Siegfried clenched his teeth as he quickly calculated possibilities. After all, he was a man who solved his problems with his own abilities without depending on fate to help.

‘They used the carriage as bait. In that case, where is the real Queen Leila?’

He guessed they would try to trick him, but he never thought they would do something like this. Since the capital was under siege, he would eventually find her if he searched thoroughly, but the quickest way would be to make Rick talk.

“Keep him alive. But he just needs to talk, so do whatever is necessary to find the royal family…”

“Sir!”

At that moment, Jake ran towards Siegfried’s side and blocked something that had been flying towards him.

CLANGGG!

Aiming for Siegfried, a flash of light had flown through the air. That flash of light ended up being just an ordinary looking arrow.

“This…?”

There was only one person in the whole continent who could do something like this - Trike Low, one of Milton Forrest’s close aides. For him to show up here meant...

“It’s the Grand Duke!”

“His Highness, Grand Duke Milton Forrest is back!!”

The ground shook as the soldiers of the Lester Kingdom cheered from all sides. 

“WAHHHHH!!”

The roaring sound was announcing the return of Grand Duke Milton Forrest, the war god of the Lester Kingdom. 

“F*ck! He’s here already? How?”

Siegfried’s face crumpled. He had thought he would have two more days before Milton Forrest arrived. And that was only because he was expecting Milton to arrive quickly. However, Milton Forrest arrived even sooner than he had expected. 

Then, Rick spoke up from beneath his feet.

“Hahahah… You’re XXX.”

Siegfried felt his temper rise, but at that moment, he didn’t have the time to pay attention to Rick.

“Form battle lines! We’re responding immediately!”

He quickly got Jake and the Ghosts under control as he shouted out his order. 

***

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“Tommy? Can you hear this? ”

With his consciousness fading, Rick called out to his friend lying next to him. Tommy’s body was getting rapidly colder and...