CHAPTER 477: NOTHING PLEASANT SURVIVES

Malvador had chosen the Ashen Crucible as the venue to hold the war.

Pablo had seen and felt first hand what kind of place this Crucible was. If not for Andrezj, all the soldiers would have died even before the war could start.

Pablo was sure that Malvador must also know about this place and since he had decided this idea with the king of the Cannibals, Corrosive, then the king must have also refused Malvador.

But Malvador managed to convince Corrosive somehow for the war to take place in the Crucible which meant that Malvador must have something like Andrezj to stay safe from this place too.

Pablo said all this to Draxus and then Draxus asked Pablo what could Malvador do?

Staring at the second entrance of the Crucible, Pablo told Draxus that if they got too careless, then Malvador could kill all of them.

Draxus gulped. "Even you, Czar? He can even kill you?"

"No. I won’t die. No one can kill me. But I don’t want to lose this war. This is not just a fight between Kingdoms, this is a fight between Malvador and me."

"So you are confident that you will live but you are not sure about all of us?" Draxus asked.

Pablo nodded. "Yes. This Malvador is dead set on something. He says that he wants the Forza kingdom but I don’t think he wants that. He wants something else. If Malvador is just like me, then some kingdoms won’t entice him. His goal is something else and we will only find it when I come face to face with him."

"So what should we do?"

"Fight like usual. Try not to die. Kill as many as you can. Our target is the Vampires. And keep an eye on the first Marshal, Fozier. Tell me if he does something wrong. You have that piece, right?"

"Yes. I have it. All the soldiers have it. You created something amazing." Draxus said, touching his ear.

Pablo had created something using Nike’s Ego a long time ago and he had also made Nike create them some more after it was decided that the full army would join the fight.

It was an earpiece. Pablo had made Nike create an ear piece.

With that, everyone was able to talk among themselves.

A little black colored piece was inside the ears of each soldier. Pablo and Harlia were wearing it too.

They just had to press the small button on it and then everyone would be able to talk with each other during the war.

Pablo also had something else with him which he had created using Nike’s and Sera’s Ego. He was the only one who had that and he would use it as a last resort as it was a surprise element.

"Alright, czar. I am going to eat something. You should take some rest. You have a long day ahead."

Pablo nodded.

Draxus returned the nod and went to the other soldiers.

The eight slaves were also there and they were chatting among themselves. They had no tension on their faces and Pablo let them be. He knew once the game starts they all would come out of their dream and scream at the reality.

Also, he found the slaves lucky as Pablo had some sinister plan regarding them when he was about to infiltrate Hollow.

He was thinking of using the eight slaves as a bribe to the Cannibals when he would reach Hollow.

The eight slaves would have been unconscious inside the carriage and when the Cannibals would store them as their food, Pablo would have rescued them.

After their rescue, he wouldn’t have made them conscious and would have used them to make a Cannibal spill the secrets of their army.

He would have used the eight slaves as a bribe to a Cannibal. He was planning for their deaths. He would have let those eight slaves be eaten in return for the information.

But since that mission didn’t happen, the slaves were alive and now here they were, at the war.

If they die in the war, it means their death was inevitable. Infiltrating Hollow wouldn’t have mattered.

Cupid didn’t know about this plan of Pablo and there was no reason to tell her about it anyway. There was also no reason to think about it as well. That Chapter closed the moment Malvador killed the king of the Vampires and became the king himself.

Pablo stared at the entrance for a few more minutes and then turned towards his soldiers.

All the tents were set, the darkness had surrounded everything but the soldiers had lit some fire outside the tents.

But no one was inside their tents as groups of soldiers were seated around the fire and they were chatting and laughing among themselves.

They also weren’t eating anything and while Pablo watched them, his eyes fell on Harlia and she was also talking with a group of soldiers and laughing.

At that moment, Pablo heard someone calling him.

"Commander!"

He looked there and it was a soldier who was calling him.

He was sitting around the fire and with him were Melon, Lashes, Snow, Ebony, Bush, Pimple, Brownie, Young, Nike, Hena, Draxus and Sera.

"Come here and have a little fun. The war is going to happen anyway." The soldier said.

Pablo stared at him and when he saw that everyone wanted him, he sighed and walked towards them.

He sat on a slab of a stone and Sera stood up from her spot and sat beside the stone of Pablo.

Pablo let her be and this time, Sera gave no shit to the soldiers and crossed her arm around Pablo’s right hand.

She rested her head on his shoulder and the soldiers watched it with weird expressions.

Pablo let out a tired sigh.

"Don’t think too much about it. This might be the last time this is happening. Death is around the corner for all of you. Enjoy while you can."

The soldiers nodded and continued their chatting.

Hena watched Sera clinging close to Pablo and since Pablo himself said that this might be the last time, she also left her spot and sat on the left side of Pablo, shoving Draxus’ aside.

The soldiers again made weird and jealous expressions but Pablo simply smiled and shrugged.

The soldiers then broke into laughter and time passed on.

Pablo watched them being happy and smiling and he believed all these smiles would be the last thing all of them will remember as something pleasant. Because once the war starts...

Nothing pleasant would be left alive.