"I swear allegiance to the one behind me!"
The White Anomaly shouted those words with almost no hesitation.
Compared to its life, temporary submission meant little to the White Anomaly.
What the White Anomaly had not expected was that, despite its declaration, the blade pressed against its neck did not lower. Instead, it cut inward even faster.
"That's why I said you had no brains."
"Do you think our lord wouldn't know what you were thinking when he demanded your allegiance?"
"Lies like that will only get you killed faster!"
The Minotaur and the Horse-Headed Monster sneered together.
True Word Binding!
The White Anomaly understood instantly.
Having encountered the kings of Ring City more than once, it knew very well how terrifying that thing was.
Once it entered into the pact... its life and death would truly be out of its hands.
Even the kings of Ring City would not use it lightly.
Not out of mercy.
Simply because the price of using it was steep.
After all, you could not bind just one of them.
Once you began binding one, you had to consider how everyone around them would react. To prevent a chain reaction started by those harboring disloyal intentions, binding them all was the best choice.
And that was more than those kings could afford.
Only that false king on the surface, unable to move, had been forced to choose this method.
While gaining many "loyal" subordinates, he had lost the right to become a true "king."
The White Anomaly did not want to be constrained by True Word Binding.
But...
Did it have a choice?
Its head had already been cut halfway off.
If it were severed completely, even its anomalous constitution would not save it from death.
After all, it could not truly become formless.