Chapter 654 - Uninvited Guests (II)
“What?!”
The group exploded into a commotion.
“Country of Light? What are their bastards doing in the Munn Kingdom? Don’t they have enough trouble on their hands?”
“Sir Overlord, this is ridiculous! Those bastards dare to come to our land and capture our people!”
The group was agitated, where even Lize and her Clerics sulked and appeared furious.
Although the Country of Light and Munn Kingdom didn’t have a close relationship, it had worsened over the years and the Northerners in the Munn Kingdom would grit their teeth at the mention of Country of Light. The ultimate reason was the ‘Myriad Flowers Battle’ 50 years ago.
In summer, 50 years ago, the Country of Light border troops ‘Glory of Light’ entered the territory of the Munn Kingdom, the Myriad Flowers Plain, in the name of military exercise. This invaded the vagrants’ gathering place and the vagrants responded quickly by asking them to leave. However, not only did they not leave, but they also launched attacks on them, which resulted in destruction to their gathering place. This incident shook the entire Munn Kingdom. What made them even more furious was that when the former ruler interrogated the Country of Light’s parliament about it, the latter made a false countercharge and justified that they were defending themselves as it was the barbaric vagrants who attacked them first. Their soldiers had warned the vagrants of the consequences but were neglected and the vagrants retaliated instead. Not only that, but the Country of Light parliament also accused the Munn Kingdom of fabricating facts about a crime and attempting to smear their reputation and troops. In the end, the Country of Light did engage in hearings and trials, but the savage executioners expressed that it was all a ‘misunderstanding’ that they had entered the Munn Kingdom’s territory by mistake. It was a ‘tragedy’ caused by ‘wrong judgments’ and the Country of Light’s parliament let the murderers go off scot-free!
Thereafter, this caused a complete standoff with both sides. The Munn Kingdom Northern Army crossed the borders of Country of Light in the name of military exercises. The trade associations and merchants who were related to the Country of Light in the Munn Kingdom had taken a huge toll, where the Country of Light forcefully closed the distribution trade routes from Munn Kingdom.
In Munn Kingdom, that was when the conflict between the North and South became worst. The North representing the Myriad Flowers Plain condemned the Country of Light of being barbaric and tyrannical. Besides, it wasn’t the first time that the Country of Light army had entered Munn Kingdom borders. Many residents of the North had often been harassed by them. However, the situation wasn’t that serious back then, so the residents swallowed their anger. On the contrary, the Southern representatives who were close with the Country of Light’s parliament chose to trust the Country of Light. Not only did they believe that Country of Light did no wrong, but they also felt that the Northerners were being unreasonable and smearing the Country of Light’s reputation. The entire incident was a misunderstanding, but they reacted dangerously without thinking everything through, which led to the ‘forced protection’ of the Country of Light troops. If they could calm down and appeal through reasonable channels, this tragedy wouldn’t have happened. Besides, many of the Southerners used the chance to criticize the Northerners of being crude and weak and they believed that the Northerners deserved it.
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.”