Chapter 271 – Definite And Quick (1)
The number of casualties from today’s battle would be determined by how quickly they could release the troops from the Crown Prince’s palace. Elena’s skill was needed to minimize the loss of forces, and there was no ti to hesitate. When the ti ca, Elena finally opened her mouth to speak.
“Let’s go.”
At her words, the elite soldiers raised themselves from the ground and dove into the river. Elena followed after with a splash, swimming deep into the river bottom. Hidden there was a passage that a grown man could barely squeeze through. Elena was the quickest to make it there, and she pushed through with strong strokes.
After swimming for so ti, and she quietly and carefully broke through the surface of the water. She blinked her red eyes as she lifted her head up and took in the scene. The Imperial Palace grounds were around her.
“Ergency!”
“Hurry up and move!”
The air rang with shouts, and the Imperial Palace soldiers were urgently rushing about. Their attention seed to be focused on a battle happening elsewhere—likely Carlisle’s doing.
The rest of Elena’s team silently erged from the water, and she gestured to them with her hand. Only the elite from each family was chosen for this task, and their movents were deadly silent and agile. None of them, however, were as experienced as Elena.
Determining the timing to be right, Elena moved forward, and the rest of the soldiers followed her like a shadow. Now that they had made it inside as planned, they had to release Carlisle’s forces as soon as possible, while avoiding detection by Ophelia’s soldiers. If they were discovered, a fight could waste them precious ti and lives.
***
The area outside the Crown Prince’s palace was in a state of confusion because of the sudden night raid. Relatively few Imperial Palace soldiers had been stationed at the entrance to the Imperial grounds; most of them surrounded the Crown Prince’s palace, in order to contain Carlisle’s soldiers inside. Those at the entrance were caught off guard by the sudden assault, and a ssenger hurriedly rushed towards the Crown Prince’s palace.
“My Lord, please hurry and send reinforcents to the entrance.”
Lord Danny was head of the Fifth Order of Knights, and currently in charge of monitoring the Crown Prince’s palace. He looked back at the ssenger with an expression of disbelief.
“How many enemy troops are there to give you so much trouble?”
“I don’t know. There were so many soldiers that I couldn’t even count them…at this rate, they’ll break through the entrance.”
“Very well. I’ll send over troops now.”
The ssenger looked on with a worried expression.
“My Lord, you’ll need to think about how you’re going to allocate your forces. If you send all of them, the ones inside the Crown Prince’s palace may break through.”
After a mont of thought, Danny gave a nod of agreent.
“It’s important to protect the Crown Prince’s palace, but that doesn’t an I’ll abandon it completely. I’ll send half the troops for now, then make further decisions depending on how the fight develops.”
“Yes, My Lord!”
The commander turned towards his troops, and imdiately dispatched half of them.
***
Inside the Crown Prince’s palace.
The people trapped inside sensed sothing strange happening. They had no knowledge of Carlisle’s whereabouts or status, so they quietly stayed in place. That didn’t an they did nothing, however—here too, the soldiers were vigilantly watching for news of what was happening outside. From a distance, they had noticed forces clashing outside the Imperial Palace walls.
“What should we do, Sir Zenard?”
At the mont, several key figures had gathered together at the highest wall with the clearest view outside the palace. Zenard watched with shrewd eyes as Imperial Palace troops peeled away from the Crown Prince’s palace.
“I don’t know. It’s unusual that they’re moving suddenly, but I can’t make a judgnt without more information.”
Kuhn, who was also present at the eting, gave a small nod of his head.
“There’s nothing wrong with being cautious. It could be a trap.”
The Empress’ soldiers had threatened to kill them if they left the palace. Unless they wanted to fight a battle, it was safest to stay inside for now. However, they couldn’t stay like this forever, and they needed to co up with a plan…
Zenard’s expression was dark.
“…Let’s watch a little longer.”
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