Chapter 49 (2/2)

Not too far away, the sound of brittle bones being stepped on could be heard as about 7 or 8 Royas people in uniform arrived.

Smick glanced at Ania who was being burnt to death, then looked straight at Noah, the unnaturally calm young man.

“What’s this, you’re killing one another? So you’re prepared to surrender yourselves to us and become a subject of His Majesty, our King Eldridge?” Smick purposefully asked such a thing.

He was still only a young man, just in case he couldn’t take the provocation, he might unknowingly reveal some useful information.

“Senseless provocation” Noah retained his unchanging emotionless expression, glanced at the group of Royas soldiers and slowly told them: “Lord Negary is inviting you all to his abode to discuss a few things”

“So do you really want to take refuge with Royas?” Smick squinted his eyes to try and observe anything he could from Noah’s expression but wasn’t able to read anything from it. If he had met this youth while he was at that age, he would probably have been heavily provoked by his demeanour.

“Please follow me” Noah turned around and walked as if he wasn’t at all afraid of these Royas people ambushing him from behind.

Smick scowled. If he thought about this positively, this would signify that Negary was truly scared and wanted to form a ceasefire with them, which would be the best-case scenario. The Royas troops would be able to take control of Reystromia and turn it into a springboard to attack the Interkam Kingdom.

But from this youth’s expression and gestures, he didn’t seem like someone who was about to surrender. Furthermore, through the heightened senses of his [Respiratory Art], he could clearly sense the ominous feeling that Negary was giving off. Even if he didn’t want to, he had to admit that level of rhythm was already comparable to King Eldridge’s own.

Additionally, from the information that they collected, he knew that Negary was still progressively becoming stronger and more terrifying as time passed. So Smick silently had a thought.

Even if the other party intends to call for a ceasefire, I need to find an opportunity to suppress Negary’s spirit and make sure that he can’t keep improving.

“Follow him, be careful of traps” Smick shortly reminded his troops before following Noah.

Ominous, dangerous, eerily and inhumanly charming. These were the first impressions that crossed Smick’s mind as soon as he saw Negary sitting on his throne of bones.

〖 Ah, you must be the soldiers of the Royas Kingdom, quite fine indeed 〗Negary opened his eyes, glanced below at the group of Royas black ops and slowly commented.

That tone, that glance, all of it caused Smick to shiver uncontrollably. He felt as if Negary was a diner sitting at the food table who was looking down at them and praising: “Oh my, this piece of steak is quite decent, very supple”

This gave Smick an illusion of being a piece of food— no, that wasn’t an illusion at all. The countless bones he saw around this place consisted of many species, but the most numerous were those of humans.

As a soldier of the Royas Kingdom, Smick had killed more people than a normal person would meet in their entire lives. Even if this was his duty as a soldier and there was no such thing as right and wrong in a war, he would still occasionally feel guilt and unease about his actions.

But when he faced this… entity, Smick could feel it from the depths of his heart. The other party was truly thinking of them, of these living and breathing people as his food. There wasn’t a single hint of apologetic sentiment or discomfort in his gaze, because to him this was an obvious fact.

“Negary…” Smick spoke with a loud and solemn tone: “As a member of the Lancher family, the heir of the [School of Light], a soldier of the Royas Kingdom, and above all a human; I demand your immediate surrender, or what awaits you will be nothing but death”

〖 Hak hak hak, what a bold and shocking statement that is 〗Negary was sitting still on his throne with his face resting on his hand, grinned joyfully at Smick’s words and replied: 〖 Then come at me, humans 〗