Nord carefully warned, but it didn't garner much attention; Joyce was even more eager, urging Duke Rickman to launch the attack, as he couldn't wait to twist off the heads of those rebels!
"If that's the case, then you will lead the vanguard, Earl Joyce!" Rickman patted his shoulder, encouragingly saying.
"Lord Rickman, this... this might not be good. Subduing these mine slaves concerns the heir's candidacy. The major credit should be given to someone else..." Joyce hesitated and said. His forces only consisted of a few hundred men borrowed from others; if they were pushed too far forward and surrounded by the enemy, these men would not risk their lives to shield him.
"If you're too cowardly, then step aside, Joyce. No wonder you were driven out of your own domain by these despicable mine slaves!" A young Earl mocked him.
