Wholeheartedly

Azheba had only decided to kill Ye Chuo at the very last moment. In his heart, there were several reasons to do so, but none of them were convincing enough until then.

No matter what, his foremost goal was to rescue Liman.

"Liman doesn't deserve to die." Azheba first ordered the 500 panic-stricken Norland cavalrymen to remain where they were, and then he rode to the Dragon King to great him. "He has many opinions, but he's only loyal to His Highness, though he's also been honest with you this whole time. Dragon King, if you die, nobody can save him."

"What about that one?" Gu Shenwei pointed at the corpse in the distance.

"There're crafty sycophants groveling at every king's feet. I've never liked Ye Chuo. He was the one who sent the bandits to burn the provisions. He was also the one that plotted to assassinate you, Dragon King."

"So Prince Duodun's declaring war on me. Are you doing this because you still want our alliance to last?"