How Dare You?

"Protect the Britannian Empire!"

"Exterminate the filthy beasts!"

"We cannot allow them to go deeper!"

The Martial Masters of the nation wore grave and dark expressions as they immediately flashed to the Britannian Empire, exterminating the Master-level and quasi-Sage-level beasts one after another now that the Sage-level primate had perished.

"DIE, CURSED BEASTS!" Master Knights Brigsby roared as he eliminated dozens of quasi-Sage-level beasts by the second.

Never before had he felt this much shame in his entire life. Not even when he had failed spectacularly in his mission to kill Rui had he felt as disgraced as he did in failing in his most fundamental duties as a Martial Knight.

Knights were supposed to protect.

His most important duty after serving the Britannian Empire was protecting it from those that threatened to harm it. 

And for the first time in his entire life, he failed to do so.