I Became the Male Lead’s Adopted Daughter

“What is going on...?!”

The young knight, newly recruited to the Imperial Guard, was already exhausted just from blocking the blades swung without hesitation by the mysterious assailants.

After finally managing to bring down one of them, he frantically scanned his surroundings.

‘Where did they come from?’

No matter how he looked, there was nowhere to hide. The Imperial Palace was specifically designed so that assassins could not conceal themselves easily.

So where had these attackers come from?

In fact, was there even any gap through which they could have entered the palace?

The palace was in utter chaos. The attackers were striking down knights indiscriminately, and the courtiers had scattered in panic.

The ambushed guards and imperial knights fought desperately to stop the intruders.

“Hold the line! Now!”

The fighting grew more intense when it became clear that the attackers were heading toward the royal quarters.

“Aaaargh!”