Beginning Of The End (8)
"Supreme General!" <Commander >
"What's happening?" <Duke Fran>
"It seems the search party has found the King of Lunan!" <Commander >
Fran scratched his cheek in the garrison's commander's pavilion at the report of his men.
The King of Lunan, if he kills the King of Lunan, he'll be doing exactly what he wants.
Fran was convinced that Julius had his eye on the throne of Lunan.
So, killing the King of Lunan would give him a good reason.
Even so, he couldn't just find the king and not kill him, because it was the order of the King of Visigoth to kill the King of Lunan.
"Bang!"
Fran slammed his forehead hard against the table.
What does it matter if he wants the throne?
It has nothing to do with prestige or cause.
The goal of the upcoming war is to win against Julius.
If they won the war against him, they wouldn't care about him needing a reason to take the throne.
There was no way he could fight Julius properly and win if he was still afraid of him.
Afraid that he could be outsmarted by him once again.
Shame on you Fran Valdesca!
He laughed bitterly.
The number of troops mobilized for this great conquest was a whopping 300,000.
Of that number, 200,000 were directly deployed in Lunan.
This was the number of troops that would march on the southern countries as soon as they fully occupied Lunan.
The number of troops in Lunan was not that large.
They could only move 50,000 troops at most, since it seems the King had sent the bulk of his forces away securing the Southern territories Julius had claimed.
It was an overwhelming difference in strength.
There are also the ten warlords who had great strength.
If this is not enough, then he will never win.
"Bang!"
Fran smacked his forehead again.
He didn't care about his intentions.
He will kill the king of Lunan and destroy Lunan in his own way.
The plan to occupy Aquitania, Julius's stronghold, was already perfectly planned.
The army that will conquer Lunan will not only consist of the first, second, and third armies that he has led.
There was also a trump card in the form of the Fourth Army, which waits patiently to begin the two pronged assault of his nemesis.
"Capture the King of Lunan." <Duke Fran>
"Yes, Your Highness!" <Commander >
Having made his decision, Fran eventually arrived at the place where the search party had surrounded the king.
Fran nodded, and in an instant, the Royal Guards were massacred.
The King of Lunan's Royal Guards were no match for Fran's elite army.
Since their ranks were filled with those who'd bought the position from their king for the prestige it brought their families not thanks to the skill of their swords.
The king was quickly escorted out of the carriage and made to kneel on the ground.
"King of Lunan." <Duke Fran>
In front of him, Fran looked down at the king with a cold expression.
"Please spare me!" <King Tutanka>
The king immediately began to beg for his life.
He had no pride to begin with.
"I'm going into exile in the Kingdom of Visigoth. I offer you Lunan. I surrender!" <King Tutanka>
"That's not good. His Majesty will allow you to surrender before the battle, but not after. If you had intended to surrender, you should have given up your country before our troops crossed the border. Is that clear?" <Duke Fran>
This of course was attempted, in an attempt to perform a bloodless coup the Visigoth King offered terms of submission to the Lunan King, which were rejected at the time as the King had his own trump card, mainly Julius to act as his bulwark against the invaders.
"I'll offer you the whole Lunan now!" <King Tutanka>
Fran shook his head at the pathetic king.
The king was even more foolish than he had been told.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you live. It was a mistake to foolishly escape through the main road." <Duke Fran>
"I am King Tutanka of Lunan, a member of the most highly respected royal family on this continent. Don't make me laugh! I want to meet the King of Visigoth!" <King Tutanka>
The King of Lunan offers himself as a prisoner of war in order to stay alive for a while.
"Kuh-hah-hah!" <Duke Fran>
Fran laughed out loud in front of him.
"I am Fran Valdesca! I am the heir to the Valdesca family. I have never once thought that my Valdesca family was inferior to the Lunans." <Duke Fran>
"Va...Valdesca...? You're a Valdesca? That's ridiculous...!" <King Tutanka>
The King of Lunan shook his head in disbelief.
Valdesca was one of the twelve families of the continent.
There was absolutely no way that its rank would be lower than his family.
"Can we stop this ugly charade now? Lunan is finished. Therefore, Your Majesty, I think you deserve to meet your end." <Duke Fran>
Fran nodded to his subordinate, Lamp, and then Lamp's sword went for the king's neck.
"No, no, no....Save me! Stop! Guaaaah!" <KIng Tutanka>
The king went mad to the end, but soon his head flew up into the sky.
"Waaahhhh!" <Visigoth Soldiers>
In front of him, the soldiers shouted in a battle cry.
The end of the last king of the Lunan Kingdom, which had been a great power, was as vain as ever.
"I will send the King's head back to His Majesty Herald to announce our success. Please prepare to send it to the Herald front line." <Duke Fran>
"Yes, sir! Supreme General!" <Commander >
At the same time, the King of Visigoth, Kashia, was running a campaign of his own.
He was more interested in the Herald Kingdom, which bordered on the east with Visigoth, than in Lunan, because there were rumours that in the Herald Kingdom an S-class warlord like him existed.
So, from the beginning, Lunan was not in King Kashia's sights.
Even in the history of the game, Lunan was a land that could be easily obtained.
"All troops march on the vacant Lunan Castle." <Duke Fran>
Fran gave the order.
This was the moment when Lunan Castle, with its long history, fell into Fran's hands.