Chapter 77: I have a plan
Skya raised her brows. "You think the Duke of the Red Leaves is working together with the other Dukes?"
Drenvar turned to Vacuse instead of answering and gestured for him to answer her question.
’...wait...is he testing me? Teaching me things for when I become the Dragon Lord?...’
Vacuse found it amusing, but he answered the question anyway. "I suspect they are indeed working together. That was why Duke Frexon Sevrix had the boldness to send his army before him. He must be expecting them to join him.
"Now though, things have changed, and they would rather watch from afar for what is going to happen. Likely let us fight the Red Leaves and then swoop in to take all."
Skya frowned. "But why didn’t they do all of this earlier? Why now? They’ve been fighting among each other for years. Why do they want to unite and fight us now?"
Vacuse shrugged as he pointed at himself. "Because there was no me before. Now though, I’m here, and the crumbling Vorrakyn might just have a fighting chance after all. They intend to take all of that."
Drenvar nodded in satisfaction. "You are right. Now, they are willing to share the loot of fighting us. They don’t want the Dragon to spread its wings.
"I’m afraid we are really in a difficult situation."
Vacuse understood.
Because no matter how he looked at it, they would still end up at war with the Red Leaves... and then later, the Dukes.
Drenvar continued. "The only thing stopping the Dukes from uniting right now is the unconscious Duke. And the only thing stopping the Red Leaves is still their Duke.