"Your Majesty has issued a decree for the suppression of Findel. From now on, the Fendell District will enter the final advisory phase, and any laws will no longer apply to Findell, and everything will now be decided by the Knights of the Holy Carapace. ”

The loudspeaker carried the Kingdom proclamation throughout Constantinople, and the terrible sirens of the city resounded in the air, and the garrisons and regular armies that had been gathered around the perimeter retreated in unison like the ebb tide, including the troops of Genoa and Venice. At the same time, the inhabitants of several other districts were evacuated from their homes, and a curved death zone spread out around Findel District.

"Have the Rastines finally shown their faces!" The inhabitants of Herod in the city were furious.

The soldiers in black uniforms do not have any insignia on their bodies, except for the black cross on their riot shields and black masks on their faces. Unidentified forces slowly unfolded to re-cordon off the neighborhood.

"What the hell is that!" Herod Boy, who was hiding in the middle of the earthen wall, saw behind the soldiers a huge iron-armored monster, although they were silent and wooden, but people couldn't help but feel trembling. What a violent war machine, with a devilish murderous ferocity all over its body. Even if he is only ten years old, he can feel a huge sense of oppression.

That's the innate fear of death!

"Brother Charlie!" The cramped streets were already deserted, and the girl's voice immediately drew everyone's attention.

It's Sophie! Charlie jerked and saw his blind sister groping her way down the street.

Because of the chaos just now, Charlie was separated from his sister and father, and the Genoa army opened fire on the crowd, and he escaped by hiding in the rubble. But something even more dangerous happened.

Zha Ideal shouted for his sister to hide, but the intense fear made the little boy lose his voice, and the more anxious he was, the more his voice seemed to be blocked.

The black masked soldier "clicked" the bullet into the chamber, and the black hole of the criminal muzzle was aimed at the living innocent life.

Sophie, who was blind, heard something strange, but couldn't make out what it was.

The co-infantrymen of the Knights of the Holy Armor showed no mercy.

Now that the kingdom has given the final order of counsel, everything here can be "lawful" to be cleaned up. Moreover, it was nothing more than a shoddy Herodian.

Bang!

The soldier pulled the trigger, a gunshot rang out, and the bullet went to the girl's head!

"Sophie! Don't—" Affection finally overpowered fear, the suppressed voice finally burst through his throat, and Charlie almost screamed out his sister's name. Two lines of tears on his face had wet his collar.

It was too late.

Sophie heard her brother's voice and subconsciously tilted her head away.

With a "poof", the bullet missed, but it still pierced the poor girl's neck, tearing the carotid artery and gushing blood gushing from the wound.

The blood rain fell, the small and fragile figure fell in the wind, and the girl fell in a pool of blood while still holding the teddy bear that her brother bought for her yesterday in her arms.

"No—"

Charlie, who saw his sister fall in front of his eyes, cried and threw himself at the place where his sister fell, but he didn't even have this chance.

The safety bolt pulled, the trigger pulled, and several bursts of fire were fired at the already grief-stricken girl. Charlie also collapsed in a pool of blood, dozens of bullets were sent into the boy's thin body, the reversed bullets left a heinous trajectory in it, the internal organs had long been torn apart, and the boy's body was not even as intact as the outer shell.

"Brother..." On the contrary, the girl who was shot through the neck was still interesting, and the invisible girl stretched out her hand into the void, as if hoping that another hand could hold it.

Constance Dante hid at the base of the wall where the girl's face faced, watching the girl try to grasp something, his eyes blank, fear hanging over him and reminding him of that day ten years ago.

In the same way, the dying man stretched out his hand to him and called out as if he were walking in hell.

"Brother... The moment the girl's faint voice entered his ears, Constance Dante was like thunder, looking at the dying girl like Sophia, and the two images slowly overlapped.

"Brother...

His eyes darkened, and a sudden feeling of vertigo hit Constance Dante, and the violent nausea brought on by the powerful falling sensation made him open his eyes again.

A blood-red color occupied the field of vision, and countless crimson cavalry in the distance pushed away on the black earth like a tide, like a tide. Getting closer, getting closer. No, it turned out that it was not a group of red cavalry, but a sea of blood rushing.

Constance Dante saw the sea of blood. A girl in a long white dress is slowly moving away, like a flat boat in the raging waves, threatening to sink at any time.

Suddenly, Cons, Dante, tried to shout loudly, but could not, and let him shout angrily at the top of his throat, but he could not make any sound.

Suddenly, the girl who was gradually moving away stopped and turned her head.

It was the face of a beautiful girl, a suffocating beauty, like a lotus flower in the sky, quiet and soft. It was the softness that Cons Dante was all too familiar with.

"Constance, it's too late!" The girl sighed and looked at Constance Dante, her eyes full of pity・・・・・・ her voice echoed in the endless darkness.

"Sister Anna..."

A gunshot rang out, pulling Cons-Dante back to reality from his brief hallucination. A bullet pierced the little girl's skull, ending her last of her suffering. The dangling arm also fell into the dust.

"Huhu..." Constance Dante, who had struggled from the pain of suffocation, gasped and fell to his knees, and even his lips were bitten and bloodied.

"Is it the aftermath of that time?" Consité Dante muttered and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Looking at the little girl lying in a pool of blood, it seemed that she saw her sister. Constance Dante felt a cramp in his heart, and he slowly squirmed his lips and said to the girl in a lip language: "Rest in peace, child." Constance Dante placed his hands on the cross hanging from his neck and suddenly clenched his palms.

Sophia, I'm coming to you!

Constance Dante quietly retreated into the intricate slums, disappearing into the cascading streets. He knew what the knights were going to do later.

・・・・・・

"Boom", a violent explosion sounded. The black smoke and fire are intertwined, like a vast ukiyo-e painted on the sky.

This is a masterpiece of the incendiary shells of the Long Cheng artillery of the Knights of the Holy Armor. In an instant, a block was engulfed in flames and turned into a hell on earth, and hundreds of lives were swallowed up by tongues of fire.

It is as if in the Bible, the LORD sent down brimstone and fire and Sodom and Gomorrah to destroy the city, and all the plain, and the inhabitants of the upper city, and all that grew on the earth.

"Oh, it's beautiful." The aristocratic boy in a black coat looked at the flying war and gunsmoke through the binoculars, but it was like watching the fireworks and smoke rain, and his face was full of intoxication.

"His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Tudor." The black-clad soldier stepped forward.

"It's time to be alone?" The aristocratic boy put down his binoculars and asked with some excitement.

"Your Highness, please give instructions for combat." The black-clad soldier replied with some embarrassment.

"Alas, I am glad in vain. Since that's the case, it's good to let Captain Stanrett decide for himself~~" The young man pursed his lips, causing the corners of the black-clothed soldier's mouth to tug. The Knights of the Holy Armor have superhuman status in the kingdom, and any nobleman has to pay homage to it, even the king of the kingdom of New Brad.

But this young man is different.

Because he was the only son of Count Pierce, who had been crushed with the new Roman Emperor ten years earlier. Count Pierce gained the respect of all the knights of the Crusaders, including the heads of the four Templar Orders. It was because of this that Ether could become one of only four Grand Dukes in the kingdom at such a young age, Grand Duke Tudor.

"Since Your Majesty has given His Highness full powers, please don't embarrass Your Highness." The black-clothed soldier still said respectfully.

"Okay, okay, I know! Everything has you, and I'll make soy sauce. Archduke Tudor said perfunctorily, taking the warrant presented by the black-clad soldier and signing his name.

"May Your Highness be well." The black-clad soldier who received the warrant saluted Ether and hurried away.

And the feast of slaughter has just begun.