THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 114: THE 7TH PRINCE
Myro, Falka, Ren, Lopen and almost all the higher-ups in Loth City except Lana were standing in front of the city wall, they were staring at Fila and Linster who were returning to the territory of Marquis Gerda with his troops.
When they had gone far enough, Myro asked Ren who was standing next to him "Ren, do you know about the 7th prince?".
"It seems that master became interested about the 7th prince after hearing Linster's talk just now" said Ren who opened his folding fan.
"I'm certainly interested, as a prince who can worry the whole Kingdom of Azeroth, the 7th prince is definitely not a random person" Myro said, "Marquis Gerda who is famous even though he is worried about the actions he takes, and who is not a prince, perhaps this 7th prince could bring about a great change to the entire Azeroth Kingdom".
Ren slightly nodded "Actually Lana knows more about the 7th prince than I just learned about him from the book, I heard Lana is a close friend of the 7th prince. But there was no problem for me to explain it to master, without having to ask Lana".
"There is nothing special about the 7th prince, I only know that he is 20 years old now and is a smart prince. He is very skilled with the strategy of war or fighting, this happened because his grandfather was a general who was quite right. The 7th prince's grandfather from his mother was a general of the Iron Cavalry who existed during the reigns of King Azeroth III and IV, but had been removed since King Azeroth V took the lead".
"Iron Cavalry is an elite army that has defended and protected the kingdom many times at that time, a lot of kingdoms around are afraid of their existence. According to some, when the Kingdom of Azeroth declined under King Azeroth III, the Iron Cavalry was the reason why the Kingdom of Azeroth survived".
"But the 7th prince's grandfather died about 5 years ago, this made the 7th prince lose his strongest support to become king. Some nobles, military and government officials who supported him, began to transfer to other princes as well. The 7th prince who was afraid of losing all his support started training his own soldiers. At first, the prince who can have 1000 soldiers of his own, this is done so that the prince does not rebel due to having too many soldiers, this is done so that the prince does not rebel due to having too many soldiers, but the 7th prince trained tens of thousands of troops secretly from King Azeroth V".
"When this was discovered, the king was very angry because his actions were not much different from rebellion. King Azeroth V gave the sentence that the 7th prince was banished to the border in order to die on the battlefield, while the tens of thousands of troops he trained secretly were instantly wiped out. Almost all the generals and captains in the army that the 7th prince had put to death".
Hearing all those explanations, Myro could not help but ask again "Didn't the 7th prince now have no power anymore? Why are so many nobles to the king still worried about his actions".
Ren closed his folding fan and asked, "Master, did you know that even a prince could be put to death when they have signs of rebellion against the king?".
Myro nodded "I know, then why can the 7th prince still be alive-wait, wait, is it possible that there are still people who are so influential as supporters of the 7th prince that the king cannot pass the death sentence on him carelessly?".
"That's right" said Ren who was a little happy because Myro was very developed, Myro's mind was also very sharp now "Even though the Iron Cavalry had been wiped out, some of the soldiers who used to work in the Iron Cavalry troops were transferred to the elite cavalry troops of Azeroth Kingdom. In addition, some others became captains or trusted warriors of some nobles. Most of the scattered Iron Cavalry troops still have gratitude for their dead general, the 7th prince's grandfather, so they chose to support the 7th prince which made the power of support towards the 7th prince in the military of Azeroth Kingdom not to be underestimated".
Myro thought for a while before answering Ren's question "Whether the general guarding the western border has hatred towards the 7th prince's grandfather or the 7th prince himself, he said, so the king was sure that this general would not support the 7th prince?".
"Master is right" Ren said, explaining that "The western border general was once suppressed by the 7th prince's grandfather while still alive, if not then there is a possibility that he could become the general of the elite cavalry force of the present Azeroth Kingdom. But due to the pressure, he could only become a border general which made him hate the prince's grandfather so much".
Myro nodded then sighed, the matter of the royal family is indeed very troublesome.
The border general was a very important military official position in the Azeroth Kingdom.
The border generals were not at all under the great general of the entire elite army of Azeroth Kingdom, but they only needed to hear the king's decision.
But that doesn't mean their position is high enough either. Border generals can only move their own border troops, but they do not have any power over other troops such as the infantry or elite cavalry of Azeroth Kingdom. Therefore, they only had power over their border warriors who numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
Although their forces were very numerous, they had to guard the border which meant they might have to fight almost every day or month in order to keep the Azeroth Kingdom from being attacked by enemies.
Near Myro though there was a border general also a northern border general, but the northern border general was not in the Cavalry Province but he was on guard in the Northern Province.
If not for his support, it would be impossible for the Baron Aras region to be able to guard the northern border of the Orc-Goblin Kingdom alone.
"We must increase our strength as quickly as possible, before the state of Azeroth Kingdom becomes worse" Myro said with a gloomy face, he could already sense that this was a state of silence before the storm in Azeroth Kingdom.
"What you say is true" said Ren who agreed against Myro "The state of Azeroth Kingdom now does look very peaceful, but as long as King Cavalry V dies or falls ill, the whole kingdom will undergo a great change. Throughout history, there have been many great empires in the world. All of these powerful kingdoms were not destroyed by other kingdoms, but most of them were destroyed by the people of the kingdom itself, namely the seizure of the throne among the princes who destroyed many great kingdoms".
After which, they all returned to Loth City again. Myro also began to think of adding more troops, however, Loth City has added about 10,000 new residents who decided to stay here because Loth City is becoming more prosperous. Now, there was no problem for Myro to add another 1000 new troops. Moreover, Myro did not lack the armor or weapons for the new army.