Chapter 24

Ambrose turned from the visage of a prospering nation, to one that had spears of iron pointed towards the throne. General Bezus’s entire family was executed despite him relentlessly uttering that this was a conspiracy, at one point when he refused to accept his actions Prince Baez pulled out his tongue with hot iron to shut those lies.

The moment of shame that the young prince experienced could never be forgotten, certain leftover feelings that he had for his imperial mother and his elder brother Alexander were all forgotten and he felt it would have been better if he killed them along with his imperial father.

While the empire was in mayhem, the royalty were too fighting amongst themselves. Crown Prince Alexander did not had a family backing, with half of the imperial army perishing and the courtiers having rebellious thoughts there none that he could place his trust upon.

General Azarios was granted two hundred thousand soldiers yet now only had a quarter of it s