“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.”

 

was trying to say and he rolled his aching shoulders,

 

surroundings gradually becoming more and more darker passed him

 

***

 

history, was currently being

 

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

 

eyes aflame with the thirst for blood looked down at the horrified people below, the horror of it all descending down on them like the cold snow the being had called forth fluttering in the

 

was awaiting them if they managed to survive this, watched from the foot of the

 

side and did the

 

Ivan found himself comparing the Cardinal Valentino

 

some reason, that crazy lizard felt far more benign than the Holy Pope’s

 

reptile know that the tower it was demolishing with its gigantic claws was considered a national

 

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

 

his wife’s shameless boyfriend she had once run away with

 

down, you

 

an

 

***

 

on his back, navigating and twisting through the back streets of Elendale and avoiding the busiest

 

evening sky had turned a fiery red, the setting sun casting long and foreboding shadows and

 

and echoed through the air. Ellenia next to us

 

We have to hurry! All the members of Longinus are at the Moon Tower,

 

blood and corpses of not only humans but mostly demons, piles and piles of mana stones rolling around our feet. It appeared to be that the knights and guards had already cleaned up these areas, thank

 

the capital. Reaching the town square where all the roads came

 

Dragon let out another

 

Camu, fury

 

doing here? Andymion, have you lost

 

no time to explain, so just get out of the way,” Ellenia snapped at him, still dignified like she always was, and tried to take the lead to

 

couldn’t allow for that to

 

My Lady! It’s too dangerous! Where

 

from Duchess Omerta, so none of you have

 

looked even worse, his jaw almost having dropped to the ground. Andymion muttered something that

 

“Duchess…”

 

similar in color to his

 

“If something were to—”

 

the Moon Tower, so it’s

 

 He didn’t even blink as we walked past him, leaving him standing

 

Duchess? You… You

 

moved further along the street, and not long after that, Sir Camu’s angry yell sounded for

 

f*ck it. He’s going to kill

 

hands through his hair and turned around, catching up to his colleagues. I didn’t think that he would have let us

 

danger like this and had to explain what I had wanted to hide so badly to them and probably everyone

 

because a kobold jumped out and over the balustrade

 

me of what had happened back at the coliseum, when the 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

 

this have to

 

too caught up in

 

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

 

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