Who taught him to restore his country like this?

"And you, you've allowed your soldiers to break taboos, halting the advance of the two fortresses. Do you know how many Orantia's people you've caused to die?" Ron's eyes were bloodshot, and his roar gradually became hoarse.

"Vasily, you have disappointed me greatly." He ripped off the buttons on his collar, revealing bulging veins that resembled gnarled ancient vines wrapped around his neck.

Seemingly realizing his lapse in composure, he turned his back.

Vasily was stunned.

Without saying a word, he became a heinous criminal.

Ron's imposing manner was so strong that he was unable to refute the unjust accusations leveled against him.

It took him a while to sort out his thoughts.

Are you saying I deliberately threw my 50,000-strong army into the Eternal Illusion to cause trouble for the Kingdom of Orantia?

Don't you want to think about what you're saying?

That was an army of 50,000, not 50,000 civilians.

What good would it do me to do this?

Just as he was about to retort, Ron spoke up again.

"Lawrence, lock him in the dungeon!"

"As ordered!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lawrence immediately walked toward Vasily.

After being brainwashed by Ron's words, he was convinced that Vasily had come to cause trouble on purpose.

Otherwise, how could the Diam army have made a mistake after five thousand soldiers from Kassel had carefully trained them for an entire afternoon?

"presumptuous!"

Vasily shook off Lawrence's hand. His instinct was to have the golden-armored guard deal with Lawrence, but then he remembered that he had sent the golden-armored guard away the night before.

Lawrence didn't waste words with him; he wouldn't show any mercy to someone who wanted to kill Orantia.

Boom!

In just a few moves, Vasily was knocked to the ground by Lawrence and dragged away.

"I am Prince Diam, how dare you be so disrespectful to me?"

"Ah—Ron, I'll remember you! I'll never let you get away with this!"

Chapter 63 Let's make some contribution to atone for our sins

The air in the makeshift meeting room seemed to freeze.

After silencing Vasily, Ron, who held the moral high ground, turned his scrutinizing gaze to the remaining three.

“Master Ugo, Master Zoo, you came to Kassel with him, do you know his intentions?” he asked in a deep voice.

The implication is: I suspect you're in cahoots.

"Your Majesty Ron, you are wise. My brother and I were invited by Lady Kertia to come here solely to break the Divine Purification Array. Since entering Kassel, we have had no further private contact with Prince Vasily," Ugo replied, straightening his back with neither servility nor arrogance.

His words, like finely tuned gears, responded perfectly to the doubts.

Ron stared at Ugo, as if pondering whether they were trustworthy.

"I was being presumptuous." After a long silence, he withdrew his scrutinizing gaze, his Adam's apple bobbing as he uttered an apology.

“Your Majesty is concerned about the safety of the people of Orantia, so these concerns are understandable,” Ugo replied with great experience.

Ron nodded slightly, then looked at Kertia, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

Surprisingly, just a few days later, the roles have reversed.

Keltia turned her head, her calm and unwavering eyes meeting his gaze.

“Kertia, he’s someone you brought. Do you know his intentions?” Ron asked.

“I was unaware of it,” Kertia replied calmly.

“You shouldn’t be unaware of this,” Ron said.

Kertia remained silent.

That cannot be refuted.

She really shouldn't have brought people to Kassel without knowing the facts.

It's all her fault for only thinking about how to keep Ron in check and not considering other issues.

If she had realized Vasily's intentions sooner and hadn't brought the people along, this wouldn't have happened.

“Your Majesty Ron, I believe the most urgent task is to rescue the soldiers of Deam and find out why they were pulled into the Eternal Illusion.”

Zoo broke the frozen atmosphere by speaking.

"I cannot rescue Diam's soldiers."

Ron turned his gaze away from Kertia and pinched the bridge of his nose: "Neither Berlin Fortress nor Mighty Wind Fortress can be advanced any further."

"Why?" Zoo asked, puzzled.

“Kertia, you’re more familiar with the rules of the War of the Gods, so why don’t you tell them the reason?” Ron said, looking at Kertia.

It's more authoritative for her to say such things herself.

“The Great Demon Lilith wouldn’t attack the Kingdom of Diam without reason. They must have done something to provoke the demons and invite their retaliation. If the Kingdom of Lah were to help the Kingdom of Diam in this situation, it would also suffer a justifiable counterattack from the Great Demon Lilith,” Keltia said.

Zoo suddenly realized.

In other words, if the people of the Kingdom of Lah enter and try to rescue the people of the Kingdom of Diam, they will also fall into the Eternal Illusion.

Without removing Diam and his men, Kassel's army could not advance.

This effectively blocked both the Berlin Fortress and the Xiongfeng Fortress.

The Doug brothers suddenly understood why Ron had been so angry earlier.

Saving the Kingdom of Orantia is a race against time. How much time will be wasted because of the actions of the Kingdom of Diam?

“It is possible to advance, as long as all the troops in the fortress of Diam are killed,” Kertia added.

The Kingdom of Diam has provoked foreign enemies. Although the Kingdom of Lah cannot help the Kingdom of Diam, it can attack the Kingdom of Diam.

Upon hearing this, the Doug brothers fell silent and composed themselves.

I dare not express my opinion.

This is no small matter. If the Kingdom of Lah kills 50,000 troops of the Kingdom of Diam, it is anyone's guess how the Kingdom of Diam will react.

Given Kassel's current situation, there is absolutely no need to take this worst-case scenario.

The Doug brothers found it hard to believe that Kertia would say such a thing. Weren't they afraid that their master would adopt it in a fit of anger?

Kertia remained calm.

She was simply stating what she knew; she didn't actually want Ron to kill the 50,000 soldiers of Deam.

Ron, of course, could not adopt this strategy.

His goal is to delay progress, so there's no need for him to do something so thankless and exhausting.

"The Berlin Fortress, the Mighty Fortress, must be abandoned for now," he decided.

Then, turning to the Doug brothers, he asked, "Master Ugo, Master Zoo, do you have any clues about breaking the Divine Purification Array?"

The two shook their heads.

The Divine Purification Array in Komoni is different from ordinary Divine Purification Arrays. Its core lies in the Magic Element Stone. If the composition of the Magic Element Stone can be analyzed, we will be close to breaking the Divine Purification Array.

However, it is very difficult to analyze the composition of the magic stone from a distance of more than ten meters.

"Please give us a few more days," Ugo pleaded.

When Ron asked this question, they knew that he intended to destroy the Magic Stone.

Because there are troublemakers in Kassel now, leaving the Divine Purification Array is a huge hidden danger, and we could easily lose all our previous efforts if we're not careful.

“I can only give you one day,” Ron conceded to Ugo’s request. “Tomorrow afternoon, I will destroy Komoni’s Divine Purification Array.”

The Doug brothers knew there was no room for negotiation and had no choice but to accept the outcome.

……

End of the meeting.

Ron arrived at the dungeon beneath the castle.

In the interrogation room, Lawrence was interrogating Vasily.

The interrogation is progressing very poorly.

Vasily, feeling emboldened, disdained to answer Lawrence's question.

Lawrence, mindful of Prince Vasily's status, dared not subject him to severe torture.

"Everyone out, let me handle this," Ron said as he entered the interrogation room.

"Yes."

Lawrence left the interrogation room with two guards.

Ron took off his coat and sat down opposite Vasily, who was tied to an iron chair.

Vasily, who had initially looked disdainful, felt a little panicked when Ron dismissed everyone: "What are you going to do?"

He wouldn't be this nervous around normal people.

But this bastard in front of me is a complete lunatic.

Without a third party present, who can guarantee that this madman won't do something outrageous?

“I warn you, I am a prince of Diam. If you dare to harm me, the Kingdom of Diam will not let you go.”

"is it?"

Ron yawned, put his feet on the table, and leaned back in his chair leisurely: "Does the Kingdom of Diam really have tens of thousands of people to spare?"

“You…” Vasily gritted his teeth, staring at Ron with resentment.