As a queen who has lost her kingdom, I can see the comments section.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do it, and my sword will do it too."

“Very good. After a day of interrogation, you understand the situation presented to us. Those captured by the Iris Flower are all imprisoned in the City Lord's Mansion. We will go and release them, and while we're at it, kill those who deserve to die.”

"No problem, Your Majesty."

"Then let's go."

Amelia took a step.

The night was dark, and the pale moonlight stretched their shadows long.

With a clear goal in mind, they soon arrived outside the city lord's mansion.

The city lord's mansion is a vast residence, guarded by ten soldiers at the entrance, with soldiers patrolling the interior from time to time to maintain vigilance.

For the people of Rhine City, this place is one to be avoided at all costs. Therefore, there are no residential areas or shops around the city lord's mansion, and no one passes by. The streets are very empty.

Because no one usually passes by, the soldiers guarding the city lord's mansion naturally didn't ignore Amelia and Eileen when they approached, and all their eyes fell on them.

Who are you?

Among the guards, the leader saw the two and asked in a deep voice.

Neither Amelia nor Eileen answered the questions; they simply continued to approach. Their silence immediately alerted the soldiers guarding the city lord's mansion.

"choke!"

With a unified shout, the soldiers drew their swords and looked intently at the two approaching figures.

It was at this moment that Eileen began to move.

She had barely moved when she appeared behind a soldier, piercing his back through the heart and the tip emerging from his chest, stained with crimson blood.

Before the others could react, Eileen had already drawn her sword and appeared next to another soldier. With a swift stroke, blood splattered everywhere.

Chapter 117 The Oppressive Force of the Higher-Ranking Apostles

When Amelia reached the steps of the city lord's mansion and arrived at the gate, ten soldiers behind her were already lying in pools of blood.

Eileen swung her sword and came to Amelia's side.

"Squeak!"

Amelia pushed open the gates of the city lord's mansion and walked in with Eileen, accompanied by the night breeze.

When the Kingdom of Steel still existed, the kingdom was divided into many territories, each governed by a lord, who held a noble status.

The territory contains many towns and villages, some of which are important cities whose lords are even nobles, while others are appointed by the local lords.

Rhine City once served as the northern bulwark of the Kingdom of Steel, and its lord was a baron, but that man had already died in battle after Rhine City was captured by the three kingdoms.

After that, the city lord's mansion was naturally controlled by the three kingdoms, and now it has fallen into the hands of the Akti Kingdom's commander in Rhine City.

The current ruler of the Akti Kingdom in Rhine City is Woodrow, a man Amelia is no stranger to.

Amelia used Woodrow to scheme against the Iris Flower people in order to seize the Magic Crystal Cannon.

Later, when the three kingdoms were hunting her and Eileen, she used a magic crystal cannon to kill the leaders of the other two kingdoms. Although she also attacked Woodrow, her aim was too off, allowing Woodrow to escape.

'You escaped the last calamity, but you won't escape this one.'

Amelia thought to herself.

Although the city lord's mansion covers a large area, there are certain requirements for the architecture if it is to imprison a large number of captured people without being noticed.

Amelia's gaze swept across the city lord's mansion, quickly locking onto a tall and dark building.

"Eileen, let's go over there."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Eileen's gaze was also cautiously scanning her surroundings.

Although she was already an upper-level apostle, such strength did not make her careless. After all, she needed to care not only about herself, but also about Amelia beside her.

Not long after, they encountered a group of patrolling soldiers.

When the patrol of five soldiers encountered Amelia and her companions, they were clearly taken aback for a moment. They didn't immediately understand their identities, unsure whether they were guests or intruders, given how brazenly Amelia and her companion had walked by.

They might be stunned, but Eileen wouldn't be; she immediately swung her sword and charged forward.

Eileen was incredibly fast; the entire process took less than three seconds, and she was already back beside Amelia. She shook the sword in her hand, and drops of blood slid down its surface.

Amelia didn't stop walking, continuing forward, passing several corpses that had just fallen to the ground, her heart remaining calm.

She had seen far too many dead people, especially the corpses of her enemies.

==========

In a study, Woodrow, with his red hair and thick beard, sat at a table, next to a glowing alchemical lamp.

He held a letter in his hand, looking at it with a frown: "There has been a collapse in the mine, and some people have died. So, we need to come and transport some people over in advance? But we haven't arrested many people during this period."

The number of missing people in Rhine City gradually increased, causing many residents to become anxious and leading to considerable chaos in management. Therefore, he did not allow the Iris Flower people to arrest too many people during this period.

But there aren't enough workers in the mine...

"There's no other way but to arrest a few more people. Since those guys whose families are missing miss their families so much, let the Iris people specifically select and arrest these people. Hmph, consider it as reuniting your families."

Woodrow has made his decision.

However, mining is physically demanding, so there's no need for someone who is too weak to choose it.

This is why most of the people who have recently gone missing in Rhine City are young people.

After making his decision, Woodrow looked at the signature on the letter again.

Dempsey!

This is his colleague, a commander belonging to the Akti Kingdom.

However, Woodrow didn't like this colleague very much, because in his impression, the other party had always been a rather gloomy person, and he always believed in avoiding contact with such a person if possible.

Unfortunately, this time, we have no choice but to make contact.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a knock on the door.

"please……"

Woodrow was about to say "Come in" when the door was pushed open and a man with bushy blond hair walked in.

The blond man, dressed in a black vest, appeared quite tall and slender, and wore a faint smile: "Woodrow, we meet again. Why are you looking at me like that? You've written all your dislike on your face."

Do you expect me to like you?

"Forget it, you're not exactly a pretty woman, so I don't need your liking."

"Hmph, that's good. But your letter just arrived, and you're already here. What was the point of writing the letter, Dempsey?"

Woodrow looked at the person in front of him.

This blond man is none other than Dempsey.

Dempsey pulled up a chair and sat down, saying, "This is for the sake of ceremony, of course. Who doesn't write a letter before meeting? The ceremony is very important."

“Boring,” Woodrow scoffed.

“That’s not important. There’s another problem.” Dempsey looked at Woodrow with a half-smile.

"You need someone, right? We'll prepare someone for you to take over later, no need to rush."

That's not what I was talking about.

"What else could it be?"

"I don't know the specifics, but when I came in, I found that many of the city lord's soldiers were dead on the road. Something must have happened to you, right?"

"What did you say?"

Woodrow was taken aback when he heard Dempsey's words, and almost thought he had misheard.

Dempsey picked at his ear, crossed his legs, and said, "Now is not the time to daydream. Although I don't know what happened, you should go and deal with things."

Woodrow's expression turned serious.

Although Dempsey's words seemed unbelievable to him, he wasn't the kind of guy who would lie about something like this.

Something must have happened!

Without wasting any more time, Woodrow got up and walked out.

Dempsey remained seated, seemingly with no intention of making any move.

==========

When Amelia arrived at the target building, she encountered four five-man patrols on the way, and without exception, all of them fell to the ground in pools of blood.

Standing before the target building, Amelia's gaze remained calm.

"This should be it, Eileen, break it open."

"Yes."

Eileen swung her sword and easily broke the lock. Then she kicked the door open.

But before Amelia and Eileen could enter the house, a series of hurried footsteps came from behind them.

Amelia looked back.

There were about a hundred soldiers who arrived, all wearing armor and carrying weapons.

The leader, with striking red hair and a thick beard, was Woodrow, the ruler of the Kingdom of Akti and the current controller of Rhine City.

"Is it you?"

When Amelia looked at Woodrow, Woodrow also saw Amelia and Eileen's faces, and his gaze immediately narrowed.

Although the two people in front of him had changed in appearance, he could match them with the two people in his memory by changing their hair and eye colors in his imagination.

Those two people were the ones who stole the magic crystal cannon!

Because the magic crystal cannon was taken away, even though Woodrow later helped the Kingdom of Akti conquer Rhine City, he was still subject to much suspicion and lived a rather unhappy life during this period.

Whenever Woodrow encounters difficulties with the rest of the kingdom, he inevitably thinks of the two people who stole the magic crystal cannon.