Volume 6 Chapter 72 - Warning from the two empires (1/2)
Under his lead, Xu Yi and Eitro came to the reception center in the center of the main base.
When they came in, Xu Yi could feel the stiffness in the air. There was a silence that was hard to believe in the large reception hall and even the soft sounds of the two girls serving the guests could be clearly heard.
Other than the two who were serving them, there wasn’t any other large movement in the hall. They were all careful no matter what they did, as if they were afraid of breaking the silent atmosphere.
Everyone’s eyes were staring at the people on the other side of them and the eyes of these two rows were staring right at the other side. Without needing to do a thing, one could easily smell the scent of gunpowder in the air.
Eitro looked at the two groups before looking at the delegation from the Marlow Empire’s army that he was leading on the left. He walked over and asked a few things in a low voice before turning to the other group with a strange expression.
The group on the right side watched Eitro’s movements before noticing Xu Yi appearing and one of them raised their hand to greet Xu Yi.
“Chairman Xu, you’re back.”
Xu Yi nodded at him with a smile, “Sir Russell, didn’t you say that you would arrive the day after tomorrow? Why are you here today?”
The Candra Empire’s navy’s deputy chief of staff looked over the group from the Marlow Empire in front of him and gave a cold snort, “If I didn’t come two days ahead of schedule, how could I have found these surprising guests?”
His tone was filled with taunting and based on his expression, one could tell that there was a certain amount of dissatisfaction and even anger in his heart.
However, Xu Yi acted like he couldn’t hear the meaning in his words at all as he continued smiling. He took two steps forward and came in between them before raising his left hand to gesture at the group from the Marlow Empire, “Come, let me introduce you. These are the guests from the Marlow Empire.”
Russell gave another soft snort, “Chairman Xu, there’s no need for introductions. They are from the Marlow Empire’s army, how could I not know them?”
“Oh?” Xu Yi turned to Eitro, “Then do you all recognize these guests?”
Eitro knitted his brows and looked at Xu Yi with a confused look, but he still said with a nod, “Of course, they haven’t hidden their identities and if we don’t recognize them, that would be a bit too much. Don’t you think so, dear Fox of the Jungle sir Russell from the Candra Empire?”
“Fox of the Jungle?” Xu Yi looked at Russell with a surprised look, “Sir Russell, I never thought that you would have this nickname.”
Russell waved his hand, “That is a nickname that others gave me, it isn’t anything.”
“Sir Russell, it’s not right to be this modest.” Eitro raised his voice to say, “When you were still in the Candra Empire’s army, our Marlow Empire has suffered at the hands of your subordinates many times. Giving you a nickname is respecting you. If you don’t think it’s anything, isn’t it too embarrassing for our Marlow Empire?”
“What does it matter to me what your Marlow Empire things?” Russell said without any expressions, “Not to mention that I’ve already been transferred to the royal fleet. The nickname of Fox of the Jungle doesn’t mean anything to me.”
“That really is a pity.” Eitro shook his head, “The Candra Empire’s army gave up a strong jungle commander like you and move you to the navy, that really is stupid.”
Russell didn’t say a word, not actually refuting this.
Based on his reaction, he agreed with what Eitro was saying, but he couldn’t state that with his status.
“Alright, sir Russell, no matter what you did before, since you are here now, if my guesses are correct, it should be here for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s military magic machines, right?” Eitro asked.
“That isn’t related to you.” Russell casually replied.
“No, of course this is related to me, or rahter to our entire Marlow Empire.” After saying this, Eitro turned to Xu Yi with a trace of doubt in his eyes, “Chairman Xu, sir Russell isn’t willing to speak, then are you willing to tell me?”
Xu Yi gave a shrug, “I’m sorry, protecting the privacy of our customers is something we must do. Without the approval of the customer, I can’t reveal this to other people.”
Eitro gave a nod, “Good, I understand.”
He turned to take a deep look at Russell after saying this before turning to call the Marlow Empire’s group behind him and leaving after bidding farewell to Xu Yi.
After he left, Russell looked at Xu Yi with a questioning gaze and asked in a deep voice, “Chairman Xu, can you tell me just what is going on here?”
Xu Yi replied with a faint smile, “It is as you can see, this is what it is.”
Russell narrowed his eyes and there was a dangerous glow in them, but he didn’t keep asking.
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Two days later, the Marlow Empire’s delegation led by Eitro left the Stantine Duchy and returned to the Marlow Empire.