"Soldiers!"
Malthus yelled.
The soldiers behind him readied themselves with their weapons.
A wicked smile on their faces greeted me and a shiver ran down on my spine.
Am I making them hard too?
Malthus raised his sword in the air and with no further time pass, he bellowed :
"Attac-"
"Wait!"
I bellowed louder.
Malthus clenched his jaw. "What!?"
I pointed my finger in the sky, behind Malthus.
"Behind you!"
Malthus twisted his head back, so did his army.
I then snapped my fingers.
WHOOSH!
Me and my army weren't in front of Malthus anymore. I teleported along with my army.
Seriously, we were too close to Malthus. This is a good distance.
"Why did you do this, Racis?" Sexis asked.
"I know you are eager to fight. But turn your head around, some of our soldiers are not all that ready."
"So what of it? When the time comes and they are attacked, they shall take up arms of their own accord."
"That's not how it works. They will die if they aren't ready."
"Then what do you want me to do?"
"Give them a s-"
"You fucking Hero King!! Kill him, everyone!"
Shit. Malthus figured out my trick.
He started running towards me. Thank God he didn't teleport in front of me this time.
The ground rumbled under the enraged army coming towards me.
Malthus was in the front and he would certainly behead me in one strike. He must have had enough.
"Sexis," I turned to the Alien King. "Motivate the soldiers."
Sexis nodded. "Right."
He turned around, looking at the soldiers.
He roamed his gaze around the battlefield, taking in the nervous gazes of all the soldiers.
The soldiers' eyes locked with Sexis. Sexis stared back at them.
The Alien King inhaled deep. The air around him tensed.
I swear, he is about to deliver the sickest speech of all time.
"Racis, my friend!" He shouted.
"Yes!" I shouted back.
"You told me to motivate these people. Is that right?!"
"Yeahh!"
"But you didn't tell me one thing."
"What is it?"
I am getting excited. I am motivated already.
What is he going to say?
Sexis snapped his head at me.
"How the hell should I motivate these people when I literally pissed myself!?"
"..."
I should have known.
I turned my head at the soldiers and their hands were trembling.
Sexis made it worse.
"Well? Tell me?" He pressed for an answer.
I told him. "Usually, before war the King says something like a speech to make the soldiers fearless. The speech should make them ready to die for their King and country. Something like that."
"Oh. So basically brainwashing them to their deaths."
"Don't say that out loud."
TUD!
"What is he saying, my lord? Brainwashing?"
Shit. My soldiers are horrified now. Some of them even let go of their weapons.
"He is kidding, soldiers. He will say something to you now. You all are brave soldiers, right?" I tried some sweet talk, expecting an answer.
And I did receive an answer.
"I need booze!"
"I need boobs!"
I wasn't expecting such answers and hearing them, Sexis turned his head at me.
"Are there seriously drunkards in the army?"
"I know it's strange but they are not soldiers. They are just a burden on the world. So I called them here. But give a speech. Only you can do it. You can speak better than me. Do it."
"Fine. I'll try."
Sexis turned his gaze at the soldiers again.
He stood straight and his eyes glowed with power.
He had a reason to be angry at Malthus and his anger will make the others angry too. His anger shall resonate with them. Their fear should go away. They should hold their weapons again.
"Everyone!" He yelled.
The soldiers, both the Aliens and Humans, focused on Sexis and Sexis closed his eyes as he started his game.
"The zenith of your endeavors now manifests before you. Enervate the adversaries—grind their vitality into oblivion until existential torpor corrodes their will. In the throes of despondency, they shall orchestrate their own annihilation. They shall implode—fragment into obsolescence—"
"I think that's enough, Sexis. Forget I asked you."
"What? Why are you stopping me now? It's working!"
"No it's not. Open your eyes. They didn't even get half of that. I thought your words would reach their hearts but I forgot it should reach their brains first."
Sexis opened his eyes and all he saw were the frowning faces of the soldiers.
The drunkards straight out abused him.
"Well, what can you expect from lowlife alcoholics? Of course they didn't understand my words."
"I don't think it's their fault."
"Then, you talk. If you can do it better than me."
"As if I have a choice."
I shook my head and turned to all the soldiers.
They were worse than before and many more of them had let go of their weapons.
For them, they had no real reason to fight.
Right now, I am their King and if they surrender against Malthus, he will be their next king.
In the end, they were subjects. No matter the King. So why should they bother to fight if all they had to do was to live under a King? I would have done the same if I was a soldier.
But I was not. Malthus was out for my blood with his army and I would not be able to fight alone. I would need them. I am overpowered but the villain is overpowered too. Overpowered-overpowered would cancel each other out and the more cowardly one will be the loser. Which is me by all means.
Therefore, the motivation of the soldiers is necessary and I would try my best to make them fight with all their being.
I took a deep breath.
Alright. Here goes.
"Soldiers!" I shouted.
No reply.
"Soldiers!"
"Yes?"
"Don't whimper like a bitch. Say loudly!"
And the soldiers said it : "Loudly!"
Don't use my joke on me.
"I see that you all still have a sense of humor. That's good. That's a trait of a brave man. And you all are brave men!"
"What about us Aliens?"
"You all are brave aliens. Bravery knows no race. Bravery comes from within. And listen carefully everyone.."
I raised my swords in the air and with the best of my abilities I yelled some lines :
"To every man there is a cause which he would gladly die for,
Defend the right to have a place to which he can belong to.
And every man will fight with his bare hands in desperation,
And shed his blood to stem the flood, to barricade invasion."
I sensed some movements.
They were listening. My words were working. Well, not exactly my words. But whatever. I just have to keep going.
"The Aliens lost their home because of that red abomination. The Aliens will give their lives to have revenge from Malthus. But we, Humans, are on the verge of losing our homes. We can't just sit back and let someone walk over us. We have to fight.
I know King changes once in a while but fucking hell, do we not have the right to choose our own King? Do we not have the right to live as we want? Do we not have the right to fight? Do we not have the right to live? Answer me. Answer me, my soldiers, heroes and Aliens! Answer me! Answer meeee!"
"Yeahhh!"
"We have the right!"
"We will kill Malthus!"
"I will kill the red bitch!"
"Let's go!"
Finally,
I saw the eyes of warriors. Well, I don't know how the eyes of warriors look but all in all, the soldiers found fire in themselves.
I am surprised Malthus and his army haven't reached us yet. I am glad they gave me time to talk to my soldiers.
Anyway, now that my soldiers are not afraid. It's time I fight back.
I turned around, my back in front of the soldiers.
"Everyone!" I shouted.
"Yes!" The soldiers shouted back. Even Sexis. He was beside me.
Anyhow, I had only one order for them.
And I gave it right away.
"Kill them alllll!!"
"Raaaaaanghhhh!!"