Chapter 1000: Dots in the sky (2)


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    The ministers and generals all had disappointed looks on their faces when they heard the king say this, but they didn''t say anything since they knew that this was the kind of king that they put on the throne.


    He was nothing more than their scapegoat.


    After thinking about it, one of the ministers suggested, "Your majesty, we should move the royal army to create blockades around the areas affected by the monster waves. That will minimize the damage and allow us to push back the monsters."


    All of the ministers and generals narrowed their eyes to look at the one that had made this suggestion.


    It was as if they were looking at a shrew with the way that they stared at them.


    That was because this was indeed the case.


    The royal army was still the army that was under the king.


    Even if they split the power of the country between them, they still needed this one royal army to scare off the other countries from attacking them.


    It was to give the feeling that they were unified, even if they were in a power struggle with each other.


    So if any of these ministers or generals wanted to move the royal army, they wouldn''t be able to move the entire army since they would be hindered by the others that were in this room. They would only be able to move a single part of the army and would be stopped if they tried to move the entire army.


    But that wasn''t the case for the king.


    If he moved the entire army, then it would be moved since he was still the king.


    Of course, it wasn''t as if they didn''t have their ways to stop him if they didn''t want it moved.


    In this case, it would be a good thing for the king to move the army to deal with the monster


    waves.


    The royal army was a shared power, so it wasn''t as if any of them would be personally affected if something happened to them. At the same time, the royal army was certainly much stronger than their private armies since it was the army that represented the might of their nation.


    So this would be the best tool to deal with those monsters.


    But the most important thing of all is that...the king would receive the me if anything went wrong.


    That was why they were all looking at that one minister who made the suggestion like he was a shrew.


    They all knew that this was his one goal.


    He was nning on letting the king act as their scapegoat in this matter.


    If the royal army failed in dealing with the monster waves, the king would be the one med by the people and the other lesser nobles. If anything were to happen, the king would be the one that would have to bear the consequences.


    At the same time, they would be able to raise their own reputations by sending out their troops to deal with the monsters once they had been weakened by the royal army.


    So there was nothing for them to lose in making this suggestion.


    The king narrowed his eyes to look at the minister who made this suggestion, almost as if he was sizing this minister up.


    Only all of the ministers and generals knew that this wasn''t the case.


    "If I do this, will it keep those monsters away from my toys?"


    The minister gave a nod in response as he said, "Your majesty, this will ensure that all of your toys will be protected."


    The king gave a p and said with a smile, "Then let it be done."n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    He didn''t care about the country at all, he just cared about his own vices.


    As long as it was confirmed that his own interest would be protected, the king wouldn''t care about a single thing and agree to anything that they suggested to him.


    That was just the kind of king that he was.


    As soon as the king gave this order, the ministers quickly drafted up a decree for the king to sign.


    Before he could sign it though...


    "Your majesty! There''s somethinging!" There was a soldier that suddenly ran into the throne room.


    All of the ministers and generals red at this soldier when he came in since he had interrupted them right as they were about to get the king to send out the royal army, but they didn''t say anything as they waited for the soldier to speak.


    After all, there wasn''t a single soldier that didn''t know how important their morning court session was.


    Unless they had a death wish, they wouldn''t interrupt the court like this.


    So something must have happened for the soldier to act like this.


    The king had been about to sign, but he narrowed his eyes to look at the soldier before saying in an irritated voice, "What is it?"


    He thought that he would be able to go back and y with the new toy arranged for him since court was over, but now there was someone who was interrupting his pleasure time.


    So of course he was irritated that this soldier had interrupted them.


    The soldier had an awkward look in his eyes before saying with a serious expression, "Your majesty, there are these dots in the sky that are approaching the capital at high speeds. We don''t know what they are, but they seem to being right for the capital."


    "Dots in the sky?" The king repeated in a confused voice before suddenly roaring in anger, "Those are called birds, you idiot! Don''t bother me with simple things like this!"


    Though the king acted this way, the ministers and generals didn''t act the same.


    They knew that the soldiers that they trained weren''t fools, so they wouldn''t report such a simple matter...


    It seemed like they had to consider this more deeply.


    "Your majesty..." One of the ministers started to say, but they were interrupted by...


    "Boom!"