Chapter 294 Confrontation (5)

Kayden was still oblivious of the impending danger as he was already sweating a lot from administering the ointment in the middle of the battlefield.

He was unable to feel the deadly attack coming from above.

However, that does not mean the other people on the battlefield were not able to do so.

As Callan's figure descended rapidly, so was Emperor Valentin charging his way to protect Kayden. He used his strongest magic, the blue flame, to immediately throw it toward Callan effectively messing up the other party's plans.

Seeing the searing hot ball of fire charging rapidly across the battlefield, Callan sensed imminent danger from just feeling the intent coming out from the caster, Emperor Valentin. His face clearly showed that Callan had no choice but to face him head-on.

"Tsk… This old man." He whined in his heart while maneuvering to dodge Emperor Valentine's attack.

The blue flame that went through the battlefield also caught the attention of everyone. It was so rare for them to see the Emperor display his power, for the young ones, this was even their first time seeing it!

It was also only then that Kayden realized that the attack was made to save him from Callan, who was now standing a few meters away from him.

The knights had also realized the situation and made way for the Emperor to take on Callan while they assisted Kayden out of danger, realizing that he was a key person for the battle ahead.

"Young man, do not get ahead of yourself for just being able to give us a hard time even if you seem to be 'alone'," Emperor Valentine warned Callan as he charged forth and attacked him viciously.

"Troublesome…" Callan knew that he could not do away with fighting the Emperor so he had no choice but to take out his cursed weapon and started to defend.

As a summoner, he greatly relied on his skills in summoning beasts and undead. He had good combat skills but, facing the Emperor who was a veteran in fighting, at the peak of the A-class, he was not assured at all.

'I might have to consume more power than expected.' He taught.

It was imperative for him and the rest of the dark knights to conserve their power for they planned to immediately retake the East Territory after conquering the capital.

That is why all of them decided not to initially go all out to the fights with the Emperor as they thought that the other party would not have any means to retaliate.



But from what he can see now, it seems like the knights of the Emperor and the Temple were more resilient than expected. They seemed to also be unafraid or uncaring about the possibility of dying from the curse.

This unprecedented outcome from his side of the fight had forced him to deviate from the initial agreement to hold back and conserve. From what he can see, going all out is the only way to settle the matter at once.

Little did he know that all of his comrades were also pushed to the corner and had all decided to go all out with their opponents, even the Duke was forced to think of unconventional means to turn the tables around!

With his Father Emperor taking on the dark knight, Leon started to diminish his presence and covertly eliminated some of the hell wolves to ease the burden of the remaining knights.

His orders were to take his men to search for the Empress and he had to carry it out as soon as the situation on the battlefield stabilized.

One hell wolf, two… ten… with the busy crowd, everyone did not notice that the burden of fighting was slowly being lifted off their shoulders.

Seeing that he had eliminated a number of wolves, he signaled the blades to gather and assist Kayden to withdraw from the battlefield.

"You have a choice, join me in search for the Empress or rush to the Vesala Estate to bring the ointment." Leon saw the distress in Kayden's face.

He knew that his friend wanted the other side of the battle to also survive the ferocious wolves and the ointment will help a lot in this matter. But that would also mean that he would lose his chance to carefully observe the curse user coming from the Empress.

"I will go to the estate," Kayden said with a determined voice, what use would the research be if the people who need it the most would perish.

Leon heard Kayden's decision and nodded with understanding. "Olivier, assist the doctor to the Vesala Estate, also do what you can to help the General on that battlefield." He ordered.

"I will, your Highness!" Olivier received the orders and immediately summoned his winged beast.

"Doctor, I'll have to fly you all the way to the estate." Olivier used his summoning abilities and took Kayden speedily to the Vesala Estate.

Leon glanced at the remaining blades and commanded, "Blades, let's also head off."

But before he left, he summoned a tiny golem out and let him stay on a nearby tree, "Biggie, please protect Father when danger comes, can you?"

"Weeeeee!" Biggie let out a wheezing sound as his eyes glowed to express his affirmative response. He then leaped down to the tree and dived to the ground. A very faint glowing light appeared on the spot he landed and then it moved toward Emperor Valentin's direction.

"Let's go." Seeing Biggie settle down, Leon and the rest finally moved out of the Empress's place to immediately search for the Empress.

"Spread out in pairs, summoners with a caster or a mage. Summoners shall expand the search with the familiars while your pairs back you up in case of an encounter. Immediately notify at the sight of the target and do not engage no matter what. I'll handle the entire proximity of the palace." He relayed his instructions and sent the rest of the blades.

While he on the other hand also used his abilities as an S class summoner to start his search. No matter where the Empress went to hide, he was determined to find her and end everything!

Meanwhile, Kazimir was already informed of the attack that Emperor Valentin did on his Maternal Uncle and Mother, he did not voice his objection or approval. He just expressed his wishes for his Father's safety and went to continue his duties to rescue the victims of Roman's attack.

"Your Highness, First Prince…" One of the knights from the Temple went to report to him to tally the number of the victims that needed to be sent to the temple.

Because the number of the victims was just too much for the doctors within the capital and even the Imperial family, they already pleaded to the Temple to help in attending to the injured.

"We have finished the rescue operations on all sites. The ones with minor injuries were also attended to. There were a total of thirty people that needed immediate medical attention. I have arranged for a way to send them to the Temple. Your Highness, your orders?" The knight asked.

"I'll follow the wounded to the Temple, continue to assign knights to assist the affected citizens, and immediately inform me if there are any problems. I need to stay close to the critically injured in case the Temple needs assistance from the palace."

Kazimir was still looking a little lethargic because of his recent condition, but the focus and determination in his eyes made the knights around drawn to the way he led the rescue operations.

Kazimir had long feared that these knights would have looked down on him because his very own family was the mastermind of all the bad things that happened to the people of the Empire.

However, contrary to what he was thinking, the respect of the knights went up to another level.

It was because, in their eyes, Kazimir chose to go out while knowing that he would face the people's contempt for the deeds done by his maternal family. He did not even mind that he was still not in a good physical and mental state, yet he chose to stand as the prince of the Empire and do the right thing.

Their trip to the Temple was rather solemn and quiet. Kazimir who was sitting on a flying beast looked at the capital and the faint rumbling on the certain locations of the Empire, the Vesala Estate in the Capital, and the Empress Place.





He looked at the debris that was left because of the explosions made by Roman. His heartfelt extreme pain and unbelief as he lamented, "Mother, Uncle, what have you done…"

They silently entered the Temple, where they were welcomed by the priests and clerics who had already prepared a receiving area for the wounded.

The Temple servants proved to be more efficient when it comes to dealing with the crisis. They were organized in attending to the patients and as Kazimir watched everything happen, his heart was gradually comforted by the hope that he was seeing.

The busy people in the Temple and even Kazimir who was also going out of his way to assist the temple servants were not aware that a certain person was looking coldly down to the grounds of the Temple.

Her amethyst eyes were filled with coldness and hate. It was apparent that she had a fit of deep-seated anger that she had to take out and had chosen the sacred temple grounds to be her dumping ground.

The one standing afloat in the air was one other than Empress Carolina, Kazimir's birth mother!