Book 17: Chapter 49
I really wanted to be able to return to Troy City the next day; however, behind me was an organised army. Two armies were marching ahead of me. One army transported siege weaponry and large cannons along with their march. Mommy Elizabeth and I didn’t travel in a horse carriage. Instead, we rode with the cavalry. It was the first time I saw the red uniform army in full battle mode. Every soldier wore neutral expressions. They didn’t express anything in relation to the life and death battlefield. Every single soldier’s uniform’s buttons were scrubbed shiny. The march that shook the Earth was in unison. Aside from the messenger who ran back and forth between units to deliver commands, nobody uttered a word.
That was Mommy Elizabeth’s most formidable weapon she used to conquer this world. That was the invincible red uniform army. They were the strongest from numbers to equipment. Every soldier present was determined to fight to the very end and never retreat. Although I heard of their dominant exploits before, when I was amongst them, they intimidated me.
The army I led to the North wasn’t the complete red uniform army. The majority of the soldiers who accompanied me to the North were mainly support soldiers. They were locals at Karana’s place. Though they underwent the empire’s training regime, they still weren’t on the level of the most traditional red uniform army. Frankly, I thought one field operation army was adequate.
Nier rode alongside us. The Valkyries in their white robes and on their white horses rode around the horse carriage with the flag representing the royal family. Inside of the carriage were maids and my daughter, Daisy. The Valkyries’ most important task was to ensure Daisy’s safety. Nier should’ve also protected her daughter, but she argued that I needed more protection.
When I remembered the things she said to me, I felt her primary goal was actually to supervise me. Daisy should be the safest. Troy City didn’t have an army. Even if the new church distributed weapons to their followers, their untrained rioters couldn’t possibly take on an army.
“If we maintain this pace, we should arrive at the perimeter of Troy City in two days’ time. Son, you didn’t send anybody to speak with the new church’s pope? Do you really want to just attack Troy City? It may now be under the new church’s control; it’s your city, nevertheless. The city is named after you. Don’t you think that destroying it would be a pity?”
“I already sent someone, but he never replied. I don’t know what the new church’s pope is planning, but they won’t even release my people. That only makes me worry more for Ling Yue and Liu Yue.”
Of course, I might’ve just been extra hasty. It had only been a day. He probably hadn’t come back.
I was worried sick about Ling Yue and Liu Yue, though. I prayed Tanya had escorted them back to the North.