290 Guardian Knigh

The main castle, Regal Kingdom

The mourning atmosphere heavily influenced the throne hall. The Queen wailed loudly next to the King's dead body. Prime Minister Austin also grieved next to the Queen.

The Knight Commanders and five Guardian Knights also rushed over upon hearing the King was dead. Except for the grieving Queen, everyone had their heads down in silence.

Heero and his family stayed at the corner of the throne hall. The kids were affected by the sorrowful atmosphere and circled Heero silently.

It had been three hours, Heero had killed all the specters in the royal residence. The royal residence was secured from the specters but the kingdom was still under attack.

"Should we leave?" Heero did not want to stay longer here. He thought of offering his help but these people took more time to grieve for the dead king. He did not want the kids affected by the sorrowful atmosphere.

But just as those words came out of his mouth, Alexa and Benjamin walked to them. Apparently, they heard him.

"Can you stay and help the kingdom to face the crisis, Master?" Benjamin bowed his head in ninety degrees.

Alexa also followed her brother-in-law, "Please help the kingdom. We request you, please!"

Gerard himself was still unconscious somehow. The Kingdom was under the Queen and the Prime Minister order with the King's absence. These two people's words echoed in the throne hall.

Except for the Queen, everyone in the throne hall turned toward Heero's direction. The Crown Prince's wife and the Second Prince bowed to a youth in his early twenty, it was the picture in everyone's mind.

Before Heero could give his reply, a man in his early fifties with a gold plate armor walked toward them.

He stood next to Benjamin, "Second Prince, we don't need outsider's help! We can face the crisis together without the outsider's help!"

His tone was aggressive and the man did not bother to hide the fact he disliked Benjamin's decision for requesting an outsider's help.

The old man had a rough face with a heavy wrinkled on his forehead and cheeks. But he gave off a strong vigor for someone at his age and his eyes were sharp. This old man was the Guardian Knight Frei, one of twelve Guardian Knights of the Regal Kingdom.

"We will leave then, " Heero nodded and voiced his desire to leave.

"No! Wait!" Prime Minister Austin called out. Prime Minister Austin rushed over as his breath ragged out.

Completely different than the Guardian Knight Frei, Prime Minister Austin had a small and skinny build. About 1.7 meters with his hair had gone bald and fairer skin.

"Wait, Sir Heero!" Prime Minister Austin called out. He was more respectful than the Guardian Knight as he called Heero with an honorific.

"We need your help! Please don't leave!"

"I know the knights are strong enough to fend off against the specter, but Sir Heero is the SES Chief. He knows the weakness of the specters and with his help, we can solve the crisis faster and fewer casualties!"

Prime Minister Austin tried to clear the misunderstanding and explained it. The Guardian Knight should have known the information about specters and SES.

"Wait! I will help, but I am not going to enter the battlefield!" Heero pointed his family behind him, "I have them and I will not leave my family behind! If you want, I can protect all the people here while all your knights can go to the battle!"

Heero's unexpected answer surprised the old man, even Alexa and Benjamin were surprised.

"You should have called the Hero League of Star City, not me! I will not help you to fight the specters in the stake of my family's safety!"

A straightforward rejection from Heero. He refused to fight against the specters outside the royal residence. Additionally, Allen accidentally told him that there was a reinforcement that would come.

"But you are a Hero Instructor, you should help us. Moreover, you can leave your family under knight protection!" Prime Minister Austin was not convinced and tried to persuade Heero.

"You are right, I am a Hero Instructor. But you seem to have mistaken the job of the Hero Instructor. I am training heroes but I am not a hero! Moreover…"

Heero looked toward the King's dead body and shook his head. They could not even protect the King, how he was supposed to leave his family under their protection.

Prime Minister Austin fell silent. He could not refute or even talk back. He understood Heero's concern. They could not even protect the King, so there was no way Heero would leave his family's safety to them.

However, Heero's two wives were heroes, Emperor Class Hero and Gold Class Hero - Rank 2. They could protect themselves even without Heero. But then, he met with Heero's firm gaze and realized persuading Heero was not possible.

Prime Minister Austin let out a sigh and replied dejectedly, "I have requested a reinforcement to the Hero League of Star City! They sent all SES Squads as reinforcement and they will arrive in an hour!"

"A few hundred people? What a few hundred people can do? With or without them, we can defend our kingdom!" Guardian Knight Frei remained aggressive and stubborn with his thought of not needing help from the outside.

"I hope you understand, Guardian Knight Frei! The kingdom is in a crisis and we need to use everything we have to solve the crisis faster! I hope you understand and cooperate with SES later!" Prime Minister Austin bowed slightly to Guardian Knight Frei before he bowed toward Heero.

After that, he turned around and walked back toward the Queen's direction. When Prime Minister Austin bypassed Guardian Knight Frei, he said something.

"If the knights could kill the specters efficiently just like SES capable of, I will also never request help from the other force!"

The tone of the Prime Minister was authoritative and it gave a strong pressure to Guardian Knight Frei. It was impressive remembering Prime Minister Austin was someone with no power.

Those words also had a hidden meaning. Basically, the Prime Minister was telling Guardian Knight Frei that the knights were incapable of facing the specter compared to SES.

As the Prime Minister went back to the Queen's side, a series of footsteps were heard from outside the throne hall.

Three Guardian Knights and a hundred of Black Knights headed to the throne hall. The three Guardian Knights entered the throne hall while the hundred black knights stayed outside.

Guardian Knight Frei turned away from Heero and rushed toward the three Guardian Knights, "How is it?"

The urgency could be detected from Guardian Knight Frei's voice.

The Guardian Knight in the middle took off the helmet and showed the face of a man in his forties with gray hair behind the helmet. The middle-aged man showed a dark expression and shook his head.

"The Duke Knight Household betrayed our kingdom! The residence was empty but we killed four filthy creatures in their residence!" The gray-haired Guardian Knight replied.

Not long after he spoke that, four black knights entered the throne hall. Each of them bringing a dried corpse with them.

Prime Minister Austin and the other knights walked toward the newly entered Guardian Knight. They looked at the dried corpses and Guardian Knight Frei frightened at the sight of these corpses.

"See! Our black knight also can handle the specters! We don't need any help from outside!" Guardian Knight Frei arrogantly remarked, his words directed to Prime Minister Austin and Heero.

Unfortunately, the gray-haired Guardian Knight disagreed with Guardian Knight Frei.

"No, we need help! It took half an hour and ten knights to kill one specter! We need assistance, call the Hero League of the three cities!" The gray-haired Guardian Knight spoke to Prime Minister Austin.

"I did! Star City answered our call and they sent SES full squads! Still no reply from the other two cities!" Prime Minister Austin replied and walked closer to the gray-haired Guardian Knight.

The Prime Minister whispered something that could not be heard. After that, the gray-haired Guardian Knight looked toward Heero's direction. His gaze stayed on Heero for a while before he shook his head.

"He's not going to fight with us! I have read his profile and he even did not join the battle when the specters attacked the core region of Star City. Do you think he will fight for us even if we beg him to?"

The gray-haired Guardian Knight gave a negative reply to the Prime Minister.

"But let's do as he said, let him protect the main castle and have all knights evacuate the people outside to the royal residence until SES arrives! We will cooperate with SES later with them as our core operation!"

The gray-haired Guardian Knight briefed the plan in his mind. Surprisingly, the Prime Minister and the other Guardian Knights agreed with the gray-haired Guardian Knight. Guardian Knight Frei was an exception though. The old man still believed the knights were enough. Even so, the old man had to follow the gray-haired Guardian Knight's instruction.

The gray-haired Guardian Knight was the King's younger brother, Adrian Shelton Kingsman.

"Get your men ready! We will move in five minutes. Our objective is to evacuate people not to fight the specters. Avoid the battle as much as possible!" Adrian Shelton Kingsman released his order.

Soon, the Knight Commanders and the Guardian Knight set out, including Guardian Knight Frei.

With all knights left the throne hall, Adrian Shelton Kingsman left with Prime Minister Austin.

"Uncle! Let me join the battle too!" Benjamin suddenly popped out next to Prime Minister Austin.

"No! You have to stay here and protect your unconscious brother! It's your job!" Adrian was firm with his decision and Benjamin had to obey his uncle's command.