King Trutz looked at the letter in his hands. At first, his expression was somewhat grim, but as he read on, a faint smile slowly appeared.
Once he had finished the entire letter, he folded it up. His expression had returned to its usual calm composure, and his eyes shone with powerful confidence.
"Did President Xu say anything else to you?" King Trutz asked Newman, who stood before him.
Newman immediately bowed. "Before I left the Stantin Duchy, President Xu spoke to me in private and asked me to pass along a message to Your Majesty."
"Speak."
"President Xu said that although the Rulson Kingdom appears to have fallen into a crisis this time, it is actually an excellent opportunity. Likewise, it is an opportunity for the Xinfei Merchant Guild."
"That was all?"
"Yes, that was all."
King Trutz fell silent. After thinking for a while, he glanced at the letter in his hands and pondered a little longer. Then, as though something had occurred to him, he smiled faintly.
"Very good. It seems President Xu's ambitions are far greater than I imagined. Very good indeed."
Newman raised his head in surprise and glanced at King Trutz. Perhaps it was precisely because Xu Yi and His Majesty the King were both so ambitious that they had reached this understanding over the current affair.
After the conflict with the Candel Empire broke out, almost the entire Rulson Kingdom had descended into panic. Everyone was terrified that the Candel Empire would retaliate against the Rulson Kingdom in the harshest possible manner over this incident, perhaps even destroying the kingdom outright.
Yet under these circumstances, King Trutz's first move had not been to consider how to undo the damage and seek the Candel Empire's forgiveness. Instead, he had actively launched a series of