Winner Takes All

Achilles' words echoed through the silent room.

Cold and dangerous thoughts filled the room.

The atmosphere in the room seemed to be frozen.

Each of the Golden Guards looked solemn and desperate.

Even Zenith lowered his eyebrows.

There are many tribes roaming and living outside of the northern region.

Among the tribes, the Hun tribe was far more superior. They were the uncrowned king outside of northern region.

They believed in wolves and declared themselves as the tribe of the snow wolves. In the frozen and snow-covered world outside of the northern region, the Hun tribe had always been the strongest of all the tribes.

The Hun tribe also possessed the same aloofness and arrogance, just like a grey wolf. Therefore, the Hun royal family were quite incongruous among the tribes.

In the eyes of the Hun tribe, they only viewed the tribes as either their subordinate or their enemy!

Despite that, the Hun tribe still stood out among of all the tribes and was not afraid of them at all!

The Hun tribe was confident with their strength, therefore making them proud and fearless.

The lonesome king...and the proud wolf...

Ever since the Dragon Cavalry was formed, even Zenith would not dare to underestimate the attack of the Hun tribe.

However unexpectedly... This time the wolf chose to lay down its arrogant head, the king chose to put down their honor.

The wolf had decided to join the gang of ferocious beast, and the king was willing to walk humbly along with his subordinates. Everyone was nervous upon hearing this news.

From the information, it seemed that the tribes' plan for alliance was most likely going to happen.

After all, even the royal family chose to swallow their pride and held the Coalition Order. Needless to say, the other tribes would probably do the same.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"This is a disaster!"

Zenith's voice broke the silence in the room.

However, Achilles and the other Golden Guard's face immediately changed when they heard his voice. All of them were shocked.

This was the first time the fearless and dominant God of War Zenith said those words.

The alliance of the tribes, would definitely form a massive force, as if a sword piercing through the sky, cutting the sky in half, and inevitably falling on Thegiant City.

Even more so, when Achilles and the Golden Guards heard what Zenith said, they already knew.

That when the sword from the skies dropped down, Thegiant City would eventually...fall apart in no time!

"The most important thing now is to find a way and deal with it. We tried to drag for two years, and now it's finally happening."

Achilles spoke with a deep voice. He was the former Chief Guard of the Twelve Golden Guards. When the Coalition Order first appeared, he was at the meeting too. With a depressing and helpless tone, he said, "Who would have known that after thousand years of fighting and killing each other, the foreign tribes will join forces together in the end? This is a joke."

Zenith also smiled helplessly.

The rest of the Golden Guards looked at each other, feeling extremely depressed.

The Coalition Order was discovered two years ago. However, the Dragon Cavalry never paid too much attention on it. The main reason was, no one believed that the Coalition Order would ever succeed. The foreign tribes had been fighting each other for several thousands of years. Under normal conditions, it would be impossible to erase all the blood feud that was caused by the killings, let alone forming an alliance.

This was because even if they joined forces, the contradictions between the tribes were unsolvable.

However, this time, after two years, the Coalition Order...was successfully formed!

"Immediately call for backup! With our powerful armies from the three other territories, we will be able to win this war!"

"No! If they send all of their armies to the northern region, who is going to defend the three other territories? Even though the pressure over there is lesser compared to the Dragon Cavalry, but as the saying goes 'Those who are not our kind are sure to have a different mind'. Once the barbarians outside of the other three territories see this opportunity, they will definitely launch their attack against them!"

"In my opinion, I don't think we need the backup. We can launch the attack ahead of them, head outside of the northern region and eliminate some smaller tribes. With blood and war, we can show them our strengths, terrify them with the power of our military forces, thus demoralizing them."

The Golden Guards started discussing among each other.

However, even though it was a discussion, they still maintained sensible and reasonable, and kept it among themselves.

Only those who were ranked above the Twelve Golden Guards knew about this matter. For those ranked below than them, it would be kept a secret.

For now, even if the foreign tribes had not launched their attack, however if this matter were spread among the soldiers in the Dragon Cavalry, the impact would be absolutely catastrophic.

Everyone was mindful of this as it was connected to the morale of their soldiers.

Achilles tightly frowned his eyebrows, sinking deep in thoughts as he listened to the discussion of the Golden Guards.

In the first place, when the Coalition Order appeared, there was a same discussion before.

However, at that time, everyone was very sure that the tribes' plan of joining forces would most likely fail. Additionally, it was hard to get any extra information regarding the Coalition Order. Therefore, this matter was unresolved at that time.

And now, the sword in the sky was gradually forming.

Achilles was amused by the Golden Guard's discussion.

He raised his eyes, and looked towards Zenith, who was deep in his thoughts.

Then, he walked forward, clasped his fist in front of him and said, "Commander, why don't we use that plan? The one that you and Jack came up with?"

What?!

The Golden Guards who were still discussing stopped and fell into a silence. They looked at Achilles, feeling shocked.

The Golden Guard Louis who had previously brought Achilles in couldn't believe himself, and said, "What are you talking about, Achilles? It is true that Jack is the Chief Guard now, but he does not have any practical experience in warfare. What do you mean by the plan he had came up with the Commander?"

"But Chief Guard Hughes plan is the best resolution right now!"

Achilles said calmly, "I believed the Commander has been considering about the plan. However, because it was not an easy task, therefore he had never mentioned about it before." "This..."

The Golden Guard Louis frowned. He stared at Zenith, who still had his eyes closed in disbelief.

The other Golden Guards were also surprised. Together, they also looked towards Zenith.

It's true.

They all shared the same thought as the Golden Guard Louis.

Jack was rapidly promoted by Zenith. He took Achilles' Chief Guard position and became the second highest rank officer in the Dragon Cavalry, glorious and honorable.

However, Jack had never stepped on the battlegrounds before. No matter how strong he was, without the real-time experience on the field, his opinion would be merely empty talks.

But for some reason, Achilles was very sure that Jack's idea was the same as what Zenith had been considering about!

"Phew..."

Zenith let out a breath, stretched his eyebrows and opened his eyes. At that moment, a flash of murderous intent shone from his eyes, as sharp as knives.

Facing the confusion and doubts from the Golden Guards.

Zenith said calmly, "I know you don't believe it. But in this whole wide world, there will always be talented people. Even if they do not have the experience, and even if it was only paper talk, they could still hit the mark and find out the most crucial point."

Kaboom!

It was as if the Golden Guards were struck by lightning.

What Zenith had said was obviously in line with Achilles' statement.

But... How was this even possible?

With the tip of his right finger, Zenith tapped lightly on the table and said, "By removing the leaders, framing it to another tribe, and resegregate the tribes, we can minimize our casualties, and it's the most effective way right now."

"Too much risk is involved if we request for backup. As for launching the attack ahead of them, eliminating those smaller tribes and threatening them; If all of this was effective...how many tribes have we eliminated these past years?"☐☐☐☐☐☐