Mage Veigar

Chapter 374 Disturbing the morale of the army
Saint Laurent City, the royal palace meeting hall.

Xia was still sitting on the throne, and below him were still those high-ranking officials and nobles.

Judging from the situation in the meeting room, the atmosphere was extremely tense. With the enemy at the gates, everyone's opinions were constantly clashing in the meeting room. Some advocated fighting, some advocated retreat, and some even advocated surrender.

Ninety-five percent of them were mainly fighting or surrendering.

Only Shia herself and Vega's direct subordinates advocated defending the city to the death, and thus a conflict arose.

The nobles and officials could not curse Xia, so they could only make insinuations to mock the officers under Vega: "Excuse me, my lords, with the strength of our Saint Laurent army, how can we fight and resist the attack of 20 troops?"

"Rely on your 2 remaining soldiers, or 8 new soldiers?"

A wealthy nobleman yelled, "You want His Majesty to stay here and be buried with you? Those 8 new soldiers haven't even completed basic training and can't form combat effectiveness. As for your 2 remaining soldiers, can they stop the enemy's 20-strong army? Is there any precedent for this kind of war in history?"

"Mr. De Rui is absolutely right."

The high-ranking official with a mustache echoed, "If we use your 2 troops and our 8 new soldiers to break through to Shenghui City now, we may still have hope of escaping. But when the general attack comes tomorrow, we won't be able to leave even if we want to."

"Without the order from the brigade commander, we will not take a single step back."

The two officers' faces were full of determination. Vega's order was to hold on to Saint Laurent, not to retreat, so they would not retreat even if there were 20 million or 100 million troops in front of them, let alone 1000.

They believed in Veigar.

They believed that the general who was one generation younger than them would definitely make history.

"Impossible."

Everyone criticized the two officers again, and at the end, everyone bowed to Xia.

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

The old nobleman in the lead said with a loyal face: "As long as your Majesty can survive, our Holy Dynasty still has hope, so please order a retreat. Although our 8 warriors are new recruits, they will definitely protect you."

Faced with the abdication, Xia was extremely strong.

She said in a resounding voice: "I will neither surrender nor retreat. If you still have the energy to persuade me to escape, you might as well think about how to repel the kingdom's 20 troops."

"Your Majesty, no one can do this."

An officer stood up and said, "I have been a soldier for half my life and have tried to find the factors for victory in this war, but whether it is the number of troops, advanced weapons, or the quality of the army... we have no points for victory, and a war without the factors for victory is absolutely impossible to win."

"What if someone can really win this war?"

Vega's subordinates said with a little dissatisfaction: "Don't forget who defeated the Kingdom's 20 troops last time."

"It was just a coincidence."

Another officer stood up to refute: "General Vega was just taking advantage of the situation that time. Perhaps the Kingdom was not determined to fight the final decisive battle. But this time is obviously different. The Kingdom Army is ready for a do-or-die battle."

"No matter what, I will not leave Saint Laurent."

Xia stood up and prepared to leave: "Please make preparations for the battle. If anyone mentions retreat or surrender again, please take them down on my behalf."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The two captains showed cruel smiles. They had long been uncomfortable with this group of dynasty ministers. Now the king said that anyone who dared to talk about retreat and surrender could be executed. They would not show mercy.

But at this moment, a guard rushed into the meeting room.

"Your Majesty, it's not good."

This voice startled everyone in the room. The nobles and officials who had just been boasting were immediately frightened out of their wits. They were even more anxious than Xia and asked, "What happened? Did the kingdom launch a general attack?"

"it's not true."

The guard pointed outside the door and said, "I don't know who killed the guards at the gate of the palace and put up tombstones at the main gate. On the tombstones were written... written..."

"What did you write?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at first, but their hearts were already tense.

The guard did not answer, but looked at Xia.

Seeing this, Xia nodded and said, "There are no outsiders here, you can talk as you please."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The guard quickly told the whole story: "It is written on the tombstone, Saint Laurent XIX, the tomb of Sia Saint Laurent."

wow-

The chamber was seething with excitement.

The old minister said in a trembling voice: "Is the kingdom giving us a death notice? Hurry up and destroy that tombstone. Do you want to shake our military morale?"

"I really can't do this."

The guard said nervously, "It's not like we haven't tried to destroy the tombstone before, but every time we destroyed it, it would be erected again within half an hour. Now there are more and more people watching, and the news is spreading more and more."

"You gluttons, you gluttons."

The old minister cursed the guard and was so angry that he even wanted to draw his sword and kill the guard.

But Xia stopped everyone. She said to the guards, "Take me to see it now."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The guards let out a long sigh, and a group of people came to the gate of the palace.

Xia felt the noisy sound when she was still dozens of meters away. Looking from afar, she saw that the civilians had surrounded the entrance of the palace, where a heavy tombstone stood.

Come near.

Saint Laurent XIX, the tomb of Shia Saint Laurent, was clearly written in large blood-red characters.

The words "Yves Saint Laurent XIX" are too small to be seen clearly unless you get close, but the large words "Tomb of Shia Saint Laurent" are very conspicuous and can be clearly seen even if you are standing several meters away.

At this time, the crowd watching also saw Xia.

An excited civilian stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, is Saint Laurent going to fall again? Can you really make the dynasty rise again? Can our army defeat the kingdom?"

"Please don't worry, Saint Laurent will never fall again."

Although she was extremely scared, Xia knew that she must not be stage fright at this time. If even she, the king, was afraid, the army would surely be demoralized and might even lose their composure before tomorrow's attack.

"We don't trust your assurances."

A woman stood up and said, "Your royal family abandoned us last time, and you must be planning to escape this time. If you are going to abandon us again, please order the disbandment of the new recruits. I don't want my son to die in vain."

"That's right! Don't treat our loyalty as a consumable product."

"You have no power to defeat the kingdom. This tombstone is the best proof of that."

"..."

No one knew who started the trend, but the whole scene was extremely chaotic. A group of excited civilians were heading towards Xia, and the guards' attempts to stop them were becoming ineffective.

"Your Majesty, please return to the palace."

The captain of the guards quickly suggested that Xia return to the palace. Once the civilians rioted, they would not have the courage to stop them. If they attacked the civilians without authorization, it would only exacerbate the conflict and make the civilians lose confidence in the royal family.

"Believe me, please believe me..."

Xia ignored the captain of the guards' advice and instead of retreating, she advanced and tried to explain something to the civilians.

But her tiny voice could not make any waves. Some civilian threw an egg at Xia. Fortunately, the guard was quick-witted and blocked the egg for Xia. However, the splashing egg white made Xia's pupils shrink.

Scared.

Scared like never before.

The distorted faces around her frightened her to the extreme. At that moment, she felt as if she had come to a horrible hell, surrounded by ugly ghosts that wanted to devour her soul.

“General Vega, Shia, Shia…”

Weak tears dripped from her face to the ground: "I'm sorry, Xiaya, Xiaya...I can't hold on any longer."

This scene fell into the eyes of everyone.

The ministers were disappointed, the soldiers were desperate, and the civilians were angry. The situation was almost out of control.

(End of this chapter)