The man spoke, "Think about it, he is saying our captain is the one who conspired against his little kingdom but on the contrary, he is getting help from these werewolves."
Hugo and Amzi both raised their eyebrows... Hugo raised his eyes in disapproval, while Amzi raised his eyebrows in curiosity and tried to catch the hint before the soldier explains further...
"I believe it's him who planned this whole thing with Prince Ronald to give our Young Prince into the hands of these werewolves so that a potential heir to the throne can be eliminated, but if it happens in the hands of werewolves... No one will suspect that Prince Ronald and Hugo were behind this!"
As he said those words, everyone's thoughts got wavered from the previous accusation of Hugo, it almost reversed the thought process of more than half of the Toops... Now, this new statement is indirectly contradicting the previous claim of Hugo and at the same time, it is giving a shred of solid evidence that points out that Hugo was conspiring to kill Prince Erick...!
// Erick is the name of the young Prince of Daemon Land who is captured by werewolves. //
Even then, many soldiers weren't fooled by the lie of their own colleagues, like those who were a little bit experienced and those two Unit Commanders beside that soldier... The Apprentice Magis at the back were also clueless before, but they also began to believe Hugo after assessing both of their facts. Now, it is understandable that Prince Ronald is trying to get rid of their Young Prince, but it sounds kind of made up that it is done by Hugo.
Since Prince Erick is the favorite of most of the royal council members and the King himself, it is quite obvious that Prince Erick is more closed to becoming Crown Prince, and considering the nature and reputation of Prince Ronald, he is falling behind way back against the younger Prince. It's not like Prince has got some bad habits and reputation, it's just that he is so secretive that hardly anyone notices his presence besides the Troops... and thus no one thinks of him compared to the lively and very gifted young Prince.
This must-have resulted in evolving hatred towards Ones own younger brother and thus Prince Ronald wanted to get rid of their young Prince. In order to do so, he must be secretive as always, so no one will suspect him for the death of the young Prince and everyone will think the prince got captured or died in the hands of werewolves. It clears a huge obstacle for Prince Ronald for becoming the Crown Prince.
But, the idea of Hugo making a deal with these werewolves on behalf of Prince Ronald is very unlikely. Considering, he is trying so much to justify himself for this act and also he will not potentially gain anything by telling them a lie. If he wanted to hide this truth, he can kill them all and the truth is concealed from the eyes of the public as always...
Yet, The story of the annihilated Province kingdom is fitting good on the timeline and events two years ago. If Amzi is behind all this, he is definitely gaining a huge advantage, as becoming a personal underling of the next King means having Power and wealth above all in the whole Kingdom.
"Isn't it right Hugo? you are blaming our Captain for hiding your wickedness~ aaahh..." He shouted towards Hugo in a high tone, at the same time he got a powerful lash from the back and he cried as he finished his last sentence.
As he finished his claims, Amzi smiled inwardly and praised his underlings' rejoinder. That was indeed impressive to think even in this situation where odds were against them and none of them were able to think rationally... By giving this statement, he basically gave Amzi a very solid reason to get out of the previous accusations and for his enemy, a taste of his own medicine...
"What the hell are you talking about? Where did you get this idea? Huh...?" *furious* Hugo got furious at the soldiers' concocted story and charged towards him...
"Do you think I was waiting for another nonsensical accusation? *enraged* If I really wanted to kill that Kid, I would have done it way before the sunrise." I have no interest in taking that young Princes life... If anything, I am very interested in taking the life of Prince Ronald...! but~
"Seriously- Why am I still bothering to explain anything to you morons?" Hugo facepalmed at this...
"I should just shut your damn mouth forever." He finished his words and shoved the mouth of that Soldier with spikey earth and killed him in the process. He didn't even give him the time to think about it and there was no struggle before his death beside the pain of whipping.
"Eek!"
Hugo got taken aback and moved backward as soon as he noticed something uncanny. Contrary to everyone's expectations, no red blood flowed out of his mouth and he began to release a green liquid from his mouth and along with this, his skin diluted and his face changed to a corpse with pitch-black spots.
Along with the prisoners' soldiers, the werewolves also got taken aback just like Hugo, and even Amzi was bewildered by the scene. It seems like he was also not aware of these things about his underling.
"What the hell? throw him away, it stinks like a week-old corpse." A werewolf cried and tried to kick the corpse but Hugo blocked his feet midway by creating a temporary 'Earth barrier'. The barrier wasn't enough to stop the powerful kick, but the werewolf himself controlled his kick after crushing the 'Earth barrier'.
"Why..?" *curiously* The werewolf asked in surprise rather than emitting anger, as he knows there must be a reason behind this.
"Don't just touch a corpse, especially when it stinks so badly... That thing coming out from his body must be very infectious, I have never seen anything like that. Have you...?" I had to stop him, what if it's a trap? Touching a corpse is not a simple matter and this one smells so much just a minute after death...!
"No, I have never seen this thing and apparently don't want to see it again in my life." He replied with disgust.
"Well then, let me check on it myself?" Hugo replied and broke the pole with his magic reinforced hand so that the other prisoners besides him don't get contaminated and spread the potential virus.
He carried the corpse and its surrounding liquid by shifting the earth and moved towards a corner, before that, he stared back at Amzi. He looked at Amzi's surprised expression and realized he is also clueless about what just happened before him.
"You seem surprised too~ huh?" He didn't respond. I didn't expect that, looks like the Prince is keeping his pawns in shadows too.
"Take care of him..." He said those words and moved to the corner. While the unit commanders just beside that corpse and everyone stared at the corpse in both fear and disgust...
Amzi on the other hand gawked at the corpse and began to sweat more than before, "What's happening? Why did he turn into a corpse? What is happening Prince?..." Several questions appeared on his head, and he isn't even feeling anything from the whips anymore, as he is lost in his thoughts again...
// Prince P.O.V i.e, Erick. //
// Just before Hugo killed that prisoner. //
// Inside a Fortress room //
// Around nine o'clock on earth time. //
"Do I need to take it off myself?" Tracy asked the Prince who was tied on the pole, his hands tied behind his back.
Prince Erick is tied at the room on the uppermost floor which has a window that can provide a view to the inner side of the Fortress, which is where the Troops of Daemon Land are being punished. Tracy appeared a little late but from the moment she arrived, she has been continuously questioning the Prince. She had tried asking him about the outfit he is wearing and asked him to remove his helmet. But, he didn't open his mouth at all and he didn't even remove his helmet. So, Tracy asked the werewolf guards to tie him up and remove the helmet...
But they couldn't find the opening of the helmet which is skin-tight and there is no opening at all besides a fake one below his neck. The star-shaped hole may look like an opening but it was made of transparent material and is just showing a small part of his skin. Seeing this, a wolf grabbed the neck of Prince and punched him on the abdomen, of course, he didn't want to kill the Prince so he didn't use his whole strength. Then he asked the Prince again, how to remove the helmet...? The prince didn't reply even after that as the helmet is more precious than his life.
"Cough... cough~ *coughing heavily* Why are you so eager to know about my helmet? It's not even worth anything." I asked them.
Do they really think the helmet worth something? Besides she is suspecting that my outfit is some kind of Enchanted Cloth that can make me immune to many powerful magical attacks. *chuckling inwardly* Her suspiciousness' is a little close to the truth, but it's not the same thing and its level is not so good compared to what she is thinking.
She replied, "So now you can talk? huh!"
"If it's not worth much, just take it off. Why are you even resisting? or, Do I need to take it off myself?" *Hateful tone* She got up and approached the Princes neck~
"Too late~," I said those words, and the scenery changed from a room to a~ "aah..." *screaming*
// Tracy P.O.V //
"Huh! What just happened?" She couldn't believe her own eyes and turned towards her guards. They also couldn't believe what happened before them and stared at the empty Pole and rope which was binding the Prince just a moment ago.
"He vanished! No, he escaped. Quickly, call the other guards and search around the entire Hill," I said those words as I realized he must have teleported himself somewhere. I hope it's not far away...
*Thoughts* "That suit, damn!"