Chapter 65: End of the Civil War (1) (2/2)

“You think just because I’ it easy on you, I’m actually easy?”

Crack Craack

Byron was terrified when Milton approached hihtening, but he was also confused fro been hit for the first time in his lifeAnd yet, Milton continued to be ruthlessly violent towards hihh!”

Punched, kicked, slapped, traain…

Milton took this rare opportunity to beat up a member of the royal family and continued to recklessly pummel him

“Royalty? The bastard who turned to the Republicans is looking for the royal fah… s— stop…”

“Decoru for decoruh! Gak!”

“‘Cause you started the stupid civil war, I had to fight in another useless war! Argh!!”

“Ug— ughh…”

Eventually, the Second Prince was beaten to a pulp until he couldn’t speak Once he had pummeled him to his heart’s content, Milton handed the Second Prince over to his soldiers

“You can tend to his injuries, but no need for anything hts for now”

“Yes, My Lord”

And so, Milton had captured the leader of the rebels, the Second Prince And Although the Republican army still remained in the North, the civil as essentially over

“Very i the Second Prince, the first thing Milton did was to praise the driving force behind this battle, Viscount Sabian

“No, My Lord The credit should go to the knights who agreed to h I was an outsider”

Viscount Sabian humbly refused the praise for his contribution

“I especially owe Sir Taker Although it ht have been the plan, it couldn’t have been easy to turn his back on the eneht’s honor So I’h with it

At Viscount Sabian’s sincere thanks, Jero the command of my Lord”

Viscount Sabian admired Jerome’s attitude

‘He’s extreh for a knight like hi the Southern Army, Viscount Sabian had been surprised that they were ht In particular, Count Forrest’s personal knights and soldiers were of great quality and high level He had been shocked that Sir Jeroe And for hihest classed Expert, that meant in the future, he would soon surpass Master That such a knight illing to be with Milton was enough to raise his value And that surprise only grew as the plan was executed

If Viscount Sabian’s strategy was to be described in one word, it would be bait In order to bring out the Second Prince who had been hiding like a turtle, Viscount Sabian sought ways to make the Second Prince careless And in order for the Second Prince, who had suffered a devastating defeat in a previous battle, to becoiven nue had allowed the Second Prince to easily win against theh

So, Sabian had quietly suggested a plan to Jeroht in the Southern Arle coree to it Considering the pride of top-notch Expert, and his own position as an outsider to the Southern Arht it would be more likely to be rejected But Jero

Since Milton had given Viscount Sabian command of this battle, Jerome had considered the plan as an order from his Lord It was unthinkable for him to reject his Lord’s orders for the sake of his own pride In the end, Jerole coht

As a result, the morale of the Second Prince’s army soared into the sky…

Ironically, that was the moment where the Second Prince’s confidence turned into conceit

Disregarding the fact he had suffered a heavy loss before, he had the illusion that he could win unconditionally if he looked down on his enemies That hen Viscount Sabian’s final plan was set inwould be used to lure out the prideful eneroup of elite soldiers personally led by Milton would be waiting to surround thereat success The Second Prince was captured and the daone as originally planned with standard frontal attacks, the casualties would have ranged froy, there were less than 500 casualties

Milton turned to Viscount Sabian who had kept his promise

“Thanks to you, I was able toyou want as a reward, tell , Viscount Sabian opened his mouth…

“The war isn’t over yet Do you ave hiht away

“You’re absolutely correct We’ll do as you say”

Milton spoke as though it didn’t h idea of what Viscount Sabian had wanted to say

‘His Loyalty rose to 65 now I guess we can say that he’s leaning more towards me now?’

Milton looked at Viscount Sabian with satisfaction

Contrary to Viscount Sabian’s words, the actual war had ended with the capture of the Second Prince And once he had been captured, Princess Leila began to actively encourage the rely easily when they heard that, ‘those who had been forced into rebelling by the Second Prince’s threat will be treated leniently’ Princess Leila decided to first arrest the recruits and deal with them later in the future

Even if the Second Prince was now gone, it would have taken quite some time to deal with the rest of the rebels if they recklessly ran around, but with Princess Leila’s timely response, they quietly disappeared

But, there was one person as not happy with this situation…

“Well, this got cofried of Hildes Republic

“It certainly won’t be easy to deal with”

For Siegfried, looking at the sharply focused elite ar his appetite

Marquis Marius had come to ask him for reinforcee When he heard the request, Siegfried gathered and moved his army, but his reason wasn’t to help the Second Prince as falling, if not already toppled No, he washis ardom In the first place, the Second Prince had only been an expendable chess piece; a piece that would give him the justification and opportunity to fried had never considered hi the Second Prince out a couple ti his dependence on thee Of course, the e talks had been a coht not have known because there was no official exchange between the kingdom and the Republic, but Bahasten, the Fuhrer of Hildes Republic, was single Naturally, Roxanne didn’t exist Even if there was an official letter, how could there be a diploe with a woman who doesn’t even exist? It was all bullshi+t

Hildes Republic planned to take this opportunity to coehead into the South With the North secured, all the orders Siegfried had received froreedy

In order to gain influence over the North region of the Lester Kingdom, Hildes Republic used the Second Prince and his followers as part of a reat If their capital attack fails, then it fails and Hildes Republic would move onto the next plan And when Marquis Marius asked for troops, Siegfried iathered an army and personally led them to the capital

Everyone frofried believed it was the perfect ti to take over the defenseless capital when all the forces were concentrated on the Second Prince’s army If it was successful, he assumed that he would have fulfilled 150percent, no, 200 percent, of the orders he had received from the Republic

However…

They weredown south to the Lester Kingdom