Ex-Machina on a Dimensional Journey

If they were only targeting Xiu Er, that would still be fine. But everywhere those soldiers passed would inevitably include the refugees.

The boy did not dare gamble on what those knights might do to the refugees.

He hurriedly looked at his companions behind him.

"This has become troublesome."

Da Vinci had turned serious again as well. If the boy could guess it, how could they not?

But the refugees were scattered too widely, and the knights emerging from the Holy City gates were clearly faster than them.

Moreover, some refugees had already seen knights walking out of the city. Those who clearly feared the Holy City immediately began fleeing again.

This made the already sparse crowd even harder to control.

"..."

Xiu Er watched the refugees fleeing in every direction without expression.

The meaning behind the Lion King sending out this group of "cannon fodder" was somewhat unclear to her, though she could understand it.

No line of sight, so they were trying to use sheer numbers to locate me?

It was a decent idea, but also the least efficient course of action. They had even overlooked the fact that she could shift through space anywhere she pleased.

Of course, no matter what the enemy chose to do, Xiu Er did not care.

By then, the knights had formed a sea of people at the city gates. Though they had yet to move outward, merely standing there was enough to intimidate others.

The refugees were even more terrified by the sight. Though it was not the first time they had seen such a scene, the last time had been not long ago, when the Lion King had wiped out the surrounding forces.

The people did not know the exact cause of the events that had led to this point—why