The Golden Throne

Chapter 201: Begging for their lives

“K-k-kill me? In front of everyone? Please forgive me.”, Lucius stuttered.

“Yes. I still have to kill time until those two are done with their fight, so why not do so like this? You guys disturbed my precious, precious sleep, and now you have to face the consequences. You know, you actually came at the right time. This is actually the perfect chance to showcase my authority.”, Liu Feng said as he dragged Lucius forward. 

He stopped in front of the other student.

“What are your names?”, Liu Feng asked coldly.

“Marc and Lucius, Your Highness.”, the student replied almost instantly.

“Looks like this one here is the one who perpetrated the whole thing. Should I show you some grace, and leave you?”, Liu Feng chuckled.

“I would be willing to do anything to get this grace from you, Your Highness. Anything. If you want anything, and pleasures or riches, my father will be honoured to present to you those items.”, Marc said.

“Your Highness. My father will be willing to pay double that amount as ransom.”, Lucius said as he gasped for air.

“Double that amount? My, my. If I was any normal person, then I would have jumped at this almost instantly. But you are very, very unlucky. First of all, I have my own money maker. And next, if we put that aside, what makes you think that I would even care for money in the first place? What does money give you? Power. I am the crown prince, you fool. I am the most powerful. If I wanted to, when I become king, I can strip your father of his title, and take away his wealth for mine. All of it. Why would I care for your stupid ransom?”, Liu Feng said.

The two boys whimpered. Liu Feng stamped on the ground heavily. There was some mana imbued in the stamp, because for some reason, Marc, who was on the ground, suddenly flew up in the air. Liu Feng caught him effortlessly, right in the neck.

“You will be coming with me. The both of you. Let us have a nice talk in front of the whole camp. I am pretty sure that you have a good reputation with the army, considering that they are made up of a lot of commoners, and you probably built a good rapport with all of them, and their sisters, and their wives, and all of them right?”, Liu Feng smiled, but there was not a hint of joy within that smile. It was only terrifying.

Liu Feng took the both of them off the ground with ease. He held the both of them by their necks, and started walking. The both of them gagged, as they held their throats, struggling to even throat.

He was soon spotted by students. All of them looked at him with terror.

“Is that Liu Feng? He is the prince right? And who is that in his hands? Why is he holding those two like that? What is happening?”, one of the students murmured.

“I know those two. They are from the royal academy of Aegon. One of them is Lucius, a duke’s son. And the other is probably one of his many goons. But what could they possibly do, for them to be like that?”, another student wondered.

“They are coming from the direction in which that blast came a few minutes ago. Maybe this is related to that? Maybe one of them attacked Liu Feng?”, the former student hypothesis.

Liu Feng walked past them. The two students stayed completely silent, and stood still. They just stared as they saw the fear and panicking eyes of the two boys who were terrified for their lives.

The two students ran to their tents. Liu Feng laughed.

“Now look. Your friends are going to share this news to every single student. Slowly, even the soldiers will know. You better start preparing your last words. They better be meaningful.”, Liu Feng said.

“Please leave us. I will be your slave for the rest of my life. I promise. You just need one scape goat. Marc is just the son of a Marquis. The marquis can do nothing but listen to your orders.”, Lucius begged.

“And you think that a duke can go against my words? How naive. You were a duke’s son, yet you were forced onto the battlefield because of the king’s orders. What makes you think that your duke can go against the king?”, Liu Feng laughed.

“But you are not the king. Do not go too far.”, Lucius said.

“Don’t push it too far.”, Liu Feng said coldly. He pressed on Lucius’ neck. Lucius yelped with pain. Liu Feng glanced around. Slowly, the noise around him started increasing in volume. More and more people were beginning to listen and look at this spectacle.

One among them blocked his way.

“What is going on, Liu Feng? You said that you had some work to do. What is this? Who are these people?”, Amelia looked at Liu Feng.

Liu Feng looked back at Amelia.

“Oh. I forgot to tell you that I was back. Turns out that I was not needed for that work. Anyway, these two fools here are going straight for the guillotine. I am sure that some one can act as a beheader, I mean, executioner.”, Liu Feng said.

“You are going to kill them? What for? They are just kids, like us.”, Amelia shrieked.

“Kids? Take a look at them. One is definitely twenty, and one of them is definitely eighteen. These aren’t kids. And even of they were, they tried to kill me. At sixteen, you should have realized right from wrong. Trying to kill anyone is a crime that cannot go unpunished.”, Liu Feng said.

“They tried to kill you?”, Amelia looked at Liu Feng with shock.

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