The World of Masks

The royal palace in the center of the city was also in chaos because of the explosion that seemed to burn the city to its roots. The heat of the flowerpot seemed to seep into the palace as if it were going to turn the city into a bottleneck of fire, and the rising black smoke covered the blue sky and the bright sunlight as if it would take away even the last hope.

The palace attendants and maids tremble at the sudden crisis. The current situation was too extreme for those who had at most tailored the mood of the superiors while working in the palace. But whether it's because of Pride, who works in a country's royal palace, they find something to do and move on.

The guard guarding the palace had, of course, no emergency. Standing in their place, they gaze at the approaching flowerpot, black smoke, and explosions with their lips tightly clasped.

Even in this chaos, there were people in the palace who were still searching for their work, but they were the most busy ones.

"Have you made contact with the Capital Guard?" "

The usual rigorous and heavy impression was like a castaway duck shouting at the young man next to him with his eyes wide open. The young man bowed his head in anger at his grandfather.

"The explosion and flames are preventing me from reaching my encampment or workplace! I've sent a few, but they've lost track too!"

"The knights and soldiers who were off-duty!"

"I'm gathering as much as I can, but we're not halfway there yet! Confused, unreachable, and difficult to get to when you're trying to get to the royal palace due to explosions and flames! More than half of the Knights and Soldiers gathered in a real hurry were injured, big and small!"

"Damn it!"

The duc spat nervously.

"We must prevent further damage at all costs! Do you have a possible location for the explosion?"

"Unpredictable! Explosions are happening in all sorts of places, like civilian prices, shops, and more! It doesn't have regularity, it also explodes in different places! We have to sweep the entire house to stop them, and we don't have time for that! It's practically impossible to stop the explosion!"

Boom!

Eventually, the duc hit the desk. I tried to feel like my bones were going to be crushed, but I couldn't bear to feel it.

"What the hell is this?!"

I shouted with my face. The young man had no choice but to look at the duc roaring the streets. The duc's heart made sense. If there were no duc in sight, the young man himself would have been enraged.

"I think it was the traveler. The assassination of His Majesty!"

"Assassination! I can't believe this is an assassination!"

Assassination basically refers to taking the life of a target without being seen by others and without even knowing it. I wasn't talking about a full-scale raid on the city. The duc's attitude was to rip the ribs right off if Jack was in front of him.

"Looks like we've been tricked! As we expected, I was suspicious that the Noble Mansion that should have been an assassin was sitting in an oak barrel filled with gunpowder. It's probably a fake one that we made to turn our eyes around. If they don't find out, the capital will burst into flames and heat on its own when it becomes a sea of fire, contributing to the destruction of the capital itself, and if they find out, it could lead to the illusion that we have successfully stopped the assassination! In fact, we were thoroughly beaten!"

"Bait!"

The young man heavily nodded. The Duke has his head.

The Duke and the young man were clearly in a panic because of an unimaginable assassination. But they weren't worthy of each other. Especially the Duke was an experienced monster with decades of battlefield and political experience.

"Evacuate the charge first."

The duc nodded, as if the young man agreed. In this situation, I couldn't leave a message in the palace to the judge who didn't know when the fire would reach the palace.

"Where are you planning to evacuate?"

"I'm going to my territory first. We'll regroup there and strike back."

The duc grinds his teeth and thrashes.

"The son of a bitch who did this to that tourist, Duke Greens, will surely kill him!"

When the duc saw that the capital of almost a lifetime spent with the former king was being torched by a traveler's attack, not by war. I had to unleash this rage somehow. But now is not the time.

"Gather the knights and soldiers now. There's no need for fishing. Only a few dozen elite. Call the Wizards. Get out of this capital."

"Four!"

The young man was fascinated by the Duke's orders. The duc, who saw the young man leave the room, also moved. I had to go to my grandson, the king of this country, who was trembling with the thunder.

* * *

It is also the main gate of the palace that forms the primary deterrent when entering the palace. At least two soldiers are guarding the palace day and night, filtering out those who enter and if they are trespassing, form a defensive line first and send a signal into the palace and stall until the allies arrive.

Today, two soldiers remain fully armed in front of the palace. Normally, his hard face would sparkle in case there was a fire, but today, his eyes trembled without cause.

The wall of flames that was approaching from afar ate the hearts of the two soldiers without pity. But with their usual training and loyalty to kings and countries, they kept their positions. Without further orders, they will defend this place to the end.

"Huh?"

In preparing my mind for the immortality in case there were any, I saw a young man's eyes holding a spear in his hand.

There is a human walking from the city close to the palace, with no fire yet spread. I don't think I'm dressed like a nobleman. As if he were making the palace his destination, he walked straight ahead in front of the soldiers.

"Stop, this is the palace!"

The soldier gives you a loud warning. As the situation was, his voice was also harsh. The companion next to him also tried to stop him from approaching with a threatening gesture. But the human did not stop walking. Ordinary civilians would have stood back, hiding their tails like frightened dogs in a soldier's mouth. No, I don't even think about going near the royal palace. The soldier's eyes darken. Raise your spear against the ground and point it at him.

"I said stop! Come any closer and you'll die!"

But this time, the human ignored the soldier's words. It was time for the angry soldier to hit him with a spear.

I saw the human eye.

'· · · · · · · · · What!'

My heart is pounding! 'Then I sat down. I almost missed the spear. His eyes were so bizarre. No, the expression "bizarre" doesn't fit. Even though it looked like it was compared to other humans, it was very ordinary eyes. Only, there were no feelings in his eyes. There is no light. It is like a puppet controlled by someone.

Tak, Tata Tak!

Immediately, the human race towards them begins. With the fear of the unconscious eye combined with the mission of defending this place, the soldier pushes out his spear.

Phew!

The soldier's spear pierces through his head. The soldier's fear is futile, but the human falls to the ground sprinkled with Fibonacci.

Fluffy!

"Huff, huff!"

The spear-stabbed soldier leans against the spear and breathes a short breath. Not a strong opponent. When I stabbed the spear, I couldn't resist much. Queeking was too much breathing for an unarmed civilian to kill. However, the soldier's forehead was covered in sweat.

"What the hell, you bastard!"

You hear your colleague speaking alongside you, desperately picking up his shaky voice. I thought my colleague saw those eyes.

"I don't know. Killed him anyway."

"You're okay with killing him, right?"

"It came at me suddenly. What's different than begging me to kill you in this situation?"

"Damn it!"

A colleague spits on the corpse. It was an insult to the corpse, but I didn't want to show it much.

"· · · · · · · Huh?"

You hear a strange sound from the soldier, distorting his face as he looks at the corpse.

Dental · · · · teeth support.

Sounds like something's burning. The soldier kicks the corpse with his foot. The corpse is rolled upside down. The soldier grabs the spear and removes the corpse's cloak.

"What is this · · · · · · ·?"

The corpse was carrying a load of something. You can see a small flame seeping through the large bag tied to the side of your stomach. And.

Kuang!!

The body explodes. Two soldiers are exposed to scattering debris and flames. The two rolled away for several meters.

"Knng!"

I vomited blood. I felt no pain everywhere. The soldier is in extreme pain, wanting to roll around screaming right now. But my body didn't move where it went wrong.

"Khh, khhh."

I could barely hear a sound coming out of my voice. I started shorting my breath. The soldier desperately turns his neck and looks to the side. A colleague falls down. It seemed to be instantaneous without a pulse. The soldier turns his head again. You see the gates of the palace that have been completely destroyed. There was a slowly approaching royal palace beyond. Even if I couldn't, I could pass the bag.

'Ahn · · · · Be. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·.'

Just as you mock the minds of the soldiers who want to warn you about your mission, the hordes of Humans are increasingly approaching the palace. After that scene, the soldier's consciousness falls into the abyss.