The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 259

Knock knock knock——

“Come in.”

A knock sounded at the door. Forte looked at the door and slowly said.

“Your Excellency Forte, it’s almost time for the luncheon. Should we go ahead…”

The musician at the door lowered his head and asked Forte.

Just yesterday evening, Duke Charles’s invitation had already been delivered to Forte. This was an invitation to change the location of the luncheon, authorized by the Queen herself, the reason being to celebrate the return of Duke Charles’s daughter.

Originally, the Queen also quite admired that young lady. The luncheon meeting itself was a relatively private, un-fixed-location dining meeting. The Queen naturally agreed to Charles’s request and changed the location of the luncheon.

Forte himself had no intention of attending this dining meeting anyway. All the topics would turn into discussions and condemnations of his actions from the previous night. There was no point for Forte to attend. He only needed to send a musician to listen in.

But this dining meeting was scheduled at the Roswell family mansion… This gave Forte a reason he couldn’t refuse to attend.

He had to go and apply extreme pressure on Charles, making Charles reveal what secret he was hiding. If it was absolutely necessary…

He would directly use force and snatch the person from Charles’s hands.

As for offending this person and that person, it was no longer within Forte’s considerations. What he wanted now was just information and the truth. Anyway, everything he did would turn into nothingness after the rewind.

This was also his usual way of dealing with things.

“Assemble the troops! All troops!”

Just as Forte was about to say something, another knight rushed into the study in a hurry, interrupting Forte and making him frown deeply.

“Your Excellency Forte!”

“What is it?”

Forte suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at the knight who interrupted him.

“The Holy See of the Church of the Savior Goddess, all the guards at the Archbishop’s residence…”

The knight gasped and quickly said, “All contact has been lost! When we broke in with our men, Archbishop Eleanor had disappeared from inside! Only a few corpses were left!”

Church of the Savior Goddess?

The information left by the symbols was correct… The Church of the Savior Goddess truly had a problem!

Moreover, they seemed to have lost their patience and were preparing to make a move!

Before Forte could announce his next plan, another knight, completely encased in armor, knocked on the door at the entrance.

Knock knock knock——!

Before Forte could even speak, the wooden door was opened. A knight rushed in and immediately knelt before Forte.

“Church of the God of Order! They sent out a lot of people! They’ve captured all the soldiers guarding the entrance! Pope Erigma herself took action! They seem to be transporting a large iron block and heading towards Vitalis Palace!”

The Holy See of the Church of the Savior Goddess, the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order, and Vitalis Palace are all in the vicinity of Westminster Square, quite close to each other. It is estimated that by the time this knight came to report, the people from the Church of the God of Order had already reached Vitalis Palace.

What in the world do they want to do?!

In just this brief moment, it was as if all the organizations were taking orders from someone! The organizations that used to follow me, the organizations I suppressed, all raised their banners in an instant and began to disobey my orders!

A bad premonition arose within Forte. He quickly stood up, his gaze fixed on the faces of his subordinates before him.

“Assemble the troops! All troops!”

Forte’s eyes were wide with rage, bloodshot. Something he didn’t know about was happening. He had to act decisively now.

He had extensive experience in warfare. His troops, coupled with musicians, could definitely sweep away any force within Ansu City.

Moreover, those forces usually would not unite. His art of balancing had created irreconcilable conflicts between each distinct force. This was the reason he could do as he pleased in Ansu City.

Now, the simultaneous attack from the Roswell family, the Church of the God of Order, and the Church of the Savior Goddess made Forte feel for the first time that his power was on the verge of collapse. Not to mention the opportunistic, pseudo-neutral Deton Group, which was also watching covetously.

If the Deton Group decided to gamble on the forces resisting him, then he would have to face a pincer attack from four transcendent forces simultaneously.

Who exactly is this person! When! Who simultaneously obtained the help of these four major forces within the country?! And my intelligence network had absolutely no clue?!

How many years have they been infiltrating? How much have they prepared for this plan?

“Keyman…!”

Forte gritted his teeth.

He stepped onto his chariot, looking at the elite troops assembled before his mansion. He directly extended his right hand and pressed down on the phantom piano keys before him.

A heavy bass note instantly formed an impact wave centered on Forte, spreading rapidly outwards. As the sound waves reflected back, the people and objects that had finally emerged from the buildings with special soundproofing were displayed before Forte one by one.

In front of the Goddess statue in Westminster Square, a large area was distorted by black shadows. The heavy bass note could not penetrate it at all.

In front of Vitalis Palace, a fully staffed team of elite bishops were surrounding a giant sealed iron block. Leading them was Pope Erigma… And guiding the Pope was surprisingly Seraphim, the Chief Guard of the Roswell family.

And the young lady of the Roswell family, whom he suspected the most, was surprisingly in the banquet hall, speaking with Queen Vitalis… Duke Roswell nearby was also solemnly agreeing.

What in the world are they trying to do?!

Are they trying to deal with me?! But what exactly are they doing?!

Why can’t I understand what each and every one of them is doing?!

A sense of inexplicable powerlessness and the rage that came from being unable to act made Forte clench his teeth tightly.

Kill!

Kill all of them! Then I’ll know what they are trying to do!

“Blood and fire!”

“Charge!!!”