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"So their tone was gentle, but their message was forceful?"
Xiao Ran smiled disdainfully. One Enlightenment, one Bolsia—though the two legions ranked second and third, he had never thought much of them.
As for the Enlightenment Legion, they had been shown a few things, but what they saw was merely an insignificant fraction of the Burning Legion's true strength. Even after learning about that portion and signing confidentiality agreements, those siblings could not possibly tell anyone else.
"There's no need for you to respond personally."
Xiao Ran waved his hand. "Having you show up again would be giving them too much face. Just send them an announcement telling them that the Burning Legion will only act according to the Burning Legion's rules, with no exceptions. Everything else can be discussed later. If the conflict truly becomes irreconcilable, there's no need for us to declare war first. If they choose to avoid battle, we'll lose the initiative."
Cruze suddenly thought of something and smiled. "Interesting. If they initiate Legion Wars against us, we can refuse once, but not a second time. However, no matter which of those two legions initiates the Legion Wars first, the other will probably join in too."
"Do you think it's possible that the original fifth-ranked legion was actually just a dog raised by those two legions? The top-ranked legion usually keeps to itself, while Emerald Dream, Enlightenment, and Bolsia already held considerable influence within the Five-Person Council."
"But when it came to major decisions, they still needed three votes to take control. Perhaps those two from the Enlightenment Legion approached us so often before because they were testing us?"
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