The villainous prince who bullied Feng Aotian was actually myself.

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He was a local from Yiling City, and had been working as a military officer in the government army here for almost thirty years. He knew the capabilities of the Yiling City government very well; the strongest person in charge here was only a diamond-level demigod.

The real big shots are all on the Yiling Grassland. Yiling City was originally developed into its current size to provide supplies to the border guards.

More than fifty years ago, this place was not called Yiling City, but Yiling Town.

Nomadic peoples originally lived in tents that could be moved at any time. They did not need to establish fixed dwellings because if they did, the changing of the grass season and sudden natural disasters would make herding very difficult, and the cattle and sheep would starve to death, and they would also starve to death.

"Ugh, this is a real pain."

Leon muttered under his breath. Didn't he want to ask the bigwigs of the border guards in Yiling City for help?

But according to my memories from the original anime, the marshal there... he was the regent's man... emmm...

Helena's safety is still not resolved, and to drag such a powerful figure into the Izero City incident is undoubtedly an extremely foolish move.

Where did Hawkeye go at this point?

Even if it were Chamosi's whereabouts, with such a big commotion in Izero City, how could a top-tier powerhouse of the Empire's King level not notice it?

Why haven't they arrived yet?

If Hawkeye comes over, breaking through this high-level barrier won't be a problem.

Leon was a little puzzled. He had been here for almost five minutes! With Hawkeye's speed, he could use spatial jumps, so he should have been here in just a few seconds, right?

"Your Highness, this barrier seems to be collapsing."

Suddenly, Ferrandi's words brought Leon back to his senses.

Leon's gaze returned to the front of the tavern. He was still in his spiritual vision state when he saw the crimson light surrounding the tavern cracking at a visible speed, gradually revealing the tavern's normal light gray aura inside.

"It seems the attack started from the inside; there's a master inside the tavern!"

Ferrandi continued, and as soon as he finished speaking, the crimson orb of light covering the light gray glow completely disintegrated.

Immediately, a beam of light shot out from inside the tavern and into the sky before everyone's eyes.

Then everything returned to normal.

The tavern was reconnected to reality, and there were no longer any obstacles to entering or leaving it.

"Ferlandi".

Leon immediately gestured to Ferrandi beside him.

"First and second squads, follow me."

Ferrandi immediately understood and then led two squads of government troops into the tavern.

The tavern after the battle was still exactly the same as usual. This was related to the barrier. The tavern inside the barrier was different from the tavern in reality. This can be understood as the concept of the inner world and the outer world.

The barrier pulls all living beings within the atmosphere into a new, identical inner world, which is not the real world.

So no matter how you mess up your surroundings in that new, identical world, when everything returns to reality, reality is still reality, and the tavern will remain the same as it was before entering the barrier.

However, people might be different, because in the other world, appearances are virtual, but life is real.

So whatever injuries you sustained in the Otherworld, you will still be injured in the same way when you return to reality. If you die in the Otherworld, when you return to reality, what people will see is a corpse. You are dead, and your death will look exactly the same as your death in the Otherworld.

After Ferrandi and the guards rushed into the tavern, Leon quickly followed them in.

In the tavern's front hall, a group of people huddled in a corner, trembling. They seemed to have experienced something terrifying, their whole bodies shaking uncontrollably, their eyes empty and lifeless, like madmen, but more like fools.

Chapter Seventy: Helena Reunited

"They seem to have been corrupted by divinity; there are high-ranking demigods here who have revealed their divine bodies."

Ferrandi pulled a trembling, burly man from under the table, ordered the guards around him to hold him down, then opened the man's eyelids, examined him, and reported to Leon.

"Search the tavern immediately, bring everyone here, put up a cordon, and prohibit any unauthorized personnel from approaching the tavern area."

Leon quickly gave the order.

Looking at these crazy guys in front of him, he suddenly had a bad feeling, but he quickly calmed himself down.

As Leon had instructed, a large number of people were quickly brought to the front hall from other parts of the tavern by the guards.

There weren't many people, only a dozen or so in total. If you include the bodies that were carried out, there should be more than thirty.

Of these people, most of them had become complete idiots who could only babble, with only one person able to communicate normally.

She said she was the owner of the tavern, named Ella Meredith. Her long red hair was very messy, and her body was covered in bloody wounds, as if she had just gone through a life-or-death struggle.

"Miss Ella, what happened in this tavern?"

According to the information provided by the chubby boy while they were outside, Ella seems to be the main character in this incident, although Leon believes that things are definitely not that simple.

"Your Highness..."

Ella glanced at Ferlandy, who was standing next to Leon.

"Your Highness, please have your conversation."

Ferlandi, very tactfully, gave a slight bow and then quickly took his leave.

"You must be His Highness Leon Hoyle?"

Ella's gaze swept over Leon.

"it's me."

Leon answered.

"Come with me."

Ella staggered ahead, leading the way.

After a slight hesitation, Leon decided to follow them alone.

If Ella wanted to harm him, this was not a wise choice, and Leon couldn't find any reason why Ella would want to harm him.

The passageway was somewhat dark because the wall lamps were not lit.

“Your Highness, I am from Hayden’s household.”

On the way, Ella suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

"Ah."

Leon said calmly.

He's watched this anime, and he knows the faction divisions very well, so how could he not know this?

"You're so calm?"

Ella stopped and looked back at Leon with a surprised expression.

"Sorry, I should have acted more surprised."

"Leon joked."

"Ah."

This guy……

I inexplicably feel like hitting someone.

Ella took a light breath, ignored Leon, and quickened her pace.

A short while later, Ella stopped in front of a large, old, and dusty shipping container.

There was no road ahead.

Leon's gaze fell on the wooden cabinet. According to the usual movie and TV show tropes, there should be a hidden door behind this cabinet.

As Leon had predicted, a hidden door did indeed appear behind the wooden cabinet.

"Let's go."

Ella gestured.

"Row."

Leon did not hesitate.

At this moment, he felt as if he already had the answer, but he was still not sure.

At the end of the stairs is a dark underground room.

Leon saw two familiar faces here.

It's Helena and Hazel.

The two of them were sitting at a card table in the dark room facing the staircase. As if they had expected Leon to appear, they did not show excessive surprise on their faces, but simply stood up.

Judging from Helena and Hazel's clean and proper attire, they probably didn't participate in the fight that took place in the tavern.

"Now you can tell me what happened, right?"

Leon's gaze didn't linger on Helena and Hazel's beautiful faces for long before he got straight to the point.

"They're here to arrest me."

Helena replied in a flat tone, as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

"then?"

"Let me tell you."

Hazel's eyelashes fluttered slightly as she quickly recounted the events.

"So, you met Helena last night, then Hawkeye came here looking for Moses today, and then Chad and Dora suddenly showed up, and because Ella created a misunderstanding, Hawkeye beat up Chad—is that right?"

Leon recounted the events as described by Hazel.

"Well, that's right."

The three beauties nodded in unison.

"What about Hawkeye, Chad, and Dora?"

"As soon as the barrier collapsed, Dora must have really been defeated by Chad. She immediately grabbed her monkey and fled into the spirit world."

Ella replied, "As for Hawkeye and Chad, Chad, like Dora, also escaped into the spirit world. Hawkeye probably chased after him, and he doesn't seem to have any intention of letting Chad go."

Uh, this...

This feels a bit messy.

It can only be said that she truly lives up to her reputation as a shrewd and powerful woman. Despite facing certain capture, she managed to escape the crisis by sheer luck without having to do anything.

Is this... the legendary luck?

Leon looked at the black-haired girl next to Hazel, whose face was serious and earnest. He could practically write the word "envy" on his face.

"Leon, is there something you want to say to me?"

How could Helena not notice Leon's burning gaze? She wanted to pretend she hadn't noticed anything, but after hesitating for a few seconds, she still asked.

After all, she was well aware of Leon's deep affection for her.

"I just think Helena, you're amazing."

Leon blurted it out.

Ok?

The three women cast questioning glances at Leon.

"Ahem, I mean, it's good that Miss Helena is alright."

Leon gave an awkward laugh.

"Alright, let's get down to business. Otherwise, Helena might not be so lucky next time."

Heyr broke the atmosphere.

What she said makes perfect sense.

After Hawkeye catches up with Chad, he discovers that the other person is actually Chad. Chad also realizes that the one who beat him up is Hawkeye. Then the two of them will definitely calm down and talk, and Helena will be completely exposed.

Therefore, the biggest problem right now is how to solve this problem.

"Chad and Dora didn't come to investigate first, but chose to take action directly, which shows that they are very confident and they are sure that I am inside the tavern."

Helena tapped her slender fingers lightly on the table and quickly expressed her opinion.