Chapter 552
The imperial mausoleum was located within the imperial city. Infiltrating the imperial city was almost as difficult as infiltrating the Temple.
Of course, given that the Temple was nearly empty at this point, infiltrating the imperial city was much more challenging, but the security procedures at the gates of the imperial city were essentially the same as at the Temple.
One needed the proper documents and permissions, and any unauthorized entry was impossible. Naturally, entering via magical means like teleportation was also impossible.
I did not have the activation artifact to get to the warp gate in the Spring Palace, and even if I had it, the gate was already destroyed, so we would not be able to enter through it
Sarkegar could transform into a bird and enter the Temple, but I couldn’t transform into a bird. To be precise, even if I could transform, I couldn’t fly. Even if I could, entering alone would be pointless. While I could access the power of corruption within Tiamata, I couldn’t wield it freely like Olivia could.
Charlotte had suggested several ways we might infiltrate the imperial city, but all of them involved significant risks and were not foolproof.
It would be strange if Charlotte knew of a way to infiltrate the imperial city without authorization. If she did, she would have taken measures to prevent it while she was still the First Princess. She was not someone who would leave a way to sneak into the imperial palace unaddressed.
Most of the empire’s elite forces, including Shanapell, were absent. If we managed to infiltrate the imperial city and were somehow discovered, we could cause chaos and escape, but the mere rumor of the Demon King causing havoc within this already desperate city would be problematic if it spread through the capital. Doubly so if such news reached the Allied Forces.
People feared me. The mere thought that the capital might fall to an attack by the Demon King while the army was out destroying the gates would throw the Allied Forces into panic.
I had gone to the imperial capital to do something audacious, but I hoped to avoid causing a commotion.
Infiltrating the imperial palace wasn’t my immediate concern... not yet. For now, a safer target was the national cemetery in the hills on the north side of the capital. It was still a place of prestige, where only those who had achieved great merit in service to the empire could be buried.
There were heroes buried in places other than the imperial mausoleum.