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Chapter Thirteen The High Price

"What is this..." Musval and Romanus, who had just come to their senses for a while, could not believe it was true.

how so?

Romanus, who was in great anger, looked at Justinian in front of him without saying a word

Originally, he was just a small character that was not worth mentioning in his eyes. Because he could not tolerate being offended, he wanted to get rid of it and get out of the way. But now, Justinian standing in front of him was no longer the same as before. At this moment, the roles of the two seemed to be changing with each other. Seeing Justinian looking at him with condescending eyes, it was simply unbearable for Romanus Ducas to bear it.

But Romanus was desperate to find that he could not do anything. But the self-esteem in his heart made Ducas unable to accept this reality.

Justinian looked at Romanus and others with a calm expression on his face, and said coldly: "It is impossible to betray past. If you don't pay the price for what you did before, it would be too naive to escape from Tripolis."

Obviously Justinian had no intention of calming down the situation, but instead asked Romanus to pay the price, which made the prince's son who heard all this suddenly change his face.

Justinian actually dared to get more and more! The nameless karma fire suddenly rushed over to his head, making Romanus furious.

But when he was furious and was about to speak, he was blocked by Muswar beside him. He knew what Romanus would say without listening to him. That would not help solve the difficulties they are facing now, but would instead put them in greater danger.

From the other party's words just now, Musval realized that although Justinian's previous attitude was harsh, he did not have no room for maneuver. Obviously, it was not wise to act alone to cause a break between him and Agrenion. Musval believed that Justinian was definitely not such a stupid person.

"Tell me your conditions. We apologize to you and everyone in Molia for your previous rude apology. As long as we are within the scope of our acceptance, we promise that we will definitely fulfill it." Musval said, knowing that the young man opposite was definitely waiting for him to say this.

"You? Why should I believe you?" Justinian frowned and looked at Musval coldly.

But Musval did not explain anything immediately, and opened his arms and replied, "There is no false statement in my words. Do you believe it all depends on your own decisions. But now you only have half of it. If you offend Prince Theodor in this case, it may not be a wise move, right?"

Musval revealed the most feared thing Justinian was now. Although the success of the Northern Front war forced the vassal state of Achaia and the Principal of Athens to choose to surrender, it was undoubtedly just a temporary surrender. Once the Latins found an opportunity, they would definitely make a comeback. At that time, Tripolis would be the first to be the center of the vortex of the four battles.

Of course Justinian would not be so stupid that he broke up with Agrenion openly, but he would not just let Romanus go. At least he would teach the other party a lesson one by one, but Justinian's main purpose was not this.

But—real interests, considerable interests.

Justinian and Musval knew this very well, and sometimes there was no need to say much about negotiations between smart people.

"That's great. If that's the case, negotiations are not bad." Justinian nodded and finally made a superficial concession, but Musval, who was watching this scene, knew that he was about to face a lion's speech. Justinian also smiled maliciously.

"First of all, you will withdraw from Tripolis City immediately and are not allowed to stay here and interfere with my affairs in Molia."

"Of course there is no problem with this." This was expected. Anyway, the plan had completely failed. Musval and the others certainly had no intention of staying, and immediately agreed to Justinian's first request.

"You need to compensate for the damage to the city in Tripolis and the losses of personnel."

"Yes, after returning to Agrignon, Your Highness will compensate you for the original amount of your losses." He was mentally prepared and glanced at Romanus behind him. Musval agreed to the second condition.

"The third and last ones, the command of the fourth company is still in my hands, but the others ask you to take them away together, and I don't need disloyal people under my command." When Justinian said this third request, Musval and Romanus froze at the same time.

"Mr. Justinian, your final conditions are a bit too harsh. The Fourth Company belongs to His Highness the Prince. Since you are now the heir to the Moriya Lord, then this army should be brought back by us." Musval's face darkened and he refused the request without hesitation. He knew what this meant. Once an army was lost, it would make Prince Theodor angry, which would be extremely unfavorable to Romanus Ducas's situation. Zeodoscephalon and others on the side were even more panicked. If that was the case, it would mean that their military power was deprived of Justinian, which would be disastrous for them, the military nobles.

But Justinian was also unwilling to make concessions at all.

"So what, am I not the acting governor of Molia now? Since His Highness has handed over the Fourth Company to me, I will never give up my army without direct orders." Shrugged slightly, Justinian replied with a casual expression at the other party.

"Justinian, don't bully people too much!" Romanus, who could not help but be angry, finally broke out, but was stopped by the people around him, because behind Justinian's crossbows were aimed at him.

Justinian looked at the other party with a sarcastic smile and said, "It's too much to deceive people, I'm afraid you don't have the right to say that to me. This is the final condition. Either pay this high price or you can try whether I dare to break with you." For a moment, a look of crazy expression appeared on this face, which made everyone suddenly startled. The atmosphere was tense, and the soldiers on both sides also tightened the weapons in their hands nervously.

At this last moment, Muswar finally stood up and stopped His Highness's willful actions in front of him and prevented the situation from getting out of control. He looked at Justinian and said in a deep voice:
Chapter completed!
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