"Chairman Gould, what would it take for you to spare the Mors Family?" Having lost the courage to resist, Mickey, the Level 5 Temple Knight, asked bitterly.
"We will stop when every direct descendant of the Mors Family is dead. Why do you think we chose this moment to act?" Chairman Gould replied gravely.
Only then did Mickey, the Level 5 Temple Knight, realize that all the important members of the Mors Family were inside the castle. If they were wiped out in one fell swoop, the Mors Family would effectively cease to exist.
"Why? Why must you drive us to such extremes? Why leave us no way to survive?" Mickey, the Level 5 Temple Knight, asked unwillingly as he looked at the fifteen lords in the sky.
"Because Lord Arthur is rather busy. We are merely helping Lord Arthur settle this small matter—and settling it in Lord Arthur's style!" Lord Ludwig answered with a chilling smile.
At that moment, the rest of the Mors Family emerged from the castle. Upon seeing the fifteen lords in the sky, they understood the fate awaiting the Mors Family today.
"Lord Arthur... You actually acted for Lord Arthur!" Mickey, the Level 5 Temple Knight, murmured in disbelief.
Mickey, the Level 5 Temple Knight, had considered many possibilities. The most likely one had been that these fifteen lords coveted the Mors Family's wealth.
As an old, top-tier noble family with the Dragon Bloodline, the Mors Family's foundations were by no means shallow. Even if fifteen lords divided the spoils, each could still gain considerable benefits.
Yet Mickey, the Level 5 Temple Knight, had never expected that the fifteen lords renowned throughout God's Great World, including Chairman Gould, had acted solely to help Lord Arthur.
"That's enough talking. End this battle!" Chairman Gould said, glancing