113 Escape Plan (2/2)

As she said, Darlene pinched Kate's nose and tickled her while Kate started to laugh forgetting about the upcoming war for a moment.

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”Are our men ready?”

King Harold asked Korrinth general, a man in his mid-forties wearing full plate and chainmail.

”Yes, your majesty”

As he said, King Harold noticed a little nervousness in his voice

”I'm not getting any vibe of confidence from your tone, General Wil”

”Forgive me your majesty, our men have never seen a war till now. They are all afraid”

Hearing General Wil, King Harold couldn't get angry at his men because he knew Korrinth had never been to war in a very very long time and the current men in the army were basically the grandchildren of the men who went to an actual war. After his grandfather, King Harold was the king going for war in the history of Korrinth and the war his grandfather faced was really just a small fight that they glorified as War in the history books.

His spies already reported that King Garreth has almost eight hundred men in his army which is nearly four times the size of Korrinth's army. And King Harold almost had a heart attack when he heard the number of master level men in Agorian's side. Basically King Harold knew that he's going to fight a losing war since he had no backup from Emir or mercenary guild.

Don and he didn't speak to each other after the fallout they had the other day and as far as King Harold concerned the only thing keeping Don alive from him killing Don is his daughter Darlene. He put his whole family and kingdom at risk by entering into Darlene's life and he didn't have the means to protect his better half.

King Harold also thought about pressuring Darlene to accept to marry Prince Jowan and he even sent some messengers to King Garreth asking a meeting with him in a neutral place but he hadn't received any responses yet.

”I'm ashamed to say this your majesty but even I didn't fight in any war just a few battles” general Wil nervously said as King Harold shook his head

”It's not your fault General Wil and no mine either. The reason we are in this mess is because of my daughter's willfulness and that smalltime King, Don”

General Wil heard about the disputes King Harold he had with Don,Darlene's lover and there was no secret that King Harold hates Don but seeing King Harold's eyes, General Wil realized the extent of his hate towards Don.

”Your majesty, is he at least bringing his men from Everlight?”

According to what he heard from Darlene and Don himself, Everlight and Korrinth had a tremendous distance between them so bringing the men from Everlight to Korrinth would at least take a week or two.

However at this point, King Garreth would take any help he gets so after giving some thoughts, he decided to demand Don to bring his troops to Korrinth and meanwhile, he had to find a way to delay King Garreth and his men from reaching Korrinth.

”He better, it's all his fault. But if things go south, you know what to do right?”

King Harold knew it would go south unless some miracle happens when the war begins and he was glad that his father dug a tunnel from Korrinth to

The Graton kingdom which always had a friendly relationship with Korrinth and also the king of Graton owed a small favor to his father.

General nodded his head as Wil knew the escape plan of King Harold very well and in fact, he already packed the bags in his home to escape with King Harold when the time comes. Plus having no kids or wife or any attachment in Korrinth gave the freedom for General Wil to leave the kingdom anytime he wanted without any worries.

Also even though King Garreth could conquer Korrinth, it would only be a short time victory for him because General Wil knew that Princess Darlene would bring the wrath of Cold Moon Palace when she becomes the inner disciple in two months. And at that time, she would probably wipe out King Garreth and everyone helped in the war against her kingdom without showing any mercy.

Thus they had to protect Darlene at all costs because if General Wil knew this, King Garreth must have too. So when the war begins all the focus of Agoria's skilled men and women would be on Princess Darlene.

”Our men's morale, how is it?”

King Garreth had to ask even though he knew the answer.

”Low, your majesty. Agoria's infantry terrifies them”

As he heard General Wil, King Garreth sighed

”Alright before the battle begins, I will ask Darlene to make an entrance. Since she's a great master, it'll at least give some hope for them ”

And after that King Harold would take his family with him and get the hell out of this kingdom. He already decided to leave Don so the Agorian's could kill him which he couldn't because of Darlene.

As far as King Harold concerned, the death of Don would make Darlene sad for a few months or a couple of years but after that, she could find a better man and make him proud.