True King's Ecstasy

Chapter 150 Empire Strikes I

?It's been a few weeks since Julius tried to meet the guild master but for some reason, they refused to meet him. After getting rejected by the main guild he tried to meet Ivan but he couldn't find him anywhere.

He went to many lands which were close to the capital but he was nowhere to be found. But lucky for them, even if the guild abandoned them Montero kingdom's army reached them just before the wartime.

"Lorance, do you think the empire backed down from this foolish attack? Why didn't they attack the capital or at least dukedoms?" Suspicious about this strange silence, Julius questioned.

After defeating Malfoy's kingdom they started to attack their villagers but suddenly now they are silent. It's almost like they are waiting for them to attack but no matter how you look at it's foolish to wait in a situation like this.

"We don't know prince, most of the spies we sent are already dead or missing, I think they might be facing some internal problems,"

Lorance answered his question. He was the commander of the military who served Julius' father since he became the king.

"Prince, what happened to our king? I haven't seen him in many days," Suddenly changing the topic, he questioned with an anxious look on his face.

"Nothing, he's doing fine, father is too stressed to deal with all these problems,"

While Julius and Lorance were talking they saw the army of Malfoy kingdom entering through the main gate of the kingdom. It wasn't a huge army but still, it was something for them.

"They look exhausted, looks like their journey wasn't anything easier," Seeing their faces filled with depressing looks and sadness, Julius didn't know what to expect from them.

Their numbers weren't anything great either, the only thing that looked at least decent was their weapons and armour.

"Lorance, make sure they don't make any problems inside the capital, we will have to wait until the empire responds," Giving his last piece of advice, Julius went inside to see his father and sister.

"Truly a dark time for us, citizens are angry with us for not having enough food," While walking along the huge hallway, he thought about these depressing things.

Julius had the dream to take over his father and develop this kingdom as one of the major economic checkpoints but now all his dreams were shattered by this war which didn't even make any sense to him.

He knocked on the big door only to hear the beautiful voice of a girl which he quickly identified as his sister.

"Good day, brother," Julie greeted him with a hearty smile.

"Good day," Vaguely greeting his sister, he looked at his father who was looking weaker and weaker.

*Sigh

He had nothing but disappointment in how his father handled all this. He wished for a quick recovery for him every time but no god answered his call.

"Brother, why aren't they attacking us? Are they planning something nefarious?" Worried about this silence, she questioned.

"I think so, honestly I have no idea,' Julius looked at his father for one last time.

"Whatever they are planning I won't let them destroy our country,"

***

"How long do we have to travel? I'm sick of this," Pete kept complaining as he mounted the horse which was resting.

"My lord, we are almost close,"

They were, at last, going to attack as Andriya didn't respond to Pete. When he asked for permission to attack all she said was,

"Do what you want, but bring results,"

He was frustrated at first because he had no idea how to proceed. Of course, he knew how to attack other kingdoms but he lacked the relevant knowledge to lead an army correctly without getting surrounded by other kingdoms.

"Tell our troops to loot all the villages on our way, and take all the food," Giving his orders, they continued their journey until they reached a baron territory which was rather close to the Malfoy kingdom.

It was rather hard for them to attack the capital because they had to invade many defence posts before reaching it. Even when they were fighting the Malfoy kingdom without secret information from Andriya they wouldn't even be able to invade the border with their huge army.

"Did Ferosa contact us?" Pete questioned as he was not patient enough to wait for the results.

"Not yet, my lord,"

They didn't even leave one village without plundering it on their way. Some of them were sad to do it but still, they knew the war wasn't something they could sympathise with.

"Send baron a deceleration that if he won't surrender we will destroy this territory before moving on,"

There was no hesitation in Pete's eyes. He wanted to fight as soon as possible with the kingdom. His blood was boiling just remembering how his mother just gave him a condescending look after the defeat of the Malfoy kingdom.

She just kept looking at Pete like he was trash. She never showed him, love or care. One of the main reasons for his behaviour was because of his mother, Andriya.

Under Pete's orders, they started setting their trebuchets and siege weapons since they had a protective wall covering the outer perimeter of the city.

The damage to the agricultural fields because of their activities was immeasurable as they set fire to some of them on their way here.

It didn't even take their messenger to come back with a frustrated face. Pete already knew what their answer is and he couldn't help but laugh seeing how foolish these people are.

"So they won't surrender, how foolish," He muttered while other commanders also started to chuckle.

"We will attack tomorrow morning, keep a close eye on reinforcement and night attacks," Everyone look motivated inside the tent but only the soldiers knew how depressing this war is since they are the people who always suffered.

They had to kill innocent villagers from time to time and raid their only food and clothes.

"By the end of this war, Rapidclaw kingdom will be ours,"