259 A Speculation

"In your eyes, what exactly are we, the archdukes to you, Lampard?"

Archduke Lecco suddenly spoke up before Lampard, who had lost his composure.

His words attracted everyone's attention.

"As an ally who swore an oath of allegiance to us, you should have thought of these things when you used Constellation's example to persuade us, shouldn't you?" The old archduke flatly said, "Are we your allies... Are we stepping stones, or sacrificial victims?"

Lampard raised his head abruptly!

"This is our only chance! When Constellation recovers and becomes stronger, richer…" The Archduke of Black Sand Region was livid. "For the sake of a baseless assumption, you want to sit there resigned to your fate and watch Eckstedt slowly sink into oblivion? In your eyes, Eckstedt can never compare to you, right?"

At this very moment...

"Chapman Lampard," the Archduke of the City of Faraway Prayers, Kulgon Roknee said all of a sudden, "what exactly is Eckstedt?"