Upon hearing the gunshots and explosions, Perfikot was the first to realize she was being assassinated.
However, she didn't panic. Instead, she immediately tapped her cane against the carriage, instantly changing its material, transforming the wooden exterior into steel plates and weaving a wire mesh over the windows.
In this era, both bombs and bullets were limited in lethality due to the use of black powder. As long as she wasn't hit directly or got out of the carriage herself, a layer of steel would ensure her safety.
Moreover, with so many knights protecting the carriage, Perfikot wasn't worried about anything happening to her here.
Attempting to assassinate her under the watchful eyes of a title knight and several grand knights without an entire regiment armed with heavy weapons in formation was simply unthinkable.
The era of knights might have ended, but that didn't mean knights had been eliminated from the battlefield.
