Chapter 160: Goal And Cooperation

Chapter 160: Goal And Cooperation

For a few seconds, silence occurred in the room. King Asmit pointed his gaze towards Prince Alric who immediately stood up and wandered his eyes on us.

Prince Alric cleared his throat before saying anything. "The scouts we sent to observe the boundaries of the great forest of Fiora have returned, and based on their reports... The sighting of a much larger army consisting of forces of several human kingdoms has been confirmed. An army with massive numbers of personnel, much larger than we fought earlier. Once the army that is currently retreating at this moment and the army on their way here meet, the least we can expect is a full-scale war against tens of thousands or much more hundreds of thousands of warriors. This time, we are the ones that are overwhelmingly outnumbered."

King Asmit nodded. "With those destructive aerial weapons of theirs, we cannot let them get near our kingdom. As long as they are around, we can't move suitably, they will just destroy us all the moment we show ourselves."

I raised my index finger and smiled as I saw all of them shift their gazes at me. "Those things are called the Zeppelin bombardment force. With those vehicles' presence, they would cause a huge problem if your army tried to go out of this kingdom. After all, that was what they were trying to do, based on what I observed in the battle that happened earlier." I leaned my back to the backrest of my chair. "I can deal with them, so you can do your thing."

King Asmit stared at me for a few seconds before nodding. "I understand. So, you're going to help us in this battle."

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Isn't that what this meeting is all about? To prepare our strategy?"

Out of nowhere, a chuckle exploded. Prince Hien covered his mouth. "Forgive my rudeness. But, to be honest, I was expecting you to decide to abandon us the moment you heard what kind of unwinnable war is already on its way towards this kingdom."

What's that supposed to mean?

I tilted my head. "Uh?"

Prince Hien waved his hand. "This kingdom is about to face the most formidable battle it will face since the very day it was founded, doesn't that prove to you that the risk is much greater than the potential benefits you could get from us? No matter how much I think about it, I can't see any considerable merit for you to join this battle. Don't get me wrong, I do think you could be a tremendous help to us. Based on what I heard and saw in the recent battle, you and your people have proven more than enough. However, it's just... it's making me wonder more about what your goal really is for going this far for the sake of an alliance. What absurd scheme do you have to decide to fight with us with your measly 2,000 warriors in this massive scale war? This is not a question of capabilities, this is a question of your ulterior motive. Why not share even a bit of it with us? After all, we are no longer strangers to each other, right? Ruler of the town of Agrona."

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"Very well." I nodded. "The risk is greater than the reward, you said? Yes, it is. No considerable merit? I don't think so. And most of all... unwinnable?" I pointed my gaze to Leal standing on my left side. "What do you think, Leal?"

Say something! I will think of not so stupid made-up 'ulterior motive' while they are busy with you!

Ow... He finally decided to speak out! However, all I want to do is to live a peaceful life and make sure my friends are safe! All of them!

I shrugged. "Fair... But, I would say that I don't need your trust or anyone in this kingdom. All I need is your cooperation for me to achieve my end. Nothing else."

He nodded. "Then, you have it. The full cooperation of the kingdom of Erela. Treat our forces as part of yours and we will do the same to yours, at least until this incoming battle ends. With that said, let's do our best in this war, for us to protect our kingdom and our people and for you and your goal to obtain incomparable influence throughout Ulterra."

"Prince Alric!" One of the four displays shouted in surprise while staring at Prince Alric with his shivering eyes.

"Why? What are you thinking! This is unthinkable!"

Prince Alric did not even look at the displays who called for him and continued staring at me. "The thing is, I love this kingdom more than I distrust you, and if we can use you to ensure the safety of our people... I will, even if it means being used for whatever hideous end game you are aspiring to. If it's what it takes, then, so be it. I just hope we won't end up regretting having an agreement with you, Tyrannical Warlord, Casimir."

Just Casimir.

Both Prince Hien and King Asmit stood up while expressing proud smiles on their faces.

"And that's it, the crown prince and the king of the kingdom of Erela have decided. You have just received the endorsement of two of the three factions of this kingdom." Prince Hien said while shrugging. "The things that we will do for our people, right?"

Three?

I felt a heavy hand on my right shoulder and a lighthearted laugh coming from Leo resonated throughout the room. "Although we don't need your endorsement for us to do whatever we want, we will gladly take it anyway. After all, you have made an effort to organize this meeting just for this matter."

Oy!

I smiled at the three royalty in front of me while trying to ignore the raging faces of the four displays in the room. "You won't regret it."