The Meeting Ends; Luminas's Request

He had long wanted to have a fight with Morax where they could just pick up and go.

"There's no need to go that far. Don't be so extreme, Ari! Give him a little hope. It's been nearly ten thousand years, after all."

At the very least, Guy still thought of himself as kind. At the very least, he intended to give Rudra a chance to make a move. Otherwise... Rudra might as well drown in the Empire clutching that ten-thousand-year dream of his.

Of course, there was another reason. Guy wanted to see whether Rudra would personally take action in this war. He wanted to confirm whether the one sitting on the throne now was truly Rudra.

It couldn't be helped! Ari was a complete enigma and refused to tell him anything directly. And Guy couldn't exactly run straight to the Eastern Empire and ask the person on the throne, "Are you Rudra?!"

If he really went, then regardless of whether the one on the throne was Rudra, the entire Eastern Empire would do everything in its power to keep the First Demon King there. They did not have the strength to do so, but if Guy went alone while the other side had Velgrend and the one on the throne... there really was the slightest possibility they could hold him back.

So Guy... had to take things slowly and probe them bit by bit.

Besides, Guy had another thought in his heart. Although he could already see the ending of this wager with Rudra, he did not want it to end so simply.

He wanted to face Rudra in a decisive battle and bring a perfect conclusion to their ten-thousand-year promise.

So Mo Li's extreme idea of settling everything once and for all should not be put into