Interlude ─ Saint or Demon?

Interlude ─ Saint or Demon?

In a remote neighborhood of the imperial capital, several men were gathering.

One of them was walking with a group of escorts.

It was Serge's father.

One of his companions was speaking to him.

"Chief, are you sure about this?"

"There is no turning back Byron."

"The revolution must begin bit by bit. Your son, Gunter was a victim of the corruption of this country."

"If we want to avoid more innocent victims in the future. We must start small and start moving."

"Today's guests are agents of the Unified Government, right?"

"Is it safe to trust foreigners?"

Serge's father hesitated for a moment then answered.

"Currently we already know that the Black Crows are infiltrating the palace. Olgren was one of them so they have lost several of their cards."

"That does not detract from the fact that the highest authority of this nation is not a member of them. Since, if the emperor truly knows everything, why doesn't he do something?"

This man's question was a sincere one with an equally sincere answer.

"He can't do nothing."

That's what the prime minister would tell you if you asked him.

The emperor is just one man, even if he is feared as a monster, he can be killed by a bullet or lack of oxygen.

It is because of the fear of strict treason laws that several people consider the emperor a tyrant.

What they don't know is that these strict laws were imposed by Loic I several years ago.

They were implemented to keep in check nobles who tried to outsmart or circumvent the laws under excuses which were backed by allies.

Corruption will always exist.

Strong laws exist to prevent this.

If the emperor were truly corrupt, he would have half of the capital executed for no reason.

But he does not as he is not one.

Serge's father and his companions arrived at the warehouse where the meeting was.

Inside were a group of men in suits, including an elf.Follow current novels on novelb((in).(com)

It was Oberon, Tina's father.

He asked them.

"Why the delay?"

"We've been waiting for minutes for you."

"Sorry. We have to be careful."

The reason Oberon was with them was because they promised to help him help take back their homeland if he would help them.

Oberon agreed since there was nothing more important than the sacred tree to them.

His age was already around 270 years old.

When he turned 216 he joined the revolutionaries when he was looking for information about the holy kingdom.

After hearing details that no one knew, he decided to help them.

Currently a secret war is being waged that no one knows about.

The Ideal Empire.

The Arklight Empire.

And the Titania Holy Kingdom.

They are the three powers of this world.

A war between the Bezarius United Kingdoms against them started last year.

No one can stop it.

Nobody can prevent it.

Just like the game, the war that will gradually destroy the empire's defenses has arrived.

But... this time it is different.

"Good afternoon."

A voice suddenly spoke to them behind them.

They turned to see who it was.

There they saw a man in red armor holding in his hands two things.

In the left was an elf, it had been knocked out plainly, there was no scratch on it.

He picked it up as if it were a market bag carrying bread and juice.

"I must go to the palace to make my report. I charge you to take this individual to jail. Inside his pockets is my report of all he has done for years."

"Since the former sword saint Christina is his daughter, I thought they were in cahoots, but they were not."

"Also when you arrive, make a direct mobilization for two criminals."

"Linus Arcs and Serge Seburg are treated as traitors for conspiring against the empire."

"If you'll excuse me, I must go give this to the palace."

He pointed to his right hand, it was a large leather pouch which was leaking something.

It was red liquid from something that was there.

"Call housekeeping and have them take care of it."

He pointed to the warehouse up ahead.

The imperial guards saluted him shivering.

"W-We understand!"

"Thank you for your work!"

"There's nothing to be thankful for. I am the sword of the emperor, I will move to eradicate all evils that threaten his life or the empire's."

The man resumed his walk and went in the direction where the guards came from.

One of them noticed the red drops falling from the bag.

He approached and touched it with his hand.

When he smelled it he was startled.

"This is... blood. It's someone's blood."

His partner was shaking, he spoke to the man who peed on himself.

"Hey, did you know why they call him the twilight saint?"

At that moment, the man walking casually disappeared.

The man swallowed spit and said.

"They say that the first day he came here. An invading army came and before we could mobilize the army to repel them... he just took care of them."

"Everyone's report said the same thing. 'That was the work of the devil itself'. they said."

"For that reason his armor is red and his helmet has horns... to let the enemies know that their death is guaranteed."

His companion vomited as the one who narrated said.

"Since calling a 'demon' to a 'saint' would terrify even the citizens."

That man was jumping from building to building at a great speed.

"Today's work is still far from done. I've carried 674 executions today. That's less than yesterday's."

This man was the sword and shield of the empire.

"I must hurry back and report this."

The strongest man in the world.

"I must not stay away from the emperor, my Master."

A character in the game who never appeared and in the end died without his face coming out.

"Because I am his escort. The Twilight Saint, Seox Leonhard."

The strongest sword saint of all, he will always protect the capital, since that's where the emperor lives.

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Seox is pronounced as "Six" and is a fusion between two words, "Sechs" which is six in German and "Ox" for the horns.

Leonhard. It means "Leonard" in German as "Lionheart" as well.