Chapter 197 - Held Captive

So after she left, Alex was way more depressed than usual since he had a lot of things to think about. First, the whereabouts of his son were unknown and now his wife was unwell.

On top of that, he had to take care of Julia's education and see that no one bothers her. She had to be safe after all.

There were some other issues in the Kingdom which he had to solve and take responsibility for since he was the King.

It was probably for the first time in his life that he had felt such immense pressure. Never had he been so troubled.

Of course, he was not weak. He persisted and fought hard on his own.

However, his mental health was surely declining.

And during this time, he fell under a weird but dangerous scheme.

There were some people who held a grudge against the Kingdom of Golden Swan. They, after changing their identities, had become ministers of the Kingdom of Rhone.

Since the minister position was appointed by the Head minister instead of the King, it was easy for them to get in. The Head Minister was careless and it was not his fault. He was too busy helping the King that he needed many more ministers to handle the matter.

Alex didn't object, in fact, he welcomed them not realizing that he was welcoming poisonous snakes that would not hesitate to bite the hands that fed them.

Whatever, those four grumpy ministers took the opportunity and schemed a plan to destroy the kingdom of Golden Swan.

"Your highness, I have some important news to tell."

One of the four new ministers approached Alex only after ten days of their appointment.

Alex was sitting on the throne and wondering something. He would space out for a few moments daily. His concentration was lacking too.

"…", Alex didn't respond to the minister.

He tried to convey his intent and the made-up news, but Alex wasn't interested.

"We found news about the young prince, Rex." – even after saying this, Alex just nodded his head and after dismissing all, returned to the room where Elina was resting.

"Uh…?", the four ministers were confused and realized that their words didn't get through him.

The same thing happened again and again which repeatedly continued for a period of five to six days.

But successfully after a week, Alex finally heard their call.

"Wha-"

"Rex?"

"You know his whereabouts?", Alex asked with a raised voice.

"Yes, we just recently got the news.", the men, who had been scheming for a long time, decided to finally set their plan in motion.

"Where!? Where is he?"

"Is he safe?", Alex's emotions got the best of him and he shouted with all his might after hearing this.

Chills ran down his spine because he finally got some lead, which was fake.

"Um, we aren't sure if we should declare it to be safe but…"

"What do you mean?", Alex's eyes, which were already red because of not getting any proper sleep, fired up.

They were engulfed with his red flames which made all of them, tremor.

They bowed in front of him almost immediately not only because of fear but also because of the increased pressure which made their knees tremble.

"Your highness, he is held captive by the Golden Swan Kingdom.", another minister said.

"Golden Swan Kingdom?", Alex asked with the same angry voice.

"Yes, Your Highness."

"The Golden Swan Kingdom had some spies in this kingdom."

"They wanted to get rid of this kingdom no matter what, and after getting the news of the situation, they decided to capture the young prince to force you to submit the kingdom.", said the third minister.

They weren't completely lying. Well, to be precise, everything was a lie except the fact that there really were Golden Swan Kingdom's spies in the Kingdom of Rhone. But those were the men sent by these ministers who were once the ministers of the Golden Swan Kingdom.

It was their plan to conquer the Kingdom of Rhone. However, the King of the Golden Swan Kingdom was a peace-loving ruler who respected Alex as his idol and goal.

There were many who respected Alexander since he was also termed as the God of War only at the tender age of 16-20.

Nevertheless, the ministers planned to take over Rhone, and upon knowing this, they were banished by the king of the Golden Swan Kingdom.

Now they just decided to do a 'UNO Reverse'.

Since they were ministers earlier, they could easily pass the exams and become ministers here as well. A lot of secrets had already come into their hands.

Alex clenched his fist when he heard this.

"Golden Swan Kingdom…?"

"It surely does deserve to have 'Golden'  in its name."

When Alex said that, he was referring to the financial status of the kingdom.

"Their military strength is also no joke…"

"But…"

"This time, you have messed with the wrong person.", he said this in a deep voice and vanished from the place almost instantly.

It wasn't teleportation. He just moved insanely fast and headed straight towards the Golden Swan Kingdom.

'They will have to pay for what they have done…'

'Don't worry son, your dad is on his way to rescue you.'

Alex was a level 98 Grand Mage King, one of the strongest Mage King in the entire world.

In their continent, there was hardly anyone that hadn't heard his name or power.

No one could fight against him, but that was different for the King of the Golden Swan Kingdom.

Dan Rouer, the current ruler of the Golden Swan Kingdom – Level 92 Grand Mage King.

While Dan Rouer's level was six less than Alex's, his full power was equal to half of Alex's power.

In other terms, despite being above level 90, Dan was not as strong as Alex, that is, Alex was twice as strong as him.

But Alex was alone. Although he was powerful enough to destroy the Golden Swan Kingdom, he wasn't sure if he could come unscathed.

Also, it was a Full Moon Night.