287 The Guests

Surprisingly, the Queen with her two knights were safe from the attack when they arrived at her place. However, when they told her that the King was dead, she freaked out and rushed out.

She rushed toward the throne hall. As the main castle had been secured, Heero did not prevent her. They just followed the Queen back to the throne hall.

As soon as she reached the throne hall, the Queen's gaze immediately landed on the throne seat. The throne was covered in the red curtain. From the shape of the curtain, she could tell there was a body below the curtain.

She ignored the scorched mark on the floor and rushed to the throne. The Queen pulled the curtain and froze on the spot.

Alexa tried to comfort the Queen, but the Queen was staring blankly at her husband's dead body. Tears streamed down through her eyes and her mouth was opened wide, but no voice came out.

Until a moment later, two words flowed out her throat, "My King…"

The Queen collapsed before she could finish her words. Benjamin, who had woken up, immediately moved and caught the Queen before her body could touch the floor.

The Queen lost consciousness. Benjamin and Alexa circled the Queen, trying to wake her up.

"Master! Save Mother Queen! Please save her!" Benjamin pleaded toward Heero.

"She stupor because of the shock, not injured! She will naturally wake up later, what do you want me to do? Saving healthy people?" Heero was left speechless at his disciple's behavior.

It seemed the death of the King almost broke down his mind. Heero shook his head as he did not expect Benjamin's mind was this fragile.

"Girl! Is there someone who needs to be saved aside from the Queen? Like if the King died, the kingdom needs someone to replace him temporarily to set up the order, is there someone like that?" He asked Alexa.

Alexa's condition was much better than Benjamin.

"Someone… Ah, Prime Minister Austin! We have to save him as well!"

"Where is he?"

"His residence is 200 meters away to the east of the main castle. He must be there!"

Heero turned toward his family, "I will leave for a while, stay here!"

He had spread his Ki and did not find the specters in the main castle. The castle was safe and he could leave his family here temporarily.

"Be careful!" Hong Yu reminded her husband.

Heero returned it with a smile and left.

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Heero followed the direction given to him by Alexa, 200 meters to the east. Soon he found a resplendent mansion surrounded by a 5 meters tall wall.

Even the wall was painted in silver, making the mansion look splendid from outside. Unfortunately, the splendid mansion was no longer splendid as blood splattered around the silver wall and dead bodies scattered around the wall.

He saw in front of the gate, a group of black knights was fighting against a black-cloaked figure.

He opened his storage space and took out a sword. The same sword he used to decapitate the other nine specters.

The black-cloaked seemed to be able to detect Heero's presence. He turned around and saw Heero was coming to him with the sword.

"Ah, f*ck. I thought he was not going to chase!" The black-cloaked figure cursed and decided to abandon the knights in front of him to escape.

"Her, I am not going to let you escape this time!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Ten Ki Swords appeared and blocked the black-cloaked figure's path to escape. He tried to turn his body into shadow, but then a Ki Sword pierced his thigh.

The Ki Sword prevented him to materialize his body into shadow and bring him down to the ground. The black-cloaked figure looked up and saw Heero was only 5 meters away from him.

He forcefully pulled the sword out and immediately turned into a shadow to run.

"I am saved…" Just as the black-cloaked figure thought that he managed to escape from Heero. A shadow, the same being as him overtook him and materialized right before him.

The one in front of him was Heero. Yes, the shadow that overtook him was Heero.

The black-cloaked figure also materialized himself back to his original figure and spoke, "H-how is that possible?"

"Ah, don't tell me you are…"

"A specter? Huhu… I am not, this is the wonder of the Ki!" Heero caught the black-cloaked figure and pinned the guy down on the ground.

He opened the cloak to see the face behind the cloak. He was surprised as he recognized the face behind the cloak.

Benjamin's Young Butler, Allen Knight. He was the son of Duke Knight and then, everything was clear as to how the specters could slip into the Royal Residence this easy. With the help of Duke, everything was easy.

"You are surprised!" Allen grinned at Heero, "But you shouldn't you stop the act now? You must be the reinforcement sent by the Main Temple, right?"

Somehow, Allen still believed Heero was one of them. He completely lowered his guard as he thought Heero acted this way so the knights would not recognize the disguise.

"Huh… I told you that I am not a specter! This is the wonder of the Ki, the unlimited potential behind the Ki!"

Slugh!

A Ki Sword pierced Allen's left chest, right on his dark core. The young Allen had his eyes opened wide.

Heero released the Young Allen and slashed his palm with his sword. Then he showed his palm Allen, "Look here!"

Blood flowed out from the cut. A proof Heero was not a specter but human.

"How…" The Young Allen only managed to utter that one word before his body completely dried up.

As Heero managed to kill the Young Allen, the black knights surrounded Heero.

"Who are you? Identify yourself!" They pointed their sword toward Heero.

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While the Regal Kingdom was in chaos, Star City was peaceful. The news of the Regal Kingdom attacked by the specter had not been spread yet.

Especially the Xing District, despite lacking adult entertainment, the nightlife in the Xing District was boisterous with many happy couples that could be spotted here and there.

The Xing District became the first destination of the man to bring their crush or lover to play. The man was using the tactic of capturing the stomach before the heart.

The heavenly delicacy in the Xing District was enough to capture every woman who visited the district. There were even rumors saying that if you bring your crush to the Xing District, your love would be accepted by your crush. It was said the rate of success was 90%.

While many couples were having a great time, the Xing District's security team would guard the district from any disturbance. Especially tonight, it was a special night where the Squad 2 of SES volunteered to take the night duty.

On top of building in the south

"You backed down from the mission only to guard the district? Have you gone mad?" Lyera could not believe this as she looked at Musashi Hirata.

"Tonight is special! I am not at ease if it's not me, " Hirata only gave Lyera a vague answer.

Next to Hirata, Butcher Wang yawned, "What are you two talking about? She seems pretty upset, "

The lazy Butcher Wang did not bother to learn the complicated Dramonia Language. So he did not understand what the two talked about.

Lyera was not satisfied with the answer. Just as she wanted to pester Hirata, the latter raised his hand to stop her.

"Our guests have arrived! Get ready to greet them!"