“What the hell do you think you’re doing?!” Ivan yelled, running behind Izek and taking the opportunity of having separated from the rest of the Paladins to berate his captain.

 

“I’m going to beat up that big b*stard, why?”

 

“Is that all you’re thinking about right now? Protecting your wife’s boyfriend? F*ck, I’m not even sure that b*stard will recognize us! And what if the rest heads this way after all? What if your wife does too?”

 

“I tried to divert them but it’s impossible if no one ever f*cking listens to me!”

 

Indeed, the reason Izek went against the Knight Commander’s orders was to prevent anyone from coming near the Moon Tower.

 

The secrets related to Rudbeckia could never be revealed to the public. If, while confronting the Frost Dragon, it did happen to get exposed, then the amount of witnesses had to be strictly limited to the Knights of Longinus and the King’s Guard.

 

In other words, only the greatest powers in Britannia, the Omertas, the Knights of Longinus, and the Royal Family, could know of Rudbeckia’s ability and connection to the Frost Dragon.

 

Ivan understood that very well. The only problem was that…

 

“The commander is going to kill us.”

 

“If he does that, he’ll have no knights to lead.”

 

“Your father will too. And His Highness…”

 

Before Ivan could finish the thought, a flash of lightning exploding right in front of his feet rendered him motionless. The loud bellow of a certain man that followed next had him cowering and regretting all of his decisions.

 

“Izek van Omerta! Stop right this instant!”

 

Despite his father’s livid declaration, Izek kept on pushing forward, not once turning his eyes towards the two men in charge whose orders he was blatantly disobeying.

 

The Knight Commander and the Duke of Omerta shared a look, the same thought running through both of their minds.

 

“Where do you think you’re going? Sir Ivan! Hurry up and stop him!”

 

“It’s impossible for me to do that, Commander!”

 

Lamenting on his sh*tty luck and his presumably ruined career, Ivan sent out a prayer begging for the commander and the duke to understand and chased after his goddamned friend.

 

As the two Paladins vanished into the distance in half a second, the Duke of Omerta pinched his nose and looked like he was about to collapse at any moment.

 

The events from earlier flashed before his eyes as a splitting headache had him angrily rubbing his temples. His daughter-in-law covered in blood, his son trying to kill the firstborn of the Pope… He had barely managed to separate the two. He hadn’t even had the time to catch his breath before Cardinal Valentino completely disappeared from under his nose and a damn dragon and its legion of murderous monsters attacked the city.

 

To make matters worse, his blasted son had gone out of control, breaking protocol and going against direct orders from not only the commander but also the king. Not even the Duke of Omerta knew what to do right now.

 

The Knight Commander didn’t look any better, his blood pressure about to reach heights it had never reached before.

 

Then, the man did something unexpected. He sighed and put his hand on the duke’s shoulder. It had him unknowingly exhale his old comrade’s name for the first time in a long while.

 

“Sir Barons.”

 

“Your Grace, don’t glare at me like that, and just avert your eyes.”

 

friend was trying to say and he rolled his aching shoulders, keeping his eyes locked on the

 

of the surroundings gradually becoming

 

***

 

Tower, Britannia’s pride and joy and known for its long history, was currently being terrorized by the colossal frame of

 

of a burning red sky truly was something straight out of Hell. The Frost Dragon was indeed the

 

of it all descending down on them like the cold snow the being had called forth fluttering in the

 

that was awaiting them if they

 

dragon, as if it had recognized the two knights, jerked its head to the side and did the same, its tail swishing from side

 

but Ivan found himself comparing the Cardinal Valentino from today to the devil blocking the light of

 

felt far more benign than the Holy Pope’s own

 

up inside of him. Did this reptile know that the tower it was demolishing with its gigantic claws was considered a

 

of the same mind. The fire lighting up his eyes was no less bloodthirsty than the golden

 

with his wife’s shameless boyfriend she had once run away with in the past, the strongest knight

 

down,

 

shriek of an

 

***

 

body on his back, navigating and twisting through the back streets of Elendale and avoiding the busiest parts of the city as they were overrun with gruesome monsters and hysterical

 

the setting sun casting long and foreboding shadows and

 

with fear as another roar reverberated and echoed through the air. Ellenia next

 

don’t stop! We have to hurry! All the members of Longinus are at the Moon Tower, so we can’t stay

 

us to pass through multiple roads and avenues drenched in blood and corpses of not only humans but mostly demons, piles and

 

of the capital. Reaching the town square where all the roads came together,

 

standstill as the Frost Dragon let out another series of unending

 

fury

 

are you doing here? Andymion, have you lost

 

time to explain, so just get out of the way,” Ellenia snapped at him, still dignified

 

Sir Camu couldn’t allow for that to

 

dangerous! Where are

 

Omerta, so none of you have the right

 

it had my eyes almost popping out of my skull. Sir Camu looked even worse, his jaw almost having dropped to the ground. Andymion muttered something that wounded like a wow but then clamped his mouth shut as

 

“Duchess…”

 

could not describe. His light blue eyes, so similar in color to his vibrant hair, had

 

“If something were to—”

 

towards the Moon Tower, so it’s

 

blink as we

 

You… You must go

 

curses and cries reached my ears as we moved further along the street, and

 

b*stard! Don’t disobey orders and get to the designated safe area! Ah, f*ck it. He’s going to kill you, you know! Don’t say I didn’t warn

 

catching up to his colleagues. I didn’t think that he would have let us pass

 

Andymion into danger like this and had to explain what I

 

because a kobold jumped

 

ghoul had floated right in front of me, when its vacant orbs had chilled me to the bone. The verdant glow the little kobold was emanating flashed wildly and evoked the

 

have to happen

 

too caught up in surprise to say

 

tried to block the monster from advancing when Ellenia mouthed a prayer under her breath, made the sign of the cross,

 

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