Oh god, I feel like Chris and co. will be fighting Elicia, why? Well, if Elicia went after the fucking ugly bastard in the city, she would be facing the whole of the Royal knights and the Uglubastards goons. But if she attacks them on their way to the capital, she dosent have to face the whole of the royal knights, and probably even some wanna-be hero from the citizens, but she will have to face Chris and co. which will end up in Elicia getting vaporized.
Enter Tweight with the save of the fucking century, then maybe he weakens the Duke enough for Elicia to kill said Duke, while Tweight uses talk-no-jutsu on Chris and co.