A hand suddenly reached out from the side and grabbed Xu Yi's arm.
Xu Yi turned and saw the conflicted, hesitant expression on Newman's face.
"President Xu... you..." Newman hesitated, then seemed to make up his mind abruptly. "Leave here at once. You're a mage. If you take Kennard with you, none of us here can stop you. But if you wait much longer, you might not get another chance."
Xu Yi gave Newman a surprised look. He hadn't expected Newman to genuinely have his interests at heart at a time like this.
A flicker of warmth rose in Xu Yi's heart, but he smiled and shook his head. "No, I'm not leaving. Even if Kennard and I can leave, all the Xinfei Merchant Guild's businesses in the Rulson Kingdom can't. Besides, leaving now would mean abandoning the entire Rulson Kingdom. Do you think I'd accept that?"
Newman froze for a moment. Xu Yi pulled his hand away and continued toward the convoy.
The Rulson Kingdom officials who had rushed over earlier were negotiating with the people in the Candel Empire ambassador's convoy. When they suddenly saw Xu Yi, the culprit behind all this, approaching, they all stopped.
Had they followed their own wishes, the Rulson Kingdom officials would certainly have ordered their men to arrest Xu Yi first, then offered Ambassador Hakanin profuse apologies in the hope of appeasing his anger.
But Xu Yi was a powerful mage, and they had only come out to welcome Ambassador Hakanin. They hadn't anticipated anything like this happening, and the men they had brought weren't strong enough. They didn't dare use force against Xu Yi.
The people in the Candel Empire ambassador's convoy had also been intimidated by Xu Yi's earlier attack and likewise dared not make any rash moves.
Thus, they