Chapter 865: I Am the King of Knights
Minister Honest was, in fact, like the vast majority of nobles in this country: he held ordinary people in unparalleled contempt and discriminated against them.
Therefore, even though he knew that his actions would inevitably provoke a rebellion, he had never taken the Revolutionary Army seriously from beginning to end.
Knowledge could not help him escape his deep-rooted prejudices.
Not until now.
He still believed that the Revolutionary Army and Night Raid would inevitably be wiped out beneath the Empire's Supreme Imperial Arms.
Time drew closer by the second.
Everyone on the walls of the Imperial Capital could now see the approaching army.
Its ranks were orderly, and its momentum was overwhelming.
A force that had endured war on the borders and been thoroughly disciplined by a queen like Esdeath was nothing like the greedy, corrupt guards of the Imperial Capital. Everyone who looked directly at this army could feel its terror.
Just as the army was about to approach the Imperial Capital, it suddenly stopped.
The reason was that the woman leading the army had raised one hand.
Esdeath wore a white military uniform. Its close-fitting cut fully accentuated her fiery figure. With her back straight and her gaze deep, she gave anyone who met her eyes the feeling of being watched by a predator.
She gazed at the Imperial Capital before her, a smile playing at the corners of her lips.
"This really is a fine place. I wonder whether this thousand-year-old city can survive today."
That was right. She was waiting.
She was waiting for the Revolutionary Army behind her, as well as the members of Night Raid who might already have arrived nearby.
If Night Raid and the Revolutionary Army wanted to win, they had to eliminate her