In the Name of the Queen

Although Roland's plan sounded a bit outrageous, Alina still chose to accept it.

She knew very well that she didn't have many cards in her hand, and if she didn't dare to fight, she really had no chance.

After seizing the beachhead, the landing troops assembled on the shore and soon set up camp to prepare for the march to Port If tomorrow.

They only had a small number of light cannons and did not have the conditions to attack the city.

If the defenders of Port If held on, they would have no choice but to turn around and run away.

Even if the defenders of Port If came out, if they couldn't make these people turn against them, they would be dead.

Although Roland promised to give Alina divine protection, this thing was not really invincible.

If more than a hundred bullets hit her at the same time, the protection barrier would be broken, and she would be shot into a sieve on the spot.

In short, this was a gamble.

The bet was not only that her father's reputation was high enough, but also that Marco had offended everyone.

Alina looked up at the starry sky and shouted from the soul.

Will she win?

The stars twinkled, silently.

Xingkong is not a spiritual mentor, she must find the answer herself.

The next morning, after a short rest, the wanderer army began to march towards Port d'If.

They wore dazzling red shirts and wrapped a cloth band on their arms with "freedom" written on it.

They carried muskets, sang neat military songs, and were in high spirits.

They only carried ten bullets with them, which were only enough for one battle.

They had no way back, and they didn't want to turn back.

They had lost everything long ago, and every day they were picked up from Val City was earned.

They were fearless.

When the wanderer army marched forward, Port d'If almost quarreled.

The mature and prudent mayor suggested to hold on, and the port director who was worried that the war would affect the port trade even suggested giving Alina a sum of money to let her bypass Port d'If to seek revenge on her enemies in Cite.

The opinions of the civil servants quickly collapsed in the contemptuous sneer of the garrison general Surt.

Surt dispelled the ideas of the civil servants with just one sentence.

"Do you want to face the president's wrath?"

The faces of the mayor and the port director turned pale instantly.

Although they didn't know why Alina came back to die, they were very sure that Marco would win.

The president had no shortage of enemies, but they were all dead.

Even Carlo was not a match for President Marco, let alone such a young Alina.

If she had found a place to hide, she might have a chance to survive, but the result of offering herself to the door was imaginable.

Since Marco was sure to win, they would certainly stand on the side of the winner.

Looking at the pale faces of the mayor and the port director, General Soult smiled and said:

"I heard that last month in Xidai City, many unruly people were incited to attack the castle prison. You should know the fate of these people."

The mayor and the port director were shocked and sweating.

Of course they knew that the leaders and behind-the-scenes manipulators of the rebellion were sent to the guillotine.

It is said that thousands of people were beheaded in the square on November 11 alone.

Blood flowed into the sewers, and even many small animals hiding in the sewers were trembling with fear.

Defending the city is safe, but in the eyes of President Marco, it is a manifestation of cowardice and incompetence. Paying protection money privately to let Alina go is a naked betrayal.

Don't think about hiding this kind of thing. As long as Marco recovers, the few people present will have no chance.

Either go to the guillotine in Xidai City to test how hard your neck is, or wait for the imperial envoy to come down and sentence you to death.

In the eyes of President Marco, human life is just a bunch of numbers.

The mayor and the director of the port authority looked at General Surt helplessly and could only agree with his point of view.

Of course they understand this truth, they just don't want Surt to monopolize power.

As long as the wartime state is entered, Surt's power will override them.

He has the right to request the expansion of the army, take over finances and taxes, and even intervene in personnel appointments.

The mayor represents the administrative system, the director of the port authority represents the commercial trade system, and Surt is the military representative.

The Golden Kite Republic does not have a local council, and these three are the highest officials.

Their power changes at any time according to the situation.

This time, Surt, the old man, will have the upper hand again.

The mayor and the port director looked at each other, both feeling helpless.

Although they were reluctant, they chose to respect the facts.

Soon, more than 20,000 of the 30,000 garrison troops were divided and led by Surt to march towards Alina.

After half a day of marching, Alina and Surt met at noon.

Alina looked back at Roland who was following in disguise.

"Mr. Roxifu, can I get on?"

After all, Roland is the governor of the Sussex Empire, and it is not appropriate for him to openly participate in the civil war in the Golden Kite. If people know about it, it may affect Alina's support rate.

What the Golden Kite people need is a savior, not a traitor who colludes with foreigners.

They are willing to support the goddess of revenge Alina, but they will not support people manipulated by foreign forces.

Roland's disguise is necessary, and even his concealment mask was made with her help.

What Alina wanted to complain about was not Roland's hidden identity, but the strange name of Roxifu.

It didn't sound like a Sussex name, nor did it sound like a Golden Kite name.

She vaguely felt that this was just the prefix of Roland's name and Sif's name spliced ​​together.

With Roland's approval, Alina gained a little more courage.

Some things must be faced after all.

Were there more than a hundred soldiers shooting at her?

If her appeal is really that bad, then she deserves to die.

The two armies met in the field, and neither side was in a hurry to shoot, but arranged their formations according to the officers' requirements.

Both sides spread out a horizontal line on the plain as much as possible.

The soldiers in the front row raised their guns, and the soldiers in the back row waited anxiously.

Once the soldiers in the front row fell, they had to take over.

The soldiers in the first row silently prayed that the bullets would not hit them.

Most guns of this era did not even have aiming devices, and the hits depended entirely on faith. Soldiers would pray silently before shooting, hoping that the gods of faith would bless them.

The soldiers in the second row were also praying, and they prayed that they would never have to stand on the front line.

The soldiers were praying, but Alina didn't need to.

She took off her armor and walked calmly to the center of the battlefield.

She stared at Surt.

When her father was secretly in power, she had met Surt several times, but they had no friendship.

Surt was a standard neutral general, and he would be loyal to whoever came to power.

To be precise, his allegiance is to the Golden Kite Republic. As for whether Carlo or Marco is in power in the Golden Kite Republic, he doesn't care.

No matter who comes to power, pure soldiers like him will be reused.

Soldiers should not stand in line at this time. All they have to do is to execute orders.

President Marco's evaluation criteria for this mission are very simple. Capturing Alina alive is excellent, killing Alina is qualified, and letting Alina run away is zero points.

Some people always say that Marco is too extreme, and he himself is not convinced.

He also thoughtfully set the option of qualified between full marks and zero points.

He will never accept the extreme statement that he is extreme, which is a naked slander.

Alina's action is very cool, but Surt does not want to follow suit.

The traitor Alina is a superhuman, but he is not.

Although it is unclear what Alina's specific strength is now, it is still easy to deal with him.

It seems that there is a whole world between ordinary people and superhumans. The upper limit of ordinary people is just the entry level of superhumans.

He didn't want to pretend to be generous and go up to talk to Alina.

If Alina didn't follow the rules and started fighting directly, who would he go to for justice.

"Soldiers, prepare to shoot!"

Faced with Alina's slightly arrogant behavior, Surt calmly gave orders.

His brain was working fast, thinking about why Alina did this.

First, rule out the possibility of Alina committing suicide.

He had seen Alina when she was young, and she was a little girl who knew how to advance and retreat.

Human nature is difficult to change, and Alina would not be so reckless.

He also didn't believe that Alina wanted to break up the formation of the Port If army alone and turn the tide of the battle.

There was only Sofia who was so powerful.

If Sofia came in person, he would have to worry a little bit, but now it was just Alina.

He had heard about Alina's combat performance. With her strength, she could defeat a company of soldiers, which was an extraordinary performance. It was nonsense to want to change a battle involving tens of thousands of people alone.

Since it was not a death-seeking, nor a single person breaking the formation, it was a conspiracy!

Surt's eyes lit up, and he thought of it!

The reloading speed of the musket is very slow, and it takes at least two minutes to launch the second round of volleys.

Two minutes is enough time for the enemy to launch a charge and tear apart the entire defense line.

So Alina must want to use herself as bait to trick the first round of volleys and create a time difference.

To be fair, Soult's reasoning is logically closed, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Unfortunately, he met Alina who did not play by the rules.

She did not come to cheat bullets, and she did not even allow her subordinates to shoot, just to persuade them to surrender.

It is not easy to persuade them to surrender, and it is only slightly easier if you are stronger than the other party. The degree of ease is proportional to the difference in strength between the two sides.

Alina's army's combat effectiveness on paper is far inferior to that of the Port If defenders, and persuading them to surrender is also a farce, so Soult did not think about it at all.

Without much hesitation, he ordered his most trusted guards to shoot at Alina, and the others kept ready to shoot to prevent Alina's army from charging during the reloading period.

There were more than 100 guards sent to the front line, and they could kill Alina even if their aim was poor.

Surt let out a sigh of relief, and his nervous mood eased a lot.

No matter what Alina's conspiracy was, it was useless.

Because she was dead.

The guns equipped by the guards were different from those of the cannon fodder. In normal training, their first-shot hit rate exceeded 30%.

According to this ratio, at least more than 40 bullets hit Alina.

Transcendents are also flesh and blood, and they will die.

Alina will become the first transcendent in the history of the Golden Kite Kingdom to be beaten into a hornet's nest on the battlefield.

It's a pity that she is a pretty girl and so young. Even Mr. Carlo is not a match for President Marco. Does a young girl under 20 want to turn the world upside down?

Seeing Alina clear her throat and start her speech, Surt ran out of patience and gave the guards a shooting order.

With his order, the guards responded to Alina's speech of persuading her to surrender with gunfire.

She spoke very well, and the soldiers also felt that President Marco was too extreme. Many of them thought of Mr. Carlo when they looked at Alina.

If Mr. Carlo was still alive, how could the Golden Kite Kingdom be in such a state?

Marco, a tyrannical insect, could lead the country, which shows how bad the situation is.

People urgently need a savior, but this savior is definitely not Alina.

Because she is about to die.

The guards raised their rifles with simple mechanical sights and aimed at Alina.

As the general gave the order, gunshots rang out simultaneously.

Only less than twenty bullets hit Alina.

It was not that the guards were shocked by Alina's trembling body and the aura of the king, but many soldiers thought that Alina was dead and didn't need this shot, so they chose to raise the muzzle a little too high.

Alina was fighting for the people and freedom after all. Many soldiers who knew Mr. Carlo didn't want to kill the only daughter of the liberator Carlo with their own hands.

Even if Alina had to die, they didn't want to be the executioner.

In short, let others bear the sin of killing Alina.

There were many guards who sympathized with Alina and showed mercy, and naturally there were also those who stood firmly on the side of General Surt.

Although they couldn't bear it, they still shot.

Their salary was paid by the government, and their loyalty was to President Marco.

As for Alina? I can only wish her a smooth passage through the Styx and prepare for the reincarnation race.

The loud gunshot startled the soldiers on both sides.

Many recruits in the Surt army fired subconsciously, not even noticing that the distance was beyond the design distance of ordinary muskets.

At the moment they pulled the trigger, Roland activated the Holy Blessing.

[Holy Blessing], start!

Roland's mind turned, and a pale golden light enveloped Alina.

Her beauty was already ranked in the top ten of the Magic Mirror Women's List. At this moment, she was enveloped by the holy golden light, and she was hit by twenty bullets without any damage. The soldiers were stunned.

Is this still a human being? This is simply a miracle.

The soldiers who just opened fire were even more terrified.

"Soldiers, if you want to kill the Vengeance Saint who leads you to freedom and victory, then keep shooting."

"The Vengeance Saint returns to the human world from the underworld on a blazing flame. She will lead you to Xidai. Put down your weapons and come to me. This is your last chance."

Alina's voice is full of magnetism and is particularly pleasant to hear.

Coupled with the dozens of bullets just now, many soldiers began to doubt their lives.

Not only were the soldiers dumbfounded, but even Surt was stunned.

Are the extraordinary people so powerful? He usually comes into contact with some extraordinary people, and the strength they show is simply incomparable to Alina.

Did he do something wrong again?

Surt gritted his teeth and prepared to take risks as he watched the golden light on Alina's body gradually dim.

This golden light is Alina's amulet.

Since the golden light is dim, the mysterious power protecting her should disappear.

"Protect the Guards, keep firing!"

Surt's order was issued, and the Guards continued to shoot without hesitation.

But this time the effect was much worse, and the poisonous chicken soup of raising the muzzle a little higher was realized here.

Only 19 bullets hit Alina in the second round, and the golden light on her body, which was originally a little dim, suddenly became as dazzling as the sun.

Her speech continued.

Surt's face was very ugly, like a corpse.

The moment he looked at Alina just now, he understood what she meant.

"Idiot, the golden light fading is just acting."

Surt's whole body was stiff and he had difficulty breathing.

He saw countless black muzzles pointed at him.

Obviously, these soldiers were shocked by Alina's performance like a god descending from heaven.

They decided to abandon darkness and join the light.

Surt was their token of surrender to Roland.

He knew he was dead, he was not an extraordinary person who could take bullets with his flesh.

Just as Surt's mind was playing a movie condensed into a short life, gunshots rang out.

At least 500 angry soldiers chose to take action. Although their accuracy was poor, they had more guns.

Surt was not a supernatural being, he was dead.

As his body fell heavily, the light in his eyes gradually disappeared.

This damn beautiful world had nothing to do with him anymore.