Chapter 40 · I Have Come to Execute the Traitor

Kwoooooong!

At the ear-splitting explosion that rang out once more, Isadel reflexively shot upright.

Roshe, who had been lying beneath the bed, also sprang up with a short scream.

Isadel ran to the window and flung back the curtains.

The moment she saw the scene unfolding outside, her eyes shook violently.

"...What is going on?"

Isadel's voice cracked low.

Flames, red to the point of being dark crimson, devoured the darkness and surged up ruthlessly.

It was not just one.

Beginning with the emperor's palace, chain explosions erupted from the central garden, the main palace, and even from the direction of the imperial knights' garrison.

Flames surging up here and there dyed the night sky a grotesque blood-red.

The plan Gyllen had devised was clear.

Strike the emperor's palace where Erhan stayed by surprise, and in the chaos, assassinate Erhan.

Indiscriminate bombardment that turned the entire imperial palace into a…