Chapter 781 - A Miserable Start
Even though it was said to be a misunderstanding, everyone knew that it wasn’t. The Light Parliament that kept causing trouble for Rhode finally got the chance to interrogate him as to why he attacked their men. Not only that, but they also admonished him about the effects that this would bring to the united situation in the Winter Castle and made him the biggest sinner.
However, what infuriated the Light Parliament was that Rhode didn’t defend himself at all. Instead, he responded simply—as a noble, overlord, and officially conferred Earl, he held the rights to punish those who disrespected and threatened him. Gorden disregarded his identity, continuously taunted, and even attacked him. No one could stop Rhode from exercising his authority.
Rhode spoke confidently and left the Light Parliament speechless because he was actually right. Besides, many among the crowd could testify that it was Gorden who spoke rudely first. Even though Rhode was young, this time he actually represented the Munn Kingdom as an emissary and in addition to his overlord and Earl title, his status was undoubtedly much higher than Gorden, who was only the leader of a legion. Although it was somewhat despicable that Rhode used his status to apply pressure on others, it was extremely effective. Of course, one could argue that Rhode, as a noble, shouldn’t retaliate with violence and one could report this matter to the Light Parliament… However, Rhode disliked this style of method.
The Light Parliament let the matter off because there was another main problem that they could stir trouble with—his 5000 soldiers!
This was acknowledged in the agreement. Back then, the Light Parliament thought that Rhode only casually mentioned about the 5000 soldiers because they knew that even though his fortress appeared glorious on the surface, he had a hard time maintaining its operations. Apart from the Land of Atonement, the other regions under Rhode were basically uninhabited and there naturally weren’t any sources for him to recruit new soldiers. Although Rhode rose from being a mercenary leader and Starlight had become popular in Paphield, the mercenaries didn’t come from only one territory. Every territory needed a stable number of soldiers and financial support, but Rhode lacked them. This was why the Light Parliament instantly caught onto this and was confident to nullify the agreement as soon as Rhode failed to provide the 5000 soldiers.
But now, Rhode succeeded. However, the problem was—they weren’t humans!
The Light Parliament initially publicized that ‘all humans should join forces and fight against the Undead Creatures’ and many regional overlords were aware that they held human supremacy. However, they didn’t mind at all because they were humans, after all. Perhaps there were beings of other races in their territories, but they were the minority. Besides, even if the minorities joined the army, they would be assigned to special groups since, for example, there wouldn’t be enough Elves to possibly form an infantry squad.
However, Rhode openly brought 5000 non-humans here, which was a slap to the Light Parliament’s face!
Smack! Smack! Smack!
“Miss Sonia?”
Many turned to her in astonishment. Sonia stood up and gazed silently. Andre couldn’t conceal his surprised expression.
“Sonia, you…”
“I led the investigation team and met Sir Rhode before, so we’re no strangers. Therefore, I think I’m capable of taking up this responsibility.”
Sonia placed her hand on her chest.
“May I ask if there are any objections?”