Arestia Empire'S World Domination
Chapter 46: Bloody Night, part 3
...—Suretz Border Town, Gardom— Kingdom...
...—18 December 1238—...
In silence, dozens of poison-soaked daggers were thrown, quickly darting towards Ares who was about to reach some Arestia knights who were guarding outside the inn building.
Seeing Ares' approach, the knights made confused faces, no one understood the reason their emperor had fled and was now without a single guard.
"Revelation!" Ares shouted loudly, it was impossible to reach the door before being hit by a dagger, quickly twisted his body and jumped to take cover behind the walls of another building near the inn.
JRASH!
JRASH!
Unable to react quickly, the knights immediately fell down. Some dying from their faces and hearts, some were found dead on the spot.
"Ck!" Ares clicked his tongue, resentment overflowing from within his mind.
Chance has come, Ares thinks the assassins chasing him are either preparing weapons or descending down the building. Statistics on a full scale he utilized, just to just enter the inn building.
A BWOOSSH!
An arrow shot down. Ares swiftly raised one of his dying knights to protect himself.
"I'm sorry, I must've taken care of your entire family." The last whisper near the ear, Ares directs the bowels of the knight he raised as a shield for his personal safety.
"Happy... can melay—"
JRASH!
Blood gushed until it splattered. Throwing the knight's corpse, Ares immediately entered the inn building, which he found empty without the presence of anyone.
Taps!
Taps!
Taps!
Stepping fast, Ares's footprints sounded very loud through the inn hallway. Not a single employee of the inn, not even with the Arestia knights who should be guarding the hallway and the rooms of the nobles, a little made Ares' mind stirred with fear.
Just a moment later, the white door of his private room began to appear. With one of his shoulders, Ares forced to break in, immediately taking Rapier who was in the corner of the room.
Rapier is in my hands. Let's take a breath...
If the Ecasia delegation had been killed, then their target would have been Florentia and me.
And also, I need to get home soon...
A moment of silence, Ares' lower lip involuntarily bitten. Has been in peace, but it does not in the least dampen the frustration in Ares' mind. He had sworn, if something happened to his children, even if it was just a small scratch, there was not the slightest choice but to avenge the deeds of the two royalties of the Renacles Empire.
CRUST!
The window glass of the room cracked, a short spear darted, only a fraction of a centimeter away from Ares' eyes.
Damnit damnit!
The head was pulled back quickly, subconsciously turning to dodge, the short spear eyes immediately perforated the small tiles aligned with the trajectory where Ares' head had previously been.
No longer feeling any security, Ares moved towards the window, breaking it by kicking it and jumping down from his room on the second floor of the inn.
Immediate discomfort he felt. Ares felt that the group that attacked him was not only Bloodytears sent by two heirs to the Renacles throne, but also several other organizations of "seven."
Tens, up to hundreds, of thin, transparent screens sprung up in his field of view.
Soon, Ares' eyes opened wide. No different from the values in the Code 32 statistic he had just seen, most of the people whose statuses were seen had statistical points that were almost similar to him.
Not only was the group of "Bloodytears" sent by Renacles, but four other organizations of "seven" could Ares know of their status.
Dark Knight, the dark organization of the "hand washer" of the Holy Emperor Alven; the Eye of Truth, the organization of opponents of the church who have ambitions to re-awaken the "Alter;" Dark Hand, the black hand of the Head of the House of Morgan, who now also acts as the Head of the Republic of Ecasia; as well as Heart, the organization that Ares knows is "without a master."
An idiot! Was this assassination plot masterminded by the Head of the Republic?!
If you have a grudge against someone else, don't get me involved in your business, damn it!
Most importantly, why is "Heart" in this city?!
Do they intend to kill me?!
WOWOSHH!
A row of arrows approached Ares. Seeing that the surroundings had many multi-storey buildings, he preferred to dodge, hiding his true abilities.
Not because Ares underestimated the opponent, but he saw the oddity. None of the assassins from the Dark Knight, the Eye of Truth, as well as the Heart that showed his true identity, only hid in silence and acted as an observer.
Ares made a quick decision. He knew that he was being watched by many big countries. With this momentum, although for the Dark Knight as well as the Eye of Truth it was a shocking act, they utilized it silently and acted as ordinary civilians just to find out Ares' combat ability.
Hundreds of assassins belonging to the Bloodytears and Dark Hand move quickly to kill him, an indication that the Head of the Republic and one of the heirs to the Renacles throne have a behind-the-scenes relationship. Even so, Ares did not once know the purpose of the existence of the Heart assassins in this city.
JRASH!
One puncture, Ares jumped by utilizing his larger stats 1.5 times with the attackers. As a result of Rapier's statistical addition, Ares was able to easily eliminate at least 10 people who attacked him simultaneously, though he was a little unsure whether he could win the fight against Code :0.
But Ares did not do it. It would be very unnatural for a normal person to win a battle against many enemies at once. Especially with hundreds of pairs of eyes looking, Ares' true ability will be widespread, causing the other party to take anticipatory steps against him.
Without delay, Ares turned around, not wasting a single second to confirm the Queen's life.
More than ten people came chasing, dozens more through different paths, some also seen moving through the roofs of buildings that were adjacent.
Taps!
Retracing with both feet for the landing, the black-robed old man immediately ran over, accompanying Ares towards the city lord's baron mansion which now had a guard of over 1,500 soldiers.
"Connor, what is Eina doing?" Without turning, his right hand held Rapier, Ares still darting with Connor.
"The bureau chief is leading the charge to take over the city. Also, 10,000 Arestian soldiers have spread out and blockaded every city gate from the outside" Connor reported.
"I also order you to pay attention to Eleanor and Andres. And also, I need your help until I get to the mansion" Ares said.
"Good, Sir." Connor slows down his escape, slightly behind Ares, who is getting further and further away.
Trust and conviction is strong, Ares and Connor soon part ways, turning their backs and gazing at their respective goals. The answer Ares heard felt resolute, without the slightest hesitation in it.
There was a feeling of worry that Connor could lose while holding back the assassins as they had stats on par with him. However, the assessment of numerical numbers is not final. Ares believes in Connor's experience, which is believed to have been in the dark for more than 20 years.
Already in the eye-pleaser, the white mansion of the city lord's barons loomed grandly, with the care of thousands of the knights of Gardom.
Another bit...
I wish I could pull you out of this mess of town before the bad thing I'm predicting happens, Florentia!
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