Chapter 1784 A Chat
As Yan Yating watched the two brothers reconnect, he heard Whisker speak to him from the side.
"My brother wishes to speak with you," Whisker said.
"Your brother is the King, right?" Yan Yating asked. He was almost sure, but it was better to ask.
Whisker nodded.
"Alright," Yan Yating said, looking around at the battlefield. "Where is he? I can't see him?"
He took a preliminary survey of the battlefield and saw that the Southern Continent's army was mostly losing before they had arrived.
Not that their arrival helped much either from the looks of it. It had only delayed the inevitable when it came to the fate of the battle.
He wondered how much of a help he could be.
"Wait, I see him," Yan Yating said and frowned slightly.
Alex was in the middle of a terrible battle with him and the girl from the picture Yan Yating saw fighting a group of terribly strong soldiers that had surrounded just the two of them.
Past them, Yan Yating could see the Dragon Emperor doing nothing but floating silently. It looked as though he was trying to recuperate from whatever fight he had fought.
"Should I go there or will he leave that fight?" Yan Yating asked Whisker.
"My brother can hear and see everything I can," Whisker said. "I will act as the intermediary between the two of you for communication."
"Okay," Yan Yating said curiously, wondering how any of this worked.
"Thank you for coming," Whisker said. "I'm glad you could make it in time."
Yan Yating raised an eyebrow in surprise. He could tell it was not the mouse speaking, but Alex who was communicating through him. Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience
"Well, I only did as I promised," Yan Yating said. "I'm sorry we couldn't come sooner, but you know how it is. As outlaws to the empire, we cannot exactly take the teleportation formation."
"I understand," Whisker said. "I messaged you as early as I did, knowing you would need some time to arrive. I hope you have grown stronger these past few years thanks to my pills."
"Why should we listen to betrayers? You broke your oaths to the Empire, and yet you ask for us to speak one to you?"
The man spit at Yan Yating's feet.
Long Huan looked at the old man. "We're only telling you to do what is right," he said. "Or do you still not believe our words?"
"It doesn't matter, young prince," the man said. "It doesn't matter whether what you say is true or not. We serve the Empire and the Empire belongs to the Emperor."
"The Empire belonged to the Azure Dragon, who my father killed because of what? Greed?" Long Huan asked. "Do you not serve the Azure Dragon then?"
"What has the Azure Dragon ever done for us?" the man asked. "What has he done except sit around in his realm, doing nothing? At least the Emperor looks after the Empire. He helps its people as he should."
"You say the Azure Dragon was killed, but what difference did that make? If he was worth anything to the Empire, his absence would have been devastating. Instead, his death went unnoticed. That Immortal beast has nothing to do with me, so I will speak no oaths on its behalf."
Long Huan remained silent, unable to think of what to say.
"Is that what the rest of you think as well?" Yan Yating asked the remaining two who refused to speak the oaths.
They looked at him from the ground, with heads held as high as they could go.
"We will speak no oaths."
"We would rather die than help you."
The several others who had decided to speak the oaths gasped in surprise. They had not expected such a pushback at all.
"Very well," Yan Yating said and turned to look at the Oathbreakers that were gathered there.
"Have everyone who wants to speak the oath and fight on our behalf," he ordered. Then he stared at the three. "As for those who refuse, don't kill them. They aren't who we are after. That is only the Emperor."
The several Oathbreakers nodded. "So what should we do?" one of them asked.
"Cripple them," Yan Yating said. "They can stay alive and bear witness to the future that they spit on themselves. Let's go."
"KILL US, COWARD! KILL US!"
The shouts from the three rang loud, but none looked back at them. Yan Yating let the rest of the Oathbreakers handle the oath and flew off to the battlefield along with Long Huan and the rest to finally join the real battle.