While Draco and Snow were engaged in debauchery behind closed doors, preparations for war were underway in the city of Tripoli.
Tripoli had a grand palace that stood in the center of the city. This palace put Benghazi's to shame, and was comparable to even the Khalid Dynasty's.
It looked similar to the Benghazi palace, it had green walls gilded in gold, and was around the same height.
However, the Tripoli palace was nearly double the length and width of Benghazi's palace.
The courtyard in front of the palace was so wide it could fit an entirely different palace within it.
Standing in this courtyard were almost three thousand soldiers, and this included hundreds of powered soldiers.
The sea of soldiers created an awe-inspiring sight, and they moved in sync as they trained under the blistering desert sun.
Within the palace's throne room, several military officials were gathered in front of the throne.
The vast throne room was entirely empty except for these figures, and they kneeled at the feet of the man sitting on the grand throne above them.
This throne was made entirely out of gold and was covered in green jewels that were embedded over its surface.
The man sitting atop the throne was a young child, perhaps no older than thirteen.
However, the eyes on the boy's face showed a cruelty that surpassed even a hundred years of horror.
Standing behind the boy was an old man in a black cloak, his gray beard reaching down to his waist.
The boy was looking down at one of the men kneeling at his feet.
"Speak!" the boy shouted in a high-pitched tone.
The man raised his head, "Your exalted eminence, my spies bring news from Benghazi. They have information on the false prince's plans."
The boy stood up from his chair angrily, "What does he want to do?!" he yelled.
The man below coughed awkwardly, "W-well, your eminence, he apparently has a way to infiltrate the palace. Someone came to him and said that they could take the throne from your rightful hands."
"Hmph. They can try! Who is this man?" the boy said.
The man cleared his throat, "My spies say that it is some foreigner, he is currently staying within the traitor's palace."
The old man behind the boy leaned down to whisper something into his ear.
Whatever was said to the young boy made him smile wickedly, "Do not worry, he will be dealt with." the boy said, dismissing the man below him.
***
Draco was currently relaxing in bed within his opulent residence in Benghazi palace.
Snow was laying atop him, and they were both naked from their earlier, 'activities.'
They were watching an old cartoon on the television, a little mouse was running around as a huge cat chased after it with a mallet.
It was dark in the room, and the TV was quite loud. This meant that the two didn't hear the sound of the air vent on the wall sliding open.
This vent was located right above their bed, and a black figure was hiding within it.
The figure creeped out of the vent, climbing onto the ceiling like a spider. They were using some type of strange technique to stick themselves to the wall, and they crawled until they were right above the bed.
This black figure was covered in pitch-black robes, and their face was entirely covered except for a small slit over their eyes.
Without warning, the figure dropped down from the roof, falling directly onto Snow and Draco.
They were aiming at Draco's neck with a wicked looking dagger, but Snow had unexpectedly yawned.
This movement caused Snow's head to block the assassin's dagger, and a metallic clink was heard as sparks flew above the bed.
The assassin's knife was bent sideways, and Draco jumped up out of the bed just in time to avoid a slash from a second dagger they had pulled out.
"Who the f*ck are you?!" Draco yelled as he rushed towards the figure, something long dangling between his legs with his movements.
The assassin jumped off of the bed with a backflip just in time to avoid a strike Draco aimed at their head.
They landed on their feet and threw a small blade at Draco with a speed that he was unable to react to.
It landed on Draco's chest with a wet shlick, and he grunted in pain.
However, he simply pulled it out and threw it to the floor. The wound he received was already closing.
The assassin's eyes widened when they saw this, and they realized they had to kill their target in a single strike.
"I'm going to break your neck!" Draco roared, charging back at the assassin.
The assassin jumped backwards and tried to run along the wall to evade Draco, except Draco was prepared for their speed this time.
Draco jumped up and grabbed the assassin on the leg, and pulled them down to slam them against the ground.
The assassin let out a high pitched yelp as the breath was knocked out of their lungs.
Draco was surprised, for the assassin sounded like a female!
"Wait, you're a woman?" Draco asked, letting go of their leg.
The assassin however said nothing, and she flipped herself upwards from the ground and aimed their dagger at Draco's neck.
Draco simply shook his head, grabbing their thin arm in his hand and squeezing.
The woman let out a pained yell as they were forced to drop the dagger onto the floor.
"I don't believe in beating women, but I'll make an exception for today if you don't calm down." Draco said.
However, she wasn't having it, and she struggled in Draco's grip.
She kicked out at him with her legs, but her powered kicks were unable to do much more than sting his stomach.
"Don't tell me I didn't warn you." Draco said, slapping the assassin across their cheek.
This slap knocked the woman senseless, and she was unable to resist as Draco pulled the black wrap off of her head.
Draco's eyes widened as he saw the assassin's long hair fall down their head.
The woman was gorgeous, and her messy black hair did little to hide her charming features.
She looked like she was from Asian descent, and her high cheekbones and thin lips reminded him of Korean supermodels.
Seeing that she was about to be captured, the woman opened her mouth and revealed a pill that was hiding under her tongue.
She tried to swallow this pill, but Draco saw what she was trying to do and reacted fast.
He reached his fingers into the woman's mouth and pulled the pill out before she could swallow it.
Draco laughed, "I've seen too many spy movies to fall for that one." he said, tossing the pill onto the floor.
Terror flashed across the woman's eyes as she realized she wouldn't be able to kill herself.
"Kill me!" the woman screamed, thrashing against Draco's grip.
Her movements were interrupted by Snow walking up and punching her in the jaw.
"You b*tch! Who are you?!" Snow yelled, enraged that someone had interrupted her romantic night with her man.
However, the woman didn't respond.
She slumped over, knocked out from Snow's punch.
This couldn't be helped. After all, Snow's flesh was harder than steel! Her enraged punch had sent the assassin to her dreams.
Draco shook his head with a laugh, "Snow, you hit like a train." he said.
Snow just rolled her eyes, "Serves that b*tch right, who does she think she is?"
Draco didn't know what to say to this, but he knew that he should alert the guards that the palace had been breached.
He threw some pants on and picked the assassin up, carrying her out of the residence.
Once outside he threw them down onto the floor and called out to the guards.
"Hey! An assassin got into my room, someone deal with this." he said.
The guards turned to look at Draco in shock, and the room doors in the hallway began to open.
Draco's forces flooded into the hallway in confusion, their concern apparent in their face. Draco reassured all of them though and told them that he was fine.
The guards also quickly rushed over and surrounded the assassin.
One of the guards kicked the woman in the chest to make sure they were actually unconscious.
Two guards then bent over to pick the woman up, and they carried her away towards some unknown location.
Draco sighed as he watched the assassin get carried away, 'They'll probably be tortured and executed. What a shame for a beauty to be lost in such a way.' he thought to himself.