Chapter 726 Sorry but I Can’t Follow Those Orders

However, Balthazar was now a puppet, and Jerry could convey his every desire through him.

The king’s residence looked completely normal, and nobody would ever imagine. that something so horrible had happened the previous night.

Jerry didn’t have a doctor check over Lyndon, keeping the fact that he was under a spell safe. Luckily, some members of Skyarch Palace were skilled in medicine and could easily treat simple injuries.

This rebellion was going smoother than Jerry and his sons had expected. They were now excited and in disbelief that this was happening–it felt like a dream.

Jerry thought that Jethro had no knowledge of Balthazar’s speech habits and usual behavior, so he wanted to learn witchcraft and control Balthazar himself.

Things would be bad if other higher–ups realized that something was not right. Besides, Jerry had been standing beside Balthazar for years and thus had veritable knowledge about how he spoke and acted.

Jethro taught the art of witchcraft to Jerry. The key to controlling someone easily was to make sure the spell was recited in the correct way.

The intelligence department didn’t question Balthazar’s Royal Summons much and sent it to Caspian immediately.”

At this moment, Caspian was leading the armored battalion in an attack on the capital of Filren. The city was gradually becoming terribly ruined under the continuous onslaughts of cannon fire.

The Filrenian reinforcements and Caspian’s armored battalion had fought against each other overnight, but there was yet to be a winner between them.

Byron was terrified now. The reinforcements had yet to rush back. Caspian would eventually invade the capital if this went on. Then, he would surely be held captive.

Byron called the Filrenian higher–ups immediately and commanded for the reinforcements to gather toward the capital. The priority right now was to safeguard the capital./

His sudden command annoyed all the generals. They had just traversed hundreds. of miles in preparation to fight against the million–soldier Diatoranian army, but

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now Byron was asking them to turn back!

He was practically treating them as monkeys he had at his beck and call.

iron wouldn’t be able to handle that.

wasn’t suited to commanding the army as he was basically issuing commands without rhyme or reason. He caused his soldiers to

disobey as it was a command from the king, after all.

his army pursue the enemy in an ordered way–like hell he would let the Filrenian reinforcements retreat just because they wanted to!

Filrenian reinforcements unable to retreat. They could only fight against the Diatoranian army as they

abandoned their armor and

this place down before the Filrenian reinforcements manage to retreat

Sylvia led the battalion in a

Caspian, a Royal Summons is sent to you

Royal Summons? What does

“His Majesty wants us to return

Majesty want me to retreat at such a key moment? Caspian was in disbelief upon hearing that Balthazar had issued

not sure either, but the summons

who wanted to start this war. Now that we’re in high spirits and are about to take down Filren, he’d never issue such an order.

officer handed Caspian the letter. “Lord Caspian, the summons.

found it hard to accept despite having the missive in his hands. He couldn’t figure out why Balthazar

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such an order.

about to take down the capital of Filren. All my efforts would go to waste if I

start a war, but Balthazar had been adamant. Now that the army was advancing forcefully and Filren

course Caspian would

officer said, “We should obey His Majesty’s command as soon as possible,

“Sorry, but I can’t follow those

to follow orders when they were fighting a war outside,

in response to Caspian’s declaration since he had no right to comment on

the other hand, Macy advised, “You can’t go against His Majesty’s orders, Lord Caspian! This is a serious crime!”

can we retreat during

Caspian said.

the soldiers, so she came over and asked, “What’s happening, Lord

Summons. He wants us to rush back to Dhord City.”

to hear that. “What? I didn’t expect His Majesty to issue such a command when he was the one who ordered us to go on this war campaign. What on earth

either. Take a look at this.” Caspian handed the letter to Sylvia, who inspected it carefully, only to

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