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Weapons were sometimes more effective than words. The three elders sat in the center, while the other five men watched in silence. Now that the threatening man had been subdued by Davey, only hostility and an inevitable conflict remained.
Davey had tried to resolve things through talk. After all, they were a secret order of knights guarding the land, and their resolve deserved respect. However, this place was more stagnant than he had anticipated, unlike those in the lower ranks.
The seven—no, the six—protectors of the main headquarters seemed baffled, unable to grasp how Davey had evaded their hold and knocked one of them down. The man, one of the protectors who had been flung away, stayed collapsed on the floor, coughing up blood. The remaining six protectors became appalled.
"You bastard!"
"How dare you!"
Two of the protectors then grasped the situation first and acted. The first to attack was a blond man wielding a curved sword. Although he appeared to be in his thirties, looks could deceive, especially for a Swordmaster. Though he could also be a rare case like the Emperor of Lyndis, who aged slowly.
Clang! Clang!
The man attacked at once, his curved sword slashing sharply as if to behead...



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