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.

I won’t do something so treacherous. I owe your father a favor. If I killed you, wouldn’t it make me the same as

a righteous person. I respect that.” Austin clasped his hands respectfully. Austin was so

wouldn’t waste so much time talking.

Stop praising me. Although I didn’t kill you, it doesn’t mean I’ll help you,” Elijah replied indifferently. “I do

I can do it, I’ll definitely not refuse!” Austin said

forget about all personal affairs and only talk about business!”

you to betray and resist

suffer heavy losses with a single mistake.

the royal family and give

their own territories. Usually, neither side was willing to yield to the other when there

balance. It would cause plenty of trouble in the future. However,

still not enough.”

you need? You can just let me know,” Julian

in the Black Dragon Army. Pick the best of

Dragon Army?”

Lucozia’s Black Dragon Army were extremely experienced soldiers, the elite among

Army could refer to themselves as the king of

800 kings of soldiers was

years of training. All kinds of rare resources

money, and materials used on

that if this was Julius, he would accept if I asked for 3000

800!”

many soldiers. I don’t have

elite soldiers. I’ve already

you cannot decide. However, I’m not sure if it’ll be too late

nodded in the end. “Okay. I agree! If you can help us in the rebellion, I agree to give