Reincarnated Maid is About To Be Captured by All Players

"Sir, are we really going to stand by and do nothing?"

Near the merchant caravan, several guards symbolically watched over Enrique and his group. After all, Amaryllis had jumped out of Enrique's merchant caravan, so no matter what, Enrique couldn't escape responsibility.

Enrique had considered the possibility of exposure, so he had already prepared plans to handle any contingency.

The binding nature of the contract document applied to both parties. It constrained Anna while also having certain binding power over Enrique.

...However, Enrique was a shrewd merchant.

Nitpicking and playing word games had always been merchants' forte. Having a thick skin in business was common knowledge among common knowledge.

Anna probably didn't have similar experience, or perhaps in her urgency to ensure Lily's safety, she hadn't carefully checked the details? Either way was fine, but the contract document's binding subjects were limited only to Enrique and Anastasia.

At first glance, there seemed to be no problem.

But Enrique had no combat ability. If something happened suddenly, the ones who could serve as fighting force on Enrique's side were his guard squad. The contract document was quite vague regarding this aspect, only stating that Enrique had an obligation to ensure Amaryllis's safety when things were exposed.

There was no hard requirement that Enrique must order his guards to take action.

The questioning knight placed his hand on Enrique's shoulder. Due to the contract document's influence, Enrique had to do something.

But you see... I'm being held down by my loyal subordinates who won't let me go to my death. This should count as force majeure, right? Latest content publıshed on novel★fire.net

How helpless, Anastasia. I've already done everything I could do. From here on, you'll have to work hard on your own.

Enrique squinted his eyes. Count Montefeltro's daughter and her maid had also joined the battle, unexpectedly holding out for quite a long time.

Anyone could see they had no hope—defeat was only a matter of time.

However...

Why were they exposed?

Enrique also couldn't figure out this principle. To be fair, Lily's exposure wasn't his deliberate arrangement.

The revelation that Amaryllis was hidden in the merchant caravan brought no benefit to Enrique. Although he could use the ambiguity in the contract document to evade support responsibilities, explaining the reasons to Duke Borgia would require considerable effort.

The several guards nearby were watching to prevent their escape. Enrique shook his head and sighed. What a troublesome situation.

Anna's affection rating might even crash... Enrique was also a normal male player. To say he had no regrets about missing out on a beautiful maid would be a lie.

Unable to have the best of both worlds, he could only choose the side he desired more.

With the contract document in place, Anastasia couldn't escape. She was the most likely person to make contact with a [Witch]. Even if it meant using forceful methods, he had to keep her.

...

"Strategist! Use your invincible brain to think of a solution! The brothers can't hold on much longer!"

"..."

Anyone who wasn't an idiot could see that Anna's Support Group was at an absolute disadvantage.

The numbers weren't actually that different. The Black Eagle Mercenary Group didn't have all their personnel at Acklin, but counting the non-Black Eagle players, the numbers maintained a slight balance.

The troublesome part was the knights. They were Duke Borgia's elite troops with extremely strong individual combat abilities. Few people could match them in single combat. They were the kind of Gundams that required team coordination to defeat.

But where did adventurers care about chivalry? When Anna's Support Group members teamed up to gang up on knights, other adventurers would stab them in the back. Before long, Anna's Support Group's numbers kept decreasing.

Hohenheim pushed up his glasses. He had already notified everyone that those who died and went offline should immediately request support from the group leader. It was really hard to endure. Although the group leader probably couldn't break through the [Barrier] either, at least it gave them hope.

Hohenheim was too lazy to think about why they were exposed.

The key was that Anna was also struggling... When Anna was fighting, how could we as her support group have any reason to give up?

Sorry, Anna.

"Hey, Kurumi Tokisaki."

"Strategist?!"

Hohenheim lowered his voice.

"Anna just asked me to tell you..."

"Anna? But isn't Anna over there?"

"She said if you can hold off a knight, she'll cosplay as Kurumi Tokisaki."

"..."

A knight who was fighting fiercely with members of Anna's Support Group suddenly had a red-eyed adventurer charge out of nowhere, roaring as he swung his cleaver directly at the knight.

The power and speed the adventurer burst out with forced the knight to summon his full attention. He steeled himself and responded with a roar of his own.

"For my king!"

"For Kurumi ahhhhhh—"

Who was Kurumi? But the knight no longer had the leisure to think about such things.

"Hey."

"Strategist, what should we do?"

"Anna asked me to tell you... if you can hold off a knight, she'll allow you to be her piglet for a day."

"..."

"Hey, you."

"Strategist, we need to support Anna!"

"I know, so you hold off a knight. If you can do it, Anna says she's willing to give you a lock of her hair."

"..."

The adventurers attacking Anna's Support Group noticed something was wrong. The originally disadvantaged Anna's Support Group members were all acting like they were on drugs, able to tank and deal damage, while shouting incomprehensible, chaotic slogans.

"I say, these Anna's Support Group guys seem to have all gone berserk?"

"Damn, those enhancement buffs are maxed out. Who can withstand this?"

"Things are going south, pull back! Retreat!!!"