Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"..."

The heads of the noble families discussed tactics one after another, each expressing their different opinions.

Night Owl sat in his seat with his arms crossed, yawned sleepily, and didn't say a word from beginning to end.

Ye Ge glanced at him and then yawned as well: "Ha... hoo..."

Night Owl: "...Why are you copying me?"

"You told me to come here to learn something, but what can I possibly learn? It's so boring." Ye Ge said with a resentful look, taking out a bag of sunflower seeds from her spatial ring and silently cracking them open.

Night Owl stretched out his palm and came to Night Song.

Ye Ge asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Night Owl: "Nonsense, why didn't you say you had some sunflower seeds earlier? Give me some!"

Night Song: "..."

"In my opinion, Jiangcheng is absolutely the first target that must be captured. It is the key to the battle, without a doubt."

White Elephant pondered for a moment: "The problem is, who will lead the charge?"

"..."

The previously noisy meeting hall suddenly fell silent.

The heads of the families all fell silent.

I don’t know how long it took.

"Old Zhou, I remember that your family's warriors are all very skilled in naval warfare, aren't they?" the Qi family head said at this moment.

The Zhou family patriarch frowned: "Who told you that? Don't talk nonsense! Most of our family's extraordinary individuals are beast tamers, and water combat is something we are not good at."

“Marquis Panton, I think you should go first. Your strength is the most reliable among us.”

"Ahem... I think this battle needs more discussion. We must develop a practical tactic before we can take action."

"Yes, we don't even know who the noble general in charge of guarding Jiangcheng is."

"......"

The heads of the families pushed each other, clearly none of them wanting to be the one to be the first to charge into battle.

This battle was not only a war against the allied forces of traitors who had betrayed Wang En, but also a battle for the title of Duke of the Southern Territory!

The families that lead the charge, paving the way for the others, will inevitably suffer heavy losses in such a tough battle! They may even lose their fighting capacity in a single battle, thus benefiting other families instead!

Everyone naturally wants to be the one who gets kills, rather than the one who "sells out".

Marquis White Elephant looked around and finally fixed his gaze on Night Owl, only to find that the father and son, Night Owl and Night Song, were actually sitting together eating sunflower seeds, which left him somewhat bewildered.

He coughed twice and then said, "Viscount Night Owl, your Night family, as a war family, has always been brave and skilled in battle, and has the most war experience here. Don't you have anything to say?"

The other family heads also turned their attention to Night Owl and Night Song.

After everyone quieted down, the sound of the father and son sitting there quietly eating sunflower seeds was particularly clear.

"Opinion?"

The owl leisurely picked up a sunflower seed and put it to its mouth.

"Kick!"

Night Owl: "What opinion do you want from me?"

"...It's about tactics and strategies," said Marquis White Elephant. "The rebel alliance has now retreated south of the Yellow River, and they control all the transportation and waterway routes. There are also many important energy plants and magic power towers there, so we must take Jiangcheng first."

Night Owl grinned contemptuously: "This kind of theoretical discussion is completely useless. We have absolutely no information about the other side right now. The only way is to send out a vanguard to charge ahead and attack first. Only then can we formulate tactics based on that."

Marquis White Elephant chuckled awkwardly: "You're right, but..."

“However, I think this is too dangerous, and I’m sure no one will be willing to do it.” Night Owl cracked another sunflower seed and said slowly, “So, let’s leave the task of leading the charge to our Night family.”

Night Song: "?"

The nobles in the meeting hall were all taken aback when they heard this.

Marquis White Elephant was stunned for a long time.

Before this meeting, many of the nobles had already discussed and agreed that no matter what tactics they came up with in the end, they would all agree to elect the Ye family as the vanguard.

But... no one expected that Night Owl would volunteer!

"Ka"

Ye Ge was eating sunflower seeds beside him. His eyes darted around, and after a moment of thought, he roughly guessed what his father was thinking.

"what happened?"

Night Owl said, "Don't you trust the Night Family's army?"

"Of course not, of course not..."

The heads of the other families smiled upon hearing this, and at the same time offered a few hypocritical words of advice, saying that a direct attack was too dangerous and that they should discuss and devise a better tactic together.

Night Owl, however, wore a confident smile: "Tactics? Heh... no need, you can discuss it yourselves. To be frank, the Night Clan doesn't really need you in this battle. You'll just be responsible for following behind the Night Clan and cleaning up the mess."

The heads of the various families exchanged bewildered glances, each with a fascinating expression.

“How about this,” Marquis Panton said, “I will send a water-based ability user unit to operate alongside your Ye family.”

"No, no, no." Night Owl shook his head: "In this battle, our Night Family doesn't need any reinforcements. None of you need to follow. Just stay far away and prepare to pick off any stragglers. Once our Night Family army has stormed in, if anyone tries to escape in the chaos, just cut them off. You can always cut off their escape routes, right?"

“…Of course, no problem,” said the Zhou family patriarch.

Marquis White Elephant frowned slightly, thinking that something was wrong. Why would Night Owl be so eager?

Could it be that......

After the meeting, Night Song and Night Owl left White Elephant Castle together.

Sitting in the luxury car, Night Owl yawned again: "So, kid, have you learned anything?"

Ye Ge nodded slightly: "Yes, I've learned something. That was a good move."

"?" Night Owl looked at Night Song strangely. He had originally planned to wait until Night Song asked him a question with a puzzled expression before explaining things to the kid, making the kid look enlightened, establishing his image as a wise father, and making the kid admire his dad a lot...

This is the reaction you got?

"I haven't even explained anything yet, and you've already learned it?" Night Owl raised an eyebrow.

“Yes, it’s a very simple psychological tactic.” Ye Ge looked at him strangely: “Is it hard to understand?”

Night Owl: "..."

Ye Ge suddenly realized: "Could it be that when your grandpa was guiding you through the newbie phase, you spent a long time trying to understand it?"

Night Owl: "..."