Chapter 224: Outside Forces
Throughout the day, assassins kept attacking them. Their target was always Arabella’s carriage and not Ferdinand’s so he was getting more and more irritated the more assassins came.
Ferdinand ended up apologizing to her repeatedly for making her the target of assassinations like these because she was his wife. He did promise her safety despite all these attempts.
Assassination attempts were only happening now because they were finally outside of Valeria’s borders.
Their attackers probably thought they had more chances of surviving if they were outside Valeria’s borders. They underestimated the strength of Valeria’s Imperial Knights that Ferdinand had focused on strengthening since he was crowned.
Moreover, the knights would indeed not chase after them if they run away quickly since it would expose Arabella and Ferdinand to danger in case another group of assassins would come while the others knights were away.
It could be a divide-and-attack strategy. Or there was another group set to ambush the knights once they decide to chase.
But what their attackers didn’t know was the knights didn’t need to chase after them since Alwin or Riley could catch them instead.
They had summoned Riley as a backup magician ever since the assassination attempts began last night.
It was so that while one of them was catching the escaping assassins, one magician would remain near Arabella’s carriage ready to teleport them in worst-case scenarios.
And that scenario would be if Ferdinand himself had to participate in the fight. It meant the strength of the knights was no longer enough to defeat the attackers.
Arabella would be teleported back to the Imperial Palace or Magic Tower in case that happens.