The Ruler of the Two Continents
CHAPTER 23 - The Zeron Army
In the kingdom of Hazmut,
The prince has been on a rampage ever since Merlin was returned. He destroyed the things in the room.
No one dared to face his anger except his Father and Mother.
The King and Queen came to the room of her son, Prince Zaimon. They tried to entertain, and planned a party to gather the women of the nobility as well as the princesses of the kingdom.
“ Zaimon, you can choose the most beautiful woman you like at the party later, they will be very worthy to be your wife later” the Queen tries to melt the heart of the prince. But it doesn't seem easy.
“ Actually you guys are wrong. Why was the woman sent to me. And when I fell in love with her, you took her from me.” The prince sitting on the lip of the bed bowed his head and covered his face with both palms.
“ We sent that woman to heal you, not for you to love! You stupid kid!. Besides you're dealing with the wrong people, don't you know General Luzen, even if you deploy the entire royal army can't necessarily defeat the army led by that General!” King Ell, his father, flicked his robe and stepped towards the window.
“ I don't know that damn General”
“ Watch your mouth!!, just as you do not know, you are just a selfish snot, your strength is not at all sufficient compared to him” King Ell speaks without looking at his son. the prince glanced cynically at his father.
“ Out there are many girls who are much more beautiful with high degrees, why do you even choose ordinary people. Have you forgotten that you are a prince, the future King.
After all the girl belongs to General Luzen, do not dream to get it” King Ell clasped his hands on his chest, still in front of the window.
“ I don't care about any woman, I just want Merlin.” pengeran get out of his bed and out of the room quickly.
The King and Queen can only look at each other with the behavior of their children.
“ Stupid kid!” The king just nodded.
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A week has passed. The news of the attack and the success of the General has become a byword around the city center, many residents from the city center who came to see the sturdy fortress.
The residents also asked to stay near the fort and enter the Drake fortress area.
Finally the General built a house around the fort. Those who live below the poverty line many come to move to the General's territory.
Many residents are happy to live there, because they do not have to pay taxes, also because they get a job.
Around the fort there are farms, plantations and animals that are ready to be sold.
Drake's fortress was already well known in the Hazmut kingdom area, even outside the kingdom.
Inside the Fortress,
“ Hoi...There are coming!! “ The guard of the tower gave a sign, there is someone heading to the gate of the fortress.
“ Their clothes….General!!!, call the General!!, they are Zeron's troops!!”
All the troops in the fortress prepared with their weapons. Then the general approached the gate of the fortress.
“ How many are they?” ask the general to the tower guard.
“ About twenty...three.fifty people it seems like “ tower guards looking carefully close his fingers in front of his forehead.
“ What's the matter they're here for?” Gardden asked himself.
“We will see what they want” replied the General with a sword on his waist.
The representative of the Zeron army spoke to the General. They fled the kingdom of Zeron. They look tired and tangled, although basically they look rogue and bar-bar.
They wear fur leather shirts, bear and wolf fur are their hallmarks that are always worn.
In the hall, they were welcome to sit down and explain the intention of coming to Drake's fortress.
The general tries to digest the story of those who are disappointed by King Zeroix's decision, for leaving the traitors in their midst, which eventually causes one by one Zeron's best troops to kill each other for a sheepfight.
“ Actually we want to adventure to the Black Continent, but on the way we see there is a fortress that stands here, not this used to be the village of the Habirts that have been destroyed?”
Merlin who was behind the General looked furious, but the General had warned Merlin earlier to remain calm.
“ Do you know about this village before?.we saw this village is empty and uninhabited, so we stayed here and built fort” explained General.
“ Well, this village used to belong to the Harbirt clan, then our King slaughtered all its inhabitants?”
“ Why did you slaughter them?” ask the general as if he doesn't know.
“ Actually our King is looking for something valuable in this village, I don't know what it is.But it seems he found nothing, the citizens asked did not want to answer where the existence of something valuable is, and the, and the villagers of Harbirt do not want his village disturbed, they fight, eventually the King kills them all”
The general and his comrades threw eyes at each other, as if understanding what King Zeroix was really looking for, which was the treasure they had found under the big tree.
Merlin who from earlier looked furious, finally asked in a somewhat quivering voice.
“ I heard the issue that you slaughtered this village because the Harbirt clan is a bearer of calamity and has the blood of a demon descendant, is that true?”
“ That was just an issue that King Zeroix propagated miss.all to cover up the rot he did”.
But Merlin realized that not entirely what was rumored was wrong, because Merlin himself felt that there was demon blood in him.
“ Do you know about the kingdom of Noregon? “ The general asked again.
“ Well, that kingdom is now a kingdom of trash. Ever since their general disappeared, they could no longer fight and they seemed to lose their pillar.
Poor fool King, many troops and people who carried out a coup, some left the kingdom ".
“ Where did they go? Do you know?” The general was serious.
“ Em, I do not know, but many also say they choose to the kingdom of Riguaria, or live in forest-side villages that are no longer the territory of the kingdom of Noregon”.
“ Hmm, alright.” The general thought of a plan.
“ What do you know about the missing royal general Nerogon?” ask the general to the big man.
“ All I know is that he is a great General as everyone knows, but since the leadership changed then the General just disappeared, either dumped or killed. What is clear is that Nerogon was wrong to have thrown out such a great General" replied the man.
“ The general you said was missing is in front of you” the General told the Zeron troops.
They were the men from Zeron, all dumbfounded, shocked and unable to believe that the one before him was the famous great General.
“ Luzen, is it okay to tell them who you really are?” Gardden whispered to the general.
“ No problem Gard, I want everyone to know me well. Even I've been thinking that coward Rowen knows that I'm still alive.” the general's outspoken voice shocked everyone in the room.
Finally, Zeron's troops who had left his kingdom asked for permission to stay in the fortress with the General.
After the General consulted with all its members, they finally received a Zeron fraction army to stay in the fortress under certain conditions given by the General as a rule of the fort.
Merlin who seemed to disagree, holding the end of the General's robe, he looked both scared and furious.
“ Should we let them here? “ asked Merlin slowly in a place some distance away from Zeron's army.
“ Merlin, we need a lot of team. Zeron's army is one of the strongest, though, we just need to emphasize to them not to betray and do anything in this fortress.” The general explained in a low voice to Merlin while holding both shoulders of the girl.
“ Take it easy ladies.., we are here just as strong as them, if they are anything, we can immediately cut off the head of Zeron it” Dude who is beside Merlin playing his dagger. Merlin only smiled tucked away in doubt.
The dim night, there were wolf howls and the sound of the night beast.
In front of the door of Merlin's room, a shadow crept in trying to open the door of Merlin's room slowly. Not yet had the figure opened the door, suddenly on his neck had been attached to several sword blades that were ready to slash him, he did not wrench.