There was a long and stretching silence, as the knights of the Re-estize kingdom and everyone else on the battlefield stood there in shock, the wind whistled, alerting everyone to come back to their senses
Everyone was shocked, including Thousand leagues astrologer who watched the battle from afar. Seeing such power forced her brain to momentarily shut down as she tried to comprehend what just happened
She knew her colleagues in the Black scripture were powerful and could possibly take our groups of soldiers by themselves but they could not accomplish this, an army of a hundred thousand was wiped out off the face of the earth with a single swing of a sword.
Could the theocracy compete against that? She didn't know, nor did she want to find out.
Back on the Katze plains, It took a single roar of excitement from one knight to cause a sudden and ear shattering choir of cheers from the rest of the knights. they threw their helmets in the air in excitement and happiness as they cheered.
Unfortunately Gazeff Stronoff found himself unable to express the excitement the same way as his fellow knights, he was certainly happy that the war was won however his mind had quickly realised what Arthur had done and that caused him to worry.
'No doubt he chose to do this for the good of the country, but now he has the blood of thousands on his hands, that cannot be good for his mind'
Gazeff thought to himself, he looked at his own hands, and questioned himself. Was his loyalty to the kingdom so unquestionable that if he had the power to do as Arthur did, would he do it? He didn't know.
Another thing that caused him to be unable to celebrate, was the fact that Arthur just demonstrated to everyone his level of power, He and Brain had aspired to reach that and now that seemed to be an impossible goal to reach.
If Arthur was truly human, then there was no doubt that Arthur was a special kind of human, as Gazeff now knew no human could reach that level of power.
Meanwhile, as Gazeff was contemplating on what he just witnessed, the Re-estize nobles within the tent had found themselves within a rock and hard place.
They stood silently in their tent not knowing what to do, the lot of them had planned to use this war to earn achievements that would further their goals of becoming the first ever Duke of Re-estize kingdom however with the end of the war, they were unable to get any achievements, as the newly appointed Baron took all of them for himself
Now, normally they should be celebrating, as this was their first definitive victory over the Baharuth empire, ever since these annual wars had begun, the two armies have never had victory over the other, so this was a first however they couldn't celebrate.
They had underestimated Arthur's power, and now they feared what he might do next.
"what do we do?"
Marquis Raeven questioned the people in the room, those people being Prince Zanac, Margrave Urovana, the young Marquis Pespea, Marquis Blumrush, Viscount Aindra and the King himself.
The king sat in a decorative chair meant to emulate the throne, Everyone else stood around the table, and only the king could sit.
"I don't believe there's anything to do, Marquis Raeven. Baron Pendragon simply did his duty to the kingdom. The only thing to do was to give him an appropriate reward."
Lakyus's father informed, he couldn't help but smile just slightly. Arthur was an ally of his and part of Renner's faction, this meant his accomplishments can be used in their favor and that can help the princess acquire the throne much faster, his goal was close.
"Do you not understand, Viscount? If Baron Pendragon has such power at his disposal, what makes you think he won't use it against us to take the throne!!"
Marquis Blumrush asked and everyone in the room silently concurred with his question, while Azimuth didn't know Arthur personally enough to claim that wouldn't have, He did have enough faith in the man to believe he wouldn't do that.
"Do you think the power he displayed is something he just received right now? No. He always had it. This marks the second time he used it. If he wanted the throne by force, he would have taken it by force"
The Aindra family head explained, earning some nods in the room, They had quickly realised that what the Peasants thought to be an act of god, was actually Arthur's handiwork and with that in mind Azimuth's explanation made sense, however that still didn't dispel their sense of unease.
"The Viscount is correct, Arthur has been in the kingdom for seven months and in those months he has given us no indication that he wants the throne so to accuse him that he would forcefully take it using violence is an insult to his character and shows our lack of gratitude, let us refrain from making such assumptions"
Zanac reasoned, and he too earned nods in the room. Despite his calm expression on his face, inwardly he wanted to clap for his sister.
He was able to quickly reason that there was no way for Renner to lose the succession war, mainly because of two reasons.
One being that once the news of Arthur ending the war by himself, the peasants will be on his side, there were already people supporting the idea of him marrying Renner and taking the throne, after this, there'll be no doubt in their minds.
This means if anyone other than Renner takes the throne, there's a possibility of a civil war, and if Renner wants the throne bad enough, she might allow that to happen.
The second reason being that, despite having said that Arthur wouldn't forcefully take the throne, he wasn't entirely certain that wouldn't happen after all both Arthur and Renner could bypass that whole diplomacy and take the throne by force.
That was always a possibility. It's just that before he hadn't thought Arthur had this much power, and he figured it wouldn't have been easy, however with the revelation of his true power, Baron Pendragon could very well wipe out any army and there would be no one to stop him.
Essentially there was no way for Zanac to get the throne while Arthur was around and he couldn't help but be impressed by his sister's forethought, when she said Arthur was a trump card she really meant it.
'how unfortunate, for me that is'
He thought.
"My son is correct. We have no reason to suspect Arthur of such betrayal, and if we give him the appropriate reward for this accomplishment, there will be nothing to worry about"
The explained, amongst everyone here, He was the one most worried about Arthur. As king it fell on him to give the man the appropriate reward for his actions yet at the same time, he couldn't give him too much otherwise the nobles wouldn't stand for it and he'd rather not have any conflicts if he could help it.
The king was unable to finish his thoughts as the man in question entered the tent.
Arthur sauntered into the room, his gait and demeanor confident and carefree. Everyone saw the change in his eyes. his eyes were more determined, and his gaze felt oppressive, something about him had changed.
He took a knee before the king and spoke.
"Your Majesty l have brought victory to the Re-estize kingdom"
The king stood up as he heard those words come from the man's mouth. He understood what the newly appointed Baron wanted. He wanted to be rewarded for his actions.
The king felt his heart continuously beat in his chest, he had yet to properly think on it yet and he felt that if he didn't give Arthur the reward that would be appropriate something bad would happen.
"Aye, Baron Pendragon, your actions in this war are greatly appreciated, and thus, a reward is in order"
The king stated as he demanded a sword from the guards. He did not have his scepter with him as such some like a sword would be appropriate.
"YOUR MAJESTY!!"
Someone burst through the tent and shouted, shocking everyone in the room and interrupting the king, however before they could reprimand the knight, the words that came out of his mouth stunned them in silence.
"PRINCE BARBRO HAS TAKEN THE THRONE!! AND DECLARED HIMSELF KING OF THE RE-ESTIZE KINGDOM!!!"
The words registered in the ears of every person in the room but most could not respond to them as their minds practically shut down, unable to comprehend what just happened
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A/N: expect the Mc to seem slightly different than before.
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The following questions are completely unrelated to this fic so don't worry about that.
Also what do you guys think about a main character having a friend that's gay?
Also what do you think about an Mc that wants to have a harem because he wants to propagate his lineage? Is it scummy to want a harem for such reasons?