The Thousand Year Dynasty
26.5. Anna Side Story Part 5's
After successfully repelling the Urbar kingdom soldiers from Xin city and then mastering it, Pharos' army led by Anna directly attacked two influential noble residences in the city. The Previa family and the Ondore family.
The two noble families were Tyrion's subordinates who were given full responsibility to take care of Xin city. The noble family of Previa was in charge of governing the city of Xin, and the noble family of Ondore was in charge of the Urbar royal security forces in the city.
Anna had known the two noble families since she was a child. Formerly his father's generation established close relationships with the two noble families.
Pharos' party attacked the two noble families' residences to cripple the activities in Xin city immediately.
But there was only the head of the noble family of Previa in the city. Sabil Previa's. The head of the noble house of Ondore was no longer in the city.
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"So you came to this town to sue, An?" A middle-aged Narva man with reddish-yellow hair who was seen rarely asked Anna, as the two of them were inside a cage in Xin city prison. It was not far from the dock, some time after the attack.
"Maybe you can see it that way, Mr. Sabil" Anna replied from behind bars. Sit in front of the man.
Anna knew Sabil was a friendly and kind man to him and his family. Before Tyrion took over Xin city territory.
"What do you want from me now? If you've come to ask where Galvin is, I don't know. I've told you everything. That he went out of town before you docked at the dock" Sabil tried to explain before Anna could answer.
"If Mr Galvin has fled this city since before we occupied the pier, then why don't you come too, Mr Sabil? Do you have any confidence that we can't possibly succeed in taking this city?" Anna asked again.
"I'm not leaving this city, because this is my home. Inheritance of the ancestors of the Previa family" Sabil replied quickly.
"You are too sentimental, Mr. Sabil" said Anna then, looking at Sabil in full search.
"Maybe because I'm old. But remember this city is also your ancestral city" Sabil said again.
"Come on, Mr. Sabil. I am not like you who still have ancestral relics in this city. My town is now across the west sea" Anna stood up from her seat. "I think it's enough here first, Mr. Sabil. I say goodbye" he said then as he left the place.
"What will you do after this?" Sabil asked again when Anna had reached the exit of the prison.
"We'll see, Mr. Sabil. If Tyrion feels that this city is precious, then I will be smouldering it just as much as when he burned all my precious possessions" Anna replied. Then nod politely and leave the room. Leaving behind the figure of Sabil who was just speechless staring at the exit with an expression that could not be guessed.
"I'm sorry, An. Because he has been a coward all this time" said Sabil then with a soft word.
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"Why do you say that to Lord Sabil?" Nikolai asked when Anna was out of prison.
"Maybe a part of me is still vengeful. And maybe this is my way of venting on those who only see when everything happens" Anna replied without looking at Nikolai.
Nikolai stared at the woman. Somehow, he seemed to be able to feel what Anna was feeling right now.
The two of them then walked towards the iron ship that looked at the end of the pier.
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"I don't think the man is planning anything, Mr. Caspian. She did not flee from this place just because of her sentiments towards this city" Anna reported to Caspian as they were back on the iron ship. "So I don't think the man was a threat" he added later.
"Well, if you say so, Miss Anna" Caspian answered from Helen's side across from Anna's seat. "That means it's time to get the nobles, merchants and shipowners out of this city" he added.
"Okay, Mr. Caspian. I'll do it soon" Anna replied quickly.
Immediately after that Anna and Nikolai gathered the nobles, merchants, and owners of ship crossing services, in the merchant guild building in front of the town square. Giving orders to them to immediately prepare the treasures and bring the relatives, then immediately leave Xin city before it was too late.
The main purpose of Pharos's party to expel all merchants and some nobles was to reduce the population to be monitored. And avoid spies or rebellious movements in the city. That was because the Pharos side did not have too many warriors.
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Some ordinary residents were also seen leaving the city along with the ships. The rest are still in the city. Nikolai then recorded all the residents of Xin city who were still living.
And also in the meantime the soldiers of Pharos began to work to install weapons in the fortress gate of the city.
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"The princess has sent a letter of complaint to Urbar. Now we will wait for their reply" Caspian preached the news he had just received from the Pharos region to the others, a day later.
Anna, Nikolai, Caspian, and Helen were in one of the chambers inside the iron ship.
"When I think it is, Tyrion will not respond to these demands. And he would still try desperately to take over this Xin city" Anna gave her a look.
"I think so too, Miss Anna. Because the warrant would obviously hurt not only Tyrion's self-esteem, but the sovereignty of a country" Caspian agreed.
"Do you think Mr Nata did it on purpose?" Anna asked Caspian's view.
"I think Mr. Nata is clearly aware of doing this. Because in my opinion, it is appropriate to do so. To show that our territory should not be underestimated" Caspian replied.
"I also agree with that. And from today on we should be prepared for another attack from them" Anna was also as thoughtful as Caspian in this matter as well.
"Help from Lord Aksa will arrive in about a week or two. So at least we should be able to hold on until they arrive" Caspian explained.
Anna, Nikolai, and Helen responded with a nod of understanding.
"Oh, yes. The real estate of lord Mateus will join our territory" Caspian added.
"Thank God. That way we have a safe route to go to the south. Although it must pass through the Azure free land" this time Nikolai said.
"really. But what will be the problem may be the soldiers to protect the region" Helen expressed her opinion. "We can still survive even though we do not have many soldiers because the land of Pharos has hard-to-reach terrain and natural hill protection. But the area of the Ignus Estate is a land area in the form of a sloping land bordering the other two areas of the Estate" he explained.
"When you think it is true. All this time we didn't have many warriors because we had natural fortresses" Anna looked to recall.
"I think Mr. Nata and Mr. Aksa will find a way to overcome the problem" said Caspian who was immediately agreed by others.
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Within a week of Pharos's letter of indictment to Urbar's kingdom, the attack on Xin did not stop. And it seems to be getting worse.
"I think they are really angry with us" Anna said as she, Nikolai, Caspian, and Helen were on top of the fortified wall of the city gate of Xin. Observe the camp set up by the Urbar kingdom army outside the gate.
The sky began to darken. The cloudy roll in the air. The southern mainland is entering the rainy season. It is not surprising that rain has fallen in almost every afternoon in the past week.
"really. I also saw two users of mystic weapons at their encampment" Helen took down the binoculars from her face. "And I think they will be more careful in making plans to attack this time" he added.
"We have to be careful with them. Last we managed to flank them, because they underestimated us" said Caspian, who this time raised binoculars to his face. "Also it looks like Mr. Nata has a plan to divide the concentration of troops in the region" he added later.
"really? How did Mr Nata do that?" Anna looked very curious.
"Mr Nata planned to attack the area between Xin city and Varun city in the east" Caspian replied as he lowered his binoculars.
"That means we're going to attack the territory of the five Realms?" This time it was Helen who looked certain. He sounds incredulous.
"But we barely have the rest of the soldiers to stand guard in this city. How can we carry out the attack?" Anna adds before Caspian can answer Helen's question.
"No need to worry. Lord Aksa has finished making a new iron chariot that can be used to facilitate us to attack without the need to use a lot of soldiers" Caspian replied. "And also we have mystic weapons" he added later.
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