The man that now appeared in front of the king was the most corrupted one.
He was jealous of Kerin and wanted his spot. of course, that was not all, he wanted to become the King of Loria!
That was why he was wicked and greedy and thus would do whatever benefitted him.
"Your highness, we cannot possibly surrender."
The king now looked towards him. He wanted to know if he had any other opinion or idea.
"Do you have a reasonable explanation for what you are saying?", he asked.
"Yes your highness.", he grinned as he was about to explain.
"A mere monster cannot possibly govern the kingdom!"
"According to our intel, it is just a puny wolf who thinks that it has acquired the power of the dragons..."
"If we let them be, and surrender, then it would be a shame for the entire humanity!"
He was somewhat reasonable at the moment. 'A mindless monster cannot govern.' - this was something that most of the ministers present there started to think.
The same was the case with the king too. He too started to wonder if it would be wise to follow Kerin's words and surrender themselves, after all, their survival wasn't guaranteed even if they did that since they didn't trust a monster!
"No your majesty, I think it is wiser to-", Kerin was still trying to convince him however, unfortunately, the King no longer heard his words.
"I think sir Kerin is a bit tired so he isn't able to think properly."
"I hope you let him rest for a while.", the cunning minister said this.
"Rostold is right. Kerin, go and take a nap or something.", the king ordered.
"Yes your highness.", without objecting, Kerin left the room while gritting his teeth.
'Can't you all see the splendid strategy that the monsters are following?'
'Their numbers are no more than six thousand yet they are easily able to dominate us.'
'Do they really think that the mastermind or leader of these attacks and monsters is some mindless beast?'
'No!'
'If he were that, then he wouldn't let so many humans flee.'
Kerin was wise, as mentioned earlier. He could think in a manner that others couldn't. Arguably, he could be ranked among the top 10 smartest humans in the world. Unfortunately enough, he wasn't always allowed to voice his thoughts. But yes, he was bold and confident enough.
Also, he wasn't blessed with a good king, for now, that is!
'I have to do something about this.'
'If we really don't surrender, then all of us in the capital will be killed.'
While saying this, he left the castle and then took a horse and rode it down the capital.
'I'm pretty sure that the beast leader is somewhere outside the walls...'
'I will go and have a talk with him.'
He wasn't completely sure about his hypothesis either, it was just an assumption after all.
So, going to visit Shin was a pretty daring and bold move that he decided to take, of course, reckless at the same time.
But it was this recklessness and boldness that won Shin's heart.
"Please hear me out!", he used communication magic to voice his thoughts.
He was close to the fallen walls but couldn't cross it since there were many wolves and a fricking dragon in front of him. Before they could attack, he decided to talk it out with Shin.
'Who...?'
Shin was startled by the voice. He looked with his all seeing eyes only to find a human walking towards him. It was uncommon for humans to approach him, trying to talk, so he had to be extra-cautious.
'Interesting...'
'I wonder why he wants to talk to me...'
Shin walked casually towards the wall. The wolves and Argant spotted the human approaching them but did nothing since Shin forbad them from attacking anymore.
After arriving at the walls, Shin walked past it and looked at the human closely.
"What is it?", Shin asked directly and rudely to the person.
"Eh?", Kerin was startled this time.
*gulp*
'So he can not only understand human languages but also can speak the same tongue?'
'My God... This is unfathomable!', Kerin's eyes glittered while showing the signs of astonishment.
"What do you want to talk about?", Shin repeated his question.
Kerin was at a loss for words but then, after swallowing a large amount of saliva and clenching his fist, he started speaking.
"Hear me out, Oh leader of the monsters, I do not wish the death of the citizens.", he said.
"I don't think you want to kill them either, so I propose that we will surrender, and then you rule the kingdom."
Shin smirked when he heard that.
? 'Interesting, this person is really interesting!'
'Not only did he realize that my aim is to conquer the humans, but also he came here proposing the surrendering of the kingdom.'
'However, I haven't achieved human form yet.'
"This won't do.", he said loudly.
There were three reasons why Shin wanted to attain the human form. One - it was to govern all the large human kingdoms since humans would better listen to their own kin!
Two - he would be able to converse and take over the diverse culture of the present humans while adding his own knowledge to provide inventions and better improvement!
And finally, it was simply because he missed being in his human form.
He was thinking about this for a while now - 'What would I do of the Kingdom after conquering it?'
'How will I rule over the citizens?'
Well, he hadn't killed all of the humans and other races, to begin with. He wanted to rule them and precisely because of that he had asked the goblins and the wolves to leave some of them alive.
However, until now, he hadn't found a way to rule them.
But after seeing the fearless Kerin, Shin came up with a brilliant idea.
'Huh?'
'It won't do?'
'Does that mean I failed in negotiating?', Kerin asked himself.
But oh well, Shin had different plans from the beginning and now his plan had been modified with a successful route!
"Yes!"
"Listen..."
"I like you."
"It will be you who will become the new king of this nation!", Shin declared.
"Nani!?"
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺