Max had calmed down by now. In complicated situations, he had the ability to remain calm.
He looked at Nathan and asked calmly, “What do you want to discuss?
Do you want to take him away?”
Naturally, Max was referring to Lucas, who was covered in blood but still standing erect in the midst of the forces.
Nathan glanced at Lucas and spoke calmly, “He is a general of Eurasia. Of course, he comes with me.”
Max narrowed his eyes, again. “From the tone of your voice, you seemed to have other requirements?”
Nathan spoke plainly, “I will naturally bring my brothers-in-arms from the West Army who died a few days ago back, so they can be laid to rest peacefully in the motherland.”
Max nodded. “Your requests are all reasonable. If I were you, in your position, I would make the same requests too. However, if you are in my position, would you agree to these requests? Twice, Lucas broke into Volk country, and this time he killed a large number of top fighters in our alliance. Now you swagger into my country, as if entering a marketplace, and with just a few words, you want to take back Lucas along with the dead. What do you take us for? If we let you off so easily, it would be such a great humiliation for us.”
Nathan said coldly, “Are you saying that you do not agree to my requests?”
Max put on a forced smile. “I can agree but, with conditions of our own, as well. You can take Lucas and the dead but you must show us your capability.”
At this, he pointed at Lucas. “When he came just now, we could have shot him dead. However, we decided to solve the problem the soldier’s way to honor his position of being a soldier. So, we decided not to use firearms but to compete purely with soldiers' fighting skills. Now that you want to take him and the dead soldiers, let us continue to fight following this rule.”
After some time, Nathan replied slowly, “Interesting!
“Very well! Listen up. I will take on the representatives of the Nine Nations, one on one. If you wish to come together, I will take you on all at once. I will admit defeat if I fail to take on all of you.”
The men from all the Nine Nations
were shocked by Nathan's words.
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