"Elena, you are finally back..."
The old king of Skarre sat on his throne and looked at Elena's return in surprise.
He was already seriously ill, and the fact that Elena came back alive meant that she brought a soul priest who could heal him!
"Where's the priest?"
The old king stood up excitedly with the wine glass in his hand, looking around for the soul priest. Finally, he set his eyes on Lu Cheng.
"Father!"
Elena interrupted the old king's shout loudly. She slammed her hands on the long table full of food and stared at the old king with angry eyes.
"What are you doing? Skarre's soldiers are fighting the blood crystal beasts outside. I don't know how many people have been killed by those monsters... and you are here..."
Elena was so angry that she was about to lose her mind.
"Elena, how could the Blood Crystal Beast break through the barrier? It is absolutely safe here." The old king also raised his voice and scolded Elena.
"Your Highness Elena, since you are so powerful, why don't you fight against those blood crystal beasts?"
Suddenly, a noble in the crowd made an almost mocking sound.
Perhaps in their eyes, Elena, who hid in the castle, was a coward like them.
"I have found reinforcements." Elena's words instantly stopped the mocking voices. "This is Lord Lu Cheng. He is an envoy from a powerful country. This country is willing to help us."
Lu Cheng didn't say anything, but just kept observing the surrounding environment and quietly waiting for the king's reaction.
"Reinforcements, what do you want?"
The old king frowned and looked Lu Cheng up and down. From his surprised and doubtful expression, Lu Cheng could be sure that this guy was indeed crazy.
"Fragments of earth vein crystals."
Elena gave everyone an answer on behalf of Lu Cheng, but the moment this answer came out, there was an uproar around them.
"Elena...kneel down."
The old king was instantly enraged by Elena's answer. The moment he shouted, Lu Cheng saw Elena's knees curled down uncontrollably, as if she was about to kneel down on the ground.
But Elena held on, her hands tightly gripping the edge of the wooden table with such force that the edge broke.
Magic? Lu Cheng could sense that Elena was clearly restricted by a powerful force.
"You should know the importance of the Earth Vein Crystal. At this critical moment, you actually colluded with a liar to defraud the country's sacred object?"
The old king accused Elena in a deep voice. The weight on Elena increased again, but she still held on, supporting the wooden table with one hand and walking slowly towards the old king on the throne.
"I'm not lying..."
With every step Elena took, Lu Cheng could even see cracks appearing on the ground. She was bearing a huge weight.
"Don't go any further!"
There was anger in the old king's voice. Under the gaze of the nobles, Elena walked to the front of the throne with difficulty, but she was blocked by a transparent wall.
Elena was stunned for a moment, then stretched out her hand with difficulty to touch the surface of the wall. This was a product of magic like the barrier outside.
"Your behavior has angered me, Elena. This is my country!"
As soon as the old king finished speaking, Elena half-knelt on the ground. The moment she knelt, the bricks on the ground shattered and Lu Cheng could see the blood flowing from her knees.
According to the rules, Lu Cheng should not interfere in their affairs, but now Lu Cheng does not intend to interfere. However... Lu Cheng can give a small gift to the princess.
"A QSZ-type semi-automatic pistol produced in the north, with a caliber of 5.8mm." Lu Cheng finally spoke at this moment.
Everyone's eyes turned to Lu Cheng, including Elena... She widened her eyes in surprise, watching Lu Cheng take out a pitch-black object from behind him.
Elena recognized this thing, Lu Cheng called it a 'pistol'.
"Haven't you always wanted to try this?" Lu Cheng looked expressionlessly at Elena, who was half-kneeling on the ground, and directly loaded the pistol in his hand. "Watch carefully how to use it."
"Turn on the safety, load the gun, aim, pull the trigger, shoot."
Lu Cheng directly made a standard aiming posture, and then walked to Elena who was half-kneeling on the ground.
"I've already opened the safety for you, loaded the bullets for you, and primed the gun. All you have to do is aim and pull the trigger."
Lu Cheng looked at the princess in front of him with a surprised expression on her face. The surprise on Elena's face gradually turned into determination.
She took the pistol from Lu Cheng with trembling hands. The warmth of Lu Cheng's fingertips was still on the pistol handle.
Elena stood up from the ground with difficulty, holding the pistol in both hands and pointing the muzzle at the throne in the distance.
"You...what are you going to do!?"
Although the old king didn't know what Elena was holding in her hand, he instinctively sensed the danger.
Elena did not give the other party an answer, but directly pulled the trigger in her hand. A huge recoil came from her arm... making her feel the power of this weapon called a pistol.
The bullet flew out of the chamber, penetrated the transparent magic barrier and hit the glass beside the old king, shattering into debris in an instant.
The loud sound of gunfire echoed in the hall.
A huge crack appeared on the magic barrier, but it was still slowly repairing and had not completely disappeared.
"You can't do this, this is my country! My territory!"
The old king was frightened and kept shouting at Elena.
But Elena did not stop... She pulled the trigger for the second time, and the bullet instantly tore a hole in the magic barrier and hit the window on the other side of the old king, and the entire magic barrier was crumbling.
"This is my country, I will not allow anyone to act recklessly here..." the old king kept shouting.
But Elena no longer felt any heaviness, and this time she aimed the gun at the crown on the old king's head.
"Elena!" The old king sensed the danger and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"I want to save my people."
After Elena whispered this, she pulled the trigger one last time. The bullet shot out from the muzzle and accurately hit the crown on the old king's forehead.
The crown made of various jewels and diamonds broke into two pieces and fell to the ground, and the magic barrier was completely torn apart and disappeared.
After doing all this, Elena returned the pistol to Lu Cheng, and then she slowly walked towards the throne.
"My crown!" The old king knelt on the ground and tried to pick up the jewels and fragments scattered from the crown. "I am the ruler of Skarre, you must obey... obey me..."
Elena punched the guy in front of her hard on the cheek. His body flew backwards and hit the throne hard. The throne instantly broke into pieces and scattered everywhere.
The holy crystal on the back of the old king's hand also shattered into pieces.
When the holy crystal on the back of the old king's hand shattered, the mark of a four-winged eagle suddenly appeared on the holy crystal in Elena's hand.
This also means that the core of the Skarre Leyline chose her.
"Take me to the core of the leyline!"
Elena turned around and gave orders as the queen to a man dressed as a priest in the palace.