"Huh? But why?" Nico asked. "Why are they attacking Eteria?"
"Yesterday's attack in Edinburgh. They blamed us knights for that attack," Geralt explained.
"But we were the ones protecting people from the night crawler," Nico said.
"The truth is not important. Actually, they had long wanted to attack Eteria. Edinburgh was just an excuse," said Fergus, who suddenly appeared behind them. "That's all just trickery by corrupt politicians."
Fergus suddenly showed up surprised Nico and Arfin. "Fergus! Since when were you at the back of us?"
"Since you were fighting the tank. I didn't dare to show myself after that tank shooting its bullets," Fergus said. "Fortunately, Aurora quickly sent backup for us."
"I had to parachute down to land directly here," Geralt said proudly.
"Thank you, Geralt," said Nico.
"Aren't you going to thank me?" asked Fergus, annoyed.
"That was your job anyway," said Nico, pretending not to care.
"Besides, why did you leave us?" asked Arfin.
"What do you mean by leaving you? How many soldiers have I quietly subdued from behind? There were six snipers that I had to kill so they wouldn't shoot you, you know!" Fergus said. "I am not like you, just jumping into a battleground without any plan. Your head could've been shot many times if I wasn't there."
"They're just teasing you, Fergus," muttered Geralt, saw Nico and Arfin holding back their laughter in secret.
"You two!" Said Fergus, annoyed.
"Fortunately, you're okay. That's the most important thing," said Geralt.
"So what will we do now?" Nico asked.
"Sir Kashan told me to flee and tried to go back to Eteria as soon as possible," said Geralt. "They told me to go to the airport."
"That's a bad idea" said Fergus.
"Why?" Geralt asked.
"You seem to forget we just got ambushed. I am sure we would get attacked again if we go straight to the airport. The airport is such a favourite place for fugitive like us. That's the first place they would expect where we would go. We need to hide first. We just need to be gone for a while so they wouldn't expect where we showed up. When the situation calms down, my camouflage skill could easily take us safely into Eteria."
"Hm..." Nico nodded. He needs to agree that Fergus is actually really smart. "If you dont like to insult others, you would be a perfect knight."
"Thank you," Fergus smiled.
"That's not a compliment," said Arfin.
"You!" Fergus snarled on Arfin.
They found an abandoned car on the back of the empty shop. That's actually perfect for them for running away. Fergus then changed the plat number and the color of the car using his ability. They planned to get out from Florence and searched nearby villages for something to eat since their energy is depleted.
"But doesn't it seem strange?" Fergus said curiously while driving.
"Why did you suddenly say it seemed strange?" Nico asked.
"Isn't it impossible? We were just attacked by the Night Crawler when you entered the library, and now we're being attacked by an army after entering Florence. They look like they've all been prepared to ambushed us," said Fergus.
"Prepared?" Arfin asked.
"Do you think a tank could suddenly pop up in the middle of Florence without long preparation?" Fergus asked.
"Yeah. It's impossible," Geralt agreed.
"There must be a spy among us," said Fergus.
"A spy?" Arfin asked. "like 007?"
"Maybe he's after your sword, Nico. Stormbringer is a jewel in the eyes of anyone who has heard its legend," Geralt replied.
"The question is, who is the spy among us? Who is the person behind all of this?" Fergus asked.
"Nico had only just become knights. And not many people knew that Nico was the Storm Bringer's holder," said Geralt.
"Is it Heimdal?" Fergus asked randomly.
"It's impossible," Geralt said, shuddering.
"Why would he plan all of this when he could wipe out all of us?" Gerald asked back.
"True," Fergus agreed.
"Is he even alive today? I heard he's old," Arfin asked.
"Who is Heimdal?" Everyone looked at Nico, who seemed unaware of how significant Heimdal was.
"Are you out of your mind?" everyone exclaimed as if Nico's ignorance was a great sin.
"He's the strongest villain alive. Not only is he strong, but he's also rumored to be very smart and cunning. Our master, Sir Leon, even lost to him," Fergus said.
"The rumors don't do justice to how terrifying he is. They say he could even destroy the earth if he wanted," said Geralt.
"Doesn't that mean he's a god?" Nico asked.
"Maybe," murmured Fergus.
"What kind of power did he have?" Nico asked.
"We don't know." Geralt explained. "Maybe a dark magic, maybe he has an ancient legendary weapon. We had no idea."
"I once saw him. He teleported inside Eteria and killed all the Platinum Knights on a head castles meeting," Fergus said.
"We couldn't make a portal inside Eteria, right,?" said Nico.
"Yes, we shouldn't have been able to. But that person defied logic and all the rules that existed," said Geralt. "Some of us even think he is actually the one who created Eteria."
"That's why our knights' overall power has downgraded so much. Years ago, we had so many Platinum Knights that even the Night Crawler and that Famir wouldn't dare to touch us," Fergus said. "But now Famir freely could attack. We couldn't even kill him yesterday."
"Famir. Isn't he already dead?" Nico assumed so since Famir was surrounded by knights that night.
"Not yet. His skin is too thick to get wounded by our sword. He just fled after casting his Iron Thorn," said Fergus.
"I only knew two Platinum Knights; it was only Madam Ephelia and Master Leon," Arfin said.
"Now, there are only six Platinum Knights that Eteria has," said Fergus.
"Wait, he killed many people like Madam Ephelia?" Nico asked.
"That's why you are a fool to not know him," said Geralt.
"I am sorry, but i still don't understand what a Platinum Knight is. I don't even understand why i am a silver knight," Nico asked.
"Well, to be a Silver Knight, you simply needed to have a power surpassed many knights. Your Storm bringer does make you qualified for the silver knight." Fergus said.
"Yeah. My blaster blade is the one that makes me a silver knight too," Arfin said Proudly.
"To be a Golden Knight, you need to have an unique skill that is tremendously powerful like an iron thorn or guardian totem, surpassing other knights to a degree that makes you unbeatable," said Fergus
"Usually, there is a discussion once every five years about who could be worthy of being a Golden Knight." Fergus Explained. "That meeting will be attended by the other five heads of knights castle."
"To be a Platinum Knight, you basically need to be the most powerful man in your castle. becoming a strongest man makes you the head of your castle. On our aurora castle, basically the strongest is Master Sir Leon."
"Why is Madam Ephelia a platinum knight then?" Nico asked.
"It's because madam Ephelia is the previous strongest man and the head of the aurora castle. But she lost to Master Sir Leon once, and that made Master Sir Leon a Platinum Knight."
"There are five castles on Eteria that's why there were only six platinum knights that we know of. Aurora castle is the strongest castle because we have two platinum knights." Geralt Explained.
"Usually we had many platinum knights. Because once you become a platinum knight, you could live for five hundred years. There have been numerous platinum knights in the past since there would be younger knights who are stronger and surpassing the previous head castle," Said Fergus. "But that heimdall killed all platinum knights, only left six of it."
"So he is very strong," nico said.
"Yes. he is in his own league. if there is a higher rank than platinum rank, i would say Heimdal on diamond rank," said Geralt.
"I wonder what power Madam Ephelia has," Nico asked.
"You will see soon enough. If these weaklings think they will win the war with Eteria, they are wrong," said Fergus. "They never saw what madam Ephelia and Sir Leon could do."