[Few minutes earlier]
Drip_ drip_
Thud
"Hufkh.."
With a thud, a man fell to his knees, clutching his throat, trying to staunch the jet of blood, but the blade sank deeper into his throat, taking his life away in the next instant.
A woman wearing an open-shoulder black gown soaked with dark blood lood over the dead body.
Her cold obsidian eyes looked at the man with a bored expression on her face.
"...That's the last one."
She muttered under her breath, taking out a tablet with a list of nas of nobles written on it.
Crossing off the na of the man who just died, she placed it back in her bracelet before she glanced around the hall.
Bloodied corpses were everywhere, headless bodies lying on the sides.
So won, but mostly n, lay dead on the blood-soaked floor.
But even in this situation, so were left alive, for they needed to be alive just so they could play their part when needed....
Glancing around once, she walked toward the entrance of the hall, but just as she turned around, she halted her steps.
"....It's been a while, Adaliah."
Wearing a purplish gown, a woman with blackish hair highlighted with reddish at the end stood in front of her.
Her ruby eyes sparkled with interest while her rosy skin glead in the dim light as she walked slowly toward her.
But what stood out the most were the two long reddish horns adorning her head.
While Adaliah is known as Esray's [Right Wing], she is the one who could be said as her [Left Wing].
"....What are you doing here, Sypha?" Frowning, Adaliah asked.
"....Co on, I was just checking on you." Sypha replied, shrugging as she looked around. "...Why are you not killing all of them?"
"We don't want the Ekari kingdom to collapse," she replied, her gaze fixed on Sypha, "....Not for now."
"...Hmm." Sypha nodded thoughtfully before she asked, smiling, "...How have you been these days?"
"We don't have ti for chit-chat," she replied, frowning before she glanced at her watch.
"...Stoic as ever, huh?" Sypha mumbled, her ruby eyes squinting as she asked, "....By the way, why did we start the plan earlier?"
"...Because Nylaria's holder ca to congratulate Inës—uninvited,"
Adaliah replied, continuing her walk, "...Take care of the Overlord of the Principalities."
"...What about the other one fighting him?" Sypha asked, making her halt, "...He is one of the few Overlords in the Ekari kingdom—that too a Duke—."
"Don't let him die," Adaliah interjected, "...We don't want the Ekari kingdom to collapse."
"...Where are you going?" Sypha asked again, looking at her departing figure.
"...To check on Azariah," Adaliah replied without looking back.
"...Can I tag along? I haven't seen hi—."
"...No, you have things to do," she interjected sharply without looking back.
"Tch," Sypha clicked her tongue softly before she walked in the opposite direction, "....Anyway, give my love to the young master."
Without replying, she walked out of the hall, moving silently and looking around the place before approaching a window—big enough for a man to pass through.
Extending her hand, she touched it, breaking it apart instantly.
The heavy rainfall rushed inside, making her cover her entire body with a thin layer of mana.
She jumped out, grabbing the edge of the window.
Using the edge of the window, she propelled herself upward until she reached a height from where she could see the whole place clearly.
She glanced around once before her gaze landed on the glass-like tomb structure at the center.
Boom!!
Covering her legs with mana, she kicked the air, propelling herself until she landed softly on the edge of the glass.
"....."
But her expression imdiately hardened as her gaze landed on Azariah, who was just passing an orb-like structure to Inës.
".....Sigh."
Adaliah sighed, taking out her tablet and placing it horizontally in her hand, initiating a holographic call.
Ring rin—
The image of a woman with silver hair erged from the hologram, her gaze focused on her work as she spoke.
"Azariah."
Adaliah whispered, her tone serious, her gaze fixed on the scene unfolding below, "...He is protecting the Oracle."
Esray halted her work and looked up, her lifeless gray eyes shifting to observe Azariah.
"...Yes." Adaliah replied unsteadily, her gaze shifting towards Esray, "....just like you predicted."
Without replying, Esray watched Azariah fighting against the soldiers.
Though the view was unclear, she could discern the events unfolding.
"...Forgive my rudeness, but how are you so sure that Azariah isn't the one who wants to sav—"
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