Chapter 145 - Fake Goals

"Wait so you'll really join my army and help us take down the meditation army?!" Henry asked with a surprised face as he didn't believe that it would be that easy to convince Julius.

"No Henry, you seem not to understand. The meditation army is under my control now, there will be no war. If I were to join you, the meditation army would have to join your side as well. If that were to happen, there would be no enemy, hence no war," Julius explained.

"That's great then! I guess everything is resolved. We won't have to worry about anything then. Everything can go back just like it used to be," Henry said with a revealed face.

"Although I must apologize, the gift which would have been give to you on your birthday is gone now since we thought that you would be our enemy. I hope you can forgive us for that," said Henry with an apologetic half bow.

"Don't worry about that. That's fine since I don't really need to rely on monster cores all that much anymore. However I should inform you right now, our alliance also comes with a cost," Julius began to speak.

"I knew it. It would never be that easy to deal with you. There would always be something that had to be done before that," said Henry in a regretful tone.

"So tell me, what is your condition for the alliance?" Henry asked as he hoped that Julius wouldn't ask for something insane like to kill one of the great kings or queens.

"I want Mary dead," Julius requested.

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"Why did it have to be that?! You could have asked for anything other than that! Why would you want to kill a great queen?!" Henry asked as he began to panic.

"To be perfectly honest, I'm not the one who wants to kill her. The reason person who wants to kill her is the grandmaster. Those two are sisters and the grandmaster wishes to kill her," Julius proposed.

"I see so it's a family matter. I'm just confused as to why Mary has never mentioned that she was related to the grandmaster," said Henry with a confused face as he began to think.

"That's not even the worst past. If you can believe it, Jun is their father and he's the reason for the conflict in the first place," said Julius as he pointed as Jun who was simply standing still as he watched all of the events transpire.

"How do you somehow always find yourself in the middle of the biggest problems in this world?" Henry asked Jun with an irritated face.

"Anyway, I'm afraid I can't fulfill your request. To kill a whole queen of a great kingdom just because my son wishes to do so would cause great conflicts between the great rulers. It would be best to come up with something else," said Henry.

"Well I guess our deal is off the table. If Mary won't get killed, I cannot come to a peace treaty," said Julius.

"I'm not don't speaking. Anyway, like I was saying. It's true that it would be a problem if I killed her. However, if the grandmaster deals with Mary herself in an assassination format, no one will suspect a thing. Even if things gets bad and she's found out, the great kings would most likely join their forces to try and take out the grandmaster. However without Mary's forces, it's a pointless battle," said Henry.

"But what if they still decide to walk into a pointless battle which they'll lose all for their pride?" Julius asked as he tried to account for every possibility.

"Don't worry about that, if they still propose a temporary alliance, I'll just refuse. Without 2 great rulers and their forces on their side, the other 7 wouldn't dare to attack the grandmaster," Henry replied.

"Okay then, what if they combine their forces to attack you instead? How will you deal with that?" Julius asked.

"That's simple. I'll just ally myself with the grandmaster's army which is now under your control. With you acting as a gateway for the alliance, they'll have no choice but to accept that Mary has died. Of course, this would also open up a chance for you to take over her kingdom but first we need to reveal who you really are to Wilson and Sandra since they still want to kill you, or at least the version of you that attacked them," said Henry.

"I guess everything had been taken care of. Everything can go along as planned for my birthday then," said Julius with a smile.

"Oh and… um," Julius began to speak but couldn't manage to get the words out.

"Don't you worry about her. I'll take care of that problem on my own very soon," said Henry with a thumbs up which made Julius feel safe hence he smiled.

After dealing with Henry, Julius turned around to speak to Jun as they would need to head back to the sky island to inform the grandmaster to come down to the kingdom which Henry ruled over to speak over Mary's assassination plans.

"Don't worry about anything Julius, I'll inform Vivian and I'll bring her here with me. As for you, just focus on getting ready for your birthday, it's going to be a very special day," said Jun as he gave Julius a wave goodbye before borrowing the ruby dragon and heading out towards the sky island.

"I actually did it! I managed to accomplish my goals! I feel so happy that my heart is about to burst. I still can't believe that Liz will soon be mine and the war is already over! I'll be happy with Liz as we live on our very own kingdom. Vivi will be able to kill her sister and she'll be able to live out the rest of her life in peace. Jun will also get a chance to rebuild a connection with his first born daughter as well. Everything is working out for me," Julius thought as he smiled.

"Yet, I feel like I'm missing something."