Chapter 117 Destroy Your Faith
Even though Frol valued his word, he couldn't ignore this hatred, let alone face Lady Manlis who had suddenly lost her son.
Lady Manlis broke down crying when she heard the news. Frol discovered that several of Duke Clapton's former subordinates had secretly conspired together and actually contacted the Viller Empire to cooperate - they sent assassins to sneak into the Soth Empire and wiped out the entire Virlet family.
Now everyone across the continent knew that Zotfort's people had openly violated the peace treaty by sending assassins to slaughter innocent soldiers' families. Whenever they were mentioned, people felt disgusted.
Including most of the citizens within Zotfort itself.
Zotfort valued culture and refinement, supporting arts like music and painting. They believed all citizens should be well-mannered and cultured.
When news of the Virlet family massacre arrived, the Zotfort people were also outraged.
They criticized the military's actions, questioned the conduct of nobles led by the Clapton family, and demanded the king punish those responsible.
The king and queen of Zotfort were quite helpless about this.
The queen's own younger sister had lost her son, but they both knew clearly that given Lady Manlis's pride and dignity, she would never do such a thing, and Frol, raised by Duke Clapton, had a character that would never do something like this either.
So it must have been some hotheaded people who didn't understand the consequences who did these things.
Later, Frol and Lady Manlis met with the King and agreed to send a cooperation request to the Viller Empire.
Since they had already clashed with the Soth Empire, any demand to hand over Candy would be seen as a declaration of war.
They had no choice but to turn to the Viller Empire instead.
A massive country like the Viller Empire shouldn't normally accept other countries' armies entering its borders, but in fact, Saslov's army had been fighting the Soth Empire at the border for years with huge annual military expenses, plus the king's extravagant waste - the Viller Empire was clearly tight on funds.
This time, Zotfort's request was just to participate in the Warlinekza battle. They promised only to capture Candy, would cover all combat expenses during this period, and paid an expensive fee upfront.
It was this fee that made everyone in the Viller Empire, from the king down to the ministers, agree to Zotfort's request.
They even allowed Zotfort's people to join this battle without consulting Saslov's opinion, which was why Saslov had such a big problem with Frol.
Now that Candy had been captured, Zotfort would naturally withdraw according to the original agreement.
Yet Candy still dared to tell them to capture Anne?
It was this woman who made Zotfort a target of public criticism, and now she still dared to mention the Virlet family in front of them. Candy really deserved to die!
Manlis was furious, her chest heaving as she gave the order, "Grab her and beat her mouth until she can't say such things anymore, then take her away."
As soon as she finished speaking, a soldier walked forward. The soldier originally holding Candy grabbed her hair, forcing her to lift her head. The approaching soldier raised his hand and slapped Candy's face hard, a series of slaps swelling both her cheeks until she passed out.
Frol glanced over with disgust. "Take her away."
But then he turned to Lady Manlis and said, "Madam, you shouldn't have done that yourself just now. She's not worthy."
Manlis's eyes were full of tears. She said hatefully, "Don't try to persuade me. Everything this woman did to my son, I will handle personally!"
"I want her to know that threatening and harming the Clapton family will never end well!"
Frol lowered his head. "Yes."
Their troops turned direction and headed straight toward the Drogo Mountains.
The Drogo Mountains stretched endlessly. Only the mountain range connecting the Soth Empire and Viller Empire was most prominent and most dangerous, so few people ventured there. But if you left these peaks and continued to the other side, there was a relatively flat hilly area. Going further through a grassland and a desert, you could enter Zotfort's northernmost border.
Zotfort's army had originally entered the Viller Empire from this direction.
Most passed through the mountains, then bypassed the steep peaks and directly entered the relatively flat areas. Some went through the swampland directly into Viller Empire territory and continued back. As for the elite troops led by Frol, they stayed together in this mountainous area - one path led straight down into the Soth Empire's Sigma Wilderness.
Professional beast tamers had already come to the mountains earlier to take away the beasts that could be tamed, while those that couldn't be tamed were directly handled and killed by specialists, so the mountain wasn't particularly dangerous now.
Candy was thrown onto the mountain, hung by a rope at the cliff's edge. Hanging alongside her were several people who had stood nearby ready to attack at any moment when she went to see Frol.
At the time, seeing Frol agree so readily, they thought he was easy to bully and even said a few provocative words.
Naturally, Frol remembered their faces clearly and planned to deal with them all together.
Now they were all hung together at the cliff's edge. Hundreds of meters of cliff lay beneath their feet. The mountain wind howled past, swinging the hanging people back and forth. Some couldn't handle the fear and wet themselves.
Candy trembled with fear as a knight beside her shouted, "Lord Candy, save me."
Seeing this knight's leg hooking onto her body, Candy's eyes turned cold. If she could ensure safety, she would of course be willing to save these people, but now she could barely take care of herself. Instead of these people finding ways to keep her alive, how dare they ask her to save them!
Especially since this knight had hooked his leg onto her body, and the Zotfort soldiers who hung them had said the rope couldn't handle the weight of two people. The ropes for everyone except Candy weren't tied tightly - after dealing with two people today, the rest would be pulled up.
If the one above her head broke from someone pulling on it like this, Candy would certainly die if she fell!
Thinking of this, Candy hardened her heart. She kicked the knight away, pushing him toward another knight.
Hanks nearby saw this and roared with fury, "Candy, what are you doing!"
The two knights cried out as they collided. The rope above their heads took the force and immediately came loose. The two knights screamed as they fell, their screams quickly disappearing in the wind.
All the knights except Candy, including Hanks, widened their eyes. They couldn't believe this was done by Candy, who usually joked around with them like brothers.