Nobles are dying.
All of them are supporting the Third Prince, Rogan.
More precisely, they were nobles who supported the Drasen Empire.
Rogan and the nobles tried to escape, but they couldn’t escape the grasp of the trained assassins.
“Please! Please spare me! I will follow Kian! Please… Keuhuk!”
Kian stomped on the head of the noble who was grabbing his pants.
“Shut up! Don’t you have any pride as a noble!? You don’t even deserve to breathe, you bug!”
Kian kicked the noble like a madman.
He had been training since he was young, so he possessed strength comparable to a knight.
The noble, who was instantly covered in blood, trembled.
“Plea, please… just spare my life…”
“You still haven’t come to your senses.”
Just as Kian raised his foot to crush the noble’s head.
“Stop it!”
Ien shouted.
She was shedding tears at the sight of violence for the first time in her life.
The brutal massacre.
“Kian… what are you doing!”
“What am I doing? I don’t think you’re the one to talk.”
“I, I didn’t… I didn’t intend to go this far… I didn’t intend to harm anyone!”
That was the truth.
What she was trying to do was just to give suggestions through brainwashing.
Just erasing what happened today from their memories.
There might be side effects from tampering with their minds, but she never intended to take anyone’s life.
“Puhup! Pup…!”
Kian burst into laughter.
“Hahahaha! What? You didn’t intend to harm anyone? Oh, my~ I was wrong. I thought you were quite smart, but you were a complete idiot!”
He shook his head and laughed, then suddenly became serious and shouted.
“Do you think you can lead a country with such a soft attitude? You want to shake off the Empire with such weakness? I guarantee that even if you succeed in this and become the queen, the future of the Cersy Kingdom will only be destruction!”
Ien didn’t say anything.
She just lowered her head and shed tears.
Meanwhile, Kian, who had calmed down, smiled again.
“Anyway, thank you. You made things easier for me.”
“What do you mean…?”
“I’m going to be a hero today! Ien Nell Cersy, who coveted the throne and plotted treason. The hero who stopped you and saved the Cersy Kingdom!”
Kian glanced at the dying nobles around him and continued.
“And I’m getting rid of useless guys at the same time. It’s a very good thing.”
“You’re planning to sell the country… the Cersy Kingdom to Gatrein…?”
“Is that wrong? You can enjoy everything under the protection of Gatrein. Why bother walking a dangerous path?”
“That’s…!”
Kian tapped Ien’s shoulder.
“Let’s end our conversation here today. I don’t intend to kill you right away. The law says that traitors to the kingdom should be publicly executed, right?”
Kian passed by the frozen Ien.
He was heading to his father, Molin Dell Cersy.
“Kian…”
King Molin looked at his son with sad eyes.
“This is not right. Stop now.”
He tried to persuade his son, but it was futile.
“You’re the same, Father. Our Cersy Kingdom is in this state because you’re dreaming like an idiot.”
Kian drew his sword.
“I’m sorry, but you’ll have to die here today, Father.”
Suddenly, Kian shouted in an exaggerated tone like an actor on a melodrama stage.
“King Molin died at the hands of the traitor Ien! Ah, I, Kian Dell Cersy, tried to save my father, but I couldn’t save him in the end. Sniff…!”
His voice was full of sadness, but a bitter smile hung on his lips.
“You should leave some heartbreaking words so that I can empathize when I do my tearful acting in front of the public tomorrow.”
Kian’s eyes were soaked in a thick madness.
Was it because he was drunk?
Or maybe he was drunk on blood and power.
Maybe he had been hiding that madness from the beginning.
Or maybe the Gatrein Holy Empire made his son like that.
‘What does it matter now.’
King Molin closed his eyes without a word.
Kian clicked his tongue, feeling deflated.
“Tsk. How boring. Then let’s meet again in hell. Father.”
The sword is swung.
Just before the king’s crown is split in two.
Suddenly, a huge man appeared and grabbed the sword.
Kian frowned.
“Who are you?”
“I’m the guy you framed as a pervert! You bastard!”
At the same time as the shout.
A heavy fist struck Kian’s face.
***
Choi Hyun-seok thought.
How should he resolve the incident that would happen at the party held at the royal palace as smoothly as possible?
The first thing to do was to get the king’s cooperation.
“I left a communication device for times like this.”
Just before being framed as a molester and leaving the royal palace.
Choi Hyun-seok purchased a communication device from the Hero Shop and secretly handed it to King Molin.
It was to talk to him separately after leaving the royal palace.
-Lord Polkil!
As soon as the communication device lit up, King Molin’s voice was heard.
It seemed like he had been holding onto the communication device until he received a call.
-I’m really sorry about this. Once the situation calms down, I’ll invite Lord Polkil again…
For a while, the king’s apology and stories about a rosy future continued.
-So, next time you come, let’s go to the bathhouse again to strengthen our friendship and the future for the kingdom…
Just as the king’s story continued to the bathhouse again, and Choi Hyun-seok’s patience was about to run out.
Only then did the king, who realized that he was talking alone, said.
-Ah, I’m sorry. I was talking to myself.
“Haha… it’s okay.”
-So, Lord Polkil! What brings you to leave a communication device? It seems like you have something else to say.
Choi Hyun-seok took a breath and said.
“I have something to tell you.”
-I’m ready to listen.
Whether his sincerity reached him, the king also replied in a serious manner.
Choi Hyun-seok explained the situation in a calm voice.
That Ien Nell Cersy was plotting something.
And that, in all circumstances, Kian Dell Cersy and the Gatrein Empire were also plotting something.
That all those incidents would happen at the party in a few days.
After hearing everything, King Molin said in a gloomy voice.
-I can’t believe it.
“I’m just saying what I heard and judged. Most of it is speculation, but I’m 100 percent sure.”
-But… my son… my daughter is plotting such a thing…
A party where the high nobles of the country gather.
He didn’t know exactly what they were trying to do there, but he could easily guess that it wasn’t a good thing.
Perhaps a lot of blood would flow.
That’s why the king couldn’t accept Choi Hyun-seok’s words.
His daughter Ien, who had a more beautiful nature than anyone else.
His son Kian, who always had a smile even if he was a little clumsy.
He couldn’t accept that the two, who were still young and innocent, were plotting such a sinister scheme.
“Then would you like to bet with me?”
Choi Hyun-seok had no choice but to take special measures.
“I promise. If I’m wrong, I will entrust myself to the Cersy Kingdom without saying a word.”
-If… what if Lord Polkil is right…
“Then I’ll do what I want to do. Of course, a lot of blood will flow there.”
Choi Hyun-seok thought.
What should he do to completely shake off Gatrein’s clutches?
In the end, the deeply rooted aristocratic class in this country.
He had no choice but to exclude them, who were no different from Gatrein’s subordinates.
In that sense, the party in a few days was a golden opportunity for Choi Hyun-seok to resolve this incident.
-I accept…
After making a promise with the king like that.
On the day of the party.
Choi Hyun-seok and Sara Dunphy had infiltrated the banquet hall before the party started.
As time passed, Ien tied up the nobles with the royal knights.
Shortly after, a battle between masked thugs and royal knights takes place.
Soon, the defeated royal knight.
And the death of the nobles.
He had been watching all these processes, and now that the moment had come when the king was in danger, he moved.
“I hope he’s not dead…?”
Choi Hyun-seok looked at Kian, who had been blown away by his fist.
He was lying down with his eyes turned upside down, as if he had already lost consciousness.
Occasionally, his body twitched, indicating that he was still alive.
“Phew, that was close.”
He was so angry at Kian’s words and actions that his emotions were slightly heightened.
Fortunately, the well-trained Kian endured without dying.
‘You can’t die yet.’
Kian must not die.
Because he had to testify later that he had done the work under the instructions of the Gatrein Holy Empire.
“I won the bet.”
Choi Hyun-seok said as he turned around.
King Molin was staring at the empty air with unfocused, empty eyes.
“As promised. From now on, I have to do what I have to do.”
Molin didn’t say anything.
Choi Hyun-seok didn’t need an answer, so he turned around as he was.
“Sister. Please.”
At Choi Hyun-seok’s words, Sara Dunphy appeared from behind.
“Don’t worry. No one will be able to escape this banquet hall.”
Choi Hyun-seok came here with Sara Dunphy in case of an emergency.
Perhaps the Holy Empire side could send an enemy that was difficult to handle.
Even if that wasn’t the case, he couldn’t leave any witnesses behind.
The only ones who survive in this place are King Molin and his daughter Ien.
And Kian, who will testify to Gatrein’s conspiracy.
“Save Prince Kian.”
“Kill him!”
The masked thugs rush in.
Choi Hyun-seok kicked off the ground and ran towards them.
Swaeak-!
At the same time, swords fly in from three directions.
They are familiar with linked attacks.
They used to be quite difficult enemies, but not now.
Kkaang!
The enemy’s sword could not penetrate Choi Hyun-seok’s skin.
To be exact, it was blocked by the mana surrounding his body.
“T, this is…!”
“How disappointing. You’re sending guys like this.”
The thugs are weak.
It was enough to solve the Cersy Kingdom’s case, but it was infinitely insufficient to deal with Choi Hyun-seok, who had already reached the legend.
Kwajik! Kwak!
Every time a fist is swung, a thug falls out.
There was no need to use fighting spirit.
Choi Hyun-seok crushed the enemy with an overwhelming difference in specs [specifications].
He broke and tore them apart as he grabbed them.
“W, what is that guy!?”
“We have to run away! We have to get out!”
The surviving nobles noticed that something was wrong.
They were all nobles who supported Prince Kian and were lining up with Gatrein.
They thought the situation would end safely under Gatrein’s protection.
But the situation was reversed in an instant due to Choi Hyun-seok’s sudden appearance.
“What are you doing!? Hurry up and get out!”
“I want to, but I can’t go forward!”
They rushed to the entrance of the banquet hall, but the entrance of the banquet hall was already blocked by a barrier.
This place was completely cut off from the outside due to the barrier set up by Sara Dunphy.
“It’s already too late. Die peacefully.”
A low voice is heard from behind.
The nobles trembled.
“W, when…”
Before they knew it, all the hundred or so thugs had fallen.
Choi Hyun-seok looked at the nobles, covered in blood.
“I don’t have any personal grudges.”
He takes one more step closer.
“I’m just doing what I have to do for my purpose. Just like you have been.”
Choi Hyun-seok is getting closer and closer.
The nobles were slowly cornered.
“Stop it now! I don’t know who you are, but the opponent is the Holy Empire! If you do this, you won’t be safe either…”
A fist like lightning struck the head of the shouting noble.
Kwang!
The noble’s head flies off as it is.
Because the speed was so fast, the body was standing in place as if nothing had happened.
Thud-
Soon, the noble, who was left with only his torso, collapsed as if crumbling.
People are shocked.
Some people vomited with nausea.
Kwajik! Peok-!
Choi Hyun-seok mechanically dealt with the remaining nobles.
There is no hesitation in his movements.
Death has already become familiar.
‘Yeah. I’ve become too familiar with it.’
Despite the sudden bitterness, Choi Hyun-seok could only smile.
***
Ien Nell Cersy stared at the empty air with unfocused eyes.
“Save me! Please! I can give you as much money as you want… Keok!”
Nobles were still dying in the banquet hall.
There were about a dozen people left.
Soon, they will all die too.
The only ones who will survive in the banquet hall are herself and her father, King Molin.
‘How did this happen…’
Ien lowered her head.
A pool of blood on the floor.
Her clothes were also soaked in red blood.
It was the first time in her life that she had seen so much blood.
Her head was dizzy from the bitter smell.
“This is not what I wanted…”
She didn’t want this massacre.
She tried not to use the most violent methods.
She tried to solve it peacefully.
“Everything was for the kingdom… it was for Cersy… but why…”
Why did the royal knight who shared her intentions have to die?
Why did so many nobles die?
Ien Nell Cersy didn’t know where it went wrong.
Tabak- Tabak-
Then she heard footsteps from behind.
The footsteps that came without caring about the pool of blood stopped right next to Ien.
It was Sara Dunphy.
“Are you sad? Or are you regretting it?”
Ien didn’t answer or look back.
She was just staring at the floor with unfocused eyes.
“Your brother. I think his name was Kian. He was a pathetic guy, but the words he spat out were right.”
Sara Dunphy glanced at Kian Dell Cersy, who was lying unconscious on one side of the banquet hall, and said.
“The king must be strong. In any situation.”
“…”
“If you can’t be respected for the authority of the king, then rather reign. Dominate. Make them tremble in fear. If you can’t be a wise king, then be a tyrant. Only then can the king exist as a king.”
Ien raised her head.
Sara Dunphy said, making eye contact with her.
“Don’t forget. If the king can’t exist as a king, it’s better not to exist at all.”
Before she knew it, Choi Hyun-seok had dealt with the last noble.
Choi Hyun-seok and Sara Dunphy, who had achieved their purpose, left the banquet hall like the wind.