The Almighty Lord Caspian novel Chapter 726

However, Balthazar was now a puppet, and Jerry could convey his every desire through him.

The king's residence looked completely normal, and nobody would ever imagine that something so horrible had happened the previous night.

Jerry didn't have a doctor check over Lyndon, keeping the fact that he was under a spell safe. Luckily, some members of Skyarch Palace were skilled in medicine and could easily treat simple injuries.

This rebellion was going smoother than Jerry and his sons had expected. They were now excited and in disbelief that this was happening—it felt like a dream.

Jerry thought that Jethro had no knowledge of Balthazar's speech habits and usual behavior, so he wanted to learn witchcraft and control Balthazar himself.

Things would be bad if other higher-ups realized that something was not right. Besides, Jerry had been standing beside Balthazar for years and thus had veritable knowledge about how he spoke and acted.

Jethro taught the art of witchcraft to Jerry. The key to controlling someone easily was to make sure the spell was recited in the correct way.

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The intelligence department didn't question Balthazar's Royal Summons much and sent it to Caspian immediately.

At this moment, Caspian was leading the armored battalion in an attack on the capital of Filren. The city was gradually becoming terribly ruined under the continuous onslaughts of cannon fire.

The Filrenian reinforcements and Caspian's armored battalion had fought against each other overnight, but there was yet to be a winner between them.

Byron was terrified now. The reinforcements had yet to rush back. Caspian would eventually invade the capital if this went on. Then, he would surely be held captive.

Byron called the Filrenian higher-ups immediately and commanded for the reinforcements to gather toward the capital. The priority right now was to safeguard the capital.

His sudden command annoyed all the generals. They had just traversed hundreds of miles in preparation to fight against the million-soldier Diatoranian army, but now Byron was asking them to turn back!

He was practically treating them as monkeys he had at his beck and call.

Even men with bodies made of iron wouldn't be able to handle that.

The generals thought their new king wasn't suited to commanding the army as he was basically issuing commands without rhyme or reason. He caused his soldiers to journey back and forth, depleting the strength of his army in the process.

However, they dared not disobey as it was a command from the king, after all.

Even after learning about Byron's actions, Caspian wasn't anxious in the slightest. He had his army pursue the enemy in an ordered way—like hell he would let the Filrenian reinforcements retreat just because they wanted to!

Caspian's million-soldier army made the Filrenian reinforcements unable to retreat. They could only fight against the Diatoranian army as they attempted to do so, thus incurring more losses.

At last, many soldiers abandoned their armor and ran away.

"Continue to attack ferociously. We must take this place down before the Filrenian reinforcements manage to retreat to the capital!" Caspian said.

"Yes, Lord Caspian!" Sylvia led the battalion in a new round of powerful attacks.

At this moment, an intelligence officer ran over. He reported, "Lord Caspian, a Royal Summons is sent to you from the intelligence department in Dhord City!"

Caspian asked, "A Royal Summons? What does it say?"

The officer said, "His Majesty wants us to return to Dhord City immediately!"

"That's absurd. Why would His Majesty want me to retreat at such a key moment?" Caspian was in disbelief upon hearing that Balthazar had issued such an order.

"I'm not sure either, but the summons was issued by His Majesty himself."

"That's impossible. His Majesty was the one who wanted to start this war. Now that we're in high spirits and are about to take down Filren, he'd never issue such an order. Is there any possibility of fraudulence?" Caspian still found it absurd.

The intelligence officer handed Caspian the letter. "Lord Caspian, the summons was penned by His Majesty himself. Please take a look."