An Understated Dominance (Maria Vittori) novel Chapter 1805

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.

“Although I’m not a good person, 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 an animal?” Elijah replied indifferently.

“You’re such a righteous person. I respect that.” Austin clasped his hands respectfully. Austin was so confident partly because his eldest brother was there. Other than that, he also knew Elijah well.

Elijah was a decisive person. If he truly wanted to kill someone, he wouldn’t waste so much time talking. Instead, he would kill the person as soon as he saw them.

“Alright. Stop praising me. Although I didn’t kill you, it doesn’t mean I’ll help you,” Elijah replied indifferently. “I do respect your father. However, you haven’t gotten my recognition yet.”

“Feel free to state any conditions. If I can do it, I’ll definitely not refuse!” Austin said earnestly.

“Okay. Let’s forget about all personal affairs and only talk about business!” Elijah replied meaningfully.

“I believe you know the dangers involved if I follow you to betray and resist Julian, Grand General of the Iron Stallion Cavalry.

“My troops will suffer heavy losses with a single mistake. How do you plan to compensate for that?”

“I can represent the royal family and give you a city!” Julian answered.

The Eight Sovereigns of West Lucozia had their own territories. Usually, neither side was willing to yield to the other when there was interference.

Gifting Elijah a city would mean disrupting this balance. It would cause plenty of trouble in the future. However, Julian couldn’t take it into consideration right now.

“A city is still not enough.” Elijah shook his head.

“Uncle Elijah, what else do you need? You can just let me know,” Julian replied.

“I want 800 soldiers in the Black Dragon Army. Pick the best of them!” Elijah answered.