"Answer me!!!"
Within the Xuan Room, a dragon's roar seemed to echo.
I had an ambition, yet could not give it voice.
One cry would shake the world!
Cold sweat broke out across Kong Rong's back. The blazing majesty emanating from Liu Xie, together with those words, pressed down on him until he could barely breathe.
He had never imagined that a Son of Heaven under another man's control could silently amass such immense power right beneath Yuan Shao's nose.
The Son of Heaven possessed such forbearance, and such talent.
More terrifying still, Yuan Shao had noticed none of it!
Seize Yuan Shao's domain, take Ji Province as a foundation, with Lü Bu answering the call and the Zhen Clan lending support... His Majesty might truly restore the Han Dynasty and return to the old capital!
Kong Rong was shaken to his core.
He could tell that Liu Xie's words were no empty boasts. If things truly continued along this course, restoring the Han Dynasty would be far more than idle talk.
And the key to it all lay in his legitimate status as the Son of Heaven!
Without that status, everything gathered here would come crashing down, and all their efforts would flow away down the river.
The Great Han would never have another chance at restoration!
Kong Rong was deeply torn, unsure what choice to make.
Should he uphold his duty as a Han subject and truthfully announce to the world that he could not distinguish the true Son of Heaven from the false?
Or should he follow the voice within and acknowledge the man before him as the True Dragon Son of Heaven?
He hoped the Han Dynasty could emerge from darkness into light once more, yet feared that one wrong choice would shift the Great Han's