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 owe your father a favor. If I killed you, wouldn’t it make me the

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

to kill someone, he wouldn’t waste so much time talking. Instead, he would kill the

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

conditions. If I can do it,

personal affairs and

the dangers involved if I follow you to

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

royal family and give you a

neither side

of trouble in the

city is still not

what else do you need? You can

Black Dragon Army. Pick the

Dragon Army?”

Army were extremely experienced soldiers,

refer to themselves

want 800 kings

king of soldiers would undergo years of training. All kinds of rare resources would be

manpower, money, and materials used on the

“You should know that if this was Julius, he would accept

800!”

have a

why I only want 800 elite soldiers. I’ve

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

agree! If you can help us in the rebellion, I agree to give you 800