Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 263: New Recruit (1)
Facing the King of Winter’s recruitment, Duke North Wind, Ongel, had no reason to hesitate.
He was indeed stubborn, but when his former boss was trying to hunt him down to extinction, wouldn’t it be foolish to continue clinging to him?
His belief was to protect the bastion and protect humanity.
Who his superior was didn’t matter. As long as it wasn’t an elf, he would follow whoever showed him respect.
Undoubtedly, the King of Winter was an excellent choice.
After Duke North Wind defected, Xi Wei ordered the army to quickly occupy the Narvit Bastion and dispatched knights with stamped documents to take command of other fortress walls. In just one morning, the entire Emerald Fortress was firmly in Xi Wei’s control.
“Do you have any last words? Sir.”
On the city wall, Xi Wei stood before Polvert, who was tied to a stake, with a smile.
“Your Majesty Winter…” Polvert sobbed and pleaded. The features of his dark face were contorted together. Already unsightly, he now looked even more repulsive.
“I never intended to be your enemy. His Majesty Karari might have had thoughts of sniping, but I never received such an order. I knew nothing. My only order was to take over the defense of Narvit Bastion.”
Xi Wei quietly watched Polvert. After Polvert finished speaking, he stepped forward, gently adjusted Polvert’s collar, and then spoke in a low voice:
“Once you achieve your goal, I will bestow upon you the title of the new Duke North Wind!”
Polvert’s eyes widened as he stared at the smiling king, his kind smile gradually overlapping with the image of King Karari in his mind.
Suddenly, he seemed to understand something.
“You! …It was you! You are…”
Xi Wei reached out and covered Polvert’s mouth.
It was better for this secret to remain buried. As a benevolent king, he merely wanted to let this Commander of the Karari Royal Capital die with some clarity.
“Execute him.”
Xi Wei gave the order.
With a slight squeeze of his fingers, Polvert’s teeth were crushed by immense strength.
His cheekbones were also crushed and deformed.
He tried to open his mouth to speak, but the King of Winter’s fingers pulled down slightly, and with a crack, his jaw was dislocated.
Thus,
He lost the ability to speak entirely.
Two knights stepped forward and held Polvert’s struggling body. His legs kicked, his eyes filled with terror and unwillingness, but it was all in vain.
The two knights held down his shoulders tightly.
“Tap, tap—”
Footsteps sounded in his ears, and Polvert saw a pair of knight boots and a large cleaver planted on the ground.
He seemed to be able to predict how he would die.
The King of Winter kept his word.
He was indeed going to give him a quick end.
“Shing—” The cleaver was grasped and raised by a knight.
Polvert mustered all his strength to look up. He glared at Duke North Wind, his lips trembling, and forced open his blood-splattered mouth to roar:
“Fake…”
“Crack—” The cleaver fell.
Polvert’s head rolled to the side, and warm blood splattered onto the city wall bricks, flowing down the wall and soaking into the dust at its base.
“Your Majesty… What was he saying to me?”
Duke North Wind was a bit stunned. Seeing Polvert’s furious expression, it seemed like he had a grudge against him?
But Duke North Wind, Ongel, thought for a long time and couldn’t figure out what grudge he could possibly have with Polvert, a commander who stayed in the Royal Capital all day.
They never came into contact.
“It’s nothing.” Xi Wei shrugged.
“He was probably just bidding farewell to his hypocritical life and happened to see you. Don’t mind it.”
“I see.” Duke North Wind, Ongel, nodded, and a trace of further reverence was added to his gaze towards the King of Winter.
As expected of someone who could overturn an empire single-handedly, King Karari couldn’t even hold a candle to this King of Winter. Indeed, comparing people was infuriating, and comparing goods was like throwing them away.
No one understood Polvert’s unheard cry before his death, but the King of Winter could accurately state its reason. What kind of powerful comprehension and insight!
[Congratulations to the host for completing the daily villain mission and obtaining one lottery draw opportunity.]
[This system will soon be upgraded. After the upgrade, more players can be recruited into the Cain Continent. The number of players entering this time will be about 20,000. Please prepare in advance for the arrival of the players.]
“How many people? Twenty thousand!”
Xi Wei was so startled by the system’s prompt that he almost stumbled. He couldn’t help but exclaim, startling the knights and Duke North Wind beside him.
“Your Majesty… Are you alright?”
Duke North Wind, Ongel, looked at the King of Winter with concern. Seeing Xi Wei’s terrified expression and unfocused gaze, he thought something troublesome had happened.
“Oh, it’s nothing… I mean, we will have 20,000 reinforcements very soon.”
Xi Wei forced himself to explain, and calmly took out a silk scarf from his pocket to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. In reality, he was panicking.
These were 20,000 new players…
If they were recruited, they could fill up more than a third of Emerald Fortress. Managing so many players with distinct personalities would be a difficult task. If things went wrong, wouldn’t his Emerald Fortress be turned upside down?
“Twenty thousand reinforcements! This is a good thing!”
Duke North Wind, Ongel, struck his fist into his palm, his face full of excitement.
The King of Winter had brought over ten thousand troops. Emerald Fortress itself had nearly ten thousand soldiers. Adding the captured rebels and the approaching 20,000 reinforcements, the total defensive strength of the allied forces in Emerald Fortress would reach 60,000.
He couldn’t imagine how the elves could defeat such a large human allied army under the blockade of the Moonlight Sacred Well and Emerald Fortress, considering how few elves there were in total.
It was just that he found it difficult to understand why the King of Winter’s expression wasn’t very happy despite having these 20,000 allied troops.
“That’s right, it is indeed a good thing, but these 20,000 reinforcements are quite special.”
Xi Wei gritted his teeth thinking about the players’ personalities. Even with the previous veteran players to keep them in check, it wouldn’t be easy to manage. After all, there were so many new players coming this time.
“They are all new recruits, and their personalities are… well, rather lively… and not very obedient.”
After much thought, Xi Wei found this reason to describe the players.
“That’s easy, Your Majesty Winter.” Duke North Wind, Ongel, thought it was no big problem. It was just difficult to manage. So, he patted his robust chest and assured the King of Winter:
“Please rest assured, Your Majesty. Although I am only a border general, the soldiers under my command are all trained by me personally. You can completely entrust these new recruits to me for training. I guarantee that within half a month, these 20,000 new recruits will possess basic combat capability.”
Xi Wei glanced at Duke North Wind, Ongel, strangely and smiled,
“Are you sure?”
“Of course, I’m sure, Your Majesty!”
Duke North Wind, Ongel, didn’t want to be looked down upon by the King of Winter. He knew his own strength wasn’t a standout advantage under the King of Winter’s command.
So now that he had a chance to prove himself, he was particularly motivated.
“I have enough confidence in training new recruits.”
He said so.
