In the pitch-black darkness, the Emperor forced his trembling legs to move and looked outside through the gap in the curtains.
“Enoch Blois, you stupid bastard.”
It was the act of listening to that guy and sending Charles to the Starr mansion that caused the trouble.
It was so suspicious that the rebels invaded while the Duke was away, as if everything had been planned.
“Where did Lucius go?”
The Emperor said, drawing the blackout curtains again.
“He took refuge with the Empress in the Rose Palace.”
“What? I told him to get out, so why did he go there?”
“They say the Duke of Howard is holding out outside, and the escape failed.”
“Damn it! How many of them are on that side!”
In the meantime, an urgent knock on the door was heard.
“Who are you!”
The Emperor reacted sharply to the unfamiliar noise.
“I am Damian, the First Knight Commander.”
At the word Damian, the chamberlain opened the door without hesitation.
Damian knelt before the Emperor and reported the current situation.
“You must flee immediately. Prince Kite has come with his troops.”
“Why that guy again!”
“...I haven’t yet figured out the connection to Killian.”
When the situation got to this point, the chief chamberlain felt resentful towards the Emperor.
If Duke Sadie, who was on the border, had not been summoned to the palace, Prince Kite would not have been able to cross the border so easily.
“Where on earth is Duke Sadie now!”
"How can we possibly know the whereabouts of Duke Sadie right now? For now, it seems like fleeing is the best option."
The chamberlain's attitude was somehow crooked, but he didn't have the energy to point it out.
Damian looked at the two people and then carefully opened his mouth.
“But isn’t there ‘that’ in the Rose Palace?”
“Right! I forgot about that.”
The Emperor, who had been trembling with anxiety the whole time, immediately brightened up when he remembered what Damian had pointed out.
"Why didn't I think of that before? Gather all your troops to the Rose Palace."
"All right."
So the Emperor and the 1st Knights, led by Damian, moved towards the Rose Palace through a secret passage.
Enoch, whom the Emperor had been cursing all along, was also in a disadvantageous situation.
“Looking at the situation outside, it seems Prince Kite has also joined Killian’s side.”
“Prince Kite?”
Enoch frowned.
Enoch, who still believed that Killian had rebelled to become Emperor, could not help but find the sudden appearance of Prince Kite strange.
“Are we going to stay here forever?”
“Are you crazy? You’re going to die if you stay here.”
The royal family and nobles, who had been leisurely preparing to capture Killian, were left in a state of confusion and unable to come to their senses due to the sudden rebellion.
"You've all lost your minds. What do you expect from me when you won't even give me soldiers?"
The Emperor ordered Enoch to stay in the palace and launch a surprise attack on Killian, but he also gave the main forces of the palace to the Marquis Touche and Count Capone families.
The only people currently guarding Enoch were Nigel, who was waiting for him outside the conference room door, and John, one of the Caporegimes.
'Isn't this just telling me to die?'
Enoch shook his head in annoyance and spat on the floor.
Meanwhile, Giuliano's capo, John, who had been listening through the crack in the door to observe the situation, said:
“There are enemies on the second floor as well, but they seem to be too busy dealing with the soldiers on the first floor right now.”
"Boss, I think we need to move quickly through this gap. There's a servants-only staircase at the right end of the third-floor hallway. You can exit through there."
“Then let’s go there right now.”
Enoch and the two men counted the remaining magic bullets and put them in their pockets. Nigel gently turned the doorknob.
Just as John had said earlier, Giovanni and his men seemed preoccupied with firing magic bullets toward the first floor.
Nigel was the first to come out into the hallway and quickly hid behind a pillar, followed by Enoch and John.
It was when they reached almost the end of the hallway.
A member of the Starr organization on the lower floor noticed suspicious movement on the third floor and shouted.
“Giovanni! There are some suspicious people!”
Enoch, whose location was discovered, shouted at the members of the organization standing behind him.
“Pull out your guns, everyone!”
“You little rat. You hid well.”
Giovanni, recognizing Enoch's voice, clicked his tongue, opened the Shortfire's rotary magazine, and loaded a magic bullet.
Enoch and his men missed the chance to escape up the stairs, as Giovanni's men had already quickly blocked the entrance to the stairs.
“Damn it!”
As the enemies held out, Enoch chose the opposite path and ran quickly.
Giovanni, seeing them fleeing in the opposite direction, gave orders to his men.
“Block them from over there!”
"Yes!"
Enoch ran away, firing magic bullets at the Starr Family chasing him.
As if that wasn't enough, he also started throwing stone statues and flower pots at them.
“Fuck.”
Enoch cursed and stepped back. Just as he was about to leave, Killian, who had just finished organizing the situation on the first floor, was coming up the stairs on the other side.
Without time to think about anything else, he opened the door right next to him and went in.
He had no idea what would happen to his men. Enoch immediately locked the door and gathered whatever furniture he could find to block the entrance.
Giovanni, who narrowly missed Enoch, banged his fist on the door in frustration.
“Kick it!”
“It’s no use. It looks like it’s blocked from the inside with furniture.”
As Giovanni and his men struggled to open the door, Killian arrived at the door.
“If you open this and go in, you’ll be late.”
He said, looking into the room next door.
"Giovanni, you remain in front of this area. The rest of you will move through the window of the room on the left."
Knox and Chambers, who had succeeded in capturing Nigel and John, left them in the care of their subordinates and quickly followed Killian.
As they walked out to the terrace, they saw Enoch, as expected, pulling open the curtains, as if he was planning to escape outside through the terrace.
“It would be better to just surrender and not waste time.”
Enoch suddenly turned his head, startled by a voice coming from beside him.
Killian was watching his actions, leaning his arm against the railing with a leisurely attitude.
“You damn son of a bitch.”
Enoch pulled a magic bullet from his waistband and thrust it into the Shortfire's body. Now, only one magic bullet remained.
Killian also aimed at Enoch's head while putting in the remaining magic bullet.
Because if your breathing or posture is disturbed while shooting, your aim will go astray, you need to have the courage to not dodge until the end, even if the opponent aims the gun.
“Go to hell, Matteo.”
As Killian finished speaking, magic bullets were fired at each other simultaneously.
Enoch, who was pushed back in the psychological warfare, moved his body as soon as he fired the magic bullet.
The magic bullet aimed at Killian's heart grazed his arm instead, while the magic bullet fired by Killian went straight into Enoch's head.
It was thanks to Killian's precise aim that he calculated even his movements.
Bam.
Enoch fell down the terrace without even being able to scream.
"Payne! Come here and apply some pressure to the boss's wound!"
Payne, who had rushed over to Knox's scream, took out the clean cloth he had brought with him, stopped the bleeding, and quickly wrapped the wound with a pressure bandage.
“Thank goodness it was a penetrating wound.”
Killian frowned as he moved his arm.
“Still, it’s quite annoying.”
“Where did you hurt your right arm?”
Giovanni, who followed behind, sighed in relief and wiped his bloody hands.
“Chambers, go check if that guy’s really dead.”
"Yes!"
Soon after, Prince Kite and the Rezetta family, who had finished the situation on the first floor, also came up to where Killian was.
Most of the members of the organization had wounds, big and small, on their bodies, although they were not fatal.
If it weren't for the specially made protective suit, their body would have been pierced or torn apart long ago.
Prince Kite spoke to Killian with a dark expression.
"We searched the entire palace, but the Emperor was nowhere to be found. I think it would be best to split up our forces here and each search a different palace."
It was a bit disappointing that the power was being divided, but for now, the best option was to quickly strike the Emperor and capture the palace before Duke Sadie arrived.
“Then we will reconnect with Marquis Huppert and search the temple palace next door. Your Grace, please take the Rezetta family and search the Crown Prince’s palace.”
"All right."
Just as they were about to disperse, Pete came running with an anxious expression.
“I have received word from Lord Howard that the Duke of Sadie is heading to the palace.”
Hearing that, Knox clutched his head as if he had a headache.
“I was wondering why he hadn’t shown up yet!”
"But it seems Duke Sadie had no intention of attacking us. As a sign of his intention not to attack, he left the knights he had brought with him and entered alone."
Charles did not attack Duke Howard's army, even though it was encamped on the walls, but instead requested a private meeting with the Duke.
“Why are you coming to the main palace?”
“I think he has something to tell the boss.”
The Duke of Sadie's forces were a burden.
It was certainly a good thing for Killian that he readily withdrew his intention to attack.
'But it feels awkward.'
It seemed unlikely that the news he was about to deliver to Killian, despite the risks he had taken to come here alone, would be very good.
“I see the Duke!”
One of the staff members who was watching the entrance from the terrace shouted.
“What should I do?”
Even though he was a sword master, Charles, who was moving alone, was currently completely outnumbered.
Besides, isn't there also Killian here who has skills on par with him?
Giovanni thought that it would be better to deal with Charles at this opportunity rather than take the risk.
And the same was true for Prince Kite and Messina.
After much thought, Killian opened his mouth.
“Enoch Blois, you stupid bastard.”
It was the act of listening to that guy and sending Charles to the Starr mansion that caused the trouble.
It was so suspicious that the rebels invaded while the Duke was away, as if everything had been planned.
“Where did Lucius go?”
The Emperor said, drawing the blackout curtains again.
“He took refuge with the Empress in the Rose Palace.”
“What? I told him to get out, so why did he go there?”
“They say the Duke of Howard is holding out outside, and the escape failed.”
“Damn it! How many of them are on that side!”
In the meantime, an urgent knock on the door was heard.
“Who are you!”
The Emperor reacted sharply to the unfamiliar noise.
“I am Damian, the First Knight Commander.”
At the word Damian, the chamberlain opened the door without hesitation.
Damian knelt before the Emperor and reported the current situation.
“You must flee immediately. Prince Kite has come with his troops.”
“Why that guy again!”
“...I haven’t yet figured out the connection to Killian.”
When the situation got to this point, the chief chamberlain felt resentful towards the Emperor.
If Duke Sadie, who was on the border, had not been summoned to the palace, Prince Kite would not have been able to cross the border so easily.
“Where on earth is Duke Sadie now!”
"How can we possibly know the whereabouts of Duke Sadie right now? For now, it seems like fleeing is the best option."
The chamberlain's attitude was somehow crooked, but he didn't have the energy to point it out.
Damian looked at the two people and then carefully opened his mouth.
“But isn’t there ‘that’ in the Rose Palace?”
“Right! I forgot about that.”
The Emperor, who had been trembling with anxiety the whole time, immediately brightened up when he remembered what Damian had pointed out.
"Why didn't I think of that before? Gather all your troops to the Rose Palace."
"All right."
So the Emperor and the 1st Knights, led by Damian, moved towards the Rose Palace through a secret passage.
***
Enoch, whom the Emperor had been cursing all along, was also in a disadvantageous situation.
“Looking at the situation outside, it seems Prince Kite has also joined Killian’s side.”
“Prince Kite?”
Enoch frowned.
Enoch, who still believed that Killian had rebelled to become Emperor, could not help but find the sudden appearance of Prince Kite strange.
“Are we going to stay here forever?”
“Are you crazy? You’re going to die if you stay here.”
The royal family and nobles, who had been leisurely preparing to capture Killian, were left in a state of confusion and unable to come to their senses due to the sudden rebellion.
"You've all lost your minds. What do you expect from me when you won't even give me soldiers?"
The Emperor ordered Enoch to stay in the palace and launch a surprise attack on Killian, but he also gave the main forces of the palace to the Marquis Touche and Count Capone families.
The only people currently guarding Enoch were Nigel, who was waiting for him outside the conference room door, and John, one of the Caporegimes.
'Isn't this just telling me to die?'
Enoch shook his head in annoyance and spat on the floor.
Meanwhile, Giuliano's capo, John, who had been listening through the crack in the door to observe the situation, said:
“There are enemies on the second floor as well, but they seem to be too busy dealing with the soldiers on the first floor right now.”
"Boss, I think we need to move quickly through this gap. There's a servants-only staircase at the right end of the third-floor hallway. You can exit through there."
“Then let’s go there right now.”
Enoch and the two men counted the remaining magic bullets and put them in their pockets. Nigel gently turned the doorknob.
Just as John had said earlier, Giovanni and his men seemed preoccupied with firing magic bullets toward the first floor.
Nigel was the first to come out into the hallway and quickly hid behind a pillar, followed by Enoch and John.
It was when they reached almost the end of the hallway.
A member of the Starr organization on the lower floor noticed suspicious movement on the third floor and shouted.
“Giovanni! There are some suspicious people!”
Enoch, whose location was discovered, shouted at the members of the organization standing behind him.
“Pull out your guns, everyone!”
“You little rat. You hid well.”
Giovanni, recognizing Enoch's voice, clicked his tongue, opened the Shortfire's rotary magazine, and loaded a magic bullet.
Enoch and his men missed the chance to escape up the stairs, as Giovanni's men had already quickly blocked the entrance to the stairs.
“Damn it!”
As the enemies held out, Enoch chose the opposite path and ran quickly.
Giovanni, seeing them fleeing in the opposite direction, gave orders to his men.
“Block them from over there!”
"Yes!"
Enoch ran away, firing magic bullets at the Starr Family chasing him.
As if that wasn't enough, he also started throwing stone statues and flower pots at them.
“Fuck.”
Enoch cursed and stepped back. Just as he was about to leave, Killian, who had just finished organizing the situation on the first floor, was coming up the stairs on the other side.
Without time to think about anything else, he opened the door right next to him and went in.
He had no idea what would happen to his men. Enoch immediately locked the door and gathered whatever furniture he could find to block the entrance.
Giovanni, who narrowly missed Enoch, banged his fist on the door in frustration.
“Kick it!”
“It’s no use. It looks like it’s blocked from the inside with furniture.”
As Giovanni and his men struggled to open the door, Killian arrived at the door.
“If you open this and go in, you’ll be late.”
He said, looking into the room next door.
"Giovanni, you remain in front of this area. The rest of you will move through the window of the room on the left."
Knox and Chambers, who had succeeded in capturing Nigel and John, left them in the care of their subordinates and quickly followed Killian.
As they walked out to the terrace, they saw Enoch, as expected, pulling open the curtains, as if he was planning to escape outside through the terrace.
“It would be better to just surrender and not waste time.”
Enoch suddenly turned his head, startled by a voice coming from beside him.
Killian was watching his actions, leaning his arm against the railing with a leisurely attitude.
“You damn son of a bitch.”
Enoch pulled a magic bullet from his waistband and thrust it into the Shortfire's body. Now, only one magic bullet remained.
Killian also aimed at Enoch's head while putting in the remaining magic bullet.
Because if your breathing or posture is disturbed while shooting, your aim will go astray, you need to have the courage to not dodge until the end, even if the opponent aims the gun.
“Go to hell, Matteo.”
As Killian finished speaking, magic bullets were fired at each other simultaneously.
Enoch, who was pushed back in the psychological warfare, moved his body as soon as he fired the magic bullet.
The magic bullet aimed at Killian's heart grazed his arm instead, while the magic bullet fired by Killian went straight into Enoch's head.
It was thanks to Killian's precise aim that he calculated even his movements.
Bam.
Enoch fell down the terrace without even being able to scream.
"Payne! Come here and apply some pressure to the boss's wound!"
Payne, who had rushed over to Knox's scream, took out the clean cloth he had brought with him, stopped the bleeding, and quickly wrapped the wound with a pressure bandage.
“Thank goodness it was a penetrating wound.”
Killian frowned as he moved his arm.
“Still, it’s quite annoying.”
“Where did you hurt your right arm?”
Giovanni, who followed behind, sighed in relief and wiped his bloody hands.
“Chambers, go check if that guy’s really dead.”
"Yes!"
Soon after, Prince Kite and the Rezetta family, who had finished the situation on the first floor, also came up to where Killian was.
Most of the members of the organization had wounds, big and small, on their bodies, although they were not fatal.
If it weren't for the specially made protective suit, their body would have been pierced or torn apart long ago.
Prince Kite spoke to Killian with a dark expression.
"We searched the entire palace, but the Emperor was nowhere to be found. I think it would be best to split up our forces here and each search a different palace."
It was a bit disappointing that the power was being divided, but for now, the best option was to quickly strike the Emperor and capture the palace before Duke Sadie arrived.
“Then we will reconnect with Marquis Huppert and search the temple palace next door. Your Grace, please take the Rezetta family and search the Crown Prince’s palace.”
"All right."
Just as they were about to disperse, Pete came running with an anxious expression.
“I have received word from Lord Howard that the Duke of Sadie is heading to the palace.”
Hearing that, Knox clutched his head as if he had a headache.
“I was wondering why he hadn’t shown up yet!”
"But it seems Duke Sadie had no intention of attacking us. As a sign of his intention not to attack, he left the knights he had brought with him and entered alone."
Charles did not attack Duke Howard's army, even though it was encamped on the walls, but instead requested a private meeting with the Duke.
“Why are you coming to the main palace?”
“I think he has something to tell the boss.”
The Duke of Sadie's forces were a burden.
It was certainly a good thing for Killian that he readily withdrew his intention to attack.
'But it feels awkward.'
It seemed unlikely that the news he was about to deliver to Killian, despite the risks he had taken to come here alone, would be very good.
“I see the Duke!”
One of the staff members who was watching the entrance from the terrace shouted.
“What should I do?”
Even though he was a sword master, Charles, who was moving alone, was currently completely outnumbered.
Besides, isn't there also Killian here who has skills on par with him?
Giovanni thought that it would be better to deal with Charles at this opportunity rather than take the risk.
And the same was true for Prince Kite and Messina.
After much thought, Killian opened his mouth.
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