A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods
Chapter 465: A Foolish King

Chapter 465: A Foolish King

The King of Bernel Kingdom always gets away whenever he uses his abilities to someone and control them over just to royally f*ck them up and make them beg for mercy. He wanted to get whatever he want, even if the owner themselves will not hand it over and that is the reality of the facade that the King of Bernel Kingdom and since he always gets away from these acts, he was never caught and that image he made remains even if he does countless of problems itself.

However, it seems that things are not doing him any favors. He tried to do it to Elaina to make her obey his whims and get her to follow his reasoning. He even made sure to give Elaina the strongest surge of power to ensure that she gets controlled...only for Elaina to completely ignore it.

"H-how are you...?!" the King is still shocked at the situation, and his face has finally shifted from confidence to confusion and worry.

"Did you do something? Well, couldn’t even tell what you did. Perhaps you just did something that’s so weak, it just bounces off of me."

Elaina unconsciously let out her regular killing intent that she usually releases every time she is angry and ready to fight. Those who know magic will feel it, and those who don’t will still feel it, but they will feel more like a tingling sensation and a bit of fear coming from the main source. It might not be magic power that Elaina is producing, but it works the same way, and it shakes the primal core of every person.

The king of Bernel Kingdom is someone who has a high sensitivity to magic. Naturally, they are quite sensitive to various phenomena that inflict magic-related powers on them, like mental debuffs and controls. Of course, he has not felt anything strong enough to stir his mind to turmoil before. But now, it seems that things have decided to change, and for the first time ever, he will be experiencing something that only happens when he does something to a person.

The first to get affected by it are the soldiers who accompanied the king on his task of conquering Elaina’s mind and changing her reasoning. At first, they are confident that the King will succeed, but after the situation seems to have turned over, the soldiers are not so sure anymore. Then, all of a sudden, the woman that their King is holding suddenly exudes an aura that chills their bones. The longer they are exposed, the stronger the effects and the harder it is to ignore.

And it didn’t take too long before the chilling aura soon felt dangerous and hard for them. They subconsciously tried their best to fight back against it, only for the aura to break them down.

This resulted in them falling to their knees and feeling the primal instinct of fear as it strikes them. Danger, their life seems to be hanging on a silver thread that if the woman standing before them swings her sword, it will just immediately snap and end their lives. Those who have weaker wills and less durable minds crumble easily, and are now shivering in fear and have peed on their pants. They wanted to run, but they couldn’t do it. Some have given up and they collapsed and lost consciousness in the process with foam frothing out of their mouth as a result.

As for those who have endured enough, they still didn’t get to survive, but they didn’t crumble so fast. They managed to resist for quite some time before their knees gave in and their feelings suffocated them to the point that they are going to feel like they were going to drown.

On the other hand, the king managed to continue resisting. Of course, it was futile, but he did manage to resist quite well. Perhaps this is what makes him a king in some aspect. But like the others, the king couldn’t resist it, especially if Elaina shows no signs of stopping anytime. Perhaps they would just straight up collapse if they knew that Elaina is not even trying enough to release this aura; this is just a way to intimidate someone for her.

Soon, the young king had no choice but to give up. He let his grip on Elaina’s head go in the hopes that Elaina would stop already. But Elaina did not end that easily and continued to exude that aura. The King can feel everything eat away at his mind, and if he continues to feel it, he thinks he will go crazy.

"Please...I am sorry...I will not do it again!" the young king begs, in the hopes that Elaina shows a bit of mercy.

Elaina, on the other hand, grinned at the result. She already knows how destructive her intimidation tactic is. She just wanted to know if they can easily resist it, like how some of the monsters easily block them and render her technique useless in the process. But it seems that humans are not strong enough to build resistance to it. Perhaps her grandmother or grandfather, who have endured much more lethal powers, can endure them, but for others? She doubts it.

Now that the king has surrendered, Elaina glanced at the young man, so haughty at first, reduced to someone shivering and almost to the point that he would try to cry for his mother to comfort him. It might be embarrassing, but perhaps it can help them forget the regret of doing their best to challenge Elaina.

Elaina dispels her killing intent, which allows the men who have been enduring her ability for a few minutes to finally get to survive and get to live normally again. It was like the longest few minutes of their lives at that time, and once Elaina had stopped using it, they couldn’t be happier that they had survived it. It might not be lethal in a sense, but for someone who does not have the capacity to survive for quite a long time, it was a very exhausting mental break they will experience. There might even be a huge chance they will develop a bit of PTSD as well, even though it wasn’t something that involved their comrades dying in front of them.

"Alright, I think I needed to get a good reason as to why you lot seem to be aiming for my land these past few days. I know my land is big and fertile, but no one in their right mind will just sell off their source of income and their home to some random stranger who doesn’t even look like they know what they are doing in farming. Explain to me what is happening, and perhaps I can still show a bit of mercy to all of you. I may not look like it, but I don’t easily let go of my enemies that fast. Better give me a satisfying answer, otherwise, do not hope to get out of this farm unscathed."

It took the young king a few minutes before he managed to gather a bit of courage to talk it out and answer Elaina’s question.

"It is for the sake of my kingdom. Bernel Kingdom lacks the resources for a good farming land, and we are looking for a place we can buy and own so that we can farm on it, grow some resources that would benefit the Bernel Kingdom’s rise, and survive the onslaught of drought. Call it a selfish and foolish move from me, doing it on a citizen of another kingdom, but I will do anything to ensure my citizens survive."

Elaina has a rough idea of how the situation in Bernel Kingdom is unfolding at the moment. Since the Bernel Kingdom is located mostly in a desert biome, one would say that a farmland is already a hard-to-find resource. And even though the center of the kingdom itself is situated in a big oasis, not all plants are good enough to survive the heat of the land.

Sure, the oasis land is able to grow some trees and the like, but it was not enough, and only a select few resources can be grown there. No wonder the king is foolish enough to do these deeds just to acquire land. Sure, their land is full of resources like gold and other resources that are valuable to other people, but these resources are something that only improves the lives of the people, not aids them to continue living. If he wanted to sustain his land and people for a long time, a supply of food and goods would allow them to freely survive.

Despite his recent moves, Elaina can sympathize a bit with this king. He might be doing a tyrannical thing, but if it ensures the survival of the people, he will do it. After all, even though he was doing it like this behind the back of the people who trusted him, he was still the reason the Bernel Kingdom didn’t collapse and got wiped out in the process.

So instead of sending these men on their way, Elaina thought of a good idea.

"If you are doing this for your people, then perhaps you will see a good way to make use of my proposal. It might not be as good a deal as acquiring my land for yourselves, but perhaps you can take advantage of your rich kingdom to pay off my goods and bring them back home with you. How about we establish a connection and trade your riches for goods that will benefit your people? My business trading company will be capable of handling your goods to be sent over, even if it is over a long distance."

The person before her might be an enemy but if they are willing, perhaps, they can be milked for money and become a valuable customer in the process.