"This can't be just for the sake of humiliating Great Yan. If they could seize our states and counties, the benefits would be far greater than some marriage alliance."
Many people grasped the key point. A flash of insight struck one of them, who said:
"Could there be internal strife within the Demon Country? Or perhaps the Great Nether Empress has only just taken the throne, and with the Great Netherworld in a state of total reconstruction, they can't support a large-scale war. Is this invasion merely the last bolt from an overstrained crossbow?"
Others raised their concerns, "The problem is, we don't dare to gamble. If we infuriate the Great Nether Empress, it will mean a true, all-out war!"
"What exactly does Lord Wang mean?"
