Chapter 671 Chapter
170. To meet another friend Dante (4)
‘Seven.’
Although it is due to various tragedies, Dante has seized absolute power in the empire very quickly over the past three years.
Usually, power gained so quickly is jeopardized.
However, there are only seven traitors, so it was a testament to how well Dante and his advisor, Casimir, had done their job.
Yuria marked the appropriate number of people on the layout of the servants she had drawn in advance and handed them to Dante.
‘Three 10th grade servants, three 7th grade and one 5th grade?’
Jin also confirmed the location of the traitors with a sidelong glance.
‘They’re too light-hearted to enlist to assassinate the regent of the empire.’
At first glance, they were all people whom Jin did not even know. They were not from Sedo family, nor were they those with exceptional abilities. They are just ordinary servants.
Dante had the same question. It didn’t immediately come to his mind what the hell they could do to assassinate him.
However, the status and ability revealed on the outside can change at any time. Zephyrin was like that, and the Prophet’s ability to control chaos might transform people in some form.
“Yes, I believe that everyone is too busy to even think of betrayal.”
At those words, quite a few of his servants spit out swearing in their hearts, saying, “What the fuck is this?”, but those who lied were not included.
Silence ensued.
Even when Yuria checked the liars, the hall was quiet for nearly 10 minutes, so the servants couldn’t figure out why Dante was doing this.
And Dante, who had been in a lot of trouble, turned his head and looked at Jin as if he couldn’t do it in the end.
Beckoning to come closer and listen.
‘why?’
‘I knew those seven might be traitors, but what should I do next?’
‘Why did you become stupid while I couldn’t see you? Now that’s a question.’
‘I have a somewhat dull part.’
‘I wish I’d come up with a list of questions right in advance. No need to worry, Dante. Ask if there is anyone who handed over information to Runkandel. That makes it clear whether they just had a different mind or betrayed them.’
‘Oh, I see.’
Dante cleared his throat.
“Hmmmm! There are not many questions left, so you will have to understand my bizarre behavior.”
“no!”
“no!”
YuRia thought about listing the liars as well, but stopped because there were too many of them.
“Has anyone here informed the Garden of Swords about me or the Empire?”
The answer came, of course no. However, the seven who were first affected by the power of truth were telling lies again this time.
Jin soon found out why the Garden of Swords had enlisted such ordinary people as its helpers.
‘Enterer of the imperial castle. If the Prophet didn’t endow them with special abilities, it means that only those who entered the imperial castle were needed.’
The reason for the need for a visitor to the imperial castle was obvious.
internal structure.
The Bemont Imperial Castle was the largest of the external structures in the world and had the most complex structure internally.
In particular, spaces that were not open to the public, such as the emperor’s residence or underground passages, were mostly unknown to other giant powers.
‘The seven people confirmed as traitors are also composed of the lowest and middle class, so they don’t know all of those areas.’
It is only natural that forces such as Runcandel and Zipple could not find out even after planting numerous spies in the imperial family for a long time.
In addition, the location of the secret areas of the imperial family changed irregularly.
Then why are they?
Jin made an assumption.
‘The tunnel that the Prophet made in the past in Sota Desert… What if you need the help of an imperial visitor to make it? Even if not very detailed information about the secret area, you may need a rough structure inside the imperial castle.’
Even assuming that, it left me with doubts.
Dante has been on many missions alone in contaminated areas, so if he were to assassinate, that moment would be more appropriate.
‘You can gradually find out why I chose the imperial castle instead when I was on a solo mission.’
First of all, I had to check what information they passed on and whether their guesses were correct.
‘jin.’
‘Lastly, ask if there is anyone who has been implanted with chaos or other special abilities.’
Dante nodded.
“Last question. Among the servants gathered here, is there anyone who has been endowed with chaos or other special abilities?”
“doesn’t exist!”
No one told a lie this time.
It meant that the traitors were not affected by the power of chaos.
If that’s the case, even if we catch them right away, there’s no chance of another casualty.
‘Bind that person.’
When Jin whispered in his ear, Dante’s eyes widened, revealing his suppressed anger.
“Hairan!”
“Give me the title!”
“Kima Rights, Julian Rights, Edmond Keldvar Roskela, Bernard Qian Killane, Knash Atta Boyn. Capture these seven immediately.”
High Iran’s elite who attended the meeting arrested them before even 15 seconds had passed.
The servants were astonished at what had happened out of nowhere.
The sudden summons and the intention to intimidate such small puppets felt like a kind of fear in the eyes of the servants.
Or even the idea that Dante has finally vented his vengeance on Ron and turned into a tyrant.
“Your Highness! Why are you like this!”
“Your Highness, why us?”
“Other servants may misunderstand, so I will tell you the truth. The person currently standing behind me is the princess of Tikan, a free country, and is not a contractor of Az Mill.”
“ah…!”
Exclamation flowed from everywhere.
If the girl in disguise was Yuria Alprion, the identity of the man who was exchanging whispers with the regent was obvious.
There was no reason to hide his identity anymore.
“Bamal Alliance Gene Runcandel. Our allied informants have discovered that the imperial family has betrayed Ziffle and joined the Garden of Swords. Therefore, it was urgently needed to find out if there were any people in the Empire who were in liaison with the Garden of Swords.”
The imprisoned traitors fell on their knees before Dante.
Dante immediately blindfolded Yuria and drew his sword and struck one of them in the neck.
The thick flow of fresh blood instantly stained the golden floor with blood.
“Hee hee hee.”
“Oh misunderstanding. I betrayed the ship.”
“Shut your mouth. Anyone who died painlessly earlier was just lucky. You guys are unlucky.”
The traitors trembled and looked around.
Dante and Jin’s party, as well as the servants who harbored anger and hatred for the terrible overwork under the Regent, were glaring at them as if to kill them.
Even if Dante was not liked, it was true that all the servants gathered here were dedicating their lives for the empire.
Everyone felt great pride that the imperial capital was in such good condition in this chaotic age, and they thought that there was no way more for the way of the empire than Dante’s way.
But those traitors were trying to ruin it all.
“If you want to spare yourself even a little bit of bad luck, you would do well to answer my questions with the most detailed truth from now on.”
Dante winked, and the servants quickly took care of the body and wiped the blood. YuRia, who opened her eyes again, saw that there were only six people left, and thought that Dante had unexpectedly bloody power.
“First of all, what did you promise from the Garden of Swords?”
Jin expected to live forever. Just like foolish people like Barton and Seygal’s elders did in the past.
“…Survival.”
One of the traitors met Dante’s eyes.
He had the most calm eyes among the remaining six.
He was determined that one day this day might come.
“survival?”
“Your Highness the Regent… We met Sir Rosa in person. Exactly, it was a meeting through a certain crystal ball, but while talking with him, I came to face the power of Runcandel. He said he would destroy the whole world except Hufester.”
“So you’re saying that you betrayed me in order to abandon the ruined empire and live a miserable life under Rosa?”
“If you truly care about the empire, you must surrender to Sir Rosa even now. I say I’m a traitor, but this is the last thing I can say.”
According to Yuria, the traitors, including him, sincerely thought so.
Even if not only the empire but also the whole world joined forces, Rosa would not be able to be helped.
“I will not blame you for your weak choices. So, you too, calmly accept the punishment that will be handed down in the future.”
“…You must be thinking of destroying our entire family.”
“Everything that exists in your family will be erased from the world. But if you confess the information you gave Rosa, the children and innocent servants will be spared.”
Yuria showed the blue string, revealing that Dante’s words were true.
The traitor who was talking to Dante lowered his head.
“There is not much information that low-ranking subjects like us can know, Your Majesty. I swear the information I provided to Sir Rosa is all about the internal structure of the imperial castle.”
At that point, Jin recalled the Prophet’s Tunnel once again.
“Did you ever explain what you would do with the information?”
“That’s right.”
It was the truth. As expected by Jin, they had no information to inform Runcandel other than the approximate structure of the imperial castle.
In fact, Rosa didn’t even ask them for any other information.
“Make sure you keep your promise. drag it away.”
“Yes, go!”
Watching the betrayers being dragged away, all of the servants were wearing evil faces.
It was an evil not directed against Dante, but against Rosa and the Garden of Swords.
Jin stepped forward.
“The Prophet in the Garden of Swords has the ability to create special tunnels. It is highly likely that the traitor’s internal structure was delivered to them for the purpose of making it. Perhaps they not only tried to assassinate the Regent, but also tried to invade the Imperial Castle through the tunnel.”
Therefore, what to do from now on was to check whether a tunnel was already formed inside the imperial castle.
Dante had already thought of that method.
“I will destroy the entire imperial castle and find it. It’s full of the symbols of the lost imperial family anyway, so there’s nothing to regret. We will begin immediately, so you guys get ready.”
