One person: Starting with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his grandmaster uncle emerges from seclusion.

The center of the barrier.

Alfonso's body was becoming transparent at a visible speed, and cracks were beginning to appear on his skin, as if...

The porcelain is about to shatter.

He is sacrificing his own life to maintain this absolute defense!

"exclude!!!"

Alfonso's eyes gleamed, but his voice boomed like thunder!

He thrust both palms forward with a sudden movement!

"Let's eliminate them!!!"

"Exclude all invaders surrounding the royal city at this moment!!!"

boom!

The spherical barrier of light appeared the instant it received the command.

It was like a giant, ever-expanding bubble, pushing wildly downwards along the steps!

"Fire! Fire now and smash it!"

Several Behemoth soldiers fired wildly with their guns, and some even drew their knives to try and hack at the wall of light.

However, a chilling scene unfolded.

Chapter 291: Encountering another betrayal?

The moment a soldier's hand touched that layer of white light...

There were no screams, no bloodshed.

His enhanced arm simply... vanished!

Along with him, the moment he came into contact with the wall of light, he was completely erased by a force of rules that was utterly unreasonable!

It turned into dust in the air!

"Holy crap!! Run! It'll disappear if you touch it!!"

"What the hell is this magic?! Retreat!!!"

Behemoth's seemingly invincible steel army completely collapsed at this moment!

What discipline, what tactics.

Everything became a joke in the face of this merciless life-crushing machine.

The soldiers abandoned their heavy weapons and fled frantically into the jungle behind them, crying and screaming!

Watching the enemy recede like a receding tide.

The light barrier continued to expand in pursuit.

Alfonso stood on the steps.

He turned around and glanced at Elijah behind him.

A relieved yet weary smile appeared on that young face covered in cracks.

"Uncle Elijah..."

Alfonso was breathing heavily, his voice becoming somewhat faint:

"Before I burn out my life force, I will do my best to expand the exclusion zone... to keep these foreigners away from the sacred tree..."

"After that... there was nothing I could do."

Alfonso gazed intently into the depths of the royal city:

"From now on... Your Majesty, and Nathan Island... we're counting on you..."

These dying words, coupled with this tragic self-sacrifice, are truly poignant.

Even the most hard-hearted person would be unable to resist shedding a couple of tears after seeing this.

however.

Elijah was standing less than three meters behind him.

There was no sadness on his face at that moment.

He watched Alfonso's body dissipate.

He calmly drew his silver revolver.

Elijah didn't utter a single unnecessary word.

He raised his hand, pointing the gun at Alfonso's back.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two deafening gunshots rang out.

Two specially made alchemical bullets pierced Alfonso's chest from behind!

"Uh……"

Alfonso's relieved expression froze instantly.

He lowered his head with difficulty, looking at the two bloody holes that pierced through his chest.

Those deep blue eyes were filled with astonishment, confusion, and incomprehension.

"Why……"

Alfonso opened his mouth, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

He didn't even have time to ask for an answer before his broken body was like a kite with a broken string.

With a thud.

He fell heavily onto the steps of the royal city.

As he fell.

That layer of light barrier, which was originally expanding outward and was indestructible.

It shattered completely and dissipated into the air.

Elijah stood there, looking at Alfonso lying in a pool of blood.

He didn't put away his gun, but simply spat out the unlit cigarette butt from his mouth without any expression.

His eyes were extremely complex, showing pain and struggle, but more than anything, a resolute determination to break free from his cage.

"Sorry, kid."

Elijah whispered:

"The sacred tree has used us all as nourishment. The king, the guards, the islanders—in the end, we will all return to that tree, be kept in captivity, and be sacrificed."

"These disgusting rules are so inhumane. I can't watch Wang continue to repeat this fate."

“The divine tree cannot be saved. Since that’s the case… I might as well end it all myself.”

He gripped the revolver tightly, turned around, and prepared to walk deeper into the royal city.

To carry out his long-planned "rebellion".

but.

Just a second after Elijah turned around, before he could lower his gun.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a scraping sound came from the thick stone wall next to them.

Immediately afterwards, the sturdy stone wall was kicked open from the inside.

"Wow, this door is so heavy!"

Accompanied by a muttered complaint.

Zhang Chulan patted the dust off his hands and was the first to peek his head out of the secret passage.

Followed by.

Zhang Tianyi strolled out with his hands in his pockets.

Following behind were Wang Ye, Zhuge Qing, and others carrying large and small bags, as well as Feng Baobao eating a lollipop.

This group of people emerged from the stone wall in a grand procession.

I looked up.

They ran right into Elijah, who was holding a gun that was still smoking.

The air froze completely in that instant.

Zhang Chulan's eyes widened in surprise.

He glanced at the gun in Elijah's hand, then at Alfonso, who lay on the steps, shot in the back, his fate unknown.

Then look at Elijah's face, frozen with utter astonishment.

Eyes wide open.

"..."

A full five seconds of deathly silence followed.

"that……"

Zhang Chulan swallowed hard, pointed to the "corpse" on the ground, and then to Elijah's gun.

He forced a smile that looked worse than a grimace:

"Uncle, didn't we... come out at a slightly wrong time?"

"Is the rule here... that friendly fire is enabled by default?"

Wang Ye held his forehead with one hand and closed his eyes in pain.