The Almighty Lord Caspian

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 now Byron was asking them to turn

back!

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

Even men with bodies made of iron wouldn't be able to handle that.

The generals thought their new king wasn't suited to commanding the army as he was basically issuing

commands without rhyme or reason. He caused his soldiers to journey back and forth, depleting the

strength of his army in the process.

However, they dared not disobey as it was a command from the king, after all.

Even after learning about Byron's actions, Caspian wasn't anxious in the slightest. He had his army

pursue the enemy in an ordered way—like hell he would let the Filrenian reinforcements retreat just

because they wanted to!

Caspian's million-soldier army made the Filrenian reinforcements unable to retreat. They could only

fight against the Diatoranian army as they attempted to do so, thus incurring more losses.

At last, many soldiers abandoned their armor and ran away.

"Continue to attack ferociously. We must take this place down before the Filrenian reinforcements

manage to retreat to the capital!" Caspian said.

"Yes, Lord Caspian!" Sylvia led the battalion in a new round of powerful attacks.

At this moment, an intelligence officer ran over. He reported, "Lord Caspian, a Royal Summons is sent

to you from the intelligence department in Dhord City!"

Caspian asked, "A Royal Summons? What does it say?"

The officer said, "His Majesty wants us to return to Dhord City immediately!"

"That's absurd. Why would His Majesty want me to retreat at such a key moment?" Caspian was in

disbelief upon hearing that Balthazar had issued such an order.

"I'm not sure either, but the summons was issued by His Majesty himself."

"That's impossible. His Majesty was the one 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. Is there any possibility of

fraudulence?" Caspian still found it absurd.

The intelligence officer handed Caspian the letter. "Lord Caspian, the summons was penned by His

Majesty himself. Please take a look."

Caspian took it and inspected it carefully, only to realize that it was indeed Balthazar's handwriting. He

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

Balthazar would suddenly issue such an order.

Caspian said, annoyed, "What's with His Majesty? I'm about to take down the capital of Filren. All my

efforts would go to waste if I ordered my army to retreat now, wouldn't they?"

He had disagreed with the decision to start a war, but Balthazar had been adamant. Now that the army

was advancing forcefully and Filren was about to be taken down, Balthazar decided to put everything to

a stop.

Of course Caspian would be pissed.

The officer said, "We should obey His Majesty's command as soon as possible, Lord Caspian!"

Caspian bit out, "Sorry, but I can't follow those orders!"

A general had the right not to follow orders when they were fighting a war outside, anyway.

The officer dared not say much in response to Caspian's declaration since he had no right to comment

on a decision made by the Diatoranian God of War.

On the other hand, Macy advised, "You can't go against His Majesty's orders, Lord Caspian! This is a

serious crime!"

"I can't care about that right now. How can we retreat during such a key moment?" Caspian said.

Sylvia noticed that something was amiss while issuing orders to the soldiers, so she came over and

asked, "What's happening, Lord Caspian?"

"His Majesty issued a Royal Summons. He wants us to rush back to Dhord City."

Sylvia was shocked 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 is going on?"

"I don't know, either. Take a look at this." Caspian handed the letter to Sylvia, who inspected it carefully,

only to affirm that it was indeed written in Balthazar's handwriting.

"Are we retreating, Lord Caspian?" Sylvia asked.

Caspian said, "Of course not. Such a great opportunity only comes once in a blue moon. All our efforts

will go to waste if we retreat now."

"We can't go against His Majesty's orders, though, can we?" Sylvia asked.

Enraged, Caspian said, "I'll shoulder the consequences myself. We must take down Filren before

returning. These are my orders!"

"Got it, Lord Caspian!" Sylvia replied. Since Caspian was so determined, she couldn't say much about

his decision.

"We're done here. Command our soldiers, quick! We must move quickly and take down the capital of

Filren quickly!"

"Understood!"

Sylvia busied herself with commanding the soldiers immediately after.

Not only did Caspian have no plans of retreating, but he also used his position as the Diatoranian God

of War and had Dax deploy more fighter jets over. He wanted to take down Filren as quickly as

possible.

…

When Byron learned that his army was absolutely throttled by Caspian's million-soldier army, he was

overcome by despair. Only at this moment did he realize the great pressure that came with the throne.

He had brought destruction upon Filren.

Caspian's appearance thrust Filren into danger. When Byron heard word about the increasing number

of fighter jets coming from West Aridlands of Diatoran, he issued a command to stop the enemy jets

with their own.

…

Word about Caspian's refusal to obey Balthazar's command had already reached Diatoran.

Kelvin said, "Dad, I didn't expect Caspian to be so bold as to disobey His Majesty's orders. What

should we do next?"

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