Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down

CHAPTER 156: WE WILL NOT DIE

Alessandro met with his generals, Cassian was present at the meeting as the general of the first squadron of knights, Dantriel and Ethan also joined the meeting as representatives of the elven troops, many of the generals showed their concern, some of their soldiers were scared, the attack of those monsters during the dance, had instilled fear among their troops. Arthur Kavis, the general who was in charge of the second squadron of knights said.

_ Your majesty, many of the knights have asked if we will face monsters in this war.

_ I will not lie about what we will face, our enemy is King Venobich, but this time he has monsters and we know what other horrors he has prepared for us.

Alessandro answered with total frankness.

_ Your majesty, our weapons are useless against those monsters, fighting them is heading to certain death.

Ethan speaks. It is true, your weapons are useless.

_ And who are you? What are you doing here? I thought this meeting was only for generals.

Alessandro answered for Ethan. I have asked them to be present.

Since it had been a direct order from the king, Athur did not reply, even though he did not like the idea that a stranger was there, he only limited himself to looking at him with distrust and displeasure. Especially when he opened his mouth again.

_ That is why we will provide weapons capable of killing those monsters, although only the most skilled warriors will survive, so we will probably choose those who will be useful during the war and those who will not.

Arthur could not remain silent at the words of that man.

_All our knights are great warriors, if your weapons are effective against those monsters we will not die.

Cassian spoke to calm the spirits since Arthur seemed to be about to attack Ethan.

_You have said that your weapons are effective, but how can we know that what you say is true and not a simple lie.

_If what you want is a demonstration. Dantriel spoke for the first time.

_We can give it to you, while our troops were heading here, they caught a creature born of darkness since we imagined that this could happen.

Arthur stood up, hit the table hard and asked excitedly.

_ You have brought a monster to our kingdom! You are crazy! Dantriel spoke calmly and told him.

Please calm down.

_ You bring danger to this kingdom and you ask me to calm down! Arthur turned to Alessandro.

_ Your majesty, your duty as king is to protect your people, these people are nothing more than enemies of the kingdom, they have brought a monster, they are not trustworthy, perhaps they are also working for King Venobich, they are not necessarily here, they are surely being interrogated in the dungeons.

Ethan responded upset.

_ We are not on the side of that monster, so shut your mouth.

He did not know King Venobich, but he hated him deeply since he had stolen the woman he loved and because of him, she was dead, so the mere mention that he could be on the side of that monster repudiated him.

Alessandro told them.

_Calm down both of you, Arthur, they are not our enemies, on the contrary they are our allies, for them King Venobich is also their enemy, this day I have gathered them all because war is at the doors and this time it will not be against men but against monsters, if we do not prepare our kingdom and everything we love and know will turn to ashes, so I ask you all to fight by my side against this great threat that is coming, that we protect our home together.

Alessandro did not order them, he had asked them because he knew he could not force his people to fight, since a warrior without spirit was like putting a hungry wolf in front of him, he needed warriors willing to give everything on the battlefield, warriors with a burning spirit who would fight bravely by his side.

_ I will ask you again, who will continue at my side, protecting our kingdom and our people from the threat that looms over our heads.noveldrama

All the generals hesitated for a moment, they were afraid of what was to come. Cassian had planned to leave to go find Maya, however he could not leave his brother alone in the face of danger, his generals did not seem very convinced of wanting to be on the battlefield, he stood up and said.

_ I will be at your side.

The other generals were encouraged to see the prince supporting the king, especially since they knew that Cassian was strong and powerful like the king; they all stood up and responded with one voice.

_We will also be at your side, your majesty.

The meeting lasted a while longer, when it was over everyone headed to the training camp where the elven army was, Dantriel approached one of the soldiers and ordered him to give him a sword and bring the creature they had caught on the road.

That soldier quickly followed his orders, took out his sword, gave it to him and then went to look for the monster, he returned a little later with several more soldiers, dragging a cart with a cage covered with a thick blanket, a terrifying roar made everyone’s skin crawl, one of the soldiers removed the blanket and revealed a terrifying creature, black as ink that roared and showed sharp teeth. That creature tried to escape from that cage, but could not do it, the cage seemed to be made of the same material as the weapons that that army carried.

All the generals were tense, Alessandro was no exception, he was the same, he was afraid that the weapons the elves used did not work because if they did not work it would mean that his only hope of defeating those monsters was April, was exposing her to danger, something that Alessandro would never allow, she was the woman he loved, she was his everything, he preferred to lose the war than to lose her, because he could no longer imagine a life without her.