Chapter 316 - Tell them Everything (1/2)
Ray wasn't the only one that stood there confused in the room. The looks of the other people bore similar expressions.
”A new king?”
”Did they just say they wanted to create a new kingdom?”
”This is crazy, they are crazy!”
They chattered with their guards trying to make sense of what they had just heard. What they were most shocked about though, was the fact that Slyvia had declared the man standing next to her, as the King of the Redwings. Did this mean that Ray was the leader of the Redwings the others thought? Or maybe he was just a token to be put in the real leader's place.
They all felt that Ray looked too young, although no longer looking like a teenage boy, he still looked like a young a.d.u.l.t in his early twenties.
”This is impossible!” Peak shouted, ”You can't just go around declaring and making kingdoms, that land that Avrion is on belongs to the Alure kingdom.”
Peak then pointed directly at the Queen who was standing to the left of Slyvia.
”You think claiming independence will stop us from attacking the Alure kingdom. It's clear that you are helping them just by inviting them into this room.”
”The land that Avrion is on never belonged to the Alure kingdom in the first place.” Slyvia interrupted.
”What she says is true.” The Queen said, ”You can check our records if you wish, that land has always belonged to a mighty beast too powerful for us to deal with. It was only thanks to a deal with the Divine being Avrion was allowed to exist in the first place.”
Peak then pulled his guard to his side.
”Check if what she says is true for me.” He whispered.
”Fine but it still stands that the Redwings and the Empire are officially at war. As stated, the other kingdoms are not to help in any way, and that includes trades.”
The Empire were trying their best to get rid of the Redwings without even lifting a finger. First, they wanted the Alure kingdom to attack them, now that he could see this wasn't going to work, he resorted to plan B.
Without trade, a city would need to be self-sustaining. Peak had done his research into the Redwings before coming here. At the moment, most of their coin came from quests and beast cores. Such as protecting Nobles to and from cities, or by selling the beast cores as raw material, that could be used to craft weapons to be sold.
Without being able to trade with the other kingdoms or cities, what would they do for food and other supplies such as clothing? Its main export was beast cores but other than powering up items or making weapons and armour, it was useless for everything else.
”Fine.” Ray answered, ”Is there anything else?”
The confidence Ray was showing was causing Peak to worry a bit. Did he have a plan for all this he thought? There might have been something he didn't know about.
Then a sinister idea came across his mind, and he started to laugh out loud, the noise echoed through the room.