A strange world

Chapter 1097 Section 19. Good impression

"Praise the World Tree, give..."

Feeling the gaze, Ellie stopped blessing, opened her eyes, and found that many tribesmen were looking at her and Annan.

Fioria and Kailanzhu also stopped one after another, the holy robes on their bodies gradually faded, staring at Ellie's feet and Annan's tongue.

"It's not what you think..." Annan explained palely.

"What?" Fioria had a blank expression.

After visiting Liberty City for six days, they had long known the rumors about Annan. For a warlock, this was actually nothing, and Annan was indeed very talented.

But how come even the invisible leader of the delegation, Elder Ellie...

"Did you touch anything or eat anything?" Ellie asked curiously.

Kalanzhu pursed her lips, and Fioria asked the elves to go out first.

"I just ate an acorn..."

"Companion acorn." Ellie replied.

"What is that?"

"If it is planted together with the ancient oak tree, it will form a patch of grass and increase the chance of the birth of an ancient oak tree man."

"I think this is what I ate..."

"You are lucky. Few people can grow plants after eating the companion acorn. Do you want to cancel it?"

"Please!"

It is fun to grow plants on your body, but it is too easy to cause misunderstandings... For example, the expressions of the high elf elders and the wind elf elders at this moment.

Is it really a companion acorn?

The light of natural magic fell on Annan, and the plants on his hands and tongue fell off naturally. Annan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the other two elders with strange expressions: "What's wrong with you?"

"I..." Fioria almost couldn't keep her iceberg appearance.

"Tomorrow is the last day, and it's time to talk about the alliance."

Kalandra's words attracted all of Annan's attention: "Have you decided?"

"It's just a preliminary discussion."

...

On the seventh day of the elf delegation's visit, the preliminary negotiations for the alliance started.

In the meeting room, Annan, Idyllia, and Olmedo sat on one side of the long table, and Ingrid stood beside them with a pile of documents.

On the other side were the high elf elders Kailandra, the wind elf elder Fioria, and the wood elf elder Ellie.

Annan thought that there would be elders with higher status coming from the royal court, but the preliminary negotiations were really just preliminary negotiations: both sides just explained the various problems that the alliance would face: such as trade, cultural exchanges, whether to cooperate in the face of hostile forces, sharing intelligence, and each other's status and rights.

Kailandra said that the Free City should give elves treatment beyond that of citizens, and when an elf violated the "Free City Code", it had no right to detain them and should be handed over to the royal court.

Fioria said that the Free City should allow elves to settle in the Free City and engage in politics.

Ellie said that the Free City should plant more trees.

Olmedo agreed to the requests of the wind elf elders and the wood elf elders on the spot, and even if they didn't say it, the Free City would do so. Kailandra's request was rejected. Whether the elves who committed crimes should be detained can be temporarily discussed, but it is not allowed to exceed the treatment of citizens.

It is the turn of the Free City.

Olmedo said that after the alliance, the people of Free City should be allowed to go to the Elf King's Court.

Idilia said that in addition to trade, they should also have some in-depth cooperation, such as opening a college.

Annan sat next to him like a mascot.

The elves agreed with Idilia and rejected Olmedo: The Elf King's Court is the pure land of the entire elf race. No outsiders can set foot unless they are guests and friends.

Each side has an objection, and both sides began to argue and refused to give in.

The elven elders believe that Free City can gain a lot of benefits from the alliance. In addition to reputation, the Elf King's Court is also a powerful ally. In contrast, it is difficult for Free City to help them.

Olmedo does not think so. Although Free City is weak at present, it has proved its strength by defeating Rekanel. Compared with strength, their most important thing is potential, which is more than 100 commercial streets across the North, Middle-earth, and the South, and is the future of Annan.

What about ten years later, fifty years later, or a hundred years later? The Elf King's Court will probably remain the same, but who knows what kind of behemoth Free City will become.

Because of the size and status of the Elf King's Court, Olmedo can put Free City in a lower position and give up some interests appropriately... but it does not mean that they will become vassals of the elves.

The Empire cannot make Free City bow down, and the Elf King's Court can forget it.

Finally, Olmedo asked a soul-searching question: "If Free City is really useless to the King's Court, why do you want to ally with us?"

She accidentally guessed the idea of ​​the Elf King's Court: In addition to seeing the potential of Free City, the deep reason why the Elf King's Court ended its thousand-year isolation was that two voices appeared in the Elf King's Court.

The elves stayed in the Aldor Forest for too long, so long that they lost the war and lost the Elf Calendar. All this was because their long life solidified their thoughts and they were not aware of the changes in the outside world.

And the new elves realized it. If they continue to be self-contained, the Elf King's Court is likely to continue to decline.

On one hand, there are those who want to maintain the rules that have been in place for tens of thousands of years, and on the other hand, those who want to break the old ways and make changes. These two voices are divided into the old faction and the young and strong faction. The sudden disappearance of the gods in the past few years has made the young and strong faction stronger.

The two voices are getting louder and louder, and the differences are becoming more and more obvious. Worried that the Elf King's Court will be divided, the Elders' Council decided to make a change first: restore the covenant system.

The old faction had a good idea. They turned their allies into puppets, which both appeased the young and strong faction and did not change the rules.

But the young and strong faction is also very smart. They have their eyes on Annan and believe that Liberty City will not be willing to be a puppet.

Two of the three elf elders are young and strong - Ellie, who is closest to Annan, is the old faction.

But it does not mean that Kailanzhuo and Fioria will stand on Annan's side. They wear tinted glasses... Even so, they have to admit that it is difficult to find shortcomings in Liberty City.

For example, there is nothing here that they find difficult to accept.

Although Liberty City even has succubus, ratmen, goblins and other dirty... creatures. But they only achieved the declared "regardless of race, only temperament", which is in line with the concept of elves.

In the end, the negotiations ended, and no one convinced the other, but they did not destroy their relationship.

Forged a deep friendship... not yet. Turning enemies into friends... not yet. The elf delegation encountered some harmless minor frictions, contradictions and difficulties at most.

In comparison, what Liberty City did was much more pleasing to the eye than other places.

To choose a human force to form an alliance, they first chose Free City - for some willful and arrogant elves, a good impression is enough.

Happy times are always short. After completing the mission, the elf delegation should embark on the return journey.

Annan felt that the time was too short and he was not enough to understand Free City, but the elves felt that it was enough.

"Every place has its shortcomings, and we are no exception, so as long as we see enough advantages, it will be enough." Ellie's experience and open-mindedness made Annan open his mouth slightly.

"The Elf Calendar Celebration will start in two months, Annan, see you then."