Chapter 41: A Not-so-Optimistic Reunion
Mednach had already learned from his secretary that we were coming, and as soon as we walked into the hall, he put down his papers and stood up, greeting us warmly.
"You are welcome to join, and our alliance will become more unbreakable and indestructible!"
After the catastrophe, the heart of the heart has finally been found, and the excitement of the leader of the oathbreakers is overflowing. He blushed and tried to reply to the king's welcome in a serious manner, but he could not contain the violent fluctuations of his heart, and finally fell to his knees and clung to Mednaqi's leg and wept.
Mednach sighed, bent down and patted the leader of the Oathbreakers on the back as he lifted his neck to look at the rest of us and the others who were gathered behind. When they met my gaze, Mednach was stunned, but quickly returned to a calm state.
"Our tribe was ambushed by a group of damned traitors during their migration, and they ransacked all the wealth they had worked so hard to accumulate over the years, and it was only these dozens of brothers who managed to escape with me! The blood of our compatriots cannot be shed in vain, let alone let this group of despicable and shameful traitors go unpunished, Your Royal Highness, you will do justice for us! ”
After a bitter cry, the leader of the Oathbreakers finally calmed down a little, and after venting his grief, he complained angrily. The group of oathbreakers standing behind him also knelt down and echoed their leader in unison, "Please do justice for us, Your Highness the King!" ”
Mednaci calmed the anger of the crowd with tactful but firm words, and made his position clear. promised that justice would be done for them in the future, and that the villains who had lost their conscience would pay for their blood debts.
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After receiving the desired response from Mednaqi's mouth, the oathbreakers streamed out under the guidance of Maidnaci's secretary, and only me and Flortra were left in the hall except for Maidnach. With no outsiders around, Mednach was not polite to me, and sat back at his desk to get back to the business at hand, sending only a brief but concerned greeting.
"You're here too?"
Probably because of some recent trouble, Mednaki's tone had lost the enthusiasm and passion of the past, and only a deep exhaustion reached my ears; The smiling faces that greeted everyone were completely hidden, and what was shown to me was a sad face.
"What are you worried about? It was only with great difficulty that he escaped from the prison in Marcas City. There are so many loyal and hard-working people gathered around him. If I were to be happy, it would be too late for you to be happy. ”
I unceremoniously picked up three ripe red apples from the wooden plate on the table, handed one to Mednaci, one to Flotra, and took one bite into my mouth. Then I moved a chair and sat across from my desk. The chatter with Mednach continued. "You don't seem surprised at all by my arrival. His Royal Highness. ”
"Eat," Medenacki grouted a smile as he greeted the reserved Flotra. Then he turned his gaze back to me, "As the messenger of Ginareth, you will surely witness the entire process of the great revival of the Oathbreaker, and I am not surprised to be here. ”
"That is, if I hadn't come, would you have given another explanation?" Imitating Mednaci's demeanor and tone, I pretended to announce to the crowd, "In the witness of the messenger of Ginareth, we have been reborn from the darkness of the Hidana mines; Now that the messenger has left after delivering the message, the rest of the way is up to us! ”
Mednach smiled casually, noncommittal. He put the bitten red apple back on his plate and continued to correct the paper in his hand. The other party's indifference made me bored, so I stopped laughing at him, and I turned to business.
"How are you going to revive your tribe? I swept around your territory and gave me the impression that you guys seem to want to provoke a war? ”
"The war was not provoked by us."
The quill in Mednaqi's hand stopped abruptly, and his tone became very heavy.
"Oh, I'll just say, the base area hasn't been completely built yet, how can you put manpower into the military side." Mednacki's reply dispelled my doubts completely, and I followed his answer to further questions, "Who started the war?" Richie doesn't seem to have the power to fight against the Oathbreakers, is it the Legion of Marcus City who wants to capture you? ”
"Well, it's a long story......," Mednach shook his head with a wry smile, and it seemed that things were not taken for granted. He then took a few papers out of the drawer and handed them to me, and I took them and flipped through them.
These documents all contain a similar story - the tribe of oathbreakers who had defected to Mednaki was ambushed by another group of oathbreakers on their way to the migratory route.
"News of my return has spread throughout Ruichi these days, and many tribes of oathbreakers have come to me with all their families. Some of them have had the same misfortunes as you," said Mednach, rising from his seat and pacing restlessly into the hall, "you are not the first, nor the last. ”
Not interested in checking the exact number of losses and casualties of the oathbreakers, I put the file back on the desk of Mednaqi, leaned back in my chair and leaned in the direction of Mednaci and asked again, "Aren't you oathbreakers the same as the Nords?" Why are you, who have always had blood thicker than water, now moving hands on each other? ”
"My comeback is the trigger for all this chaos."
Mednach took the source of the chaos on himself. Could it be that the new king is in conflict with the old king's royal power? I was curious about the reason for this, so I pricked up my ears and listened carefully.
"More than twenty years ago, when I was the king of the oathbreakers, all the oathbreakers in the territory of Ruichi obeyed my orders. Of course, there must be people who have other calculations in their hearts, but they at least recognize me as a king in their eyes, and will not do anything against my will. ”
I nodded in understanding, "From being imprisoned alone in the destruction of your inheritance to the return of the king of the Sidana prison, there is no denying that you have strong leadership skills and a long-awaited reputation. ”
Ignoring my compliments, Mednaki continued, "While the main forces of the Nords were being driven south into a bitter battle with the elves, I led my people in a great revolt to retake the city of Marcas from the Nords. In the wake of this landmark event, my prestige, the degree of control that the oathbreakers have over Rich, and the confidence of the people have all reached unprecedented heights. My people believe that the Oathbreakers will reclaim their homeland under my leadership, rebuild their own kingdom, and end millennia of shame. ”
Speaking of these glorious years, Medenaki, who had fallen into the memory, seemed so excited that he involuntarily walked up, and I had to say something to wake him up, "but in the end you failed." ”
At my word, the radiant Mednach was suddenly knocked back to his original form. Sensing that I was a bit of a, I quickly apologized to Mednaci.
"It's okay," Medenacie waved his hand faintly, "it's not a shame, it's a miracle that we're so weak compared to the Nord's entrenched regime." When they brought in reinforcements from elsewhere, we were still alone. Therefore, in the face of the all-out efforts of the Nords, we had no power to fight back and failed as a matter of course. ”
"Hmm...... I don't think you're alone, isn't Ruichi's crow ghost woman on good terms with you? With the power of King Didra in their hands, you are not powerless at all. ”
"Having said that, the secret is hard to describe......"-
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