Roan looked at Tang Shaoyang then he exchanged glances with the other old men. Another Epic old man gave a nonchalant shrug, telling Roan it was for him to decide. The other two old men also said nothing about that even though the bald old man badly wanted to open his mouth to talk, but he held back.
"If you said that you are just an old man that enjoyed your retirement life, I assume you are not on any side, the kingdom or even the Revolution Army." When Tang Shaoyang mentioned the Revolution Army, he noticed that the bald old man was agitated. He was purposely watching the bald old man as it seemed he was the only one who had trouble hiding his emotion.
"What are you talking about? Revolution Army?" Roan squinted his eyes at Tang Shaoyang before he glanced at Ashley. Roan was about to speak again, the second Epic old man opened his mouth, "How do you know about the Revolution Army?"
"Whom I speak to?" Tang Shaoyang met with the second Epic old man's gaze and returned the question with a question as well.
"My name is Tristan, now you answer me!" The second Epic old man told his name and spoke in a commanding tone. But Tang Shaoyang remained defiant, "A basic conversation can be held if the two individuals know each other, or at least respect the opposite party. You are commanding me as if I am your subordinate, but I am not. Also, I don't need your answer if you are my enemy or not, from your reaction, you know about the Revolution Army and might be part of the Revolution Army too, meaning you are my enemy. An enemy should be eradicated!"
The Dragon Destroyed appeared in Tang Shaoyang's right hands, Roan and the other two old men stood up and leaped backward, leaving Tristan alone to face Tang Shaoyang. Tristan remained seated on his chair and glanced toward the battle-ax, "A fine weapon and only lacked some finishing to be upgraded to Epic Grade."
Tristan commented before he looked back at Tang Shaoyang, "If you told the truth about the Revolution Army and you are their enemy, then we can talk. We are not part of the Revolution Army and we indeed know them so this will clear our hostility for the time being." Tristan nodded and looked toward Ashley, "And this girl, she might be part of the Revolution Army. She was the Ambrose Family's descendant if I am not wrong."
It was Ashley's turn to be surprised, "How do you know?" She blurted out.
"Girl, Elemental Power is not common, not everyone can have that, but most people have that. They just need proper training to awaken their Elemental Power. However, amongst the Elemental Power, Frost is the rarest amongst the rarest Elemental Powers, and only one Family has a special technique called Frost Sword, it's the Ambrose Family. The Ambrose Family is part of the Revolution Army, so it was easy to conclude that you are part of the Revolution Army!" Tristan calmly explained how he could know about Ashley.
"She was part of the Revolution Army, but not anymore. She is now the Emperor of the Tang Empire's wife. She is not related to the Revolution Army or the Lionax Kingdom!" Tang Shaoyang responded to the old man Tristan.
Ashley looked toward Tang Shaoyang. She never agreed to be his wife, not even once even though her Great-Grandmother persuaded her to follow the man. She was considering it but had not yet come up with a decision. She wanted to make things clear with her father first before she decided on her future.
"I see... I see... I see..." Tang Shoayang suddenly said three times and smiled at the four old men, "I know who you are now, and indeed you are not my enemy for now, but we don't know about the future since you four are taking a neutral stance! You four are the Elemental Knight of the disbanded legion, Fotia Legion!"
'I am not going to summon you. I want them to follow me not to follow you. If I can't make them follow me by myself then I am not going to use them. I don't want to create the second Pyrolis Kingdom.' That was his response to the Queen.
—Why are you so stubborn? What's the difference if they follow me or follow you? I am now part of your power, following me is the same as following you. You know that Epic is not many, having them in your force is necessary!
Rosalie the Flame Queen raised her volume of voice as she tried to convince her Master.
'That's true, you are now part of my power. But don't forget that you are a spirit now. I have been saying this many times, they might think that you are being imprisoned by me. They might fight me to free you from the binding instead of following you.'
"I think the oath was unnecessary, if you are fighting against the kingdom and the Revolution Army, then we will never be your enemy," Tristan was being cautious that the oath was a trick of the opposite party. He did not want to fall into the trap, "Since you know that we are part of the Disbanded Legion, Fotia Legion. You should know the bad blood between the kingdom and us and also the Revolution Army."
"I know, but I am not assured with mere words hence I offer you an oath. I will make an oath myself, this is an equal oath, two sides oath," Tang Shaoyang narrowed his eyes, "I don't want to trust my back to strangers."
Tristan understood the man's concern, but then he was equally concerned about the oath itself. If it was a System Contract, he might agree to that, not to something with which he was not familiar.
There was a moment of silence between them. The other three old men returned to their seats as they exchanged glances. They were discussing what they should do in silence. At this moment, Selena nudged him.
"What? Do you have something to say? Maybe you can explain about the oath to them since you know the most about the oath." Tang Shaoyang looked toward Selena.
The girl shook her head, "No, it is not about that, but this is about Prince Kaiden." When the youngest prince was brought up, the other four old men also looked toward Selena.
"What about Kaiden? Did something happen to him? Do they have a way to break the oath?" Tang Shaoyang was also surprised that Selena brought up Prince Kaiden all of a sudden.
"No, the oath could not be canceled and if one breaks the oath, they would receive a penalty. The oath is sacred, it can't be broken unless they have a God to cancel the oath. However, this is not about that. Prince Kaiden broke the oath and he died." Selena explained what happened to Prince Kaiden.
Tang Shaoyang did not expect to hear this. The youngest prince was quite cowardly since he was willing to sacrifice his knights for his safety. He did not expect that he dared to break the oath.
"We should push our plan forward. We have to make our move too before the Revolution Army and the Kingdom clash!" Tang Shaoyang then looked toward the four old men, "We don't have much time to waste. Agree with the oath or we will have to fight!"