THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 326: THE RIGHT DECISION
"Really, grandfather?" said the 1st prince excitedly.
After all he was the 1st prince and grandson of the War Duke so no one dared to give him advice for too long except his grandfather.
Whenever the War Duke called himself into the study, generally the War Duke would give him advice for hours.
Therefore, the 1st prince thought the War Duke would advise him again today.
But who would have thought that the War Duke would not spend a long time talking to him, so the 1st prince put the finished tea glass onto the table "Grandfather, quickly say! I have to go back and eat with my friend".
"In a moment, you'll find out why I called you" said the Cold War Duke.
Suddenly the 1st prince felt fear. Although he often made trouble, but the War Duke never looked at him this cold.
However the aura around the War Duke changed too quickly, he looked towards the 1st prince sharply which made his entire body tremble slightly in fear.
"Grandfather, what are you doing? Why are you looking at me like you're looking at an enemy-", before the 1st prince finished his words, he spewed a mouthful of blood onto the ground.
Cleaning the blood from his mouth, the 1st prince found the blood in his hand that had cleared his mouth.
No matter how stupid the 1st prince was, he certainly immediately understood the reason he spewed out a mouthful of blood.
Sensing his body weakening faster, the 1st prince said in disbelief "Grandfather, why? Why did you give me poison? Was the poison in the tea I was drinking? Grandpa, are you so cruel that you have to kill me?".
The War Duke continued to have a cold face "Don't blame grandfather, if you are a great prince, grandfather must have tried his best to succeed to the throne even if I have to die. But you have absolutely no chance of becoming king, rather than my entire Duke's family having to be destroyed for supporting you, I would rather give up on Azeroth Kingdom. Even up until now, you have not realized that our forces have lost to the Azeroth Kingdom".
"As a Duke leading the entire family, I cannot allow all my family members to be killed just for a grandson who has no ability to be king! I don't mind if you don't blame me, but I have to do this to keep our family alive".
The 1st Prince opened his mouth but he could not say anything more, he just stared at the Victory Duke in disbelief before falling to the ground, he was actually killed by the poison.
After the 1st prince died, the Victory Duke did not stand up from his seat but instead said "How? Do you now believe that we surrendered to the Kingdom of Azeroth?".
The door of the Duke Victory's study room slowly opened, the figure of the prime minister of Azeroth Kingdom along with several bodyguards emerged from that door.
When it was ascertained that the Duke of War did not commit any tricks such as replacing the 1st prince with a look-alike, the prime minister smiled brightly "Mr Duke of Victory has always been loyal to the Azeroth Kingdom, indeed, the king must have understood and given you the opportunity to surrender to the kingdom and become Duke of Azeroth Kingdom again. Moreover, from tomorrow the attacks from the 2nd and 3rd divisions will be stopped, Master Duke need not worry about his dwindling territory".
The War Duke did not look happy at all, his face remained gloomy "What about the city you have taken from me? Are you going to give it back?".
"It is impossible!", the prime minister said firmly "All the captured cities will belong to the Kingdom of Azeroth, the noble will determine who can manage the region, this is the punishment for your previous rebellion".
"Then what about me?", said the War Duke a little displeased, after all he had killed the 1st prince but the prime minister did not agree to return all his territory "As a Duke, he did not, my territory is too small if you do not return the territory you have seized! Are you guys planning on taking my title down from Duke? Let me tell you 1 thing, rather than not being the Duke, I would rather fight against you until the end! As long as you choose to lower my position so that the power I have is getting weaker, I refuse to give up!".
A powerful aura burst out from the War Duke's body suppressing the prime minister, it could be seen the War Duke ready to kill the prime minister if they planned to lower his Duke's title.
"We have absolutely no intention of that, you remain the War Duke of Azeroth Kingdom" the prime minister said, "But your territorial issues are indeed quite important, I have an idea! You may invade other territories to expand your Duke's territory, such as invading the northern part of Azeroth Kingdom and seizing the cities there! As long as you do not seize the city under the rule of King Azeroth VI, we will recognize the city that you captured as your territory, how?".
"Do you guys think I'm stupid?" said the War Duke smilingly mocking "In the north is the territory of the Victory Duke, as long as I dare to attack that territory, I will definitely die! Before fighting against you, I did have strength against the Duke of Victory. But now it's different, I lost a lot of elite troops due to the 2nd division, I'm not an opponent of the Victory Duke anymore".
The prime minister directly gave the suggestion "Now that the new Victory Duke is finished fighting against the Diamant Kingdom, the casualties on his side are most likely not the least so he is definitely weakened. Not to mention you forgot 1 important thing, the entire northern region is not the power of the Victory Duke! You can attack other northern territories that do not belong to the Victory Duke, I'm sure you don't need to fight each other if you don't attack his territory right?".
"In addition, since you became Duke of Azeroth Kingdom again, the kingdom will certainly give you the support of money and weapons to seize the territory in the north".
The War Duke was immediately intrigued when he heard he could get help from the kingdom "Are you guys sure? the northern region of Azeroth Kingdom may still be loyal to the kingdom, are you sure you are planning to kill them?".
"If they are loyal, they will not make an alliance! Even they were supposed to help the Azeroth Kingdom against the Diamant Kingdom, but the northern alliance had always been neutral without helping the Azeroth Kingdom, they had been considered traitors. Therefore, the kingdom will not object if you seize the territory of the nobles in the north" the prime minister said.
The War Duke did not give an answer but thought first. He understood the prime minister was trying to use him to overcome Myro's development as long as they were fighting the 2nd prince and the Diamant Kingdom, so he was sent to the northern region.
Despite knowing the prime minister was trying to take advantage of him, Duke Victory felt this was not a loss but rather an advantage.
As long as he made the most of the support from the Kingdom of Azeroth, the War Duke might succeed in expanding his territory.
"I agree", said the War Duke smilingly "But the Kingdom of Azeroth should send division 2 as a favor for me against the nobles in the northern region and the 200,000 combined forces of the nobility, as long as you agree to send that much help, I don't mind helping you interfere with the development of the Victory Duke! In fact, I might be able to defeat him!".