HBWnovel The accident escalates
The accident escalates
The accident escalates
[Tai Lung's POV]
"I have a proposal for you." He said and stood just at the right distance. He was close enough so that we can see eye to eye yet he was just out of my reach.
The balcony was also open and right behind him. It was to be his escape route if things went south and I attacked him.
I raised an eyebrow, "A proposal?"
"I sure hope it has nothing to do with ordering me around in exchange for my students' release." I said with a humourless chuckle.
"Oh I won't even think of such things~" He said with a smile, "People say I am crazy but I am not that crazy."
"So then, what is this proposal that you speak of?" I asked in an impassive voice without hints.
Shen let the silence stretch as he stared me straight in the eye. He was trying to show his utmost honestly and sincerity in what he was about to say next.
He'd have to do more than that to even pique my interest though.
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And he did.
He took a step to the side and started walking around me. With each step he took he came closer to my reach and each step took him further and further away from his escape.
Now that piqued my interest. Maybe what he was about to propose was more than just one of his cunning ploys.
"I want an alliance." He said and I paused.
Out of all the things I expected, this was not one of them. I half expected him to ask me not to interfere with his business or give me a threat.
But an alliance? Now that's something I did not expect.
"An alliance between me and Gongmen City?" I asked. It was not rare to see an alliance between a powerful master and a city.
The Monkey King of the West was an example. He formed an alliance with a Kingdom and became their guardian and in exchange, he held a high status there and got any resources he wanted.
"No." Shen said and stopped pacing around me. "I want an alliance between you and me."
That sentence had a whole different meaning behind it although they might feel similar. It means that even if he stopped being the ruler of Gongemn City, we would remain an ally.
Naturally, I laughed.
I could understand if he wanted an alliance between me and the city but between him and me? The audacity baffles me.
Being in an alliance requires both parties to benefit from each other or share similar interests.
I wonder, what could he possibly give me? What would I benefit from working with him?
"Why would I even want that?" I asked in genuine curiosity.
He gave me a small smile before he started pacing around me again. I turned my head and focused on him as he said, "Because that way, we both would be able to achieve what we want."
"We?" I asked, "You think I want to start a meaningless war just because of your delusion of conquering China?"
"You want a legacy." Shen said and changed direction. He started walking up to me ever so slowly as I stayed silent.
"You want glory, you want to be remembered until the end of times." Shen said with wide insane eyes. "You want a legacy that surpasses even the likes of Oogway, the person who locked you up and denied you what was rightfully yours."
"You want to be....." He drawls and stops in front of me. His eyes pierced through mine and looked into my soul.
"More than a Dragon Warrior."
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But what an interesting idea. I can't help but like the idea of conquering the world. The names of great figures from my past life came to mind.
Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Napolean Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Cyrus etc. All of them were great conquerors who wanted to rule over the world.
History never forget their names even if they failed to truly conquer the world.
If I were to do the same, surely I would leave a legacy that surpassed Oogways whose influence stretched only to the landscape of China.
To try and conquer the world. I have never even thought of that before because it was an impossible feat to achieve alone no matter how strong I became.
Even if I could become strong enough to defeat kingdoms, governing that much territory was not an easy feat. It would require a royalty who was taught from a young age and with the necessary education.
I would also never be able to sit around and rule a kingdom. I was made to fight, not to govern.
But with Shen. it became a possibility. I did not have to worry about all the politics or governing, I could just take territories and put him as the ruler to manage it.
I turned on my heel and slowly walked towards the balcony while I was busy in thought. I could see the sky darkening and storm clouds were rolling in the sky.
*Ka-Chang!*
A flash of light cracked between the clouds and a deafening thunder shook the sky. I stood at the balcony and the intense gale blew on my fur, foretelling a storm.
The universe was in distress.
"So, what do you think?" Shen asked as he slowly approached me from behind. "If you need more time to think then you can have all the time you want."
He finally stood by my side and I gave him a side eye.
I don't need time.
"I accept your proposal. It seems Interesting."
The sky rumbled and lighting struck the world. The universe cried as two villains once wronged by fate and destiny decided to join forces.
The Universe could not right the wrongs.
The accident escalates.
It was not just China this time, the World was not prepared for the storm that is approaching.
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Author : Now that this whole thing came to a conclusion, I am going to take a break.
I say a break but it's only until I stockpile enough chapters on patreon again. Storms had been constant where I live and electricity are out most of the time so I could not write properly.
I will return by the next week at most so no worries.
PS : A moment of silence to all those who commented that they drop the story because in the earlier chapters Tai Lung thought 'I should stay with Po and save the world to leave legacy'.
Thinking the thoughts of the MC matter when it truly came to important plot points. They do not know how to read first POV stories where information could be wrong or straight up unreliable since we are seeing the story through one characters eyes.
They should've let me cook.
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