"You'll never win against Valcke," Gabriel said.Tobias didn't respond to the man's words. He was more focused on Liam, who was next to him. Even though they would be handed over to Valcke as a medium of negotiation, Tobias needed to take good care of them.The young man certainly didn't want the negotiations with Valcke to fail just because the three died. They would be properly fed and watered, and Tobias didn't forget to give orders to his soldiers to always clean the cages."You seem so sure you're gonna leave Equestria," Liam said."There's not a single reason that makes me think I should fight for Equestria. The arrogance they show makes me sick!" groaned Tobias, glancing sarcastically at Gabriel, who continued to stare at him intently.Tobias called out to the two soldiers guarding the carriage, they stepped in tandem towards Tobias. Both of them stood straight in front of the leader of Archibald's army, ready to receive orders from him."You keep watch over the three men. I do

***The next day."When did he wake up?" asked Gunnar, curious."I don't know. Laura didn't say anything about Tobias' collapse," Karin replied.She had been the one to lead Tobias' healing. Since last night, she had smelled strange scents from Tobias' tent, like a mixture of sweat and something else.She and her soldiers had not been able to determine what had caused Tobias to faint, but the initial suspicion was that it was just the effects of exhaustion from partying from day to night."If he fainted due to exhaustion, it doesn't make sense. He has a strong endurance. He can even defeat hundreds of soldiers in battle and not feel slightly tired," Liam explained.The man knew exactly what Tobias' strength was like, so Karin's reasoning in explaining the cause of Tobias' unconsciousness was irrelevant.In that place, there were only Liam, Gunnar, and Karin. Edgar was seriously conversing with Laura about the effects of Tobias' unconsciousness."Today should be the day we plan additio

***Two days later"I gathered you to finalize our previous plan. Our encampment location is already close enough to Sungate Castle's location. From what I saw on Atrea's map, Sungate Castle is behind that hill," Liam replied.It took about half an hour to cross the hill to reach Sungate Castle. Archibald's troops, who had just arrived at that point, made it impossible to launch an immediate attack.Liam sat on the floor right in Tobias' tent. All the captains were in the same place, without exception. They were now following Liam's words, as Tobias could still not serve due to his coma."Darren said Sungate is one of three places Valcke's troops are heavily guarding. I'm going to make the most of this. If we can take it, Valcke will be even more put under pressure," Liam replied.The Vice Commander of Archibald's troops wandered his gaze, looking at Edgar, who was in charge of reconnoitering. The activity would significantly affect the flow

The southern wall of the castle was completely unbreakable, and the artillery strikes of the 10 trebuchets failed to destroy the iron castle. Seeing this, it was no wonder that people called it the Solar Castle due to its amazing strength and durability.Despite the failure, the trebuchets threw stones relentlessly at the city center. This was done in order to let the townspeople and soldiers of Sungate escape on their own.With the fire growing, they had no choice but to leave the place. After thirty minutes of waiting for the impact of the trebuchet attack, Liam raised his right hand as it was tightly clenched.Adrian saw Liam's hand gesture, indicating that he wanted to end the artillery attack. Adrian looked back, ordering his soldiers to stop attacking.The soldiers began to stop reloading the trebuchets, ceasing the attack and focussing their eyes on Adrian.The vibrations in the city began to subside, the soldiers who had been sheltering in

Seeing Liam call out to her, Karin immediately rushed to the man. She was stunned to see Tobias lying limp on the ground, vomiting blood. Several captains surrounded Tobias, guarding the young man from Valcke's attack."Take him to the med tent," Liam said, and Karin nodded.Tobias was immediately carried by two medics on a stretcher. Along the way to the medical tent, she felt the man's body turn cold. Karin was much more afraid of a cold temperature than a warm temperature.Not only did his body temperature turn cold, but Karin also checked the young man's pulse. He still had a pulse, but it was weak and slow."He is dying. Take him to the private tent!" said Karin.They took Tobias to a tent set up originally to treat wounded captains, but it was now being used to treat Tobias' condition.Karin and her two soldiers arrived at the place, they lifted Tobias' body up onto the bed. Karin herself focused on getting the tools to help her task o