Chapter 251: The Truth (1/2)
The last battalion of the Guardian Knights left the Church. The intense activity of the church caused the city to be more even boisterous. People could not stop talking about the church, wondering what the Church was doing.
Meanwhile, in the Waskin Royal Residence, four Templar Knights gathered together. They sat at a round table with luxurious decorations, polished wood, artistic painting, and more things decorated the room.
Amongst the four Templar Knights, Reus had a solemn expression on his face. Hardy was swaying the wine glass in his hand, calmly taking a sip of wine like anything around had nothing to do with him.
The sixth Templar Knight, Jake had his head slumped on the table. He was sleeping as a snore resounded. The third Templar Knight, Ben sat strain on his seat and his hand crossed on his chest. He had his eyes closed too.
The four Templar Knights were called to the Waskin Royal Residence under the City Lord's command. Aside from the four Templar Knights, six Grand Royal Knights, and two Primes.
Prime was a knight ranking above Grand Royal Knight. It was not a title one could get easily, they had to pass the strict test from the capital to have their class upgraded to Prime.
”So you say, that man alone killed my two battalions of the Royal Knight? If this is a joke, this is not funny, Mr. Reus,” City Lord Roman's deep voice resounded, ”Even though the two battalions are newly-recruited Royal Knights, they are an elite!”
”If our Saintess does not tell me to work together with the royal authority, I will not be here. Please be mindful of your words!” Hardy was the one who responded to Roman.
”You! You should be more respectful to Lord Roman!” A Grand Royal Knight pointed his finger toward Hardy but the latter smirked, ”You have to respect others if you want to be respected. And respect is something you should obtain, not ask. More reason for me to not respect your Lord.”
”If you want to fight, fight out. Don't disturb my sleeping time,” Jake who had been sleeping all this time spoke.
”Just like Hardy said, we are here because of the Saintess. If you don't trust me, then there's no point to work together,” Reus spoke to Lord Roman.
Roman massaged the space between his eyes. He did not like to work together with the Church too. They were too overbearing, but after hearing the news that the knight battalion under his Grand Royal Knight was wiped out, he had to agree. He felt the opposite party must have a force supporting him. But then, he heard that his Royal Knight Battalion was wiped out by one person. That was not something he could believe.
”As you already know, he also killed one Templar Knight and one battalion of the Guardian Knight. Why would I lie about this?” Reus was someone who followed the order with discipline. If the order was to work together with the city lord, then he would work together with them even if it annoyed him.
Roman glanced at his butler and also his advisor. The white-haired old man nodded his head. It was unknown the meaning behind the nod, but Roman changed his attitude.
”Alright, I am sorry for doubting your information, but can you tell me what exactly happened?”
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Deep into the Orin Forest