I will be crowned king

Feeling the gazes of three or four pairs of people in the smoking room directed at him at the same time, the novelist was immediately stunned as he held his own cup of coffee with a completely frozen smile on his face.

"Me? I represent the most ancient and pure elf descendant of Yser, the noble supreme leader of the thirteen families, His Majesty Igor Moses Field, the Elf King of Yser, and I have come to negotiate with the ruling lord of Clovis."

After only a moment of silence, Draco quickly put down the cup in his hand, put his right hand behind his back, raised his left hand, took half a step back with his left foot and raised his right foot slightly, while bowing and saluting, he said in a solemn voice, His expression and movements were like those of a pure-blooded Iser elf noble: "In the name of His Majesty Igor, I have obtained all the authorization from him."

"Now Iser is completely kidnapped by dozens of 'strength factions'. The country is torn apart and in chaos, the royal power is withered, the orthodoxy is dark, and the ancient Yser elves are in the darkest and weakest state, let alone the empire. If we join forces to invade Clovis, even if we want to restore our former glory, it will take at least a generation."

"Such Iser cannot be Clovis's opponent at all, and he has no intention to be an enemy of Clovis; His Majesty Igor expressed his willingness to cede part of the territory to Clovis in exchange for trust, even if he pays regular tribute every year, it will not matter. No."

"If this doesn't reassure Clovis, Your Majesty can also send important members of the family to Clovis City to serve as your hostages."

After speaking, he stood up slowly, with a slightly relaxed expression on his face: "These are all promises made by His Majesty Igor himself. I am only responsible for conveying them. However, Your Majesty has granted me a certain amount of independent power, so if you have any questions If so, please speak up."

"Thank you." Anson nodded expressionlessly: "But you still didn't answer my question."

"Uh...what is it?"

"Why are you here?"

"This, this seems to have happened to me just now..."

"No, no, no, you just answered the purpose of my coming, but you didn't explain the reason." Anson shook his head:

"Draco Vertes, why are you here? Why...are you...appearing here?"

The fortress commander Leo and the military doctor Hank were stunned. Only Carl Bain raised his eyebrows - he had heard Anson talk about this "magical novelist" who could quell the chaos in Clovis City. The guy who provoked the unification war of the Three Kingdoms in the North Sea, and even became the middleman between the Holy War between the Holy War and the Free Confederacy in the New World, was by no means an ordinary figure.

"Ah...so what you really want to know is 'our' attitude towards this matter?" Draco's mouth showed a playful smile, and he picked up the coffee cup on the table again: "Is that so?"

He deliberately used the vague title "we" because both parties knew that Anson Bach had joined the Society of Truth under the leadership of Archbishop Luther, and nominally both parties were actually their own people.

Of course, it is only in name: Anson cannot directly use the intelligence network of the Truth Society, but must go through Norton Crusell or the trainee priest Karin Jacques. Draco, the senior leader of the Truth Society, will not report to this " "Newcomer" gives any order, the two parties are still tacitly cooperating, but the relationship is indeed closer than in the past.

Just like Clovis overthrew the royal family, fought against the empire, and broke the "shackles" carefully crafted by the Church of Order... These are the core demands of the Truth Society, allowing the world to change again, moving from the unchanging lifelessness to more possibilities and more A dynamic future.

In this case, it is obviously in Clovis's interest to invade the Ysel elves at this time, to hide the danger invisible and avoid Clovis losing to the empire due to accidents; that's why Anson wants to question Della Co, why is he here - this is obviously a violation of the agreement between the two parties.

"Because a Yser Elf Kingdom that has not been completely wiped out is more in line with the interests of the Order World and even Clovis."

Taking a sip of coffee, Draco smiled and said: "Some people say that the so-called 'gratitude is just a good hope for more benefits in the future', which is appropriate when it comes to the diplomacy between Clovis and Hantu. "

"The two sides are already an absolutely loyal offensive and defensive alliance in the face of the empire. In order to protect this ally at the southern gate, Clovis has made a lot of efforts: arms support, tariff reductions and exemptions, and large-scale imports of agricultural products from the south, and Hantu needs All we have to do is make sure that when the empire provokes a war, we will do our best to ensure that we will not fall or jump to the empire's side."

"It can be said that the relationship between the two parties is completely unequal, but for Clovis, this is all it needs; but for its own rise, Hantu obviously cannot stop here." While playing with the coffee cup , Draco said:

"So when the Ysel elves are eliminated, can Clovis provide more benefits to maintain this ally? Without the relatively weak enemy of the Ysel elves, the people sandwiched between Clovis and the empire If Hantu wants to continue to be strong, what should it do to better suit its own interests?"

In response to the novelist's rhetorical question, both the military surgeon and the commander-in-chief of the fortress fell silent, apparently convinced by this theory.

But Carl Bain's expression became very strange. He wanted to say something to interrupt Draco's long interruption, but when he saw Anson's obviously malicious eyes, he swallowed it back.

"So there is no doubt that the Ysel Elf Kingdom must exist and should exist; as long as they still exist, Hantu will not be the only one in the south of the Order World and will be completely out of Clovis' control."

"What's more, I personally don't think that Hantu today has the ability to control the entire Elf Kingdom of Yser; let alone whether Hantu has the strength to swallow up a territory almost equivalent to it, how to deal with tens of thousands of elves? Groups are a problem; a land that is dominated by rebellion, internal strife and riots has most of its power, which is of no value to Clovis, let alone any change, it is just pure aggression and suppression."

"These are two completely different countries with completely different cultures and fundamentally incompatible traditions and systems. The result of forced unification is bound to be a tragedy." Draco took a half step back and said with a very calm smile:

"It is more beneficial to the world of Order and Clovis if Iser continues to exist. This is my conclusion. I wonder if Lieutenant General Anson Bach agrees?"

"I can't say, but I absolutely agree with your right to express your ideas." Anson shook his head seriously: "Just like I also agree with his ideas."

"Oh, thank you so much."

Halfway through his words, the novelist, who was just about to be polite, suddenly realized: "...him?"

Looking at Anson's smile that suddenly changed from serious to weird, Draco's heart suddenly "crunched". As for why this movement happened...

"Crunch..."

The door to the lounge suddenly opened by itself, revealing the figure standing behind the door.

Following the gazes of the four people in the room, Draco, whose expression suddenly stiffened, took a deep breath and turned to look at Leon Francois, the Crown Prince of Hantu, who was expressionless and staring at him.

He leaned against the door frame, standing there motionless with his arms folded, his cold and indifferent expression ruthlessly telling the guy who was talking nonsense just now that he was always here, and then...

Then Draco was immediately embarrassed.

Several old men from the Storm Legion looked at the expressionless little Leon, and then at the novelist who was pretending to be a sculpture. Their eyes became richer as they looked at each other.

The dead air lasted for a moment, and Leon suddenly walked into the room; just when everyone was guessing whether he would directly draw his gun or throw out his gloves to duel with some nonsense novelist, the Crown Prince His Highness walked straight past Draco, completely ignoring the person.

"I completely agree with... what this gentleman just said."

Taking a deep breath, little Leon bit his back molars and said to Anson: "But it's definitely not the last part, but the front ones!"

"I admit it! The current Hantu does not have the strength to completely annex the Yiser Elf Kingdom, nor can it immediately bring a land with millions of people and alien races under its rule. This is absolutely impossible; since In this way, retaining the existence of the Yser Elf Court and reaching a compromise with it is indeed the most beneficial outcome for Clovis and Hantu."

"Annexing most of the territory occupied by humans and expelling the Yser elves to the remaining territories will not only benefit Clovis and Hantu, but also quickly quell the current civil strife in Yser; after all, the size of the elves today Their strength has been greatly reduced, and it is true that they can no longer maintain the size of their current territories. Abandoning some territories will allow them to become united again."

"This is also what His Majesty Igor thinks!" Draco on the side quickly jumped out and added: "In fact, I think so too, so..."

"Shut up!"

Draco suddenly turned around and intercepted without mercy. The angry shouts turned the novelist into a frightened rabbit and almost jumped up on the spot: "Draco Vertes, don't think that I don't know who you are. …Remember, we met in Beluga Harbor.”

"If you think that you can use the same methods against Hantu as the Crusaders, and if you think that the Francois family and the Holy See's envoys are equally stupid, then you are totally wrong!"

Clenching his teeth tightly, little Leon suppressed his anger like a lion: "I tell you, the friendship between Hantu and Clovis is as firm as iron and unbreakable. It is definitely not something that a despicable villain like you can easily instigate. of!"

"That, of course!" Draco raised his hands in agreement without hesitation: "Clovis and Hantu are natural allies. It is absolutely impossible to be swayed by one or two provocative words, absolutely impossible!"

Seeing the other party's "surrender" that seemed to be mocking, little Leon's mouth twitched, but in the end he did not say that word, but raised his right hand with a cold face and pointed in the direction of the door.

The novelist who understood immediately nodded quickly, rushed out of the room as quickly as possible, and disappeared without a trace from everyone's eyes.

"call--"

Heading in the direction of Draco's escape, little Leon, who finally no longer had a tense face, let out a long sigh of relief; he slowly turned around with a somewhat apologetic expression on his face: "I'm sorry, I, I didn't originally plan to... …”

"It doesn't matter." Before he could continue to apologize, Anson interrupted in advance: "It's better to say that when I let you go outside, I already thought that something like this would happen."

"That……"

"He is Igor's envoy, so he will also tell the Elf King about the situation on our side; letting the Yisel Elf know that the alliance between Hantu and Clovis is very firm, and there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, is also a very important diplomacy Strategy."

"So we really want to join forces with Igor, the elf king who has abdicated?" Karl next to him finally spoke: "Why do I feel weird discussing how to carve up his country with a king?"

"No, discussing with a king how to save his country."

Anson changed the subject and his face was filled with unparalleled brightness: "Iser is now completely standing on the edge of the cliff and may be blown to ashes at any time; we must save this ancient city before she kills herself. And great country.”

This... Leo and Hank looked at each other. They both seemed to want to say something, but neither seemed able to say it.

After following Anson Bach from Eagle Point City to the New World and back to this fortress, they have become accustomed to how their commander is good at packaging his ambitions under a particularly "justifiable" slogan, but at the same time he has to It feels too strange to invade others and yet be honest no matter how you think about it.

However, some people can do things that they can't figure out, such as a certain Crown Prince: "Yes, this is like Eagle Point City; the Hantu in the past was eager to control this place, but in the end it only brought endless The war and the humiliation of being protected by the elves; now we have given up on Eagle Point City, but have unified the entire land, and can even seek more benefits from Yser."

"What does this mean? It means that if you get benefits that are not in line with your status, it will only bring disaster and misfortune; only by occupying commensurate land with commensurate status can you turn the corner and usher in new hope for rise!"

"Well said! It's so well said."

Anson nodded repeatedly, just shy of applauding: "Karl, please hurry up and kill His Highness the Crown Prince just now..."

"Call me Leon!"

"That's right, Leon Francois's words were all recorded and distributed to all the soldiers in the legion. Tell them that this is not an invasion, but a rescue of a great country that is about to be destroyed." Anson immediately changed his mind: "And this time, we will fight side by side with our most important allies and jointly shoulder the banner of defending the hope of an ordered world!"

"The 40,000-strong Hantu army has completed its assembly in Jinshi City, and the 10,000-person vanguard force is about to arrive at Eagle Point City." Little Leon immediately took over the words and said:

"We are willing to be the pioneers and fire the first shot of the war in Yser!"