Leonce let out a sigh and shook his head.
"This is really how you wish to spend your last few minutes?" He asked and he sounded almost sympathetic to their fate,
"Fighting a losing battle?"
"We'll see about that," said the Gasqueton Representative through gritted teeth.
Suddenly, more people took on battle stances among the guests— People belonging to Noble families that the six vampires hadn't implicated. They took on battle stances and unsheathed their weapons in clear solidarity with the six families implicated.
The Gasqueton Representative had a defiant smile on his face then. He looked almost triumphant that so many were going to be helping them.
"There," he said to Leonce Duval, "We are not alone, you bastard!"
Leonce frowned and put his hands behind his back, grabbing tight hold of the scroll that contained the Imperial Decree.
"Kill them."
