Traitors Never Meet a Good End!

Philiers, Champs-Élysées Avenue

As the main thoroughfare of the capital city of the Kingdom of Tsuyioru Xiu, this street is usually crowded, but traffic jams are rare. However, today, Champs-Élysées Avenue was divided into sections of varying lengths by the crowds, and all the roadblocks were staring in the same direction, as if waiting for something important.

A moment later, a long dragon radiating Silver-White Light slowly emerged from the other end of the street and moved towards the location of the numerous roadblocks. Behind the silvery-white dragon, a wave of heads composed of various hair colors followed closely, and this wave continued to grow stronger as the silvery-white dragon moved.

"Squeak"

A second-floor window of a hotel on Champs-Élysées Avenue suddenly opened, and a curious head popped out to investigate the cause of the commotion downstairs.

"Hey bro, what's the occasion? Why is it so lively today?"

The passerby who was being approached looked up at the person upstairs and said disdainfully, "Brother, did you just fall from the sky? Otherwise, how could you not know about such an important matter?"

Having his itch touched, the traveler ignored the passerby's rude tone and continued to ask, "Brother, I only arrived in Philiers yesterday evening and went straight to sleep, so I don't know much about the place. I hope you can introduce it to me."

As he spoke, the traveler tossed two silver coins into the passerby's arms. With the tip, the situation changed. The passerby's indifferent face immediately transformed into a warm and welcoming smile, and he began to tell the traveler about the major event that had occurred in Philiers.

"Brother, you may not know this, but not long ago, His Majesty the King discovered that Arthur Gebilie, the Division Commander the Royal Mage Corps, secretly informed the dragons of the Western Continent under the guise of visiting the front lines, resulting in the capture of nearly a thousand dragon warriors from the United Front Alliance. Afterwards, Arthur even proposed to the Evil Dragon dragons of the Western Continent that they exchange prisoners of war for food, helping the Evil Dragon of the Western Continent to gain a foothold in Ishgar, thus thwarting Prince Sordil's scorched-earth plan."

"Huh? This Arthur is too evil. Isn't he going to push us all toward the sword of the Evil Dragon of the Western Continent?"

"Who can argue with that! So His Majesty the King immediately ordered the Royal Knight Corps to arrest Arthur and make his crimes public, so that he would be condemned by all the people!"

"His Majesty the King is truly merciful! If it were me, I would have torn that bastard to pieces long ago!"

"Hehe! Brother, don't be angry, Arthur won't survive!"

"Sigh, but didn't you just say..."

"Brother, have you forgotten that it was Prince Sordil and the soldiers on the front lines who were harmed this time? Do you think they will let Arthur, a traitor, go free?"

"That's true! Wait, something's not right. Arthur's traitorous identity being exposed is a big deal, but what does that have to do with the commotion outside?"

"Hey, no... bro, I've already said so much, why don't you understand?"

"You only told me about Arthur, without mentioning the reason for today's commotion at all. How could I possibly understand?"

Faced with the traveler's probing questions, the passerby had to admit that he had overestimated the traveler's logical reasoning abilities. Left with no other choice, the passerby had to reveal the unspoken truth to the traveler.

"Brother, the reason why the capital is so lively today is because His Majesty the King is going to escort that shameful traitor Arthur to the Dragunov embassy and hand him over to Prince Sordil, who is in charge of thoroughly investigating the intelligence leak incident."

"Ah? I see!"

"That's right! Oh dear, the prison van is here. Brother, I'm out of here. I need to hurry up and get to the front to see if I can punch that Arthur!"

"Hey... hey... brother, wait for me, let's go together!"

"Smack!"

An egg soared through the air in a parabola from the side of the street, striking Arthur squarely in the eye socket before anyone could react. Startled, Arthur instinctively turned his head to the other side, just as a tomato arced perfectly in a banana-shaped arc straight toward his face.

"Thud"

A cool drop of liquid landed on his face, but the expected pain did not come. Before Arthur could open his eyes to see what was happening, the knights' booming voices rang in his ears.

"Please step back, everyone! Don't be impulsive! This traitor will be punished by someone. Rest assured, he will definitely receive the punishment he deserves!"

Arthur was not saddened when he was arrested by the king, nor was Arthur saddened when he learned that he was to be handed over to Sordil and would soon be executed. Even when he was paraded through the streets in a prison cart and attacked and cursed by the people, Arthur was still able to hold on. But when he heard the word 'traitor', tears flowed involuntarily.

Seeing Arthur with tears streaming down his face, the cavalry captain, who knew the inside story, slowly rode over and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Division Commander Arthur, I hope you don't resent His Majesty. His Majesty had no choice!"

"Captain Zhuo Bo, you don't need to explain. I know His Majesty's difficulties, so I don't resent His Majesty! I only hate... I only hate that I am too incompetent to help His Majesty share his burdens and to tell everyone the truth!"

"Division Commander Arthur, rest assured, the truth will eventually come out!"

"I hope that Captain Zhuo Bo will tell me this good news when the truth comes out!"

"Must!"

After saying this, Zhuo Bo began to control the speed of his warhorse, increasing the distance between himself and Arthur's prison cart.

Embassy, west of Philiers

After a full hour of arduous swimming, the silver-white dragon escorting Arthur finally arrived at its destination.

"Stop!"

At Zhuo Bo's command, the escorting team slowly came to a stop.

"Dismount!"

"Snap!"

"Click"

Amidst the sounds of metal scraping against metal, the twenty or so knights who had been sitting on their horses dismounted and came to the ground.

"You all stay here and keep a close watch on the traitor Arthur. I'm going to report to Prince Sordil!"

"Yes!"

After arranging the security details, Zhuo Bo strode into the embassy. About fifteen minutes later, Zhuo Bo emerged again, this time with a giant dragon covered in seven-colored scales behind him.

Guided by Zhuo Bo, the seven-colored dragon arrived beside the prison van. Looking at the disheveled White-haired elder inside, the seven-colored dragon asked, "Captain Zhuo Bo, is this the traitor Arthur?"

"Prince Sordil is right, he is the traitor Arthur!"

"Hmph! You despicable traitor, you never thought this day would come, did you?"

Hearing Sordil's smug snort, Arthur turned his head to the other side.

"Hmph! You can be arrogant now, but wait until we get to the front lines and see how I deal with you!"

After giving a cold snort to Arthur in the cage, Sordil turned to Zhuo Bo and said, "Captain Zhuo Bo, I'm taking this traitor with me. Please give him my farewells to His Majesty Belmod!"

"Please rest assured, Prince Sordil, Zhuo Bo will certainly live up to Your Highness the Prince's expectations!"

Upon hearing Zhuo Bo's assurance, Sordil immediately reached out and grasped the cage, then flew straight towards the Kingdom of Donagunov.

On December 15, X373, the traitor Arthur was escorted to the Chigengster Plains to await trial by the United Front Alliance. The following day, all high-ranking commanders from the southern and northern battlefields arrived at the central battlefield to participate in or observe the interrogation of Arthur. On the 17th, the interrogation concluded, and Arthur's crime of treason was confirmed. After deliberation by the three commanders and the jury, Arthur was sentenced to Beheading execution, and the execution was carried out three days later, on December 20.

On December 20th, the Beheading execution was carried out as scheduled. Sordil ordered the executioners to cut off Arthur's head and display it to the entire army to console the wounded soldiers in the ambush. Afterwards, Arthur's head was also sent to various duchies within the United Front Alliance for display, serving as a warning to all.