Chapter 337 - 337

"Your highness!" A short old man with a huge belly called him. "T-this matter, we…how could we rule the kingdom and appoint punishments. That's, that's your replacements job. Do you know how useless your general was all these years? Brooding in your castle? What could we humble royal subjects do?" he said and Allias' eyes widened. A few voices were heard from the ground, shouting in agreement, thinking that they had found an escape route. 

"You dare insult Theseus?" Allias asked, his tone low as his eyes darkened. 

"I-i-t's not an insult it's just a…a…fact" the man stuttered realizing he had just made a lethal mistake." He said and Allias scoffed. He rubbed his forehead as he exhaled loudly. His hand was grabbing on the armrest, tightly as he was trying very hard to control himself. 

"Okay then." He told them. His expression completely changed. He smiled brightly and met the man's eyes. Kindness pouring from his every look towards the crowd. Allias at the moment looked approachable and happy, as if he wasn't on the verge of losing it a second ago. His eyes traveled in the room and he found Ares and Ea. Both of them were standing silently in two corners of the room. He nodded happily at his brother in law and his husband before he returned to his previous conversation. "I think that there has been some…. resentment towards my general. I am very sorry to hear that he did not fulfill his duties the way he had to. I mean, yes, you are right what were you supposed to do? So please let me see how many of you do you agree that Theseus was an incapable leader and that it was his fault the fact that the kingdom is going downhill?" he asked them with a bright smile. The men looked at each other nervous. "Oh, do not worry. I will make sure the one who is at fault will be punished." He said with a cunning smile. "Now, the ones who say yes please move to the left and the ones who say no to the right. Thank you." He told them.

People were hesitant at first but in their minds this was a very good opportunity to let go of the blame they didn't want to face. There were around twenty men in that room except their wives and children. Allias had silently counted them himself and watched carefully how eleven of them walked proudly to the left. 

"Anyone else?" he asked but the numbers did not change. Eleven people wanted Theseus punished for what he did. "Alright." Allias said and the smile immediately disappeared from his face. "Theseus, kill them." He said. "All eleven of them. Now." He said and suddenly chaos began spreading in the room. Men pushing each other, wanting to run towards the gates only to face Ea and Ares cutting their way. Theseus did not move; it was not worth it to get his hands dirty with their worthless blood. He released his shadows, scary monsters were set free into the room and killed the ones the general ordered them. Some tried to put up a fight inside the endless darkness that surrounded them but it was pointless. 

No one could escape. Their throats got slashes, their legs and hands fell to the ground and mixed screams filled the air. The smell of blood had Allias frown and once he saw a man crawl on the stairs of his throne, touching him with his bloody hands begging to be forgiven he frowned and kicked him in the head. It only took a few minutes but to the people in the room it felt like a century. When the shadows retrieved the floor filled with dead bodies appeared and Allias sighed. 

"The pretty decorations are ruined now." He mumbled and looked at the nine lords that remained. The families of the dead were crying and he felt bad for a second that the children had to witness this, it was possible he had created many future enemies but he would have to worry about that later. "Listen here." He called them all out. "Just to be clear, the lords were not killed because they insulted my partner, even though I can't believe how foolish you must be to actually do that but anyways. It is your responsibility to take care of your land. Your people. I hope now you understand that and that you will start to act like royals and not idiotic bums who only know how to get drunk and fight! Am I clear?" he shouted. "new lords will be assigned for the areas that will be chosen by me. Also always remember this." Allias said and looked at all the remaining men one by one. "The land you step on, the air you breathe, the beds you sleep on and the food you eat. The gold your wives wear and the toys your children play with are all mine. Do not force me to take them all back. New rules will be announced soon. Penalties will be applied to the one who abuse their powers." He said and stood up. "I really wanted this to go differently. I mean I had desert prepared but you had to go and ruin it. The ball is over. Get the hell out of my house." He said strictly. "Now!" he screamed and the people ran off afraid. Once there was no one else left in the room Allias collapsed on his throne, letting out a huge sigh. 

"That was eventful" Allias said. 

"That was clownery. These idiots daring to put the blame on you and…ugh I am so angry." He said and waved his hand. He raised one of the dead bodies and smacked it on the wall, agitated. 

"What the hell?" he heard a familiar voice and he looked at the gates. Mark was standing there all dressed up looking at the bloodbath with shocked eyes. "I thought this was supposed to be a party."

"Well you missed the main attraction." Allias said with a frown. 

"Are these…really dead?" he said and kicked faintly one of the men with his foot. 

"No they're party decorations of course they are dead Mark." Allias said. "I am tired. I am going to sleep." He said and got up. 

"You're going to leave this here?" Mark asked. 

"Ea!" Allias shouted. 

"I know, I know."