The Medallion

"I must say, what you said makes sense, Leader Adrian. From what I can see, the royal family will undoubtedly have a greater chance of winning this time. Hence, we must help Enoch turn the tide of the battle," Rocky said without any hesitation. Of course, his unexpected response caught Adrian by surprise.

"What? You actually want Enoch to win this battle? Both of us know that once he wins, the Shura Race will plunge into chaos!" Adrian retorted with an evident frown on his face.

"I know. However, only when the Shura Race is driven into chaos can we have the chance to help Princess Layla ascend the throne. Am I wrong?" Rocky said without flinching.

"Wait. Are you going to...?" Adrian wanted to ask if Rocky was planning on rebelling against the royal family, but he stopped before he could finish his sentence. After all, he had already understood what Rocky meant when he said that he wanted to help Enoch this time.

"I guess you already understand the situation. So, are you going to join us or not, Leader Adrian?" Rocky asked with a faint smile.

"You planned all of this beforehand and set up a trap for me!" Adrian's eyes darkened. He finally realized that Rocky might have already had the idea of resisting the royal family from the very beginning. That was why the young man tried his best and lured him to cooperate. Now that he had fallen into Rocky's ploy, there was no turning back. Although Adrian still had some selfish motives, his precious daughter was head over heels in love with Rocky. Of course, choosing what he should do next put him in a dilemma.

"Well, I will come out clean and admit that I did hide something from you before, Leader Adrian. If it wasn't for the king's willfulness to abolish the royal identity of Princess Layla, things wouldn't have come to this extent. Since my original plan could not proceed anymore, in order not to let all my efforts go in vain, I had no choice but come up with another way," Rocky said honestly.

"That's right. If Princess Layla became the successor of the royal family, then everything would have been fine. But the king was consumed by his pride and selfishness. For the sake of his own son, he let the whole royal family fall into turmoil." Adrian let out a sigh, fully understanding where Rocky was coming from.

"You heard my side. Now, I'm here to confirm whether you are willing to help me or not, Leader Adrian." Rocky went straight to the point.

"Humph! Do I even have a choice? If I refuse to help you, my precious daughter will definitely hate me. But of course, I'm more worried that once Zain becomes the king of the Shura Race, he will surely do away with the fiefs and unify the Shura Race. If that happens, the foundation that we have worked hard to build all these years will be gone in an instant. I won't just sit idly and let this happen before my eyes," Adrian said resolutely. Realizing the weight of the situation, he only had two choices—compromise or resist.

I am very relieved to hear that. I have already come up with a plan, so you

"All right then."

were not many people he could trust. If he wanted to take advantage of the battle between Zain and Enoch, there must be someone in the army that he could rely on. Therefore, as long as Adrian

royal family had formally declared war against him, Enoch was worried that

Enoch's palace hall. Knowing that the army of the royal family was already outside the city, he wouldn't sit still and wait for his death. After all, a huge battle might suddenly break

assume that they are

does the royal army have?" Enoch asked casually as

have at least three hundred thousand soldiers, excluding the garrison at the frontier. If the total number is added up, there should be are at least four

this time and is determined to seize my territory," Enoch

don't have to worry. All we need to do is defend their attack. First, we will engage the army of the royal family for a period of time. As their forces weaken and their morale diminishes, that's when we will launch a counterattack. I'm sure that if we can take them by

defend without attacking. Even though you've declared yourself as a king and gathered your own army, our morale is not that stable enough. If we just continue to defend, it will be difficult to boost the morale of our people. I think we must take the initiative to fight in this battle. If we can defeat the army of the royal family

royal family has somehow gained the upper hand? We don't have as many soldiers to fight them head-on," the second minister retorted

we are in the initial strike, they will definitely fear us. Eventually,

each other. Evidently, they had

so Zain has to prove himself in this battle. Therefore, for him, losing is not an option. However, the more he feels that tremendous pressure, the more anxious he's going to be. Hence, I also think that defending passively won't cut it. We need to expose his weakness on the get-go," Enoch declared, already having his own thoughts about the

so are you deciding that we