CH841 Skywalker Appears II
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"Soldiers of the North-East Fortress, do you accept my authority?"
Alex's words hung in the air.
The soldiers looked towards their new de facto leaders.
These men had been nothing more than privates or corporals until now. They knew very little about the political implications of what Alex was offering.
However, they could sense from the man's tone that it wasn't a decision they should make lightly.
In fact, it was as though this projected image of Count Skywalker was all but explicitly telling them as much.
Still, the men cared little for the politics, aristocratic manoeuvring, and hidden undercurrents at play.
All they cared about—indeed, all they could think about—was survival: their own survival, their comrades' survival, and the survival of their Stronghold and city.
"We accept!" they replied in unison.
