POV (Point of View)

Chapter 119: Skyfall

TRIGGER WARNING: This chapter contains violence, gore, and deaths. A viewer discretion is advised. 

Silence filled the room as the Purgatorio boss who had been missing for years came back on his feet and has come to join the final battle. With him are Bonten, Nasser Suheil, and their armies. It would be an understatement to say the Purgatorio traitors who sided with Guineverre and the three traitorous elders were bewildered as to who they should follow now that the boss is back.

"How did you get inside Vault? We got Neid! We already made sure that nobody will easily get in here!" exclaimed Guineverre.

"My foolish Sister...who do you think created Vault?" remarked coldly by her little brother.

Everyone in the hall swallowed their tongues. The guards most of all froze in place. If they have one thing in common, it's respect and fear for their boss. They are all aware of his achievements and what he can do. Right now, the look he is giving each of them is something they cannot believe they would ever see again. They all similarly remembered the last time he was this angry. It was when he ordered the public execution of Elizalde Wolfe. He instilled terror on everyone never to underestimate him and that they were wrong to assume that he's purely good. He didn't even hesitate to send the loyal men of his sister's husband to hell after him. Gangs who chose beef with him are killed during his dark days. Not only his group, but two others more listened to him during the war with Utopia. Atlas can order the annihilation of a city and a nation with one snap of his fingers if he chooses to.

"I will give you three seconds to wake up, traitors." Atlas remarked to the guards who are standing behind his sister. Guineverre scoffed.

"I'm their Dame now, Atlas. They will follow my orders. Nothing you say will change that."

"Is that so?" The little brother squinted his eyes. "Then, they can say goodbye to their families at this moment." As soon as he said that, the guards frowned and took quick glances with each other, wondering whether what they heard is right or...

"You're bluffing." His sister hissed and turned to her subjects. "He's bluffing! He isn't your boss anymore. He just came back. There is no way his threat is real!"

"Bluffing? Bluffing is for the weak." Atlas retorted and then showed a remote. "I sent enough men to plant bombs in your houses and none of your families have any idea that the stupidity of the men of their lives have turned their backs on me. I also had this place surrounded. No traitor will get away from me alive."

At that moment, every man from the other side of the ring had to hide their gulps. As much as they want to believe that their former boss has no means of accomplishing such a huge-scale attack, they still cannot help but believe in him. Thinking hard about it, the Purgatorio guards that Sarina, Lucas, and Conrad Herrman brought are still too small; making them realize that it was only Conrad's army. What about Anselm and Bertha's loyal men? Now it's finally clear. They reunited with the boss in the shadows. And they weren't able to notice because they were focused with the infiltration of Sarina's forces. Question is...when did Atlas do it?

Guineverre silently seethed, frustrated with herself. How could she only realize now the capabilities of the father and daughter? The daughter purposely led the army and stood in the front lines to direct all their eyes on her. She was the distraction. She used Zorn's strategy against him and his mother. How could she miss that? And now, her father arrived, threatening everyone to do what he wants.

However, if Guineverre was fueling, Zorn was silently commending Sarina. Maybe none of the guards realized this. Not even his best tech expert, Neid. But he did. Earlier, Sanzu said that they are thankful for the clues she dropped. She pushed Bonten and Nasser Suheil in the pretense of wanting to save the hostages. But she was actually aiming for another thing. She wanted to push them away to become the reinforcements during this final attack. And those CCTVs that she asked her guards to install everywhere. It wasn't only to be weary of intruders. She knew that we were watching everything, so she gave us a live show with multiple angles.