Making Countess Hermery a colleague.
There are two routes to solving this.
One is to kill all the noble families that helped her kill her husband.
Another is to help her become the embodiment of revenge and destroy the empire.
In fact, if Leo wasn’t there, she became the guild leader of the Catsane guild, and there is also a route where she attacks the empire in the future.
‘Of course I can’t leave it like that.’
When living in peace is not enough, we cannot allow another war to break out.
That’s why Leo came here at this late hour, even requesting a private meeting.
Then the emperor said.
“Hmm. May I tell you my guess?”
Leo was startled.
‘Could it be that you’ve already figured out why I came?’
No matter how insightful you are, it can’t be… .
But I also thought it might be.
After all, since he is the head of this huge empire, he will secretly collect information from all over the place.
I didn’t know that he would even deceive Leo’s attention and notice the incident that happened in the slums.
“It’s obvious. He must have come to ask for my daughter.”
“… Yes?”
“You also have ambitions. Are you planning to bring the imperial family into your mother’s family and intervene in the battle for the throne?”
no… isn’t that it?
Leo quickly waved his hand.
“It is not.”
“Does that mean you don’t like my daughter?”
“no… In the first place, I have never seen Her Highness. I can’t do anything if I don’t like it.”
“then?”
“I have come to make a proposal to Your Majesty.”
“proposal… . It’s a suggestion… .”
The emperor seemed to think for a moment, then looked at Leo.
“You’re crazy. Even the marquis of the empire would not be able to say this in front of me.”
yes it will
Who would dare to say such a disrespectful thing to an emperor who is the absolute power?
However, Leo had no choice but to leave because there was no other way.
“yes. Listen to it.”
“thank you. What I would like to offer is to remove the old parasites of the empire.”
“… … .”
Empire Parasite.
Leo only said so, but the Emperor recognized who they were.
Old noble families of the Empire.
Most of the nobility practiced noblesse oblige, and there were many places that maintained noble family customs over time.
However, some nobles were not.
As he took power, he turned into trash, becoming more and more shady and ugly.
Even those guys were strong again, so I couldn’t easily defeat them.
Even if it was the emperor who had absolute power.
And it was they who killed the former Count Ermeri.
It was trash enough to kill even aristocrats.
“… It’s going to be hard to let you go with a smile now that I’ve brought up that topic. Please tell me in detail.”
“that’s… .”
The conversation between the emperor and Leo continued throughout the dawn of that day.
* * *
The Empire’s victory banquet continued day after day.
Not only nobles, but even the emperor attended the banquet with a smile on his face as if he was in a good mood.
“I thought His Majesty would come to the banquet hall every day. Haven’t you ever been like that before?”
“Prince Bahelm also appeared briefly, so this banquet can be said to be the best ever.”
Even the emperor didn’t finish at the banquet.
As if I felt good, I went one step further.
“We will hold a hunt to promote friendship among nobles.”
It was said that the emperor would directly participate in the hunt with the nobles and chat.
This was an opportunity.
Of course, everyone wanted to be with the emperor, so the emperor arranged a date to meet with several nobles.
Among them were nobles who were usually at odds with the emperor.
Representatively, the Marquis of Braham, the Marquis of Kiryon, the Count of Depont, the Count of Nivellon, etc.
Even though he occupied important positions in various empires, he often clashed with the emperor or imperial nobles while crossing the line for his family.
However, the emperor had set a schedule with them for this hunt.
“Whoops. Your Majesty has finally reached out to us first.”
“Ha ha ha. You have rejected us all this time. Now you seem to be recognizing the true loyalists.”
The nobles were happy.
That the proud emperor showed them a gesture of reconciliation first.
Even now, the emperor had power that was difficult to control, but how much better would it be in the future?
With such expectations, they attended the hunt.
* * *
‘It’s them.’
Leo looked at the nobles crowding around the emperor.
It was like ants gathering to eat fallen ice cream.
From those who snooped around the emperor to try to say a word somehow, to those who would never step out of the way once they settled near the emperor.
Everyone’s eyes were full of greed.
The emperor who accepted it with a smile was also amazing.
To be able to smile softly on the outside while sharpening a knife on the inside.
The Emperor of the Great Empire was certainly different, if anything.
Leo looked to the side.
Like the emperor, there was a nobleman by his side.
She is a red-haired beauty, but for now, she has a terrifying expression on her face.
“countess. smile. Do you want to say openly that you are targeting them?”
“… Yes. You should laugh.”
The corners of her mouth twisted at Leo’s words.
It still seemed like rays were going to come out of his eyes, so a cynical mocking expression was produced.
She measured the time and said.
“It will start in the next 15 minutes.”
“okay.”
“Aren’t you nervous?”
“what… Not really.”
What will happen next is very dangerous.
However, Leo didn’t think it was that dangerous.
There was only one reason.
‘Because I’m confident in my skills.’
No matter how dangerous this time was, would it be more dangerous than the Uranus hunt?
Moreover, Leo also defeated Blaze’s mage lord 1-1.
The slightest threat was not even a concern.
Rather, it was the emperor that he was paying attention to.
‘I never thought I’d stay awake this far.’
Leo boldly proposed to the emperor.
It was a plan that fulfilled Countess Ermeri’s wish and at the same time made it possible for both Leo and the emperor to win-win.
However, I thought it would take a lot of time to convince this… .
– It’s okay. Try that.
Unexpectedly, the emperor coolly agreed.
After that, the talk all morning was a discussion about what to do after that.
‘I thought it wouldn’t be a simple game character, but an emperor is an emperor.’
Because of this, even after this work is over, you have to move quickly.
That was the content of the deal with the emperor.
While Leo was thinking about this and that, the 15 minutes that Countess Ermeri had talked about passed.
And.
-Shu shu shu shu!
– Basrak!
-Papat!
In the emperor’s private forest where they were hunting, masked men suddenly appeared.
The nobles wanted something like this for a moment.
Wasn’t it the middle of the empire, the hunting ground supervised by the emperor?
Who would have imagined that an assassin would appear in such a place?
“what? Is this an event prepared by His Majesty?”
“It could be a hunting ground keeper helping out with the hunt.”
at that time.
– Pooh!
“Correouk… .”
The sword thrown by the assassin lodged in the throat of a nearby nobleman.
Red blood dripping down.
The trembling aristocrat eventually fell off his horse.
It was an instant death with nothing to see.
Only then did the nobles come to their senses.
“Mi, crazy! It’s an attack!”
“assassin? How dare you say where is this place!”
“Catch them all and kill them! No, don’t kill me, just breathe and save me. I need to find out who the hell did this.”
“This is where His Majesty the Emperor resides. Rob their entire family!”
they shouted in excitement.
As the nobles and the emperor went out, of course there were a lot of escorting knights attached.
The first nobleman who died died because he was too far away from being properly protected by the knights, but not from now on.
The knights cooperated and surrounded the nobles as if to protect them.
In particular, the surroundings of the emperor were ironically blocked by the knights of the royal guard.
-Giying!
-Jiing!
The sword spirit soared from the assassins’ daggers.
The nobles were astonished.
Only Assassins are Sword Expert Level Skills!
Shouldn’t this be seen as really targeting them properly!
– Papa pat!
-bang!
-Chaeeng!
The assassins scattered and collided with the knights.
Blood splattered here and there along with sparks made of black weapons.
Behind him, Leo bleakly opened his eyes.
‘It’s started.’
* * *
Continental criminal group, Casein Guild.
Countess Hermery was promoted to executive in recognition of her skills, her status in reality, and her contributions so far.
And she, a while ago, asked for great information.
[A hunting banquet of the emperor and nobles. Details of its composition and escort list.]
It was information about the emperor’s hunting schedule and the escort that would be there.
At first, there was a lot of controversy.
Even if it was Countess Ermeri, she would bring this much information.
Is this really true? Could it be that she was tricked by someone too?
I couldn’t help but have this suspicion.
But that’s for a while.
– Execute the emperor raid operation.
Casein’s guild leader made the decision himself.
For the Casein Guild, whose goal was to drive the continent into chaos, this was a heaven-sent opportunity.
With the help of Countess Hermery, specially selected assassins have gathered in the imperial capital.
And on the day of the decision, they safely arrived at the hunting ground.
It was strange that it had been so strangely easy all the way here, but the assassins soon got drunk with blood and forgot all such questions.
Whether it should be called Casein Guild or not, the level of Assassins was high.
To think that assassins are all spitting out sword energy.
But soon, the assassins’ eyes shook.
‘… The number of articles is higher than in the information I checked in advance.’
‘The skills are also great. There are as many as five master-class knights.’
It was completely different from the information that Countess Hermery had originally told her.
If I had known that there was an escort of this level, I would not have come with such a force, and the operation would not have even started in the first place.
The assassins pursued Countess Hermery with shaky eyes.
However, she wasn’t looking here.
He did not take his eyes off the nobles near the emperor.
In the end, the assassins had no choice but to be pushed back slowly.
The nobles were relieved to see them being dealt with one by one.
“after. I was surprised. Damn assassins.”
“Who the hell sent it?”
Since victory was certain, there were those who tried to get out of the protection of the knights of the Royal Guard.
And then.
– Pooh!
“Cheuk… .”
One of the nobles fell with his throat cut.
One of the great nobles was the Marquis of Kiron.
The killer was not an assassin.
A knight of the royal guard who guarded him along with the emperor.
It was the sword he wielded.
“Marquis Kiron!!”
“What is this!”
The bewildered nobles shouted.
At that time, the cold emperor’s voice covered the surroundings.
“Cut down all those scum that you dare to come across without even knowing the subject.”
“insect! I will follow your orders!”
“insect! I will follow your orders!”
The knights of the royal guard bowed their heads in unison, then drew their swords and stabbed and cut the surrounding nobles.
– Pooh!
-Chack!
In an instant, the surroundings turned into a scene of massacre.