Chapter 148 The northern rebellion 1 (1/2)
”s-sorry lord king”
the king gave a smile
”I don't mind Kim... I take it you have met Mars before?”
”yes! he's the one that I could not stab!”
Kim showed a child-like smile which startled the king a little
”i-is that so?”
”yup he's really fast!”
the captain gave a sigh
”okay Kim quiet down and let the adults talk”
”...okay”
the king turned to Mars with a slightly apologetic look on his aged face
”well then I'll skip the introductions and get straight to the point, Mars I want you to follow the dark knights and act as insurance on their mission”
Mars narrowed his eyes slightly before he looked down at the table and spoke
”what's their mission?”
”well it's rather complicated but the gist is that a lord in the north might have joined the civil war in the empire and is supporting one of the factions without my consent, this if true could drag my kingdom towards it's untimely end”
Mars gave a nod
”I see, if the faction he supports wins then it's no big deal but if it loses the reformed empire might use it as an excuse to invade Destra”
the king gave a smile and a nod
”and the thing is the lords in the north has always been on edge against the empire so their private armies are rather large, if he really has joined in on the war in the empire and is fishing in troubled waters he might also have received help from the faction he's supporting so sending 3 dark knights alone is too risky, I need a one man army as insurance”
Mars gave a nod
”sounds interesting... But let's talk compensation”
”okay, how does---”
”I was thinking 100 class 6 magic beast cores would be fine”
the captain gave a slight frown, this was the first time he had seen a man capable of interrupting the king, the oldest dark knight also gave a frown, but before they had any charge to speak the king gave a nod
”sure thing, 100 class 6 magic beast cores it is”
Mars gave a nod and reached out his hand to shake on it, so did the king and after they shook hands Victoria suddenly appeared from out of nowhere
”wha---”
Mars reacted quickly and spoke before the situation got out of hand
”it's fine, she's with me”
Mars stood up from his chair and walked over and petted Victoria on the head after which she began purring loudly, the king was the first one to pull himself together and was about to ask a question when Kim suddenly yelled
”look captain it's a kitty cat!”
”....yes Kim I have noticed”
”look at its fluffy ears! I want to touch them so bad!”
”yes yes Kim quiet down we're still in the presence of the king”
”s-sorry lord king”
Mars looked at Kim which he had mentally named crazy Kim in his head with wonder before he turned to Victoria and asked
”so what have you found?”
Victoria purred happily with her eyes closed as her horns flashed
”I found... a nest of... bad people... praise me?”
”yes yes you're a good girl Victoria”
the king and the dark knights all wondered what Victoria was saying but only one of them asked the actual question
”what did the kitty cat say?”
”she says she has found a group of kidnappers or more likely slavers here in King's city”
the king widened his eyes and took a few seconds to calm down meanwhile the oldest dark knight that had been silent so far spoke
”is that the truth?”
Mars narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke
”of course it is, now if you will excuse me I'll go clean up”
Mars turned and was about to leave the room before the king spoke out
”Mars could you take the knights with you?”
”...sure, as long as they wear something that isn't too eye catching... I'll be waiting at the gate to the castle”
Mars stepped out of the room and left, then the captain spoke
”my lord is he really all that important?”
the king gave a sigh before a stern look appeared on his face
”he's the one that killed the emperor”
”...is that true?”
the king gave another sigh
”that you will have to see for yourselves, now go change and follow Mars, remember he has the power to destroy our kingdom it is most important we befriend him.... he's also close with Green rivers immortals”
the captain widened his eyes in shock for a moment before he calmed down again and gave a bow
”I understand”