65. Cheap tricks

"Anyway, let us get back to what we were discussing before. What topic were we on before I killed the knight?" Dimitri started to walk again, his sudden change in demeanor stunning everyone. Dimitri did not stop this time, even though he saw many knights stiffen as he approached them.

Nobody answered this time, and Dimtri went back to his position from where he could look over everyone. "I was pointing out the faults and weaknesses of our knights and as far as I remember, the list is a long one. Now, I am starting to wonder if I am rearing useless buffaloes in my army."

As soon as Dimitri uttered these words, most of the senior knights clenched their fists in anger. This was the first time they had been humiliated this way and that too by a man, who had taken over the throne years after they had been granted their knighthood. However, none of the knights had the courage to retaliate against him and they stood silently, swallowing all the insults that had been thrown at