159. make up your mind (1)

Emile Bordain is dead. Maxime looked down at Emile Bordain, who had become a corpse, with blank eyes. The reverberation of his will lingered in my ears. There was no need to close your eyes. Even with his limbs severed and his intestines being poured out, Emile Bordain was making a very comfortable expression with only half of his face remaining. Ironically, like my daughter, only the right side of her face had been blown away.

“… Marion will always be happy.”

You probably won’t hear more, but Maxime said that and secretly knocked down a pile of stones and covered Emile Bordain’s body. Although the body could not be recovered right away, it was at least to prevent further damage by Leon Benning’s forces. After removing the bitterness from his mouth with a sigh, Maxim moved to find the traces of the first prince.

“-ship! senior!”

At that time, I saw people running from afar calling out to me. Maxim raised his eyes in amazement and greeted his comrades from the 1st Guards.

“Christine? Senior Charlotte?”

Charlotte let out a sigh of relief when she reached Maxim. Christine clung to Maxim’s collar with her eyes wide open. Maxim patted Christine’s hair and made her expression brighter.

“I’m glad you’re safe, senpai… !”

“I’m glad you’re okay too. others… ?”

Charlotte stepped forward and answered Maxim’s words.

“Everyone is scattered. There are people who ran to find His Majesty, and there are people who lead soldiers to suppress the rebels.”

As Charlotte answered, she looked at Maxim with an impatient look on her face. Maxim, realizing at once what she was about to ask, answered with a wry smile.

“Senior Dennis is all right. Together with the 4th Guards, I will be at the Adventurer’s Guild with Her Highness, the 1st Princess.”

Charlotte blushed a little at Maxim’s answer and spat out in a brusque voice.

“Who is curious? … Well, thanks for letting me know.”

Later on, the voice became as small as a rat’s tail crawling into a rat’s hole. Christine, who was watching him from the side, smiled a little. There was no time for more small talk. Maxim hardened his expression and turned to Christine.

“Christine, have you ever seen the First Prince or the Second Guard on the way?”

Christine shook her head in embarrassment.

“do not have. Wasn’t it possible that Her Highness the 1st Princess and Her Highness the 1st Prince were together right now?”

“… no. According to the plan, Her Highness the 1st Prince should have arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild first, but no one was there when I arrived at the guild with Her Highness the 1st Princess.”

Charlotte, who had been listening to the story, clicked her tongue.

“Has His Highness the First Prince disappeared?”

“We must also ensure the safety of His Majesty the King. This is not the time to be relieved.”

Moreover, the war situation was going unfavorably. Most of the screams heard here and there belonged to the royal soldiers, and the corpses rolling around were dressed in the 2nd and 4th guards. Charlotte looked around with troubled eyes and gave instructions.

“… I will set out to search for the first prince with Christine. Maxim, you go straight to His Majesty the King. I’m sure you’ve escaped long ago, but just in case.”

“All right. The roads may diverge, so let’s promise to join Her Highness at the Adventurers’ Guild before dawn.”

Christine caught Maxim as he ran away. Maxim looked into those eyes filled with desperation.

“Don’t be silly, old man.”

There was no time for jokes. Maxim nodded to Christine with a stiff face.

“See you at the Adventurers Guild.”

Christine nodded and hurriedly followed Charlotte. At least Christine will be fine. There’s Charlotte, and Christine herself would have been better than Charlotte, but she wouldn’t be inferior to her.

Maxim headed into the depths of the palace. The corpses of innocent people were seen. Handmaids, maids and cooks, gardeners. Maxim frowned and accelerated. Their bloodstains were forming a long line in front of Maxim like a signpost.

“-! Maxime Apart!”

A sharp cry was heard. The knights and soldiers of Leon Benning, who were wandering around, caught Maxim and started running. Maxim let out a thin breath. Mana began to circulate through the bloodstream. The movements of those in sight slowed down. In the frozen world, Maxim moves.

“Stop! Don’t let them in!”

Maxim muttered softly as he looked at those who were rushing to block him.

“Move.”

The sword flew through the sky. Fresh blood splattered along with Maxim’s movements. Those who tried to stop Maxim collapsed with blood spattering without even touching Maxim’s body. Maxim’s sword moved as if nothing would block it. Baek Ah soaked her blood abundantly on her graceful figure and coveted its taste. Those who stand in the way disappear one by one. It was when Maxim took a step forward to go further.

Kang-!

“That’s it, Maxime Appard.”

With the numbness of his hand, Maxim realized that the skill of the person who blocked his sword was by no means ordinary. Probably Leon Benning’s puppet. Whenever Maxim met them, he couldn’t shake the thought of Adeline. Was it painful? What kind of person was he before he became a puppet?

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Now, even that thought was a luxury. Maxim aimed at his own throat and let go of the puppet’s sharp stabbing knife.

“From now on, I cannot pass.”

Maxim flung his sword without replying. Swords collide and sparks fly. The soldiers who tried to rush at Maxim could not easily approach and retreated due to the sound and wind of swords scattered as swords collided. If you recklessly intervene in that fight, you will only get in the way of the knight, or your body will be torn to pieces by that bloody aura without even being able to get in the way.

“The sword is strange.”

The puppet frowned. Even though his sword was wrapped in an aura, he was unable to completely block Maxim’s sword path. little bit more. Maxim took a step forward, and the puppet stepped back. Maxim’s head was filled with only the thought that he had to press down on this article right away and move forward.

more, faster.

The wounds on the puppet’s body increased. Instead of losing strength as time went by, Maxim’s sword strikes pressed the puppet’s sword with more overwhelming force. It was almost at the same time that the puppet’s icy expression cracked and someone’s cry was heard from afar.

“Georges Loire II is dead!!”

Caen.

At that moment, the swords interlocked in the air. You must have heard it wrong What could be the reason for such a sudden outburst? Maxim looked at the palace, where the king’s sleeping quarters would be, with eyes full of disbelief. As if to give Maxim an answer, another voice shouted at the top of his voice.

“The King is dead!!”

“Now, the only legitimate ruler of this country is the 2nd Prince, His Highness Kyle Loire!!”

bang-!

Maxim was greatly pushed back. While the sword was dull, the puppet swung the blade and sent Maxim flying. Maxim did not look at the knight who pushed him away, but looked at the palace beyond with a devastated face. The hum was getting louder and louder.

“It looks like His Highness, the 2nd Prince, has finally done it.”

muttered the puppet. Maxim’s head didn’t quite understand the words. The list of words such as king, death, and second prince was just floating around in my head.

“Where are you looking?”

The puppet’s fierce voice is heard. Maxim blocked the sword of the puppet that came in with a careless movement. The puppet scolded Maxim, frowning, as if he was displeased with Maxim’s behavior.

“Are you leaving me behind and being careless during the battle?!”

The puppet poured a lot of mana into the sword. The shimmering aura of the puppet swelled and created a whirlwind. Maxim muttered in a low voice as he watched the puppet leap towards him.

high wind.

keying-!

Following Maxim’s words, a wind swept the world from the north. The cool wind blowing suddenly made the puppet tremble even in the air.

“You bastard!”

At the same time as the puppet shouted, a sword was engraved in the sky. The aura flowing through the puppet’s sword suddenly cut off. And then, engulfed in the high wind that still held the blade, drops of blood fluttered across the sky. Silence passed between the soldiers and knights who watched the scene. At the end of their gaze, the figure of a knight approaching, covered in blood and shining eyes, is reflected.

A cold voice came through Maxim’s ears as he walked with an evil expression on his face.

“The royal family has already been overthrown.”

The soldiers who were lined up to block Maxim looked back and changed to visibly bright expressions. Maxim stood at a distance from them and watched the group gradually approaching. Soldiers cleared the way for those approaching. Maxim stood at the head of them and met eyes with the Count, who looked at him with inorganic eyes.

“You’ve been following me all the way here, Maxime Appard.”

It wasn’t clear whether he was being sarcastic or genuinely admiring and praising. With a dazed expression, Maxim turned his gaze to the second prince standing in front of Leon Benning. As if deep in thought, those eyes were shaking in the air without focus.

“You did it after all.”

At Maxim’s words, the Count sneered and shook his head.

“I did it. Please do not say anything that disparages the determination of the second prince. This time, His Highness, who couldn’t bear to see the Dark Army who disturbed state affairs and shook the foundations of the royal family, decided to step forward himself.”

Leon Benning’s gaze briefly approached the second prince and stayed there.

“How could I go against his will? Of course, we must raise an army according to His Highness’s words. Isn’t that the attitude a true loyalist of this kingdom should take?”

Leon Benning showed his momentum without hiding it. The knights standing with him pulled out their swords and began to press Maxim.

“If you still want to fight to the end against us, against the king of this new country, I will gladly treat you like a traitor.”

Maxim really felt like he had become a traitor. The gaze of Leon Benning, who looked at himself with an emotionless yet serene gaze, was truly that of a traitor, and the second prince, who was also looking at him, had the same gaze.

“… If you are a king who will reign over a palace stained with blood like this, I will gladly become a traitor.”

Maxim muttered that and grabbed Baek-ah. Leon Benning shook his head as if feeling sorry for Maxim.

“Your lord is dead, and the lord you were supposed to serve is also in our hands.”

Leon Benning twisted his lips, saying that even the first prince had already been captured. Maxim felt as if his heart was pounding. Leon Benning, who was watching Maxim’s expression darken, spread his hands wide and said to Maxim:

“Maxim, I really appreciate your skills. So, even if I did something like that, wouldn’t I have tried to keep you under me? If you want to come under me again, I will gladly accept you.”

“Are you saying that to upset me?”

When Maxim asked in a hard voice, Leon Benning shrugged.

“Think what you like.”

Leon Benning raised his hand, as if he had no intention of talking further. Following Leon Bening’s gesture, soldiers and knights surrounded Maxim and surrounded him. Now, in this spot, can we defeat them all and make the count surrender? Despite the obvious conclusion that it was not, Maxim listened to Baek-ah.

“Yes, that is your answer.”

I heard Leon Benning sigh. The wind blew from Maxim’s feet again, and just before the swords aimed at Maxim rushed in, lightning struck from the sky.

bang-!

Maxim looked at the person who had fallen in front of him. Hugo Bern. The expression of the king’s escort knight commander was completely frozen. The eyes of Leon Benning, who stood in the way of Maxim, were staring at Hugo Bern.

“Chief of the escort knights, have you already defeated my knight?”

Hugo did not respond to that. Then he slowly turned his head towards Maxim. Maxim could see Hugo Berne’s blackened eyes. The escort knight commander was more angry than ever. It seemed that the sliver of rationality that remained would prevent him from immediately drawing out his sword and charging at him.

“Maxim, leave the palace.”

Hugo Verne spoke in a firm voice, and traces of chewing were left on his lips.

“This is the way I came from shaking him off. If you don’t get out now, the knight will join you and you will die in this royal palace.”

Hugo was breathing uncomfortably. Maxim was shocked to see that Hugo’s side was stained red. Was there a knight in this kingdom with the skill to injure Hugo Bern?

“Your Majesty’s will cannot be in vain. Fighting and dying here with them is not loyalty, it’s just nonsense.”

Maxim nodded stiffly. Hugo raised his sword.

“-I will break through the road. please follow me.”