Leon's words made many nobles and even the Transcendent-level troops from the Geyser Kingdom frown.
In other words, the Crawford Kingdom would only accept the Geyser Kingdom's surrender as the price for sparing Duke Flugerd's life.
The damages and crimes committed by the rest of them still had to be accounted for, even if most of them were only following Duke Flugerd and hadn't committed any crimes on the Crawford Empire's soil personally.
In this case, it might have just been better to abandon Duke Flugerd – some of the nobles thought.
"Brother…" Duke Flugerd uttered to King Lutheran, not expecting the person to sacrifice the entire kingdom for him.
Nevertheless, King Lutheran shot Duke Flugerd a stern glare and said, "You be quiet. We will talk about this later when we return to the kingdom."
Duke Flugerd nodded obediently.
The slight movements aggravated Duke Flugerd's injuries and caused him to cough out more blood.
