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"Second Prince of the Nox Empire, Danye Yi. I look forward to our future alliance."

After reintroducing himself, the Second Prince extended his hand to Reji. However, Reji did not shake it, nor did he reciprocate with his own introduction. Instead, he expressed his curiosity.

"Both your surnames and appearance seem quite different from your younger brother\'s."

The Seventh Prince, who was previously killed by the Sword of Oath, was named Olba Felo. Even if there were differences in appearance among the princes, shouldn\'t their surnames at least be the same?

The Second Prince withdrew his hand, not minding Reji\'s lack of cooperation. He continued to smile patiently as he answered Reji\'s question. "This is a common misconception. You are correct. In fact, we, the Emperor\'s children, do not have blood relations with each other.

We never grew up together, received different educations, came from different regions, and had never even met or known each other before coming to the empire."

"Rather than being called princes by outsiders, we prefer to call ourselves the Chosen."

"It was the Emperor who selected us from millions of candidates across the empire, promoted us, and through our own efforts, we gained the Emperor\'s recognition and had the honor of becoming the Majesty\'s children."

"Therefore," the Second Prince paused, bowing slightly to Reji with one hand on his chest in a gesture of respect, "I hope you do not misunderstand. I deeply regret Olba\'s death, regret not being able to witness my younger brother\'s demise with my own eyes. At the same time, I am grateful to you for helping me eliminate a troublesome competitor."

"After all, there can be many chosen ones, but only one Emperor. What surrounds the throne is not flowers, but blood."

"So, as a reward and our first cooperative transaction, I hope you can give me this \'spoil of war\'. To avoid misunderstanding, let me explain further. Everything you obtained from Olba, such as that relic, still belongs to you. Of course, that is what you deserve. What I want as a spoil of war is for me to publicly claim responsibility for Olba\'s death, nothing more."

At first glance, the Second Prince\'s proposal seemed like he was simply giving Reji a generous gift.

Indeed, after Olba\'s death, unlike the previous "Envoy", this was an imperial prince. The Empire would not let the matter rest easily. It might attract the Empire\'s great attention, prompting them to send a large number of troops and elites to investigate.

By then, it would not be so simple for the Demon Race to remain hidden. It was highly likely that the second full-scale war between humans and demons would start prematurely.

This was not what Reji wanted to see, especially after learning about the Empire\'s "Psionic Wall".

Thinking deeper, the Psionic Wall was just one aspect. Could there be more methods targeting the Demon Race brought about by other "relics"? Before thoroughly investigating the intelligence, directly launching a war would be the worst strategy.

Therefore, Reji was naturally pleased that the Second Prince wanted to take responsibility for Olba\'s death.

But he did not express any gratitude to the Second Prince.

After all, if Olba died at the hands of these outsiders, it would be troublesome. However, if he died at the hands of a fellow imperial, even a fellow "prince" like Danye, that would be a different matter.

From Danye\'s earlier words, it seemed that for the Empire, the mutual slaughter among princes of each generation had already become the norm, even an unspoken rule.

The Second Prince\'s ability to kill his own younger brother was undoubtedly a demonstration of his capability.

He could even use this opportunity to directly annex Olba\'s forces and resources. The benefits this would bring to the Second Prince would be far greater than a "holy sword" that, in their eyes, could not exert much power.

However, after nodding in agreement to the Second Prince\'s proposal, Reji still asked about this competition method that seemed like raising silkworms, "Won\'t the Emperor stop you?"

Not designating an heir and allowing infighting among the princes would inevitably lead to the fragmentation of the Empire\'s power.

From a macro perspective, this was not conducive to the country\'s development at all. The common people at the bottom would definitely suffer as a result, just like when gods fight, mortals suffer.

In response, Danye did not answer directly, only saying calmly, "The Emperor\'s love will never be for the weak."

Survival of the fittest.

The Empire strictly followed the law of the jungle, and it was evident that the Emperor was no exception.

The first round of pleasant cooperation seemed to satisfy the Second Prince.

He wanted to use this momentum to continue making new proposals to Reji, "I know that the goal of you \'old days\' is to take revenge on the Empire, while I want to kill the other competitors. I think our areas of interest have a large overlap, don\'t they?"

"From that battle five hundred years ago, you should understand that with the Psionic Wall protecting the Empire, you don\'t even have the opportunity to send troops into imperial territory. But now, I can help you."

"The source of the Psionic Wall comes from the relic bestowed by the emperor to my elder brother, the Banner of Command. To maintain the relic, the Crown Prince must transport batches of \'energy\' from the outside to the core at regular intervals."

"I have already obtained information about the transportation time and route of one of these \'energy\' batches. At that time, you only need to ambush along that route to destroy this batch of \'energy\'. Using this opportunity, I can secretly help you open a temporary small gap in the Psionic Wall."

"Although it is called a small gap, it is enough to help you smuggle tens of thousands of troops through the wall and successfully infiltrate the imperial territory. By then, I don\'t think we will need to have such conversations in the void anymore. I will prepare the most sumptuous feast and warmly invite you to come."

"We can meet face to face and continue to discuss future strategies, such as how to kill the Crown Prince, remove the Psionic Wall, and allow your troops to fully launch an all-out attack on the Empire, just like five hundred years ago."

"Or, after I ascend to the throne, I can help you restore the truth from a thousand years ago and clear the name of the \'Hero\' you believe in from the smeared history. Isn\'t this the revenge you have always wanted against the Empire? Isn\'t this also the reason why the Great Sage would connect us?"

From the previous history, it could be seen that Reji\'s "Hero" character was labeled as a traitor.

The Empire had taken all the reputation and prestige for itself, gradually reaching its current position.

But for the true high-level figures within the Empire, they were clearly aware of the truth back then.

That was why the Second Prince proposed such a "tempting" reward.

Afterwards, the Second Prince directly handed a scroll to Reji.

When Reji opened it, he found that the magic on the scroll had transformed into encrypted text. The intelligence written on it was just as Danye had said, about the secret convoy transporting "energy" to the Psionic Wall from the outside.

The intelligence contained detailed times, locations, and routes. With this information, successfully ambushing the convoy would not be difficult.

Reji first took the scroll without any hesitation.

After a brief contemplation, he accepted this cooperation and proposed an additional condition to the Second Prince, "Use the resources you annex from Olba to support the Syndicate."

"No problem. From now on, the Syndicate will gain access to the Empire\'s trade routes. I will sell large quantities of construction materials to the Syndicate at low prices to help this long-chaotic region develop again," the Second Prince readily agreed and even added, "No matter how many resources are needed, as long as it can be exchanged for the support of the \'old days\', it will be my honor."