Chapter 436 - Receiving the Crown 3 (1/2)
Pung! Pung! Pung!
When Mayers and his nobles were confronting each other, the bells began to ring.
A flash of enchanting light magic circles lit up the sky revealing the true image.
“What, what was that?”
“Who is shooting up the flares?”
All the nobles were flustered.
Woooing!
Along with strong screams of confusion, the army of Rakan estates showed up close to their camps.
“The enemy! The enemy chased after us!”
“How can that be?! In such a situation…”
They thought of such a situation happening, however, for the enemy troops to really catch up.
“We need to retreat immediately!”
“You think we don’t know that? But we have no time to escape!”
The Rakan army was sieging the Milton’s army from all the directions.
There was no other way for them to break past the siege and escape, and with the current power of the Milton army, going past the enemy was impossible, on top of that, they had thousands of injured and only a few Gigants in working conditions.
The time when Mayers and the other nobles were frustrated not knowing what to do.
Thud Thud!
A silver Gigant which shone in the lights walked into the camp and spoke.
“I am Luke de Rakan, the Lord of Marquis Rakan!”
“Keuk! Luke?”
Mayers tried to speak back to Luke.
However, the knights began to round him up.
Whether Mayers talked or not, Luke continued to speak.
“Listen, we are the invaders of the Milton Kingdom. You are surrounded. Surrender now as you have no place to escape. If you surrender we are willing to spare your life!”
Luke’s declaration threw the camp into haywire.
Mayers had already lost a great deal of forces and barely managed to escape with his life, and now he was surrounded right before crossing into their borders.
“Dammit, what do we do now?”
“Seeing Your Majesty’s personality, it is unlikely for him to surrender…”
“Do you mean that we will fight? There is no way we will win!”
Most of the soldiers were anxious.
They had struggled in the Batern tower and they knew the real power of the Rakan estate.
In addition, they had all fallen into the trap of the Rakans in the raid.
“Don’t fear!”
“This is a lie to divide us! Whether we surrender or not, they will kill every single one of us! They are monsters!”
Some of the knights and commanders tried to rile up their soldiers, however, the effect had on their words was insignificant.
“Go ahead and surrender! Marquis Luke isn’t the kind to break promises!”
“He promised to send us back to our homes!”
The prisoners of the Milton kingdom, who were caught in the war with Rakan came out and spoke for the Rakan.
And their unarmed appearances shook the hearts of the soldiers, knights, and officers.
A few prisoners of war were high ranking nobles.
“Dammit, what do you think you are doing?”
“Don’t you see they are trying to cause a rift between us?”
When the atmosphere was turning heavy, flustered Mayers stepped ahead from the nobles who were talking.
“Well, what are you all thinking?! Get ready for battle, right away!”
“Your Majesty, battle?”
“Why are you asking as if you don’t understand? Shouldn’t you run the siege ahead for us to escape?! To guide the Iron Fist knights and lead them ahead to help break the siege!”
“Huh?! More than half of our men were killed or injured in the last battle, you think this is possible?”
Reynard sarcastically asked at the King’s words.
“And what fight? If we surrender, we would at least stay neat without spilling anymore blood.”
“What nonsense are you speaking! Surrendering will get us all killed…”
“Your Majesty, do you really think that Marquis Luke will not spare you?”
Surprisingly, it was Count Lao who spoke to Mayers.
With his cold eyes, he continued to speak.
“Of course, we will be prisoners, but I think that we can get out with negotiations and giving huge concessions.”
If Luke was a determined man not to destroy the Milton Kingdom, he would surely release the prisoners after receiving the appropriate compensations.
Of course, that didn’t mean that Mayers would be released, but the nobles were likely to be released.
And when Lao mentioned about negotiations, it seemed like many wanted to surrender without war.
Seeing that happen, Mayers only turned redder.
‘This, this man is trying to betray me?’
There was a reason for the sudden change in the attitude of the nobles.
In the current world, the King and the nobles were in a feudalistic relationship.
The King was obliged to guarantee the nobles and their estates with protections, and the nobles were to be loyal to the King, unconditionally.
However, King Mayers was the first to break their trust.
For his ambition, he sacrificed his own retainers without consent. A life which was always known to be more precious than an estate or title.
It was natural for all the nobles around him to feel betrayed.
Even the highest of the nobles.
“Even if I have to give up all my power, I will still be alive…”
“Shut up, bastard! What are the knights doing? Take Count Lao right away and kill him!”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
At the orders of Mayers, the knights pulled on their swords.
Their hearts shaking with worry, yet they were loyal to their King to the very core of their bones.
However, such loyal actions weren’t in the bones of the Sword Masters.
Reynold and Reynard blocked the knights who were ready.
Mayers could only hide his anger.
“You ungrateful bastard…!”
“Your Majesty, calm your mind and make a sound judgment!” Said Reynold while holding his composure.
“Shut up! You are no longer the commander of the Iron Fist Knights! If you want to surrender, go ahead and do it!”
At the sudden notice of Mayers’ decline, it wasn’t just Reynold but the nobles too were shocked.
Regardless of whether Mayers was under stress or not, Mayers had removed the Gram brothers from power and decided to curse them.
“It wasn’t my intention to reach out to the dirty mercenaries like you. You bitter hybrid trash! And you men are Sword Masters? Maybe all the tricks you learned were from falling on your knees in front of the enemy!”
“Ugh! What did you say?”
Reynard’s eyes turned bloodshot.
Being a mixed-race, there was nothing that he hated more than the word ‘Hybrid’.
“Huh, do you even have any shame? You aren’t even a human, just a hybrid…”
“This motherf*cker! I will kill you!”
Reynard’s body pushed past the knights and rushed over to Mayers. Well, almost rushed.
However, his brother Reynold was a step ahead and struck the sword at the King.
Puck!
The blade which was shining with an Impact aura, flashed through Mayer’s mouth.
“You were out of line. With such a tongue, how do you plan on running a nation?”
“Kuak… Kuak…!”
“Don’t complain about this. The one who let this happen was you.”