Chapter 119: Assault on Exalt(Part 4)
"S-stay back, damn it! Get away from me! I...I refuse to die here!" Yelled Reiss hysterically, as Jules, Rione and Siele surrounded him and began to close in.
"Your refusal is of no concern to us, rest assured that you will die here. And I hope you’re aware that you deserve this. You attempted treason for no reason other than your own selfish greed, and now, it’s time to face the consequences," Responded Rione icily, as he shot forward and swung his hammer across at Reiss’s left knee, a loud crunch and crackle echoing out as he shattered his knee upon impact and severely scorched the skin around it, an agonized yell of pain ringing out as Reiss collapsed onto one knee, his entire body trembling as beads of sweat poured down his face.
He frantically wracked his brain, desperately trying to think of a way to get out of this situation alive, unable to accept the reality that his death was all but inevitable.
"As much as I want to kill you, it would be far too merciful to put you out of your misery too soon. You won’t be getting a quick or painless death...quite the contrary," Spoke up Siele coldly, before he whipped one of his blades across, slicing through Reiss’s arm just below his shoulder and severing his arm.
Reiss howled in agony as blood violently sprayed out of the stump that was left around his arm, splattering across the ground and seeping into the dirt.
"Y-you damned, f-fucking brats! Go to hell, damn it! H-how...how dare you do this to me!? I-I was supposed to be King, the throne should be mine, damn it! It should have been mine, I’m the rightful King, I-I deserve it more than anyone else! If only I’d-...fuck! I should have gone after Lyra from the start, i-if she were dead, I’d be-...!" He exclaimed furiously, his eyes bulging maniacally as he clutched the stump of his right arm.
"We don’t need to listen to this vile drivel, just die," Jules interrupted him, before swinging her sword across and slashing through his neck, decapitating him.
His body slumped over as his head fell off and hit the ground with a thud before rolling away, a fountain of blood spraying out of his neck.
"Wha-...no! Er, I mean, pardon my outburst, Commander, but shouldn’t we have tortured him a bit more? That was far more merciful than he deserved," Sighed Siele wistfully, as he sheathed his blades.
"I’d normally disagree, but he certainly deserved it, I was surprised you just cut him down so quickly like that," Nodded Rione in agreement.
"It’s fine...either way, we were going to kill him, it ultimately makes no difference whether we did so quickly or otherwise. I was sick of hearing his voice, so I figured the sooner I killed him, the better," Shrugged Jules, before glancing back as the other Knights walked over.