THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 204: MURDER
Troops at Torte's camp and 5th division were shocked when Carla climbed up the walls of Rayde City. Although their position is still far from the city wall, but there is no problem to recognize Carla because the figure of Carla on the city wall is very interesting.
"No way!", this was what Pube and Torte shouted at the same time.
Whether Pube or Torte had been convinced before coming here, they believed Carla must have died or been captured by Torte's soldiers.
But Carla actually managed to arrive at the city walls with a state of life that greatly shocked them, Pube who was in his camp said doubtfully "What should I do now?".
After that Pube stared at the Torte army's encampment.
According to the task the 7th prince had given him, killing Carla was the most important target. When Carla dies, Torte's next destination is with his army.
But Carla didn't die as planned, but Pube had also sent several assassins to Rayde City, apparently all his plans had failed.
"Do I have to work with Torte? In any case if we remain hostile, it is impossible to succeed in capturing Rayde City" Pube said doubtfully.
He is given the task of killing Torte, but Carla must be killed first which shows Carla's murder is more important.
If he did not cooperate with Torte, they would not be able to attack Rayde City, after all, Pube did not believe the 5th division could seize Rayde City while fighting Torte forces whose numbers were not much different.
Not only did Pube think that way, but Torte also thought of cooperation to defeat Rayde City.
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On the other hand, Myro who was on top of the city walls observed nearly 200,000 troops gathered to besiege Rayde City.
Seeing such a large army, Myro smiled bitterly. Despite using the full might of Loth City though, it was almost impossible to win against this many troops.
Unless Myro is ready to arm the residents and get a lot of casualties on his side, the new Myro has a considerable chance of winning.
Although the situation was very bad, Myro was not worried at all but continued to think "I feel that something is wrong here, but where is the fault? Why did Division 5 get moved here? Was it the king who moved the 5th division or someone else? Well then, what was their main goal of moving the 5th division. If only to defeat Grand Duke Rayde or weaken the 5 divisions of the kingdom, wouldn't this plan profit too small? Then, there's still a very strange Carla".
Myro observes Carla talking with Kartaz about the protection of Rayde City, Myro's eyes turn suspicious as he begins to realize there is a strange thing in all these wars.
It was as if someone was playing them all like a pawn on a chessboard, but that person was neither a king nor a prince, but someone else who had the goal of completely mastering Grand Duke Rayde.
Most likely the 5th division was sent to kill Carla as well for this reason.
For some reason, as long as Carla dies, the person behind the incident will be Carla's successor.
While the advantage of the prince or king who moves the 5th division is that they have new Grand Duke allies, namely, the one who was planning to replace Carla would have agreed to become an ally but instead the prince or king had to help her become the Grand Duke by killing Carla which made the 5th division sent.
The problem is who's behind all this, is Loir?
Actually Myro was most suspicious of Loir because when Carla died, he was the one who became the Grand Duke.
But based on Myro's observations, Loir is completely unconscious now, not acting. Would Loir risk losing his consciousness in the middle of the war so as not to be suspected?
The Giro that was behind Carla from earlier instantly drew his sword and stabbed Carla.
"Stabs".
"Miss Carla!", cried Kartaz in panic.
Without the slightest hesitation, Kartaz stepped forward and kicked the Giro away.
But the Giro moved first, he turned around and fled from this place before everyone regained consciousness.
"What are you guys doing? Arrest the traitor! Quick!", cried Kartaz angrily to the soldiers around before restraining Carla's body from falling "Miss Carla, hold on! Where's doctor! Come here quickly!".
Several soldiers chased the fleeing Giro while a soldier approached Kartaz "General, some time ago Giro told the doctors to take a lunch break. Therefore, all the doctors just left the city walls".
Hearing the report, Kartaz burst into rage "Then call back the doctor-"
"Kartaz, enough!", said Carla weakly "Giro stabs right in my heart, there's no chance of survival anymore".
"Miss Carla, don't say that! If you die now, Rayde City will-", Kartaz panics, but Carla again stops him.
"All of you, from today Loir will be my replacement! I appointed Loir as the new Grand Duke Rayde, all of you must help him to survive the attack this time" said Carla who spewed another mouthful of blood, had it not been for Kartaz supporting her then Carla would have fallen to the ground long ago.
"Uncle Tarka, I know I shouldn't have the right to say this because Carla almost tried to kill you. But I hope, uncle also helped Loir become the new Grand Duke of Rayde" Carla said bowed weakly to Tarka.
Although blood continued to fall from her wound, Carla gritted her teeth while enduring the pain.
Tarka immediately stepped forward and helped Carla stand up, there was a trace of sadness on her face even though she did not cry the slightest bit "Carla don't worry! Your father and I were close friends, the previous problems didn't quite break our friendship. Even if I were to lose my position as a southern border general, I would have helped Nak Loir earn the title of Grand Duke Rayde".
"Thankfully, with uncle's support, Loir's path forward was not difficult anymore-", before being able to finish all his words, Carla closed her eyes and fell weakly under Kartaz's hands.
Kartaz checked Carla's breath and shook her head sadly "Miss Carla is gone! As Miss Carla said just now, Young Master Loir was appointed the new Grand Duke of Rayde".
There was not a single soldier around who was happy to hear the news, they bowed their heads in sorrow which showed how well Carla was leading up to the great respect of her soldiers.
There were even soldiers who decided to go in search of the Giro, they were trying to avenge Carla.
Yorou walked up to Myro while saying in a small voice so that no one else would hear his words "Master, do I have to catch the Giro? If you agree, it's not hard for me to hunt down the rat".
"No need!", said Myro staring at the unconscious Loir on Torner's shoulder "Now I understand, what is really going on here and the person who is moving everything behind the scenes. In the end, the one who is capable of becoming Grand Duke Rayde should indeed not be underestimated".
Unconsciously everyone around, the supposedly unconscious Loir slightly smiled silently.
If it was anyone else, they would have a hard time noticing Loir's smile. But to Myro who had sharp eyes, he could see it without any problem.
Since Myro had understood everything that happened and the goals of all parties, now Myro could move without hesitation again according to the plan he just made.