets, intending to return to his lodgings.

With the vibration, Lin stopped and took out his phone to check. A message popped up on the screen.

"Your cousin Su Nian is currently a guest at the Thorn Mansion. If you want her to be safe, you should immediately withdraw from Elizabeth's camp and come here to discuss the follow-up."

The air of the rainy night seemed to freeze for a moment. Lin Ye looked at the messages on the screen, and a suffocating sense of heaviness began to spread from him outwards.

The puddles by the roadside rippled violently, and the surrounding raindrops hovered in mid-air as they fell.

He quickly searched and found that the owner of the Thorn Mansion was the current king's second son, Prince Lorenzo, who was also one of Elizabeth's rivals.

The sequence of events is clear: it must have been that Lorenzo's men saw him take off his dagger at the banquet tonight.

The other party, fearing he would actually escort Elizabeth, traced the clues back to Su Nian, who was also in the city, and used this despicable method...

They used various means to blackmail him, and even planned to pull him onto the ship.

Lin Ye first went to Su Nian's apartment, and after confirming that everything was correct, he appeared in a bustling area of ​​London the next second.

Even on a rainy night, this place is still surrounded by countless neon lights and towering modern commercial buildings.

In the heart of this steel forest lies a sprawling residential estate, the Thorn Mansion.

Lin also appeared directly above the Thorn Mansion, looking down at the buildings below.

It was equipped with many magnetic field shields, making it impossible to detect. It could be destroyed indiscriminately with magnetic fields, but he didn't like to kill innocent people, especially since he didn't know Su Nian's location.

"Lorenzo, get out here."

A few simple words exploded in the night sky, piercing through the rain and sending shockwaves that swept across the entire neighborhood, including the mansion, like a tangible shockwave.

The pedestrians who were rushing along the street stopped in their tracks, looking up in alarm, trying to find the source of the sound.

Inside the skyscraper, countless figures appeared in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, all turning their gaze toward the Thorn Mansion.