Thales clenched his fists resolutely and pumped his chest: "Just like how you resist the high pressure of King Nun with the dignity of a grand duke: so what can he do if he is the king? Issue a warrant to make you surrender?

Would a border black sand territory be worse than the powerful Longxiao City?"

Thales added the last sentence emotionally: "As Northlanders, are you afraid? Or are you still reluctant to share the throne with that damned person?"

Ronnie raised his head suddenly and grinded his teeth in displeasure: "Say another word that insults Beidi."

Alessio said coldly: "I will cut off your tongue."

Thales was so excited.

"Okay," Thales swallowed his throat, nodded, and did not answer rationally: "I know you are not afraid of death, but it is better than you dying here inexplicably, leaving Exeter in chaos, and letting your

If the territory is in confusion, wouldn’t it be ten thousand times better?”

"Surviving with hope requires more courage and responsibility than dying with despair."

Lecco did not speak anymore, but fell into deep thought.

Thales's chest rose and fell, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

But this time, it was Rumba's turn to clench his fists and question him with hatred.

"In that case," Grand Duke Heisha said with an icy face, "Why should I let them go, sit on that dangerous and unstable throne, and become a king in name only?"

"Leave the disaster behind and allow these sworn enemies with evil intentions to use various means to fight against me in private, which will eventually lead to a catastrophe?"

Lumba's face turned serious: "I will kill them if I am here, and I don't want to play cat and mouse with them."

As soon as these words came out, the three people confronting each other suddenly looked ferocious, and there were signs of starting the fight again.

Thales raised his hands in pain and scratched his hair fiercely.

Ahhhh!

These bastards!

"Rumba!"

Thales took a sharp breath: "If you don't do this, prepare to say goodbye to your future!"

"Six Grand Dukes died in the Palace of Heroes in one day. When you came out with the army, you tried to explain to Prime Minister Lisban's army and the angry Longxiao City: This was all done by the Star People, I was just passing by.

That’s it?”

Lumba snorted coldly.

His hand on the sword's hilt tightened.

This boy

this

hateful.

"As for the threat from the Grand Dukes to you, aren't you Charman Lumba?" Thales suppressed his inexplicable anger and said in a deep voice: "Fuxing Palace, Broken Dragon Fortress, Shield Zone, and now! We have fought against each other so many times.

, you who never give in can earn hope every time in the desperate situation."

"Don't you dare to risk your bet again, for the sake of ambition and ideals, for your Exeter, sit on that dangerous and unstable throne, and continue your dangerous game on the second battlefield?"

"Do you need me to tell you how to choose between dying here without any hope, or walking into danger with a glimmer of hope?"

Rumba's breathing gradually became confused.

Thales thought of Lumba's past and subconsciously added:

"Believe me, after killing several Grand Dukes in a row, your ambition has ended. Your half-life preparation and hard work have been ruined. Your family's tragedy continues to be staged!"

"Think about your family and your subordinates, are you willing to do so?"

Lumba froze on the spot, staring blankly at the sword in his hand, speechless for a long time.

Harold

"Boy," Grand Duke Olesiu said with a heavy face, "Now this, now that, which side are you on?"

Thales had to turn to the four archdukes again.

He just felt like a firefighter, running back and forth, exhausted mentally and physically.

"No matter which side I'm on," Thales sighed, feeling exhausted physically and mentally:

"But of all of you, surely none of you want an Eckster who is unstable, crumbling, and has no idea where the future will be in the chaos, whether he faces it alone or leaves it behind, right?"

The archdukes still looked hesitant, but Thales noticed keenly: Lecco had put away his anger and put down his hands thoughtfully, while Trudida pursed her lips and remained silent.

Gotta work harder.

Thales frowned and felt something in his heart.

"You may not understand, but I can guarantee it."

"Kaiser, my father, His Majesty Kaiser must be very, very happy to see such a scene." Thales mentally sketched out the cold image of the iron-fisted king, trying to find the angle that best suited the thinking of the Grand Duke:

"As for whether he will take advantage of Exeter's terrible civil strife after the death of six or seven Grand Dukes after the stars are restored, send troops northward, and use the blood of Exeter to unify the nobles in the country."

"That's beyond what I can imagine," Thales narrowed his eyes: "Especially, the seven people also include the three Grand Dukes from the nearby stars in the south."

Olesiu's expression changed.

Grand Duke Lecco sighed and closed his eyes.

"What he said makes sense," the Grand Duke of Trudida, who had been silent for several minutes, said abruptly: "It is not worth dying here. It will have all the adverse consequences."

Olesio gave him a stern look: "Perseus!"

Thales's eyes lit up, as if he had found a breakthrough.

"Look, this is what we agree on," the prince punched his palm and glanced at everyone with sharp eyes: "The situation is progressing so fast that you are unprepared and have no choice.

They hastily drew their swords and fought to the death."

"But actually none of you want such a costly outcome!"

Thales turned his head left and right and said sincerely: "So, both of you need a step of relaxation, a choice to take a step back."

"Exchanging the throne for safety," Grand Duke Ronnie calmed down and shook his head: "This is not an option at all. We can't solve anything."

Thales nodded, feeling a little bitter.

"That's probably not the way to go about it."

"But please remember: in this round, none of you surrendered, no one admitted defeat, and no one abandoned principles and beliefs," Thales said solemnly, looking at the grand dukes who gradually became quiet:

"You just temporarily closed the chess game that was halfway through, temporarily retreated from the opposing swords, geared up, and left the victory or defeat until the next fight."

Archduke Olesiu twisted his face and let out an unhappy growl from his throat.

He thought of his Weiland collar and the mottos and stories passed down from generation to generation in his family.

This guy named Canxing

Bright star!

Thales turned to Lumba, who looked hesitant.

"That's what I propose."

"You, Lumba, you will become a king, get rid of the guilt of regicide and the threat of the Grand Duke, and gain a new position of power. Although the road ahead will be difficult, you will still be able to restart your ideals without being trapped in the crisis-ridden Longxiao City.

.”

Lumba said nothing.

So Thales looked at the grand dukes again:

"You, the Grand Dukes, survive a certain death situation, and at the same time learn where the real threat is, re-align, return to the territory to protect your families, maintain the integrity of the co-governance oath, and avoid Exeter's precarious fate.

"

Thales gasped, praying in his heart for the reaction of the archdukes.

Grand Duke Lecco slowly opened his eyes and looked at Trudida, who showed an ugly smile.

Olesiu stared at Lumba in front of him and said a few words through his teeth: "It's such a childish way to choose the king."

"This is not child's play, this is politics."

Unexpectedly, it was Trudida who interrupted him.

I saw this cunning man narrowing his eyes: "It is a necessary compromise and an exchange of interests."

Thales seemed to have found a life-saving straw. He nodded gratefully: "That's right, this is another way of fighting."

"But knowing that there is a better option, yet still blindly charging suicidal and sacrificing soldiers is the act of a fool."

Ronnie turned to their "traitor" Trudida with a bad expression on his face: "So you are on his side?"

"If we are all slaughtered by the Black Sand Lord here, then there is no need to take any side," Trudida said gloomily: "The same goes for Charmaine. He slaughtered us, and then was slaughtered by Lisban."

Grand Duke Ronnie roared, seemingly quite unhappy.

“Against our will, we bent over to a regicide and elected him as king,” the archduke with his long hair tied clenched his teeth, his expression gloomy: “And to cover up the scandalous act of regicide for him, can you imagine anything worse than this?
To be continued...