Ninth Rank Enters the Fray

Shortly after the Fourth Princess met with Fiona, the first wave of enemies finally lost patience and emerged.

The first arrivals were merely small fry. There was no need for the Olyvendi Family's hidden forces to act. Anvis directly commanded the City Guard and rounded them all up while they were still plotting a surprise attack on the Lord's Manor.

When the Seventh Rank leader of this gathering realized things were going wrong and tried to flee in advance, he was intercepted by two experimental Demonic Soldier commanders Anvis had arranged beforehand.

A fierce battle then broke out. At the cost of burning his own spiritual essence, the Seventh Rank successfully killed one Demonic Soldier commander and severely wounded the other before escaping. In the end, he was finished off by Lilith of desire, who had been waiting in that direction.

Although these people had not even entered the gates of the City Lord's Mansion, they had still allowed outsiders to probe out quite a bit of information regarding Star Territory.

Clearly, the Olyvendi Family had set up layer upon layer of defenses in Star Territory. It was not something an ordinary faction could provoke.

Because they did not know the full story, the Demonic Soldier commanders Anvis had created and the intervention of Lilith of desire were both attributed to the Olyvendi Family.

Thus, after no further probing, several days later, a lone Ninth Rank Silver Flame who had long been active in the eastern Empire around Magna Province launched a surprise attack on the Silver Gull City City Lord's Mansion, intending to forcibly abduct Fiona.

However, after truly breaking into the Lord's Manor, not only did he fail, but he was nearly killed on the spot by the Olyvendi Family guardian who had been waiting for him.

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