It has been three days since Lord Kestor's messenger returned. Although the Rhodok border was clear and cloudless at this time, dark clouds had always shrouded people's hearts. Thousands of soldiers have now entered this small area of ​​only two villages, and the two sides are facing each other across a river that one can walk directly across. No one can continue to relax in this situation. This area is now like the powder keg vacated by Von Byron, as soon as the flames arrive, it will explode immediately.

"Ready to fight, my lord, I mean... Your Majesty."

In the camp on the other side of the river, the mercenary captains salute the passing Lord Kestor and honor him.

"Very well, your hard work and dedication will be rewarded enough, Captain." Lord Kesto, who was called His Majesty, was very happy, and promised great benefits to every mercenary who reported to him.

"Is it too early to put yourself in the king's position now?" Seeing Kesto, who was smiling because of flattery, Levens was obviously a little unhappy and had to remind the other party of their current situation: " The battle has not yet started, Kesto, we are still a long way from Jerkara, and victory seems to be a long way from us."

"Don't splash me with cold water, Lewens, we must be optimistic. If I am shaken, we will lose before the war." Lord Kesto didn't seem to care about Lewens' reminder, and he also had His own set of thoughts: "And to be honest, this title is mine, but it has just returned to my side. The loyal lords of the kingdom have held a meeting and declared their allegiance to me." Speaking of this, he He smiled, and the scene when the lords of the kingdom in the camp a few days ago seemed to be with him appeared in front of him.

They convened a "Kingdom Council" with more than two-thirds of the members absent, and after an hour-long critique passed a resolution to remove King Griffith, not just because he was in the wrong place, but because he failed him As the king's oath to protect his vassals, and failing to fulfill the obligations of a king, the Rhodoks once again faced the situation of being ruled by the Swadians. In addition, they also made some new accusations, it is known that King Griffith sent his two sons out of Rhodok soon after he got the throne. , the youngest son traveled to Swadia, Sarand, and Khujit several times as ambassadors, but died of a strange sudden illness in Swadia (the Rhodoks believe it was Haraus what the king did), which made Griffith's throne more secure, because for an electoral country, a prince who has been abroad for a long time either cannot get support in elections, or he can't get support because he doesn't understand the national conditions. Noble, this makes other lords feel safe.

But now there is a rumor that King Griffith is trying to let his heir lead overseas mercenaries to win the election again by force and turn the Rhodok throne into a family succession, which is definitely a threat to the current system of the kingdom. At the meeting Lord Kestor exaggerated the threat and affirmed the rumours, plus this was an unfair meeting so the nobles passed this resolution, removing him from the throne for several previous crimes, with the last He was deprived of his lands and expelled on charges of subverting the kingdom's electoral system.

Of course, in view of the strong request of Lord Kesto and the support of Count Mateas, the meeting also re-examined the previous election. Several lords took turns to praise the merits of Lord Kesto, and cited him from Von. Byron's example of retaking occupied territories at his hands proved his ability to revive the Rhodoks.

The nobles all agreed, this was not a false lie, and for them, Lord Kestor was now without a doubt a suitable king.

He had no territory at all, and basically lost his influence and ruling ability on the current Rhodok after many years abroad. In national policy, he will obviously rely on and follow the advice of the nobles, and he will not foolishly weaken the precious rights of the noble lords. This was extremely important in the hearts of lords who had become disillusioned with the king's rule. He has a good relationship, and is good at dealing with lords and mud, and can coordinate the contradictions between nobles. In addition, although he has been shouting to retake all the occupied territories, considering the hard stubble of Byron and the semi-divided but still powerful Swadia, the natural disaster and war-torn Rhodok obviously did not that power. But when the war was won and Jerkala was assigned to the lord of Kestor, he was completely untenable in the local area and was willing to give a large area outside the city and part of the "velvet tax" belonging to the king to the lord who lost the land, This can to a certain extent allow these nobles to recover their losses and have the financial resources to spend their old age in peace.

Taking into account various "advantages", these lords who supported him and those who did not attend but sent messengers to represent themselves, as well as the invited local noble councillors, unanimously passed the election resolution that was interrupted that year, officially proclaiming Lord Kesto as the The true king of the Rhodoks, Kesto I, and after the resolution was passed, swore allegiance to the king together in a church in a nearby town they occupied (there was no better place). Thus, Kestor became king and began to enjoy the title of "His Majesty" he had been waiting for for many years.

This made him feel a little high, but his ally, Levens, who has always been reluctant to call him His Majesty, is right. Now is not the time to be happy. The battle is about to start. Only after victory can his throne truly get Jeololdo. gram's acknowledgement.

"Are the mercenaries all ready?" he asked Levens.

"The Sons of the Desert have just arrived. There are 200 Sarandians, many of them cavalry. The Wave Regiment has two captains and their soldiers who haven't arrived. It's not easy to get here from Nord, but now they also have 150 people, I believe Me, they're all good guys in the north. Luckily the hyena squad wasn't late, these guys are drawn to the smell of blood just like real hyenas. They used to be one of the best mercenary squads in Calradia before, but were The Peony Regiment has been sidelined, lost two battles, and lost half of its people, but now there are still 170 infantry, 60 archers and 45 riders. I have seen them kill and do it very beautifully. I seem to have seen it just now The wild boar group has a long history. They have been doing this work two hundred years ago. They have 120 people this time, and they are not inferior to your Rhodoks in terms of crossbow skills. Not bad as an infantryman, but the bid is a bit high. As for that..." Levens glanced at the Peony Flag and the well-armed soldiers not far away, then looked at Kesto.

"I can also introduce them if you want."

"No need." Castor sighed and shook his head slightly. "The Peony Corps emptied my wallet and gave me three brigades, 500 people! There are so many cavalry among them, and this is only half of their troops. Feng Byron is really good at raising soldiers."

"We are lucky. We signed the contract at the beginning of last month. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Von Byron to let you take away one of his people because of your occupation of those towns."

"But that could also be his conspiracy, I don't trust them, but now we don't have a choice, these guys are worth 1,000 Graves' militias~lightnovelpub.net~ Without them our flanks can hardly survive Stay. Besides, they can't betray us in this situation, Von Byron can't sneak up to us under the surveillance of so many scouts, and King Griffith can't accept their help, they can only choose to do it for me The battle. As for what to do with them afterward...that's after we win."

"Indeed, we need them now. To be honest, we still need more people. Counting these mercenaries and the warriors I brought, we still have only about 4,000 troops. We have found several large mercenary teams. And a lot of scattered mercenary teams, but there are still a lot of mercenaries that can be hired. Count Mateas gave us some gold. As long as there is enough time, we can find hundreds of people to face a king. The more soldiers the better."

"He's not a king anymore!" Lord Kesto interrupted him roughly, and raised his head: "And we obviously don't have time."

Lewens looked in that direction, and saw that on the other side of the river, a bear flag had been flying above the highest point of the wall.

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