The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 7] by Fudeorca

Author:Fudeorca
Language: eng
Format: epub

III

As I left the royal castle, I found a new group on the island that didn’t look like Ho-family sky knights.

The first order of the royal guard had arrived. They were lined up neatly and looking at me, showing no signs of attacking. Among them, I spotted a familiar face.

“Yuri. Or should I say, Your Excellency?”

It was Galla Godwin—Dolla’s dad.

“Please don’t embarrass me with titles. You don’t serve me, Galla.”

“That’s true. Not yet at least.”

Not yet...? Oh, maybe he’s right.

“Members of the first order, thank you.”

I hadn’t fully grasped the situation, but if they’d come to us, it meant that they’d gone beyond their promise of not taking action.

“Our highest-ranking officers are all in custody,” Galla explained. “I couldn’t get the entire first order under my control, but there were enough willing soldiers to assemble a unit of a thousand. I fear we’re not much use, but we’re helping where we can.”

I could hear women shouting incessantly somewhere behind these soldiers. I guessed those were the officers who’d been arrested.

“You didn’t face any resistance from the second order?” I asked.

“Not much. There are three hundred of us gathered here, and the other seven hundred are patrolling the island. We’re getting everything in order gradually, and I haven’t heard any reports of tough battles. I ordered them not to fight with Ho knights, but if any clashes did occur, then I apologize in advance.”

“That’s fine. Clashes are unavoidable.”

Even when two armies were on the same side, accidents on the battlefield were inevitable. The soldiers would be in a tense situation as two opposing sides constantly tried to kill each other. If someone appeared before a soldier brandishing a weapon, the soldier might panic and attack before realizing their mistake. That would result in some accidental injuries and perhaps even some deaths. We couldn’t prevent such incidents, and we’d be arguing forever if we treated every case as an act of hostility.

“What about Metina Arkhorse?”

“We got her too. She’s confined to her quarters. We have someone watching to ensure she doesn’t kill herself.”

“All right. That sounds perfect. Thank you.”

Tillet had told me that it was uncertain whether the first order would take action, but that they probably would. It looked like they’d done their fair share of work after all.

“We took an additional twenty prisoners along the way, but our garrison doesn’t have its own dungeon. There’s one nearby that serves all of Royal Castle Island. We’ve got our hands full keeping watch over the prisoners right now, so I was planning to put them in there after talking to you.”

Given that someone would have to watch over the process as they were carefully untied and placed into cells, I personally thought it would be better to leave them bound. Though there was always the risk of them being lynched if they weren’t inside a cell. It was hard to imagine that members of the first order would do anything as barbaric as raping their former commanders, but I couldn’t rule it out.

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