116 The War Begins I (1/2)

”Your majesty we will reach Korrinth in just a few hours”

Currently, King Garreth and his men were passing through the small villages and settlements to reach Korrinth. Since they outnumbered the Korrinth's army, the morale was pretty great as the men sang and whistled while marching like they were going on a picnic.

Having Jowan's friend from Redland Academy on his side gave King Garreth more confidence as he knew that he had the chance to end this without even losing a single man from his side if King Harold chose to surrender when he sees the disciple from the Redland Academy.

While marching towards Korrinth, King Garreth specifically told the mercenaries to show their magical fluctuations so the spies of Korrinth could inform King Harold and sink his and his men's morale.

King Garreth's real target was Emir and Korrinth was just a bonus. Thinking about the Azrite deposits, he felt goosebumps all over his body.

”So Brother Irvin, how's your training going? ”

While King Garreth was imagining the benefits of having an Azrite mine, Jowan asked his Redland academy friend.

After getting beaten and losing his friends by Arrora's hands, Irvin's teacher chewed him for being so weak. Even though Peggy and Sabrina were rescued along with him, they couldn't cultivate or even move their bodies for another couple of years. Part of Irvin wanted to find the girl who beat him and her friend who killed Dan, his best friend, and avenge him by killing those two.

However, getting beaten by a girl opened Irvin's eyes and showed him how vast the world is and how weak he is. At first, he begged his teacher to get revenge for him and his friends yet his teacher refused by saying that Irvin should be the one to avenge Dan.

Since the line between long-ranged and close combat almost disappeared due to the recent change in life energy, Irvin learned a few close combat spells in this short amount of time to compensate for his lack of short-range combat spells.

Irvin wanted to be in his best form before entering the Archeron competitions since his chance of entering the dungeon was crushed by his teacher due to his obvious failure.

And taking part in a war between two rank 4 kingdoms was a perfect place for him to hone his abilities.

” It's going okay Jowan, I still have a lot to learn”

”I'm sure you can learn a lot more by killing some Korrinthians”

Hearing Jowan, Irvin smiled and focused on the path before him rather than spending his time small talking with Jowan. Every time he closes his eyes Irvin could see him being under the heel of that girl and Dan's head rolling on the floor with opened eyes. The worst of everything was that it's all Irvin's fault because if it wasn't for his lust for that girl, Dan would have been breathing now and it's been a thorn in Irvin's heart ever since.

Eventually, after a long march, King Garreth and his men reached Korrinth's border and he could see Korrinth���s army was waiting for them.

And Jowan's eyes locked with Darlene as a smile appeared on his face

”Hello gorgeous”

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”King Garreth”

”King Harold”

King Harold was standing in front of his men just like King Garreth was.

Seeing the size of King Garreth's army, King Harold's men started to shiver as Jowan sent a flying kiss towards Darlene who was standing beside Don and King Harold.

”Ew”

Looking at Jowan from the distance, Kate frowned.

”King Harold, as you can see” King Garreth looked at his men behind him and then King Harold and said

”If we fight, you will lose so why don't you surrender and I'll let you live. Of course, Darlene has to marry my son”

Hearing King Garreth's offer King Harold looked at Darlene to see her shaking her head in disagreement and looking at Don

”What did you think when you decided to annul the marriage, King Harold? You shouldn't have done that”

”You think”

King Harold thought to himself as he sighed and said

”Even if I didn't break the marriage agreement, my daughter would have King Garreth then it would've been a shame to both of our families and kingdoms”

”Don't act like I don't know King Harold, I know why you want to marry your daughter to that brat”

King Garreth couldn't openly speak about the Azrite deposit in Emir with Jowan's friend beside him and since Don was going to die anyway, he skipped the honorifics.

As King Harold heard King Garreth, he had no idea about whats King Garreth talking about

”I don't know what you're talking about King Garreth, we should have talked about everything ”

”Talk?”

King Garreth started to laugh for a moment

”You didn't even have the decency to tell that you are going to annul the marriage in person, I had to hear it from the ambassador”

”Do you know how many scrolls and messengers I've sent to you asking for a meeting, King Garreth? You're the one ignored all of them”

Now King Garreth had no idea what King Harold is talking about