WHAT'S GOING ON...?
I DON'T SEE ANY GUARDS.
I DON'T HEAR ANY MOANS EITHER.
WAS FATHER TORTURED TO DEATH?
Damn It!
WHY ARE THESE STUPID CHAINS SO STRONG?! ARE THEY USED TO HOLD DOWN MONSTERS?!
BUT I'LL SAY IT, THIS IS A SOFT PUNISHMENT.
IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD'VE STAKED THEM TO THE WALL.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME ESCAPE, YOU IDIOTS.
THIS IS MY CHANCE. I'M GOING TO BAIL--
WHERE IS LANTE?
HUH? OH, IT'S YOU,
DEON...
I GUESS YOU DON'T EVEN CALL HIM "FATHER" ANYMORE.
HE'S EITHER DEAD OR ON THE RUN.
HEY, DEON...
YOU USED ME SO THAT YOU COULD TAKE OVER FATHER'S PLACE.
IS ALL THIS REALLY NECESSARY?
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
I NEVER WANTED TO LEAD THE FAMILY. I SWEAR.
I WAS JUST TRICKED BY ROXANA.
THE SITUATION ISN'T THAT BAD. THIS IS MUCH BETTER THAN BEING PUNISHED BY FATHER.
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT YOU SHOULD BECOME THE MASTER OF OUR FAMILY!
NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE HIDING BEHIND YOUR CALM DEMEANOR.
IF YOU LET ME GO, I'LL BRING YOU FATHER'S HEAD. I'LL KILL HIM WITH MY OWN HANDS.
I'LL LEAVE THE AGRECE FAMILY FOREVER. YOU WON'T HEAR FROM ME AGAIN...
I GUESS YOU AND I...
...WERE AFTER THE SAME THING, DEON.
I'LL PROMISE NEVER TO GET IN YOUR WAY--
GET IN MY WAY?
YOU MUST BE MISTAKEN.
DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN STOP ME FROM GETTING WHAT I WANT?
YOU NEVER DID, AND NEVER WILL.
THIS SON OF A B*TCH!!!
THEN... LET ME GO.
IF I DON'T POSE A THREAT TO YOU,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOCK ME UP LIKE THIS.
DON'T YOU AGREE?
DAMN IT! WHY IS HE STARING AT ME LIKE THAT?
THERE'S NO NEED TO CHEW IT OVER. WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?
I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD KILL YOU RIGHT NOW.
WHAT?
COME TO THINK OF IT,
I'VE NEVER LIKED YOU.
SQUEAK
Y-YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS, ARE YOU?!
NO WAY...
K-KILLING YOUR KIN...
...IS AGAINST--
HE BROKE THE IRON DOOR...
...WITH HIS BARE HANDS!
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO PLUCK YOUR EYES OUT.
BUT... WHY?
I KISSED HIS ASS!
WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
AM I GOING TO DIE?
AN ALARM...?
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE ALARM IS RINGING,
BUT IT SAVED ME...
INTRUDERS?! BUT WE'RE ALREADY BUSY PUTTING OUT THE FIRE!
WAIT A SECOND...!
THIS IS...
...AN ENEMY ATTACK!!!
GUARDS!
WE NEED TO GATHER OUR TROOPS!!
I-I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING I HEARD IN THE HALLWAY...
YOUNG MASTER FONTAINE...
...SENT ALL OUR TROOPS AWAY...
ISIDORE.
REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO SLAUGHTER THE AGRECES.
YES, SIR.
OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO FIND LANTE AGRECE'S TROOPS.
SO DO NOT KILL ANYONE WHO IS UNARMED...
DON'T CHASE AFTER THE ONES RUNNING AWAY!
GO!! YOU HEARD THE YOUNG MASTER!!
YES, SIR!
THAT IS THE MOST MERCY I CAN SHOW THEM AS A PEDELIAN.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?!
WHY ARE THE PEDELIANS ATTACKING US...?!
I DON'T KNOW!
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON! THE FIRE AT THE GREAT HALL...
FATHER'S DOWNFALL...
AN ENEMY ATTACK...
SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!
AAGH!
MONSTERS...! WATCH OUT FOR THE MONSTERS!!
HRGH!
IS THE MONSTER HUTCH OPEN?!
WHO SET THEM FREE?!
EVERYTHING IS UNFOLDING...
HELP--
...ACCORDING TO HER PLAN.
TELL ME...
..WHERE LANTE AGRECE IS.
Roxana Chapter Draft 42 opens with Deon waking up in chains and attempting to escape, and his confrontation with Deon; the chapter's breaking point is Deon's thought of killing him. As Deon questions his father's fate, he calls for Lante, alternating between begging and threats, but Deon breaks through the iron door with his bare hands. A blaring alarm saves Deon; the fire, the enemy attack, and the freed monsters turn the Pedelians toward targeting Lante Agrece's troops.
