Ling Zhan's sudden question left quite a few people present stunned for a moment.
"Not that impressive."
General Li shook his head and smiled. "Duke Assad is also a level-one-hundred, fourth-class powerhouse, but his level isn't high—only level 110."
As he spoke,
General Li looked at Ling Zhan and asked, "What? Got another idea, kid? Let's hear it."
After getting to know Ling Zhan over this period, even General Li now attached tremendous importance to Ling Zhan's opinions.
Whether they would adopt them or not was another matter, but they would certainly take them seriously.
"Reporting to the General, my previous suggestion was for us to take control of the Flameheart Empire ourselves."
"Attacking Gewort City... no, it should be called reinforcing Gewort City. For us, it's a good opportunity."
"We can choose to support that trapped imperial princess and put her on the throne. As for Duke Assad and those other noble ministers, forget about them."
"With their piss-poor nature, even if we help them drive back the evil ghost legion in the end, Takamagahara will still come back to make trouble again."
"So we cannot withdraw our troops."
"And we absolutely cannot let Duke Assad ascend the throne with legitimacy!"
Ling Zhan's words were firm as iron.
He truly had no interest whatsoever in the Flameheart Empire's territory.
The same went for the legions of every nation.
He had said it before.
Most of the terrain here consisted of barren deserts and plateaus, with frequent volcanic eruptions.
Resources were exceedingly scarce.
Rather than spend the effort occupying this small country, they might as well seize some unclaimed land. They would not need to worry about public opinion, and the land would be more fertile than this place.
Right now,
the reason they could not withdraw was that they