The Indomitable Grand Duke, who had now become a member of the Imperial family, was someone the Imperial guards had to protect most stringently after the empress. Even if he was powerful and the strongest knight who was called the Storm Knight, they couldn’t be negligent while escorting him. 

But now, an uninvited guest had suddenly appeared in front of the Grand Duke’s procession. 

Of course, there was no way the Imperial Guards would be gentle with their response. 

“How dare you block the procession of His Grace the Grand Duke! Kneel and pay your respect immediately! Only then will your identity be heard.”

While the most senior of the knights stepped forward to shout at the interloper, the remaining knights narrowed their formation as they erected their shields and pressured the uninvited guest. 

The Royal Knights and the Central Knights were made up of talented people, but the Imperial Guards were made up of the most talented and upright people from those two groups. There was no way that the fighting spirit exuded by these people would be weak. 

Their fighting spirit was pointed at the uninvited guest as if it was a sword that would cut him down. 

But surprisingly, the uninvited guest resisted their pressure. No, he didn’t just resist it, he calmly overcame and overpowered all the knights’...