After Marcus and Andrea had sent the fainted Iron Knight to the Kroger family's military guard, they returned to the main tent. And it can be clearly seen that the nobles sitting at the long table are much more uneasy than before the three of them left. There were two reasons for this unease, one was that some well-informed nobles had already received information about the scout through their subordinates' reports. It was enough to make them sit still, and the uneasiness became more pronounced the longer the King's Hand returned. On the other hand, the colleagues sitting next to these people are not deaf or blind, and they naturally see that something bad is happening, and they have not yet received any news.

So it's not hard to explain that when Marcus returned to the throne as usual, not many people were surprised by the Iron Knight's absence. But that being said, the Grand Knight still has a high reputation among the nobles, and most of the nobles will enter the Kingdom Knights for a period of training when they are young, of course, this does not mean that they will have the same skills as the Kingdom Knights, and this custom has been passed down to this day as a kind of ritual of allegiance to the royal family. But it is precisely because of the existence of this ritual that the head of the Kingdom Knights will inevitably intersect with these nobles while maintaining the authority of the kingdom's armed forces.

Therefore, the necessary explanations cannot be omitted. "Ahem, before we proceed with the meeting, I regret to announce that the Grand Master of the Knights of the Kingdom, Lord Atticus, was seriously injured in the riot and is unable to continue presiding over the meeting. Marcus paused, allowing the nobles to share their unease and surprise with each other.

Andrea, who sat beside him, watched with cold eyes, witnessing how the Hand of the King used fear as a weapon to forcibly bring together a group of people with different aspirations. Marcus Tellerreal, the ability he showed at this time alone shows that the vision of the former king was not wrong. However, Duke Kroger still remembered what the Iron Knight said before he was stunned, the Hand of the King seemed to have something to do with the elves, and he had to send someone to follow this clue to investigate, although now he and Marcus are grasshoppers on the same line, but there are never too many such things as other people's handles.

When Marcus thought that the panic of the nobles had reached a sufficient level, he finally spoke again and began to channel the imagination of these people, "But there is no need to worry, Your Excellency the Grand Knight is fine, but the wounds of the external wounds need time to heal. As for why he was injured, I think some adults have already heard something from the wind, right? Hehe, that contemptible person will not sell it, yes, the scout who came back before was disguised by the enemy. The purpose was to infiltrate our camp and wait for an opportunity to sabotage, but it was only in time that Lord Atticus and Lord Andrea intervened in time to stop the enemy's plot before it succeeded. ”

The words of the King's Hand caused the nobles to be stunned and think of something, and one of the more daring men was the first to ask, "But how can the nezumi disguise themselves as humans? It's simply impossible!"

The man's question got the nod from everyone, and that was exactly what Marcus wanted, to quickly divert the nobles' attention from Atticus's injury, and to save some of the curious guys from asking more. He put on a gloomy expression, and just when everyone thought that the Hand of the King was about to lash out over his words, Marcus sighed heavily. After that, he smacked his lips, looked up at everyone as if resigned to his fate, and spoke.

"That's right, of course the nezumi don't have that ability. Do you know they don't have the power to kill each of our scouts with precision and cruelty without being detected. That's not something a nezumi would do. They are beasts, and beasts have their own cunning, but they can never be so insidious. So the conclusion is that what is disguised as a scout, what kills us scouts, is not a nezumi. Marcus heard a lot of inhalations and knew that his performance had captured everyone's attention, and he knew that this was the time not to give these people too much room to think, to mix the facts with what he wanted to instill in them.

"Not the nezumen, what could it be? The answer is the helpers they summon, their lackeys, their allies, the demons from the abyss. ”

There was dead silence in the tent, but not because of fear or shock. Rather, for most of the people here, demons are completely fictional things. An old nobleman who looked to be about the same age as Atticus cleared his throat and was the first to question, "Your Excellency the Hand of the King, I can understand that something that can injure the Grand Knight must be tricky, but the demon, I can't understand your analogy. We would also like to see you be able to give us a clearer picture of the enemy we are encountering, so that we can change our operational deployment. ”

Marcus shook his head lightly and tapped the table twice with his status-symbolizing scepter, which in the custom of the Greylion would symbolize that his next words would be to vouch for the reputation of the king. It is the highest level of assurance that an individual can make, "What I say is not half false." Imagine if half a year ago, someone said that a disease could turn people into half-human, half-rat monsters, and everyone would think of it as crazy. But now the nezumi are in Vale City not far away, eyeing us along with the evil minions they have summoned! Demons exist, and they are on the side of evil, as the legend says. They killed our scouts, stole the flesh of one of them, and wounded our beloved Grand Knight. They are more evil than the story depicts, and they are more dangerous and crazy. Their form is so twisted that we have to cremate them quickly to prevent the evil from there infecting the land around them!If you still want to question me, go out and go to the woods outside the camp, you will see those things, they are there!"

Andrea also drew his saber at the right time, even though it was not the weapon he was actually using, but he still held the sword in front of him, "I support the words of His Excellency the Hand of the King in the name of the Kroger family. I think you all know that there is no personal relationship between us, and there has even been friction, but I see those monsters, so I can't betray my eyes and justice. ”

With the angry lion's statement, the nobles who had been following him expressed their belief in it, which made those who had previously been skeptical begin to doubt it. The more sane of them began to wonder what it would mean if demons did exist, "If that's true, then I think we should hold on to this camp for the time being." After all, our soldiers and generals have never seen demons, and they don't know how to fight them, and if they attack rashly, they will likely cause serious casualties. ”

This argument was quickly supported by most people, who didn't want the demon to add to their losses if they didn't know if it really existed. But if this is the case, Marcus fears that these people will perceive the truth in more contact with the demons, and that without the legitimacy of the demons' collusion with the nezumi, these nobles are likely to offer to temporarily abandon the Saron Territory to avoid confrontation with the demons. That's not what he wanted to see, and that's not what Andrea wants to see.

So the hand of the king stood up, looked at the people in front of him, and said loudly, "We are the nobles of the blue lion. The sword in our hands is wielded for the king, but it is also for the benefit of every family in the entire kingdom. Consider the present situation, my compatriots, and think of the suffering that is being suffered in your realm, for every day we spend here will slow down the rebuilding of the kingdom by a month or more! And if we retreat, our people will be terrified, and our allies will see our weakness, and so will our enemies! What have we become? Some of us will die, but this is for the sake of the family and the kingdom! Our enemies do not understand this, they are beasts, they are demons, they are wastes who dare to hide in the shadows! Draw your swords, knights of the kingdom, and we will be victorious, and the lions will triumph!

Then the whole camp heard a uniform battle cry coming from the tent, and everyone who heard it unconsciously shouted along with it.

"For the Grey Lion!"