Blade Knight Chronicles

Volume 1: Chapter 20

As a group of Marshals marched towards her, Rose Knight maneuvered her way through them and did a couple of flips until she was in a good distance away from them. Meanwhile, Monarch Joker was sitting on a throne that appeared on top of the golden cage and watching. He tapped his fingers as if he was impatient and unsatisfied by what he is seeing.

"C'mon, Rose Knight!" he said, "There's no point in running away. Do you even want to save these people?"

'I would love to but some of these Marshals were those innocent people,' Rose Knight thought to herself, 'I don't want to risk injuring them,'

"I. Am. Waiting. For. Some. Action!!" Monarch Joker shouted,

'Here goes,'Rose Knight thought as she took a deep breath and exhaled deeply as her eyes started to glow red.

Monarch Joker leaned forward from his seat in anticipation, "Now this should be exciting," he muttered silently,

The Marshals moved in and marched towards her again. However, Rose Knight charged straight at them and a split second later, she was right behind the Marshals. Then they all fell one by one and they appear to not have any scratches on them!

Monarch Joker was in disbelief, "No. No. No. NO!" he complained, "That's not how you play the game!"

"Well, next time, be crystal clear when explaining the rules then," Rose Knight commented,

"But still, the game isn't over yet!" Monarch Joker grunted as he snapped his fingers as another handful of people were released from the golden cage and transformed into Marshals, "Now, KILL HER!!"

'If I keep this up, maybe I might have a chance,' Rose Knight thought, 'But for how long will this plan last?'

As she ran past them, she kept an eye on the remaining people in the golden cage and counting them silently. She continued maneuvering away from the Marshals and counting in her head.

'Only 40 people remaining and he only lets out 6 during the first two snaps,' Rose Knight thought, 'I won't have enough time to save them all at this rate. Unless...'

She then turned to Monarch Joker who was munching on an apple. "This is getting a bit boring, don't you think?" Rose Knight said,

Monarch Joker stopped munching on his apple and looked at her in confusion. "What do you mean by that?"

"Wanna know something? You're nothing more than a copy cat. I've seen monkeys who are way better hosts than you." Rose Knight taunted,

Monarch Joker glared at her, "WHAT?!"

"Oh yeah. To be honest, I could've taken them all out and still keep it entertaining," Rose Knight continued, "Unless you're scared of course,"