Upon hearing the sound, Duke Kurán’s face stiffened, and Gart rushed in.
“Do these things dare to attack even the castle? Stop them! Go out there and intercept them now!”
Before Duke Kurán could give instructions, Valder had already rushed out.
After giving a sign of approval, the Duke instructed Gart, who was about to leave.
“If a dangerous situation arises, remove the king’s ring immediately. Even if you have to cut off your finger, it’s fine. Don’t forget, your mission is not to engage in battles or protect the royal family. In a perilous situation, turn my weapons into top-level monsters. That’s your job.”
“Yes, Your Excellency. I will remember.”
Gart kneeled on one knee, swearing an oath, and then wetting the curtain, he headed towards the castle.
“Why is it so easy?”
Hazen looked down at the fallen king with a bewildered expression.
They had appeared in the Nature Hall exactly 30 minutes ago, having leisurely eaten lunch and even had tea.
Perhaps due to the previous invasion, the Nature Hall was now different, with knights and guards stationed unlike before.
However, for Ruela and her companions dealing with monsters, ordinary humans were surprisingly easy opponents.
It took less than 10 minutes to climb over fallen knights and reach the king’s bed.
In fact, it took longer to locate the king in his chamber.
Entering the king’s bedroom, they found him sitting on the floor, gobbling down something, which they purposely ignored while grabbing their weapons and preparing for battle. However, the king shouted and rushed at them.
The battle that ensued ended unexpectedly quickly.
When Kite blocked his way with a shield, and Hazen’s summon and Mitchell each delivered a blow, the king was dead.
Raphael didn’t even have time to cast a spell.
In shock and dumbfounded, Ruela stared at the king’s corpse. Just then, the sounds of people rushing from the corridor could be heard.
“Where is His Majesty?”
It was a familiar voice, and Ruela, shivering, said, “It’s Valder’s voice. We need to go quickly.”
Upon her words, Kite promptly cut off the ring from the king’s hand.
Confirming the blue key entering the bag, Ruela quickly activated her teleportation skill. Fortunately, having killed the king, she reached level 87, and her teleportation skill had upgraded to the second stage, resetting the cooldown.
Returning safely to the Ferros Mansion alone, they couldn’t erase the uneasy expressions.
This time, the king rushed at them without giving them a chance to catch their breath, and he died again. Because of that, all of them who had gathered in one place had turned the situation upside down.
Kite approached Ruela, who was looking at the blood on her robe with a vacant expression.
“Ruela, should we take off the cloak and have a hot cup of tea? We probably need to discuss what to do next after catching the king.”
For the first time, they killed a monster in the form of an ordinary human. Even those familiar with war and hunting couldn’t easily escape the uncomfortable feeling, and Ruela’s first experience with this shock was bound to be tremendous.
In times like this, moving busily was helpful.
Kite led Ruela into the office, took off her cloak, handed it to his servant, and ordered him to bring tea.
Ruela followed Kite into the room, and until the sound of a hot tea cup reached her ears, she couldn’t shake off the complicated emotions.
“Ruela, let’s check our levels. Kite is level 95, Tien is 94, and Ruela is now 87. If I raise mine by 20%, I’ll be 95 too.”
Upon Hazen’s words, Raphael and Mitchell quickly checked their own levels.
“I have 15% remaining.”
“I have 30%.”
At the mention of levels, Ruela’s attention returned. Realizing it wasn’t the time to be caught up in useless emotions, she quickly checked the game screen.
As Hazen said, everyone’s levels had increased.
Despite easily defeating the king, his death bestowed an enormous amount of experience points.
After confirming her level, Ruela went into the talk board.
Checking the new notification, it was confirmed that Ferros Guild had secured a solo rank at 2nd place. The 1st place was still held by the Legend Guild, who had collected six keys.
The talk board was abuzz with discussions about Ferros Guild suddenly climbing the ranks.
Ruela was checking the board for a moment when, suddenly, Xenon entered without waiting for a response.
“Your Excellency, someone has come from Elab. They say there’s something they must inform Your Excellency of immediately.”
Confusion appeared on Kite’s face.
“Not a letter, but a person came?”
“Yes, Your Excellency.”
“Tell them to come in.”
As soon as Kite gave the command, Xenon withdrew, and a man with a stern expression entered without waiting for permission.
Seeing him, Kite exclaimed in surprise.
“Who are you?”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”