Chapter 654 - Uninvited Guests (II) (2/2)

Rhode looked on with his poker face. On the contrary, Lize frowned and turned to him.

“Mr. Rhode. I feel that this matter is a little strange…”

“What’s wrong, Miss Lize?”

The bustling crowd quietened. After the Paphield battle, Lize’s position in their hearts as the aide-de-camp had been established strongly. Joey asked with puckered his brows and Lize nodded slightly.

“We’re currently located by the perimeters of the Silver Moon Forest on the Ice Field, so it isn’t wrong to say that we’re near the borders of the Country of Darkness. However, this area isn’t bound by the Country of Light, is it? If I recall correctly, we will reach the border of Country of Law if we head down deeper into the Silver Moon Forest and pass through Mr. Rhode’s Grenbell. There isn’t an inch of territory that belongs to the Country of Light along the line, so why did the Country of Light army penetrate into Munn Kingdom?”

“Now that you’ve mentioned…”

The crowd pondered in astonishment. Indeed. The location they were at was by the border of the Country of Darkness and the Country of Light was right at the other end. The intersection of the three nations wasn’t close along the borders at all. If that was the case, the Country of Light had entirely crossed over to Munn Kingdom territory and came all the way from the back to the front line of the border. According to the Cavalryman, there were about 300 troops including Mages that encircled John’s team. With that much manpower, it would still be explainable if they sneaked through the borders. However, it didn’t make sense for that many troops to penetrate into the hinterland without being discovered by the Munn Kingdom.

At this moment, many of them had calmed down. They looked at one another with resentment, wrath, and helplessness in their eyes. After following Rhode for such a long time, they had a general sensing of the situation now. Moreover, most of them in the elite squad were rather sharp in their senses. They felt that these intruders perhaps didn’t simply intruded by accident. Royal Highness Lydia was no longer the kind ruler of the past. She would surely take action if she knew about this. But now… If these people had received permission from Royal Highness Lydia to enter the Munn Kingdom, what could they do?

Rhode lifted his head and the corners of his mouth perked out. Then, he revealed a brilliant smile.

“—!”

Sol was rooted in his place and he sucked in a deep cold breath.

There were two most common rumors surrounding Rhode. First, one should never mention Rhode’s face before him. If not, one would receive unimaginable pain and torture.

Second, it definitely wasn’t a good sign if Rhode smiled widely before anyone else other than Christie.

Sol had witnessed the close interactions between Rhode and Christie. Back then, the smile on his first was indeed unlike his usual expressionless face. The warm, gentle smile was relaxing and pleasing to the eyes. But now, his smile was full of indescribable threats.

Sol felt a chill running down his spine as though he had been led to the guillotine and waiting for the ice-cold blade to take his head off. The shadow of death had shrouded him, but he couldn’t escape the fear and despair.

Not only Sol, but the others also watched in silence. Even Anne had curled up and hid behind the Clerics, peeking at Rhode from behind them.

“There’s no meaning for us to guess what they’re here for.”

Rhode looked ahead and said with a smile.

“We will have to ask them the reason if we want to know…”

The tone of his voice was as calm as usual, but the next line sent chills down everyone’s spines.

“… Get ready for battle and move out.”