As soon as the words were spoken, he pulled the trigger.
But before the flames could shoot out from the gun barrel, a loud bang exploded from a corner of the distant courtyard, a flash of fire streaked by, and Herman felt a tremendous force strike his arm, sending him flying and crashing to the ground.
Only then did the assassins behind him awaken from their dreams, frantically drawing their weapons. But the Royal Guards swarmed in from the four corners of the courtyard. These assassins, despite their lethal skills, stood no chance against the overwhelming numbers of Imperial Guard Knights surrounding them.
In mere moments, more than ten assassins fell as souls under the Long Halberd.
Herman's fate was unknown; only Achilles fled to a corner of the courtyard, but that place was merely a sheer cliff, facing the lake shore below. He knew he could not die here; with the Grand Princess's meticulous plans, there would surely be arrangements at the Resurrection Point.
