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Inside a room at 8:45, several people sat on chairs arranged in front of a rectangular table. while dozens of people stood around the room.
This room looked like it had already been prepared earlier.
In the front was Rance, who was currently not in his armor and coat, preferring to wear a buttoned shirt with a green tie and green jogging pants. Behind him were a few female Helman Rebel Batallion Troops wearing yellow colored uniform with black edges, there's Sill and Kanami behind him too.
Even though he was unsure why the female Helman Soldiers would be here instead of male soldiers or knights. It might be related to him convincing them about their empire decaying.
Aside from that, besides him sat both Maria Custard and Shizuka Masou, accompanied by Kasumi, Milli Yorks and some of their allies at Custom respectively.
Another were both Barres Provence and Rick Addison in their armors, who were the leaders of the Black and Red armies respectively. They were accompanied by a few high-ranking knights of Leazas.
There were other people here that weren't from Leazas Army, Helman Rebel Batallion, and the town of Custom. Simply, they're L'Zille's people.
After an introduction to each other, they were about to begin this meeting, with Kanami being quite familiar with the commanders of both Leazas's Black and Red Armies.
Nodding to himself, Rance fixed his tie and glanced at the people around him.
"Right..... Let's begin this meeting." He cleared out his throat with a cough. "First of all, Leazas, with the help of the town of Custom and me with some stroke of luck and usage of skill have won against Helman's forces. The main reason being that Leazas's Soldiers were free from their brainwashing due to me.
Aside from that, it seems like 300 soldiers from Helman, whom I now command had decided to rebel against their empire. Some of whom are behind me, except my pink haired companion."
Nods of acceptance and intrigue were present from the soldiers of Leazas. And then, a soldier from Rance's group suddenly reported in a downcast manner that a hundred Helman Soldiers had escaped L'Zille and retreated to the Free City of Red. Which was pretty bad, yet is already to be expected.
"However, pushing that aside.... it's obvious that Helman has already captured Leazas with the help of Dark Lords. And yes, the fairy tales you were hearing were sadly, real."
To those who hadn't known yet, there were expressions of surprise plastered on their faces. Chatter began to flow around the room they were meeting at, before Rance slammed his fist on the table, effectively silencing the chatter before faking a cough.
"That's why, I am here to propose an alliance between all of us." He spoke with serious intent, as the ones who were seated looked at each other.
And then, Shizuka began to talk, shifting her hat upwards to better see the people in front of her, though her focus was mostly on Rance.
"Un. That's a great idea. With an alliance we have, we have a better chance in liberating the cities Helman has conquered, and eventually Leazas."
Some people from L'Zille took a step forwards, determined.
"We'll fight with you!" Was one of the people's responses. "You helped free our city, so we'll try to repay you as much as possible!"
The old man, Barres had then glanced at Rance with intrigue and interest (no not in the romantic way).
"We have been brainwashed and forced to do ugly things to the people at the Free Cities. This humiliating act we had done is, not something easily forgiven." Barres spoke, though a person from L'Zille declined such a claim.
However, that person was almost ignored, as Barres stared at Rance to analyze him with burning eyes (not literal), as the brown haired man shifted quite uncomfortably under the Leazas Black Army's stare.
'Hmm.... This young man... he seems very mature and reasonable, and to be able to convince Helman's Troops to betray their own empire.... Such talent! It would be wise to let him be, who knows what he would do if he were our enemy....' Barres thought, still analyzing our protagonist.
"Like Barres, I also have a lot of apologies to say...." Rick spoke, in a gentle tone that made him sound very meek, and then Mill hopped to him.
"Hmm! Just say it already!"
".... I'm sorry."
Then, Milli with a smile patted her little sister's shoulder.
"Careful Mill, that brother over there is stronger than he looks."
Meanwhile, Rance rubbed his chin, pulling the attention of most people inside to him.
"Maria, how many troops do we have right now?" He asked, as Maria answered without hesitation and with excitement on her tone.
"Around 4,000 Leazas Soldiers, and 5,000 volunteers from Custom and this City. If we add your troops, let's say it would be around 9,300. Back at Custom, my secret weapon is ready to be launched, even though I need some more materials to properly operate such a weapon...."
Rance gained a large smirk on his face, not minding the fact that Maria had told him that she still needs something.
"Gahahahahaa~! Good~! Still, if we stay here then we don't get anything other than a bigger force coming to attack L'Zille. So! It's now official! The Leazas Liberation Force is formed!" Rance spoke as his smirk widened. "Heh! This is so awesome!!! I am awesome too!!!"
The volunteers, Leazas Soldiers and the Rebel Batallion Soldiers behind him shouted in agreement and excitement that was loud enough to shake the building somewhat.
"Let's do our best! To take back what Helman had stolen from us! And! To make them pay (Except these beauties behind me including my soldiers)!"
Another loud, deafening roar was heard inside the building.
[ Perspective Changing.... ]
A few days later.....
At Leazas Castle....
A certain blue haired prince looked definitely infuriated and he gritted his teeth.
"What did you say?! Our soldiers..... have betrayed us?!"
He was in undeniable shock, and despite that, there was a bit of fear growing inside of him.
[ ~ Chapter • End ~ ]
Character Images:
• Rick Addison
• Barres Provence
Extra Information:
Helman Rebel Batallion - A batallion of 300 Soldiers, Knights, and a Second-in-command (currently). Swore allegiance to Rance after being semi-brainwashed by him and was convinced away from committing suicide due to rising Soul Pollution. 15 of them are female, which obviously 7 have feelings towards their Lieutenant Colonel though kept it hidden.