The Rise Of Rim
Chapter 16 - Coalition of three cities

Some time later, Louis' wounded body was bandaged. Louis and Edgurt were now about to continue their journey.

"So, you lied about your sister so you could get close to me?" Ask Louis.

Who doesn't think like that? Edgurt looks like a spy who plays a show just to uncover his villain.

To gather evidence, he could use anything, even lying.

"No, I didn't lie when I said that I was separated from my sister. At first, before I met you, I was indeed looking for mercenaries to help me, it just so happened that you were there," Edgurt said.

"That's it,"

"That time I felt a powerful aura emanating from you, seeing you give off a blue aura very similar to the Decraith traits described by my teacher, so I was curious, she said, no rim had such an aura,"

"So you decided to find out?"

"At first I couldn't believe it, I tested you a little bit and you gave me an answer that made me even more curious,"

'It looks like I'll have to learn to lie someday, ' Louis thought.

"Mr louis, are you really Cardios' descendant?" Edgurt once again showed his serious face and looked at Louis sharply.

Louis was silent, he thought about edgurt's question, let alone edgurt, he also did not know his origin, of course he knew his soul came from the earth.

But what about his body now? Was it really a body that the system made to give her? Or a body that has existed for a long time.

He could not figure it out just from thinking about it, no matter how hard he thought, he had no information.

"I don't know about my past, I seem to have forgotten my memory" Louis replied.

"So, if you don't remember it, maybe you're really Cardios' descendant, because no rim has a blue aura,"

"Is this bad?" Ask louis.

"It's bad if you show up in public" Edgurt said.

"What's madsudmu?" Ask Louis.

"Mr louis, your current existence could bring about a war among the rim," replied edgurt.

"War?"

"You may not know how much influence you have on the rim civilization, just from your existence, you already have the right to lead the whole rim" Edgurt said.

Louis was surprised.

"Is it because of Cardios?"

"My teacher said Cardios' death was caused by a mysterious illness, because of his death, rim lost the figure of the leader, at that time they entered the era of war called the war of power,"

"His followers fight for power and dominate each other, is it like that?"

"That's right, even though the power war is over, it still continues today. The present rim nobility is a descendant of Cardios' followers,"

If the rim nobles were followers of Cardios, would they still receive the power rights that Cardios left behind after his death? After all, he was already dead without an heir.

"There are two factions among the nobility today, first are the old nobles, those who are still loyal to the ancestral culture and the commands of Cardios"

The old nobility followed the promises and agreements made with Cardios, it was a form of respect to the hero of the rim.

"The two are the new nobles, those who believe that the rim need to step forward and get out of this dark age,"

New nobles are more up-to-date with the times, they believe that they must evolve without being tied to the old culture that leaves them behind.

According to Louis, the new nobility is better than the old nobility, times are constantly changing, a nation must continue to grow and become strong.

"Well, whatever you say, I don't care, I don't intend to upset the balance of the rim,"

"It was your choice, I had no right to interfere" edgurt said.

"Then, let's find your sister soon to have the expedition complete." Louis said.

Moments later, Louis and Edgurt walk in the middle of a snowy forest to find edgurt's sister.

Edgurt said that when he was chased by wolves, he split up in a place where there were two large rocks and a tree splitting apart.

With that little information, they continued to search the entire western forest.

On the way, Louis continued to ponder and think about what Edgurt had said.

Maybe if he wasn't Cardios' descendant, it wouldn't change the fact that he had a Decraith that would convince people so much.

Louis thought how to take advantage of this, with Decraith, he might be able to thrive in the isekai world.

'This could be the first step, ' Louis thought.

"There's smoke!" Beside him, edgurt suddenly shouted.

Louis who heard that also looked up at the sky where there was smoke extending, it seemed like there was a rim making a bonfire ahead.

"We can join them" Louis said.

"You're right, let's go,"

Some time later, Louis and Edgurt reached the origin of the smoke.

Up ahead, many reams gathered, gathering meat, and making bonfires everywhere.

Thick smoke filled the sky, the rims gathered here had a total of no more than 1,000 rims, it seemed to be a collection of a coalition of 3 cities.

"So here they gather?" Ask Louis.

"They seem to be ready with an actual expedition, a massive attack" Edgurt said.

"So this expedition has just begun?" Ask Louis.

"The first wave focuses on destabilizing the wolf territory and reducing their numbers, for the second wave, the coalition of three cities will unleash their power and destroy the wolf,"

That is why they did not attack together at the beginning of the expedition, Louis thought that the first wave was filled by the poor.

They were using those poor people as bait to mess up the wolf territory, as they did so, the soldiers from the three cities were about to make a massive attack on the wolf territory weakened by the previous fight.

The rims were not aware of this, they were just thinking about money without caring about their safety. For edgurt, don't ask, the reason why he knows is because he's royalty.

For the reason why he had participated in the first wave of the expedition perhaps to add to the experience, since he had originally brought a lot of bodyguards.

"Let's go in and say hello to them, because we survived, we've joined the second wave" edgurt said.

"Together they are safer too" Louis said.

With that, they entered into the crowd of the rim.

The guards guarding the gate did not prevent them from entering, it seemed like they were received as an addition to strength.

As they entered the gathering site of the coalition of three cities, they saw many wandering rims carrying a barrel of water.

Some also carried meat and weapons, to armor.

Their busyness was only to make the expedition go smoothly, without fear of hunger and thirst, they had to prepare all supplies to be eaten by every soldier.

Moreover, this was a great expedition, no one knew when the second wave would begin.

In addition to the food supply that was maintained, their equipment was also better than the first wave, it seemed like the second wave was filled by people who could afford weapons and complete armor.

This would be an even greater force, even the first wave had already weakened the wolf, what about the second wave?

"With this many rims, we definitely won!" Edgurt.

Edgurt was overjoyed after seeing the many rim warriors from the three cities, the reason why he was happy was because with the victory of the rim, he was able to find and save his younger brother.

To be continued...