***One week later.The troops from the southern region came sooner than expected. They came through Sarastrea City until they reached Valestria. The number was as Tobias had expected, around 20,000 troops.Gunnar and the other two captains were ready. They had gone to reconnoiter the three cities, only Leafvile was under extra guard, while Rachdale and Edinburgh were not so much.Valestria's white palace was halfway through the repair process, some parts of the room were usable, some were not. Now, Tobias and the other captains were able to use Valestria's white palace as the place where they ran the city government.Currently, Tobias was standing alone on the third floor balcony of the palace, a place where the royal family of Equestria used to greet their citizens. The young man's eyes clearly saw the 20,000-man army march in from the southern gate of the city.In line with the troops, Tobias saw three horse-drawn carriages running simultaneously, no one ahead of the other.Adrian

Tobias and Leonora were still sitting on their horses. Tobias told Adrian alone to ride up to the people before him because none of them intended to ride up to Tobias.Just as Adrian rode up on his horse, several Norman Royal Army archers appeared to be preparing. They were holding bows with arrows stored in the centre, ready to unleash an attack as ordered by their squad leader."They seem to be preparing with their arrows," Leonora explained. Both of the woman's eyes could watch the movements of the enemy troops from a distance.The atmosphere grew more tense as the wind grew stronger, blowing leaves down on the spot, even tossing Leonora's long hair to the side.Even though they had taken such a stand, Tobias committed that none of Jiyu's troops should retaliate by taking up arms.Aside from the tense moment, Tobias was also quite fed up with fighting with humans just to satisfy their power. He only wants to create a safe peace for his people an

Although his condition was not as good as before, thanks to Leonora's help, Tobias was able to maintain his consciousness and not faint after using the divine power. Tobias' strength was beyond the expectation of Norman and his soldiers. They never thought King Jiyu had abilities beyond human reason. Jiyu's soldiers began to take thousands of Norman soldiers into custody. The number of Norman soldiers reaching thousands of people made it difficult for the Jiyu soldiers to imprison them in the city prison. The best option was to gather them in a large field. One of the soldiers seemed to be in charge of bringing King Lucius to be held in the city prison, along with the five troop commanders who were with him. The man could only sit listlessly, striding handcuffed like a criminal towards Valestria. Adrian walked up to Tobias with King Lucius' coat and crown. Tobias told Adrian to do that so that the townspeople of Valestria would not give wild speculations about the man's identity. "