Armipotent

Chapter 1736  Duchy of Michalina's proposal (2)

Deep inside, Maldros was unsure how far he should limit his power so that he did not accidentally kill Moonsong. Moonsong recklessly charged at him head-on. It was obvious that his sparring partner was testing the water.

'Maybe I should take it slow and test him as well.' n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Maldros met Moonsong's fist with his. He tried to gauge the Demi-God Rank and use the same level of power later on.

Boom!

As the fist clashed, the blue fire burst out and created a booming sound. The two figures were engulfed in the blue fire, but then a figure was flung backward from the blue fire. It was obvious, that Moonsong was sent flying by Maldros.

Moonsong crashed onto the barrier and fell weakly to the ground. It looked like Moonsong had the upper hand when the blue fire burst out, but the outcome was surprising. It was so surprising how the spirit one-sidedly overpowered Moonsong.

The blue fire dispersed and revealed Maldros. The dragonewt was still in the same position, still in the punching motion. The blue fire did not leave a mark on him, let alone hurt him.

Moonsong slowly got back on his feet. His right hand was dangling, broken apart. He chuckled despite the shock he felt deep inside. He was shocked because of the gap between the Demi-God Rank and the God Rank.

The gap was too big. Maldros did not use any ability or skill just now, pure brute force. That was enough to overwhelm him in his transformation. He finally understood why His Majesty looked so uninterested in the tournament. If he had reached The God Rank too, he might have had less interest in watching the fight between The Demi-God Rank.

Despite the gap between him and Maldros, it made The Chief of Moonlight Tribe excited even more. That meant he could go all out without worrying that he would kill his sparring. It was basically impossible to kill the Demi-God in one-on-one combat.

Moonsong's right arm healed back, and he once more charged at Maldros. The spar just started.

The whole arena was in silence, and only the exchange blow between Moonsong and Maldros could be heard. The students watched the fight in silence as this was their first to watch a fight like this, at least for most of them.

Tang Shaoyang was the only one that expected such an outcome. His spirits were even stronger than the average of God Rank. Moonsong had no chance from the start. The Moonlight Rabbit could not even hurt Maldros.

"So, what do you talk about with The Duchy of Michalina?"

As the fight continued, Tang Shaoyang inquired about the meeting with the duchy to Zhang Mengyao. He waited for a while, but no one responded to him. He turned toward Zhang Mengyao. The latter was in a daze, watching the fight in disbelief.

He nudged her with her elbow, and only then she turned toward him with a questioning face. She clearly could not hear him when she was so focused on the fight.

Tang Shaoyang let out a chuckle, "You can try to fight my spirits too later."

"I will ask you to let me fight him even if you don't say that," She then turned toward Jovrick. Her desire to fight another strong knight lit up at the sight of Jovrick.

"You can fight him after Ashley and Zaneos," Tang Shaoyang nodded and then he repeated the question, "So what do you talk about with the duchy?"

Zhang Mengyao furrowed her brow when he mentioned the duchy. It seemed like she did not like the talk with the duchy, but she still told him what the meeting was about.

"The Duchy of Michalina is being threatened by several factions. The North Federation from the top, five medium factions from the east including Polar Guild, and six medium factions from the west."

"They suspected that they would make a move soon to take over the Duchy of Michalina's territory, so they wanted to seek an alliance with us. But she realized that we were not on the same level of power to form an alliance, and she proposed something else. They are willing to be The Tang Empire's vassals but with a condition."

Tang Shaoyang furrowed his brow when he heard the last part, the condition. Why would they put a condition when they were the ones that needed his help? Even though it was just one condition, Tang Shaoyang already felt like rejecting the idea of taking the duchy as a vassal.

"The one and only condition is for you to take her as your wife. She wants to tie it with marriage."

That was the part that surprised Tang Shaoyang. He and Zhang Mengyao could not help but look at Rosalie. She predicted it from the start, from the first meeting.

"She will be waiting for our answer tomorrow at the latest. It seems like she is also in conversation with The United Sovereign, Olympus, The Kingdom of Napoles, and The Pantheon for an alliance."

Tang Shaoyang shook his head, "I will consider it if she doesn't put such a condition. There's no need to wait until tomorrow. We can give her the answer right now."

"What if she agrees to be our vassal without that condition? Will you accept them?" Zhang Mengyao inquired.

Deep inside, she wanted to take the duchy as a vassal despite her dislike for the condition. That was because of her empathy toward Michalina as a woman who led a big faction. She could make her faction this big, and Zhang Mengyao admired Michalina.

Tang Shaoyang declined the proposal which also surprised her. She thought her husband would consider taking Michalina as his wife. Michalina had a foreign beauty that might attract her husband. The rejection was a surprise, but she still wanted Tang Shaoyang to consider the proposal.

Tang Shaoyang squinted his eyes at Zhang Mengyao. He could tell that she wanted to take the duchy in, but he could not figure out the reason. It was not like they were lacking people or force.

"I don't mind taking them as a vassal if she doesn't put them in that condition. However, with a condition that the Duchy of Michalina is not allowed to expand their territory just like the others."

He put the conditions there so the duchy would not take advantage of The Tang Empire and tried to expand their territory arbitrarily. His goal was not to conquer the world, so he did not want them to expand their territory.

The main reason he considered taking the Duchy of Michalina was to make Zhang Mengyao happy. If he could please Zhang Mengyao, then he did not mind letting them become The Tang Empire's vassals.