Chapter 488: One Thousand Men!

Now, it was finally the President's turn to have a strange expression.

And he finally understood the feeling Gervas had just had.

This was simply... how should one even begin to say it?

The President took a deep breath. "Ladies and gentlemen, this time our support army has arrived with a total of one thousand men!"

"One thousand... hmm? President, did you make a slip of the tongue? Did you mean our reinforcements number one hundred thousand?" The nobles, great and small, were stunned at first, then one by one suspected the President had misspoken.

But the President shook his head firmly. "Ladies and gentlemen, even if I made a slip of the tongue, I would not be so outrageous. At most, it would be ten thousand. Therefore, we can state clearly once more: our reinforcements indeed number only one thousand!"

"Moreover, they are not the Western Border Army as you imagine, but the soldiers of Stormhold from Viscount Gervas beside me..."

Boom!

Before the President's words had fully fallen, the nobles, great and small, in the entire gathering were already in an uproar.

The whole gathering seemed to have exploded!

It was not a slip of the tongue!!!

Moreover, the so-called support was the soldiers of Stormhold from Viscount Gervas!

"So, does this even count as support?"

"Yes! Viscount Gervas was originally one of our army!"

"No, ladies and gentlemen, is that the point? The point is Viscount Gervas. On what basis could he make the Beast Army wary, and then sit down to negotiate with us?"

"Yes! The Beast Army did not even fear our breakout force of seventy or eighty thousand. Would they fear Gervas and his one thousand Storm soldiers?"

"Hey, you lot, although this is indeed incredible, it is a fact that because of Gervas we are safe. Furthermore, the orcs have promised to withdraw. Is there any doubt about that? So, you had better watch your words, otherwise it is ingratitude!"

The nobles spoke in a clamor, and many voices even questioned why Gervas could make the orcs stop the war.

This provoked the displeasure of Mil, Adams, and others, who immediately began to accuse them.

Of course, this was not truly ingratitude on the part of the nobles, great and small.

They remembered the kindness of Gervas.

It was just that they found it utterly unbelievable that their army of seventy or eighty thousand had nearly been annihilated by the orcs.

Yet Gervas, with a mere one thousand men, could make the orcs wary.

Could Gervas's subordinates fight a hundred men each, with every one of them being a Silver Knight or even a Golden Knight?

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is hard to believe, isn't it? But precisely because it is unimaginable, this proves even more Viscount Gervas's bravery and extraordinariness!"

"Now, let me tell you how Viscount Gervas, risking great danger and disregarding his own safety, came to save everyone!"

"All of this began when Viscount Gervas was assigned to Baron Kale's fortress..."

Immediately, the President recounted the events Gervas had described earlier.

Of course, during this narration, the President added many words praising Gervas's bravery and wisdom.

And the assembled nobles listened with eyes wide open. Whenever they learned that Gervas had captured a fortress or a city, these nobles, great and small, would show expressions of admiration in their eyes.

After all, they were lords who had long led troops into battle; naturally, they knew how difficult it was to achieve the kind of military record Gervas had.

Especially that final Royal Tent Palace; it was simply unimaginable!

"The Royal Tent Palace! It was the Royal Tent Palace! Now I finally understand on what basis Gervas could make the Beast King sit down and negotiate with us! As long as the Royal Tent Palace is captured, there is indeed a certain possibility of making the Beast King wary!" A great noble, having listened, immediately exclaimed in astonishment.

"Your Excellency, that is not the point! The point is that Gervas actually dared to set the Royal Tent Palace as his target. This simply requires immense courage!"

"Let alone one thousand soldiers; even if there were five thousand elite soldiers, if it were me, Marquis Marquis Aosiding, I would not dare to say I would attack the Royal Tent Palace. Because for such a critical place, just thinking about it is enough to know how tight its defenses are." Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding spoke up at this moment.

The other nobles, great and small, also nodded in agreement one after another.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since we know it was Viscount Gervas who saved us, let us express our gratitude to Viscount Gervas!"

"That's right! If it were not for Viscount Gervas this time, our noble assault just now would have failed. By then, the number of people who could escape and survive would be few!"

"That's right! We must thank Viscount Gervas. Viscount Gervas! Thank you for your rescue!"

"That's right! Viscount Gervas, after this battle, please be sure to find time to visit my Count's fortress as a guest. I will certainly treat Your Excellency well!"

"Viscount Gervas, you must also come to my Hou Jue fortress as a guest. I will certainly treat Your Excellency well!"

"Viscount Gervas, I see you are so young. I wonder if you have taken a wife? If not, I have several daughters around your age who can be selected for marriage alliances with you..."

"Ahem! Ladies and gentlemen, we are all nobles of the Kingdom. Saving you is what I should do, so you need not take it too to heart."

"Furthermore, the war is not yet completely over. As for other matters, why not wait until the war ends, and then we can discuss them slowly..."

Seeing the crowd speaking more and more outrageously, Gervas hurriedly intervened to stop them.

If these nobles continued speaking, they would truly try to match their daughters to him.

Although Gervas indeed did not yet have a wife, such matters always require a bit of fate, don't they?

Moreover, he did not want his castle to have Young Ladies from noble families coming to the door every three days and two days...

And while almost all the nobles were excited about having survived, two nobles in the crowd who had kept their heads down from beginning to end now had eyes full of panic.

These two were naturally Minister Weilade and Solit.

Although the two still did not know that Gervas already clearly knew the news of their collusion with the Beast Army.

But Gervas's return was absolutely the last thing they wanted to see.

First and foremost, because Gervas was their enemy; they had fallen into their current situation precisely because they plotted against Gervas.

Secondly, Gervas's return and the saving of the army completely disrupted their original plan.

Their original plan was that the army would be basically annihilated by the orcs; even if there were any fish that slipped through the net, they would be only individuals.

By then, no one would be able to discover that they had colluded with the Beast Army.

And the two of them would, relying on the Beast King's promise, escape safely, and then pretend to have returned to the Kingdom by sheer luck.

But now, Gervas had shattered all of this, giving them the risk of exposure.

"Solit, what do we do now?" Minister Weilade was somewhat panicked.

After all, the things the two had done were enough to send them to the gallows more than ten times.

"Weilade, do not panic. Aside from the Beast King's side, there is no concrete evidence against us on the human side!"

"Even when the grain and fodder at Winterkeep were set ablaze, our only flaw was merely that record of our exit from the keep!"

"But the problem is, what if that record is fake? What if someone impersonated us? Do you agree?" Solit's mind turned at lightning speed.

"Therefore, as long as we leave no true evidence to be caught, when the time comes we will deny everything; Your Majesty certainly will not execute us merely on suspicion!"

Hearing this, Weilade pondered for a moment, then nodded, feeling it held some truth.

"Of course, there is currently one hidden danger, the only evidence that could directly convict us, and that is your subordinate!"