Coercion [Second Update]

"What... are you going to do to me?"

Forcing herself to break free from her nervousness, Hippolyta asked.

"Isn't that obvious? You're their queen." Ye Ting paced lightly behind Hippolyta, his breath brushing against the back of her neck and making her feel ticklish. "My companions have already been surrounded by your people. Of course, I'm relying on you to escape."

"You... won't succeed." Hippolyta snarled. "I may be the queen of the Amazons, but I'm not the only one with prestige among them. I can be replaced as queen at any time. Your people killed so many of our warriors. If you think capturing me means you can retreat unscathed, you're gravely mistaken."

"I don't see it that way." Ye Ting shook his head lightly. "I know that Lady Hippolyta is far more important to the Amazons than you claim. Lady Hippolyta and Penthesilea are the two strongest warriors among all the Amazons, right? That white-haired girl should be the person you mentioned whose prestige is no less than yours, shouldn't she? She seems to respect you very much."

"So what?" Hippolyta remained stubborn. "You don't understand the Amazons. We never accept anyone else's threats."

"Perhaps the others are like that, but I believe Lady Hippolyta is different." Ye Ting was not fooled. "I know that you are the daughter of Ares, the god of war. Although Penthesilea shares the same identity, the status of a god's child is different. As the biological daughter of a god they worship, I believe the devout Amazons would not abandon you, would they?"

As he spoke, he cast an amplification spell on himself.

"Sonorus."

The next moment, his voice, amplified several times over, rang across the entire battlefield.

"Everyone, stop!"

Under the spell's effect, Ye Ting's ordinarily unremarkable voice became as deafening