Today's second update: Chapter 3158! 2/4!
For the princes and marquises who had resolutely stepped forward to support Erh this time, their fundamental motive was to join forces in overthrowing the increasingly muddle-headed rule of the Eight Wise Kings, thereby reshuffling and redistributing power within the clan.
As for the clan's soldiers still trapped on the mongoose race battlefield, with their lives and deaths unknown, they were not truly the focus of their concern.
Those eighteen Tribe- trấn Turtle Kings had originally been the Eight Wise Kings' direct confidants. Even if they were all lost, it would not harm these princes and marquises in the slightest. On the contrary, it would remove some unsightly forces from their path. If they were fortunate enough to return alive, they would still be part of the Eight Wise Kings' faction and of no benefit to them.
As the crocodile race's Crown Prince, She Tu Renekton's life or death did concern diplomatic relations between the two races. However, the close relationship between the Black Tortoise Race and the crocodile race over the years had largely been sustained by the marriage alliance between the Eight Wise Kings and Princess Consort Ting Sha Piaoliang, with most of the benefits concentrated within the Eight Wise Kings' faction.
Therefore, whether Renekton lived or died, and whatever attitude the crocodile race adopted afterward, had little bearing on their own interests.
Even if Renekton truly perished, the crocodile race's fury would inevitably target the Eight Wise Kings first. Even if the Eight Wise Kings stepped down, the blame would fall upon Erh, the Acting Tortoise Lord who succeeded him. They could instead use the chaos to further devour power and consolidate their own positions.
As for the ordinary soldiers of the allied army, numbering in the hundreds of millions