Bargain

Both Hugh and the guard both looked at the guard after he said those words. What did he mean by that? We're those just numb kings of a mad man about to die.

Then, before Hugh and the guard could question the chosen's words, they all suddenly heard a loud booming sound followed by a quake in the earth.

Both the guard and Hugh looked towards the direction in which the explosion had occurred. The guard and Hugh immediately got a feeling that the army was being attacked.

The guard made a split decision to escape and go to back up the commander. This was an ambush attack on the army, and the guard could not let anything happen to the commander.

Judging from the chosen's words, it seemed like they had planned all these since the very beginning. The only threat that the commander and the thousand-strong army could consider was if chosen people got together.