73: The attack

As soon as Ciel's body turned into black smoke, the people left in the restaurant sprang into action.

Sophia dashed towards the door leading to the battle arena and opened it without hesitation. On the other side, Rudra and Guy were locked in a deadly sword battle. Knowing those two most likely wouldn't hear her if she called them, Sophia used her unique skill to the max.

Her unique skill, <Seductress >, allowed her to attract the attention of her enemies to herself. This was quite similar to how tanks collect the aggro of enemy monsters. Usually, this would never work on these two as they were ultimate skill users, but she never needed them to focus on her entirely. And with them only focusing on each other, her chances were quite high.

Just as she predicted, Guy and Rudra both fell under the control of her skill for a minute before regaining their clarity. But that minute was enough for her to fire a magic cannon at them.

Caught off guard, both Guy and Rudra instinctively distanced themselves to dodge the magic cannon. After that, both of them glared at Sophia with killing intent radiating from their bodies.

" You better have a good reason to interrupt us Sophia or else I will make sure you will not reincarnate for a hundred years " Guy said in a cold tone that would send shivers down any demons who heard it.

Hearing Guy's threat Sophia got angry and shouted , " Guy You piece of shit you think yourself too highly. I only bothered to even come here because Rimuru sama needed your help. Something happened to Veldanava sama and Rimuru sama dashed out of the restaurant in a hurry. "

Hearing her words, Guy and Rudra's angry expressions froze. Then they too ran out of the battle arena like their lives depend on it. They knew far too well why Rimuru needed their help. It is to stop her from destroying the entire cardinal world in her madness.

In Cardinal words inside the territory of the Eastern Empire there are multiple battles. Especially in the capital city. Looking back it started a few hours ago .

The Eastern Empire under the rule of Rudra has always frowned upon injustice and corruption. So as soon as someone was found guilty they would be judged for their crimes immediately.

But this time a minister who was one of Rudra's closest personnel was found embezzling funds that were kept for the well being of the people.

His trial was personally judged by Rudra and he was sentenced to death. Today was supposed to be his executive under the public.

Everything was going well until the capital city was breached by enemies. They used the occasion of the public execution to bring their troops inside the capital.

It wasn't just the capital; numerous places were attacked by enemy soldiers. At this even some of the allied nations betrayed the Eastern empire as they let soldiers go through their territories to the Eastern Empire.

Unfortunately the Empire wasn't able to react quickly as the Emperor was not present at this moment due to him not wanting to see his close friend's death. He went to have a fight with Guy to cool his head off.

Then under the orders of the queen and Marshal Velgrynd soldiers were swiftly dispatched to stabilise the situation. But no one at that time realised that those soldiers were just a distraction as the elites were elsewhere.

Near the capital of the Eastern Empire there was a territory that was under the direct control of the royal family. This territory is the one that was gifted to Veldanava and Lucia for their wedding.

Although it is near the capital the territory is much more like the countryside. There are only a few families who live there. Most of them are retired soldiers who wanted to live the last of their lives with their families.

Since this place is under the direct rule of the royal family only retainers who were loyal to Rudra would even have the chance to live there.

But today all the elites of the rebel army were marching towards this place. Their goal is to kidnap the couple who is part of the Royal family.

In this era where lienege defines everything, taking hostage of a Royal family member is the wisest choice. Especially when this is the family of the biological sister of the current emperor.

With them as a hostage the empire would have no choice but to agree to their demands. The rebels will then order the empire to hand them a large sum of money that the royal family alone couldn't manage. This will corner the Royal family to borrow or order their vassal nations to bear some of the ransom.

This will sow discord amongst the empire which will gradually crumble the royal family's authority. Most nations only allied themselves because of the rich resources the empire could provide. And with the traitors fueling the fire the empire would have a rebellion and the royal family would crumble under the pressure.

For this plan to succeed the enemies needed Lucia and Veldanava as hostages so that's why most of the elites were sent there. They are too crucial for the plan to work.

So while the empire was busy handling the small battles all around the capital city, an army of 100 elite men charged towards the house where Veldanava lived.

The army was intercepted by 30 angels but they were swiftly dealt with. Not only were the odds against them were bad , these angels were unable to fully unleash their power due to not having any physical bodies.

Dino, who was in charge of this unit, was sent to the empire an hour ago by Veldanava. He wanted him to end the battle soon so the casualties would be minimal.

After the angels were dealt with the army marched forward to execute their plan. At that time they didn't know that this decision would cost them a heavy price that no mortal could bear.

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