“Of course, there is a second possibility,” Zuan paused, and slowly said under the other party’s shocked gaze, “Perhaps the demons never intended for you to submit, but only wanted to appease you with an alliance first, and then try to deplete the power of your sea race.”
"How will they consume it?" The Mermaid Queen thought that both possibilities seemed to exist, and no matter which one, the demons had no good intentions.
“If it were me…” Zuan pondered for a moment and said, “It would be best to use your sea race to fight the demon race, completely annihilate the demon race’s last strength, and at the same time, severely damage your vitality so that you will no longer be able to resist any orders from the demons.”
The Mermaid Queen was somewhat puzzled: "Although the Dragon King may lack backbone, he is by no means a fool. He understands the principle of mutual dependence. He might put on a show by attacking the demon race, but he would never actually engage in a full-scale war."
Over the years, she has come to know the Dragon King quite well. Although she doesn’t like his ways, she has to admit that he is indeed a very capable person.
“Normally not, but what if Mogad succeeds in sowing discord between the demon race and the sea race?” Zaun said coldly, “For example, by using the Peacock Princess who was captured earlier.”
"You mean that evil ritual from before?" The Mermaid Queen was startled.
“That’s right. I didn’t know about Princess Peacock before. When I was in the Four Directions Hall, I sensed that the residual array aura inside seemed to be of the brainwashing and control type,” Zuan said in a deep voice. “Just now, I thought about it based on various intelligence, and it’s most likely that Mogad used some kind of ritual to temporarily control Princess Peacock.”
"Imagine if Princess Peacock harbors resentment because of the alliance's failure and causes all sorts of sabotage among the Sea Clan, such as assassinating important figures, how do you think the Sea Clan would react?"
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