An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Seeing Elijah’s piercing glance and his raised spear, Austin was not afraid at all. He continued to keep his back straight.

“Uncle Elijah, the temptation of acquiring two cities is indeed huge. I probably wouldn’t refuse if I was you. If you want to use my life in exchange for the two cities, I’m willing to make that sacrifice.”

Austin clasped his hands calmly.

“What? Aren’t you afraid of death?” Elijah narrowed his eyes. “Or do you think that I don’t dare to kill you?”

“Of course, I’m afraid of death. If I could choose, I wouldn’t choose to die either,” Austin replied calmly.

He continued, “Plus, you’ve been on the battlefield for many years, killing all kinds of enemies. If you want to kill me, it won’t take much effort for you to do so.”

“Since you’re afraid of death, why are you so calm?” Elijah was a bit confused.

“Fear of death is one thing, but having the courage to face death is another. I’ve prepared myself for the worst ever since I entered,” Austin replied seriously.

“Plus, there’s no way I can escape if you want to kill me. It’s better to face you head-on, not to mention I can avoid some suffering.”

“Interesting.” Elijah suddenly smiled and slowly lowered his spear. “They said a fierce father would not raise a tame son. I finally got to witness this today. The Rhys family does not have a single weakling.”

“Thank you for your praise.” Austin tilted his head.

“Alright. I’ll stop joking around. Julius’ men did indeed come looking for me. However, I already killed him.”

With a snap of his fingers, a few guards soon dragged a corpse to Austin’s feet.

“This is the man that Julius arranged.” Elijah kicked the corpse in disdain.

“Uncle Elijah, are you not planning to take over Julius’ offer of two cities? I can’t beat his proposal,” Austin said.

a good person, I won’t do something so treacherous. I owe your father a favor. If I killed you,

clasped his hands respectfully. Austin was so confident partly because his eldest brother was there. Other

decisive person. If he truly wanted to kill someone, he wouldn’t waste so much time talking. Instead, he

doesn’t mean I’ll help you,” Elijah replied indifferently. “I

conditions. If I can do

personal affairs and only talk about

you to betray and resist Julian, Grand General

troops will suffer heavy losses with a single mistake. How do you plan to compensate for

the royal family and give

Eight Sovereigns of West Lucozia had their own territories. Usually, neither side was willing to yield to the

cause plenty of trouble

not enough.” Elijah shook

else do you need? You can just let

want 800 soldiers in the Black Dragon

Dragon Army?” Julian furrowed

Dragon Army were extremely

refer to themselves as the king of

to want 800 kings

All

and materials used on

know that if this was Julius, he would accept if I asked for

800!”

has a large army and many soldiers. I don’t have a foundation, so

elite soldiers. I’ve already considered

you can discuss it with your mother if you cannot decide. However, I’m not sure if it’ll be too late by

If you can help us in the rebellion, I agree to give you 800 elite soldiers from the Black Dragon