Betrayal of an Emperor by R.T. Adams (top 100 novels of all time .TXT) 📖

“They are prepared. Any attack that comes will be stopped, immediately,” I said, staring the emperor in the eyes. The emperor stared at me for a moment more, then walked around me. He looked at the oncoming enemies, close to us.

“It seems they have already failed, in a mere few days. Our city won’t last much longer like this. I don’t imagine you will actually be able to fend them off, General?” he asked, but he answered himself, “Of course you won’t be able to. This enemy is one too powerful for us, one that not even your abilities are capable of stopping, General.” He then turned around and stared back into my eyes.

“Are you sure, Emperor?” I asked, questioning his authority, as well, “I have defeated the Sank Empire, the Yugo Empire, the Taihan Kingdom, and the Haithak Kingdom. Emperor, I believe you are underestimating my power.” This is the first time I’ve ever decided to stand up to any of the emperors.

“Are you questioning me, General?” he asked.

“Of course I am,” I said, without regret or apology.

“Would you be questioning my authority, as well?” As he said that, it was obvious he caught on to my previous question, pretty fast, as well. All I had done is nodded my head. “I see. It doesn’t seem you will be of any use to me, General. I don’t need the likes of you around, especially in this dastardly time. Wouldn’t you say it would be better if you were, perhaps, dead?” I caught on quickly and tried to draw my blade, but it was stuck.

“What is this?” I said, looking back. Two of the emperor’s guards had pinned my sword to the sheath it was in, and, when I hadn’t noticed, the emperor stole my dagger.

“Maybe you think this is foul play. There is no such as rules or foul play in war, General,” he said. I knew there wasn’t foul play in war.

“Rules and foul play have never existed in war, Emperor, and they won’t for as long as I live,” I said calmly, as if there was no danger at all.

“You are rather wrong, General. There won’t be foul play for as long as I live, for you will be dead in minute,” he said, waving my dagger in the air. “Your beloved General has committed treachery. He has questioned my authority and is no longer needed. His punishment is death.” When he announced it, the soldiers shouted in agony and anger.

“Your so-called laws are unjust, foul man,” I said, prepared to die. As I said that, the emperor lowered the dagger.

“There is no such as unjust on the battlefield, as there is no such thing as foul play in war,” he said, “but I guess you wouldn’t know, since you declared my action unjust and I a foul man.” He pulled back his arm and lunged the dagger’s blade deep into my abdomen. I winced at the pain, jerking my upper body forward. When the two men released me, I collapsed to my knees.

“If you think that would be near enough to kill a man like me, you’re poorly mistaken, fool,” I taunted, looking up at him and grinning.

“You really do want to die, don’t you, General?” he said, “If that’s your wish, I would gladly oblige.” He then removed my breastplate and placed the dagger on the lower left part of my chest region. He then slowly pressed it forward, sinking the blade slowly into my body. He stopped for a moment, grimacing at me.

“What’s this?” I said, “Are you trying to toy with me?” I said, while he kept the blade in my chest.

“Are there any last words you have?” he asked.

“At least you are as fair as that, but I have none,” I said, closing my eyes. He then plunged the rest of the dagger into my chest. I felt a sudden, strange emptiness. The somewhat sticky, crimson liquid poured from my body. It seems like the end is here for me. Death is ready to take my soul to the afterlife.

In the end, the Khan Empire fell. The emperor fled the city, as cowardly as he is, and left the others to die. Seeking more power, the emperor fled to the Amos Region, where he then started a new city near an unsuspecting colony of barbarians. When people came, the city grew. The emperor overthrew many others, but the barbarians still remained, because they never attacked and they never got spotted, either. When the barbarians grew just powerful enough, they destroyed the city, torturing the emperor to his death. So overall, the Khan Empire entirely died out. No one left remained and there was no history recorded of it. For the next one thousand years to come, it was like the Khan Empire and its struggles never existed. Nowadays, Kosovo lies where the Khan Empire formed.

Publication Date: 11-03-2015

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