Commander Stain was frightened at the sudden predicament he was in.
Listrel was clearly itching to fight this Lea that he even was pushing him to prove Lea's treason.
"I do not know of the nations in the Dark Sea, Lord Princess of the Dark. I fear that my words will be meaningless and useless. After all, who can confirm what nation that Eldrich serves?" Stain reasoned out.
"Commander Stain. Have some backbone!" Listrel chastised.
"No need to be subtle. Princess Lea, this Commander assumes that you will deny if the kingdom he names is, in fact, the kingdom where this Eldirch allied himself with! After all, even if he names the kingdom that you traveled with, you could deny it! Even I do not know what kingdom you are!"
"We do, your highness." Tathar bowed.
"Oh! Then it's easier if you know. Lea... I'll be frank. The most suspicious kingdom is the kingdom that you are with. After all, they did give a slot of their teleportation to send him here. And your allies are clearly not from the Lowlands. This Commander claims that they have evidence of an alliance with orcs. And since the Eldrich is with this kingdom, it's possible that the kingdom you are with instigated this plot. If the Commander can tell me the name of that kingdom in two days, and it matches with the kingdom that you are with, then it's true." Listrel smiled.
"But of course, if he is lying and merely said that report hoping that I would lend aid to the human kingdom, then I shall let you kill him and eat up his soul."
Commander Stain was tearing up in frustration.
"Oh? Well...Your arrangement does make sense. I have not sensed that you secretly communicated with each other as to the name of this kingdom that I am with." Lea smiled.
She turned over to her companions, and they all nodded. Confident that it was nearly impossible for this human to give the right name. Even their spies that they sent here were cursed that they could not say the name of the kingdom they served. And even if the humans managed to fish out the names of the Necromancers or of the vampire clans, it was still impossible to know which kingdom the necromancers and the vampires served.
"Fine. I accept your premise. The Eldrich must have made a deal with the same kingdom that sent me these powerful escorts. I still retain that I have no alliance with him or any knowledge about it. But If Commander can name this kingdom, out of all the hundreds of kingdoms in the Dark Sea, then I will accept that as proof that the dead Eldrich collaborated with the orc kingdoms. I'm sure someone as knowledgeable as you know of this kingdom?" Lea mocked.
"Good! If my retainers hear the right answer, you'll know what they do. Commander Stain, prepare your answer." Listrel turned to the Commander.
"I have my answer now." Stain sighed.
He has already read the reports and collaborated with the many scholars and historians in their kingdom. The two days they will spend will only give off the same answer as to the kingdom he now knew. His only hope was to name the one who informed him of the name.
"Paladin Champion Drake Vestitude informed me that the kingdom that the orcs and vampires allied with is... the Dark Shine Kingdom." Commander Stain answered as he prepared for his death.
"Crap." Lea's expression turned ugly.
SLASH!
FWIP!
BOOM!
A sword slash. A charged arrow and a fireball struck and killed the group of Champions that accompanied Lea.
"AHHH!"
The Soul f the Skeleton fled with great speed as his animated body was obliterated. But another arrow flew and slew the soul.
Merick had his sword drawn. Against his sword, the Champion Necromancer stood no chance.
Tathar shot a charged arrow and somehow incinerated every bone of the Skeleton.
The Vampire was attacked with a powerful holy fireball that burned him to nothingness even before the flaming ball struck him. The attacker was the last retainer that served Princess Listrel.
"That was surprising! Even I didn't expect him to know the exact name of the kingdom you are with." Listrel chuckled.
"All who are found to be allies of the Eldrich can be immediately slain. The Dark Shine Kingdom will be reported to be in alliance. And since that we have evidence beyond reasonable doubt that the orcs have allied with the Eldrich, I decree that the Midlands will aid the Lowland Human Kingdoms for war against the orcs. Dwarven exiles. If you support the human kingdoms, I will gift you a legacy Forge from the Midlands. I declare war against the orc kingdoms in Airom and will support the human Kingdoms to massacre them!" Listrel promised.
The orcs nearby were trembling in fear at the declaration.
Lea still wore an ugly expression. The Dark Sea was too distant, and the Dark Shine Kingdom was so far off that all the humans and creatures in the Lowlands would only hear the name of these kingdoms but would have no knowledge of what these kingdoms were! After all, only the dark dependents would cooperate and trade with those in the Dark Sea!
She wagered that out of all the names. The humans would blame a kingdom that was close to their shores. But she didn't expect the Commander to single out the Dark Shine Kingdom.
"How did they know?! Are the Dark Shine Kingdom so incompetent?!" Lea gnashed her teeth. She even checked with the Dark Shine Kingdom.
But there was another issue that made her loathe the Dark Shine Kingdom!
"Why did those idiots not tell me they were manipulating the orcs?!" She raged. The fact that humans singled out their kingdom in a plot with orcs convinced her that the Dark Shine Kingdom hid the fact that they were allied with the orcs!
She had questioned and found out about the vampires that were sent to the Lowlands. She had asked every detail and even knew of how the vampire of the Bloodblade clan was killed. But the Dark Shine Kingdom never mentioned an Orc Alliance.
Lea faced Listrel, who she knew would attack her.
"Dark Princess Lea. You said that this Eldrich which I killed had dealings with the kingdom that escorted you. Your words condemned him and proved the reality of this plot. You have allowed the Eldirch to make these alliances that you know off. And with that, I thought I would just level the playing field and give the humans some support." Listrel smiled.
"Hmp! What compensation must I pay to resolve this?" Lea said nothing and turned around to activate the teleportation pad.
"Let's see... You journeyed alongside an Eldirch who was working with the Dark Shine and had been sending vampires in the Lowlands to entice the orcs to war.... While you are allowed to make deals with the Eldrich, it's clear you know that that Eldirch made plans to manipulate the orc kingdoms. That's breaching the lesser rules set." Listrel readied her blade.
"How about this quarter soul you brought before me?" Listrel slashed out.
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