Axel was beyond supprised at the flintlock, he came down from his throne and held the tool with both his hands, so many things were running in his mind at once, these weapon, can it kill the supernatural?
Yes my king, it can kill anything I assure you council man Mizosski said with pride in his eyes and voice, with my flintlock given to our soldiers, they will parade every house in the kingdom and hunt down those creatures once and for all, we will get rid of them and take back our realm, we can't hide and wait to be plucked off from our homes and murdered in cold blood to some savages simply because we are weak, my king it's time to strike back
The supernatural brought this war upon us and have been winning for years now, is say now is our chance to fight our way out and take back our realm.
All the council members after seeing the work of the flintlock accepted the weapon.
But, how are we going to identify a supernatural, they look just like humans and behave like us, how will we do that. Asked council man Groove.
I have thought about all this and I am glad to share my idea with you my follow council men. We are not the first generation to battle this creatures, though we choosed to bury our history and move on, start a fresh I say, it doesn't mean we have forgotten the sacrifices our ancestors made, the reason why the barrier was created in the first place.
Somewhere in this palace is our history which was written by our forefathers, I believe in those books we will find a solution to this answer.
Our ancestors lived and served this abominations for years, they learned about them and their scholar's back then must have written down how to identify one when you see it, we just have to re-read our history book and we will find something.
After a long shock and confusion, with worries in his heart, Axel said. My wise council members, you have just saved the kingdom once again, all thanks to council man Mizosski for this great discovery. Let us work together towards this plan. With my order, every history book dating back to the Great war that resides in this palace will be found and with the flintlock, we will be ready.
My king, said council man Wesley, it is in times like this that i will inquire the whereabouts of the kings guard especially the captain, he is the most skilled soldier in the kingdom and the kingdom needs a captain to train every young man out there, if we want to win, I suggest we make a soldier of every man in the kingdom be it a boy.
This question took axle by surprise as he thought he had completely delt with that issue. He hasn't heard a word from the ghouls since the night they left the kingdom in search of Kora.
That's wonderfully said council man Wesley, and the idea of training every man in the kingdom to use the flintlock is something, I agree with you my council members but I am afraid that the kings guard and our most worthy captain won't be the ones training the new recruit.
The kings guard went on a special mission I must say, I can no longer keep this a screat as I am worried of what had happened, they mission was to be quick and unnoticed just as they have always served the kingdom. I don't have what to say for the souls of our fallen heros. I am responsible for their sacrifices and I carry the guilt with me everyday. For this reason I must make sure that this new plan of ours works out perfectly just as planned and provide a safe home for their families.
Though Axel didn't disclose the whole truth but the council members know what he was driving at and this new news dropped a deafening silence in the court room. May the goddess receive their souls, said council man Wesley and the rest of the council members repeated the same.
Now we have to appoint a new captain, who do you suggest council man Wesley asked council man Grove. We have many fine soldiers in the kings army I say we open an arena for competition, the best warrior will be given this honour and privilege to choose and train the young men of Lucia for the impending war.
Nicely said council man Grove, a competition for the position, but don't you think it's is risky said council man Hale. We have the rebels at our throat ready to attack at any opportunity, I am not saying that your idea is bad but what if we let a mole infiltrate the palace and harm our king in the process of the competition, what then?
Yes, we might let a mole infiltrate the palace through the competition, and we might also catch a mole, you see council man Hale, this wount be an ordinary competition. What I mean is that if a thousand things falls in place, this competition is the right way to get one of those race traitors, they are a disgrace to humanity and a traitor to their kind.
One thing that our previous king did after his swearing into the crown was to ensure that he was surrounded by trusted allies. So he formed the council members court for justice by wise and just men like all or forefathers and the position has been let down to us now.
But the king didn't stop there, he made sure that all his army and soldiers not just swear their life to the crown but any man in the kings army was from a descendant of a trusted family of Lucia and the other kingdoms. We have the family book which means we know all our men, so when the rebels come forward to participate in the competition and we find out the family name is not in our tree book, then we have ourselves a rebel.
Council man Grove, I can't imagine how long it took you to come up with such beautiful plan, I must say I am impressed said council man Wesley. The thing is that in the last decades, we have not updated those books and as such, your plan might lead us to torture or kill and innocent citizen of Lucia. Do you want to place the blood of the innocent in our hands. Secondly, the previous king choosed fourteen council members from each kingdom in the human realm with Lucia sitting as the head of all other kingdoms, now we all know what treacherous event that happened in the palace which led to the demise of seven of the council members, representatives of seven kingdoms in the human realm. With those kingdom out of power, what are the chances that they are still loyal to the crown. They might be the main master planners of the rebels, and the family tree book has the soldiers name from those kingdoms too.
All I see of your plan is us killing the innocent men of Lucia who want to make a decent name through honour and devotion to the kingdom and let the main culprit, the rebels into the kingdom in the name of family tree book!
Do you have a better idea! shouted council man Mizosski to Wesley.