"OHHHHHH!"
As Jin held up Liszt's head, the Exiled Army burst into loud cheers.
"Lord Liszt!"
The guard officer shouted in horror. The strongest general in their camp has been killed, how can they win now?
To make matters worse, when the city guard officer looked at the river bank, the thick smoke had dissipated, but what was left behind was that large numbers of fleets from the Erd Tree Army had arrived, and soldiers wrapped in red cloth were getting off the boat one by one. It was hopeless scenery.
"It's over, it's over..."
The city guard officer knelt on the ground in despair and said. Their reinforcement generals had been killed, and even if new reinforcements were on the way, the 550 existing soldiers would not even be able to delay the Erd Tree Army for three minutes. The opponent has thousands of soldiers whose combat power far exceeds theirs. Bali City has no chance of winning at all. However, the city guard officer heard that the treatment of the surrendered troops by the Erd Tree Army was pretty good, perhaps…
"Let's surrender..."
The guarding officer gave the orders in a defeated tone to the soldiers around him.
"Sir, are you sure?"
Hearing his order, the soldiers showed fearful expressions. The soldiers in Bali City held a hesitant attitude towards the Erd Tree Army who they knew little about. No one knows what kind of terrible fate awaits them from the Erd Tree army.
"We have no choice, if this goes on, we will only be minced meat for them. It is impossible for us to beat them. And… My wife is about to give birth, and I still want to see my children be born. So instead of dying with that fat Pig Stank, I'll take my chances with the tree huggers. Prepare the white flag, let us surrender."
"Yes…yes sir."
Seeing the officer's reaction, the soldiers knew that Stank was doomed. Surrender is the only way to protect themselves. But this is not to blame for their weakness. These soldiers really don't like Stank. Most of the benefits are given to his cronies, and these low-level soldiers don't get much of the pie. The most important thing for these soldiers at this moment is to go home alive.
The soldiers consciously prepared the white cloth that was supposed to wrap the corpse of their comrades, tied it to their spears, and waved a signal of surrender.
"Look over there Master, the defense forces guarding this city gate have surrendered!"
On the flagship, Bedivere pointed to the soldiers waving the white flag.
"Good…"
Marika was relieved to avoid unnecessary killings.
"Indeed, Master."
Bedivere smiled when he saw Malika's frown stretched.
Marika let out a deep breath, and then ordered:
"Send a team of soldiers from the rear of the fleet to receive the surrendered combatants after we have all landed."
"As you wish, Master."
After receiving the order, Bedivere immediately turned around and contacted the officers with grace.
Seeing Jinn rushing into the city with a large number of soldiers on the river bank, Marika closed her eyes and took a deep breath to ready herself. When she opened her eyes again, it contained the determination she had gained with the support of her companions.
"Let's end this."
As soon as the Erd Tree's forces entered the city, they were unstoppable. The neat and organized street battle formation made the exiled soldiers invincible. In order to prevent Stank from escaping, the entire army was divided into four groups to encircle Stank's mansion from the periphery of the city slowly to the center. Sakai Jin, Artorius, and Achilles each led a detachment of the troops. And the last detachment was led by Marika herself. The soldiers of Bari City along the road knew that the situation was over when they saw so many enemy troops pouring into the lord's city. Like the officers defending the city wall, they dropped their weapons and raised white flags.
Balo City is the political center of the entire Southern Territory. When Bali City falls, it basically means that the entire Southern Territory has fallen into the hands of the Golden Dynasty. Faced with such a disadvantage, most of the retainers who had hated Stank also opened their mansions and surrendered voluntarily. Many of them were cuckolded by Stank just like Einar. Therefore, many nobles even took the initiative to lead troops to join the Erd Tree army to attack their former colleagues.
Marika welcomed these nobles who understood the situation. But after the fact, liquidation is another matter. For those nobles who kept slaves, Marika is determined to not let them off lightly.
As for the few idiots who were loyal to the Barry family, they were quickly wiped out by the Erd Tree Army with thunderous efficiency. Jin even got a few more generals' heads to take credit for, which made Ladybug who followed his team feel sick. But Ladybug knows that his friend is not from the same era as him, and the era they live in now is also in the warring Middle Ages. The difference in their values is expected by Ladybug. In order to respect Jin's samurai belief, Ladybug can only pretend not to see his headhunting's behavior.
However, the smoothness of all this gave Marika a faint sense of foreboding. Why hasn't Stank shown up yet? The main reason for the previous two city's lords was that the surprise attack was too fast for them to escape from their mansions, or they came out to fight. But as the Erd Tree Army slowly approached Stank's mansion, there was no movement at all. This made Marika think that it was either a trap, or that Stank had escaped through some kind of secret passage, both options were possible.
However, the castellan's mansion still needs to be occupied nonetheless, and Marika can only lead her team straight into Barry's mansion.
When the Tree Sentinel in her royal guards smashed the iron gate of the mansion with his enormous halberd, what came into view was an extremely luxurious two-story mansion, and the extravagance and corruption of Stank could be seen everywhere. Its garden makes Einar's look like an ordinary turf field. But Einat just turned a blind eye to all of this, all he can think about now is rushing into the house to rescue Lydia, and then killing that piece of shit named Stank.
But just when Einar put his hand on the main door of the mansion, a flash of electricity suddenly flashed through Marika's forehead! It was her New Type senses that detected the danger!
"Wait a minute, sir Einar!"
Marika hastily stepped forward to stop him.
"What's the matter, Your Majesty? Lydia is inside, I have to save her!"
Einar asked, puzzled.
"I feel that there is a trap inside, so don't go in yet, let me open the door and have a look."
As the person with the strongest sensing ability around, Marika decided to see for herself what the danger she felt just now was.
"Trap? That does sound like something he would do. I understand, thank you for your reminder, my lord."
Feeling that Marika's words made sense, Rinar stepped aside consciously and let Marika step forward to check.
Marika walked to the main door and carefully opened a crack. Looking inside, Marika could see a luxurious hall, with expensive golden decoration everywhere. In the center of the back was a grand staircase leading to the second floor of the mansion. The floor was even covered with an expensive red carpet. It was brightly lit, but empty.
Marika used her New Type senses and her clairvoyance skills to take a closer look, and she saw that except for the stairs of the mansion, there were steel wires so thin that they were invisible to the normal naked eye. In the dark, one could feel a malice hidden in the atmosphere. Obviously, the owner of this malice must be a master assassin who is good at hiding. This person is like a spider, waiting for the prey to step into the trap he has woven without the prey knowing it. If Einar had just walked in, he might have been entangled in these wires, and then cut into pieces by the operator in the dark with the wires.
But strangely, when she swept those wire traps and that malice with her New Type senses, she didn't feel threatened. But when Einar touched the doorknob just now, Marika's sensory ability became vigilant. How the hell did that happen?
Marika then switched to the method of mana detection. For Marika who has begun to master various Type-moon noble phantasm and magecraft, Marika can easily detect mana, a skill that is easy for a heroic spirit.
Marika sensed the mana of the wire and the hidden assailant, and found that the mana of the wire was almost non-existent. And although the man of the man in the dark is slightly stronger than that of ordinary Golden Dynasty knights, heroic spirits like Achilles and Bedivere can easily take him on.
Now the mystery is finally revealed! It turned out that the reason why Marika couldn't feel the threat was because these magic steel wires were just like ordinary steel wires to her, and they couldn't hurt her at all. Even an ordinary knight would only suffer minor injuries if he was trapped in it. But for weak natives like Einar, these steel wires are deadly. Marika couldn't help but admit that the Lands Between really is a deadly place.
Marika backed away from the crack of the door, and then stretched out her hand to signal Bedivere and Einar to approach her. After the two got closer, Marika whispered to them:
"I just inspected the hall. There seems to be a wire trap inside, and there is a person with pretty high level mana hiding in the dark."
"Sure enough, Stank kept a trick up his sleeves, that cunning pig!"
After hearing this, Einar whispered angrily.
"Then how should we deal with those traps, Master?"
Bedivere asked.
Marika smiled and replied:
"This is the interesting part. Those traps are not a threat to people with powerful magic power like me and Sir Bedivere. But the people inside don't know this, so we might as well play along. Sir Bedivere and I will deliberately step into the trap, lure that person out, and annihilate him in one fell swoop!"
"Your Majesty, isn't this dangerous? You are the king of a country, how can you go into danger yourself? Let others come."
Einar retorted worriedly.
"It's alright, like I said, those steel wires can't hurt me. Besides, if it were someone else, they would definitely not be enticing enough to make the mouse take the bait and show up. Only me, a high-value target, is attractive enough."
"But-"
"Sir Einar, I believe in Master's judgment. Let's follow Master's plan!"
Einar wanted to refute again, but was interrupted by Bedivere. Marika looked at Bedivere, and her silver-handed knight responded with a trusting smile and nod.
"Then the battle begins! Sir Bedivere, come with me!"
"Yes, Master!"
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Markia strode towards the door, followed closely by Bedivere. Only Einar and the rest of the royal guards were left to await their results.
Marika and Bedivere only took a few steps in the hall, and their necks, bodies, hands and feet were immediately entangled in wire traps. However, Marika seemed to be receiving special attention. The steel wires on her torso were purposely tied into a tortoise shell bound appearance. Marika and Bedivere gently tugged on the steel wires on their bodies with a force that would not attract the attention of the trap setters, and found that these steel wires could be torn apart with brute force as long as they exerted force. But in order to lure the instigator, they can only pretend to be really trapped and unable to move.
At this time, there was a very mocking applause, and a fat man with a frog like face wearing expensive jewelry and an expensive noble dress came out from the mansion on the second floor of the mansion. The man standing at the top of the stairs said with a disdainful expression on his ugly face:
"Well well well, if it isn't the famous Queen Marika? Your Majesty, I, the Great Lord of the South, Stank Barry welcomes you to my residence."
Stank opened his arms, and the nasty voice in his mouth was full of the tone of a villain.
"I don't know if you like the surprise I prepared for you? I know that you have always liked to take charge in the fight, so I hired the "Shadow Warrior" Mr. Syros to give you a meeting gift! HEHEHEHEH~ Am I right, Mr. Syros? "
Stank walked down the stairs of the mansion while talking. Following a burst of smirks and taunts from Sank, a man in a tight black battle suit jumped from the ceiling to one of the steel wires in midair with superb skill, as if he was a real spider. This man, like his employer, had a smug smile on his face.
"I am Syros, pleased to meet you, Your Majesty."
Maintaining his astonishing sense of balance, Syros bowed in a mocking gesture.
Regarding their cynicism, Marika and Bedivere just kept their faces cold and didn't say a word.
"Oh~ don't be unhappy, Your Majesty. You must know that this is the result of your own recklessness~! And now, even if you have thousands of troops outside the door, you can only obediently be my hostage here~ HEHEHEHE~"
Stank continued to walk down the stairs step by step, showing a lewd smile on the side.
But Marika was unmoved, but kept her eyes on Stank and Syros. At this time, the system's voice sounded in her head:
"Task trigger: Defeat or kill "Shadow Warrior" Syros and "The Great Southern Lord" Stank Barry. Task Difficulty: Moderate. Reward: Unlock Patches and Kaidan sellswords. "
"Is Her Majesty still silent? Then I suppose I'll have to ask Mr. Syros to 'open you up' a bit."
Seeing that Marika still ignored him, Stank was also a little annoyed. So he decided to let Syros give her a hard time.
Syros grinned cruelly, then raised his hands. There is a ring on each of his fingers, and in front of his fingers is a small purple magic circle. He clenched his hands, and the magic steel wire wrapped around Marika tightened immediately. The neck, hands, feet, and the steel wire on her body pressed against her tightly. But under the defense of the Age of Gods armor and her tough skin, these steel wires are not painful to her at all.
Syros also noticed this, but undaunted, he changed the object of his torment to Bedivere who was left out in the sidelines. With a sneer from Syros, he made a move to close the net. The steel wire on Bedivere's body was also tightened, but Bedivere was also unmoved. Bedivere even blew away the hair on his forehead mockingly, as if he did not feel the tight steel wires on his body.
"Hmph! Master Stank, it seems that the armor on these two is not simple!"
Syros turned his head and reported to Stank, who was still slowly walking down the stairs, while he still retained his arrogant tone, obviously not surprised by the hardness of the two's armors. But Marika really wanted to diss: how long does it take you to go down the stairs, you fat man! ? The stairs are not too long!
"As expected of the Golden Dynasty, your equipment is extraordinary, and to think I have the honor to see them in full effect, hehehehe. Then Mr. Syros, you can use our secret weapon! I think Her Majesty the Queen will love it to death!"
Stank said with a wicked smile, and the smile on his face became more and more obscene.
"Oh~that~hehehehehe"
Syros also showed a wretched smile after hearing the order. He reached into his tool belt on his waist, and took out a long and thin needle.
Syros held the needle like showing off a jewelry and said:
"The throwing needle in my hand is covered with my own special love potion! As long as Her Majesty the Queen is pricked lightly by it later, let's say she will get into quite the "mood"~ hehehehehe."
When Bedivere heard the effect of the poisonous needle, his pupils couldn't help shrinking with anger. This fell into the eyes of Syros, which made his sadistic mentality very satisfied. After the love potion took effect, he and Stank would ruthlessly rape Marika in front of this knight, and enjoy his despaired expression. Just imagining it makes him pull a boner.
"Hehehehe, enjoy it! Your Majesty the Queen!"
With a lewd smile, Syros precisely threw the poisonous needle at Marika's neck which was not protected by armor. But the next scene froze his and Stank's smiles.
The moment the poisonous needle touched Marika's skin, it made a crisp metal collision sound as if hitting a metal plate, and then bounced away.
When the poison needle fell to the floor, there was another crisp sound. It was only then that Stank and Syros realized what had happened.
"Syros! What's going on here!? Why is your poisonous needle useless!?"
Stank finally walked down the stairs and scolded angrily.
"Master Stank, I—I don't know—!"
Before Ross finished speaking, Marika clenched her fists and activated Gate of Babylon. Several staff emerged from the golden portals, and the staff shot out precise beams of mana, cutting off the steel wires on Marika and Bedivere.
"What!?"
Syros and Stank exclaimed at the sudden turn of events. But before they could react, Marika waved her hand, and all the staff were immediately turned around and aimed behind, shooting flame magic Several pillars of fire erupted from the front of the staff, forming a wall of raging fire behind Stank, blocking the retreat of Stank and Syros.
[Recommended BGM: Mobile Suit Gundam Witch from Mercury OST-Witch from Mercury Theme Song]
"Damn! You tricked us!"
Syros roared in embarrassment, and at the same time he clasped his hands and pointed at Marika.
"Shadow bullet!"
After reading out his magic attack, a purple magic circle appeared at the tip of his finger, and dozens of bullet-like magic balls were fired continuously from the magic circle like a machine gun.
Seeing the incoming magic ball, Marika didn't panic, but opened the portal of the Gate of Babylon. Flying out of it were several sided iron plates covered with high-tech patterns. One side of the iron plate is a white high-tech metal, and the other side is a dull unknown transparent material.
This is the Moon Gundam's Pychomu Board, the Psychomu controlled weapon that Marika is going to use for the first time.
Marika closed her eyes and attached her New Type perception to the Psychomu board. When she connected to the Psychomu board, Marika instantly felt some indescribable change in her consciousness. Her New Type perception has been enhanced unprecedentedly, and her ability to predict danger has also been enhanced hundreds of times. But the most amazing thing is that as her consciousness diverges, she feels that her consciousness seems to be separated from herself. This drifting consciousness can receive every move of everything in the world, even the universe far away in the sky.
In this strange state, Syros's attack was even more insignificant. Marika gently raised her right hand and clenched her fist, and the Psychomu board reached a perfect connection with her, as it glowed red.
Then the Psychomu boards flew to Marika like a controlled bee swarm in a way that can only be described as floating without gravity, forming a barrier of invisible light.
When the magic balls hit this strange barrier, those magic balls exploded like scattered fireworks and bounced back, making an unknown sound of some kind of energy.
Both Syros and Tank were surprised by this scene, they had never seen such a strange weapon.
But Bedivere didn't stay still, he was already used to the many noble phantasms of the Gate of Babylon. He seized the opportunity to draw out his sword with his left hand, and rushed towards the most threatening Syros. When Syros noticed that Bedivere rushed over, it was already too late, and just as he reached out to draw out his scimitar based on years of experience, Bedivere had already swung his sword to him. Bedivere's sword pierced Syros' chest quickly and fiercely, and he was killed on the spot.
With a scream, Stank tried to turn and run backwards, but was blocked by the wall of fire behind him. When he looked back in fear, but he was greeted by Bedivere's prosthetic right hand. The right hand made of metal from the Age of Gods punched Stank's face fiercely. The power of the fist made his frog-like face even more distorted and ugly, knocking him to the ground.
Touching his ugly face that was even more crooked, Stank tried to get up, but the longsword in Bedivere's left hand was already against his back, and Bedivere said in a cold voice:
"Surrender. It's over, Tank!"
Feeling the sharp blade on his back, Stank could only lie on the ground aggrieved and dare not move.
"Master, are you alright?"
Noticing Marika's fugue state, Bedivere asked aloud.
Marika was awakened from her abnormal state by his voice, but it was soon followed by a slight sense of fatigue.
"I... I'm fine."
Marika said a little hazily, then reached out to use her magic power to put out the unnecessary firewall and put away the Gate of Babylon and the Psychomu boards. The feeling of spiritual diffusion just now is really indescribable and wonderful.
"Really? . . . okay."
Seeing that Marika seemed to have no abnormalities, Bedivere could only regard Marika's absent-minded state just now as being caused by being too focused on using the noble phantasm.
"Everyone! The traps and enemies have been dealt with!"
Bedivere turned his head and shouted.
Hearing Bedivere's voice, Einar rushed in from outside the door impatiently, followed by the Lyndel knights and soldiers of the Royal guard. The Tree Sentinels had to stay outside because of their tall stature.
After Einar came in, he took a brief glance at Stank and ran to the second floor to continue searching.
The Lyndel knights obediently asked Marika:
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
"Search the City Lord's Mansion, first look for Sir Einar's wife, search every corner."
"Yes my lord."
The knights responded, and immediately launched a carpet search in Stank's mansion.
During their search, a lot of gold and silver treasures were discovered, but the Lyndel soldiers didn't take any of them. These precious metals are not as tempting as fresh runes!
"Ugaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
After dozens of minutes, Marika who was waiting in the lobby suddenly heard Einar's loud scream. Marika, who happened to be growing impatient with Stank's constant begging for mercy, immediately went to the second floor with Bedivere to check. Stank was handed over to two Lyndel knights.
The two ran in the direction of the screams, and finally they stopped in a bedroom, where Einar's screams came from. The door was half closed, so Mrlika pushed open the bedroom door forcefully, and said inside:
"Sir Einar! Are you alright?"
But Einar didn't answer, and when Marika saw what was going on inside, even she was silent.
Aina was hugging a blond elf woman sobbing softly. This girl was indeed born beautiful, with a busty body. It's a pity that she is naked now, with only a collar around her neck, and there are marks of injections on her arms, as she mutters to herself:
"Hehehe, big dick~ I want a big dick~"
They found Lydia, but judging by her body's state. Her mind and innocence are long lost.
Marika sort of expected that things might have turned out like this since Einar approached her with his request. Stank is obviously not the kind of man who can control his desires, otherwise Marika wouldn't be here to kill him now. With a beautiful woman like Lydia by his side, it is impossible for Stank to control his crotch.
But she didn't expect that Stank would use drugs. It seems that the anti-drug laws will also be put on the agenda in the future.
All of this makes Malrka hate the nobles of this world even more, but she can't overthrow them all at once, and she has to investigate carefully one by one, otherwise, a good person like Einar will be wronged. This made her even more angry. The inaction of the elder council of the elves, the collusion of the empire, and the madness of the nobles of the kingdom, all these made her feel extremely bad, and she had no joy of winning the battle at all.
Bedivere was also very sympathetic to Einar who was in grief at this time. The woman they worked so hard to save had actually been ruined by that dog's poisonous hands long ago, and Bedivere, who had always been upright, was also very uncomfortable. But Bedivere couldn't think of any good comfort, so he could only pat Einar on the shoulder and said:
"Don't worry, Sir Einar. Stank will pay for what he did."
"Stank?"
Einar slowly raised his head, his eyes revealed empty despair. But when he heard Stank's name, the desperation in his eyes turned to monstrous rage.
"That's right... Stank... that wretched dog Sank! Sir Bedivere, where is that dog?!"
Surprised by Einar's sudden change, Bedivere unconsciously revealed the location of the Stank:
"He's still in the hall just now."
After hearing this, Einar left Lydia without saying a word, and walked towards the hall aggressively. Bedivere and Marika exchanged glances, both of them knew what Einar was going to do now.
Bedivere hurried out of the room to follow Einar, and Marika covered Lydia with a sheet to hide her body, and after calling a few soldiers to take care of Lydia, then she followed Einar's footsteps.
When Malika rushed to the hall, she saw that Bedivere was holding Einar to prevent him from getting close to Stank, while Einar was struggling angrily with his sword. Sank was tied up and hid behind the soldiers guarding him.
"Let go of me, fuck! I'm going to chop up this bastard right now!"
"Calm down, Einar, we can't execute him without Master's instruction!"
Seeing the two wrestling and struggling, Marika knew that she had to calm Einar down quickly, or a fight might break out!
"Enough! Sir Einar, Sir Bedivere!"
Marika said aloud,
The two stopped their movements and turned to see Marika at the top of the stairs.
Both of them quickly knelt down on one knee. No matter how angry he was, Einar's fear of Marika still calmed him down.
Marika walked down the stairs quickly and walked up to Einar. Marika understood Einar's anger at this time. If it were her, she would also be furious, gnashing her teeth. But as king, Marika must ensure that the legal process takes precedence. If Einar executes Stank without Marika's order, then he is challenging Marika's authority. Marika didn't care if Einar executed Stank without permission, but her retainers from the Land Between won't think so. If they knew about this, these fanatic believers of Marika would definitely give Einar a hard time. So in order to keep Einar, Marika must at least give Einar an order to kill Stank first.
Marika sighed and said to Einar:
"Sir Einar, I understand your anger. However, we have not established our country for a long time, and if there is no legal restraint, it will cause chaos. I must set an example."
"Then are we going to just let that bastard go?"
Einar gritted his teeth and asked.
"I didn't say that. You can beat him up now, but you can't kill him without my order."
"But-!"
"Don't worry, with the amount of evidence against him, he will have no choice but to die in court later. You don't want this bastard to die so soon, do you?"
Marika deliberately showed an evil smile as she spoke.
"Of-of course my lord!"
When Einar saw Malika's expression, his scalp went numb, and the nobles who were put to death on wooden stakes appeared in his mind. The appearance of those bloody corpses like dead fish on the stakes still makes him occasionally have nightmares. That kind of death frightens even his enraged self at the moment.
"Gah! You-you you what are you going to do?"
Stank asked very frightenedly, if even the furious Einar could calm down, how terrible and cruel is this punishment? !
Marika ignored his question, just sneered and ordered:
"Drag him away!"
"Yes my lord!"
The soldiers obeyed and dragged the tank roughly out of the hall.
"Sir Einar, I think you should have a "good conversation" with him in the dungeon now."
Marika raised her eyebrows at Einar and said.
Einar also understood what she meant, and followed the soldiers with a gloomy face.
"Congratulations to the success of the host's mission!"
At this time, the system's celebratory voice sounded in Marika's head. On her lower abdomen covered by armor, Godrick's great rune symbol also joined the Elden Ring symbol on her abdomen.
Two days later...
"Forgive me! Forgive me!"
In the central square of Bali City, which was converted into an execution ground. Stank is tied face down to a horizontal cross stake. Bedivere, who presided over the scene, was reading out his crimes one by one. The nobles of Bali City who hated Stank for a long time turned a blind eye to his prayers, no matter how many gold, silver and beautiful women he promised, neither the people nor the nobles wanted to help this fat pig who had lost power. There was only disgust on everyone's face.
Stank cast his eyes on Einar, and then begged shamelessly:
"Sir Einar, save me! Think of the kindness that the Barry family has shown to your family for so many years, help me!"
"Hmph!"
How could Einar have sympathy for the man who cucked him? Einar raised his middle finger to him, showing the international friendly gesture he learned from the ladybug.
"You—you traitor!"
Seeing his last hope shattered, Stank cursed in a broken voice, changing his humble attitude just now.
But his cursing soon turned back to pleading. Because as Bediverel finished reading his crimes, it was time for execution. Two exiled soldiers walked behind Stank, one holding a thicker wooden stake than the previous impalement execution, and the other holding a big wooden hammer.
The soldier holding the wooden stake pointed the tip of the wooden stake at the tank's anus, while the soldier holding the mallet raised the hammer and was ready to swing it at the wooden stake at any time.
Marika looked around, seeing expressions of panic or relief from the people and the surrendered nobles; she couldn't help but lament that Stank really had brought it upon himself.
She proclaimed aloud:
"I now order the immediate execution of Stank Barry!"
"No~!"
Accompanied by the scream of the Sank, the exiled soldier slammed down the mallet. Seeing the wooden stake sinking into the body of Sank hammer after hammer, his pig like scream ringing through the air, everyone present let out a fierce breath of anger.