"I'll stay. Someone important enough needs to remain here and hold the city, and no king has ever abandoned his own capital..." Roland said with a bitter smile. Now that they had fought their way back, there was no way he could run off again. Otherwise, wouldn't this all have been for nothing?
"This..." Duke Joelster wanted to persuade him otherwise, but he did not know where to begin. After all, he could hardly advise the King to leave his own capital.
"Lord Adolf Heinrich!" Roland raised his head and called out.
"Assemble the troops! Prepare to split the army!" Roland considered it for a moment before speaking firmly.
"By your command!" Adolf Heinrich nodded and did not go against Roland's will. Roland's decision was not fundamentally wrong. Among that bunch of Lagrange Human Emperors and Great Generals of the Northern Conquest, he was already considered a normal king. What was so remarkable about a king defending an isolated capital? Had they ever seen a king march a lone army thousands of miles into the Northern Wastes to build a city? No? No matter! There had also been a Human Emperor who personally led an expedition to the Hercane Sea. And if that was not exciting enough, there was even an "immortal" who led a Knight Order to the gates of Angband.
"We currently have 250 Knights: 150 from the Holy Radiance Knight Order and 100 from the Romanian Royal Knight Order," Omsk said after exchanging a glance with Maple Forest Binglan.
"One thousand Lagrange City Guards stand ready for battle at all times!" Vilin Angus said respectfully. At this point, he was already a fourth-tier warrior commander.
"Two thousand Bannaria Archers await orders!" Valfay nodded to Roland. Among Roland's subordinates, Valfay was the only High-Tier professional soldier who