Volume 4 Chapter 172
by Need_More_SleepVolume 4 + Chapter 172: Heavy With The Smell of Gunpowder
Thus, as Kennedy’s subordinates hesitated, uncertain of what to do next, Kennedy himself took the initiative to speak.
“…No, it’s not over yet.”
“General, do you still have a plan?!” his subordinates asked anxiously.
“I’ll go confront the Silver Dragon Princess myself! I refuse to believe she has the nerve to claim this gate all for herself!”
……
This time, the battle on the frontal battlefield ended with the Vampire Clan officially declaring surrender to the Dragon Clan.
On the Elven side as well, the fighting came to a halt, and their forces temporarily remained on standby where they were.
As the commanding general, Kennedy finally entered the gate he had long coveted, searching for Xia Yi.
“Where is the Silver Dragon Princess? Our general wishes to see her!” an elven officer shouted impatiently.
The little green dragon maid seemed to have anticipated this. She stepped forward and said, “Elven General, Her Highness the Princess has been waiting for you for quite some time. If you wish to meet her, please allow me to lead the way.”
Kennedy was practically bursting with pent-up anger and wanted badly to vent it, but for the sake of the bigger picture, he forced himself to endure.
“Very well. Then I’ll trouble you,” he said.
Led by Elly, Kennedy soon met Xia Yi.
When he saw her, he froze for a moment.
At this very moment, the silver-haired loli was seated in the position of the gate’s commanding general, as though she already regarded herself as the supreme authority here. Meanwhile, Oune, the former commander of the gate’s defenders, stood off to the side like a defeated general, his head lowered in dejection.
“Elly, what are you standing around for? Hurry up and invite the Elven Grand General to take his seat,” Xia Yi asked.
“My apologies, Your Highness!”
Elly apologized first, then made a courteous gesture.
“General Kennedy, this way, please.”
Kennedy glanced over and realized that his assigned seat was clearly that of a guest. His brow immediately furrowed.
These two were blatantly putting on a coordinated performance!
“General!!”
Kennedy’s subordinates could no longer hold themselves back.
Especially the elven officer who had previously received Xia Yi, he jumped out at once and shouted, “Silver Dragon Princess, what do you Dragons mean by this?! This is going way too far!!”
After his outburst, the air in the room grew thick with the smell of gunpowder, as though it might explode at any moment.
“Hm? I’m kindly hosting you all, how exactly is that ‘going too far’?” Xia Yi asked, wearing an innocent expression.
It had to be said that her adorable appearance, paired with that aggrieved little look and her seemingly harmless tone, might easily fool anyone unfamiliar with the situation into thinking she was a fragile little white flower.
In reality, she was pitch-black on the inside!
“You Dragons are utterly despicable! Resorting to such underhanded tactics, shameless, immoral, ”
The elven officer tried to continue his tirade, but Kennedy stopped him.
Compared to the other elves, Kennedy was ultimately more composed. This was not yet the moment to completely tear off the mask. He intended to continue negotiations.
“Silver Dragon Princess, my sincere apologies. My subordinate has just endured a bloody battle and is not in a stable state of mind. His reckless words just now were inappropriate. I hope you won’t take offense, I will discipline him afterward,” Kennedy said.
Kennedy had expected Xia Yi to exchange some polite formalities in response. But instead…
“General Kennedy, you’re absolutely right. You really should discipline that muddle-headed idiot properly. If all elves were as thick-skinned and shameless as him, then the Elven race would truly be pitiful,” Xia Yi remarked sharply.
“What?!” The elven officer was dumbfounded.
The other elves were equally shocked. They hadn’t expected the Silver Dragon Princess to show absolutely no courtesy, was she not even going to keep up appearances?
Kennedy could no longer hold it together. “Silver Dragon Princess, I will educate my subordinates myself. There’s no need for you to concern yourself with that.”
“Heh heh.” Xia Yi suddenly laughed.
Kennedy couldn’t figure out what her laughter meant, but he still voiced what was on his mind. “Silver Dragon Princess, we are extremely grateful for the Dragon Clan’s sudden support on the frontal battlefield. However, you are sitting in the commander’s seat of this gate, isn’t that going a bit too far?”
“Oh? Am I going too far? I had no idea!” Xia Yi blinked. “Please, explain. I’d love to hear it.”
“First of all, the Dragon Clan did not follow the battle plan and remained in the rear. Appearing suddenly on the frontal battlefield disrupted our strategy. Originally, our Elven forces were fully capable of defeating the Vampire Clan there, ”
Before Kennedy could finish speaking, Xia Yi turned her gaze toward Oune.
“Oune, if we hadn’t come, would the Elves have been able to defeat you?”
“They wouldn’t,” Oune replied. “There’s no way these elves could defeat our Vampire Clan. This elven general is just bragging shamelessly. If not for the Dragon Clan’s interference, we would have already won.”
“See? General Kennedy, you’re lying. Your Elven race simply couldn’t defeat the Vampire Clan,” Xia Yi said with a smile.
Kennedy immediately retorted, “Oune is merely a defeated general, his words are nothing but empty bravado and not worth trusting! Our Elven race contributed immensely in this battle, yet in the end, your Dragon Clan swooped in and seized the results of our hard work. That is truly unjust!”
“Unjust?”
Xia Yi stood up.
“Then was it just you to sell out our Dragon Clan and use us as mere tools?”
“That was…”
“Don’t think I can’t see through you, Kennedy. You never had absolute confidence in taking the gate, because you couldn’t deal with the Vampire Clan reinforcements approaching from the rear. You used pleasant words to deceive us into staying in the back, claiming we wouldn’t need to fight. In reality, you deliberately set us up to encounter the Vampire Clan reinforcements, letting us shoulder the rear pressure so that you could focus on attacking the gate and monopolize all the credit.”
Kennedy continued to argue, “That was merely an accident. We didn’t anticipate the Vampire Clan reinforcements either, ”
“No, you knew!” Oune shot back. “From the very start, you lured our Vampire Clan defenders away from the gate. That alone proves you knew this would happen. Once fighting broke out at the gate, those troops would inevitably return to reinforce it, unless you’re a child under five who couldn’t think that far!”
Oune’s rebuttal left Kennedy completely speechless.
Continuing to lie at this point truly served no purpose.
He let out a sigh and could only concede.
“Very well. I understand, Silver Dragon Princess. In that case, I acknowledge that the Dragon Clan played an outstanding role in this battle. As for ownership of the gate… let it be jointly held by the Dragon Clan and the Elven race.”
At this moment, Xia Yi let out a cold laugh. Her next sentence detonated the powder keg hanging in the air.
“Joint ownership? Wrong. This gate belongs to the Dragon Clan alone.”
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