Chapter 137: Divine Artifact Gambit

  "Alright! General, I understand what you mean!" The poor Taoist smiled and said, "You originally wanted to use your bravery to highlight the incompetence of the Great Han White Tiger Army, right? So that the calamity of the Seventh Princess would flow towards us?"

  The White Tiger Legion is the field legion responsible for defending Vana, and its combat strength is the lowest among the four field legions of the Great Han! Now it's just stronger than Nicolas' newly formed Blue Flame Legion!

  "Oh! How could this be?" Baradon said awkwardly.

  "Your Majesty is indeed a good calculator!" The king said discontentedly: "No wonder you fought so bravely, it turns out that it was for framing others!"

  "No! It's all a misunderstanding!" Balaton hastily explained!

  "It doesn't matter anymore!" I said, "Because the appearance of the Crazy Dragon Iron Cavalry has completely dispelled the Seventh Princess's ambition towards Great Han! So, you've been busy for nothing!"

  "Hmm!" The king asked me discontentedly: "Then why did you call them here?"

  "United!" The poor Taoist's words immediately elicited different reactions!

  "Ridiculous!" The king said discontentedly: "If the Seventh Princess finds out, won't she immediately declare war on us? I strongly disagree!"

  "Ah! The other side has 30,000 beastmen troops and tens of thousands of wolf cavalry, your Iron Dragon Knights are formidable but too few in number!" Ishihara Kuma also said.

  "Too young! Matters of state are too much for you!" My father also advised me!

  The father and son of Balaton are so embarrassed!

  "What I want is a secret alliance! We're just responsible for providing them with support points, materials and intelligence, that's all! It's not like we're openly turning against them!" I said in a wronged tone.

  "That won't work either, what if they find out?" said Ishihara Kuma.

  "You're really stupid!" I couldn't take their childishness anymore, so I loudly said: "Don't you know what happened to Carter? Yet you're still alive and well?"

  "They have no evidence!" Ishihara exclaimed with a red face!

  "Nonsense! If we support Kasia, do we have evidence? Even if we do, what's the big deal? I don't admit it, what can she do to us? Does she want to play both sides?" The poor Taoist explained with a bitter tone.

  "Hold on!" said the king: "Why should we help Cassia? What have they to do with us?"

  "You finally asked a profound question!" I praised him and continued: "Vana has many powerful soldiers, right?"

  "Indeed!" said the king!

  "But they don't have enough resources, but Cassia does! Once they get Cassia, their power will swell greatly! And can become an empire in one move! Do you want to have a powerful empire as your neighbor?" I said patiently.

  "That's not right!" Ishihara said, "Kasia is not someone to be trifled with! The commander of the Balaton army has repelled Vana's attacks countless times, we don't have to worry at all!"

  "But it's different now!" I almost shouted at him! "Vana has a 30W beastman army now, and Baladon is right here. Do you ask him if he can defeat the seven princesses?"

  "Absolutely not, otherwise I wouldn't have sent my son to his death!" Baradon said despondently.

  "This is a matter of great importance, I will summon my ministers after returning to the country and make a decision after discussion!" The king said finally!

  "Alright!" Baladon said helplessly!

  We both knew the king was giving a disguised refusal! What a narrow-minded guy! However, I still hinted to Baladon when sending him off that the war supplies from my territory would be sold to him at cost price! He was clearly moved and left each other's contact information before saying goodbye!

  After going back, I was nagged by them again, and I got annoyed and went upstairs to sleep!

  The next morning, we had just finished breakfast and were about to head out for the competition when someone came to report: "The Foreign Minister of the Empire of Kampas has arrived!"

  "It must be related to the trouble you caused yesterday!" The king said gloomily: "They are probably here to file a protest!"

  "It's probably come to discuss a duel!" The poor Taoist smiled and said!

  "Ah! Can't you just spare me the trouble?" The king had long known about our affairs, but considering the hatred between our dragon family and the Kampas Empire, he could only help us fight against the Kampas Empire. So he reluctantly said: "Let him in!"

  "Yes!" After the servant went down, he soon brought up two people!

  "Greetings, Your Majesty! Let me introduce myself. I am Carite, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Empire of Kampas, and this is my deputy!" The middle-aged man in his 40s, with impeccable noble etiquette, spoke fluently.

  "Ah, greetings!" The king replied: "Have you come to discuss the duel between your country's Crown Prince and our Dragon Lord?"

  "Yes! Your wise Majesty!" he replied.

  "Here you go!"

  "Just hand it over to my father!" The poor monk replied hastily!

  Normally, such diplomatic matters are handled by Ishihara Kōji! Can my duel be arranged by him? It's simply a joke! In that case, I'd die without knowing how to die!

  "Alright!" The king naturally understood what I was worried about, and went along with it: "You discuss the specifics with our Dragon General! I'll take my leave first!"

  After the king took away Ishihara Kōji, Father didn't even ask them to sit down, and just stood there saying: "Do you have any specific requests?"

  "We hope neither of us will use consumable items, such as potions... uh! Or... scrolls!" He seemed a bit embarrassed, speaking hesitantly.

  "What kind of joke is this?" the father thundered. "This is obviously unfair, my son is an alchemist, everyone knows that! You want him to duel a Silver Warrior without using scrolls? This demand is simply shameless!"

  The rules for dueling on the mainland are still relatively fair! Mages and melee professions are allowed to cast spells first when dueling, and then start! And as an alchemist like me, I am allowed to use scrolls and other one-time magical items! On the premise that it must be made by myself!

  "This! Of course, it's a bit excessive, but the power of the young master's scrolls are all above level 5, and there's even a level 9 appearance, I'm afraid this isn't something his abilities can achieve?" He cunningly pointed out this point!

  "It was all done by myself, although I borrowed external forces, but no one helped me!" The poor Taoist said seriously: "I swear in the name of the God of Light!"

  Because I'm not even sure if this elemental spirit, Vina, counts as a 'person', I'll just swear on the guy I despise the most! I suddenly realized that these bird people are still somewhat useful when it comes to putting on a hypocritical mask!

  "However, I must remind you that our empire is not as impoverished as some of the nobles in your country! Your dueling exploits have already spread throughout the continent and we've also heard about them! If you think you can win over us with just a scroll and high-level magic equipment, I'm afraid it's going to be very difficult!" He then proudly declared: "I can tell you that the divine artifact - the Four Elemental Gods' Protection is in our prince's hands!"

  "Nonsense! That's clearly a Sevyn family heirloom, how could it possibly be in his hands!" The poor Daoist asked suspiciously: "Are you trying to deceive me?"

  "You don't know!" He said confidently: "The head of the Seven Family is the Emperor's own sister, and the patriarch of the Seven Family, Sword Saint Machina, is the Crown Prince's godfather! So he is fully qualified to use this divine artifact! And! It seems that the Seven Family also strongly supports it!"

  I looked at my father in doubt! He nodded and said: "This is a well-known thing for everyone!"

  "Hmph!" I'm fed up with it. The Sevyn family was cleaned up by me so badly, now someone is willing to help them get revenge, can they not agree?

  "Are you saying that my son doesn't use scrolls and magical accessories, while the Crown Prince doesn't use 'The Protection of the Four Elemental Gods'?" the father asked!

  "Not bad! Do you agree?" He asked with a smile!

  "Agreed! I completely agree!" I said viciously! Thinking to myself, just you wait and see me use 'Dragon's Roar' to blast his head into a rotten melon!

  "Ah! And there's one more thing, if you don't agree, I'm afraid the duel will have to be cancelled!" He said with a feigned tone of regret.

  "Don't be hesitant, just say what you want to say!" Father said impatiently.

  "We actually want to use it to bet on something with you!" He looked at us awkwardly!

  "What?! You're using a divine artifact as a bet?! It can't be the 'Roar of the Furious Dragon'...?!" I exclaimed in indignation!

  According to the rules, 'Roar of the Furious Dragon' is a magical item that belongs to the weapon category and not an accessory, so I can use it! However, once it becomes a wager, I lose my qualification to use it in the duel! I knew it! 'Roar of the Furious Dragon' had already appeared before Machina, how could he not be on guard against me? I just didn't expect him to have designs on it too! His appetite is really too big! Alas, I can only make you pay the price and suffer a double loss!