Royal Capital, before the city gates.
At this moment, a vast legion stood assembled there.
Within this legion were knights belonging to the kingdom, as well as many high-level adventurers from the Adventurer's Guild. The formation was exceptionally impressive.
Naturally, it also included the Hero candidates carrying cheat abilities. Standing at the very center, they exuded an aura sharper than that of the surrounding knights and adventurers.
Now, all of them had gathered together and were guarding the city gates.
And among them stood a luxurious noble mansion.
That was right.
A mansion.
Though it seemed abrupt, a mansion truly stood before the city gates, towering high as though it intended to block the entrance and prevent outsiders from invading.
Anyone with a discerning eye would surely notice that this mansion was actually a Magic Item.
Normally, it was merely a palm-sized model. Yet once placed on the ground, it would immediately expand into a luxurious mansion. It was one of the exceedingly rare highest-grade Magic Items, usually something only royalty could afford to possess.
Now that such a mansion had been deployed here, it proved that the people inside were either wealthy or noble, with extraordinary status.
And indeed, that was the case.
On the mansion's open-air balcony, four people had gathered.
At their head was the kingdom's princess. She possessed an adorable, endearing appearance, golden hair and emerald eyes that symbolized her noble status. Rather than her usual formal dress, she wore a set of light armor suited for movement, with a holy sword radiating sacred light at her waist as she stood against the wind.
After some time apart, Alice did not seem to have changed much.
If one ignored the sorrow in her eyes and on her face.
Alice merely raised her emerald eyes and looked