After Becoming The Tyrant

"Sheen?"

Thrall saw that all the lines on General Sean's face were stiffened. He and Sean grew up together, and he had hardly seen him show such an expression.

"Sheen?"

General Sheen crumpled the letter into a ball and held it tightly in his hand.The wind blew across the dry ground, blowing the young general's messy blond hair.He was still wearing the armor that he hadn't had time to take off, the sunlight fell on the armor, reflected on his handsome face, and his eyes were hard to distinguish under the brow bone.

"Go and gather our knights."

General Sheen's voice seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth.

"Burning the granary."

"what?!"

Thrall looked at Sean in astonishment, and before he had time to understand what this order meant, a chill ran up his spine.

………………

The fire sprang up from the southeast of the city, and under the scorching sun, it surged into the sky.The flames were raging, it was not one or two rooms that were on fire, but piles of dry rations, horses and hay were ignited.The intensity of the fire turned the sky south of the city into blood red.

At first people didn't realize what it was, but soon, the whole city was furious and frightened.These days, the people of Bubas, under the heavy pressure of the approaching army, almost all the adult men in the city are preparing to fight.But before they could set foot on the battlefield, the city's last hope was burned.

Anger, despair, fear.

The people who witnessed the rose cavalry burning the granary flocked to the center of the city, and more and more people gathered outside the mansion.Amid the roaring and questioning, stones of all sizes were smashed into the mansion like raindrops.

"You didn't give the order!"

Thrall kicked the door open. He pushed the crowd away with his shield, and was able to rush in with difficulty.The anger of the crowd made him shudder, and the countless curses and hatred towards General Sheen made him have no doubt that once General Sheen walked out of here, people would not hesitate to eat his flesh raw.

"That's the king's order! That's not your order!"

General Sean was wearing armor and a long sword at his waist. He stood behind the window, and there was a bloodstain on his face, which was left on his face by glass shards when the stone smashed the window.

"Sal!"

General Sean's voice suddenly rose, more serious than ever.They had been together for so many years, Thrall had never heard him speak in this tone.

"The king has given us no orders."

He pronounced the words clearly, turned around and stared at his friend.

Thrall felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He looked at the blond general standing in front of the window with his back straight.Outside the window, desperate people surrounded the mansion, hissing and cursing, the voices of "traitor", "coward" and "coward" mixed together, overwhelming.

"I have not received any orders from the king."

General Sheen looked into his friend's eyes.

The moment he gave the order, he had already foreseen everything now.

When standing alone in front of the window, Sean thought of the old man with white hair again.Those words that the imperial knight said in the heavy snow.The old man said he was too idealistic.He said at that time, if those who wear armor and hold swords do not protect the weak, who will protect the weak.The old man said that justice, greatness, and heroism cannot be used to describe a monarch.

However, until today, he suddenly realized that the Duke of Buckingham had only partially told him.

Just, great, a hero, a knight, and never a general.

A general does not fight for one or two people, but for the whole country.In this world, many people need justice, greatness, and heroes.But there are more people who are not qualified to consider what justice is.

"Go and gather our soldiers."

General Sheen said, the muscles in his face twitching.

It is absolutely impossible for the 5000-strong Rose Iron Cavalry to fight against the 7-strong Sea Holy Army.As long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will not give up Bubas retreat.But now, only by retreating to the Keya Mountains, with the help of the terrain, can they resist enemies dozens of times their own.

If the rose iron cavalry is destroyed in Bubas, then the southeast of Legrand will no longer be able to resist the charge of the holy army!

The line of defense that the king wants to build on the land of Legrand will be torn open an absolutely fatal crack!

In the king's letter, there is only one succinct order——

"Burn granaries and armories, evacuate Bubas, hold Koya."

Every word is clear.

At the end of the order, the king's own name was heavily signed.

"I am the general of the Rose Iron Cavalry, and I am the commander in chief of Legrand's southeast defense line. The parliament and the king have given me the power to take all actions in the southeast. Now, I order—" General Sean paused word by word, "evacuate Bubas , stick to Keya!"

"It's me! It's my Sean Rowlandst order!"

In the old year, the old generals of the empire said to the young generals that people only remember who gave the most ruthless orders, not who carried them out.All anger born of despair is directed only at the one who gave the order.

The young monarch has had enough infamy, but this time is different!

The whole Legrand fell into a turmoil and fell into an unprecedented struggle.The king himself may not care about his reputation, or the hatred and hatred of those he protects.But as a knight of the empire, as Legrand's general, he couldn't help but care!At this moment when the whole country is at war, the king is the flag of the whole country and the sustenance of all Legrand's spirits!

The king must assume the role of "protecting the people".An order to abandon the people can never be issued by the king himself.

For the first time since serving as the general of the Rose Cavalry, Sean disobeyed the king's orders.

"This is my order!"

he growled.

"Now--"

"Execute now!"

………………

Five thousand cavalry, five thousand silent knights.

The sky was blindingly bright, and the flames were still burning.Thrall was riding on the horse, holding the rein tightly with one hand, and pressed the other hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.In this summer, his hands were shivering with cold, and what he was worried about really happened——

When the rose cavalry who carried out the retreat order arrived at the city gate, the angry crowd had already formed a human wall here, blocking their way.Everyone knows what it means for the rose cavalry to withdraw from here.Blocking the cavalry were skinny old men, mothers holding children, and men who were angry and couldn't believe it.

During the Northland rebellion, the knights who were able to step on the pontoon bridge on the swift Lacey River without fear and charge against the rain of arrows faced these unarmed people who were not even fighters, silent like statues.The horse snorted uneasily.

"You can't leave! What should we do if you leave?"

A carpenter opened his hand and stood in front of the horse.

The crowd was in a commotion, and the children didn't understand what war was, but they were frightened by the heavy atmosphere and cried loudly.

"Step aside!"

The muscles on General Sean's face twitched, he pulled out the long sword and swung it vigorously.

Sal closed his eyes.

Blood splattered, and the noisy scene fell silent in an instant.

"Whoever dares to block here again, I will kill him!"

General Sean held a bloody long sword, his voice was cold.

Thrall opened his eyes, as if falling into an ice cave, he realized what General Sean wanted to do.

"The rose cavalry listened to the order—"

General Sheen raised his long sword high.

"Rush out of the city gate!"

With iron hooves trampling, the rose iron cavalry headed towards the city gate, and the silent crowd boiled up again, people rushed up from all directions, desperately trying to stop the iron cavalry from leaving.The horses stepped over the unarmed people like a cold sharp knife, and they carried out the general's order.

In every battle in the past, the general who rushed to the front of the team stopped at the back of the army this time.

He took off his helmet, exposed his face, raised his sword high, and roared at the people who tried to stop the cavalry in vain:

"I am the general of the Rose Iron Cavalry, the commander in chief of Legrand's southeast defense line. The council and the king have given me the authority to take all actions in the southeast."

"I ordered the burning of food!"

"I ordered the arsenal to be burned!"

"I ordered them to evacuate Bubas!"

A stone was thrown from the crowd and hit him hard on the head.General Sean snorted and fell off his horse.

"That's him! Traitor! Coward! Coward!" The man who threw the stone tremblingly pointed at Sean who had fallen from his horse.

The crowd rushed towards General Sean, who had fallen off his horse, and surrounded him heavily.

Sean struggled to get up from the ground, and shouted at the Rose Iron Riders who finally rushed out of the city gate due to the loose crowd, but stopped again: "Go! Go to Keya! This is an order!"

Outside the city gate, Thrall stared blankly at the man surrounded by angry crowd.

It was clear to Thrall that Sean couldn't go.

The anger of the rioting people needs an outlet.General Sheen, who gave this order, is the focus of all the anger.

Anyone can leave Bubas, except...

Sheen.

Could it be that these rose cavalry can really ruthlessly massacre the people they gave up?They were supposed to protect these people.

Sean, he stayed on purpose.

Thrall froze on the spot, his horse neighing anxiously, he didn't know whether he should move forward or backward.

"Sal! Take them away!"

General Sean yelled at Thrall, he was an outstanding knight, but he was surrounded by a group of ordinary people who didn't know martial arts at all, but he never swung his sword again from the beginning to the end.

"Thal! We are knights who protect the weak!"

The seven-year-old blond boy held the wooden sword high and turned to him.

A great sadness rushed into his chest, and Thrall watched the angry crowd submerge the man in armor like a tide.He is a knight with excellent sword skills, and his sword fell to the ground-the sword he swore to use to protect everyone!

Sean Rowlandstor.

General of the Rose Cavalry!Legrand excellent knight!

He didn't die on the battlefield, he didn't fight and die to protect the weak as he said when he was young.The person he wanted to protect held up a stone and smashed it on his head one after another, and blood flowed down the face of countless ladies who were obsessed.His blond hair was torn by desperate mothers who gnawed at his flesh.

Sal!We are knights who protect the weak!

Be a knight who protects everyone in the world!

The boy holding the wooden sword, the general overwhelmed by the crowd... The boy's bright smiling face overlapped with the man's bloody face, the sky and the earth rotated, and the world seemed absurd like a huge joke.

"I am the general of the Rose Cavalry, and I order you—"

Sean was pushed and bumped by the crowd, blood flowed down his forehead, and his eyes were dark red.He hissed and shouted in the direction outside the city gate.

"Evacuate Bubas!"

His voice was drowned out by the curses of the crowd.

"Go! Go! Go!"

Thrall growled.

go! ! !

The rose cavalry finally moved and ran towards Keya.At the end of the line, Thrall looked back for the last time.

The blond knight had been lost in the crowd, and the forsaken had cut his neck with his own sword.A carpenter grabbed his head and held it high.

The world turned gray in an instant.

Thrall was dizzy and nearly fell off his horse.

He watched helplessly as the faceless head was thrown to the ground.

The burned granary was burning in the southeast of the city, and the flames rolled up, printing the sky blood red.The rose cavalry headed south and evacuated the city.Overwhelmed with despair and rage, people wailed hysterically in hopeless castles.

Old people, women, children...all crazy.

It was as if that day of judgment had really come.

The civilians who were supposed to be protected smashed every bone in the general who gave up on them, and his head was nailed to death on the city gate.

Blood dripped down.

The person who first lifted the stone sat slumped on the ground, crying hysterically.

Cries and flames engulfed the city.

Five thousand rose iron cavalry went away, and seventy thousand holy troops rushed to Bubas in mighty force.

Above the city gate, the head of the lunatic hangs in the air.

The end of the third volume "Madman's Head"