"Here, take this."

Liens handed the two-handed longsword in his hand to Ben, then found a suitable standard longsword on the battlefield.

"This is Earl Bard's weapon. I'm more used to using a hand-and-a-half sword; that one is a bit too long," Liens explained. As for the finely crafted longsword from the Glenbagen Family that had accompanied him for over half a year, it had broken after completing the 'beheading' mission against Earl Bard.

However, for him now, the quality of ordinary weapons, whether good or bad, made little difference; as long as it felt right, it was fine.

"I'll go over there and check first. You guys should also move quickly after you've regrouped."

Liens swung the longsword in his hand a few times to get a feel for it, then left this message and disappeared.

Ben knew where he meant by "over there," so he quickly issued orders for the Rebel Army soldiers to adjust their formations as soon as possible after resting, preparing to depart.

On the other side, Liens quickly arrived at the foot of the Inner City wall.

Seeing the magical barrier covering the entire Inner City, he wasn't surprised. After all, at such a critical juncture, the Inner City naturally wouldn't continue to conserve resources.

"It seems they've truly given up struggling… Are they trying to buy time to escape using the magical barrier formed by the ritual?"

A barrier formed by a not-so-profound ritual naturally couldn't block Liens's perception.

So, he could clearly sense that the defending army on the city wall didn't even have a single Extraordinary One, only ordinary soldiers, and most of them were very disheartened.

Liens placed his hand on the translucent barrier, which shimmered with flowing light, carefully sensing its elemental structure.

After a while, a faint green glow appeared on his hand, then spread throughout his body. He then calmly stepped through the barrier without any hindrance, like a water droplet merging into a body of water.

Despair flashed in the eyes of the soldiers who witnessed this scene. The highly anticipated magical barrier was broken so easily; how could this not be disheartening?

Liens ignored the ordinary soldiers and hurried towards the core of the ritual, following the perceived elemental flow.

Directly breaking the entire ritual was still somewhat strenuous for him in his current state, and since he was already a bit weak, he naturally didn't want to expend too much energy to hinder his recovery.

On the way to the ritual's core, Liens noticed that some chaotic situations had already appeared in the Inner City. Many people were anxiously packing their belongings, while others had already set their sights on what others had.

In times of crisis, the evil of human nature does not distinguish between the Outer City and the Inner City.

"Quiet."

A detached voice accompanied by an invisible pressure descended upon everyone. The originally noisy environment instantly became so quiet that a pin drop could be heard. Everyone seemed to be watched by a deity, not daring to make the slightest movement.

"Return to your residences and do not leave until the dust has settled."

As the words fell, the pressure covering everyone also disappeared. The Inner City residents, who had just been loudly bickering, looked at each other, seeing the relief of surviving a disaster on each other's faces.

Although the sense of fatal threat had disappeared, everyone dared not be negligent, much less ignore those final words.

They silently packed their belongings, then returned to their residences, recalling that feeling from earlier while trembling inside their homes.

After dealing with the chaos in the Inner City through intimidation, Liens quickly arrived at the location of the ritual's core—the City Lord's Mansion.

"Who goes there!"

The guards still diligently intercepted everyone who wanted to enter the City Lord's Mansion.

Liens glanced at them, then passed through their interception and walked into the castle-like City Lord's Mansion. The guards who had just shouted at Liens dared not move a muscle.

Because they were all awestruck by the Killing Intent.

This was one of Liens's uses of Heaven and Earth Killing Intent: influencing the Killing Intent without directly acting. That poised Killing Intent would form a sense of oppression on a person's perception.

It was like constantly brandishing a sharp knife at someone's neck; ordinary people with insufficient mental fortitude would easily be intimidated.

Of course, someone with thick skin might be exempt from this, as it was only meant to scare people.

However, if someone truly ignored the Killing Intent and insisted on attacking him, he wouldn't mind drawing his sword and sending them on their way.

The City Lord's Mansion was indeed magnificent, with red carpets covering the floors, walls adorned with various solemn murals, and potted plants decorating corners and both sides of the corridors.

The servants inside the fortress also appeared calm, not at all as flustered as the ordinary Inner City residents outside.

It was unclear whether they were unaware that the Inner City was about to fall, or if it was simply a high level of professional conduct.

Following the elemental flow, Liens quickly found the core of the ritual, a seat. At this moment, a richly dressed, corpulent blonde man was sitting on the seat.

"Scum, who allowed you in here!"

The blonde man saw Liens, dressed in ragged clothes, walk in as if no one else was present. Anger appeared in his eyes, and he shouted loudly.

"What are you useless people doing? Hurry up and get someone to throw this scum out!"

The blonde man yelled at the guards in the hall, but the guards present stood rigidly in place, ignoring the man's shouts.

"Is he thick-skinned, or is there something wrong with his brain?"

Liens instantly appeared before the elevated seat, looking at the blonde man with a hint of curiosity. He hadn't expected an ordinary person to maintain such an arrogant attitude under the intimidation of Killing Intent.

"What are you doing?!"

Seeing Liens instantly appear before him, and the surrounding guards showing no reaction to his shouts, fear finally appeared on the blonde man's face.

Liens naturally recognized the blonde man before him; he was the current City Lord of Kara City—Paul Hartwin.

It wasn't that he paid much attention to this City Lord's information; it was simply that this guy liked to display his existence, with portraits of him posted everywhere in the city.

After a glance, Liens determined that this City Lord possessed both the traits of being thick-skinned and not very intelligent. He then promptly threw him down.

"Ah—"

Due to his ample fat, Paul only cried out in pain, but his body didn't suffer any injuries.

He stealthily glanced at Liens, who was meticulously observing the City Lord's seat, and intended to quietly slip out of the hall.

"Take another step, and I'll kill you."

The calm voice entered Paul's ears, causing him, who had just gotten up, to immediately stiffen and not dare to move again.

He turned his gaze to the guards who usually appeared loyal, hoping they would step forward and drive away this villain.

But unfortunately, those guards ignored his expectant gaze and huddled into corners, afraid of attracting Liens's attention. At this moment, their lives were more important than their jobs.

Paul was very disappointed and began to ponder how he could escape the danger. And just like Paul, the Rebel Army, who were blocked outside the Inner City, were also pondering.

However, their problem was how to break the ritual barrier and allow the army to enter the Inner City.

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