The old Dragon King was in his twilight years, but he was still lord of the Four Seas. His kingly majesty remained!
He could still command the Four Seas, and none among the aquatic races dared disobey.
Although the Dragon King himself had endured bloody struggles when he ascended the throne, he would never allow his sons to wage war against one another while he was still alive.
History always repeated itself. Almost every Dragon King had experienced a Succession Struggle in which brothers fought one another.
Yet in his final years, every Dragon King suppressed the Dragon Princes' forces until he could suppress them no longer. Only then would he relinquish control entirely, letting the princes slaughter one another until rivers of blood flowed and a new Dragon King emerged.
If His Highness were the first to declare war on the other Dragon Princes now, he would inevitably become everyone's target and face forceful suppression by the Dragon Palace.
A dying dragon's wrath burned fierce.
This was absolutely not the time to tug at the old Dragon King's whiskers.
The final reason was a little selfish concern on Ao Dongping's part as a subject.
If His Highness were determined to go to war now, even if he was ultimately suppressed by the Dragon Palace or defeated by a surprise attack from Ao Lie, he could simply throw up his hands, abandon this fief, and carve out new territory in the vast sea as a carefree, idle prince. He would merely have to abandon his hopes of ascending the throne someday.
But as His Highness's vanguard commanders, Ao Dongping and General Lei would have only two possible outcomes:
One was to die on the battlefield and earn a tragic, heroic reputation.
The other was to be condemned for fomenting internal