Chapter 457: Volume 9: Phantom of the Ancient Castle - 11: Ambush_2
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"Hmm, Lord Boninski, whether your earldom can be retained will depend on the decision of the Kingdom Star Chamber Court. However, for a lord who cannot even protect his own territory, I cannot imagine how such a lord still has the face to stay here."
Facing the increasingly arrogant Boninski, Philip’s words had become much more cautious. He had not expected this man, whom he thought he firmly controlled, to adopt such an attitude. This unexpected turn made him feel the lurking crisis around him.
"Very well, Your Grace, let us wait and see. I trust the Kingdom Star Chamber Court will give us all a fair answer."
With a composed nod, it was only now that Boninski truly revealed his true nature, a cold smile on his sullen face, he left the great hall without looking back.
The fall of Leon was not only a huge shock to the entire Homer region but also brought unimaginable turmoil to the Kingdom of Nicosia and the surrounding areas.
The fact that a mob of half-beastmen could defeat several thousand regular soldiers from Homer was previously unimaginable. Yet the intricate detail of this phenomenon was clear to few, firstly, because at the time of the outbreak of the war, only the combatants from both sides were present, and secondly, the Leon Region was now in a total state of closure. The only link to the outside world had to be through the Caucasus Muscat, which filled outsiders with curious astonishment at the bizarre outcome of the war.
Philip’s defeat in Leon directly affected the kingdom’s attitude towards Cyprus. Their condemnation of Philip, as the lord and highest military and political officer of the Homer region, was unprecedentedly humiliating for the entire kingdom, being defeated in such a critical battle by a group of half-beastman slaves armed with hoes and pickaxes.
Now, with the Bruce Great Floating Bridge burned down, rebuilding it would not only require time but also necessitate the complete defeat of the half-beastmen and clearing of the instability in the region before it could even be considered. Before that time, Leon would have to be in a strange anarchic independent state, untouchable by anyone, forced to watch these despicable slaves do as they please.