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The knight captain sneered confidently at his own swordplay, looking down on Mengdie with disdainful eyes.

"Bitch, not a bad reaction, huh?"

At the last moment, Mengdie tilted her head, narrowly avoiding the lethal strike. But the cold blade still grazed her cheek, drawing blood.

The captain, smirking at the blood on his sword, said, "Run, why don’t you run now? This time it's just a wound, next time I'll take your life!"

Mengdie's hands were still restrained, but she could feel the slight pain on her cheek. Seeing the blood on the sword, the color of pacification in her eyes slowly turned cold and calm...

"You... you really want to kill me."

The captain was startled. How did the frail girl suddenly possess such a cold gaze? He shuddered involuntarily and raised his sword.

"No matter what, even if I misspoke, it doesn't warrant death. And you... you really want to kill me?"

The captain looked down, unable to meet Mengdie's gaze. He ordered the soldiers holding her to tighten their grip and raised his sword high, looking like he intended to bisect Mengdie.

"In the name of His Majesty, the merciful king grants you a glorious death! Rest in peace, lowly slave woman, ascend to heaven by my sword, feel honored!!!"

The sword swung down...

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"Clang—!"

Steel clashed against the ground, echoing through the sky! Mengdie, with her hands tied, stomped on the ground, using the soldiers as a pivot to spin up into the air! Before the captain could pull his sword from the ground, Mengdie's heels brutally slammed into the back of his head.

"Crack!" The captain fell face-first to the ground, unable to stand. The soldiers, still surprised by Mengdie's agility, were caught off guard as she rolled over them. Inverted with her head down, she split her legs and hit each soldier with a heavy kick.

Pain caused the soldiers to release Mengdie, who then swiftly stood up. As she broke free, the remaining soldiers, disregarding any fair fight, charged at her with swords drawn, intending to cut her to pieces.

"Damn it, everyone run!!!" Mengdie shouted, urging the spectators to flee. A soldier lunged at her, and she punched him in the chest.

"Clang—!!!"

"Ouch—!"

Her punch hurt her more than him, thanks to his armor. Rubbing her swollen fist, Mengdie dodged another soldier's sword and ran towards a nearby hut. She leaped onto the hut's walls and quickly climbed to the roof.

"Bitch... don't run! Catch her! If you catch her, you can enjoy her before we kill her!!!" The dirt-covered captain, dropping all pretense of morality, chased after Mengdie with his sword. His soldiers followed, unable to leap onto roofs in their armor, but forming human ladders to pursue her.

"Bitch! Come down and serve your master!!!"

The first soldier bravely climbed the roof only to be greeted by a beautiful girl with a white hair clip, smiling sweetly at him. He was momentarily mesmerized...

"Uh... Ah! My helmet!"

Mengdie took his helmet, smiled again, and then struck his ears with both palms, bursting his eardrums and disorienting him. He fell off the roof, unconscious.

As more soldiers climbed up, Mengdie, unable to use striking techniques, found herself in a difficult situation. Seeing Aiya being untied by Niya, she dodged a soldier's slash and flipped backwards, landing on another roof and running away.

"Escape! Chase—!!!"

"Come on, chase me! Forget about the diamond!"

As she heard the soldiers' shouts, Mengdie deliberately slowed down to lure them away, moving agilely through streets and over rooftops, occasionally disappearing and reappearing behind lone soldiers to knock them out. Her figure danced through the city, leaving onlookers in awe of her flowing hair...

"Phew... so tired... only four left, huh?"

After nearly an hour of pursuit, Mengdie hid in a dark alley, catching her breath and watching the captain and his soldiers.

The armored soldiers were visibly exhausted, wandering the streets aimlessly. The captain, looking at the dried blood on his sword, cursed loudly.

Mengdie leaned against the wall, her sweat-soaked clothes clinging to her body, her chest partly exposed, glistening with sweat beads, adding to her exhausted yet enticing appearance.

"Hmm? What a nice scent... She's here! Captain, over here—!!!"

Suddenly, a soldier appeared at the other end of the alley, excitedly eyeing Mengdie. His gaze, fixed on her chest, was filled with a disgusting leer.

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