The Third Coup

If Regina had truly fallen, then what was going on with the soldiers fighting in the streets? From the look of it, Ikor still had plenty of defenders, and the Hori Kingdom had not gained an overwhelming advantage.

Then... then...

Benjamin could not help taking a deep breath.

This was another coup.

"Dean, what should we do? It seems someone down there has already noticed us." After glancing below a few times, Laila said this with a frown.

Benjamin came back to his senses, suddenly raised a hand, and made an attacking gesture.

"We... charge!"

Before the mages could make sense of the situation, Benjamin waved his hand and led them charging toward the Royal Palace. Several ice arrows formed, and the guards at the palace gates did not even have time to speak before their chests were pierced, their bodies falling stiffly to the ground.

Benjamin landed as well and rushed inside without hesitation.

—Though he still did not fully understand why this had happened, he could roughly grasp Regina's situation now.

A coup at the Royal Palace seemed to happen far too often for this city. The Church had stirred one up before. But the queen had been present at the time and had instead used that opportunity to purge the Church's infiltrators, so it had not caused any further consequences.

But now, the Church had dusted off the same old trick, and all of Regina had been caught completely off guard.

After charging into the Royal Palace, Benjamin swiftly spread out his water elemental perception, bringing the sights in every corner into his field of vision as much as possible. He saw two priests beyond a corridor corner, several Paladins and officials in the palace hall, and even a bishop in the study...

"I think I heard