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Meanwhile Joseph and Baroness Alicia face an insulting demand for apology and a forced marriage, provoking Vlad to threaten the enemy herald and sparking a siege where defenders lure siege towers onto hidden oil.","summary_source":"graph_aggregator","summary_status":"generated","summary_verification":"unverified"},"summary":"The Stellar Swordmaster Chapter 144 follows Vlad as an urgent telegram shatters the campaign with news that Lady Oksana has been summoned by the Vatican. Lord Rutiger learns of Vatican pressure, Bayezid spies, and hostile border lords, yet refuses to abandon Joseph despite calls to return. Meanwhile Joseph and Baroness Alicia face an insulting demand for apology and a forced marriage, provoking Vlad to threaten the enemy herald and sparking a siege where defenders lure siege towers onto hidden oil.","key_events":["Commanders debate turning back vs rescuing Joseph who would be cut off","Western envoy demands Joseph apologize and Baroness Alicia marry to show respect","Rutiger receives urgent telegram from Sturma that Lady Oksana received summons from Vatican","Report arrives from Eye of Bayezid about Vatican and bordering lords threatening territory","Iron Duke's telegram confirms North's answer, forcing change of course with wide detour","Defenders prepare for siege, having cut siege supplies and cleared rocks for catapults","Enemy siege towers advance then tilt into trap, defenders fire flaming arrows at oil jars","Alicia's knight Sir Vlad is provoked to confront envoy but is pelted and chased off"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT...\nHUH?!\nLORD RUTIGER!\nIT'S AN URGENT TELEGRAM FROM STURMA!\n\nLADY OKSANA HAS...!\n\nLADY OKSANA?\nAN URGENT TELEGRAM?\nHAS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE COUNTESS?\nOH...\n\nI-I'M SORRY.\nI SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL...\nTHINK NOTHING OF IT.\nNOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MOTHER?\nSH-SHE RECEIVED A SUMMONS FROM THE VATICAN...\n\nA SUMMONS?!\nWHAT FOR?\nCOUNT.\nA REPORT FROM THE EYE OF BAYEZID.\n\nTHE SPIES I'VE PLANTED FAR AND WIDE,\nTHE VATICAN BARING ITS FANGS,\n\nAND EVEN THE LORDS BORDERING MY TERRITORY...\n\n...WE MUST RETURN.\nIF WE TURN BACK NOW, JOSEPH WILL BE CUT OFF.\n\nGIVE ME SOME TROOPS,\nAND I'LL GET JOSEPH OUT, IF NO ONE ELSE.\nDON'T WORRY.\nWE WON'T LEAVE JOSEPH ON HIS OWN.\nWHAT?\nAT ITS CORE, WAR...\nIS ABOUT THWARTING THE ENEMY'S INTENTIONS.\n\nTHE USURPER AND THE OLD DRAGON SEEK TO SEPARATE BAYEZID'S MAIN FORCE FROM THE HEINAL ARMY.\nNOW THAT WE'VE CONFIRMED THEIR INTENTIONS,\nIT SHOULD BE EASIER TO COUNTER THEM.\nTHIS TELEGRAM IS FROM THE IRON DUKE.\n\nTHIS IS...\nYES.\nTHE NORTH HAS ALREADY DECIDED ITS ANSWER.\n\nWE'LL HAVE TO CHANGE COURSE AND TAKE A WIDE DETOUR.\nWE MAY BE A LITTLE LATE.\n\n...FOR THESE REASONS,\nJOSEPH OF BAYEZID MUST COME FORTH AT ONCE AND APOLOGIZE FOR HIS PAST INSOLENCE,\nAND BARONESS ALICIA IS TO DEMONSTRATE HER RESPECT FOR THE WEST THROUGH THIS MARRIAGE!\n\nIT REALLY IS IMPRESSIVE.\nTHE NERVE IT TAKES TO SPOUT THAT BULLSHIT SO BRAZENLY IN FRONT OF SO MANY PEOPLE.\n\nAHEM! AHEM!\nWHAT?\nWELL...\nARE YOU JUST GOING TO STAND THERE AND LISTEN?\nAREN'T YOU THE BARONESS'S KNIGHT?!\n\nSHOULDN'T YOU STEP IN AND SAY SOMETHING BY NOW?\nTHE PRESSURE...!\n\nUH...\nTHAT BASTARD.\nWHAT'S THAT FUCKER'S NAME?\nSTATE YOUR NAME, YOU INSOLENT WRETCH!\n\nLADY ALICIA'S KNIGHT,\nSIR VLAD, DEMANDS TO KNOW YOUR NAME!!\nFURTHERMORE!\nHE'S WATCHING YOU!\nHE SAYS HE'LL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB IF HE MEETS YOU ON THE BATTLEFIELD!\nGET LOST! GET OUT OF HERE!\nTHE USURPER'S KNIGHTS ARE A DISGRACE TO KNIGHTHOOD!\n\nYOU BASTARDS...\nHUH? WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU?\nCALM DOWN...\nYOU INSOLENT BASTARD!\n\nWHAT? MARRIAGE?!\nMAAAAAA RRIAGE?!\n\nW-WAIT!\nHOW DARE YOU INSULT THE BARONESS!!\nTAKE THIS AND GET LOST!\n\nWH-WHOA?!\n\nOOF!\nHAHAHA!\nTHAT PATHETIC BASTARD FELL OFF!\nKILL HIM!\nKEEP SHOOTING! KILL HIM!!\n\nD-DAMN IT!\nWAHAHAHA!\nLOOK AT HIM RUN!\nJUST TRY COMING BACK!\nNEXT TIME, I'LL PUT ONE RIGHT THROUGH YOUR FACE!!\n...I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS.\n\nOH...\nWHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH HIM?\nTH-THIS ISN'T FAIR!\nI ONLY ASKED FOR HIS NAME!\nTHERE'S NO DENYING IT. HE HAS A GIFT.\n\nTO THINK A SINGLE REMARK COULD SET FIVE THOUSAND MEN IN MOTION.\n...AT LEAST THERE'S SOME COMFORT TO BE HAD.\n\nTHE STRIKE FORCE CUT OFF SOME OF THEIR SIEGE SUPPLIES,\nAND WE CLEARED THE GRASSLANDS IN ADVANCE, SO THERE ARE NO ROCKS FOR THEIR CATAPULTS.\nWITHOUT CATAPULTS, EVEN THESE FLIMSY WALLS SHOULD HOLD UP FAIRLY WELL.\n\nTHE PROBLEM IS THOSE SIEGE TOWERS...\n\n...GIVE THEM THE ORDER.\nSTAND READY!\nGET READY!\nGET READY!\n\nDO NOT FIRE UNTIL ORDERS ARE GIVEN!\nSHIELDS UP!\nHOLD FORMATION!\n\nNOT YET...\n\n...NOT YET.\n\nH-HUH?\nSTOP!\nA TRAP! IT'S A TRAP!\nWHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!\n\nWE GOT ACROSS JUST FINE!\nWHOA?! THIS ONE'S TILTING TOO!\nSTOP!\nI SAID STOP!!\nNOW.\n\nFIRE!\n\nTHEY'RE ONLY FLAMING ARROWS!\nSTOP HESITATING AND GET THE SIEGE TOWERS OUT!\n\nSOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN'T...!\n\nTHAT'S...\n\nOIL!\nTHOSE ARE JARS OF OIL!","bubble_count":119,"pages_count":39,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Stellar Swordmaster Chapter 144 follows Vlad as an urgent telegram shatters the campaign with news that Lady Oksana has been summoned by the Vatican.","spoiler_summary":"The Stellar Swordmaster Chapter 144 follows Vlad as an urgent telegram shatters the campaign with news that Lady Oksana has been summoned by the Vatican. Lord Rutiger learns of Vatican pressure, Bayezid spies, and hostile border lords, yet refuses to abandon Joseph despite calls to return. Meanwhile Joseph and Baroness Alicia face an insulting demand for apology and a forced marriage, provoking Vlad to threaten the enemy herald and sparking a siege where defenders lure siege towers onto hidden oil."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-stellar-swordmaster-xht8zj4b/chapter-144-axe6mz","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Stellar Swordmaster #144","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-29T00:25:04.729Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-stellar-swordmaster-xht8zj4b"}}