The winner of the war has already been determined. Even if Harald kill Arial the throne is not his anymore as there is only him and his ten men guards which will surely mobbed to death by the Arrandian furious soldier if Harald manage to kill the Duke.
Harald is trying to drag Arial to death with him. The surprising fact is why did Arial accepts?
Because Arial had decided this is his. This is his battle. His moment. His…. responsibility. He has come to conquer and conquer he did.
But one last obstacle is in front of him. And it is his duty, his...moment.
Whether he lived or whether he died, by dawn next morning, Arrandy would still win, victorious in their first war.
And his family safety will be secure.
Light will shine. And peace will dawn. A thousand years of peace, a longing, a dream that he sought in his timeline, a thousand years of uninterrupted peace.