Chapter 231: Killing The Traitors


    To be honest, it wasn''t an intentional trap, as once we crossed the border, I spotted from my high ce in the sky arge group of yers moving up ahead.


    They were numbering in tens of thousands, moving at a high speed, like they were racing time itself. I was captivated by them, as I was wondering what was causing them to move in such a hurry.


    Just as I was asking myself, my balloon and the others were getting closer to them. The speed disparity between the two of us was already big, even when they were trying to push their limit as hard as they could.


    Getting near them caused me to freeze from surprise, as the yers down below gave me a vibe of strange familiarity, and in time I realized soon enough why I felt like this.


    They were originally my army, the one who was entrusted to the three leaders from before. Just when my balloon marched above them, the yers down below got distracted by my presence, and amongst them, three were very eye catchy.


    I spotted Randy, Rendy, and Richard, each surrounded by their own men, moving with urgent looks over their faces.


    Just seeing their faces from the sky made me burst in uncontrobleughter, as it seemed all my guesses were wrong, and the three were agents to my enemies.


    The appearance of our intimidating army startled everyone, especially the three leaders, as they wondered about the identity of the one leading this huge force.


    "Oh, where are you going , traitors?"


    I forced myself to control myughs, as I heard the angry voice of Nina, shouting out loud from her balloon towards below.


    The sudden appearance and recognition of Nina made everyone stop in their tracks, and when I glimpsed down below, I noticed the slight change over Randy''s face.


    "Nina, it''s a relief to see you fine and good."


    This was the words Richard said to her, and before she could say anything more, I hurriedly sent to her privately:


    ''y a little with them, and don''t tell them Im here.''


    Nina paused, for a few moments, before she said:


    "I''m not good, where is our princess?"


    She faked ignorance, thank god, as I knew my previous assumptions were wrong. My only concern right now was to see who was the traitor, and understand what really happened.


    I sat inside my balloon, listening and carefully observing the reactions of those below. I found it, strangely, amusing, like I was ying a game of some sort.


    It was funny!


    "We are going to rescue her," Rendy suddenly said, as he urgently added, "you were with herst time, so you can guide us here, and tell us about the status of those damned noble armies!"


    His words, and rage, befitted what I had in mind about him. He wasn''t the traitor, I was sure of that, but it seemed they were victims to a grand scheme, me included.


    They were told some sort of a lie, and we were told another lie. It seemed whoever schemed this, enjoyed a wicked imagination of his own. My eyes were fixed over the body of a single person, that damned Randy!


    I didn''t know why, Rendy the ex-noble, suited to be amoner like us, and his filthy dirty treacherous brother, Randy, suited to be like those dirty nobles, how ironic!


    ''What should I say?''


    She sent it to me, as she didn''t know how to act from here. things seemed fishy, even for her, and so she decided not to act without consulting me.


    ''Ask him about the source of his info,'' I simply sent back to her.


    "Who told you about what happened?" she said, before adding, "You were supposed to stay behind, howe you reached here this soon?"


    She yed it well, as she faked doubting his word, their actions. As expected, Rendy rapidly defended himself:


    "We got a warning, about what you were facing, and Randy confirmed it. So we all decided to move out to rescue you."


    "Aha, I see," she said, as she nodded her head, "and you just followed the orders of Randy, and not our princess, right? she added.


    "She was in danger, you two were in danger, how can we stand by and not act?" Richard broke his silence, as he replied in an exaggerated tone.


    "Perhaps you should have stuck to the warning she gave to you before she departed," Nina said, in a cold tone, replying to his unreasonable storm of rage.


    Richard didn''t reply, as he was surprised for Nina to know this small, secret detail, known only to him and me. His silence and his faked storm of rage made me think again that my assumptions weren''t groundless after all.


    "What warning?" Rendy asked, as he felt he was missing something important.


    Richard just looked silently towards Nina, as if he was thinking how he could face her own army of balloons, without losing the gains he just acquired, perhaps.


    I watched this little act, silently, with some rage inside me, as they yed me and my men for a fool. I felt some gratitude for them, to keep my own army intact like this, but the most I could do to repay them was to kill them swiftly, without any torture.


    As Richard didn''t reply, Nina said:


    "He was warned of your brother, as our princess suspected that your brother was a traitor, but," she paused, as she looked at Richard, "it seemed he wasn''t the only traitor here."


    "Liar!"


    Randy suddenly bellowed, loudly and angrily, before pointing towards Nina:


    "She was thest person with our precious princess, and see how calm and collected she looks? She isn''t even worried about saving her like us! She is the traitor, dirty liar!"


    "Yes, you are standing up there amidst a balloon army you never had before. Tell us, traitor, is this the price for betraying our princess? Are these balloons quitefortable? Who can bring me her balloons, the dirty price she received for killing our Lady, down to the ground? Who is brave to do so, boys?"


    Richard joined the chorus, sticking the charge of treason more on him. I didn''t need any more proof, these two were together in this treason, and I would never forgive such betrayal.


    Before the situation got anymore out of hand, I stood up from my ce, moved to where everyone could see me, and took out my artifact, the spear, to be seen by everyone down there.


    My sudden presence like this was unpredicted, and I spotted the faces of the two traitors, paled white, like seeing death in front of them.


    "So, what were you two bbering about just now? please, I want to hear this badly crafted lie and reasons!"


    My voice was met by silence, as I sighed, before raising my spear up high:


    "Anyone not kneeling to the ground right now will be considered part of this treason."


    My voice was calm, but domineering. Everyone looked at me, knowing that I was their princess, the one they thought was in danger, and they travelled on haste just to her aid. I wasn''t in danger, and this was a y done by their leaders.


    I would never take them for the crimes of their leaders, but if there were any loyal subjects here, then I wouldn''t mind killing them as well.


    All started to kneel, not doubting my presence, authority, and words. As I suspected, a handful were still standing, those who were surrounding Richard and Randy.


    "You will never win this war!"


    Richard finally exposed his true colors, as he yelled viciously to me, expressing his utmost hatred, and his ill intentions. I wasn''t intrigued by his words, but I was tempted to torture him a little.


    However I refrained from this, after all I knew they were just pawns, thrown on my way to make me suffer, and waste more time, nothing more.


    My real enemies were those nobles, with the harem of the weak bastard, Respon, as the main head of this giant python.


    I didn''t waste any time in saying useless words, as I directed my spear towards the dirty group, and rooted them out of the ground of my army. their death came swift, and the whole world ushered intoplete silence afterwards.


    "Rendy, ascend to my balloon now!"


    My order came loudly, as Rendy moved, with dejected face and distorted expressions, towards the robe that was thrown from my balloon. I didn''t n to waste more time here, as the idea of breaking up the army didn''t work, so I loudly ordered:


    "Start moving now, follow the balloons in the sky."


    I then turned to look to my three advisors, as I said:


    "Lead the ground armies, and ask Nina to send someone of her group with you as well."


    They nodded, as they understood how dangerous this treacherous plot was. They moved to coordinate things, while I stayed up there waiting for Rendy to ascend here.