Chapter 224 (2/2)

Parker looked over at his lieutenant and asked.

“Did you ask the main force to retreat?”

“Yes, I left everyone except for the soldiers. So, you can retreat in confidence.”

Many of the Eisenberg’s troops were around the territory, and they joined the rebellion at a later time.

Parker decided to leave them as bait and sneaked out with the main force of the Konrad kingdom.

If he wasn’t able to protect the city, he was going to keep himself safe. That way, he can have a chance to pledge.

“Nice. But what about Lazlie and the Flying Dragons?” Asked Marquis.

“I wasn’t able to see it before, but they already retreated.”

“Tch. Those paid mercenaries…!”

When the Marquis was getting angry, the door opened with a knight running in. He had a lot of blood on his armor as if he was fighting with a lot of men.

“Commander! This won’t be enough. Give out the orders for retreat!”

He asked Marquis Parker with a muffled voice.

“This is the first time that I am seeing your face, who are you?”

“The newly assigned, Lord Luzana…Kuak!”

Before he could even identify himself, a sword ran through the knight’s chest. An escort of Marquis sneaked behind and stabbed him from the back.

There was distrust in the eyes of the knights who seemed to choose any side that would let him live.

“Uh, why would you…”

“Hu huhu, for us to have a safe retreat, you men need to stay here.”

The knight couldn’t even respond to the wicked words of Marquis Parker.

“You, you men, will be punished.”

With those final words, the knight dropped dead.

“Punished? Hahaha, you idiot! If there really was any punishment, then we would have already been served the moment we decided to use the people of the city as humans shields?”

Marquis Parker laughed at the dying knight and escaped the quarters along with a few escorts.

Of course, before leaving, he didn’t forget to set fire to the main documents such as operation order.

“Uh! The secret passage in the ground for the messengers…!”

Listening to the lieutenant, Marquis Parker got on top of a horse, however, he was suddenly engulfed in a storm.

“Sir, Sire!”

“Kuk! What is happening all of a sudden?”

“What do you mean by sudden. We were sent to get the commander.”

With a very clear voice, a group of men with five Gigants appeared in front of Marquis Parker.

They were Luke and his Red Wolf Mercenary.

The last sudden storm was Luke’s wind magic.

“Are you the commander of Eisenberg? I don’t really have anything against you, but I’ll have to take down your neck as proof.”

From the very first day of the siege, Luke wasn’t just waiting still.

During the day, he rolled out the Gavel gang with training, but at night, he snuck into the Eisenberg city with the help of magic.

So, he kept trying to figure out the walls and the architecture of the city.

Which was why he was able to show up at the quarters much earlier than anyone.

“Attack!”

“Sire, we need to move fast!”

Though inferior to the mercenaries, Parker’s loyal escorts rushed towards the Red Wolf.

Sadly, however, they were quickly overpowered, and Marquis Parker who was trying to flee at the expense of escorts and his people was sieged by Luke’s hold magic.