National wars required a just cause.
I wasn't attacking you for no reason. I was attacking you because I had a reason I couldn't possibly ignore.
You deserved it!
But why attack you? That was something the side launching the war had to consider—or fabricate.
You attacked me before, so now I'm attacking you.
You plundered my territory and harmed my women, so now I'm attacking you.
You glanced at me, so now I'm attacking you.
Whether serious or trivial, there had to be a reason in the end.
But Ying Boyan, the Peacock King of the Peacock Dynasty, had no such concerns.
"The Myriad Spirit Jade Seal has descended into the world. Whoever obtains it can rule all beneath Heaven. This king has received Heaven's mandate, and shall shepherd the people, nurturing the myriad subjects in pursuit of becoming the common sovereign of the world."
This was the most straightforward proclamation of war—and also the most overbearing.
I have obtained the Myriad Spirit Jade Seal, so naturally I must follow Heaven's will, bear Heaven's mandate, govern and nurture hundreds of millions of subjects, and strive to become the sovereign shared by all under Heaven.
It was a barefaced declaration: I'm seizing power! I'm going to become the overlord of the world!
After seeing far too many of the long-winded, roundabout proclamations issued before every war—proclamations so convoluted that no one could make head or tail of them—people found Ying Boyan's sudden approach completely different from those other pretentious and shameless types.
His frankness was almost endearing.
Thus, quite a few people began thinking that having such a sovereign become their New King was not something they couldn't accept.
Besides, the people of the Peacock Dynasty were born with a sense of superiority. Their country was wealthy, their people lived