Cale handed Choi Han who was stiffly standing there a teacup before picking up another one for himself and asking Toonka a question.

�Do you think the Empire wants the Whipper Kingdom to accept that offer?�

Harol responded to the question instead.

�No, I believe that they sent the correspondence while knowing that we would reject an offer like that.�

Who would be willing to surrender and give 100,000 people up as slaves?

The Empire knew about Toonka�s belligerent personality.

Harol�s gaze turned cold before he looked down.

�I believe the Empire wanted us to become angrier and charge at them.�

Harol looked toward Toonka who nodded his head. Chief Harol then asked Cale a question.

�I presume the Empire wants the Whipper Kingdom and not just Maple Castle?�

Cale took a sip of tea. He could see the reflection of his magically dyed white hair and blue eyes in the tea. He casually started to speak.

�Of course.�

Click.

Cale put his teacup down and Harol�s expression worsened.

The Whipper Kingdom�s chiefs were from the non-mage faction and mainly consisted of young scholars who were quite intelligent in areas other than magic. Harol explained the conclusion that they had determined.

�The Roan Kingdom can�t openly assist the Whipper Kingdom I presume?�

If the Roan Kingdom openly assisted the Whipper Kingdom then they would become enemies with the Empire.

The Roan Kingdom was currently pretending to be close with the Mogoru Empire while planning to take down their Alchemists� Bell Tower. The Whipper Kingdom naturally knew about that as they were part of the alliance, however, they still asked the question.

It was because they needed the Roan Kingdom�s strength.

Cale calmly answered back.

�Correct. None of the Roan Kingdom�s forces will be revealing themselves during this battle.�

��Does that include Mr. Choi Han and the necromancer-nim?�

�Yes.�

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