"What did you say?!" After hearing Black Shadow's words, the gray-robed man's gaze suddenly sharpened. "You mean that not only are you ending your cooperation with us, you also want me to rescue your people?"
"Yes, that is exactly what we mean." the black shadow said coldly, "We've long had enough of your lofty, mysterious manner. We've never been able to figure out your intentions, and so we've always suspected your true purpose. Perhaps you never wanted us to win this war at all. Perhaps you merely put on an act to make us willingly go to our deaths. Otherwise, Sika's situation would not be this terrible, and this war might never even have broken out. Enough. It ends here. We want nothing more to do with you. Rescue our people, and our cooperation is over for good."
The gray-robed man pursed his lips and gave a soft laugh. "How interesting! You're cutting off cooperation with us, yet you still expect me to rescue your people? On what grounds?!"
"You want to know why? Fine, I'll tell you." Black Shadow stared straight at the gray-robed man. "The reason is simple. Among the people who took part in the operation, there is someone like me—he knows your true identity, and he has solid evidence. So if you don't rescue our people, once they interrogate him, he will definitely confess. Then you'll either have to run or die without a whole corpse. In any case, don't expect to live in peace."
At that, Black Shadow snorted and said with a hint of provocation, "Do you really think we Sika are stupid enough to let you manipulate us and die like worthless tools? Think again. The Sika Kingdom became the oldest nation on the entire continent for a reason. We are not useless.