Chapter 437 - Into Brandon 1 (1/2)

The war between the Rakan estate and the Milton Kingdom ended with the victory on the Rakan side.

And in the next few days, the news had spread throughout the Milton Kingdom.

Luke too encouraged the spread of rumors through Argos and other information guilds.

“Marquis Luke is driving his army and coming into Brandon?”

“The nobles including Count Lao have surrendered and are marching alongside the Marquis, the new king of Milton.”

“He was always next to the king, why is he with the enemy? I don’t get it, why did he do that?”

“Well, it was said that King Mayers was the one who killed Count Bazzo. And the Count’s ghost appeared before the king and the guard every night, complaining about the unfair killing.”

“Damn, then this war had no reason.”

“And he made his nation look like this for a war without any justification…”

The people of Milton Kingdom chewed on Mayers, who just started the war without any cause.

Although he was dead, it still was a tremendous disrespect for the former King, however, no one was talking back to them.

What was weirder was that the monsters who were making a fuss all over the nation had stopped and retreated at the end of the war.

For that, a few priests said that the riots and fuss of the monsters was the punishment for Mayers who started a war.

In the end, the monsters disappeared, and the dizzying stability of the nation began to stabilize.

The bandits were wiped out as the troops who were fighting the monsters have returned, and the riots slowly began to subside.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

A week after the war, the troops of Rakan led by Luke entered Brandon.

On his way there, Luke hadn’t faced any resistance.

There was no power left in the Milton Kingdom to fight the Rakan army.

On top of that, Luke has entered Brandon with powerful nobles of the Milton Kingdom like Marquis Volant and the Gram brothers.

On their way to Brandon, many nobles surrendered after hearing to the lords above them.

The nobles who initially disliked the war responded normally to the subjugation, and they weren’t ready to lose their breath when they were being given their own estates.

“The royal road is bloodless.”

As Luke mumbled to himself, Philip responded as if he had been waiting for it.

“Oh, you mean was there no one loyal enough to fight for death?”

“Why do you think there was none? I heard that it had been cleaned up before we got here.”

Viscount Mager and his guards who were standing on the royal road didn’t know the truth about the king and were ready to attack Luke.

Well, he did hear the rumors, but he wasn’t ready to believe them.

Rather, he thought of it to be a rumor that Luke had spread to take over the kingdom.

“They all shut the gates of Brandon and were to battle until the end. However, they were suppressed and destroyed by the anti-war groups with the help of Count Malcom, the Minister of Home Affairs.”

“That’s…”

Philip’s expression turned bitter looking at the royal road as soon as he heard Luke said that.

The commanders and the residents of the city of Brandon were all uneasy looking at the soldiers and knights of Rakan march into their city with a proud expression on their faces.

It was good that the war had ended them, but they couldn’t be sure how the new ruler would treat them.

“It looks like the atmosphere in here isn’t as the time when we came to by the Gigant.”

At Philip’s words, Luke nodded his head noticing it.

“The expressions of their faces are dark.”

Most of the shops were closed, and there were signs of fire used in the battle.

Residents were feeling unsteady and struggling with anxiety.

The people didn’t seem to have eaten well and most of them were lean and sick.

In addition, many young men had been conscripted to war for the monster subjugation, so the young people were barely seen on the road.

The bright and vibrant appearance of Brandon which was alive till a few years back had faded.

‘Why did you have to make such a nation enter the fight and take my land? … That Mayers jerk, he really was pathetic.’

Even then, Mayers was still someone superior in political power and management.

But with the turbulent times he had seen, it seemed like Mayers turned into someone not much different from the other greedy nobles.

But seeing the nation in its current state, it could be said that it was much worse than it should have been.

‘Excessive greed leads to loss of reason, tossing oneself into the pit of corruption and at the same time, will make people around unhappy. This is something I need to keep in mind and be aware of.’

While Luke was trying to understand all that, he and his army reached the palace.

“Woah!!! Long Live Marquis Luke!”

“The name of Rakan, shine forever!”

A group of people gathered at the front of the royal palace.

They were the nobles who were on the royal road when Luke began his march, they welcomed Luke with happiness.

Like any person who would be sensitive to power, they brought out their relatives and showed them Luke, the new ruler.

“Marquis! Congratulations on becoming the ruler of Milton.”