The reason why Perseus's surrounding was so gaudily decorated was of course very intentional, for it was to reassure the soldiers that their king was still with them.
But unfortunately, that also had the side effect of also letting the enemy know that the king was with his soldiers.
So unless Remus was completely blind, there was no way he was going to miss such a juicy target that was visible for miles.
And indeed he was trying to beeline his troops towards that small group.
Something that all the busy and delusional men around Perseus missed.
So being the only one with a working brain who could clearly see Zaphir would never be able to hold the 2,000 legionaries and they were all soon about to be cut to pieces- Manuk made up his mind.
He was going to do that.
