"However, I want to tell you, to tell all of you."
"We are Paratu's last defenders!" Gaspar finished his final statement: "When we fall, Paratu will fall as well!"
Inside the great council hall, not a sound could be heard, only the faint beating of Gaspar Berrent's heart in his chest.
The free people were reluctant to acknowledge the words of the Blue Rose officer, yet they didn't know how to refute him. Some even faintly agreed with the silver-haired major's words.
"You overestimate yourselves and underestimate the Paratu people." Colonel Skul's voice came from the judge's seat: "Paratu existed in the past, it exists now, and it will exist in the future. As long as the Paratu people are here, Paratu will not perish."
The free people were somewhat stunned, and Gaspar Berrent furrowed his eyebrows.
Colonel Skul slowly stood up, facing everyone inside the great council hall:
