"Royal guard! And Gazef, what are you standing around for? You heard what he said, didn't you? Hurry up and arrest him.
Zanac and Marquis Reburn are his accomplices as well. What are you hesitating for when it comes to traitors plotting rebellion?!"
If First Prince Babrro had been furious before, he was now utterly ecstatic.
He had never imagined happiness would come so suddenly.
Seiya and Zanac had rebelled, so didn't that leave him as the only contender for the throne?
He had won without even lifting a finger!
"Your Highness Seiya, forgive my discourtesy. I will plead with His Majesty for leniency on your behalf afterward."
Personal favors were personal favors. From the standpoint of righteousness, Gazef could not bend the law for private reasons, so he could only lead the royal guard in surrounding Seiya.
Zanac and Marquis Reburn, both wearing bitter expressions, were surrounded as well.
They were beginning to regret boarding Seiya's pirate ship. They had impulsively rebelled so quickly—wasn't this just handing an advantage to Babrro for nothing?
Lakyus wanted to step forward and help Seiya, but he stopped her with an outstretched hand.
"Gazef, and all of you Kingdom Knights, I have no desire to hurt you. I hope you will withdraw now. Otherwise, I will have to regard you as enemies too."
"Boom—!"
As Seiya raised one foot and stomped down hard, everyone present felt the ground beneath them suddenly shake violently.
Then, in the very next second, a massive fissure opened beneath Seiya's foot and spread forward at an astonishing speed.
With a single stomp, the entire palace seemed to be trembling. When those who had fallen got back to their feet and saw the enormous crack that had appeared out of nowhere in the floor, all of them were left