The Lich of Glory Knight Spirit: Moving towards Krimasha!
Chapter 194 - 17: Lich

Chapter 194: Chapter 17: Lich

"He was winning over the people’s hearts in the city, and many were beginning to change their impressions of him. If this continues, the situation will turn unfavorable for us."

"If we launch a crusade against Holy Knight Gray, but the people choose to believe in him, our position will become incredibly awkward."

"He is a very insidious and ruthless person. Our original intention was to give him time to consider, but he seems to have never considered our suggestions, even turning them to his advantage. From the beginning, he wanted to reverse the people’s perception of him, thereby reversing the entire situation."

"Your Majesty, regarding Holy Knight Gray, I suggest you make a decision quickly. For the sake of the Gustav Empire, we can no longer delay."

This was the advice given to Cedric V by his advisors.

"Respected Dragon God, please tell me, should I take action?" Cedric V prayed.

"Are you certain he is trying to change the situation?" a male voice asked.

"Isn’t he?" a female voice retorted.

"*Fanatics cannot compromise, but the thoughts of fanatics are also easy to predict,*" the male voice said, "I don’t think he is doing this to change the situation. If he had such a thought, it would indicate he has already compromised. In this case, we could certainly make him compromise more. Of course, he cannot be unaware of this result. But I tend to think he is actually committing suicide, forcing us to make a decision. These bizarre fanatics always consider sacrifice to be the highest honor. Their thought patterns are hard to understand. Unlike us, they easily do things that cause mutual destruction.*"

"In that case, he is certainly not a good partner."

"Of course, regardless of his intentions, he is causing results that we do not want to see. If public opinion swings further in his favor, the situation will turn against us. Time is not on our side. If we initiate a crusade against him then, but the people do not believe us, our crusade will fail. And Heaven, there will be no need for Heaven to launch a crusade against him based on their agreement. What the people think is not important; what is important is Heaven. At that time, he is likely to expel us from Gustav, just as he did to the cardinal from the church. Based on various binding agreements, we could even be unable to resist.*"

"*What do you think we should do? We haven’t found a way to ensure he accepts a compromise. In fact, I think we might never find one. The stubbornness based on faith is incredibly difficult to resolve.*"

"We should immediately lay everything out for him and confirm his intentions one last time. If he truly cannot compromise, even a little bit, then we must act immediately to avoid losing our only chance to benefit from this event and avoid falling into an awkward position.*"

"But we are not sufficiently prepared if we are to uncover his true intentions."

"No, I believe we don’t need to prepare anything at all. The key to everything is Heaven’s crusade; we don’t need to do anything except issue a call for a crusade that gets a response.*"

"What if Heaven does not issue the crusade?"

"That’s impossible. Nineteen holy spirits, it requires the vast majority of members to agree to void an agreement. They cannot reach a unanimous decision.*"

"What about the Demon Lord?"

"The Demon Lord will abandon him unless he is willing to fall. But frankly, that possibility is very small, and even if he falls, Heaven will handle him, and we don’t have to worry about it.*"

"And the Lich Council? My God, I find he is involved with every one of our adversaries. Should we consider this organization?"

"Gray has already delved too deep into human affairs. According to the Lich Council’s Grey Robe Agreement with Heaven and Hell, he is not under the agreement’s protection.*"

Both voices fell silent, and the hall was eerily quiet.

Cedric V sat quietly on his throne.

After a long time, the female voice softly said, "I agree with your view. In that case, let us take action. Cedric, arrange a meeting with him."

"As you command, respected Dragon God," Cedric V softly replied.

...

More than a month after Gray arrived in Black Dragon City, in mid-April of the Holy Calendar year 10758, Cedric V summoned him once again.

The ones who came were still Cedric V’s black-armored bodyguards.

"Holy Knight, His Majesty invites you to Black Dragon Hall."

"Now?"

"Yes. His Majesty hopes that you have given careful consideration to the suggestion made last time. This time, he expects a conclusive answer from you. Of course, this will also be your final answer. We hope you understand."

"I understand. Could you please wait until I finish distributing this flour?"

"Yes."

Turning his face, Gray continued handing out bags of flour to the poor in Black Dragon City. The black-armored bodyguard stood quietly by his side. Perhaps because of their presence, the people who came to collect flour were no longer as eager as before. Each of them cautiously and somewhat inadvertently glanced at them.

"Why is His Majesty meeting the Holy Knight? I heard His Majesty doesn’t like him."

"Shh, don’t ask so many questions. Just take the flour if you can get it; big figures’ matters are not for us to inquire about."

"But what if...?"

"There was no Holy Knight before, and you didn’t starve to death, right? If someone gives us something, we just take it."