Emperor Lancelot showed no surprise when he saw the rat army retreat.
Once the other side learned that he possessed the ability of "Reincarnation," they would no longer choose to besiege him with an army.
The battlefield was a complex environment where anything could happen.
No matter how powerful a kingdom was, it would not deploy an army just to kidnap one person.
That would only be counterproductive.
They did not want to risk killing him amid a major battle.
They were probably trying to lull him into complacency, then capture him through methods such as digging tunnels, sending spies, and setting ambushes...
Using a rat army was far too risky. It would put him on guard in advance.
What Big Rat feared most was actually that he would commit suicide.
But the other side did not know that he would not kill himself.
And he would not let them find that out.
The Emperor's prediction was correct.
As the soldiers cheered and surrounded the Emperor on his way down the mountain, just as they approached the foot of the mountain and saw the familiar vast plain, the seemingly solid mountain road beneath their feet suddenly collapsed!
A huge pit appeared.
His Majesty the Emperor fell into the deep pit.
Then he vanished amid a swarm of rats.
The soldiers were extremely panicked, but then they received word that the one who had fallen was merely the Emperor's shadow. The real Emperor had long since left by another route.
Only then were the soldiers relieved.
"It's good as long as His Majesty is all right."
"Yeah. As long as the Emperor is still here, we can be reincarnated."
The soldiers spoke from the bottom of their hearts.
The Royal Guard who had informed them sighed faintly.
He did not want