THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 42: RETURN TO TROCK FORTRESS
Hearing Ren's decision, the 4th prince who was thinking about who the traitor was back to his senses.
He nodded and felt that Ren's decision was swift, although he already had some possibility of his traitor, without sufficient evidence the 4th prince could do nothing. Therefore, what was most important now was to return to Trock Fortress before the enemy reinforcements besieged the forest and sealed off the retreats of Jatang and Falka.
So the 4th prince shouted loudly "Tell the whole army to retreat, we return to Trock Fort".
"Well!", shouted the soldier who reported to the 4th prince, he stood up and went straight from this room to do the task that the 4th prince gave.
Myro next to Ren could find that it seemed like Ren was still hiding something, but since Ren did not talk about it to the 4th prince then Ren might have other plans. So Myro plans to ask Ren after the war is over, he is convinced that Ren has a reason to hide something from the 4th prince.
The sound of gongs echoed throughout the battlefield, more precisely the 4th princely army began to hit the gong.
Hearing the sound of the gong, the troops who were in the forest were shocked. Especially the Falka and Jerat troops, they think victory is in sight, but why should they suddenly retreat now.
Falka stared at the sound of the gong before saying sternly "All the Mongol Cavalry troops are retreating, save your weapons! The fight today is over".
Although Falka was a very happy person to fight, he was not a fool who moved without thinking. The sound of the gong must have been Ren's idea which meant that there was a reason why they had to retreat.
The Mongol cavalry kept their weapons without hesitation and started following Falka to get away from this, although they feel confused but as elite soldiers, they must be ready to move quickly according to the decision.
With the retreat of the Mongol Cavalry, the Serpent shouted "All the troops are retreating, the fight is over! Whoever is stubborn enough to stay here and defeat the enemy, then you have to accept the risk yourself".
After the cries of the Serpent, the 1000 elite infantry troops of Azeroth Kingdom began to retreat.
Now that the forest that was the place of the previous fight had become empty, other than the pile of corpses then there was nothing in this forest anymore.
King Cavalry II was leading his 6000 troops to encircle the forest, but since they were not cavalry with horses then the movement of 6000 troops was very slow. However the number of their troops was too much, this certainly affected the speed of their movements.
When he saw that the enemy troops in the forest had already begun to retreat before they arrived, the face of King Cavalry II became gloomy "It seems that the enemy strategist cannot be underestimated, indeed, he was very decisive when the troops should attack and when they should retreat, it was not strange if Ritke lost to someone like this. Maybe the Cavalry Kingdom can't hold on anymore".
"Your highness, the enemy army is starting to retreat, what should we do? Are we going after them?", asked a soldier behind King Cavalry II.
"Okay, your majesty!", cried the soldier respectfully.
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On the other hand, Myro and the others began to retreat back to the Trock Fortress.
Ren who kept following Myro every time in order to protect him said in a slightly disappointed manner "It looks like the enemy is not chasing us, even if they are still stubborn to pursue then I have prepared another gift for them. King Cavalry II is not that stupid, he will not be stuck in the same mistake again".
Currently Myro and Ren were no longer with the 4th prince anymore, there were only them, Myro and Falka's mother along with the Mongol Cavalry who followed them back to Trock Fortress while guarding them. While the 4th prince then he was in the front position along with 4000 elite troops of the Kingdom of Azeroth led by the Serpent.
Since there was no longer a 4th prince, Myro could not help but ask "Ren, what are you hiding from the 4th prince? Is that something important?".
Ren was a little surprised, he looked at Myro before smiling gently "It seems that I indeed cannot deceive master, master really has sharp eyes. Actually Ren did not say it only with the 4th prince as well as every other person, if it was master then Ren would tell it without hesitation, after all, this information must have brought too much trouble if people started to find out. Especially when the 4th prince found out, this must be a big problem that made him fail to seize the Cavalry Kingdom".
"Big problem? Is this related to the traitor information you said earlier?", asked Myro again, they are still far enough away from Trock Fortress that it would not hurt to talk to each other.
"Master right, Ren has always been amazed at the intelligence of the master" Ren said full of appreciation "Master, who do you think is the traitor in our group? I'm sure you must have thought of some people who are likely traitors, right?".
"Is that Luin? I thought that Luin had the most possibility of betrayal because lately he had always been scolded by the 4th prince" Myro said while thinking "Other than himself, there was only Lohen, who was the son of the most powerful Earl Arno in the Northern Continent of Azeroth Kingdom. However, the nobles were quite hostile towards the 4th prince's grandfather who was a general on the side of the military who worked hard, not supporting those with noble backgrounds or graduates from the academy".
"While for Firhel then I don't know him very well, I don't know if he has any reason to betray the prince or not. As for the Serpent then he was the one who was least likely to betray the prince, so I felt that Luin was the culprit".
Ren closed his folding fan "Master is indeed not wrong, most people must think like master. Even I saw that the 4th prince suspected Luin, after we got to Trock Fortress then the 4th prince must have planned to conduct a massive examination in every higher-ups, especially Luin. But I can tell you first that Luin is not the culprit".
Myro was surprised "If not Luin, then who betrayed the prince?".
"Now you'll soon find out!", said Ren smiling in secret without telling Myro the answer, this made Myro even more curious.