Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 154 The Goblin's Defection

After the celebration, Agreed carried the drunk Hea back to the castle. Agreed gently placed Hea on her bed, but unexpectedly, the drunk Hea suddenly hugged Agreed and said, "Don't go, stay with me for a while."

Agreed reassured her, "You're drunk, Hea. Take a rest."

"I'm not drunk!" Heya shouted excitedly. Suddenly, Heya pressed herself against Agred's hard bones, her voluptuous body pressed tightly against his. Heya looked at Agred with deep affection and said, "Can't you accept me even now? Don't I have even the slightest space in your heart?"

Her flushed face, a result of her intoxication, evoked pity, but Agred seemed oblivious to it. He calmly removed Hea's hand, covered her with a blanket, and continued, "Girl, don't waste your time on me. Thank you for your pity, but... a spirit isn't entitled to start a new life with someone else, especially since my situation is special. I'm not ready yet, you don't need to wait for me any longer." With that, Agred pushed open the door and left the room. After the door closed, he could clearly hear Hea crying, but he still walked out helplessly.

After leaving the room, Agreed subconsciously glanced at the ring on his ring finger, which he had made from the remains of his wife and daughter. Agreed carefully stroked the red gemstone with his finger and murmured, "I've already caused you to leave me; I can't hold Hea back any longer." After saying this, Agreed walked back to his room by himself. The dejected Agreed didn't even notice Brecel's figure not far away.

Brecel watched this scene and shook his head, saying, "What a pity. Should I help them both..."

Shortly after the founding ceremony, the Shadow Principality welcomed a group of visitors who were both expected and unexpected.

The Goblin Kingdom's king, accompanied by his ministers, traveled a great distance to the Shadow Duchy. Their purpose, of course, was to seek refuge in Agred's kingdom. Lingzi had informed Agred of this before the Goblin King's departure, so the Shadow Duchy had made preparations to welcome them well in advance. This terrifying intelligence capability shocked the goblins and further convinced them that surrender was the only way to survive.

After the goblins arrived in the Shadow Duchy and waited for a day, Agreed finally summoned them to his castle hall.

The Goblin King led his men through what they perceived as the eerie and terrifying Western Swamp, and then, barely daring to breathe, they arrived at Agreed's Castle under the guidance of a necromancer. The gates slowly opened, and countless eerie candles were lit. In this atmosphere, the goblins cautiously moved forward step by step.

Soon they saw Agreed, a majestic-looking skeleton sitting on a skull throne made of the bones of various creatures. On that throne, Agreed was playing with the Supreme Sword in his hand, as if he was about to start a massacre at any moment.

The Goblin King immediately knelt on the ground and shouted, "I, Buska, pay homage to the great King of the Undead! Please accept my loyalty and praise, the great 'Agred Tutankhamun Presidian Reller'!"

Argreed, with one hand propping up his head, looked down contemptuously at the goblins below. After a long while, Argreed replied, "You made a very smart choice. You have successfully changed my impression of goblins. However... if you're going to surrender, then you should act like it. Tomorrow, I will send fifteen ghost dragons with an army of one hundred thousand undead to your country. At the same time, your development and armaments will all be under my supervision, but you will still enjoy control of the army and some autonomy. If I find anyone recruiting a private army... kill without mercy!"

Buska knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head, and mechanically replied, "Understood, understood."

Agreed continued, “These troops are not just stationed in your country. Goblins who want to join me will have to make some contributions, otherwise my subjects will not agree. You need to annex all the small southern countries within fifteen years, or the goblins will turn to dust along with the other southern countries.”

Busca kowtowed frantically, shouting, "Thank you for the order, Master! Thank you for the order, Master! We will go through fire and water without hesitation and will definitely conquer all the southern kingdoms and offer them to you within fifteen years!"

Agreed reminded him, "And remember this: I want all the land of those countries to be handed over to me intact. As for the ordinary people of those countries, I want them to be spared as long as they do not resist. As for the nobles and the army, they must be killed without exception! Do you understand?"

The goblins responded in unison, "Understood, my king!"

"Very good, then you may leave. The things prepared for you have been packed and placed there. You shall set off immediately. The necromancer I sent will arrange everything for you from now on."

The goblins, feeling as if they had been granted a pardon and expressing their gratitude, withdrew from the castle hall. But when they saw the excellent equipment distributed to them outside, their expressions immediately changed, and they cheered loudly, "Long live the Shadow King!"

Agreed just smiled dismissively. Goblins were too easy to fool. They were so happy with just some equipment and weapons that were only twenty years ahead of the world. But it was good that way. The Shadow Kingdom was still in the development stage and it was not advisable to continue to expand outwards. Let the goblins do the dirty work for them.

This gave them time to develop properly. Agreed also instructed Lingzi to keep a close eye on the goblins' movements and provide them with military assistance as much as possible.

After arranging everything, Agreed, now with some free time, returned to his secret chamber and began practicing the twelfth-tier destruction magic.

Because Agreed was engrossed in his cultivation, Heya suddenly had nothing to do and wandered around aimlessly. It was during this time that Brecel, out of gossip about the relationship between Agreed and Heya, took the initiative to approach Heya and they became very good friends.

One night, Hea and Brecel got drunk again in the tavern of the orc capital.

"Just tell me, does he have a problem with his sexual orientation? I wouldn't call myself a stunning beauty, but I'm certainly quite attractive. He used to be married and kept to himself, fine, I understand, I stayed away from him. But now? He's practically unwanted, and he still won't choose me! Why?! Tell me why!!"