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"Quick!"
"Hurry up!"
"Those one-winged trash can't hold Fairy Tail off for long!"
"We have to move!"
"Quick!"
In the dim passageway, a group of Mechanized Soldiers surrounded His Excellency and sprinted forward, fleeing for their lives.
Hiruko Kagetane and Hiruko Kohina stayed behind the group, responsible for covering their retreat.
Yet the passageway was incredibly long. Even after running for quite some time, they still could not see its end.
In such circumstances, with Fairy Tail's pursuers behind them, the Mechanized Soldiers were frantic with anxiety and wished they could escape at top speed.
In truth, their current speed was still far from the limit of what the Mechanized Soldiers could manage.
Though their types differed, as modified beings, these Mechanized Soldiers possessed far greater stamina than ordinary people.
If they did not need to look after His Excellency, they surely could have retreated even faster.
At that thought, Howaki Takuto felt the urge to abandon His Excellency.
However, while Howaki Takuto was foolish beyond measure, he was not so stupid that he did not understand the meaning of death.
Now that Fairy Tail had set its sights on him, Howaki Takuto could never again live openly beneath the sunlight.
If he abandoned His Excellency now, it would mean losing even the right to live in the shadows.
For the Five Wings Society, even failing a single mission meant execution, let alone betrayal.
Although the Five Wings Society could barely protect itself now, it was still far better than Howaki Takuto being all alone.
Considering that, although Howaki Takuto wanted to abandon His Excellency, he forcibly suppressed the impulse.
Of course, Howaki Takuto was not a patient man.
Staring at the seemingly endless