Chapter 781 - A Miserable Start (1/2)

Chapter 781: A Miserable Start

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Even though it was said to be a ht Parliaot the chance to interrogate him as to why he attacked their men Not only that, but they also ad to the united situation in the Winter Castle and est sinner

However, what infuriated the Light Parliament was that Rhode didn’t defend himself at all Instead, he responded simply—as a noble, overlord, and officially conferred Earl, he held the rights to punish those who disrespected and threatened hiarded his identity, continuously taunted, and even attacked hi his authority

Rhode spoke confidently and left the Light Parliaht Besides,the crowd could testify that it was Gorden who spoke rudely first Even though Rhode was young, this tidom as an emissary and in addition to his overlord and Earl title, his status was undoubtedly ion Although it was somewhat despicable that Rhode used his status to apply pressure on others, it was extreue that Rhode, as a noble, shouldn’t retaliate with violence and one could report this ht Parliament… However, Rhode disliked this style of ht Parliament let the matter off because there was another main problem that they could stir trouble with—his 5000 soldiers!

This was acknowledged in the agreeht that Rhode only casually mentioned about the 5000 soldiers because they knew that even though his fortress appeared glorious on the surface, he had a hard ti its operations Apart froions under Rhode were basically uninhabited and there naturally weren’t any sources for hi a ht had become popular in Paphield, the mercenaries didn’t come from only one territory Every territory needed a stable number of soldiers and financial support, but Rhode lacked theht onto this and was confident to nullify the agreement as soon as Rhode failed to provide the 5000 soldiers

But now, Rhode succeeded However, the probleht Parliament initially publicized that ‘all huainst the Undead Creatures’ and ional overlords were aware that they held human supremacy However, they didn’t mind at all because they were hus of other races in their territories, but they were the minority Besides, even if the ned to special groups since, for exah Elves to possibly form an infantry squad

However, Rhode openly brought 5000 non-huht Parliament’s face!

Smack! Smack! Smack!

See, their cheeks were swollen already

The Light Parliament claimed that the 5000 soldiers weren’t hureement, and they complained to the church However, the church ultimately expressed that there wasn’t any requirened the agree as the soldiers weren’t deht 5000 of the the cold shoulder froed They looked for the Mage association and requested for their Holy Knight to identify who exactly the soldiers that Rhode had brought were

As a knight who fought against demons and devils, he definitely could differentiate between demons and the eleht Parliament received was the same as what Rhode told them—they were fire elemental creatures and non-deht Parliaht that they could cli hoain They finally understood why Rhode was deterht Parliament compensate for the pensions of his soldiers Back then, they were secretly excited that they could e hit to his forces When that happened, they wouldn’tout the pensions But now… they surely wouldn’t be willing to anyht Parliament’s only et their hands on 5000 eleht Parliament would have expected Rhode to do so back then) This time, Rhode led 5000 of them and if they were to all crumble, it would also weaken his forces

Yes… Maybe… Perhaps… Should be…

This was still athe Winter Castle’s front line was ht’s are headache because the situation in the Winter Castle developed in a direction they hated to see

After Rhode’s arrival, many of the anti-parliament forces instantly sided him From the start, they felt uncertain, but to their surprise, Rhode was relatively passionate toward theh he put up a poker face, many had heard about this rumor of his and didn’t take it too seriously The representatives gathered around him as the core of their anti-parliament forces

This led to an obvious division between two forces in the Winter Castle during the alliance ht Parliament led by the alliance representative and the anti-parliament forces led by Rhode Under such a circu unanimously were dashed