THE EMPEROR OF TWO WORLDS

The Silent Army

All members of the shadow forces are still waiting for Jani's explanation who has destroyed their troops' tokens while saying that he will disperse this army.

Jani calmly said "the reason I disbanded the shadow army is because you guys don't swear to anyone."

"what's the matter if we don't swear to anyone!?" ask Five who are still angry with the destruction of their troops tokens.

"the problem is that you become a group of troops that this kingdom cannot control. Then, do you know? that in every meeting of the nobles, the shadow army has been stamped as a threat to this kingdom and almost forced to disband many times?"

Everyone was silent indicating that they were aware of it. Then Jan continued.

"Therefore, I wish to completely change this whole army for the better!. First, I want you to swear allegiance to me and then to this emblem."

At that time Jani showed a symbol and it made some people confused and confused it was represented by their leader, Zero.

"Prince, why should we swear to this royal coat of arms and not your royal family's coat of arms?" zeros asked puzzled by Jani's reason for telling them to swear an oath to the royal coat of arms instead of the Lester family coat of arms.

"it is true that usually the great nobles will tie a group or someone to their family emblem so that in the future the group will still serve the family even though it has changed the head of the family. But you need to remember this well! The Kingdom of Westeria does not belong to the Lester family!!"

They were all shocked, but Jani continued.

"This kingdom belongs to the people of Westeria whether it be nobles or ordinary residents. While the Lester family is only given the confidence to lead the entire people.  That's what my father always taught me, but it's a pity there are still many nobles who only think about their own families and look down on their different social status."

" in addition to those who thirst for property and so corruption everywhere. In their eyes, you are a threat because this army can move only with a token and not side with anyone. Then I am also worried that this token will fall into the wrong hands and make you a ruthless killing tool. To prevent that, I want you to swear an oath to the coat of arms of this kingdom which also means you swear allegiance to the people of this kingdom. Do you clearly understand what I mean?"

Many members still do not understand because they have not learned about swearing allegiance to someone. Seeing that, Zero said a little loudly "The point is that Prince Alex wants our troops to protect the people of Westeria until this work collapses and this task we will carry on towards the next generation in generations."

After hearing the understanding from their captain, everyone slowly began to understand and Five who found a gap in Jani's words, began to give a question.  

"Then prince, if one day you start turning into a King who abandoned his people and instead enriched himself, what should we do?"

"THE FIVE!! YOU!!??" Zero wanted to immediately beat Five up, but Jani stopped him and turned to approach Five slowly while saying "if I turn out to be like that, then all you need to do is; first you hold your knife tightly and then point it right here at my heart and then end it by stabbing it firmly into the back. Do you understand, Five?"

For the first time Five's hand shook and let out a cold sweat as she was directed to stab Jani in the heart. When Jani asked, he regained consciousness and replied "i understand, Prince."

After making Five calm, Jani again asked all the members of the shadow army here. "does anyone still want to ask?"

They were all silent for fear of mispronunciation and also fear of experiencing the same incident as one of their leaders, Number Five. Seeing no one asking anymore, Jani then continued.

"alright, I'll talk about the next thing. To the new name of this army is Silent Army! Silent which means Silent and Army which means Army. Silent Army is a special unit that is directly under my control and you will only act in secret."

"to signify your identity, you will wear this mask."

Jani pulled out a black mask with a special symbol of the red Sculpture continent on his forehead. After handing out the entire mask according to their number sequence, Jani began to explain "this mask is made specifically so that users are not affected by toxic gases or thick smoke that bothers you later and in the mask there is a sign that is clear evidence that it is a mask that original."

"for the latter I will give you some rules that you need to remember. First, it is forbidden to kill innocent people. Second, it is forbidden to be famous. And third, it is forbidden to betray this organization. These three rules are eternal which means that even though I am dead, they are still valid at any time. That's it for tonight and see you tomorrow night, disperse yourself!!"

Everyone quickly left the room neatly, but there was one exception: someone sitting in the back seat. The person left in a hurry that made his movements very visible.

'Which fool dares to infiltrate my army?' thought Jani who pretended not to see it then she also left the room by teleporting.

In another room.

Here all the former leaders are gathering to discuss something. Zero who saw Five still trembling asked "Five, what did you feel back then?"

"that certainty of death is what I felt when the prince made me to pierce his chest."

"even if you just need to push the knife and move at your speed, but you're still gonna die ?" ask a leader with the number 7 in his mask.

"well, you may not believe it, but if you feel it yourself, you will know that the prince is not just a weak man who just woke up from his coma, but he's like a newly awakened ancient dragon."

 All the former leaders were shocked by this explanation from their brother and Zero then tried to ask his brother who had the number 2 in his mask.

"Two, you're the most reliable at judging someone, can you give us an explanation?"

"previously brother, I want to thank you for taking the right decision to swear allegiance to him. because what he did tonight was predicted by the prince from the beginning as if he could see into the future."

"really!?"ask Zero.

"alright, for now we just need to see what he will do with this 'Silent Army's army and don't act rashly!"

"All right!!" all of his brothers obeyed what Zero said and they left the room and told Zero and his wife One.

"Ze, thank you for making this choice for all of us!" said One who immediately hugged Zero tightly without caring about her pregnant belly.

Zero immediately became panicked and said "don't hug me too tightly! It could hurt her later!"

"hmmph! You seem to love our son more than me!"

"of course I love you too, One!"

As they were making out with each other, suddenly in their heads came a voice.

"Zero, One! Come to my office now."

They knew this voice belonged to the King and they immediately rushed towards the palace according to the King's orders.

In the King's office

The couple entered the room slowly and immediately knelt in front of the King.

Without seeing them, the King who was still looking at the map of his entire kingdom said "explain the results of the meeting you had with the prince."

"well!" Zero and One unhesitatingly explained everything to the King.

After hearing that, the King finally sent Zero and One away and shortly after the departure of the two of them, the knight's head Hertez Bonavic entered the room.

"Hertez, what do you think of the concept of loyalty to the royal coat of arms?"

"that's a very good concept, but I don't think it can be done in our current knight system, Roman."

"yes, you're right! Most of them only want to use the title of knight to raise their surname and only knights under you can truly be considered true knights."

"good you realize it. Actually I'm quite interested in the concept of the army previously told by Alex. How about we use this concept?"

The king also already knew the concept of the army and honestly he really wanted to use the concept and replace the concept of knights who he thought had been very misused by the nobles.

The king, hearing Hertez's proposal, immediately rejected it, saying "it is too early for Hertez to use it."

"you're right. If we continue to suppress the nobles like this, they will definitely start a rebellion that will harm the people in their respective regions. Then how do we handle this, Roman! I've started to get dizzy with the behavior of those knights! added to the letter from our spies that the Rohden Empire began preparing to launch an attack on Dom's death."

"i've guessed it. Then how's it going with our spies in the Sandria empire?"

"the situation there is still safe because their king is sick and now his children are competing for the throne."

"hmm, then you command General Borkus to head for the borders of the Rohden empire to help Marcus who is guarding there."

"okay, I'll do it soon. What was the solution to the previous problem?"

"for now you just be patient. When the matter with the church of holy light is over, I'll ask Alex this, Okay!?"

"alright, I'm trying to be patient, but don't blame me, if there's some knight in the custody that's disappearing all of a sudden, okay?"

After saying that, Hertez left the room disappointed that he did not get the solution he wanted and still had to be patient with the knights who acted at will.

Hertez's bodyguard who followed from behind asked "Master, did you get a solution from your highness?"

"no, we still have to be patient, but pass this on to others; if you see them doing something beyond their limits, then you have the right to punish them as you please."

hearing that, the bodyguard immediately showed his evil smile and said "alright, I'll convey it to the others soon about this excellent solution!"

"do as you please!" replied Hertez in his lazy tone who was already unconcerned about the fate of the knights.