"Comrades? We stopped being comrades long ago, Yasuo. The moment you gave your heart to a sinner's descendant, even defying orders for the one beside you, I knew our lord had misjudged you. You betrayed him. Anyone who feels pity for the enemy is the scum of Eldia!" Floch roared, murder in his eyes.
"Compassion is the most basic part of being human! How can you use it to condemn your own people?" Historia demanded furiously.
"Hahahahaha! You're about to die anyway, Historia. Just looking at you makes me sick! Who knows how many soldiers your softheartedness has killed? Your sanctimonious mercy ruined everything we had going for us! Time to die. I'll help our lord lead a brand-new Eldia Empire to greater heights," Floch said.
"Do you really think you've already won, Floch? Once, a hundred members of the Central Military Police surrounded me, but I still escaped. Do you know how many casualties they suffered?" Kenny's lips curled slightly as he spun his two pistols.
Floch frowned slightly.
"All of them. Not only did I escape, I killed every last one." Kenny's chilling words sent waves of fear through Floch's soldiers surrounding them.
After so many years, people seemed to have almost forgotten just how powerful the once-infamous Kenny the Ripper had been. But only a few knew that Kenny's skills had long since deteriorated. He was now nearly seventy, and Floch was among those who knew his true condition.
"Kenny, after serving the Royal Family for so many years, you should understand better than anyone what a grave mistake it was to put Historia on that throne. You should know perfectly well that she has always been the greatest obstacle to the grand ambitions of the Eldia people."
"Instead of serving the lord who showed you such