At the sight, the soldiers in the hall immediately felt that things had gotten out of hand.
They exchanged glances, then scrambled out to inform the king.
Radeus and Rudeus glanced at them but did nothing to stop them, letting them leave as they pleased.
"Brother!"
Pax looked at Zanoba standing in front of him in delighted surprise and shouted at the top of his lungs.
But neither Zanoba nor anyone else present paid him any attention.
"Must it really come to this, sir?"
Zanoba shook his head and slowly slipped a hand into his pocket.
Radeus's gaze sharpened at the sight, thinking the man was about to fight.
But what happened next left Radeus utterly dumbfounded.
After rummaging in his pocket for a while, Zanoba carefully took out an exquisite earthen figurine.
He offered the figurine with both hands, lowering his head to Radeus in a deep bow.
"This is a figurine I have treasured for a long time. I will give it to you, so spare my younger brother!"
"Huh?!"
Radeus stared at the figurine in Zanoba's hands, stupefied.
What the hell?
Man, I thought we were about to have an elbow-jutsu showdown, trading bone-crunching blows. What's with giving me a figurine instead?
And if you're giving me a figurine, at least give me a good one!
Why are you giving me a figurine of a guy...
Radeus took a closer look and suddenly froze. Wasn't the figurine in Zanoba's hands one of the Rujierd figurines they had distributed on the Demon Continent?
Radeus slowly turned toward Rudeus. These things were generally handmade by Rudeus himself.
Rudeus was also staring at Zanoba, dumbfounded.
"Where did you get that thing?"
"I acquired it from a street vendor. This exquisite form, every part of the figure brimming with its creator's