Chapter 222: No choice but to kill Marcus
At the moment, everyone inside the meeting room seemed to already be aware of how Raine had the blood of a fallen angel running through her veins.
"How cunning could that Marcus be that he deliberately announced that his daughter was born from a fallen angel?!" Danos sarcastically complimented. "Hah!!! No wonder the bit*ch was almost untouchable!"
"He had directly sent the live footage video of my son and Crissa, saying that I could watch the two die in real time should we fail to do the exchange with him before the allotted time expires!" Lucio hissed. "Then he deliberately mentions that no one should dare kill her daughter unless we’re ready to face our doom?! What’s there to even discuss then? It’s obvious that the best plan is to do the exchange before we attack!"
"What bothers me the most though is why would he even have to send a messenger in the first place," Sasha mumbled, "Why bother when he’d send that video to Father anyway? Relaying his message for an exchange in such a way would’ve been redundant..."
Nathan’s face flinched upon hearing Sasha’s observation, his jaw clenching since he knew why Marcus had sent Mia. By now, since Mia had returned alive, Marcus probably thought that he was nothing more than a soft-hearted king like his Father... someone that he could conceivably crush with ease. His knowing that Nathan wasn’t ruthless enough to harm Raine and the people around her was all the confirmation needed to reach such a conclusion.
"He’s definitely mocking us right now!" Danos barked out, voicing out his utter displeasure with Nathan’s decision. "That’s why I told you all to kill that messenger and send her head back to Marcus! But no! Our King seemed hellbent on taking care of our hostages and even keeping them unharmed, including that messenger!"
"You shouldn’t forget that I’m also from the Moon Clan, Elder Danos. It’s natural for me to show mercy on my people..." Nathan leveled out.
"My fight is only against Marcus. He’s the only person that is truly a threat to us, with the people inside the Moon Clan having no other choice but to follow all his orders. That’s why I propose that I, with a few of our fighters along with Boris, should plan an attack on the Moon Clan and assassinate Marcus. And then, we’ll rescue Lucio’s son and Decan’s daughter."
The King solidified his tone as he presented his case, "We don’t have to fight against the entirety of the Moon Clan. Once I eliminate Marcus from the equation, our two groups can then proceed with the peace treaty we’ve longed waited for. We don’t need to shed any more blood than necessary. Such a thing would only lead to nothing but a continuous cycle of blood feuds and revenge. Eventually, there would be nothing left from this hypothetical never-ending war between humans and werewolves." Nathan pointed his gaze across the elders. "That is what we should do. I don’t want this war to escalate further than it already has."