Chapter 717 - The Forbidden Door Opens 1 (2/2)

“However, even if we use the troops of the estates, they will be short on power.”

Gigants and cannons, everything that was usable was brought to the capital, and those who remained in the estates were the old knights and soldiers.

It was impossible to block the enemy troops by gathering such a small number of estate forces.

Maghreb nodded at Count Jemo’s words.

“As you said, it will be difficult. So I plan to covertly send in one squad of knights to each.”

According to the formation of the Imperial army, one squad of knights had 100 Gigants for us.

And that meant they were sending in Gigants for support.

Only then did the nobles, who reach Marquis Maghreb’s thoughts, nodded and asked, “That doesn’t sound bad… Shouldn’t we think about how to send them in secret?”

“We will take it for granted. Your Majesty did tell us to do all we can to secure the capital, and he never really told us to not support for estates.”

“Indeed! Support! We are sending the knight troops to support the estate troops!”

“I think that is a good idea. I agree with it.”

As the people began to agree, Marquis Maghreb tried to make up a detailed plan, including the list of knights to send.

However, something terrible happened.

Bang! Bang! Pop!

Rumble!

All of a sudden, the ground began to shake with sounds of explosion coming in from all four directions.

“Wh-what was that?!”

“What is this…?”

When the commanders were confused and tried to look for the cause of the shaking, the door opened with the lieutenant of Marquis Maghreb rushing inside and crying out.

“We are in trouble, Sire! Fire is rising all over the capital and explosions are happening all over. It seems like someone invaded and caused an uprising.”

“What? Who would…”

Right when Marquis Maghreb was going to give orders for the troops to advance to battle… this time, two messengers ran in at the same time and yelled in panic.

“It was said that the security magic circles installed on the walls of the capital suddenly started to run wild.”

“It was said that a monster was seen appearing from the sky and attacked the barracks in the south! They have been calling for support troops!”

The sudden series of the events left Marquis Maghreb and the high ranking nobles confused.

However, one thing was clear.

Regardless of what it was, they had to stop their plan and watch what was going on.

If the mess increased and the news entered the ears of Rudolf, they would surely be punished for it.

“After suppressing them with all means and methods, seek out those who made this mess and destroy them.”

“Yes, Sire!”

The commanders and staff of each military commander, who took in the military order from Marquis Maghreb, hurried out.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

“Hurry! We need to save our allies before they are attacked by the monsters!”

“Arrest those who made a fuss and shoot them! If you are in doubt about the person, arrest them!”

“Gather all the cannons! We need to shoot the monster that appeared in the sky!”

Gigants and the soldiers moved out of the barracks.

Their goal was to clear the mess, mainly outside Nemesis, and protect the walls of the city.

Thanks to that, the entire center of the city turned empty.

“Whoohoo, it is going just as planned.”

Luke smiled as he climbed to the bell tower of a temple and watched the events happen.

The series of mess was all his doing.

The servants hiding in the Intelligence, such as Henry, set fire to the government offices and mansions of the other high-ranking people to divert the attention.

And then, the security magic circles, which had been sabotaged, were the result of the zen users, Jo Mimi and Karen, before placing circles being activated.

As things erupted in succession, the Imperial army that was stationed in Nemesis was confused and didn’t know how to react.

‘As a result, only the Knights of Guards remained in the Imperial Palace.’

During that brief period, Luke was planning to destroy the remains of time and escape from Nemesis.

“Kay then, shall we start?”

At his gesture, Arch Duke Gregory and the other members of the Saint Guard and his secret troops ran toward the Imperial Palace.

Various units moved back and forth and were all disguised as the Baroque Imperial troops, so no one was stopping and checking them.

But did they reach around halfway?

Suddenly, they felt a familiar wave of energy from the Imperial Palace.

It was the Aether.

‘No! did they get the ruins to work? Already?!’

At that moment, when Luke’s heart began to shudder, Karen shouted, “Dad! We are done! It looks like Rudolf has started the ruins!”

“All this! Everyone move at full speed!”

Luke raised his mana as much as he could and started to dash ahead to the Imperial Palace.