Chapter 494: Smooth Ascent to the Tower
Outside the banquet hall, the attendants, having cleaned up the remaining trash, sat down nearby to rest.
Ashe and his companions exchanged glances, stretching their bodies and realizing the shackles of their positions were truly gone.
The plan was simple and brutal – since they were bound to their posts, they just needed to eliminate those posts to stop working. If you make the company go bankrupt, can you still go to work?
So, Yvaren and Nona staged an impressive fight, turning the banquet scene into a crime scene. For them, there was no risk involved; apart from some reputation loss, at worst they’d just pay money. Belldate and Senhaeser lacked many things, but money wasn’t one of them.
And the plan unfolded smoothly: The Empress decided to cancel the banquet, so the attendants specifically tasked with the banquet naturally transitioned from ‘working’ to ‘on standby,’ temporarily gaining the freedom to touch fish.
Without the constraints of their posts and being inside the Royal Palace, they could finally go to the Tower to rescue the princess-
“Perfect timing, follow me.”
A distorted, hoarse voice came from behind, startling Ashe and his companions. Turning around, they saw a black-armored secret guard appear on the stone path behind them, seemingly heading off to work, and upon seeing a group of idle workers by the roadside, decided to incorporate them into his task group.
Just as this flawed plan seemed about to stumble to a successful conclusion, an unexpected twist threatened its success. Banjeet, unable to conceal his frustration, asked as calmly as he could, “What do you need us to do? Does it require so many people?”