Within the imperial city, the originally bustling main hall seemed unusually quiet at this time.

There are no outsiders, no knights, and no civil and military officials. In the hall at this time, there are only the old king who has been in power for hundreds of years and has been working conscientiously, and his three remaining sons.

The old king leaned on his weapon and sat on the throne with his head lowered, without saying a word, and the three heirs below him also fell silent.

A few seconds later, the old king's hoarse voice suddenly sounded.

He was once so ambitious, and even though he was forced into a desperate situation two hundred years ago, he still had a straight waist, but now he looked so haggard.

"We lost, we lost the war. They have been waiting for us to fight them. They have been waiting for two hundred years."

"Father..."

"The eldest prince is not here for the banquet, he is here to warn us. He has always known that the United Empire is waiting for us."

"Father!"

Looking at the haggard old king, the second prince below couldn't help but speak in a low voice.

"Father, we haven't lost yet. We still have the Knights! We still have more than two billion people! Even if the twelve cities of the Knights are destroyed, there is still a vast territory behind! If the vast territory is gone, we can still go into the mountains to deal with them.

!We even have death knights..."

"Enough!"

"Father! Let's..."

"I've said enough! Don't you understand! We have already lost! The moment we bring other races into the royal family of the United Kingdom, we have already lost!"

The giant sword in his hand was stabbed into the steps, and the old king looked extremely desperate.

"They will no longer fight among themselves! Even if they lose this time, they will not blame the royal family, but will bear grudges against us. The United Empire without contradictions is no longer something we can win. We have already lost, completely.

Completely defeated."

With his forehead on the hilt of the sword, the old king's painful voice sounded.

"I struggled for more than three hundred years, and in the end, the Knight Empire still died in the hands of a useless guy like me..."

The Empire of Knights actually has one trump card that it has yet to reveal, and that is the Death Knight. Although it is the last of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, it has an absolutely unsolvable trump card.

But what if there is a card? Without the War Knights, the Knight Empire has actually lost the capital to compete with the United Empire.

Not to mention that the joint defense line of the twelve cities may have been penetrated, and the enemy has marched straight into the hinterland.

In this case, is it possible for them to send death knights to fight against the enemy in their own homes?

Although the Death Knight is strong, it is no longer enough to turn the tide.

And what really made the old king feel desperate was the troops participating in the war, the elite legions sent by various powerful races!

These are the powerful ethnic groups that are specifically named in the intelligence and are not subject to the royal family's jurisdiction. The Barbarian cattle tribe, the boss of all the cattle tribes, the Argali tribe, the reckless ones among the sheep tribe, and others have always been disliked by no one because the royal family does not allow them to do so.

To develop believers, there are even black sheep clan who have chased the prince and princess and scolded them several times.

In the plan of the Knight Empire, these beings should have taken the opportunity to rebel and fight to the death with the imperial royal family to seize power. However, now they quietly sent out the most elite troops to help fight them. They even started to assist two hundred years ago.

The imperial royal layout, what is this symbol? What does this mean?

This move has completely stated their position to the Knight Empire. They are indeed dissatisfied with the royal family, but this does not mean that they will cooperate with the Knight Empire to rebel.

In their eyes, solving common enemies is more important than internal competition for rights, so they came to help.

At the same time, it is also clearly telling all enemies that even if the majesty of the royal family is wiped out, even if they want to fight for power, it must be after killing all their enemies!

Facing this kind of United Empire that was always in disarray with the outside world, the old king could no longer see any possibility of winning. This was what made him feel most desperate.

Slowly standing up from the throne, looking at the three sons looking down below, the old king with a haggard expression suddenly spoke.

"Surrender."

"Father!"

Upon hearing these three words, the expression of the second prince below froze, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

"We still have a death knight!"

"You want the death knight to enter our own home! Devour the souls of our people! Do you want to die with the enemy? You can't even protect the people! Instead, you want to kill them with your own hands! What's the difference between that and losing!

"

Before the second prince finished speaking, the old king's roar sounded.

"If you lose, you have to accept your fate. I will bear all the responsibilities for this battle. As for you."

Looking at his three sons, the old king slowly shook his head.

"Second and Third, you two are excellent, but because of this, they will not allow you to survive. Come with me. Let's go down together to give an explanation to the knights who died in the battle and to our ancestors.

"

He walked up to the fourth prince and handed the giant sword in his hand to the thin young man in front of him. The old king reached out and patted his shoulder.

"Fourth child, I'm sorry for you as a father. I'm the only one among so many children who I'm sorry for. I haven't trained you well and I've been preparing to use you as a consumable. Now that I've lost the battle, I want to throw away this mess again.

I'll carry it for you, don't blame dad, okay."

"Father, father..."

"As the son of a subjugated king, a king who surrendered to the enemy, you will be very tired, you will bear infamy, and you will be misunderstood by the people, but promise dad, you will get through it, you must get through it. If the United Empire keeps its promise and treats us fairly,

You help them and lead your people to integrate with them. If they fail to keep their promise, then remember, the future of the Knight Empire is in your hands! The hope of the people is in your hands!"

Gently placing the crown on the head of the fourth prince, the old king released his palm, hunched his body and walked towards the exit, speaking softly.

"Children, it's time to apologize to our ancestors..."

Outside the city, the shouts of killing still echoed through the sky, but the city walls had begun to fall one after another. Some elite troops even broke through the defenses and rushed into the city, rushing towards the imperial city regardless of the situation.

But what greeted them were the people in the city who could not see the end of the city.

The long-standing knight code has been integrated into the loyalty and courage in the bones, allowing this group of people in the city to rush forward without fear of death, even if they knew they could not stop the enemy.

The absolute numerical superiority even forced the troops that rushed in to retreat for a while.

But it's ridiculous to say that the reason why the United Empire tried every means to capture the Knight Empire was actually not for resources, because the United Empire had no shortage of resources.

What they do for is this loyal people, which has been integrated into their bones and belongs to the knight's faith.

On a messy street, the fourth prince wearing a crown came from a distance in despair.

The people walked around carrying supplies, picked up weapons, and rushed towards the city wall desperately.

He passed the soldiers who temporarily retreated from the front line, bandaged their wounds urgently, and then rushed forward without stopping.

Until they were completely on top of the city wall where the fierce fighting was still taking place.

Looking at the soldiers on both sides who desperately collided with each other, stepped on the corpses of their companions, and slashed at each other wildly with weapons, no one was willing to take a step back.

The pale-faced eldest prince suddenly spoke and roared loudly.
Chapter completed!