“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.”

 

old friend was trying to say and he rolled his aching shoulders, keeping his eyes locked on the alleyway his son had gone

 

surroundings gradually becoming more and

 

***

 

its long history, was

 

backdrop of a burning red sky truly was something straight out of

 

of it all descending down on them like the cold snow

 

them if they managed to survive this, watched

 

the side and did

 

but Ivan found himself comparing the Cardinal Valentino from today to

 

felt far more benign than the

 

being intimidated, anger welled up inside of him. Did this reptile know that the tower it was demolishing with

 

have been of the same mind. The fire lighting up his eyes was no less bloodthirsty than the golden ones glowing between

 

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

 

on down,

 

thunderous shriek of an enraged Frost Dragon

 

***

 

back streets of Elendale and avoiding the busiest parts of the city as they were overrun with gruesome monsters

 

the setting sun casting long

 

roar reverberated and echoed through the air. Ellenia next to us stopped moving and

 

All the members of Longinus are at the Moon

 

and avenues drenched in 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

 

Family of Britannia where the Moon Tower was located lay at the center of the capital. Reaching the town square where all the roads came together, we were met

 

Frost Dragon let out another series of unending shrieks, someone spotted us and came

 

fury clear

 

are you doing here? Andymion, have you lost

 

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

 

course, Sir Camu couldn’t allow for that to

 

Lady! It’s too dangerous! Where are

 

is an order from Duchess Omerta, so none of you have the right to stop

 

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

 

“Duchess…”

 

looked at me on Andymion’s back. His face held an expression I could not describe. His light blue eyes, so similar in

 

“If something were to—”

 

the Moon Tower, so it’s

 

 He didn’t even blink as we

 

My Lady? Duchess? You…

 

along the street,

 

safe area! Ah, f*ck it. He’s going to kill you, you

 

I watched as Sir Camu hesitated for a while before he raked his hands through his hair and turned around, catching up to his colleagues. I didn’t think that he would have let us pass if it hadn’t been for Ellenia. I hadn’t

 

was pulling her and Andymion into danger like this and had to explain what I

 

kobold jumped out and over the balustrade of the stairs we were

 

the coliseum, when the ghoul had floated right in front of me, when its vacant orbs had chilled me to

 

have to

 

to move, too caught

 

me down and tried to block the monster from advancing when Ellenia mouthed a prayer under her breath, made the sign of the cross, stepped forward and held out her arms in

 

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