As Anemone went inside, Doomstone spoke to the female knight guarding the door. "Don't stare at me like that, or I'll pull out your eyes."

At Doomstone's harsh words, the knight’s expression crumpled, and she fiddled with the sword on her waist. "If it weren't for you being His Excellency’s guest, I would have cut off your rude tongue."

Doomstone snorted at the female knight’s growling. "Oho. You're a baby who can't even feel the difference between our skill levels."

"What did you say?!"

Although the female knight was livid, Doomstone looked at her with pity. She was so weak that he didn't even want to fight her, but she thought she was strong.

"After the appointment between His Excellency the Cardinal and the guest, I will ask for his permission and teach you a lesson!"

"Yeah, yeah. I'm sure you will. You're good at talking, but you can't even feel the range of my aura."

The space that Doomstone currently dominated reached a radius of 50 meters around him. It was safe to say that, within this boundary, Doomstone had everyone’s life and death in his hands.

The reason for this wide area was to protect Anemone. According to his instincts, he wanted to kill the man named Cardinal Fernando right away. But it was purely for Anemone’s sake that he did...