Noren's face was very gloomy. She knew that it was impossible to persuade the Healer to surrender.
If she still wants to carry out her original massacre plan, she can only fight the Healer. Not only will her own life be in danger, but even a thousand elite knights plus Hawkeye, one of the three heroes, will absolutely not be able to stop the Healer who has the ability to teleport. They will also pay a heavy price.
Moreover, there are also the [Art] Hero Freya and [Sword Saint] Kreeh, who are suspected of being brainwashed and controlled, possibly lying in ambush at this moment. With two heroes of combat strength plus the strongest sword saint who has been through countless battles, if the [Art] Hero disregards the casualties of the people and directly uses high-level magic with wide-range destructive power to clear the field, the Holy Lance Knights have a 90% chance of being completely wiped out.
Even if Norren wanted to abandon this operation and lead the Holy Lance Knights in retreat, it was impossible. Now that the Hero of Healing had stepped forward and exposed his identity, how could he possibly let them go back? Should Norren go back and rally the other heroes of the Kingdom of Geolar to fight him? Should Norren go back and announce the Hero of Healing's treason so that the Kingdom of Geolar would attack the Hero of Healing's homeland?
This was clearly impossible. Noren was now in a dilemma, having to confront the Healer of Healing either way. She had no choice but to take a gamble.
"Kayal, the Healer, it seems you are determined to stop us from cleaning up this filthy demon town and to become an enemy of my Kingdom of Geolar. We trusted you so much, but you have betrayed our expectations and also betrayed me, your fiancée, by choosing to stand on the side of the demons."
Noren sighed sadly, her expression filled with inexplicable resentment and sorrow, looking at someone as if she were looking at a heartless man who had abandoned his wife.
"..."
Chen Hao didn't reply, but just watched Norren's performance quietly.
"Considering that we have never met before but were once engaged, I will grant your request today and abandon the purge of the evil demons and brainwashed humans in this town. We will then withdraw our troops and return to the Kingdom of Geolar."
"When we meet again, we'll be enemies, and I won't hold back then."
After Norren finished speaking, she looked at Chen Hao with a sad and resentful gaze, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes. At that moment, she seemed to have transformed into a tragic heroine.
This was her final strategy: to feign pitifulness to gain the sympathy of the Healer and secure a safe retreat. Given the Healer's current display of justice and compassion for the people, coupled with his previous indulgence in women in the palace, Norren felt that with her cute and beautiful appearance and this pitiful demeanor, any man would surely soften his heart.
"Do you think I'm a fool? Let you go back to punish me for treason? Let you go back to gather more troops to attack Branic? Let you go back to summon other heroes to deal with me? Let you go back to attack my homeland?"
Chen Hao squinted and complained, looking at Princess Noren, who was putting on a show, with dead fish eyes. If he hadn't known this woman's true nature and knew that this was just an act she was putting on, he might have softened his heart. But he wasn't stupid. Even if he softened his heart, he definitely wouldn't let Noren leave.
"..."
Noren's expression froze, then his feigned sincerity vanished, replaced by a cold indifference. He stared at Chen Hao, who stood not far away holding a cane, and said in a chilling voice:
"Are you planning to kill everyone here? Leave no one alive? Hero of Healing, no matter how strong you are, you are just one person, while there are thousands of us on my side. Even if you develop your healing magic into a powerful offensive spell, your magic power definitely cannot support you casting it a thousand times. Don't be so arrogant!"
"Even if you kill me first, it won't matter. The Holy Lance Knights will still carry out their original plan after I die, and will disperse to start clearing this town. You are only one person, and there is no way you can manage thousands of people who are dispersed."
"Isn't your goal to protect those demons and the brainwashed people? If you force a war, the Holy Lance Knights will still disperse and clear out the city. Even if you kill them all afterward, the town's residents will still suffer heavy losses. You don't want to see that happen, do you?"
Chen Hao found Norren's words inexplicably amusing. With his current absurd endurance and combat ability, if it weren't for the fact that Kreeher and the others could also come out and help, he would have already killed all the knights present by himself.
Using the safety of those residents as leverage to threaten him? Ha! Why did he even show up and talk to Noren for so long? Of course, it was to guard against that!
"Noren, don't you understand why I showed myself and talked to you for so long?"
Chen Hao laughed easily, his face full of joy.
"Could it be...!"
Noren was enlightened by these words, and a flash of inspiration struck him, leading him to the true conclusion.
He's stalling for time! Letting the surrounding residents flee! Damn it! We've fallen for his trap!
Now that she had finally realized what was happening, Norren wanted to strangle her past self. How could she only think of something so important now! The surrounding residents should have already evacuated, and she had lost her last threatening advantage. If Freya had really been brainwashed, then she could now unleash her powerful magic against the Holy Lance Knights.
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