After leaving the tavern, Chen Cheng stepped forward and patted Rommel on the shoulder. "You did very well. You're wounded now, so have King Father's physician examine you when you return. Rest at the official post station for the next few days. As for the grand tournament at the conference, this result no longer means much to us. At the same time, you must prepare yourselves for the other major kingdoms to deliberately target you."
"Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness. We understand."
Chen Cheng nodded. "I still have matters to attend to, so you should return on your own first."
With that, Chen Cheng strode away from Rommel and the others.
Yet in Rommel and the others' eyes, Chen Cheng did not have business to attend to in the Como Royal Capital. Rather, he had just completed a secret transaction with the Kingdom of Como in private.
Put nicely, it was called joint defense. Put bluntly, it was selling out the country.
Watching Chen Cheng's retreating figure, they even thought that he had gone off alone to nurse his grief.
Chen Cheng was not nearly as sentimental as they imagined. Though he did feel anger at their failure to live up to expectations, this was a road they had chosen for themselves. All he could do was ensure that, even after selling out the country, they could still achieve their goal.
The real reason he was leaving now was that he needed to find the Adventurer's Guild.
Although Chen Cheng had made slight changes to his plan to save She Li and the others after hearing Samlet's secret revelations, he still had to make the necessary preparations.
Chen Cheng took hold of the pendant around his neck and squeezed it hard. "Bless me."
Holy City was the utopia