Chapter 576 - 64: The Grand Wedding
The chant of Di Ti rang out from the watchtowers, carrying a strange charm that spread around like a golden bell tolling in the plane of divine grace.
Eferot, who was about to give the order to attack, swallowed his words back under the gilding of the golden tune.
"Order a full withdrawal. Abandon the attack plans," Eferot commanded.
His order was met with questions from the soldiers by his side, "Your Highness Zhen Luo King, we have planned this attack for a long time, and His Majesty has repeatedly paid attention to and signed off on this military action. If we end it hastily, I’m afraid we won’t be able to explain ourselves to His Majesty!"
These generals clearly understood that if the military action were canceled, Eferot would be reprimanded by Tai’e, but after all, he was his son. The Lionheart royal family was already few in number, each one too precious to lose, and Tai’e would not want to punish his son. So who would bear the brunt of his rage? It would be them, the poor soldiers, wouldn’t it?
Eferot turned to look at these high-ranking generals of the Beastman Empire and understood their worries. He then said, "I will explain the situation to His Majesty myself and will bear the responsibility alone, without implicating any of you.
The generals glanced at each other.
"Since His Highness Zhen Luo King has spoken to this extent, how can we dare not comply?"
Since Eferot was the future Orc Emperor, they could not afford to offend him either. With his assurance, at least they wouldn’t lose their lives to Tai’e’s wrath. That was enough for them.
As the lurking beastman armies began to retreat one by one, Eferot stood up and made a bee-line for Inner River City.
The soldiers guarding the city were alarmed and immediately rang the warning bells.