Water Magician

Chapter 295: Into the Royal Castle

“Over there! Over there on the left, where the magicians are clustered. Break through there.”

The two members of ‘Room 10’ and three members of ‘Room 11’ nodded at Niels’ instructions.

Priest Etho stretched his left arm straight while running.

and fired.

From the rapid-fire crossbow attached to his left arm, three arrows fired in quick succession and flew in the direction Niels pointed.

“Uguh”

“Argh”

“Wh...”

One step behind the impact, Amon jumped in, followed by Niels.

After a slight delay, Zeke, Harold, and Gowan from Room 11 charged forward in that order.

Although it was within the defensive formation of the equestrian tribes, it must have been a spot with many magicians and priests.

They couldn’t hold up against Niels and the other six at all.

The six who rushed in knocked down the equestrian tribe members and started advancing further in.

At other points, perhaps because the equestrian tribes were resisting quite stubbornly, they couldn’t break through easily to enter the royal castle.

Therefore, the six of them were the first among the Kingdom escort adventurers and the Empire guard unit that headed for the royal castle from the plaza.

And of note, none of the Union escort units were even heading toward the royal castle...

“Which way?”

“Straight ahead.”

Etho answered Niels’ question.

They were aiming for the audience chamber.

Mainly to ensure the safety of Chief Negotiator Ignis.

Hugh McGrath, the head of the mission, was probably all right.

Schulz’s royal castle wasn’t particularly big.

That said, that was compared to the royal castles of the Central Nations, and it was bigger than, for example, the lord’s mansion of Count Rune.

The six of them kept running, defeating several likely enemies along the way, without slowing down...

Hugh said to Rupert and Roberto Pirlo, and they nodded.

In this case, there was no other option.

Some arrived at the entrance of the royal castle one step ahead of the twelve members of the mission who were withdrawing from the burning royal castle.

Juddah, the man with a crushed eye, and King Hahn, a young man with reddish-orange hair holding his unconscious sister Soi.

“Your Majesty! Chief Juddah!”

“You are safe!”

“Soi-sama...”

The equestrian tribe members were elated to see the three of them.

However, when they saw Soi in King Hahn’s arms, they were at a loss for words.

“She avoided instant death. But she’s still in danger. Where’s Bors and the others?”

King Hahn asked about the whereabouts of his subordinates.

“Bors-dono is facing off against the Central Nations delegation in the plaza.”

“Okay, then we will evacuate as planned. Including the current King of Shulz, we have buried the influential royals. We’ll enter the castle openly once the Central Nation delegations leave.”

Messengers ran into the plaza to deliver the words of King Hahn.

And King Hahn and others quickly left the royal castle.

But just once, King Hahn glared at the depths of the royal castle and muttered.

“Former Emperor Rupert... I will never forgive you for hurting Soi. I swear to repay this debt.”

The equestrian tribes withdrew and the royal castle burned to the ground.

Since the King and many of his close aides died, the delegation from the Central Nations gave up on negotiations and decided to leave “Schulz”.

It was a week after the delegations departed that King Hahn, who led the equestrian tribes, entered the Schulz castle as declared.

And then, King Hahn proclaimed himself as the new King of Schulz, and the situation of the corridor nations took a new turn... but that’s another story for a later time.

Author’s note:

Destiny was born here.

Former Emperor Rupert and King Hahn.

I’m looking forward to seeing how they will interact with each other.

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