Chapter 75. Coward

JACOB

“I appreciate that those who remain fighting by my side are people with the ability to reason and not a group of fanatics,” I said, my commanding voice intact. I had a great ability to make the soldiers obey me and follow my lead. I am imposing, and my seriousness made my men know that I had control.

Among the people of the kingdom, I would always be questioned for my severity and lack of sympathy. However, among soldiers, my personality made me a powerful and unblemished war leader, and that’s why the guards were quite loyal to me.

The men nodded. We were marching towards an almost impossible siege in the middle of a city full of civilians and all kinds of possible threats. The sect had their resources and would surely be well-armed, building a fortress that would be impossible to bring down with so few men under my command.

“Don’t think that you’re not free to choose. I won’t force you,” I said with a little more calmness. As the king, it was my duty