Chapter 922 - 476: The True King and the Pseudo King_2
Jalen made decisive decisions, his gaze harboring a tinge of madness.
He turned to look at the most cunning old fox, the new Minister of Finance, who immediately put on an apologetic smile. "Your Majesty, how could we betray you to side with a traitorous scoundrel? Many of us here hold grudges against him. Even if we wanted to betray, we lack the means and path to do so."
Many in the audience had changes in their expressions, reminded of their betrayal to Ivita’s father, indeed holding grudges against Ivita himself—if they were to surrender directly, they might well be skinned alive, indeed they could not just yet pledge allegiance to a new lord.
They still needed some bargaining chips in their hands.
At this time, Minister of Defense Marcellino Bowman suddenly spoke to Jalen, "Your Majesty, for the sake of your safety, I think you should take most of the officials from the court and leave the Royal Capital, leaving behind some Generals you trust, like me, to resist the coming Ivita from the south."
"That way, no matter what happens, you will still have some leeway. You can call on the nobles from other parts of Alsace to continue the resistance against the Pseudo King Ivita."
"What do you think?"
The Alsace Chief Justice, also a high-rank Wizard responsible for the failure to create Dark Soul, Kulatos Pritzker, also spoke up, "I am also willing to stay in the King City to help the King deal with the Pseudo King once and for all. Please trust us, we or our fathers have blood feuds with Ivita, and at this point, it is a fight to the death. You being in a safe rear position allows us to fight with a peace of mind for you, to battle to the death with the Pseudo King Ivita."
Ronan Anderson, Minister of Intelligence and a master Ranger, who was a middle-aged half-Elf minister, then said to Jalen, "Your Majesty, please leave the King City immediately, gather troops in other cities to fight the Pseudo King!"
Jalen was deeply touched. Although he had been somewhat fierce in appearance, he now looked gratefully at the three ministers who had spoken. He knew that with these ministers, who held blood feuds with Ivita, standing by him, he had not yet lost.
"Very well, though my body leaves the King City, I will use Dragon Flame Law to aid you, I will always be with you."