When it truly came to action, Mabrey instead calmed down, his eyes sharp as he looked at Queen Renaldi.
With a Vampire as his backing, he seemed to have already taken control of this country.
The only thing that slightly displeased him was that the Queen's face showed no sign of fear.
"Who are you?" The royal butler, Joe, did not rashly attack the newcomers; instead, he guardedly stood in front of the Queen.
He smelled a strong scent of blood from the three mysterious people; if nothing unexpected happened, the dozen or so royal guards outside had already been silently "dealt with."
It was certain that these three mysterious people who walked in were very dangerous.
However, the three mysterious people in Black Robes did not pay attention to Joe's question and walked directly to Mabrey.
"When this operation is over, we want one hundred square kilometers of land as payment," a cold voice came from the tallest cloaked figure.
"Fine—" Mabrey's expression turned ugly, but after his gaze swept over the three oppressive Black Robes, he still gritted his teeth and agreed to their demand.
Then, he looked at Queen Renaldi with a hint of arrogance and said, "If you want to live, order the throne to be transferred to me, otherwise don't blame me for being merciless."
"You're dreaming!" Queen Renaldi said firmly, "Make me hand over the country to someone like you? Not unless I die..."
At the same time, Joe, the royal butler and bodyguard, received the Queen's hint.
Immediately, a highly concealed miniature pistol was aimed at the culprit, Mabrey.
With a "bang," the bullet went straight for Mabrey's forehead.
Beside them, Amy, the little maid who also served as the Princess's bodyguard, pulled out two silenced pistols and fired indiscriminately at the Black Robes and the Mabrey father and son.
The entire process sounds complicated, but it actually happened in an instant.
Until the rapid-fire gunshots ended, most of the people in the banquet hall still hadn't figured out what had happened.
Of course, these most people did not include the three Black Robes.
As soon as the gunshots rang out, two of them had already flashed to the side.
The tallest cloaked figure, however, stood in front of the Mabrey father and son, deflecting all the bullets with a wave of his right hand.
"Are your lives worth one hundred square kilometers of land? Any objections?" The tall cloaked figure turned and released his hand, and the spent casings clinked crisply as they fell onto the marble floor.
"No, no objections." Only at this moment did Mabrey realize that he had almost been ambushed and killed.
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and calming his heartbeat, he looked up and said resentfully, "I have one more request: I want the royal members of the Renaldi family to suffer a fate worse than death. And those two bodyguards, I want them dead."
"Small problem." The tall cloaked figure, who had secured enough living space for the power behind him, didn't mind fulfilling a small wish for his employer.
"My apologies, Queen Renaldi." Before acting, the tall cloaked figure absolved himself of responsibility.
He looked at the Queen and said, "We have no intention of being your enemy, it's just circumstances..."
Caius was originally a pure-blood Vampire living in seclusion in Washington State, America.
The reason he coveted the land of Genovia was that America was no longer suitable for Vampires to live in.
Mike had a large part to play in this.
"You're Vampires," Queen Renaldi saw the cloaked figure's face, a long, pale face.
As a guest of honor in America, Queen Renaldi had naturally heard rumors of Vampires.
"We are indeed Vampires." Caius did not deny it and smoothly removed the wide hood from his head.
The face beneath the hood was pale and bloodless.
On the other side, Jane, who possessed the Spiritual Pain, and Chelsea, who possessed Sensory Deprivation, also removed their hoods simultaneously.
The two Vampires, one male and one female, also had extremely pale faces.
And at Chelsea's mouth, there was still uncleaned blood, making her look incredibly bloodthirsty.
"Why say so much to these mortals?" Chelsea said impatiently, "Let's finish the mission quickly so we can report back to the leader."
Hearing Chelsea's impolite words, Caius, as the second-in-command of the Volturi Family, frowned.
Caius also wanted to complete the mission quickly and get the land, but he had more to consider.
Although Genovia was a small country, Queen Renaldi had good relations with many surrounding countries.
Once something happened to her, it was very likely to attract the attention of those countries.
Especially America, with its MIB, the Vampire race simply couldn't afford to provoke them now.
This was also the reason why Caius had explained so much to Queen Renaldi earlier, trying his best to distance himself.
However, there are no impenetrable walls in the world, and the Vampires' actions this time would be known eventually.
Instead of concealing it, it was better to act quickly.
After understanding this, Caius put away his displeased expression, nodded to Chelsea and Jane, and motioned for them to act.
"You're lucky; I'm already full today." With a wave of Chelsea's hand, the banquet guards, temporarily summoned by Joe to protect the Queen, fell to the ground one after another.
Sensory Deprivation would make people unable to speak or hear, like being a "living dead person" sleeping in a nightmare.
Until Joe also fell, Queen Renaldi was exposed in front of Jane.
And Jane, who possessed Spiritual Pain, could make opponents suffer without needing to stir their emotions, and could also make people be burned by heart fire.
This ability was very similar to the Queen of Egypt's Emotion Guidance, and even stronger; the only two drawbacks were that it could only be used one-on-one, and when activating the ability, her eyes needed to be fixed on the opponent.
Therefore, when Jane fought, she generally needed a companion to "protect" her.
However, when bullying ordinary people, it wasn't that troublesome.
Immediately, Jane looked at Queen Renaldi and activated her ability.
Speaking of Spiritual Pain, if it were to be graded: level one might just be a slight heart pain, while level ten would make people wish for death, burned to ashes by heart fire.
To satisfy the employer's request, Jane's activated ability gradually increased in pain from low to high.
Watching Queen Renaldi's expression gradually become painful, Princess Mia suddenly stood in front of her grandmother.
However, contrary to expectations, Princess Mia did not feel any pain.
At the same time, Amy and Eileen, who had been waiting for the opportunity, rushed towards Jane with silver knives and forks.
The two of them knew a little about the Vampire's weakness to silver weapons.
Chelsea, seeing the two girls ambushing her companion, immediately used Sensory Deprivation again.
However, to everyone's surprise, the Sensory Deprivation also failed this time; the two girls did not "fall asleep."
Instead, working together, they forced Jane to retreat repeatedly.
The reason for this effect was partly because Jane, as a "pure" mage, did not have much more close-combat experience than ordinary people.
On the other hand, it was because Amy, as the Princess's personal bodyguard, had physical qualities and combat power far exceeding those of ordinary people.
Even Eileen, the little secretary who often hung out with her, had some fighting skills.
With one increasing and one decreasing, Amy and Eileen truly had a back-and-forth fight with Jane.
This was unacceptable; seeing his own talent fail and his companion being forced into "perilous situations," Chelsea quickly moved to join the battle.
Spiritual Pain... Sensory Deprivation... Five Senses Enhancement (Talent)...
"Mia, are you alright?"
Mike, who arrived via his Teleportation ability, immediately obtained three characteristic traits upon his appearance.
However, these were not important to him right now; instead, the state of his "own people" worried him more.
"Mike? Why are you here?" The sudden appearance of the person she was thinking about made Mia a little confused.
Only after Mike greeted Queen Renaldi and "woke up" the royal butler, Joe, did the girl speak with surprise.
"Didn't I tell you? As long as you need me, I will appear by your side." Mike, realizing that things weren't so bad, even had the mood to joke with the girl.
Coincidentally, Mike had been studying Angel One's notes for the past two days, and just as he fully understood the Teleportation ability, he received Mia's "call."
It only cost him ten energy points to come to Genovia, and he felt that he could often come here to play with Princess Mia in the future.
"Are you truly God, who heard my prayer...?" Princess Mia had thought she wouldn't survive today and was mentally "saying goodbye" to Mike, but then he appeared before her.
This could no longer be described as just magical.
Coupled with the blessing trait Mike had specially performed last time, he now seemed very mysterious in the girl's heart.
"No, no, no, I am not God, I just have a special ability." Mike shook his head.
He indeed had not yet reached the strength of "God."
"Anyway, thank you for being here at this moment." Princess Mia smiled, looking at Mike's humble demeanor, and even felt a little proud in her heart.
'This is my man...'
However, she quickly collected her thoughts and said worriedly, "Can you help Amy and them? Their opponents are Vampires."
"Don't worry, with me here, they won't be in trouble." Mike had actually already placed a protective shield on each of the two girls, the kind that even a Count-level Vampire couldn't break.
The situation in the center of the arena also confirmed this; Chelsea's attacks on the girls, and Jane's counterattacks, were all nullified by an invisible shield, like hammering on "cotton."
This situation left the two well-informed pure-blood Vampires both surprised and fearful.
And Amy and Eileen, although they didn't know why the opponent's attacks couldn't hit them, it was clearly a good thing.
So gradually, the two girls gave up on defense and put all their energy into killing the enemy.
Before long, both Chelsea and Jane were injured, wounded by silver knives and forks.